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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with Riverlife for the purpose of allowing access to the Riverlife Barge from the Allegheny Landing Dock, at no cost to the City.
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WHEREAS, the City owns Allegheny Landing Park (the “Park”), which is located along the Allegheny River between the Roberto Clemente (6th Street) and Andy Warhol (7th Street) Bridges in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and the Allegheny Landing Dock (the “Dock”), the public dock which is located along the Park on the Allegheny River; and
WHEREAS, Riverlife plans to launch public programming on a sectional spud barge (the “Barge”) in 2025; and
WHEREAS, in year one of operation, Riverlife plans to locate the Barge on the Allegheny River alongside the Park, and desires to allow public access to the Barge during operating hours via a 30’ gangway which will connect the Barge to the Dock.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or the Director of the Department of Finance are hereby authorized to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with Riverlife for the purpose of allowing access to the Riverlife Barge from the Allegheny Landing Dock, and granting Riverlife permission to allow public access to the Barge via the City-owned Dock. The public programming offered by Riverlife through this Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments is intended to activate and celebrate Pittsburgh’s rivers through primarily free, accessible and sustainable activities and events.
Section 2. The Agreement or Agreements, and Amendments thereto shall be approved by the City Solicitor as to form.