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Approving the redevelopment contract of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Sarah Allen Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 also sometimes identified by respective house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 1 as 4024 Aspen street, for Parcel No. 2 as 4105 Ogden street, for Parcel No. 3 as 4111-4113 Ogden street, for Parcel No. 4 as 4032 Parish street and for Parcel No. 5 as 803 North Preston street, authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Sarah Allen Services, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") has prepared and submitted an urban renewal plan and a redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the Sarah Allen Urban Renewal Area, which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on June 23, 1998; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of the Sarah Allen Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 also sometimes identified by respective house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 1 as 4024 Aspen street, for Parcel No. 2 as 4105 Ogden street, for Parcel No. 3 as 4111-4113 Ogden street, for Parcel No. 4 as 4032 Parish street and for Parcel No. 5 as 803 North Preston street (hereinafter “Properties”). The areas of the said Properties are bounded as follows:
Parcel No. 1 (4024 Aspen street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated on the southerly side of Aspen street (fifty feet wide) at the distance of thirty feet eastward from the easterly side of Preston street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Aspen street fifteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth southward between parallel lines at right angles to Aspen street a distance of seventy five feet including in the rear thereof the bed of a certain four feet wide alley extending westward into said Preston street.
Parcel No. 2 (4105 Ogden street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated on the northerly side of Ogden street (fifty feet wide) at the distance of sixteen feet eight inches eastward from the easterly side of Palm street (twenty five feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Ogden street sixteen feet eight inches and extending of that width in length or depth northward between parallel lines at right angles to Ogden street a distance of seventy one feet one inch including in the rear thereof the bed of a certain three feet eight inches wide alley extending westward into said Palm street.
Parcel No. 3 (4111-4113 Ogden street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated on the northerly side of Ogden street (fifty feet wide) at the distance of twenty seven feet six inches eastward from the easterly side of Holly street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Ogden street fifty five feet and extending of that width in length or depth northward between parallel lines at right angles to Ogden street a distance of eighty feet.
Parcel No. 4 (4032 Parrish street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated on the southerly side of Parrish street (fifty feet wide) at the distance of ninety six feet one-half inch eastward from the easterly side of North Forty-first street (sixty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Parrish street eighteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth northward between parallel lines at right angles to Parrish street a distance of eighty five feet to the northerly side of a three feet wide alley.
Parcel No. 5 (803 North Preston street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated on the easterly side of Preston street (fifty feet wide) at the distance of sixteen feet eleven and one-third inches northward from the northerly side of Brown street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Preston street sixteen feet eleven and one-third inches and extending of that width in length or depth eastward between parallel lines at right angles to Preston street a distance of one hundred feet, including in the rear thereof the bed of a certain three feet six inches wide alley extending southward into said Brown street.
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the urban renewal plan and the redevelopment proposal approved by Council.
WHEREAS, Sarah Allen Services, Inc. desires to enter into said redevelopment contract for the Properties.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the redevelopment contract submitted by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter “Redevelopment Authority”) for the redevelopment of that portion of the Sarah Allen Urban Renewal Area, as hereinabove more particularly described, is hereby approved. City Council authorizes the Redevelopment Authority to proceed with minor changes in substantial conformity with the hereby approved redevelopment contract. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved redevelopment contract with Sarah Allen Services, Inc., (hereinafter “Redeveloper”). The Redevelopment Authority and the Redeveloper are authorized to take such action in substantial conformity to the redevelopment contract as may be necessary to carry it out.
RESOLVED, The Redevelopment Authority and the Redeveloper are authorized to prepare or cause to be prepared for introduction into the Council such ordinances or resolutions as may be necessary for changes in zoning, streets, alleys, public ways, street patterns, location and relocation of public utilities, and related items which are required in order to facilitate and effectuate the redevelopment contract hereby approved. Accordingly, the Council hereby declares that it will cooperate in helping to carry out the redevelopment contract and requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the City having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment contract.
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