Title
Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to certain properties located in the Second 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"
1351 S. 29th Street
1501 S. 29th Street
1315 S. Corlies Street
1322 S. Corlies Street
2642 Dickinson Street
1323 S. Dover Street
1543 S. Dover Street
1545 S . Dover Street
1547 S. Dover Street
1549 S. Dover Street
1551 S. Dover Street
1553 S. Dover Street
1555 S. Dover Street
2618 Earp Street
2620 Earp Street.
2622 Earp Street
2624 Earp Street
2524 Ellsworth Street
1500 S. Etting Street
2900 Gerritt Street
2315 Greenwich Street
2316 Greenwich Street
2317 Greenwich Street
2318 Greenwich Street
2327 Greenwich Street
2339 Greenwich Street
2348 Greenwich Street
2349 Greenwich Street
1309 S. Hollywood Street
1501 S. Marston Street
2609-27 Sears Street
2822 Wharton Street
2824 Wharton Street
2825 Wharton Street
2826 Wharton Street
2828 Wharton Street
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