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File #: 2020-0125    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 2/14/2020 In control: Committee on Finance and Law
On agenda: 2/18/2020 Final action: 2/25/2020
Enactment date: 2/25/2020 Enactment #: 81
Effective date: 2/26/2020    
Title: Resolution amending resolution 702 of 2019 entitled "a Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to execute an Agreement of Sale and all related documents necessary to effect the purchase by the City of Pittsburgh, in lieu of taking by eminent domain, of 35 and 33 Semicir Street in the 26th Ward and to accept a deed for the properties; further authorizing the expenditure of funds for the purchase, closing, and other associated auxiliary costs;" by adjusting the code account information to the 2020 year.
Indexes: AGREEMENTS (AMENDING), DEED TRANSFER, PROPERTY ACQUISITION
Attachments: 1. Summary 2020-0125
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Resolution amending resolution 702 of 2019 entitled "a Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to execute an Agreement of Sale and all related documents necessary to effect the purchase by the City of Pittsburgh, in lieu of taking by eminent domain, of 35 and 33 Semicir Street in the 26th Ward and to accept a deed for the properties; further authorizing the expenditure of funds for the purchase, closing, and other associated auxiliary costs;" by adjusting the code account information to the 2020 year.

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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh has determined that it is in the best interests of the City and community to stabilize and reconstruct Semicir Street; and

WHEREAS, in lieu of taking by eminent domain, the City seeks to purchase 35 and 33 Semicir Street in order to allow construction of a retaining wall along the edge of Semicir Street, stabilizing the slope, which will allow the road to be reconstructed; and

WHEREAS, the property owner involved has agreed to sell said properties to the City; and

WHEREAS, the City wishes to enter into an agreement with the property owner in order to acquire said properties.

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

Section 1. Resolution 702 entitled "a Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to execute an Agreement of Sale and all related documents necessary to effect the purchase by the City of Pittsburgh, in lieu of taking by eminent domain, of 35 and 33 Semicir Street in the 26th Ward and to accept a deed for the properties; further authorizing the expenditure of funds for the purchase, closing, and other associated auxiliary costs;" shall be amended as follows

Section 2. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are authorized to execute an Agreement of Sale and all related documents necessary to effect the purchase by the City, in lieu of taking by eminent domain, of 35 and 33 Semicir Str...

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