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Resolution amending Resolution 378-2022, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Fifth Amendment to Cooperation and Project Agreement for the Creation and Operation of the Regional Data Center Agreement with Allegheny County and the University of Pittsburgh, with the City and County providing funding for the University’s work for the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center, by increasing the approved amount by Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($765,000.00) each over nine years.
(Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
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WHEREAS, the City and Allegheny County (“Governmental Parties”), utilizing funds granted by the Richard King Mellon Foundation, entered into that certain agreement with the University of Pittsburgh (together with the Governmental Parties, the “Parties”) dated August 7, 2015, entitled “Cooperation and Project Agreement for the Creation and Operation of the Regional Data Center,” (the “Agreement”) under which the Governmental Parties engaged the University to develop and operate the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (the “WPRDC”) for a three-year period to serve as a central open data portal able to host data from the Governmental Parties and eventually from other participating local governments and other entities; and
WHEREAS, the Parties executed an Amendment to the Agreement, dated October 28, 2016 to reflect the receipt of a grant from the Heinz Endowments to be used for several purposes, including the provision of additional funds to the University for extra staffing to bring the WPRDC to full efficiency; and
WHEREAS, the Parties executed a Second Amendment to the Agreement, dated August 8, 2018, to reflect a desire to extend the agreement beyond the initial term, which was effective between August 7, 2015 and August 7, 2018, for an additional term beginning August 8, 2018 ending December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Parties executed a Third Amendment to the Agreement, dated November 19, 2020, in order to increase the amount of compensation and scope of work relating to the University of Pittsburgh’s continued operation of the WPRDC; and
WHEREAS, the Parties executed a Fourth Amendment to the Agreement, dated October 6, 2022, to continue the operation of the WPRDC; and
WHEREAS, the Parties now wish to enter into a Fifth Amendment to the Agreement to continue the operation of the WPRDC, to extend the term of the Agreement to December 31, 2027, and to increase the approved amount by Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($765,000.00) each over nine years.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Resolution 378-2022 which stated, “The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance is hereby authorized to enter into a Fourth Amendment to Cooperation and Project Agreement for the Creation and Operation of the Regional Data Center Agreement with Allegheny County and the University of Pittsburgh, with the City and County providing funding for the University’s work for the Regional Data Center during the Second Additional Term in a total amount not to exceed Four Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($465,000.00) each” is hereby amended to:
The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance are hereby authorized to enter into a Fifth Amendment to Cooperation and Project Agreement for the Creation and Operation of the Regional Data Center Agreement with Allegheny County and the University of Pittsburgh, with the City and County providing funding for the University’s work for the Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (the “WPRDC”), for a total cost not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($765,000.00) each over nine years. The City’s share shall be appropriated for the same, chargeable and payable from:
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Year |
Amount |
Account |
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2019 |
$65,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2019 |
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2020 |
$70,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2020 |
|
2021 |
$75,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2021 |
|
2022. |
$80,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2022 |
|
2023 |
$85,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2023 |
|
2024 |
$90,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2024 |
|
2025 |
$95,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2025 |
|
2026 |
$100,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2026 |
|
2027 |
$105,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2027 |
|
TOTAL |
$765,000.00 |
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Section 2. The agreement or agreements and amendments are subject to the approval of the City Solicitor as to form.
Section 3. Any Resolution or part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.