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Approving the thirty-seventh amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the northwest corner of Front street and Spring Garden street, including the twenty-ninth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-seventh amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately eleven (11) properties for residential and related uses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project.
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WHEREAS, The redevelopment proposal, the urban renewal plan and the relocation plan of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter referred to as "Model Cities") was approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 15, 1969, as last amended by Bill No. 070827, signed by the Mayor on December 7, 2007; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a thirty-seventh amendment of the redevelopment proposal, including the detailed redevelopment area plan, the twenty-ninth amended urban renewal plan, the twenty-seventh amendment to the relocation plan, the maps, disposition supplements, and all other documents and supporting data which form part of the said proposal, for Model Cities, dated April, 2008 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Thirty-seventh Amended Redevelopment Proposal"); and
WHEREAS, the Thirty-seventh Amended Redevelopment Proposal provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of eleven (11) properties for residential and related uses and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project; and
WHEREAS, The Thirty-seventh Amended Redevelopment Proposal has been submitted to the City Planning Commission of the City of Philadelphia and has bee...
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