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Authorizing the Commerce Director to file an application with the Commonwealth's Department of Community and Economic Development under the Main Street Program in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to assist in the revitalization of the Lancaster Avenue Commercial Corridor; and authorizing the City to enter into one or more agreements with DCED in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, The City desires to obtain funds from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development, in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for the undertaking of streetscape improvements under the Commonwealth's Main Street Program; and
WHEREAS, Main Street Program authorizes the City to file applications for grants; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth program requires that the City assume the provision of the full matching share of the project costs above the aggregate amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000); and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth program requires that the City obligate itself to reimburse the Commonwealth for expenditures of grant money found to be ineligible; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth program requires the City to enter into one or more agreements between the City and DCED to carry out the terms of the grant; and
WHEREAS, The Commonwealth requires City Council's approval prior to the City's submission of an application; now, therefore,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The Commerce Director is authorized to file an application with the Commonwealth's Department of Community and Economic Development under the Main Street Program, including all understandings and assurances contained therein, in an aggregate amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) to assist in the revitalization of the Lancaster Avenue Commercial Corridor as more fully described in ...
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