Presenter
Presented by Mrs. Kail-Smith
Title
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement for installation and maintance of bicycle racks with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation dedicated to transforming a section of Downtown Pittsburgh into a world-class cultural district that stands as a national model of urban diversification through the arts ("Cultural Trust').
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Whereas, the Cultural Trust has offered to donate certain bicycle racks to the City at no cost to the City; and
Whereas, pursuant to this effective City Council Resolution, the Mayor is authorized to accept this donation; and
Whereas, the City's Department of Public Works has provided its required approval for the installation of the bicycle racks depicted on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, and described as fixed and made of galvanized steel (Bike Racks'); and
Whereas, the Bike Racks are designed and/or manufactured by individual artists and/or fabricated by third-party vendors to serve as functional bike racks; and
Whereas, the Cultural Trust will inspect the installation sites for each Bike Rack prior to installation, and has and will guarantee the Bike Racks, with respect to manufacturing defects, for a period of five years from the date of installation; and
Whereas, the Cultural Trust has agreed to maintain the Bike Racks and the Cultural Trust has agreed to maintain liability insurance for the Bike Racks; and
Whereas, the City now wishes formally to accept the donation of the Bike Racks from the Cultural Trust, and to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement to define the Cultural Trust's responsibilities hereafter regarding the installation and maintenance of the Bike Racks.
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 the Director of the Department of Finance, are hereby authorized to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement with the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation dedicated to transforming a section of Downtown Pittsburgh into a world-class cultural district that stands as a national model of urban diversification through the arts ("Cultural Trust').