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File #: 2021-1450    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 4/30/2021 In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
On agenda: 5/4/2021 Final action: 5/11/2021
Enactment date: 5/11/2021 Enactment #: 294
Effective date: 5/12/2021    
Title: Resolution amending Resolution 350 of 2020 to authorize the entering into of leases by the Department of City Planning for display of art in connection with a Professional Services Agreement with BOOM Concepts and/or Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation.
Indexes: AGREEMENTS (AMENDING), LEASE/LICENSE AGREEMENT
Attachments: 1. 2021-1450 Cover Letter -Coverletter_BOOM_2021, 2. Summary 2021-1450

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Resolution amending Resolution 350 of 2020 to authorize the entering into of leases by the Department of City Planning for display of art in connection with a Professional Services Agreement with BOOM Concepts and/or Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation.

 

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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh recently entered into an agreement with BOOM Concept for presentation of social justice-oriented artwork in City-owned spaces; and

 

WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh wishes to expand the scope of this program to include City-leased spaces in addition to City-owned spaces.

 

 

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

 

Section 1.                     Resolution 350 of 2020 shall be amended as follows:

Section 1. Authorizing the Mayor and the Department of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with BOOM Concepts and/or Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation to coordinate a program of responsive temporary art by local artists for temporary display on City-owned or City-leased structures in the public realm, at a cost not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), and payable from the Office of Equity and JDE Account 11101.102100.53.53901.2020.

 

Section 2.                     The form and substance of this Agreement shall be approved by the City Solicitor.

 

Section 3.                     The Director of the Department of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, shall be authorized to enter into leases for display of art as provided in the Professional Services Agreement authorized in Section 1 herein.