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Approving the thirty-sixth 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-eighth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-sixth amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately thirty (30) properties for residential and related uses; the designation of certain properties as not to be acquired; 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. 051104, signed by the Mayor on February 23, 2006; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a thirty-sixth amendment of the redevelopment proposal, including the detailed redevelopment area plan, the twenty-eighth amended urban renewal plan, the twenty-sixth 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 August, 2007 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Thirty-sixth Amended Redevelopment Proposal"); and
WHEREAS, the Thirty-sixth Amended Redevelopment Proposal provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of thirty (30) properties for residential and related uses; the designation of 2620-2638 West Girard Avenue and 911-941 North Twenty-seventh Street as not to be acquired under certain terms and conditions and declaring that condemnation is not i...
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