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Resolution amending Resolution No. #855-2019 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance 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 extending the term and increasing the amount
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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 now wish to enter into a Fourth Amendment to Agreement to continue the operation of the WPRDC and to extend the term of the Agreement beginning December 31, 2021 and ending December 31, 2024 (the “Second Additional Term”).
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Resolution No. 855-2019 “authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a Third 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” is hereby amended to:
The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance are hereby authorized to enter into a Third 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 an total amount not to exceed Two Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($210,000.00) Four Hundred Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($465,000.00 each. 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 |
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2021 |
$75,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2021 |
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2022. |
$80,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2022 |
|
2023 |
$85,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2023 |
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2024 |
$90,000.00 |
JDE 11101.103000.53.53901.2024 |
The Third Fourth Amendment shall be approved by the City Solicitor as to form.
Section 2. Any Resolution or Ordinance of part thereof conflicting with the provisions of this Resolution is hereby repealed so far as the same affects this Resolution.