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Resolution directing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") and the Directors of the Departments of Finance, Innovation and Performance ("I&P"), Mobility and Infrastructure ("DOMI"), Parks and Recreation ("CitiParks"), Permits, Licenses and Inspections ("PLI"), Public Safety ("DPS") and Public Works ("DPW"), pursuant to ? 211 of the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter ("Charter"), to furnish to City Council detailed information related to the City's efforts to secure the 2026 NFL Draft, commitments made in furtherance of the same, and information related to the potential costs to City taxpayers to prepare for and to secure the City during the NFL Draft and any estimates of increases in tax revenues which may result from hosting the same.
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Whereas, the National Football League ("NFL") announced in late May their decision to hold the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh; and,
Whereas, the NFL, in announcing the decision of the Fan Engagement & Major Events Advisory Committee and its owners, stated their intention to partner with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau, better known as VisitPittsburgh; and,
Whereas, the NFL reported that it had accepted Pittsburgh's bid proposal; and,
Whereas, the City, in proceeding to carry out its commitments in said proposal, has introduced legislation (Council Bill #2024-0889), authorizing an agreement between it and VisitPittsburgh to pay the latter the sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) toward coordinating a successful event; and,
Whereas, City Council, who must inevitably vote to approve many aspects of the City's bid proposal, has yet to be provided with a copy of the bid proposal; and,
Whereas, Council Bill #2024-0889 authorizes, in addition to the payment of one million dollars ($1,000,000), also authorizes the City to commit an unspecified amount of "various in-kind City services" for which no description or cost estimate has been provided; and,
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