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Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Finance, and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Agreement or Agreements with Duquesne Light Company granting it a permanent utility easement for the erection, installation, use, operation, maintenance, repair, and removal of an underground system consisting of cables, wires, transformer and other fixtures and apparatus thereto belonging, upon, over, under, along, across, and through City property located in Allegheny Commons West Park (having Parcel ID 8-B-150) and fronting on Arch Street, situated in the 22nd Ward, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of providing electrical services in Allegheny Commons.
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WHEREAS, certain portions of the Allegheny Commons Park (“Park”) has been susceptible to Park lights not being illuminated for extended periods of time; and
WHEREAS, the cause of this issue is due to the Park’s lighting control being located offsite within a Pittsburgh Public School District building, where the City has limited access into the building; and
WHEREAS, due to the limited access to the lighting control, the City is not able to remedy any Park lighting issues within a timely manner; and
WHEREAS, the City, as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the safety and enjoyment of the Allegheny Commons Park, has determined that control to the Park’s electricity would be better situated within the Park; and
WHEREAS, sustained lighting within the Park will be a benefit to the public as the sustained lighting will provide additional safety and security to residents utilizing the Park; and
WHEREAS, Duquesne Light Company (”Duquesne Light”) is willing to install infrastructure within the Park to house a dedicated control for the Park lights; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to provide a permanent easement and a temporary easement (collectively, “Easements”) to Duquesne Light to erect, install, use, operate, maintain, repair, renew, and remove an underground system consisting of cables, wires, transformer, and other fixtures and apparatus thereto upon, over, under, along, across, and through certain portions of Parcel 8-B-150, as shown in Exhibit A.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Finance, and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Easement Agreement or Agreements with Duquesne Light Company granting it Easements for the erection, installation, use, operation, maintenance, repair, and removal of an underground system consisting of cables, wires, transformer and other fixtures and apparatus thereto belonging, upon, over, under, along, across, and through City property located in Allegheny Commons West Park (having Parcel ID 8-B-150) and fronting on Arch Street, situated in the 22nd Ward, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, as shown in Exhibit A, for the purpose of providing electrical services in Allegheny Commons.
Section 2. The Easement Agreement shall be approved by the City Solicitor as to form.
EXHIBIT A
DRAWING(S) DEPICTING EASEMENT AREA