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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a License Agreement or Agreements with McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc., to allow the performance of site preparation work on designated City property in order to facilitate the construction of Larimer East Liberty Phases 3 & 4 Choice Neighborhood development.
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WHEREAS, McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc. ("MBS") intends to construct Larimer East Liberty Phases 3 & 4 Choice Neighborhood development (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, City Council has previously authorized the City to transfer a parcel currently known as 120 Winslow Street and designated as Block and Lot 124-J-298 and as further described on Exhibit A (the "Property") to the Urban Redevelopment Authority ("URA"), which will transfer a total of 26 City-to-URA transfer parcels for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the City is in the process of effecting the transfer of the Property to the URA, which Property will thereafter be transferred to the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh ("HACP") and ultimately become part of a site to be consolidated and subdivided by HACP and MBS for the Project; and
WHEREAS, in order to remain on schedule for (1) meeting a Choice Neighborhood funds spending deadline of September 30, 2020, and (2) meeting a Phase 4 in-service deadline of December 31, 2021, MBS has requested a license for permission to perform earth work and soil remediation in order to prepare the site for the Project; and
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the Project for the benefit of the public, the City is willing to provide a License Agreement or Agreements at this time, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance are hereby authorized to enter into a License Agreement or Agreements with McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc. ("MBS") for the parcel currently known as 1...
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