Presenter
Presented by Mr. Shields
Title
Resolution authorizing the Mayor or the Director of City Planning, to apply for and enter into an Agreement with the Department of Transportation in the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) III competitive grant program.
Body
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The funds will be used for the creation of the Eastern Gateway Intermodal Center in the neighborhood of East Liberty, servicing the neighborhoods of the east end and the Golden Triangle and implementation of the Allegheny Riverfront Vision Plan in the form of riverfront infrastructure and connection creations along the Allegheny riverfront. Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements or Contract or Contracts, or for use of existing Agreements or Contracts, with a Consultant or Consultants, or Vendor or Vendors, for the purpose of preparing the "Eastern Gateway Intermodal Center" and implementation of the Allegheny Riverfront Vision Plan and related activities in support of such.
Section 2. The Mayor or the Director of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement with the Department of Transportation to receive funding. These funds will be used for all legitimate expenditures required under the terms and conditions of the Agreement with the Department of Transportation for the Eastern Gateway Intermodal Center and Allegheny Riverfront Vision plan implementation. The Agreement shall be approved as to form and substance by the City Solicitor and monies deposited into the Grants Trust Fund:
Section 3. The Mayor or the Director of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement/Agreements or Contracts or use of existing Agreements or Contracts, in a form approved by the City Solicitor with a Consultant or Consultants, or a Vendor or Vendors, for the purpose of preparing Department of City Planning "Eastern Gateway Intermodal Center" and "Allegheny Riverfront Vision Plan Implementation" related activities in support of such plans, as outlined in Section 1 of this Resolution,