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Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Germantown Redevelopment Area, identified by house number and street address as 65 West Penn street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Neighborhood Gardens Trust and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract.
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WHEREAS, In accordance with the provisions of the Urban Redevelopment Law, being the Act of May 24, 1945, P.L. 991, as amended and supplemented, the City Planning Commission of the City of Philadelphia has on September 10, 1963, certified the Germantown Redevelopment Area as a redevelopment area and has completed a detailed redevelopment area plan for the Germantown Redevelopment Area dated July 11, 1967, as amended (hereinafter “Germantown”); and
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter “Redevelopment Authority”) has prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of Germantown, identified by house number and street address as 65 West Penn street (the “Property”). The area of the Property is bounded as follows:
65 West Penn street.
ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the building and appurtenances thereto, if any, situate in the Twelfth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, bounded and described as follows: beginning at a point, a corner formed by the intersection of the northeast side of Greene street with the northwest side of Penn street; Thence extending northwestward along the said northeast side of Greene street sixty-nine feet six and three-eighths inches to a point; Thence extending northeastward parallel with the said Penn street one hundred twenty-four feet four and one-quarter inches to a point; Thence extending southeastward parallel with the said Greene street sixty-nine feet three and five-eighths inches to a point on the northwest side of Penn street; Thence extending southwestward along the same one hundred twenty-four feet seven and one-half inches to place of beginning.
The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the amended redevelopment area plan approved by Council; and
WHEREAS, Neighborhood Gardens Trust desires to enter into the said redevelopment contract for the Property.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the redevelopment contract submitted by the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") for the redevelopment of that portion of the Germantown Redevelopment 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. The Redevelopment Authority is authorized to execute the hereby approved redevelopment contract with Neighborhood Gardens Trust (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. Accordingly, the Council hereby declares that it will cooperate in helping to carry out the redevelopment contract 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.
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