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Resolution authorizing the Directors of the Departments of Finance and Mobility and Infrastructure to take actions necessary for recordation of temporary construction easements over certain City-owned parcels in order to advance a project for rehabilitation, reconstruction, and repair of Smithfield Street in the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.
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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) is currently advancing a project to complete rehabilitation, reconstruction, and repair of Smithfield Street in the City of Pittsburgh (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, the Project is subject to oversight by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) due to its use of federal and state funding; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to those requirements, the City has completed a right-of-way plan, Exhibit “A” attached, for this Project indicating certain property acquisitions that must be made in order to ensure necessary site access and construction staging; and
WHEREAS, the property acquisitions necessary for the Project include temporary construction easements to be placed over property parcels owned by the City of Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, the City seeks to record its Project right-of-way plan with the Allegheny County Recorder of Deeds, in order to evidence placement of and a commitment to non-interference with any Temporary Construction Easements placed over any City-owned land for the duration of the Project; and
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Directors of the Departments of Finance and Mobility and Infrastructure are authorized to take such actions as necessary for the recordation of a right-of-way plan including temporary construction easements over certain City-owned parcels, as further provided in the attached Exhibit “A”, necessary for the City of Pittsburgh to advance a project for rehabilitation, reconstruction, and repair of Smithfield Street in the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.