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Resolution amending Resolution 588 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny for the completion of lead safety projects as approved in the City of Pittsburgh's American Rescue Plan Act allocation at a cost not to Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00), by updating the authorized recipient to be the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County.
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Resolution 588 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny for the completion of lead safety projects, as approved in the City of Pittsburgh's American Rescue Plan Act allocation, at a cost not to Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00),” is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (“RAAC”) for the completion of lead safety initiatives approved in the City of Pittsburgh’s American Rescue Plan Act allocation, at a cost not to exceed Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00).
Funds to the RAAC shall be paid from the American Rescue Plan Trust Fund, JDE account 0222905500.53901.00.
Section 2. The City of Pittsburgh reserves the right to re-appropriate funds from said Agreement or Agreements.
Section 3. Said Agreement or Agreements shall include terms indicating that the RAAC will follow all rules and compliance guidelines and will be held financially responsible for any unauthorized spending.
Section 4. Per U.S. Department of Treasury guidance, all funds must be obligated by December 31, 2024 and spent by December 31, 2026.
Section 5. Said Agreement or Agreements shall be approved by the City Solicitor as to form.
Section 6. The Pittsburgh City Controller is authorized to perform an audit of said Agreement or Agreements, which shall include an accounting of all monetary exchanges and any other interactions between the two entities and any potential sub recipients.
Section 7. The RAAC shall submit quarterly financial and progress reports to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and to the Controller for projects relating to said Agreement or Agreements.
Section 8. The Office of Management and Budget shall provide the Pittsburgh Recovery Task Force with quarterly updates relating to said Agreement or Agreements.