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Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia which includes, inter alia, the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area, identified by respective house numbers and street addresses as 4221 Haverford avenue and 4223 Haverford avenue; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Aspen Affordable Housing Limited Partnership and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the 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 prepared a redevelopment contract which includes a portion of the West Philadelphia Redevelopment Area, identified by respective house numbers and street addresses as 4221 Haverford avenue and 4223 Haverford avenue (the “Properties”). The areas of the Properties are bounded as follows:
4221 Haverford avenue.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected described according to a Survey thereof made by Joseph Johnson, Esquire, Surveyor and Regulator of the Eleventh District on the 13th day of May, 1904, situate at the northwest corner of Haverford avenue and Brooklyn street in the Sixth (formerly part of the Thirty-fourth) Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Haverford avenue thirteen feet two and five-eighths inches and extending in length or depth on the west line thereof fifty one feet three and one-eighth inches and on the east line thereof along the west side of said Brooklyn street fifty one feet one and five-eighths inches and containing in breadth on the rear end thereof thirteen feet two and five-eighths inches.
4223 Haverford avenue.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, described according to a survey thereof made by Joseph Johnson, Esquire, Surveyor and Regulator of the Eleventh District on the Thirteenth day of May A.D. 1904, situate on the north side of Haverford avenue at the distance of thirteen feet two and five-eighths inches westward from the west side of Brooklyn street in the Sixtieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Haverford avenue fourteen feet three and one-eighth inches and extending in the length or depth northward on the west line thereof on a line parallel with Brooklyn street fifty one feet five inches and on the east line thereof fifty one feet three and one-eighth inches and containing in breadth on the rear end thereof fourteen feet and three-eighths of an inch; Bounded northward by ground late of Jacob A. Sloan westward partly by ground of late Jacob A. Sloan and partly by the head of certain two feet wide alley leading westward into a three feet wide alley leading northward into a four feet wide alley which leads eastward into Brooklyn street; Together with the free and common use, right, liberty and privilege of the said alleys as and for passageways and watercourses at all times hereafter, forever.
WHEREAS, Aspen Affordable Housing Limited Partnership desires to enter into the said redevelopment contract for the Property; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a disposition supplement providing, inter alia, for development controls and regulations imposed upon the Redeveloper.
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 West Philadelphia, 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 Aspen Affordable Housing Limited Partnership (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.
FURTHER 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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