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Amending an Ordinance approved December 15, 1969, as amended, which approved the redevelopment proposal, the urban renewal plan and the relocation plan of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area, by approving the eleventh amendment of the redevelopment proposal and the urban renewal plan, which provide, inter alia, for certain changes, namely: the acquisition of approximately two (2) additional properties, the expansion of the boundaries of the urban renewal area beginning at the northwest corner of 25th and Wharton Streets, thence heading north to Washington Avenue, thence heading west to Grays Ferry Avenue, thence heading southwest to 28th Street, thence heading south to Oakford Street, thence heading east to 27th Street, thence heading south to Wharton Street, thence heading east to northwest corner of 25th and Wharton Streets; all as contained in the eleventh amendment of the redevelopment proposal and the eleventh amendment to the urban renewal plan.
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WHEREAS, The tenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal and of the urban renewal plan, and the amended relocation plan, of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, now known as the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter referred to as "Grays Ferry") was approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 15, 1969, as last amended on December 6, 2000; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared an eleventh amendment of the redevelopment proposal and of the urban renewal plan for Grays Ferry, each dated April 2012, which provide, inter alia, for certain changes, namely: the acquisition of approximately two (2) additional properties for future redevelopment for residential and related uses, the expansion of the boundaries of the urban renewal area, beginning at t...
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