Please note: this meeting's minutes have not been finalized yet. Actions taken on legislation and their results are not available. Details Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 12/23/2024 1:30 PM Minutes status: Draft   Meeting location: Council Chambers Published agenda: Published minutes:   Meeting video:   Meeting Items (23) 23 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 2024-1331 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Frost Brown Todd, LLC for legal services in connection with a sports facility usage fee tax dispute for an amount not to exceed FORTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY-NINE CENTS ($49,597.29) over one year. (Executive Session held 12/17/24)     2024-1332 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 1016 of 1991, which authorized the creation of the Emergency Medical Services Reimbursed Events Trust Fund, to rename the fund and update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City.     2024-1333 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 259 of 2013, which authorized the creation of Police Secondary Employment Trust Fund, to update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City.     2024-1334 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing and directing the City Controller to create a special trust fund, to be designated as the Fire Secondary Employment Trust Fund, for the deposit of monies from Fire Details, Secondary Employment, and Special Events cost recovery, and authorizing the use of monies deposited therein by the Department of Public Safety to cover premium pay reimbursement for Fire personnel and administrative costs related to the aforementioned activities, at no cost to the City.     2024-1335 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 106 of 2020, which authorized the creation of the Crossing Guards Special Events Trust Fund, to rename the fund and update its allowable uses for consistency with other such funds within the Department of Public Safety, at no cost to the City.     2024-1336 1   Resolution Resolution providing for the conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property, having been placed for sale to adjoining property owners in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh Side Yard Program. ITEMS A through X: A: 306 N Millvale Avenue (Council District No. 9), B: 5204 Kincaid Street (Council District No. 9), C: 5414 Broad Street (Council District No. 9), D: 216 N Aiken Avenue (Council District No. 9), E: 5436 Rosetta Street (Council District No. 9), F: 5465 Kincaid Street (Council District No. 9), G: 1217 Montezuma Street (Council District No. 9), H: 303 Renfrew Street (Council District No. 9), I: 305 Renfrew Street (Council District No. 9), J: 1440 Oberlin Street (Council District No. 9), K: 295 W Elizabeth Street (Council District No. 5), L: 2410 Carey Way (Council District No. 3), M: 34 Millbridge Street (Council District No. 3), N: 943 Manton Way (Council District No. 3), O: 939 Manton Way (Council District No. 3), P: 0 Michigan Street (Council District No. 3),Q: 0 Wilhelm Street (Council District No. 2), R: 933 Itin Street (Council District No. 1), S: 0 Norwood Av     2024-1344 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the City’s acceptance of deeds conveying all right, title, and interest in parcels 0232-A-00266-0000-00, which is a vacant land parcel on a wooded hillside with no address located along Warsaw Street and Nimick Place Council District 9 and in the 13th Ward abutted by city-owned parcels, and 0046-J-00315-0000-00, which is a vacant land parcel with no address on Cutler Street in Council District 6 and in the 26th Ward abutted by a city-owned parcel to the City of Pittsburgh and authorizing the payment of One Dollar ($1) in exchange for the parcel.     2024-1345 1   Resolution Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution Number 598 of 2004, effective December 10, 2004, entitled, “Resolution AMENDING RESOLUTION No. 145 Of 2001, Eff. March 28, 2001, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION NO. 69 OF 2001, Eff. February 28, 2001, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION No. 844 OF 1989, Eff. October 27, 1989, WHICH AMENDED RESOLUTION No. 564 OF 1989, Eff. July 17, 1989, Authorizing Implementation Of an Employee Tuition Reimbursement Program, To Reduce Such Reimbursement To Fifty Percent (50%) Of Tuition Costs, Pursuant To Act 47 Plan Initiative WF15:”, by extending the prior approval requirement for eligible employees and providing for a retroactive effective date.     2024-1324 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding to purchase two ambulances. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE MILLION ($1,000,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.     2024-1325 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh for detention, care and/or euthanasia of domesticated animals, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS ($2,280,273) over three years.     2024-1337 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the planning around the Bluff Street Steps. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ($176,400.00) dollars for this stated purpose.     2024-1338 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the Schenley Heights Pavilion Construction project. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE MILLION ($1,000,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.     2024-1339 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the 902 Municipal Recycling Grant in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for equipment and outreach around the City’s Recycling Program. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount not to exceed TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE ($22,223.00) dollars for this stated purpose for a total project cost not to exceed TWO HUNDRED TWENTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY THREE ($222,223.00) dollars.     2024-1340 1   Resolution Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with H.W. Lochner, Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Design Phase for the Pittsburgh City Steps project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars and Seventy-Eight Cents ($669,850.78), reimbursable at eighty (80%) percent.     2024-1341 1   Resolution Resolution providing for an agreement with CSXT for Preliminary Engineering work on the rehabilitation of the West Carson Street Bridge; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Sixteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars ($16,280.00), reimbursable at 95%.     2024-1342 1   Resolution Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Baiano Construction Inc., in the amount of Thirty-One Thousand Three Hundred & Fifty Dollars ($31,350.00), for the purpose of off contract sidewalk repairs; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof.     2024-1343 1   Resolution Resolution approving an Institutional Master Plan Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article II, Chapter 905, Section 905.03.D. to Central Catholic High School, property owner, for the Central Catholic High School campus located along Fifth Avenue and South Neville Street, Parcels 52-J-264 and 52-J-118, zoned “EMI”, Educational Medical Institution, 14th Ward, Council District No. 8. (Needs to be held for Public Hearing)     2024-1327 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the ARPA Capital Projects Fund Digital Connectivity Technology Program in the form of laptops valued at an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED NINETY FIVE THOUSAND ($295,000.00) dollars for Rec2Tech program.     2024-1328 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into financial and “in-kind” Sponsorship Agreements valued at ten-thousand-dollars ($10,000) or less for the Citiparks Office of Special Events’ 2025 Season.     2024-1329 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Pittsburgh Regional Transit, 345 Sixth Avenue, Fifth Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in an amount not to exceed THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS ($13,411.75), for transportation services for the 2024 Richard S. Caliguiri Great Race on September 29, 2024.     2024-1330 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director Parks and Recreation to enter into an agreement with Swank Motion Pictures, Inc. as a sole source for 2025, 2026, and 2027, for rental and display rights of certain movie entertainment for events to be held by the Office of Special Events for a yearly cost of Thirty Two Thousand Dollars ($32,000) and a total cost not to exceed Ninety Six Thousand Dollars ($96,000). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)     2024-1326 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing a sub-award agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($750,000.00) to the Urban Redevelopment Authority to support the development of affordable housing on Homewood Avenue as part of a Federal Appropriation managed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.     2024-1350 1   Resolution Resolution further amending resolution 413 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements relating to the shared operation and administration of the City of Pittsburgh Child Care Quality Fund, by extending the term through 2025 at no further cost to the City.