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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/27/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2024-0827 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Detective Brett Butkewich has been employed with the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police since 2009, and then promoted to the position of plain-clothes Detective in 2019; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0828 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Diane Delmer spent 9 years as the leader of Friends of Grandview Park and was instrumental in enriching the parks and neighborhood of Mount Washington; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0829 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Women Who Rock, founded by Melinda Colaizzi, is dedicated to empowering women, supporting women in music, and advocating for women’s health; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0830 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Georgia Petropoulos is the proud daughter of Greek immigrant parents; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0831 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Kenny Slaughter served the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for more than two decades, affectionately earning the nickname “Officer Friendly,” due to his warm, compassionate, and caring demeanor, his willingness to go the extra mile for anyone who needed a helping hand, and his consistent smile; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0794 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 96 of 2024, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with consultants and/or service providers for professional services in connection with Civil Service and MPOETC required assessment and evaluation of Public Safety candidates, and providing for payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed Ninety Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0795 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for the purchase of pharmaceutical supplies, medications, and related support services necessary for the daily operations of the City’s Bureau of Emergency Medical Services at an overall cost not to exceed TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($275,000.00) over five years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0796 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with FMD Architecture, LLC, DBA Shelter Planners of America, to conduct a study of the feasibility of the City owning and operating its own animal shelter, at a total cost not to exceed FORTY-NINE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($49,400.00) over one year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0797 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 471-2024, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements and amendments thereto with CIS (Center for Internet Security) for Albert MD Monitoring application which predicts malicious activity on the City network by monitoring, alerting and analyzing information gathered by sensors, by increasing the approved 2024 amount by Thirty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars ($38,880) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Ninety-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars ($94,980) over seven years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0798 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2700 Penn Avenue, 6th Ward, Pittsburgh PA 15222, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0799 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a license agreement with Action Housing, Inc., the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in order to allow Action Housing, Inc. access to portions of the real estate located at 200 Ross Street to perform limited exploratory demolition as part of a feasibility study for the residential conversion of the property at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0800 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with the law firm of Fisher Phillips LLP, in connection with issues involving labor disputes, at a cost not-to-exceed Sixty-Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($60,000) over one (1) year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0801 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the execution of quitclaim deeds conveying all of the City's right, title and interest in and to the City-owned property located at 3133 Brunot Avenue in the 20th Ward of the City and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot: 42-H-293, to City Steps Realty LLC (dba 2nd Chance Property Renovation and Consulting LLC) for TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($23,000.00), to be deposited into the Three Taxing Bodies Trust fund account relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at C.S. 23-000067. (Executive Session held 8/27/24)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0802 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Noblemediation, LLC for mediation services for an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,925.00) over one year. (Executive Session held 8/27/24)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0803 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Holly Bartlett, and her attorney, Swartz Culleton, P.C., for a single payment in 2024 in an amount not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($500,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 20-007886. (Executive Session held 8/27/24)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0804 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Marc A. Winters for arbitration services for an amount not to exceed FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS AND SIXTEEN CENTS ($5,306.16) over one year. (Executive Session held 8/27/24)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0805 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 797, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program”, by reducing SMALLMAN STREET RECONSTRUCTION by Thirty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Forty Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($35,340.92) and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by Thirty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Forty Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($35,340.92).Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2024-0805 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 797, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program”, by reducing SMALLMAN STREET RECONSTRUCTION by Thirty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Forty Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($35,340.92) and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by Thirty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Forty Dollars and Ninety-Two Cents ($35,340.92).Read and referred  Action details
2024-0806 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, 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 CBD SIGNAL UPGRADES (TIP) by Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000)Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2024-0806 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, 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 CBD SIGNAL UPGRADES (TIP) by Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000)Read and referred  Action details
