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Approving the third amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Kingsessing Urban Renewal Area, being the area generally bounded by Chester avenue on the north, South Fifty-second street on the east, the AMTRAK right-of-way line on the south and South Sixty-first street and Sixty-second street on the west, including the third amendment to the urban renewal plan and the first amendment to the relocation plan, which provide, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately thirty (30) properties for residential and related uses; 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 Kingsessing Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter referred to as "Kingsessing") was approved by Ordinance of the Council on February 26, 2003 as last amended by Bill No. 040330, passed by the City Council on February 10, 2005 and signed by the Mayor on February 24, 2005; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a third amendment of the redevelopment proposal, including the detailed redevelopment area plan, the third amended urban renewal plan, the first amended relocation plan, the maps, disposition supplements, and all other documents and supporting data which form part of the said proposal, for Kingsessing, dated May, 2006 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Third Amended Redevelopment Proposal"); and
WHEREAS, the Third Amended Redevelopment Proposal provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately thirty ( 30 ) properties for residential and related reuses; the provision of certain relocation services, as required by law and declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to th...
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