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Initiating action to continue the Mayfair Business Improvement District beyond its termination date in an area that generally includes both sides of Frankford Avenue from the north side of Harbison Avenue to the south side of Sheffield Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Frankford Avenue; and for which Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, serves as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; approving a preliminary plan for and report concerning the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act, prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally establish the District.
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WHEREAS, Bill No. 150348 (approved November 19, 2015) established a business improvement district in the Mayfair area, known as the Mayfair Business Improvement District (“District”); designated Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc., 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, On December 31, 2020, the term of the District will automatically terminate; 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.) (“Act”) to establish, by ordinance, neighborhood improvement districts and to designate certain entities to administer programs and services within such districts in order "to promote and enhance more attractive and safer commercial, industrial, residential and mixed-use neighborhoods; economic growth; increased employment opportunities; and improved commercial, industrial, business districts and business climates"; and
WHEREAS, Council wishes to initiate action to continue the District for a term to expire on December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, The purpose of this resolution is to initiate action to continue the District beyond its termination date, approve the preliminary plan for the District, attached as Exhibit “A”, adopt as the City’s report concerning the District, the report included as part of that preliminary plan, and ensure that all actions required by the Act are taken prior to enactment of an ordinance formally continuing the district; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That Council hereby initiates action to continue the Mayfair Business Improvement District beyond its termination date in an area that generally includes both sides of Frankford Avenue from the north side of Harbison Avenue to the south side of Sheffield Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Frankford Avenue for which Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, serves as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association. Council hereby approves as the preliminary plan for the Mayfair Business Improvement District, the preliminary plan attached as Exhibit "A," and Council adopts as the City's report concerning the Mayfair Business Improvement District, the report included as part of that preliminary plan.
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Committee on Rules is hereby authorized and directed to take all actions required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act ("Act") prior to enactment of an ordinance formally establishing the Mayfair Business Improvement District, including the holding of any and all public hearings required by the Act. The Clerk of Council shall arrange for all mailings and publication of all notices required by the Act, as directed by the Chair of the Committee on Rules.
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