Presenter
Presented by Mr. Deasy
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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Commonwealth Libraries to receive Keystone Recreation, Park, and Conservation Fund grant monies in the amount of $500,000 that will be used by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh to construct a new Library branch in the Hill District.
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WHEREAS, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (the "Library") recently applied for a Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund grant on behalf of co-applicant, the City of Pittsburgh; and
WHEREAS, although the Library will construct and own the new Hill District branch, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries only permits the municipal applicant to directly receive grant funds; and
WHEREAS, therefore, the City wishes to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries to receive the $500,000 in reimbursement Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund grant monies, which the City will then forward to the Library for the Hill District Library construction.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance are hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Commonwealth Libraries, for $500,000 in Keystone Recreation, Park, and Conservation fund grant monies to be used by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for the construction of the Hill District Branch of the Library. Grant money will be deposited into Organization 107000, Project PR 10003, Fund 2940, Budget Year 2007.