Presenter
Presented by Mrs. Harris
Title
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement of Release with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation in connection with the widening of Fifth and Penn Avenues as part of the Bakery Square Project in East Liberty.
Body
WHEREAS, Bakery Square Holdings, L.P. has proposed a development project (“the Bakery Square Project”) in the East Liberty section of the City; and
WHEREAS, the approved traffic plan for the Bakery Square Project requires the widening of Fifth and Penn Avenues to accommodate a right turn lane from Penn Avenue eastbound; and
WHEREAS, the City owns certain property in Mellon Park that is located along Fifth and Penn Avenues; and
WHEREAS, such property is needed to accommodate the shifting public right of way in light of the street widening; and
WHEREAS, the public will retain the ability to use the affected property as part of the public right of way; and
WHEREAS, the City's deed for the Mellon Park property includes a provision allowing the City to “appropriate and use so much of the aforesaid tract of land as may be necessary for the future widening of streets and intersections of streets adjacent thereto;” and
WHEREAS, the City supports this widening in the interest of facilitating the flow of traffic to and from East Liberty; and
WHEREAS, the Commonwealth requires affected property owners to enter into an Agreement of Release before it will grant Bakery Square Holding, L.P. permission to widen the affected streets; and
WHEREAS, therefore, the City has agreed to enter into an Agreement of Release with the Commonwealth for the benefit of the public in order to facilitate the Bakery Square Project.
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, on behalf of the City of Pittsburg...
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