2024-0807 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing COMPLETE STREETS by Eight Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($880,000), to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2024-0807 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing COMPLETE STREETS by Eight Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($880,000), to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0808 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of the Regional Opportunity Center, DBA Vibrant Pittsburgh, for annual membership dues in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0809 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with six organizations to produce arts programming as part of the “Funding for the Arts” American Rescue Plan Act allocation, at a total cost not to exceed Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($625,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0810 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Casey Droege Cultural Productions for professional services relating to the administration and management of a program to disburse American Rescue Plan Act funds to support local artists impacted by COVID-19, at a cost not to exceed One Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($160,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0811 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 92 of 2019 to provide for the extension of a professional services agreement by a term of one year with Dickie McCamey & Chilcote for costs associated with the provision of legal services for the City Controller’s Office at no additional cost beyond the original not to exceed amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0826 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title Five - Traffic, Article VII - Parking, Chapter 543 - Parking Meters, Section 543.01 - Parking Meter Zones and Rates, by creating a meter zone and a meter rate for Hazelwood Green in chapter 543.01 section (b).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0812 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a utility easement agreement or agreements with Crown Castle Inc. to access, excavate, bore, and install fiber internet connectivity infrastructure under, across, and over city-owned property located at Pittsburgh EMS Medic 03-Police Zone 6 (312-320 S Main St., Block and Lot Nos. 6-A-97 & 6-A-99) at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0813 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a utility easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company to install, use, own, operate, maintain, repair, renew, and finally remove five poles and one anchor to pole located on City-owned property (Lot and Block No. 119-B-300) at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0814 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Public Works, and Director of Finance to enter into agreements with Duquesne Light Company for vegetation management on parcel ID 34-D-20; anchor installation and maintenance on parcel ID 14-N-258; and pole and anchor installation and maintenance on parcel ID 33-A-200 at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0815 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with C.H. & D. Enterprises, Inc. for costs associated with the North Avenue Reconstruction Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Nine Hundred Forty-One Thousand Five Dollars and One Cent ($4,941,005.01), of which Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,800,000.00) are reimbursable.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2024-0815 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with C.H. & D. Enterprises, Inc. for costs associated with the North Avenue Reconstruction Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Nine Hundred Forty-One Thousand Five Dollars and One Cent ($4,941,005.01), of which Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,800,000.00) are reimbursable.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0816 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 191 of 2024, providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the North Avenue Signals and Safety Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,600,000.00), an increase of One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2024-0816 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 191 of 2024, providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the North Avenue Signals and Safety Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,600,000.00), an increase of One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).Read and referred  Action details
2024-0817 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Smallman Street Complete Street Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and THIRTY CENTS ($2,279,662.30) with a local match of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($117,100.00) from the 2024 Capital Budget for a total grant project cost of TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and THIRTY CENTS ($2,396,762.30) for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0818 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Consent and Order Agreement and Amendments with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”), as decreed by the Commonwealth for the City of Pittsburgh to execute corrective action in solid waste management, and providing payment of civil penalties at a City cost not to exceed Twenty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($28,000.00) over one (1) year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0819 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 83-J-300, 83- K-104, and 83-K-102 from R2-M (Two-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) and parcels 83-J-301, 83-K-48, 83-K-60, and a portion of 83-K-61 from RM-M (Multi-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) in the East Liberty neighborhood. (Needs to be held for Public Hearing)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0820 1 CommunicationCommunication from Rachael Heisler, City Controller, submitting the City of Pittsburgh’s Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for the year ended December 31, 2023.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0821 1 CommunicationCommunication from Rachael Heisler, City Controller, submitting a special report on city water fountains, dated August 2024.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0822 1 CommunicationCommunication from Rachael Heisler, City Controller, submitting a performance audit of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA), Housing Opportunity Fund, dated June 2024.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0823 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting the City of Pittsburgh Quarterly Financial and Performance Report for the period ending June 30, 2024.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0824 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended August 23, 2024.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0825 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Public Safety for Donna Harper, and the Office of Management and Budget for Amanda Burkhart, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video