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Approving the Agreement of Agency Designation pursuant to the Redevelopment Cooperation Law between the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority and the Philadelphia Housing Authority for the purpose of considering the acquisition of property by the Philadelphia Housing Authority to support its Blumberg Project.
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WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Housing Authority ("PHA") is considering undertaking a project (the "Blumberg Project") for the revitalization of an area of Philadelphia located in the vicinity of 19th street to the east, 27th street to the west, College avenue to the south, and Cecil B. Moore avenue to the north (the "Project Site"); and
WHEREAS, The Blumberg Project will promote the health and welfare of the citizens of Philadelphia by providing safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low-income through construction of new housing and will provide for related mixed-use development, all as authorized by the Housing Authorities Law; and
WHEREAS, In order to assemble the land for the Blumberg Project, PHA would have to acquire certain properties within the Project Site; and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to § 6.1 of the Redevelopment Cooperation Law, Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 982, § 6.1; added by the Act of January 19, 1968, P.L. (1967) 987, § 2; 35 P.S. § 1746.1, PHA may designate and appoint the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority ("PRA") its agent to perform any specified activity that PHA is authorized by law to perform, so long as such activity is in furtherance of the public purposes specified in the Urban Redevelopment Law (the "URL"); and
WHEREAS, PRA and PHA desire to enter into an Agreement of Agency Designation (the "Agency Agreement") wherein PHA will designate PRA as PHA's agent to perform the activities necessary to allow PHA to consider acquisition of properties needed to proceed with the Blumberg Project; and
WHEREAS, The Blumberg Project furthers the p...
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