City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2021-2046

• File #: 2021-2046
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 10/15/2021
• In control: Committee on Public Works
• On agenda: 10/19/2021
• Final action: 11/1/2021
• Enactment date: 11/1/2021
• Enactment #: 744
• Effective date: 11/8/2021
• Title: Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the Shade Tree Commission using funds of the Shade Tree Trust Fund (Resolution 490 of 2020), controlled by the Department of Public Works (DPW), to enter into a Cooperation Agreement for Tree-Related Activities and Services with Tree Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred Thirty Seven Dollars and sixty nine cents ($25,737.69) to enable reimbursement/payment to TREE PITTSBURGH for work in calendar year 2020.
• Indexes: COOPERATION AGREEMENT/S

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/8/2021	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
11/1/2021	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
10/27/2021	1	Standing Committee	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
10/19/2021	1	City Council	Read and referred

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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the Shade Tree Commission using funds of the Shade Tree Trust Fund (Resolution 490 of 2020), controlled by the Department of Public Works (DPW), to enter into a Cooperation Agreement for Tree-Related Activities and Services with Tree Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred Thirty Seven Dollars and sixty nine cents ($25,737.69) to enable reimbursement/payment to TREE PITTSBURGH for work in calendar year 2020.   

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WHEREAS, The Shade Tree Commission was established in 1998 and is tasked with increasing public education and support for urban forestry, and the Shade Tree Commission directs expenditures of the Shade Tree Trust Fund (Resolution 490 of 2020), controlled by the Department of Public Works (DPW); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 531 of 1998, effective September 14, 1998, monies deposited in the Shade Tree Trust Fund “shall be used by the Department of Public Works to cover any and all expenses associated with, including, but not limited to salaries, premium pay, supplies, materials, and other expenses incurred exclusively during the implementation of tree-related projects, programs, or promotions recommended affirmatively by the Shade Tree Commission”; and

WHEREAS, the Shade Tree Commission has now approved certain expenditures in connection with work performed by TREE PITTSBURGH, and the parties now wish to enable reimbursement/payment to TREE PITTSBURGH for that work.

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

Section 1.   The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the Shade Tree Commission using funds of the Shade Tree Trust Fund (Resolution 490 of 2020), controlled by the Department of Public Works (DPW), to enter into a Cooperation Agreement for Tree-Related Activities and Services with Tree Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand, Seven Hundred Thirty Seven Dollars and sixty nine cents ($25,737.69) to enable reimbursement/payment to TREE PITTSBURGH for work in calendar year 2020.    This sum will be chargeable to and payable from: Fund #28053 JDE Job# 4000285300.53725.00, item #22222-29. The form and substance of the Project Cooperation Agreement is subject to the approval of the City Solicitor as to form and substance.

Account	JDE Fund	JDE Job No.	Budget Year	Amount	Source
53725	28053	4000285300	2021	25,737.69	Shade Tree Trust Fund