Title
Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to certain properties located in the Fifth Councilmanic District pursuant to the requirements of the Commonwealth Land Bank Act.
Body
WHEREAS, Act 153 of 2012, 68 Pa. C.S.A. § 2101, et seq. (the "Land Bank Act") authorized the City to create a land bank in accordance with the Land Bank Act;
WHEREAS, the City, in Bill No. 130156-A (approved December 18, 2013), authorized the creation of the Philadelphia Land Bank;
WHEREAS, under Section 2109 of the Land Bank Act, 68 Pa. C.S.A. § 2109(d)(3), a redevelopment authority, with the consent of the local governing body and without a redevelopment contract, may convey title to certain redevelopment authority property to a land bank;
WHEREAS, the properties identified in this Resolution qualify for transfer from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to the Philadelphia Land Bank as provided by Section 2109 of the Land Bank Act; and
WHEREAS, the transfer of the properties identified in this Resolution to the Philadelphia Land Bank will promote the public purposes for which the City created the Land Bank; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank, without consideration, deeds conveying title to the properties listed in Exhibit "A" hereto.
EXHIBIT "A"
1938 N. 08th street
1948 N. 08th street
1952 N. 08th street
1902-04 N. 08th street
1959-63 N. 09th street
2010-18 N. 10th street
2020-22 N. 10th street
2021 N. Alder street
2023 N. Alder street
2025 N. Alder street
2027 N. Alder street
2029 N. Alder street
803-07 W. Berks street
1903 N. Darien street
1911 N. Darien street
824 Burns street
826 Burns street
715 N. 20th street
768 N. Uber street
819-21 N. Uber street
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