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Resolution amending Resolution No. 86, effective March 18, 2004 by providing for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to an act of December 19, 1996, P.L. 1158 (53 Pa. C.S.A. ยง 5401 et seq.), as amended, known as the "Business Improvement District Act" (the "Act"), municipal corporations are authorized to establish areas designated as business improvement districts within commercial districts; and
WHEREAS, under the Act, Cities of the Second Class are authorized to create business improvement districts to acquire property for improvement and provide administrative services which improve the ability of the commercial establishment of the business improvement district to serve the customer, including, but not limited to, public relations programs, group advertising and district maintenance and security services; and
WHEREAS, City Council is empowered by the Act to authorize an assessment within a business improvement district based on the total cost of approved services and improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland Business Improvement District was created as a business improvement district pursuant to Resolution No. 142, approved March 2, 1999, effective March 18, 1999; amended by Resolution No. 86 approved March 10, 2004, effective March 18, 2004; and
WHEREAS, at the behest of the Oakland Business Improvement District Board of Directors, the City has been presented with a proposal for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District on the terms set forth herein.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Continued Designation as Oakland Business Improvement District. Amending Resolution No. 86, effective March 18, 2004 entitled providing for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District at the behest of the Oakland Business Improvement District, a coalition of property owners, business leaders, retailers, and...
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