City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2017-1625

• File #: 2017-1625
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 6/9/2017
• In control: Committee on Public Works
• On agenda: 6/13/2017
• Final action: 6/20/2017
• Enactment date: 6/20/2017
• Enactment #: 370
• Effective date: 6/23/2017
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a License Agreement for a period of one year in which the City grants to Allegheny GoatScape a right to utilize grazing goats upon particular City property in specified City parks.
• Indexes: LEASE/LICENSE AGREEMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/23/2017	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
6/20/2017	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
6/14/2017	1	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
6/13/2017	1	City Council	Waived under Rule 8	Pass
6/13/2017	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a License Agreement for a period of one year in which the City grants to Allegheny GoatScape  a right to utilize grazing goats upon particular City property in specified City parks.

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WHEREAS, Allegheny GoatScape is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit organization; and

WHEREAS, the City desires to use goats as a vegetation management option; and

WHEREAS, the City seeks to restore Pittsburgh’s urban forests; and

WHEREAS, the wishes to permit Allegheny GoatScape to utilize goats as a vegetation management option to manage the spread of invasive plant species; and

WHEREAS, the grazing goats will access areas that humans and machines cannot while also  eating plants and seeds harmful to humans and the environment; and

WHEREAS, the grazing goats do not release combusted pollutants or expose park users to dangerous chemicals;

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 are hereby authorized to enter into a License Agreement for a period of one year in which the City grants to Allegheny GoatScape a right to utilize grazing goats upon particular City property in specified City parks.