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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into various agreements with and to execute various deeds in favor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Department of Transportation) to allow use of designated City property in lieu of condemnation for replacement of the Butler Street Bridge and minor public roadway realignment.
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WHEREAS, the City owns certain real property along Butler Street; and
WHEREAS, a small portion of this City property is needed to accommodate a public purpose; namely, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Department of Transportation's) (“PENNDOT's”) public highway project on State Route 0008, section A12, which involves the replacement of the Butler Street Bridge and minor public roadway realignment (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, the Project is needed to safeguard vehicular traffic on the bridge and to improve the flow of traffic along Butler Street; and
WHEREAS, in lieu of PENNDOT condemning the property needed for the Project, the City has agreed to execute various agreements and deeds in order to allow its property to be used to facilitate the Project for the benefit of the public.
Be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to execute the following Agreements and Deeds in furtherance of the Project:
1. A Final Settlement Statement authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to pay the City of Pittsburgh a total settlement amount of Three Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Nineteen Dollars ($378,719.00) Three Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($375,300.00) as payment in lieu of condemnation for the Project. Per the settlement, the City will grant PENNDOT a Drainage Easement, an Aerial Easement, required Right-of-Way, and a Temporary Construction Easement, all further d...
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