City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2025-1589

• File #: 2025-1589
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Held in Standing Committee
• File created: 3/7/2025
• In control: Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs
• On agenda: 5/14/2025
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with Pittsburgh Regional Transit for post-construction ownership, access, and maintenance of certain City steps to be constructed around Downing Street in the 6th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the city.
• Indexes: COOPERATION AGREEMENT/S

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/2/2025	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/19/2025	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
3/11/2025	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with Pittsburgh Regional Transit for post-construction ownership, access, and maintenance of certain City steps to be constructed around Downing Street in the 6^th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the city.

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WHEREAS, City is in the process of constructing a certain stairway from Hancock Street via Downing Street connecting to Herron Avenue (the “Project”); and 

WHEREAS, the Project requires public access through property of Pittsburgh Regional Transit in order to maintain a sufficient public right-of-way around the constructed stairway;

WHEREAS, Pittsburgh Regional Transit is willing to grant these access rights for the public benefit and both parties wish to enter into an agreement to memorialized these rights.

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

Section 1.                     The Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh are authorized to enter into a cooperation agreement with Pittsburgh Regional Transit for post-construction ownership, access, and maintenance responsibilities of certain City steps to be constructed around Downing Street in the 6^th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.