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Approving the fifteenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal for the Mantua Urban Renewal Area, being the area beginning at the intersection of Fortieth street and Spring Garden street, including the twelfth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the relocation plan, as amended, which provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately seventeen (17) properties 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 Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of the Mantua Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter referred to as "Mantua") was approved by Ordinance of the Council on December 15, 1969, as last amended by Bill No. 070936 approved by the Mayor December 13, 2007; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a fifteenth amendment of the redevelopment proposal, including the detailed redevelopment area plan, the twelfth amended urban renewal plan, the relocation plan, as amended, the maps, disposition supplements, and all other documents and supporting data which form part of the said proposal, for Mantua dated July 2012 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Fifteenth Amended Redevelopment Proposal"); and
WHEREAS, the Fifteenth Amended Redevelopment Proposal provides, inter alia, for the additional land acquisition of approximately seventeen ( 17 ) properties 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; and
WHEREAS, The Fifteenth Amended Redevelopment Proposal has been submitted to the City Planning Commission of the City of Philadelphia and has been certified by the Commission to the...
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