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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into and/or amend an existing RAISE Grant Agreement with the United States Department of Transportation for costs associated with the RAISE Hill District Project, at no cost to the City.
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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh is the recipient of certain federal funding pursuant to a Reimbursement Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, authorized by Resolution 481 of 2024, in conjunction with the RAISE Hill District Project; and
WHEREAS, due to recent changes in federal rules, the City of Pittsburgh must now also be party to the overarching federal grant agreement, originally just between the United State Department of Transportation and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, that funds the aforementioned Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the City now wishes to enter into that federal grant agreement in order to ensure the continued progress of the RAISE Hill District Project.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into and/or amend an existing RAISE Grant Agreement with the United States Department of Transportation for costs associated with the RAISE Hill District Project, at no additional cost to the City.