Initiating action to continue the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District beyond its termination date in an area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 6300 to 7631 and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, for which Mt. Airy 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 continue the District.

WHEREAS, Bill No. 070005 (approved September 20, 2007) established a business improvement district in the Mt. Airy area, known as the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (“District”); designated Mt. Airy 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, Bill No. 120301 (approved November 29, 2012) continued the term of the District until December 31, 2017; and

WHEREAS, Bill No. 170406 (approved September 26, 2017) continued the term of the District until December 31, 2022; and

WHEREAS, On December 31, 2022, 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

.) to continue, by ordinance, neighborhood improvement districts beyond the date of their termination by reenacting the municipal enabling ordinance creating the original neighborhood improvement district, following a review of the neighborhood improvement district and the neighborhood improvement district management association programs and services provided within the district; and

WHEREAS, Council wishes to initiate action to continue the District for a term to expire on December 31, 2027; and

WHEREAS, The purpose of this resolution is to initiate action to continue the Mt. Airy Business Improvement 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 Mt. Airy Business Improvement District beyond its termination date in an area that generally includes both sides of Germantown Avenue from 6300 to 7631 and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Germantown Avenue, for which Mt. Airy Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, serves as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association. Council hereby approves as the preliminary plan for the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District, the preliminary plan attached as Exhibit "A", and Council adopts as the City's report concerning the Mt. Airy 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 continuing the Mt. Airy 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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