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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 Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 297A, 298 & 299 also sometimes identified by respective house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 291 as 1529-1533 North Eighth street, for Parcel No. 292 as 1539-1541 North Eighth street including 728-732 West Oxford street, for Parcel No. 293 as 1548-1550 North Franklin street including 726 West Oxford street, for Parcel No. 294 as 1544 North Franklin street, for Parcel No. 295 as 1510-1512 North Franklin street including 1505-1507 Perth street, for Parcel No. 296 as 1502-1504 North Franklin street including 723-727 Jefferson street, for Parcel No. 297 as 1503-1509 North Eighth street including 1504-1506 and 1510 Perth street, for Parcel No. 297A as 1502 North Perth street, for Parcel No. 298 as 1515-1519 North Eighth street including 1518 Perth street and for Parcel No. 299 as 1514-1540 North Franklin street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the amendment to the redevelopment contract with Philadelphia Housing 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, 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 executed a redevelopment contract with Ludlow Village Local Development Corporation for a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area , designated as Parcel Nos. 291, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298 & 299 also sometimes identified by respective house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 291 as 1529-1533 North Eighth street, for Parcel No. 292 as 1539-1541 North Eighth street including 728-732 West Oxford street, for Parcel No. 293 as 1|1013|48-1550 North Franklin street including 726 West Oxford street, for Parcel No. 294 as 1544 North Franklin street, for Parcel No. 295 as 1510-1512 North Franklin street including 1505-1507 Perth street, for Parcel No. 296 as 1502-1504 North Franklin street including 723-727 Jefferson street, for Parcel No. 297 as 1503-1509 North Eighth street including 1504-1506 and 1510 Perth street, for Parcel No. 298 as 1515-1519 North Eighth street including 1518 Perth street and for Parcel No. 299 as 1514-1540 North Franklin street, which said redevelopment contract and disposition supplement were approved by Resolution No. 030528 adopted by the Council of the City of Philadelphia on June 12, 2003; and
WHEREAS, , Ludlow Village Local Development Corporation is willing to assign all the rights, title and interest in and to the redevelopment contract to the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation 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 the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation of an additional portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 297A also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 1502 North Perth street (hereinafter "Property”). The area of the Property is bounded as follows:
Parcel No. 297A (1502 North Perth street).
All that certain lot or piece of ground situated in the Twentieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at a point on the west side of Perth street (twenty seven feet nine one-eighth inches wide) at the distance of eighteen feet northward from the north side of Jefferson street (fifty feet wide); Thence extending westward on a line parallel with the said Jefferson street thirty five feet two and one-half inches to a point; Thence extending northward on a line parallel with the said Perth street three feet nine inches to a point; Thence extending westward on a line parallel with the said Jefferson street two feet seven and one-half inches to a point, Thence extending northward on a line parallel with the said Perth street twelve feet three inches to a point; Thence extending eastward on a line parallel with the said Jefferson street thirty seven feet ten inches to a point on the said side of Perth street; Thence extending southward along the said Perth street sixteen feet to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
The said amendment to the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement is in substantial conformity with the amended urban renewal plan and the amended redevelopment proposal approved by the Council.
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 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, as amended and the revised disposition supplement. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved amendment to the redevelopment contract with the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (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.
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