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2007-1576
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, numerous nationally recognized stars of stage, screen and television were born and raised and began careers in the Western Pennsylvania region; and,
WHEREAS, Pittsburgh is proud to claim Shirley Jones as one of its own; and,
WHEREAS, Shirley Jones was born in Charleroi and raised in Smithton, PA and began her distinctive career after being crowned Miss Pittsburgh in 1952; and,
WHEREAS, following an apprenticeship at the Pittsburgh Playhouse and her professional stage debut in 1953 in Pittsburgh CLO's Lady in the Dark at Pitt Stadium, Ms. Jones left for New York; and,
WHEREAS, in her first audition, Shirley Jones was discovered by the famed team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein for a role in South Pacific and was the only performer in history to be under an exclusive contract with them; and,
WHEREAS, after her dynamic role as Laurey in Oklahoma, her career skyrocketed and she went on to star on the big screen in "Carousel", "The Music Man", "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" and earned an Academy Award in 1960 for her stunning performance as LuLu Baines in "Elme | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1577
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 Council of the City of Pittsburgh wishes to honor Mr. Keith Murphy as the Executive Director of the Bethany House Academy/Ministry located in the Northview Heights and St. Clair Village Housing Communities in Pittsburgh for 14 years; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Murphy is the Founder of the Positive Outcomes With Excuses Removed (P.O.W.E.R). Program which builds character in children, youth and young adults, providing them with life-long skills; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Murphy's focus as Executive Director of the Bethany House Academy/Ministry is on the importance of the spiritual, historical and cultural relevance of the past, present and future of the African/American experience, teaching youth Swahili/African Cultural value systems; and,
WHEREAS, Mr. Murphy is committed to serving those who are economically impoverished and overwhelmed with problems associated with substance abuse, lack of employment, low academic performance, delinquency and other destructive activities prevalent in our communities; and,
WHEREAS, in Northview Heights and St. Clair Village h | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1578
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are currently more than 1 million Americans living with HIV and/or AIDS, with the CDC anticipating another 40,000 new cases of HIV to be reported in each coming year; and
WHEREAS, the Southwestern Pennsylvania AIDS Planning Coalition (SWPAPC), the umbrella agency for HIV/AIDS services, planning and programming in Southwestern Pennsylvania, is paying tribute to National HIV Testing Day 2007 by reaching out to communities in the Pittsburgh area and across Southwestern Pennsylvania; and
WHEREAS in order to break the silence and stigma surrounding the diseases of HIV and AIDS, the SWPAPC is encouraging people to take control, get tested, and know their HIV status; and
WHEREAS, in commemoration of National HIV Testing Day 2007, state and local health departments, community-based HIV/AIDS service providers, and faith-based organizations have joined with the SWPAPC in order to plan a variety of activities and events across the 11 counties that the Coalition presently services; and
WHEREAS these act | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1579
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS since the age of 5, Maya Boyd, a thirteen year old Hill District resident, has graced both her own community and many others with her unique gift of song; and
WHEREAS thanks to her God-given talents, Maya has earned a number of honors which include the 1st Place Championship Award for Outstanding Gospel Choir Soloist at Virginia Beach's 2007 FIESTA-VAL Invitational Music Festival; the 2007 2nd Runner-Up in the Miss Black Teenage/Miss Princess Pageant; the 2006 1st Runner-Up in the Miss Black Teenage/Miss Princess Pageant; a Guest Psalmist at Transformation Ministries First Baptist Church of Charlotte, Virginia; and various other local and national competitions and events; and
WHEREAS most recently, Maya graduated from Rogers CAPA Middle School and will be further honing her musical abilities at Pittsburgh's prestigious CAPA High School; and
WHEREAS contingent upon the success of an on-going fundraising campaign, on June 30th, 2007, Maya Boyd will perform her gospel music at the USA World Showcase Competition which will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
NOW THEREFORE B | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1580
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, YERT (Your Environmental Road Trip) is a year-long eco-expedition through all 50 United States with the goal of exploring environmental sustainability options; and
WHERAS, YERT will hold a launch party in Pittsburgh on June 30, 2007 at the Union Project; and
WHEREAS, the YERT road trip will begin in Pittsburgh on July 4, 2007 and end in the San Francisco Bay on July 4, 2008, covering a distance of more than 25,000 miles; and
WHERAS, the YERT road trip team members who will travel through all 50 states are:
· Mark Dixon
· Ben Evans
· Julie Dingman Evans; and
WHERAS, the idea for YERT developed after Mr. Dixon attended a silent retreat during the 2006 San Francisco Green Festival and then convinced his friends to join his efforts; and
WHEREAS, the YERT team will be filming the people, places, and programs they encounter for videos that will be posted to the website which will allow individual from across the 50 states and beyond to follow the road trip progress.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City Pittsburgh recognizes YERT for | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1581
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, The SOKOL Movement, founded in 1862, in Czechoslovakia by Doctor Miroslav Tyrs is dedicated to physical fitness, intellectual enlightenment and moral development; and
WHEREAS, the Slovak Sokol Society in the United States was started in 1892 in Chicago Illinois, beginning over a century of tradition promoting the ideals begun 30 years earlier in Czechoslovakia; and
WHEREAS, by 1905 there were 90 lodges with over 2,500 members in eight states including Pennsylvania where in Pittsburgh the Slovensky Sokol became the organization's official publication; and
WHEREAS, in testament to the Sokol tradition of physical fitness, in 1942, 98% of The Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol members were found fit for military duty, compared with 70% of the general population; and
WHEREAS, at the first Sokol Slet 700 gymnasts performed for 2 days, June 18th and 19th 1882, over 5,000 participated in Prague in 1994 in sports ranging from track & field to yachting to archery and in staying true to the Sokol spirit the names of all finalists were reported but not the winners; and
WHEREAS | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1582
| 1 | | Proclamation | WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh's Agency for Jewish Learning's mission is to provide educational programs, professional development and services across the education spectrum within the Jewish Community and has now expanded services to include professional development opportunities for local public and private teachers responsible for Holocaust Education; and,
