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WHEREAS, Mayor Ravenstahl's proposed lease of parking assets of both the Pittsburgh Parking Authority and the City of Pittsburgh is the most important policy decision for the year 2010, and
WHEREAS, Mayor Ravenstahl's proposed lease of parking assets will have a profound impact on future budgets and the entire pension system for the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Parking Authority, and
WHEREAS, Pittsburgh City Council has begun a comprehensive independent analysis to provide the public with detailed financial findings on all options; and
WHEREAS, the decision to lease, sell, transfer, keep, privatize, or consider other options with these assets will require the most public process possible for the Pittsburgh Parking Authority, the Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund and the City of Pittsburgh, and
WHEREAS, to give the citizens of Pittsburgh the greatest possible input into this process, the members of City Council plan to hold public hearings on the proposed legislation across the City of Pittsburgh, and
WHEREAS, the issuance of the Request for Proposals from the seven competing teams of private concessionaires could potentially trigger a series of timeline requirements that could unnecessarily force an attenuation of the public process for only one option, and
WHEREAS, the Council recognizes the importance in both scope and magnitude of this policy matter and want to provide a long and reasonable period of time for all parties and all citizens to weigh all options, discuss and debate the merits of all options and make an informed and independent decision,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh adopts the following timeline for the public discussion of the proposed lease of parking assets for the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Parking Authority:
Release of Draft Concessionaire's Agreement (No later than June 21st)
The Mayor must give the public an opportunity to revie...
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