Presenter
Presented by Ms. Payne
Title
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of City Planning to receive grant funding to support the "Natural Areas Study" being conducted in the City's four regional parks and further providing for an Agreement or Agreements for professional services in support of the "Natural Areas Study". Agreement not to exceed $114,509.00.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and Director of City Planning are hereby authorized to enter into Grant Agreements to receive funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pittsburgh Foundation Nine Mile Run Trust Fund as follows:
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural $56,000
Resources Community Conservation Partnership Program
450500-2940-110000-PGHPR- 600 PR10001-2007
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural $30,975
Resources Wild Resource Conservation Program
450500-2940-110000-PGHPR-600 PR10002-2007
Pittsburgh Foundation Nine Mile Run Trust Fund $27,534
450500-2940-110000-PGHPR-600 PR10003-2007
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$114,509
Funds will be used to conduct or support the "Natural Areas Study" being conducted in the City's four regional parks. The Grant Agreements shall be approved as to form and substance by the City Solicitor and monies shall be deposited into the Grants Trust Fund.
Section 2. The Mayor and Director of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby further authorized to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or a Contract or Contracts, or utilize existing Agreements or Contracts, in a form approved by the City Solicitor, for professional services to conduct or support the "Natural Areas Study" being conducted in the City's four regional parks (Frick, Highland, Riverview, and Schenley). Said Agreement or Agreements shall not exceed One Hundred Fourteen Thousand Five Hundred Nine ($114,509) dollars chargeable to and payable from the grant funding sources outlined in Section 1 of this resolution.