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File #: 2019-1877    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 7/12/2019 In control: Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs
On agenda: 7/16/2019 Final action: 7/30/2019
Enactment date: 7/30/2019 Enactment #: 499
Effective date: 8/1/2019    
Title: Resolution authorizing a 2019-2020 Cooperation Agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh providing for the designation of the local matching share for a grant applied to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Keystone Communities Program for a housing accessibility program. (Council Districts: All).
Indexes: URA COOPERATION AGREEMENTS
Attachments: 1. Summary 2019-1877
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Resolution authorizing a 2019-2020 Cooperation Agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh providing for the designation of the local matching share for a grant applied to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Keystone Communities Program for a housing accessibility program. (Council Districts: All).

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WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh has authorized the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh ("URA") to file an application (the "Application") with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development ("DCED") for a grant in the amount of $250,000 for a Housing Accessibility Program (the "Project") and for the administration of the Project; and

WHEREAS, URA has indicated in the Application that $187,500 of 2019 Economic Development and Housing CDBG funds (the "2019 CDBG Matching Funds") and $62,500 of 2019 Economic Development and Housing Paygo funds (the "2019 Paygo Matching Funds") will be provided as the matching share of Project costs; and

WHEREAS, the 2019 Paygo Matching Funds will be made available by reducing $62,500 from the deliverable titled New/Substantially Renovated Rental Units Developed, JD Edwards Job No. 8273210319.53901.00, and increasing by $62,500 the deliverable titled Residential Accessibility Improvements, JD Edwards Job No. 8273211019.53901.00; and

WHEREAS, the 2019 Paygo Matching Funds are authorized for the URA's use in the 2019 Paygo Cooperation Agreement referenced in Resolution No. 268 of 2019; and

WHEREAS, the City and URA desire to enter into a Cooperation Agreement to provide for the designation of the matching share for the grants;


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

Section 1. The Mayor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, is authorized and directed to enter into a 2019-2020 Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, in a form approved by the City Solicito...

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