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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/17/2002 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2002-0893 1 ProclamationDeclaring, September 17, 2002 to be SeniorInterests Day in the City of PittsburghAdopted  Action details
2002-0894 1 ProclamationReaffirming September 17, 2002 as "Pittsburgh-Wuhan Sister-City Day" in the City of PittsburghAdopted  Action details
2002-0895 1 ProclamationProclaiming September 21, 2002 as "Pittsburgh Chinese Day"Adopted  Action details
2002-0896 1 ProclamationDeclaring, September 18, 2002 as "Keep the Wheels Rolling for Meals on Wheels Day" in the City of PittsburghAdopted  Action details
2002-0886 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the Director of City Planning and the Director of General Services, in consultation with other city agencies and various community and civic organizations, to promulgate, for City Council's review and approval prior to issuance, a Request for Proposal (RFP) to allow short term riverfront boat docking privileges, on a short term fee for service basis, at various City of Pittsburgh water front locations at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh's operating budget.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0887 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group for use in the development, administration, and implementation of a "plan to counter unscrupulous and unlawful lending practices in City neighborhoods" at a cost not to exceed $50,000.00.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0892 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Engineering and Construction in conjunction with City Planning to undertake a comprehensive traffic study of Regent Square, Squirrel Hill, Swisshelm Park, Greenfield, Hazelwood, Hays and Oakland in order to document the issues presented by vehicular traffic on the Parkway East (Interstate 276). Read and referred  Action details
2002-0879 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh to submit grant applications to and execute relevant agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources under the Community Conservation Partnerships Program.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0888 1 ResolutionResolution amending and supplementing Resolution No. 861, effective January 1, 2000, as amended, entitled: "Adopting and approving the 2000 Capital Budget and the 2000 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2000 through 2005 Capital Improvement Program, by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2000 Capital Budget amendments." By adding Mt. Washington CDC Emerald Link Project $21,510.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0889 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 317, effective May 31, 2002 as amended by Resolution No. 483, effective July 19, 2002 entitled "Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, with various community organizations for operational/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities for the benefit of residents of the City of Pittsburgh and further, authorizing various departments to enter into contract or contracts or use existing contract or contracts for the purchase of equipment and/or furniture at a cost not to exceed $1,565,000.00", so as to reallocate funds to several accounts.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0890 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 340, effective May 31, 2002, as amended by Resolution No. 490, effective July 19, 2002 entitled: "Resolution providing for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City of Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in connection with the 2002 Community Development Block Grant Program; providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing for required assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank account and providing for the payment of expenses within categories." So as to reallocate funds in City Council.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0877 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a portion of Offley Way in the 22nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. Read and referred  Action details
2002-0878 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a portion of Bernard Street between Richfield Street and Mossrose Way and between Mossrose Way and Pinecastle Avenue in the 32nd Ward, 4th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. Read and referred  Action details
2002-0880 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the establishment of a Mellon Park Tennis Trust Fund for the purpose of holding in trust all monies collected from the Mellon Park Seasonal Support Structure.Waived under Rule 8  Action details
2002-0880 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the establishment of a Mellon Park Tennis Trust Fund for the purpose of holding in trust all monies collected from the Mellon Park Seasonal Support Structure.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0881 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement with American Express Business Finance (AMEX), a qualified finance company for the purpose of financing the City's lease/purchase of a Seasonal Support Structure to be used to operate the Mellon Park Tennis Center. Waived under Rule 8  Action details
2002-0881 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement with American Express Business Finance (AMEX), a qualified finance company for the purpose of financing the City's lease/purchase of a Seasonal Support Structure to be used to operate the Mellon Park Tennis Center. Read and referred  Action details
2002-0882 1 ResolutionResolution repealing Resolution No. 446 effective August 19, 1998 entitled, Amending Resolution No. 719, approved 9-29-95, effective 10-02-95 entitled "Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the United Way of Allegheny County in an amount not to exceed $65,000.00 for the continued development and operation of the Adopt-A-Park Volunteer Program for the benefit of City of Pittsburgh".Read and referred  Action details
2002-0883 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 584 effective October 12, 1998 entitled, "Further amending Resolution No. 1376, effective No. 12/14/93, entitled by Resolution No. 844, effective 11-4-94, amended by Resolution 935, effective 12-7-94 entitled "Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s), with Consultant(s) and Vendor(s) for various expenses in connection with the Pittsburgh Advocacy Commission on Youth," by reducing the authorized amount by $14,618.06 from $117,381.00 to $102,762.94. Read and referred  Action details
