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Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 238 - The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund, to conform with the Home Rule Charter Article Nine (9) in order to establish the creation of the Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund.
(Public Hearing held 3/5/20)
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The Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The City Code is hereby amended and supplemented at Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, by adding a new Chapter, entitled "Chapter 237 238: City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund" as follows:
237 238 - CITY OF PITTSBURGH PARKS TRUST FUND
237 238.01 - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH PARKS TRUST FUND.
The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund shall be created by the Office of the Controller as a separate fund for the purpose of supporting the improvement, maintenance, creation and operation of public parks, improving park safety, providing equitable funding for parks, and securing charitable funds and services from a charitable city parks conservancy.
237 238.02 - DEPOSITING FUNDS
(a) The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund may be funded by real estate tax revenue, as set forth in Chapter 902 of the Home Rule Charter, and Chapter 263 of the City Code.
(b) The Parks Trust Fund may also receive monies and contributions from additional sources, including existing trust funds dedicated to park uses, other funds as determined by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, private charitable donations, and matching funds from charitable city parks conservancies as further provided in Section 903 of the Home Rule Charter, in addition to other public and private sources.
237 238.03 - ANNUAL AUTHORIZATION
The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund shall require an annual authorization of proposed expenditures. The annual authorizing resolution may authorize the issuance of requests for proposals, estimates, bids, cost projections, and other allowable contracting procedures pursuant to Chapter 161 of the City Code for each project.
237 238.04 - DISBURSEMENT OF FUND ASSETS.
(a) Funds shall be dedicated to the following values: improvement, maintenance, reaction and operation of public parks, improving park safety, providing equitable funding for parks, and securing matching funds and services, as stated in the Home Rule Charter, Article Nine.
(b) All work being paid for with Trust Fund monies shall comply with applicable City laws, including but not limited to the processes for contracting, transparency, acceptance of grants, residency, prevailing and living wages, union representation, etc.
(c) No funds shall be encumbered or expended prior to the authorization of each project or contract by additional resolution or resolutions