Presenter
Presented by Mr. Deasy
Title
Resolution supplementing Resolution No. 408 of 2004, effective August 20, 2004, and authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Works or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a license agreement or agreements with the Port of Pittsburgh Commission and/or with the owners and/or operators of a water taxi/shuttle service allowing the docking of water taxi/shuttle boats in City parks at the City-owned wharves or docks at the Sixth Street Bridge on the southern shore of the Allegheny River and at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.
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WHEREAS, the City owns certain riparian rights on the southern shore of the Allegheny River at the Sixth Street Bridge and at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Port of Pittsburgh Commission, a body corporate and politic, and instrumentality of the Commonwealth, have determined that the aforesaid docks or wharves are suitable for the docking of a water taxi/shuttle service operating between certain points within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is willing to permit the water taxi/shuttle boats to dock on a regular basis at the southern shore of the Allegheny River at the Sixth Street Bridge and at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for the purpose of loading and unloading passengers; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 408 of 2004, effective August 20, 2004, City Council authorized the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a license agreement or agreements with the Port of Pittsburgh Commission and/or with the owners and/or operators of a water taxi service allowing the docking of water taxi boats at the City-owned wharves or docks at the Sixth Street bridge on the southern shore of the Allegheny River, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center and at the Monongahela Wharf; and
WHEREAS, by the aforesaid Resolution City Council allowed such license to be granted for the period August 1, 2...
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