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Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code at Title One: Article IX, Chapter 174: THE PITTSBURGH LAND BANK, Section 174A.05 BOARD OF DIRECTORS by expanding the board to eleven (11) board members, contingent upon the City of Pittsburgh entering into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with Allegheny County, the Pittsburgh Public School District, and the Pittsburgh Land Bank.
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 174A.05 of Article IX, Title One of the Pittsburgh City Code shall be amended as follows:
(a) Board of Directors The land bank shall be governed by a board of directors comprised of nine (9) eleven (11) board members. Three (3) members of the board shall be appointed by the Mayor; three (3) members of the board shall be appointed by the three (3) members of City Council representing the districts with the most distressed and vacant parcels; one (1) member of the board shall be appointed by Allegheny County; one (1) member of the board shall be appointed by the Pittsburgh Public School District; and three (3) community members of the board shall be elected by majority vote of the other board members. Of the three (3) members elected by the board, the first member shall be a resident of one (1) of the top three (3) most distressed Council districts. The second member shall be a resident of one (1) of the fourth through sixth most distressed districts. The third member shall be a resident of one (1) of three (3) least distressed districts. The three (3) community board members elected by the board of directors shall be approved and seated within thirty (30) days of the six (6) appointed board members being seated. An audit will be performed every three (3) years after the initial land bank board is instated to determine which are the districts with the most distressed and vacant parcels.
(b) Board size adjustment. The size of the board may be expanded to up to eleven (11) board members in...
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