2002-0891 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 185, effective April 2, 2002, entitled "Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with various community organizations, for operational/administrative and various other expenses at a cost not to exceed $141,000.00, chargeable to and payable from Parks and Recreation's General Fund Grant Account (Parks Grants)" by adding National Ovarian Cancer Coalition $1,000 and increasing the total amount of all grants from $163,000.00 to $164,000.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0884 1 OrdinanceAn Ordinance amending Title Eight of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances to require the implementation of an "All Hazard Plan" for specified high-rise buildings.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0876 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Director of the Finance Department to enter into a contract or contracts, or agreement or agreements, from time to time, as needed, with professional accounting consultants for the provision of professional services in the nature of audits of the various grant or award monies received by the City, as required by the providers of the grants and awards, for the years 2002, 2003 and 2004. Read and referred  Action details
2002-0885 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the transfer of $ 1,000.00 from the General Fund, City Clerk's Miscellaneous Services Account to the Department of Parks and Recreation's General Fund Grant Account for the purpose of implementing a portion of the 2002 City Council Grants Program.Read and referred  Action details
2002-0871 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Budget for September 11, 2002.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2002-0814 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a $3,313.36 warrant in favor of The Burning Bush-House of Prayer, 32 Pius Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, in settlement of a claim in which claimant's sidewalk was damaged due to City tree roots on May 8, 2002.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0815 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc. totaling $5,963.00 for Mark I Nerve Agent Antidote Kits (PRESENTED BY MR. O'CONNOR). Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0816 1 ResolutionResolution transferring the amount of $695.00 from the General Fund, Premium Pay Code Account, to the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations Education & Training Account. The purpose of this transfer to reimburse employee tuition expenses in Budget Year 2002.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0817 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 229 effective April 19, 2000, entitled "Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with the Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 5; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," by adding a new line item “Greenfield Senior Center Copier” $3,900. Total cost of all projects is not to exceed $792,284.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0818 1 ResolutionNeighborhood Needs Program in Council District 7; Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0819 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 256, effective April 26, 2000, as amended, entitled "Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with the Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 9; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," by deleting “Youthbuild” $50,000 and adding two new projects “Mulberry Church” $5,000 and NABHI Concerned Citizens” $1,500 . Total of all projects not to exceed $719,500.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0820 1 ResolutionResolution repealing Resolution No. 483 effective July 20, 2001 entitled, “Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment and/or services in connection with improvements to the stage in Market Square; cost not to exceed $30,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0821 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with a Court Reporter(s) or for the taking of testimony at Civil Service Commission and Appeals Board hearings, cost not to exceed $2,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0822 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh from Green Development Inc. of certain described property on Arlington Avenue in the 18th Ward for public greenway purposes at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0823 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the filing of a petition or petitions for the sale of certain property or properties acquired at tax sales in accordance with Act No. l7l of l984, “Second Class City Treasurer Sale and Collection Act”, effective December 11, 1984. (A). 601-603 Arlington Avenue & 608 Windom Street, 18th Ward, Block 3-K-129 (part), 3-K-138 (part) & 3-K-151. Three vacant lots containing a combined area of 16,979 sq. ft., being sold to green Development, Inc., for $11,000.00. Intended Use: Future development. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0824 1 Appointment-InformingResolution appointing members of the Equal Opportunity Commission created by The Pittsburgh City Code, Title I, Article VII, Section 161.33.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0841 1 ResolutionResolution transferring the amount of $5,000 from Account 511000, Sub-Class 010 Salaries, Fund 1000, Organization 101100, Budget Year 2002 to Account 526125, Sub-Class 150 Miscellaneous Services, Fund 1000, Organization 101110, Budget Year 2002, both within the Office of City Council. (Council District #1)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0842 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 654, effective October 25, 2001, entitled, "Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with City Council's 2001 Neighborhood Needs Supplement Program; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," by increasing Deck Hockey - Phillip's Park $10,000 from $25,000 to $35,000 and by creating new line item Brookline T-Ball Field $13,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0843 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the transfer of $1,000.00 from the General Fund, City Clerk's Miscellaneous Services Account to the Department of City Planning's General Fund Grant Account for the purpose of implementing a portion of the 2002 City Council Grants Program.