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Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Point Breeze Urban Renewal Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 2325-2335 Cross street and 2330-2336 Greenwich street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, Inc. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter Redevelopment Authority) has prepared and submitted an urban renewal plan and a redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the Point Breeze Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter Point Breeze), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 31, 1971, as amended; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of Point Breeze, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 2325-2335 Cross street and 2330-2336 Greenwich street (the Properties). The area of the Properties are bounded as follows:
2325-2335 Cross street. All that certain lot or piece of ground situated in the Thirty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at a point on the north side of Cross street (thirty feet wide) at the distance of one hundred seventy feet west from the west side of Twenty-third street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on the said side of Cross street eighty-four feet and extending of that width in length or depth northward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Cross street forty-nine feet to a point on the south side of a certain four feet wide alley that extends eastward into the said Twenty-third street.
2330-2336 Greenwich street. All that certain lot or piece of ground situated in the Thirty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at a point on the south side of Greenwich street (thirty feet wide) at the distance of one hundred forty-seven feet east from the east side of Twenty-fourth street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on the said side of Greenwich street fifty-six feet and extending of that width in length or depth southward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Greenwich street forty-nine feet to a point on the north side of a certain four feet wide alley that extends westward into the said Twenty-fourth street and communicating with a certain three feet wide alley that extends northward into the said Greenwich street and southward into Cross street (thirty feet wide).
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the amended urban renewal plan and the amended redevelopment proposal approved by the Council; and
WHEREAS, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, Inc. desires to enter into the said redevelopment contract for the Properties.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the redevelopment contract submitted by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter Redevelopment Authority) for the redevelopment of that portion of the Point Breeze 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 Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, 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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