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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement for Limited-Term Public Art with Bike Pittsburgh, Inc., a non-profit corporation, having a mailing address at 188 43rd St., Suite 1, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 ("LICENSEE"), said limited-term public art to be installed on the surface of the public right-of-way, in a section of roadway in front of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Woods Run Branch, located at 1201 Woods Run Avenue, at no additional cost to the city.
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WHEREAS, to facilitate pedestrian safety within the public right of way LICENSEE proposed installation of a mural or murals ("Artwork" or "Project") on the surface of the public right of way, as further depicted in Exhibit A ("Site" or "the Site") to supplement the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure's traffic calming project on the south side of Woods Run Ave. in a section of roadway in front of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Woods Run Branch located at 1201 Woods Run Ave; and
WHEREAS, LICENSEE desires to improve connection to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Woods Run Branch and to enhance DOMI's goals of slowing traffic along Woods Run Ave., a street with a documented history of speeding and crashes. The artwork will be painted in an area that DOMI has already marked to exclude motor vehicle traffic or parking; and
WHEREAS, the design for the Artwork was given approval by the City of Pittsburgh Public Art & Civic Design Commission ("PACD") on April 24, 2024. LICENSEE's PACD application is attached hereto as Exhibit B, and PACD's approval is attached hereto as Exhibit C; and
WHEREAS, LICENSEE will seek and obtain a permit through the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure ("DOMI"), authorizing LICENSEE to install the Artwork within the Site, and which shall be made part of Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Department of City Planning includes a Public History, Art, & Design div...
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