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Approving an amendment to the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of an additional portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area identified by respective house numbers and street addresses as 14, 19 & 22 South Conestoga street and 16 South Sickles street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the amendment to the redevelopment contract with WPB Development Corporation and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the amended redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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WHEREAS, In accordance with the provisions of the Urban Redevelopment Law, being the Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 991, as amended and supplemented, the City Planning Commission of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Commission") has on August 20, 1963, certified the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area as a redevelopment area and has completed a detailed redevelopment area plan for the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area dated March 16, 1962, as amended (hereinafter West Philadelphia); and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has executed a redevelopment contract with WPB Development Corporation for a portion of the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area , identified by house numbers and street addresses as 5239, 5241 & 5243 Addison street, 5002 & 5540 Cedar avenue, 6114 & 6125 Delancey street, 4940 Walnut street and 802 & 817 South Fifty-seventh street which said redevelopment contract and disposition supplement were approved by Resolution No. 990498 adopted by the Council of the City of Philadelphia on June 17, 1999; and
WHEREAS, WPD Development Corporation has completed the development of 5239, 5241 & 5243 Addison street and 5004 Cedar street and is willing to assign all of its rights, title and interest to 5002 Cedar avenue, 6114 & 6125 Delancey street, 4940 Walnut street and 802 & 817 South Fifty-seventh street to Neighborhood Restorations Limited Partnership XI under certain terms and conditions; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared an amendment to the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement for the redevelopment and urban renewal by Neighborhood Restorations Limited Partnership XI of an additional portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area, identified by house numbers and street addresses as 14, 19 & 22 South Conestoga street and 16 South Sickles street (hereinafter "Properties). The areas of the Properties are bounded as follows:
14 South Conestoga street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate on the west side of Conestoga street at the distance of one hundred two feet six inches southward from the south side of Market street in the Sixtieth (formerly part of the Forty-sixth) Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Conestoga street sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Conestoga street forty six feet to the middle line of a certain alley two feet six inches wide, running northward into Ludlow street and communicating at its northernmost end with a certain other two feet six inches wide alley which extends eastward and westward from Conestoga street to Sickles street.
19 South Conestoga street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate on the east side of Conestoga street at the distance of one hundred fifty feet six inches southward from the south side of Market street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Conestoga street sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth eastward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Conestoga street forty six feet to a certain two feet six inches wide alley, which extends northward from Ludlow street and communicates at its northernmost end with a certain other alley two feet six inches wide, which extends eastward and westward from the said Conestoga street to Yewdall street.
22 South Conestoga street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate on the west side of Conestoga street at the distance of one hundred sixty six feet six inches southward from the south side of Market street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Conestoga street sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Conestoga street forty six feet to the middle of a certain two feet six inches wide alley.
16 South Sickles street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected situate on the west side of Sickles street at the distance of one hundred eighteen feet six inches southward from the south side of Market street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in the front or breadth on the said Sickles street sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Sickles street forty six feet to the middle of a certain three feet six inches wide alley extending northward from Ludlow street and communicating with another certain two feet six inches wide alley leading from Fifty-fifth street to Sickles street.
WHEREAS, The parties desire to enter into the said amendment to the redevelopment contract to include the hereinabove described Properties.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the amendment to the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement submitted by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of that additional portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment 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 amendment to redevelopment contract and disposition supplement. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved amendment to the redevelopment contract with Neighborhood Restorations Limited Partnership XI (hereinafter "Assignee"). The Redevelopment Authority and the Assignee are authorized to take such action in substantial conformity to the amendment to the redevelopment contract as may be necessary to carry it out.
RESOLVED, The Redevelopment Authority and the Assignee 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, as amended, and the disposition supplement hereby approved. Accordingly, the Council hereby declares that it will cooperate in helping to carry out the redevelopment contract, as amended, 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, as amended, and disposition supplement, as amended.
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