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Approving the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, designated as Parcel Nos. 700 and 701 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 700 as 1801-1859 North Eleventh street and for Parcel No. 701 as 1802-1856 North Warnock street including 1028 West Berks street, 1801, 1817 Clifton street and 1021-1029 West Montgomery avenue; authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") has prepared and submitted an urban renewal plan and a redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter "Model Cities"), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 15, 1969; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a disposition supplement providing, inter alia, for development controls and regulations imposed upon the redeveloper; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of the Model Cities, designated as Parcel Nos. 700 and 701 and also sometimes identified by house numbers and street addresses for Parcel No. 700 as 1801-1859 North Eleventh street and for Parcel No. 701 as 1802-1856 North Warnock street including 1028 West Berks street, 1801, 1817 Clifton street and 1021-1029 West Montgomery avenue (the “Properties”). The area of the Properties is bounded as follows:
Parcel No. 700 (1801-1859 North Eleventh street).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Twentieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at the point of intersection of the easterly side of Eleventh street (fifty feet wide) and the northerly side of Montgomery avenue (fifty feet wide); Thence extending northward along the said side of Eleventh street the distance of five hundred feet to the point of intersection with the southerly side of Berks street (fifty feet wide); Thence extending eastward along the said side of Berks street the distance of seventy eight feet to the point of intersection with the westerly side of Clifton street (twenty five feet wide); Thence extending southward along the said side of Clifton street the distance of five hundred feet to the point of intersection with the said side of Montgomery avenue; Thence extending westward along the said side of Montgomery avenue the distance of seventy eight feet to the point of intersection with the said side of Eleventh street being the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
Parcel No. 701 (1802-1856 North Warnock street including 1028 West Berks street, 1801, 1817 Clifton street and 1021-1029 West Montgomery avenue).
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Twentieth Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side of Warnock street (fifty feet wide) and the northerly side of Montgomery avenue (fifty feet wide); Thence extending northward along the said side of Warnock street the distance of five hundred feet to the point of intersection with the southerly side of Berks street (fifty feet wide); Thence extending westward along the said side of Berks street the distance of seventy feet to the point of intersection with the easterly side of Clifton street (twenty five feet wide); Thence extending southward along the said side of Clifton street the distance of five hundred feet to the point of intersection with the said side of Montgomery avenue; Thence extending eastward along the said side of Montgomery avenue the distance of seventy feet to the point of intersection with the said side of Warnock street being the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the urban renewal plan and the redevelopment proposal approved by Council; and
WHEREAS, Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education desires to enter into the said redevelopment contract for the Properties.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement submitted by the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of that portion of the Model Cities Urban Renewal Area, as hereinabove more particularly described, is hereby approved. City Council authorizes the Redevelopment Authority to proceed with minor changes in substantial conformity with the hereby approved redevelopment contract and disposition supplement. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved redevelopment contract with Temple University - f0Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education (hereinafter "Redeveloper"). The Redevelopment Authority and the Redeveloper are authorized to take such action in substantial conformity to the redevelopment contract as may be necessary to carry it out.
RESOLVED, The Redevelopment Authority and the Redeveloper are authorized to prepare or cause to be prepared for introduction into the Council such ordinances or resolutions as may be necessary for changes in zoning, streets, alleys, public ways, street patterns, location and relocation of public utilities, and related items which are required in order to facilitate and effectuate the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement hereby approved. Accordingly, the Council hereby declares that it will cooperate in helping to carry out the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement and requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the City having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment contract and disposition supplement.
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