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File #: 2021-1776    Version: 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed Finally
File created: 8/20/2021 In control: Committee on Land Use and Economic Development
On agenda: 8/24/2021 Final action: 9/7/2021
Enactment date: 9/7/2021 Enactment #: 543
Effective date: 9/9/2021    
Title: Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into mini-grant reimbursement agreements for the 2021 Love Your Block program at a cost not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000).
Indexes: GRANT(S)
Attachments: 1. 2021-1776 Cover Letter-Love Your Block Mayor Letter, 2. Summary 2021-1776

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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into mini-grant reimbursement agreements for the 2021 Love Your Block program at a cost not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000).

 

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

 

Section 1.                     The Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to utilize funding budgeted in the City of Pittsburgh 2021 Operating Budget in the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000).

 

Section 2.                     The Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into mini-grant reimbursement agreements with qualified nonprofit organizations to carry out block revitalization projects. The mini-grant reimbursement agreements shall be awarded in amounts not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500) as indicated in Section 4 below.

 

Section 3.                     The mini-grant reimbursement agreements will be approved by the City Solicitor as to form and substance and shall contain such other terms and conditions as may be in the best interest of the City. All reimbursements shall be made to groups through the mini-grant reimbursement agreements. All monies shall be paid from JDE account number 11101.110000.58.58101.2021.

 

Section 4.                     The selected qualified nonprofits that will complete Love Your Block projects are listed in the table below:

 

 

Group Name

Council District

Amount Awarded

Beechview Area Concerned Citizens

4

$1,500

Oakcliffe Community Organization

3

$1,500

Out of the End, Inc./Farmer Girl Eb

2

$1,500

East Allegheny Community Council/East Commons Gardens

1

$1,500

South Side Community Council

3

$1,500

Brookline Together

4

$1,500

Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition

5

$1,500

Pretty Up Beechview

4

$1,500

Lawrenceville United

7

$1,500

Our Clubhouse

7

$1,500

Mount Washington Community Development Corporation

2

$1,500

Crafton Heights Westwood Community Group

2

$1,500

Reform Presbyterian Women’s Home

6

$1,500

Perry Hilltop Citizens Council (Kennedy Avenue Neighbors)

1

$500