City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2013-1649

• File #: 2013-1649
• Version: 3
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 6/25/2013
• In control: Committee on Urban Recreation
• Final action: 8/5/2013
• Enactment date: 8/5/2013
• Enactment #: 572
• Effective date: 8/6/2013
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Departments of Finance, Parks and Recreation and Public Works to enter into an Agreement with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy ("PPC"), pursuant to which the PPC will make renovations/capital improvements to the Frick Environmental Center (the "Center") and undertake natural area restoration in dedicated areas of the Frick Woods Nature Reserve and will thereafter further assist with operation and maintenance of the Center/Frick Woods Nature Reserve and with the provision of related programs.
• Sponsors: Corey O'Connor
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/7/2013	3	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
8/5/2013	3	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
7/31/2013	3	Standing Committee	AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE	Pass
7/31/2013	3	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended as Amended	Pass
7/24/2013	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/17/2013	2	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
7/10/2013	2	Standing Committee
7/10/2013	2	Standing Committee
7/2/2013	1	Standing Committee	Held in Committee	Pass
6/25/2013	1	City Council	Read and referred

Title
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Departments of Finance, Parks and Recreation and Public Works to enter into an Agreement with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy ("PPC"), pursuant to which the PPC will make renovations/capital improvements to the Frick Environmental Center (the "Center") and undertake natural area restoration in dedicated areas of the Frick Woods Nature Reserve and will thereafter further assist with operation and maintenance of the Center/Frick Woods Nature Reserve and with the provision of related programs.

Body
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 285 of 1998, effective May 29, 1998, the City entered into a Cooperation Agreement, dated April 10, 2000, with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy ("PPC") to establish an alliance to provide infrastructure improvements, special care, and restoration for the City's four regional parks: Frick, Schenley, Highland and Riverview and, where possible, to also assist in the capital and operational improvements for non-Regional neighborhood park areas; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 364 of 2011, effective May 26, 2011, the City and the PPC agreed to extend the term of the Cooperation Agreement; and

WHEREAS, among the amenities of Frick Park is the Frick Environmental Center (the "Center"), which offers nature programs and environmental education to users of the park; and

WHEREAS, the Center's main building was destroyed by fire in 2002; and

WHEREAS, the Center is located in the Frick Woods Nature Reserve portion of Frick Park, which is the original 151 acres of Frick Park donated by Henry Clay Frick; and

WHEREAS, consistent with its mission and the Cooperation Agreement, PPC now desires to assist with the rebuilding of the Center and natural area restoration in designated areas of the Frick Woods Nature Reserve (collectively the "Construction Project"); and

WHEREAS, in 2014, the PPC will continue assisting with designated Center operations; and

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