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File #: 2012-0291    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 4/17/2012 In control: Committee on Public Works
On agenda: Final action: 4/25/2012
Enactment date: 4/25/2012 Enactment #: 265
Effective date: 5/3/2012    
Title: Resolution authorizing the Mayor to apply on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh and the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) for a grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to fund an engineering plan and construct a trail in Emerald View Park above the southern end of the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
Indexes: GRANT(S)
Attachments: 1. 2012-0291.doc
Presenter
Presented by Mr. Kraus
 
Title
Resolution authorizing the Mayor to apply on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh and the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) for a grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to fund an engineering plan and construct a trail in Emerald View Park above the southern end of the Fort Pitt Tunnel.
 
Body
 
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
 
Section 1.      WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh, ("applicant") desires to undertake in conjunction with the MWCDC, the following project, Emerald View Park: Fort Pitt Tunnel Trail Connection; and
 
WHEREAS, the applicant desires to receive from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ("Department") a grant for the purposes of carrying out this project; and
 
WHEREAS, the application package includes a document entitled "Terms and Conditions of Grant," and a document entitled "Grant Agreement Signature Page"; and
 
WHEREAS, the applicant understands that the contents of the document entitled "Terms and
Conditions of Grant," including appendices referred to therein, will become the terms and conditions of a Grant Agreement between the applicant and the Department if the applicant is awarded a grant; and
 
1.       The "Grant Agreement Signature Page" may be signed on behalf of the applicant by the Official who, at the time of signing, has the TITLE of Mayor of Pittsburgh.
2.      If this Official signed the "Grant Agreement Signature Page" prior to the passage of this Resolution, this grant of authority applies retroactively to the date of signing.
3.      If the applicant is awarded a grant, the "Grant Agreement Signature Page", signed by the above Official, will become the applicant/grantee's executed signature page for the Grant Agreement, and the applicant/grantee will be bound by the Grant Agreement.
4.      Any amendment to the Grant Agreement may be signed on behalf of the grantee by the Official who, at the time of signing of the amendment, has the TITLE specified in paragraph 1 and the grantee will be bound by the amendment.
 
Section 2.      The Mayor is hereby authorized to request on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh in conjunction with the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation (MWCDC) a grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) for the purpose of funding in engineering plan and trail construction in Emerald View Park.
 
Finally, that any Ordinance or Resolution or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution, is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.