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Approving the grant of an easement for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the West Parkside Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 1718-1726 North Fifty-second street; and authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute all documents with Centennial Village LP and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the easement.
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WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter the "Redevelopment Authority") has prepared and submitted an urban renewal plan and a redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the West Parkside Urban Renewal Area (hereinafter "West Parkside"), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on June 13, 2002, as amended; and
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has submitted a resolution requesting City Council to approve a redevelopment agreement with Centennial Village LP (the "Redeveloper") for certain properties in West Parkside, some of which are adjacent to a property owned by the Redevelopment Authority located at 1718-1726 North Fifty-second street (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, The Redeveloper intends to construct a building on the properties adjacent to the Property and has requested an easement of up to a maximum of forty-four feet north of the shared property line on the Property (the "Easement") to be used as a public right-of-way in order to meet certain building code requirements; and
WHEREAS, The Easement will be for the use and benefit of the Redeveloper and the public; and
WHEREAS, The area of the Property that will be subject to the easement is bounded as follows:
1718-1726 North Fifty-second street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situate in the Fifty-second Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at the point of intersection of the westerly side of Fifty-second street (one hundred feet wide) and the south side of Parkside avenue (seventy feet wide); Thence extending westward along the said side of Parkside avenue one hundred thirty-three feet and one-eighth inch to a point; Thence extending southward twenty-one feet five and three-eighths inches to a point on the head of a certain four feet wide alley that extends southward into Columbia avenue (seventy feet wide); Thence extending eastward along the head of the aforesaid alley four feet to a point on the southeast side of said alley; Thence extending southward along said side of said alley thirty-two feet to a point; Thence extending eastward on a line parallel with the said Columbia avenue one hundred feet to a point on the said side of Fifty-second street; Thence extending northward along the said side of Fifty-second street one hundred thirty-six feet four and one-quarter inches to the point of intersection with the said side of Parkside avenue, being the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
WHEREAS, Centennial Village LP desires to obtain an easement on the Property.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") is authorized to grant an easement for the redevelopment of that portion of the West Parkside Urban Renewal Area, as hereinabove more particularly described. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved redevelopment contract with Centennial Village LP (hereinafter "Redeveloper"). The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute all documents with Centennial Village LP and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the easement.
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