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Continuing the Roxborough District (District), a neighborhood improvement district, beyond its termination date in an area that generally includes both sides of Ridge Avenue from Main Street to 7220 Ridge Avenue and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Ridge Avenue; continuing the designation of the Roxborough Development Corporation, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with the Roxborough Development Corporation relating to the District; and authorizing the Roxborough Development Corporation to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee to be used in accordance with the approved plan; all in accordance with the provisions of the Community and Economic Improvement Act, and under certain terms and conditions.
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WHEREAS, Bill No. 030017 (approved June 11, 2003) established a neighborhood improvement district in the Roxborough area, known as the Roxborough District (District); designated the Roxborough Development Corporation, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; and approved a final plan for improvements within the District; and
WHEREAS, Bill No. 080077 (approved July 2, 2008) continued the term of the District until June 30, 2013; and
WHEREAS, On June 30, 2013, the District will automatically terminate, unless the District is continued beyond that date; and
WHEREAS, Council is authorized by the Community and Economic Improvement Act, act of December 21, 1998, P.L. 1307, No. 174 (Act) (53 P.S. §18101 et seq.) to continue a neighborhood improvement district beyond its termination date by reenacting the municipal enabling ordinance creating the original neighborhood improvement district, following a review of the neighborhood improvement district and the neighborhood improvement district management association programs and services provided within the neighborhood improvement district; and
WHEREAS, The purpose of this Ordinance is to continue the term of the neighborhood improvement district in the Roxborough area, known as the Roxborough District (District) for 10 years to June 30, 2023; and
WHEREAS, All procedures required by the Act for continuing the District beyond its termination date have been followed; in particular, more than forty-five (45) days have elapsed from the last public hearing required by the Act, and the Clerk of Council has not received objections filed by fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the affected property owners or property owners whose property valuation as assessed for taxable purposes amounts to fifty-one percent (51%) of the total property valuation within the proposed boundaries of the District; now, therefore
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. In accordance with the provisions of the Community and Economic Improvement Act, act of December 21, 1998, P.L. 1307, No. 174 ("Act") (53 P.S. §18101 et. seq.), the Roxborough District ("District"), a neighborhood improvement district in the Roxborough area, is hereby continued beyond its termination date, within the boundaries set forth in Exhibit "A-1" attached.
SECTION 2. The Roxborough Development Corporation (RDC), a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, is hereby continued as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association (NIDMA) for the District.
SECTION 3. Council hereby approves as the final plan for the District the plan set forth in Exhibit "A" attached. The RDC is hereby authorized to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee, in accordance with the provisions of the final plan and the provisions of the Act.
SECTION 4. The Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the RDC in a form approved by the City Solicitor, which agreement shall include the following provisions:
(a) A detailed description of the respective duties and responsibilities of the City and the RDC with respect to the District as set forth in the final plan approved under Section 3;
(b) A requirement that the City will maintain, within the District, the same level of municipal programs and services that were provided within the District before its establishment;
(c) A "sunset provision" under which the agreement will terminate in ten years on June 30, 2023, and may not be renewed unless the District is continued beyond that date in accordance with the sunset provisions of Section 5 of this Ordinance; and
(d) The RDC's agreement to be responsible for the collection of all property assessment fees levied within the District and the City's agreement to file any necessary liens for nonpayment of property assessment fees as set forth in the Act at 53 P.S. §18107(a)(10).
SECTION 5. The District shall terminate on June 30, 2023, in accordance with the provisions of the final plan approved under Section 3. The District may be continued beyond that date only if Council reenacts this Ordinance following a review of the District and the programs and services provided by the RDC within the District.
SECTION 6. The Chief Clerk shall keep on file the document referred to as Exhibit A in Section 3 of this Ordinance, and all accompanying documents referenced in Exhibit A, and shall make them available for inspection by the public during regular office hours.
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