Title
Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to certain properties located in the Third Councilmanic District pursuant to the requirements of the Commonwealth Land Bank Act.
Body
WHEREAS, Act 153 of 2012, 68 Pa. C.S.A. § 2101, et seq. (the "Land Bank Act") authorized the City to create a land bank in accordance with the Land Bank Act; and
WHEREAS, The City, in Bill No. 130156-A (approved December 18, 2013), authorized the creation of the Philadelphia Land Bank; and
WHEREAS, Under Section 2109 of the Land Bank Act, 68 Pa. C.S.A. § 2109(d)(3), a redevelopment authority, with the consent of the local governing body and without a redevelopment contract, may convey title to certain redevelopment authority property to a land bank; and
WHEREAS, The properties identified in this Resolution qualify for transfer from the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to the Philadelphia Land Bank as provided by Section 2109 of the Land Bank Act; and
WHEREAS, The transfer of the properties identified in this Resolution to the Philadelphia Land Bank will promote the public purposes for which the City created the Philadelphia Land Bank; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank, without consideration, deeds conveying title to the properties listed in Exhibit "A" hereto.
EXHIBIT "A"
4915 W. Girard Avenue
4917 W. Girard Avenue
4921 W. Girard Avenue
4923 W. Girard Avenue
4925 W. Girard Avenue
4927 W. Girard Avenue
4929 W. Girard Avenue
4939 W. Girard Avenue
4941 W. Girard Avenue
4945 W. Girard Avenue
4947 W. Girard Avenue
4949 W. Girard Avenue
4951 W. Girard Avenue
4957 W. Girard Avenue
4969 W. Girard Avenue
4971 W. Girard Avenue
4973 W. Girard Avenue
4981 W. Girard Avenue
4987 W. Girard Avenue
4997 W. Girard Avenue
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