Presenter
Presented by Mr. Dowd
Title
Resolution amending Resolution No. 316, effective June 9, 2009, entitled “Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with URA's application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant of up to $500,000 for the Bombardier Test Track project” by increasing the amount of the grant to $1,000,000 and changing the subgrantee and the nature of the project. (Council District 8)
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Whereas, by Resolution No. 316, effective June 9, 2009, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh authorized a cooperation agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) in connection with URA's application with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of the Budget (the “Commonwealth”) for a $500,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program ("RACP") grant for the Bombardier Test Track project (the "Project"); and
Whereas, the Commonwealth requires the City of Pittsburgh to agree to reimburse it for any expenditure of RACP funds determined by the Commonwealth to be ineligible; and
Whereas, the Commonwealth has increased the grant by $500,000 and approved a change in the nature of the project in which Carnegie Mellon University as subgrantee will construct laboratory space in two existing buildings on its campus for a facility to develop, test and prove state of the art infrastructure and transit technologies (the “Project”), all of which require an amendment to Resolution No. 316;
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of Resolution No. 316, effective June 9, 2009, which currently reads as follows:
“The Mayor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, is authorized to enter into Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, in a form approved by the City Solicitor, in which URA agrees to administer the Project and the City agree...
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