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2007-1966
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS on December 1st of each year, Educating Teens About HIV/AIDS, Inc. commemorates World AIDS Day by hosting its "Red Ribbon Gala" which will be held this year on Saturday, December 1st, 2007, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the William Penn Ballroom of the OMNI William Penn Hotel; and
WHEREAS the purpose of this special event is to increase awareness among today's youth, as to the epidemics of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases; and
WHEREAS during February of 2001, while serving as a Pennsylvania Delegate to the National Summit on Africa, held in Washington, D.C. Kezia L. Ellison learned of the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS and became determined to take action within her own community; and
WHEREAS the nonprofit organization Educating Teens About HIV/AIDS, Inc. was founded in 2001 by Kezia L. Ellison when she was a senior in high school, as a result of her Service Learning Project for the Pennsylvania Governor's School of Excellence for Health Care; and
WHEREAS also in 2001, March was declared Educating Teens About HIV/AIDS month by Pittsburgh City Council, with t | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1967
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, Brashear High School provides education to grades nine through twelve and a computer science magnet program under the administration of principal Ruthanne Reginella; and
WHEREAS, The 2007 Bulls Varsity Football Team won the City League Championship Title by defeating Alderdice High School on November 15th, 2007 at Heinz Field to finish the season with a perfect record; and
WHEREAS, under head coach Ron Wabby, assistant coaches Rick Murphy, Craig Aguglia, Jeff Arnold, Major Harris, Sean Scofield and Pat Diven, The Bulls were undefeated in regular season and championship games; and
WHEREAS, The Brashear Bulls Compiled an average 35.1 points for and 7.25 points against for the season, in addition the offense averaged 328.8 yards per game while the defense averaged 5.5 sacks per game; and
WHEREAS, The 2007 Brashear Bulls Varsity Football Team achieved this noteworthy goal through individual commitment and teamwork; and
WHEREAS, the memories and friendships these teammates take from this year's season can be a source of pride in achievement made possible through t | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1969
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, Justin Morris Johnson was born in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1933 and became an African American judicial trailblazer, as he was the second African American to serve on the Pennsylvania Superior Court; and
WHEREAS, Judge Johnson completed his education at the University of Chicago and attended the Graduate Program for Judges at the University of Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Judge Johnson served in the United States Air Force as an active duty aircraft commander from 1954 to 1959 and as a reservist from 1963 to 1973, having flown two active duty flights in Vietnam during 1971; and
WHEREAS, Judge Johnson was appointed to the Pennsylvania Superior Court in 1980, elected to a ten-year term in 1985, and was retained for a second full term in 1995; and
WHEREAS, Judge Johnson's life of public service has involved numerous memberships which have included the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners (Chairman of the Board of Law Examiners for 6 years); the Board of Managers of the National Conference of Bar Examiners (1984 to 1989); the Pennsylvania Crime Commission ( | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1970
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, Cynthia A. Baldwin is an African American judicial trailblazer, as she was the first African American woman elected to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas and the second African American woman to sit on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; and
WHEREAS, Judge Baldwin received both her B.A. and M.A. from Pennsylvania State University, while earning her J.D. from Duquesne University; and
WHEREAS, Judge Baldwin remains tied to her alma maters through various appointments, both past and present, including President of the Penn State Alumni Association (1989 to 1991); gubernatorial appointee to the Penn State Board of Trustees (2004); Elected Chair of the Penn State Board of Trustees (2004); Member-Emerita of the Duquesne University Board of Directors; past President of Duquesne University's Law Alumni Board; and Vice-Chair of the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities; and
WHEREAS, Judge Baldwin served 16 years on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in the Civil, Family, and Juvenile Divisions, until she was nominated by Governor Rendell t | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1971
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, Livingstone Morris Johnson was born December 27, 1927 and became an African American judicial trailblazer who was known as "the Conscience of the Court" in recognition of his commitment to equality; and
WHEREAS, Judge Johnson completed his education through high school without a single Black classmate and moved on to attend Howard University, where he took time off from his education in order to serve his country by flying 58 combat missions over Korea; and
WHEREAS, upon returning to the United States, Livingstone Morris Johnson earned a degree from the University of Michigan's School of Law in 1957; and
WHEREAS, Judge Johnson served as an Assistant County Solicitor until October of 1962, at which time he then moved on to the Juvenile Section of the Family Division as a Common Pleas Judge where he conducted 21,500 hearings; and
WHEREAS, on December 28, 1997, Judge Livingstone Morris Johnson was designated as a Senior Judge by the Chief Justice of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS, Judge Johnson has been the recipient of numerous awards over the br | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1960
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to receive monies to construct the Route 28/Three Rivers Heritage Trail and further providing for legitimate expenditures for payments and agreement or agreements, or contract or contracts for any services required in connection with the execution of said grant agreement. Said agreement or agreements, contract or contracts or expenditures shall not exceed $ 1,000,000. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1961
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to receive monies to secure technical support for managing and upgrading the city's Computerized Traffic Response and Traffic Control System (CTRTCS) and further providing for legitimate expenditures for payments and agreement or agreements, or contract or contracts for any services required in connection with the execution of said grant agreement. Said agreement or agreements, contract or contracts or expenditures shall not exceed $ 33,000.00. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1958
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts for the purchase of one (1) Street Sweeper, and one (1) Street Flusher, for the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Operations, and provide for the payment thereof, and/or transfer of funding to the Equipment Leasing Authority, at a cost not to exceed $320,000.00. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1959
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution granting unto Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, 3705 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a pedestrian protective railing along the 3400 block of Fifth Avenue in the 4th Ward, 6th & 8th Council Districts of the City of Pittsburgh. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1957
