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Approving the redevelopment proposal of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of the Tioga Urban Renewal Area being the area generally bounded by Hunting Park avenue on the north, Broad street, Germantown avenue, Venango street, Fifteenth street, Allegheny avenue and Germantown avenue on the east, Glenwood avenue and Lehigh avenue on the south and Twenty-third street, Allegheny avenue and Twenty-second street on the west; approving the urban renewal plan and determining that such plan and redevelopment proposal conform to the general locality plan and make adequate provisions for individuals, business concerns and families who are displaced; determining the necessity for changes in and for zoning, streets, alleys, public ways, street patterns, location and relocation of public utilities; determining that the urban renewal plan and redevelopment proposal meet all non-discrimination requirements of Federal, State and Local Laws and the regulations and policies promulgated with respect thereto; declaring that certain expressly designated and provided for condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project; and declaring the redevelopment undertakings in the Project to be an important part of the City's program to remove and prevent the spread of urban blight.
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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 March 18, 2003, re-certified the Tioga Redevelopment Area as a blighted area; and,
WHEREAS, The Commission has completed a detailed redevelopment area plan for the Tioga Redevelopment Area dated September, 1970, as amended; and,
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment proposal, dated April, 2003 for the redevelopment of a portion of the Tioga Redevelopment Area, Tioga Urban Renewal Are...
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