WHEREAS, the Agency for Jewish Learning, under the direction of Dr. Tzipora Gur, has been coordinating, creating and conducting Study Tours to Poland for the last several years for local area educators, lay leaders, teens and survivors of the Holocaust, providing an experiential learning program in Holocaust education under Pennsylvania's academic standards; and,
WHEREAS, the Agency for Jewish Learning will be taking a group of 45 adults and teens , a professional photographer and one survivor and her family to Poland for this year's Study Tour from June 25-July 2, 2007, where they will learn about Poland's diverse culture prior to WWII, the rise of Hitler and the horrors of the Holocaust by learning about the resistance movement, th | Adopted | Pass |
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2007-1575
| 1 | | Ordinance | Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article III: Organization, Chapter 111: Departments: Generally, Section 111.01, Establishment; Rules And Regulations; Organization and Control, and Section 111.02: Deputy Directors; Designation; Powers And Duties; Revocation, by making various changes as it relates to "Acting Directors." | Read and referred | |
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2007-1566
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution repealing Resolution No. 629, effective August 14, 2003, entitled “Providing for an Agreement or Agreements or for the use of existing Agreements, with a Consultant or Consultants, for the rehabilitation of the Corliss Tunnel; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof; at a cost not to exceed $125,000.00,” by repealing it in its entirety. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1567
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution repealing Resolution No. 558, effective November 30, 2004, entitled “Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements or for the use of existing Agreements with a Consultant or Consultants, for preliminary engineering in connection with the Wood Street Reconstruction, Phase II, including Project Management Services; providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and further providing for the payment of the costs thereof; at a cost not to exceed $500,000.00,” by repealing it in its entirety. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1568
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution repealing Resolution No. 320, effective June 7, 2005, entitled “Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements with a Consultant or Consultants in connection with the design of the Carnahan Road Bridge located at the Carnahan Road and Banksville Road intersection and spanning Little Saw Mill Run Creek; providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof,” by repealing it in its entirety. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1569
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or for the use of existing Agreements, with Engineered Polymer Solutions, Inc., for the purpose of establishing easements on property owned by the City and by EPS located in the 27th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, so as to provide for a riverfront greenspace, to allow for a landscaped buffer zone between the greenspace and adjacent property, and to provide for the repair and maintenance of a retaining wall along the Ohio River. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1570
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution providing for a Contract or Contracts or the use of existing Contracts; providing for an Agreement or Agreements or for the use of existing Agreements; providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with Ballfield Lighting Replacement; and further providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $225,000.00. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1571
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Works to enter into an agreement or agreements with Davey Resources Group for three Licenses to TreeKeeper 7 Synchronization software program at a cost not to exceed $3,000.00. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1572
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts for the installation of traffic signal hardware throughout the City; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $200,000.00. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1573
| 1 | | Resolution | Resolution further amending Resolution No.759, effective December 18, 2006, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2007 Capital Budget and the 2007 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2007 through 2012 Capital Improvement Program,” by eliminating the “Project Management Services” line item in the amount of $600,000.00 ($400,000.00 FHWA, $150,000.00 CITY, $50,000.00 CDBG) and creating the “Traffic Signals” line item in the amount of $200,000.00 ($150,000.00 CITY, $50,000.00 CDBG). | Read and referred | |
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2007-1574
| 1 | | Petition | Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council regarding recent promotions in the Police Bureau. | Waived under Rule 8 | Pass |
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2007-1574
| 1 | | Petition | Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council regarding recent promotions in the Police Bureau. | Read and referred | |
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2007-1562
| 1 | | Report | Report of the Committee on Facilities, Technology and the Arts for June 20, 2007. | Read, Received and Filed | Pass |
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2007-1536
| 2 | | Resolution | Amending Resolution No. 727, effective December 14, 2005, entitled: “Resolution authorizing and directing the Manager of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements, contract or contracts to design a Sheltered Market contracting program for the City of Pittsburgh and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed Forty Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00).” | TABLED | Pass |
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2007-1563
| 1 | | Report | Report of the Committee on Engineering, Fleet and Forestry for June 20, 2007. | Read, Received and Filed | Pass |
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2007-1538
| 2 | | Resolution | Providing for a Contract or Contracts or for the use of existing Contracts, providing for an Agreement or Agreements or for the use of existing Agreements, providing for services for the removal of trees, pruning and maintenance throughout the City of Pittsburgh, and further providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $250,000.00. | Passed Finally | Pass |
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2007-1564
| 1 | | Report | Report of the Committee on Planning, Zoning and Land Use for June 20, 2007. | Read, Received and Filed | Pass |
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2007-1478
| 1 | | Ordinance | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from R2-L, Residential Two-Unit Low Density District to NDI, Neighborhood Industrial District, certain property bounded by Idlewood Avenue; the City of Pittsburgh Boundary Line; Ade Way; and Block No. 67-P, Lot No. 168 in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System; 28th Ward. | Passed Finally | Pass |
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