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Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 252, 253, 254 & 255 also sometimes identified by respective house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 252 as 2216 West Berks street, for Parcel No. 253 as 1816 North Twenty-third street, for Parcel No. 254 as 1946 North Judson street and for Parcel No. |1013|55 as 1949 North Judson street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Project H.O.M.E. Community Development Corporation and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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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 Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, (hereinafter "Model Cities"), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 15, 1969, as amended; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of Model Cities, designated as Parcel Nos. 252, 253, 254 & 255 also sometimes identified by respective house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 252 as 2216 West Berks street, for Parcel No. 253 as 1816 North Twenty-third street, for Parcel No. 254 as 1946 North Judson street and for Parcel No. 255 as 1949 North Judson street (the “Properties”). The areas of the said Properties are bounded as follows:
Parcel No. 252 (2216 West Berks street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground located in the Thirty-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated at a point on the southerly side of West Berks street (fifty feet wide) at the distance of forty three feet eastward from the easterly side of North Croskey street (forty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Berks street fourteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth southward between parallel lines at right angles to Berks street a distance of seventy one feet four and three-eighths inches to the northerly side of a two feet six inches wide alley.
Parcel No. 253 (1816 North Twenty-third street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground located in the Thirty-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated at a point on the westerly side of North Twenty-third street (fifty feet wide) at the distance of one hundred twenty five feet four inches northward from the northerly side of Montgomery avenue (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Twenty-third street fifteen feet seven inches and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to said Twenty-third street a distance of seventy feet three inches to the easterly side of a four feet wide alley.
Parcel No. 254 (1946 North Judson street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground located in the Thirty-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated at a point on the westerly side of North Judson street (forty feet wide) at the distance of four hundred forty four feet two inches northward from the northerly side of Berks street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Judson street nineteen feet five inches and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to Judson street a distance of eighty seven feet six inches.
Parcel No. 255 (1949 North Judson street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground located in the Thirty-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situated at a point on the easterly side of North Judson street (forty feet wide) at the distance of four hundred sixty three feet seven inches northward from the northerly side of Berks street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on Judson street nineteen feet five inches and extending of that width in length or depth eastward between parallel lines at right angles to Judson street a distance of eighty seven feet six inches.
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the amended urban renewal plan and the amended redevelopment proposal approved by the Council.
WHEREAS, Project H.O.M.E. Community Development Corporation desires to enter into the said redevelopment contract for the Properties; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a disposition supplement providing ,inter alia, for development controls and regulations imposed upon the Properties.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement submitted by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of that portion of Model Cities, 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 and disposition supplement. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved redevelopment contract with Project H.O.M.E. Community Development Corporation (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 and disposition supplement hereby approved. Accordingly, the Council hereby declares that it will cooperate in helping to carry out the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement 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 and disposition supplement.
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