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File #: 070096    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 2/15/2007 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 2/15/2007
Title: Approving the redevelopment contract of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel No. 159 also sometimes identified by respective house number and street address as 1549 South Twenty-sixth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Robert Grant and Christian Russo and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
Sponsors: Council President Verna, Council President Verna, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Blackwell
Indexes: GRAYS FERRY URBAN RENEWAL AREA, REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 07009600.pdf
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Approving the redevelopment contract of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area designated as Parcel No. 159 also sometimes identified by respective house number and street address as 1549 South Twenty-sixth street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Robert Grant and Christian Russo and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereafter "Redevelopment Authority") has prepared and submitted an urban renewal plan and a redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area, which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 15, 1969, as amended; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of the Grays Ferry Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel No. 159 also sometimes identified by house number and street address as 1549 South Twenty-sixth street (hereinafter "Property"). The area of said Property is bounded as follows:
Parcel No. 159 (1549 South Twenty-sixth street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Thirty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at the point of intersection of the southeast side of Twenty-sixth street (fifty feet wide) and the north side of Tasker street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on the said side of Twenty-sixth street sixteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth eastward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Twenty-sixth street fifty six feet to a point on the westerly side of a certain three feet wide alley that extends southward into the said Tasker street.
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the urban renewal plan and the redevelopment p...

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