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Approving the thirty-fifth 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-seventh amendment to the urban renewal plan and the twenty-fifth amendment to the relocation plan, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of eighteen (18) properties for residential and related uses; the additional land acquisition of approximately sixty-six (66) properties for institutional and related uses; the additional land acquisition of one (1) property for commercial 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 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-fifth amendment of the redevelopment proposal, including the detailed redevelopment area plan, the twenty-seventh amended urban renewal plan, the twenty-fifth 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 September, 2006 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Thirty-fifth Amended Redevelopment Proposal"); and
WHEREAS, The Thirty-fifth Amended Redevelopment Proposal provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of eighteen (18) properties for residential and related uses; the additional land acquisition of approximately sixty-...
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