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Resolution amending Resolution 505 of 2013, effective August 5, 2013, to authorize the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to amend the City's existing Cooperation Agreement for Program Administration Assistance with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership for The Market Square Public Art Program by adding City funding to cover certain expenses and to extend the term of the Cooperation Agreement for an additional term of up to three years.
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WHEREAS, in 2013, the City established the Market Square Public Art Program (the "Program") in which qualified artists have been and will continue to be selected to loan artwork to the City for temporary placement in Market Square; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 505 of 2013, effective August 5, 2013, the City entered into a Cooperation Agreement for Program Administration Assistance with Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership ("PDP"), which offered to assist the City with the Program by administering certain Program components, including fundraising for the proposed art installations and payment to Artists at no cost to the City; and
WHEREAS, with the PDP's assistance, the City has successfully engaged two artists to loan artwork to the City for the Program over the past two years and is now working with the PDP to engage the artist selected for Year 3 of the Program, which work is to be presented in Spring of 2016; and
WHEREAS, although the original Cooperation Agreement contemplated no City funding for the Program, the City now wishes to amend the Cooperation Agreement to contribute funding for the Program in order to assist the PDP with necessary costs; and
WHEREAS, due to the success of the Program, the parties also wish to amend the Cooperation Agreement for an additional term of up to three (3) years.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Resolution 505 of 2013, effective August 5, 2013 is amended insofar as the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning are hereby authorized to amend the current Cooperation Agreement for Program Administration Assistance ("Cooperation Agreement") with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to permit the City to contribute an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for Program costs. Monies may be used to reimburse the PDP for expenses associated with the Spring 2015 loan exhibition or for new Program costs associated with next year's loan exhibition. Monies shall be payable to the PDP from the following account: JDE 11000.53901.
JDE# Amount Year
110000.53901 $50,000.00 2015
Section 2. Resolution 505 of 2013, effective August 5, 2013 is further amended to clarity that the aforementioned funding contribution by the City may be used by the PDP to assist with payment to selected Artists for the Program.
Section 3. Resolution 505 of 2013, effective August 5, 2013 is further amended to allow the term of the Cooperation Agreement to be extended for a period of up to an additional three (3) years (through December, 2019.)
All amendments to the Cooperation Agreement shall be approved by the City Solicitor as to form and substance.