Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Land Bank deeds conveying title to various properties located in the 3rd Councilmanic District, including on the following streets: N. 35th Street, N. 38th Street, Aspen Street, Brown Street, N. DeKalb Street, Ogden Street, Sloan Street, and Union Street, pursuant to the requirements of the Commonwealth Land Bank Act.

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 i

dentified 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"

3rd Councilmanic District Properties

620 N. 35th Street

765 N. 38th Street

3731 Aspen Street

3539 Aspen Street

3940 Aspen Street

3903 Brown Street

3906 Brown Street

3915 Brown Street

3936 Brown Street

735 N. DeKalb Street

4510 Ogden Street

4512 Ogden Street

4514 Ogden Street

4511 Ogden Street

773 Sloan Street

612 Union Street

642 Union Street

647 Union Street

658 Union Street

661 Union Street

663 Union Street

811 Union Street

817 Union Street

819 Union Street

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