City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2020-0057

• File #: 2020-0057
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 1/21/2020
• In control: Committee on Finance and Law
• On agenda: 11/17/2021
• Final action: 11/22/2021
• Enactment date: 11/22/2021
• Enactment #: 43
• Effective date: 11/30/2021
• Title: Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 238 - The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund, to conform with the Home Rule Charter Article Nine (9) in order to establish the creation of the Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund. (Public Hearing held 3/5/20)
• Sponsors: Anthony Coghill, Deborah L. Gross

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/30/2021	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
11/22/2021	3	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
11/17/2021	3	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
11/17/2021	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED	Pass
11/9/2021	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
11/1/2021	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
11/1/2021	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
11/1/2021	2	Standing Committee	Motion	Pass
10/20/2021	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/5/2020	2	Committee on Hearings	Public Hearing Held
2/26/2020	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
2/5/2020	2	Standing Committee	Held for Cablecast Public Hearing	Pass
2/5/2020	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
2/5/2020	2	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
1/29/2020	1	Standing Committee	Referred for Legal Opinion	Pass
1/21/2020	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 238 - The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund, to conform with the Home Rule Charter Article Nine (9) in order to establish the creation of the Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund.
(Public Hearing held 3/5/20)

Body
The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. The City Code is hereby amended and supplemented at Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, by adding a new Chapter, entitled "Chapter 237 238: City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund" as follows:

237 238 - CITY OF PITTSBURGH PARKS TRUST FUND

237 238.01 - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH PARKS TRUST FUND.
The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund shall be created by the Office of the Controller as a separate fund for the purpose of supporting the improvement, maintenance, creation and operation of public parks, improving park safety, providing equitable funding for parks, and securing charitable funds and services from a charitable city parks conservancy.

237 238.02 - DEPOSITING FUNDS
(a) The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund may be funded by real estate tax revenue, as set forth in Chapter 902 of the Home Rule Charter, and Chapter 263 of the City Code.
(b) The Parks Trust Fund may also receive monies and contributions from additional sources, including existing trust funds dedicated to park uses, other funds as determined by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, private charitable donations, and matching funds from charitable city parks conservancies as further provided in Section 903 of the Home Rule Charter, in addition to other public and private sources.

237 238.03 - ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION
The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund shall require an annual authorization of proposed expenditures. The annual authorizing resolution may authorize the issuance of requests for proposals, estimates, bids, cost projections, and other allowable contracti...