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0844 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 184, effective April 2, 2002, entitled "Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with various community organizations, for operational/administrative and various other expenses at a cost not to exceed $273,000.00, chargeable to and payable from City Planning's General Fund Grants Account" by increasing South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association from $1,000.00 to $2,000.00 and by increasing the total amount of all grants to $274,000.00. (City Planning Grants).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0860 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 538 of 2000 entitled "Providing the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for Agreement or Agreements with various agencies and vendors to advance the recruitment, assessment, and coordination for the additional employment and training activities brought on the increased construction work in the City," by redirecting the funding to provide the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for Agreement or Agreements with various agencies and vendors to promote and recruit employment and training activities for the Mayor's Health Care Employment Initiative Program; and providing for the periodic transfer of funds for the Mayor's Health Care Employment Initiative Program. Cost not to exceed 125,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0872 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Planning, Zoning & Land Use for September 11, 2002.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2002-0646 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Section 513 of Chapter 1007 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure located at 542 Fourth Avenue Street, known as the Allegheny County Mortuary, and all of the property designated as Block and Lot Number 002-J-044, in the 1st Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (HEARING HELD, SEPTEMBER 3, 2002)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0873 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Housing, Economic Develpment and Promotion for September 11, 2002.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2002-0829 1 ResolutionResolution dissolving the Gimbels Landmark Tax Increment Financing District. (Council District No. 6).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0830 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for administration of the Section 108 loan and Economic Development Initiative grant programs. (Council District No. 3).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0831 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 435, effective July 15, 1999, entitled "Providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Gildas A. Kaib, Jr., his successors and assigns for utility easements and an easement for ingress, egress and regress in and over a vacated portion of Vinecliff Street in the 18th Ward" by correcting the name of the street to be vacated. (Council Districts 2 and 3).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0832 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 421, effective July 8, 1999 entitled "Approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Gildas A. Kaib, Jr. for the sale of the following properties in the 18th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh" by decreasing the purchase price and correcting the block and lot number. (Council Districts No. 2 and 3).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0833 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Antonio Caruso and Rose Caruso, and/or an entity to be formed, for the sale of Parcel 15 (Block 23L Lot 95) in the Twenty Second Ward of the City of Pittsburgh in Redevelopment Area No. 51, Council District No. 6, 2 East North Avenue (commercial rehabilitation).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0834 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the submission of applications to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a Section 108 loan of up to $6,500,000 and an Economic Development Initiative grant of up to $700,000. (Council District No. 3).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0847 1 ResolutionResolution further Amending Resolution No. 424 of 2001, effective June 19, 2001, entitled "Further amending Resolution No. 976 effective January 1, 1996, as amended, Adopting and Approving the 1996 Capital Budget and the 1996 Community Development Block Grant by creating a new line item, City Clerk Office Modernization Project Grant # 2271000 for the purpose of augmenting neighborhood needs programs and/or the District Improvement Fund, and transferring $1,128,892.00 from Grant/Liberty to City Clerk's Office Modernization" by increasing Deck Hockey - Phillip's Park $10,000 from $25,000 to $35,000 and adding new line item Brookline T-Ball Field $13,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0848 1 ResolutionResolution amending and supplementing Resolution No. 861, effective January 1, 2000, as amended, entitled: "Adopting and approving the 2000 Capital Budget and the 2000 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2000 through 2005 Capital Improvement Program, by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2000 Capital Budget amendments." By adding Forbes – Murray Maintenance $5,000 and Squirrel Hill BID $5,000 in Council District 5.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0849 1 ResolutionNeighborhood Needs Detail - District 8Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0874 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Youth Policy for September 11, 2002.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2002-0835 1 ResolutionAgreement - Sheridan Skateboard Park Project - $23, 135.00Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0836 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for the construction of the Sheridan Skateboard Park project. Cost not to exceed twenty one thousand eight hundred sixty five dollars ($21,865.00) of City bond. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2002-0875 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for September 11, 2002.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2002-0837 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Contract or Contracts; or the use of existing Contracts for the purchase of fire hose and related accessories for the Fire Bureau at a cost not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Dollars ($17,000.00) and providing for the payment thereof.Passed FinallyPass Action details