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Richard S. Caliguiri Amyloidosis Foundation in an amount not to exceed eleven thousand and three dollars, in connection with the 2007 Great Race in the Department of Parks and Recreation, without previous authority of law; and providing for the payment thereof. Cost not to exceed eleven thousand and three dollars ($11,003.00). | Read and referred | |
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2007-1964
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to lease to the South Pittsburgh Development Corporation property in the 32nd Ward, at the corner of Jacob and Whited Street, for a period of ninety-nine (99) years, at a rental of $1.00 per year, and upon such other terms and conditions as may be approved by the Mayor and City Solicitor. | Waived under Rule 8 | Pass |
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2007-1964
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to lease to the South Pittsburgh Development Corporation property in the 32nd Ward, at the corner of Jacob and Whited Street, for a period of ninety-nine (99) years, at a rental of $1.00 per year, and upon such other terms and conditions as may be approved by the Mayor and City Solicitor. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1963
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the assignment to Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company of the License Agreement, dated June 1, 2001, between the City of Pittsburgh and Adshel, Inc. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1962
| 1 | | Communication | Communication from Anthony J. Pokora, Deputy Controller, submitting the audit of the Urban Development Authority's Streetface Loan Program. | Read, Received and Filed | Pass |
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2007-1965
| 1 | | Petition | Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting City Council to hold a public hearing relative to the Resolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the URA and Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, for the Sale of Disposition Parcel 16 in Redevelopment Area No. 51, in the 22nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, Council District 6 (Library Construction) | Read and referred | |
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2007-1953
| 1 | | Report | Report of the Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing for November 19, 2007 with an Affirmative Recommendation. | Read, Received and Filed | Pass |
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2007-1897
| 1 | | Ordinance | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 267, Exemptions for Industrial and Commercial Improvements; Section 267.01, Definitions; paragraph (k), Qualified Conversion to Commercial Residential Use, paragraph (o), Downtown District, and paragraph (u), Qualified Conversion to Residential Use; and Section 267.03, Exemption Schedule, paragraph (c), subparagraph (3); and Section 267.04, Exemption Conditions, paragraph (e), so as to eliminate the fifty (50) percent threshold requirement for conversions, to clarify the location of properties included within the Downtown District, and to eliminate the ownership restriction for qualified conversions to residential use. | Passed Finally | Pass |
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2007-1898
| 1 | | Ordinance | Ordinance amending and Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements; Section 265.01, Definitions; paragraph (a), Board, and paragraph (v), Downtown District; and Section 265.06, Procedures for Obtaining Exemption, so as to clarify the identify of the agency responsible for administration of exemption applications and the location of properties included within the Downtown District, to provide for a filing period of one hundred-eighty (180) days, and also to add a prohibition pertaining to tax delinquency. | Passed Finally | Pass |
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2007-1923
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Personnel and Civil Service Commission to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with Mercy OccuNet for professional services in connection with the administration and evaluation of medical examinations and related tests and procedures for the Civil Service Commission's medical examination program for current and prospective employees for employment and promotion, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed $100,000.00. | Passed Finally | Pass |
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2007-1954
| 1 | | Report | Report of the Committee on Public Works and Environmental Services for November 19, 2007 with an Affirmative Recommendation. | Read, Received and Filed | Pass |
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2007-1858
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution granting unto Folino's Ristorante, 1715-1721 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, decorative steel fencing on the sidewalk area of 1717-1721 E. Carson Street in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. | RECOMMITTED | Pass |
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2007-1924
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution amending Resolution 406, effective July 26, 2007, entitled, providing for a professional services agreement/s with the Animal Rescue League, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, for professional services in connection with the detention, care and/or euthanasia of domestic animals at a cost not to exceed $1,140,000," by providing for an Amendment to the Agreement, for an additional cost of $50,000. | Passed Finally | Pass |
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2007-1955
| 1 | | Report | Report of the Committee on Engineering, Fleet and Forestry for November 19, 2007 with an Affirmative Recommendation. | Read, Received and Filed | Pass |
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2007-1925
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with THE BUNCHER COMPANY and others whereby THE BUNCHER COMPANY and others grant to the City an easement along Liberty Avenue, in the Second Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, for the construction on a portion of the Buncher Property of a bus stop and a pedestrian signalized crossing for use as a transit stop for the Port Authority of Allegheny County. | Passed Finally | Pass |
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2007-1956
| 1 | | Report | Report of the Committee on Public Safety Services for November 19, 2007 with an Affirmative Recommendation. | Read, Received and Filed | Pass |
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2007-1926
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Chief of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services to enter into an agreement or agreements with QuickMed Claims for professional services in connection with the provision of ambulance billing services. | Passed Finally | Pass |
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2007-1968
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS in 2006, "RealtyTrac", the recommended online source for property foreclosure information, stated that in a nation-wide analysis, U.S. home foreclosures had increased 38% percent since the previous quarter and 72% from the first quarter of 2005; and
WHEREAS in a 2006 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, Pennsylvania was ranked 19th out of all 50 States with 38,333 total foreclosures, 12,204 of which occurred within the Pittsburgh area; and
WHEREAS the majority of these foreclosures have taken place in City neighborhoods that have been deeply affected by blight and are high in their concentration of minority residents; and
WHEREAS specifically, communities such as the Northside, the Hill District, Homewood, and Beltzhoover have been disproportionately affected by increasing rates of home foreclosures, with many sources pointing towards subprime and predatory lending as the cause of this predicament; and
WHEREAS as was reported by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), "40% of African American renters whose income is under $40,000 do not have any banking rela | Adopted | Pass |
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