Resolution 160479

..Title Approving the redevelopment contract of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the West Fairhill/East Tioga/Hunting Park Urban Renewal Area, identified by house number and street address as 3110 North Percy street; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the redevelopment contract with Josefina Vazquez and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the redevelopment contract. ..Body WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (hereinafter "Redevelopment Authority") has prepared and submitted an urban renewal plan and a redevelopment proposal for the redevelopment of the West Fairhill/East Tioga/Hunting Park Urban Renewal Area, (hereinafter "West Fairhill"), which said plan and proposal were approved by Ordinance of the Council on April 7, 2005, as amended; and WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Authority has prepared a redevelopment contract for a portion of West Fairhill, identified by house number and street address as 3110 North Percy street (the "Property"). The area of the Property is bounded as follows: 3110 North Percy street. ALL THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground situated in the Thirty-seventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia beginning at a point on the westerly side of Percy street (thirty feet wide) at the distance of seventy-two feet north from the northerly side of Clearfield street (fifty feet wide); Containing in front or breadth on the said Percy street fourteen feet and extending of that width in length or depth westward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Percy street forty-eight feet two inches to a point on the east side of a certain three feet wide alley that extends southward into the said Clearfield street. The said redevelopment contract is in substantial conformity with the amended urban renewal plan and the amended redevelopment proposal approved by the Council; and WHEREAS, Josefina Vazquez 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 West Fairhill/East Tioga/Hunting Park Urban Renewal 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 Josefina Vazquez (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 hereby approved. 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. ..End