City Council Approves Changes to Redevelopment Project on Cecil B. Moore Avenue with New Condemnation Powers

Official:Amending an Ordinance approved December 22, 1987 which approved the redevelopment proposal and the urban renewal plan of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia for the redevelopment of the Cecil B. Moore Avenue Urban Renewal Area, by approving the ninth amendment of the redevelopment proposal, the ninth amendment to the urban renewal plan and the sixth amendment to the relocation plan, by providing for certain changes, namely, the acquisition of an additional eight (8) properties for residential and related reuse; by authorizing certain expressly designated condemnation proceedings; provision of certain relocation services, as required by law; declaring that condemnation is not imminent with respect to the Project; all as contained in the ninth amendment of the redevelopment proposal and the ninth amendment to the urban renewal plan.