Presenter
Presented by Mr. Lavelle
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Resolution authorizing the Mayor to accept and expend on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh a grant from The Home Depot Foundation in the amount of One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000) in Home Depot gift cards and additional monies, and authorizing the Mayor to enter into mini-grant agreements with qualified nonprofit organizations to complete block revitalization projects for the City's Love Your Block initiative.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized to accept on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh a grant from The Home Depot Foundation in the total amount of One Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars: One Hundred and Eight Thousand Dollars in Home Depot gift cards and Twenty-Two Thousand Dollars in additional monies, for the purpose of expanding the City's Love Your Block initiative. Love Your Block is a block revitalization program created to reduce blight in the City of Pittsburgh by inviting neighborhood groups from across the City to propose volunteer-led projects to transform their blocks with a mini-grant and the support of key City departments. Love Your Block will provide resources for volunteers to support 100 block revitalization projects in two years. Grant monies will be deposited to 0229400082.48311.00
Section 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized on behalf of the City to enter into mini-grant agreements with qualified nonprofit organizations to complete block revitalization projects that are required for the successful conduct of the program, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred and Eight Thousand Dollars ($108,000), and expend an additional funding amount not to exceed Twenty-Two Thousand Dollars ($22,000) on administrative and associated costs for program management and delivery. Grant monies will be paid out of 0229400055.58101.00.
Said Agreements shall be in a form approved by the City Solicitor and shall contain such other terms and conditions as may be in the best interest of the City and are required by The Home Depot Foundation. All payments to be made under this agreement are subject to and contingent upon the receipt, by the City, of the gift cards and cash for the Love Your Block initiative.