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Initiating action to continue the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District beyond its termination date in an area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 6300 to 7631 and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, for which Mt. Airy Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, serves as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; approving a preliminary plan for and report concerning the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally continue the District.
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WHEREAS, Bill No. 070005 (approved September 20, 2007) established a business improvement district in the Mt. Airy area, known as the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District ("District"); designated Mt. Airy Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the neighborhood improvement district management association for the District; and approved a final plan for improvements within the District; and
WHEREAS, On September 20, 2012, the term of the District will automatically terminate; and
WHEREAS, Council is authorized by the Community and Economic Improvement Act, act of December 21, 1998, P.L. 1307, No. 174 ("Act") (53 P.S. ยง18101 et. seq.) to continue, by ordinance, neighborhood improvement districts beyond the date of their termination by reenacting the municipal enabling ordinance creating the original neighborhood improvement district, following a review of the neighborhood improvement district and the neighborhood improvement district management association programs and services provided within the district; and
WHEREAS, Council wishes to initiate action to continue the District for a term to expire on December 31, 2017; and
WHEREAS, The purpose of this resolution is to initiate ac...
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