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Resolution that the Mayor and the Director of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized accept funds from Pittsburgh Regional Transit in the amount of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) for the creation of public art as a part of the Bus Rapid Transit project.
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WHEREAS, the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure is coordinating the Bus Rapid Transit project on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh contributed funds for the construction of the Bus Rapid Transit project, including a portion of funds set aside for the inclusion of public art; and
WHEREAS, funds were transferred from the City of Pittsburgh to Pittsburgh Regional Transit for the construction of the Bus Rapid Transit project, which included the amount set aside for public art; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh’s Department of City Planning includes a Pubic History, Art, & Design Division, which administers City-led public art projects; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh has a Public Art Trust Fund which, pursuant to Resolution 757 of 2023, shall be used for the deposit of funds to be used on projects relating to the City’s public art program, and administered by the Department of City Planning; and
WHEREAS, Pittsburgh Regional Transit desires to return the funds set aside for public art to the City of Pittsburgh for this purpose; and
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized accept funds from Pittsburgh Regional Transit in the amount of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) for the creation of public art as a part of the Bus Rapid Transit project, to be deposited in account 1100280420.48106.00.
Section 2. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are further authorized to enter into an Agreement, or Contract, or utilize existing Agreements or Contracts, to make all legitimate expenditures of said funds transfer as outlined in Section 1. Said expenditures shall not exceed One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), chargeable to and payable from the appropriate expense account in the City of Pittsburgh Public Art Trust Fund 1100280420.50000.00.