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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/5/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2023-1681 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the filing of applications by the Commonwealth of PA, Department of Human Services for grants in connection with the Joint Jobs Initiative Program Employment Advancement and Retention Network (EARN) and providing for the authorization to enter into agreements with various agencies and to pay for expenditures for costs to support, implement and administer the program. Cost not to exceed $3,828,594.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1698 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article IV, “Planning Districts”, Chapter 909 - “Planned Development Districts”, Section 909.01 - “SP, Specially Planned District”, 909.01.P, “SP-9 Bakery Square”, by supplementing the certain provisions of Chapter 909.01.P with the addition of a new Sections 909.1.P(c)-(f). (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 7/6/23)Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2023-1698 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article IV, “Planning Districts”, Chapter 909 - “Planned Development Districts”, Section 909.01 - “SP, Specially Planned District”, 909.01.P, “SP-9 Bakery Square”, by supplementing the certain provisions of Chapter 909.01.P with the addition of a new Sections 909.1.P(c)-(f). (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 7/6/23)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1682 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2118 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1683 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Center for Employment Opportunities to grant a license to enter onto certain City-owned parcels for the purpose of performing certain work, including maintenance and beautification services, that fall outside the regular work assigned to City employees, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1684 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 194 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to execute relevant agreement(s) to authorize the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) providing electronic waste collection and recycling services for City residents, by adding an additional one (1) year for an amount not to exceed One Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1685 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Finance, and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Duquesne Light Company granting it a permanent utility easement for the erection, installation, use, operation, maintenance, repair, and removal of cables, switches, and transformers, in order to service and provide power to electric vehicle charging stations and other fixtures and apparatus thereto, upon, over, along, across, under and through City property located at 2945-3001 Railroad Street, lot and block 25-B-15 for use by electric-powered City sanitation trucks, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1686 1 ResolutionResolution approving the use plan for the $3 million Food Justice Funds as allocated in the City’s American Rescue Plan, pursuant to Resolution No. 762 of 2022. (Briefing held 7/10/23)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1687 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Precise Discovery, 429 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1000, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Four Hundred One Dollars and 18 cents ($5,401.18) for professional services related to electronic document storage.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1697 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 855 of 2011, effective December 29, 2011, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2011 Capital Budget and the 2011 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2011 through 2016 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing DISTRICT 6 NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS by seventy seven thousand six hundred sixty two dollars and seventy nine cents ($77,662.79) and increasing HOUSING DEVELOPMENT by seventy seven thousand six hundred sixty two dollars and seventy nine cents ($77,662.79).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1688 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation of certain public properties within the Hays and St. Clair neighborhoods to be formalized and adopted as a City park, at no immediate cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1689 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with the Music Performance Trust Fund for the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee in the amount of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Twenty-Two Cents ($2,631.22).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1690 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with the University of Pittsburgh Government Relations and Advocacy office for the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1691 1 OrdinanceOrdinance accepting a new street name, COUGAR CIRCLE in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in May 2023. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1692 1 OrdinanceOrdinance accepting a new street name, PRINCIPAL LANE in the Eighteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in May 2023. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1693 1 OrdinanceOrdinance accepting two (2) new street names, COMPOSITE STREET and BATTERY STREET in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street names was approved by CPAC in May 2023. The names listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1694 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Martina Battistone as a Member of the Shade Tree Commission with a term to expire June 30, 2027. Ms. Battistone will replace Rebecca Kiernan.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1695 1 CommunicationCommunication from Michael Lamb, City Controller, submitting the City of Pittsburgh’s Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for the year ended December 31, 2022.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1696 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Public Works for John Minard and Mike Schmitt, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1676 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for June 28, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1614 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of eight (8) warrants with the total sum of Two Hundred Seventy Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($275,000.00). It is further understood and agreed that the payment schedule of the total settlement amount shall be as follows: (i) $19,533.54 payable to Nicole Rulli; (ii) $19,533.54 payable to Nicole Rulli as legal guardian of A.F., a minor; (iii) $19,533.54 payable to Charles Bryant, Jr.; (iv) $19,533.54 payable to Simon Phillips; (v) $19,533.54 payable to Donovan Hayden; (vi) $19,533.54 payable to Jennifer “Jay” Yoder; (vii) $19,533.54 payable to Christopher Wilson Juring; and (viii) $138,265.22 will be issued to Plaintiffs’ attorneys, O’Brien, Coleman & Wright, LLC for fees and expenses related to litigation filed at 2:20-cv-00965 in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. (Executive Session held 6/26/23)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1650 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant at a cost not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($30,000.00) to be issued to Plaintiff Richard Nicholas’s attorneys, Law Offices of Joel Sansone, in in full and final settlement of litigation filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at docket number 2:22-cv-910.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1651 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Lancelot Joseph Moncrieff, at a cost not to exceed Four Thousand Three Hundred Seventy Five Dollars and No Cents ($4,375.00) in settlement of a claim (22C-0238) for damage to his stopped vehicle from a city police vehicle on August 3, 2022.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1652 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by $0.06, reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES by $629,475.94, and increasing SLOPE FAILURE REMEDIATION by $629,476.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1655 1 ResolutionResolution transferring a total of Five Hundred dollars ($500) within the 2023 Operating Budget from Council as a Body to the Department of Parks and Recreation for the purpose of providing a donation for the Brookline Recreation Center’s Summer Back 2 School event.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1677 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for June 28, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1644 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 159 of 2023, which authorized a Professional Services Agreement with Duquesne University for the purpose of spending grant funds not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($150,500.00) dollars to support the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Inside-Out training program, to correct the type of authorized agreement.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1645 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of PulsePoint Foundation, PO Box 12594, Pleasanton, CA 94588, in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($6,000.00), for the City’s share of the license fee for the annual renewal of the PulsePoint emergency services application.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1646 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Purvis Systems in an amount not to exceed TWENTY THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($20,985.00) to provide a bypass timer switch for each Purvis Station Alerting System control unit in every fire station.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1647 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with The Forbes Funds to provide technical and capacity building assistance to participants of the Stop the Violence grant program, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed ONE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($192,300.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1678 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for June 28, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1648 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Michael Baker International, Inc. for costs associated with the Boundary Street and Sylvan Trail Projects; providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Fourteen Thousand Six Dollars and Eighty One Cents ($2,514,006.81), an increase of Four Hundred Eighty Two Thousand One Hundred and Two Dollars ($482,102.00) from the previously executed agreement (52762-2) as previously authorized by Resolution 262 of 2021.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1679 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Recreation, Youth and Senior Services for June 28, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1653 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Homewood Community Sports (HCS) for community liaison services at an amount not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($300,000).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1680 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology for June 28, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1654 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 378-2017, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into a memorandum of understanding with Allegheny County to receive a regular extract of the Allegheny County property assessment file and to authorize an amendment to the data sharing agreement at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1675 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution 539 of 2016, as amended, entitled “authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and/or Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a Contract or Contracts or Agreement or Agreements with Granicus, Inc., for software upgrades, server hosting services and annual maintenance of Legistar agenda management and video streaming” in order to extend the contract an additional 12 months, for an additional cost of $65,200.49 for a total cost not to exceed $436,906.10.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video