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File #: 2016-0279    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 4/4/2016 In control: Committee on Finance and Law
On agenda: 4/5/2016 Final action: 4/19/2016
Enactment date: 4/19/2016 Enactment #: 212
Effective date: 4/22/2016    
Title: Resolution amending Resolution 816, effective January 2, 2014, entitled, "Resolution amending Resolution No. 628/2008 by providing for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District" so as to include a list of block and lot numbers attached as Exhibit "B" to coincide with Exhibit "A" the official OBID Map.
Sponsors: Bruce A. Kraus
Indexes: BID/NID (BUSINESS/NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS)
Title
Resolution amending Resolution 816, effective January 2, 2014, entitled, "Resolution amending Resolution No. 628/2008 by providing for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District" so as to include a list of block and lot numbers attached as Exhibit "B" to coincide with Exhibit "A" the official OBID Map.

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WHEREAS, pursuant to an act of December 19, 1996, P.L. 1158 (53 Pa. C.S.A. ? 5401 et seq.), as amended, known as the "Business Improvement District Act" (the "Act"), municipal corporations are authorized to establish areas designated as business improvement districts within commercial districts; and

WHEREAS, under the Act, Cities of the Second Class are authorized to create business improvement districts to acquire property for improvement and provide administrative services which improve the ability of the commercial establishment of the business improvement district to serve the customer, including, but not limited to, public relations programs, group advertising and district maintenance and security services; and

WHEREAS, City Council is empowered by the Act to authorize an assessment within a business improvement district based on the total cost of approved services and improvements; and

WHEREAS, the Oakland Business Improvement District was created as a business improvement district pursuant to Resolution No. 142, approved March 2, 1999, effective March 18, 1999; amended by Resolution No. 86 approved March 10, 2004, effective March 18, 2004; amended by Resolution 628 approved November 17, 2008, effective November 21, 2008; and

WHEREAS, at the behest of the Oakland Business Improvement District Board of Directors, the City has been presented with a proposal for the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District on the terms set forth herein.

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. Amending Resolution 816, effective January 2, 2014, entitled, "A resolution ...

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