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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/10/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2023-2039 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, National Manufacturing Day is organized nationwide by the Manufacturing Institute in October of each year; andAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2040 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Valerie Lowe grew up in a loving home with two devout God-fearing parents and two siblings. She resided in Long Island New York and left a17-year corporate career to marry the man she believed to be the love of her life. During her 13-year marriage, she was deprived of financial security, subjected to mental abuse and left homeless while caring for her two young children; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2041 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, National Coming Out Day, first celebrated in the US in 1988, is celebrated across the country on October 11, 2023; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2042 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Pittsburgh’s long history of labor power and industrial development continues to inspire those working, living, and making art in the city, including those at Industrial Arts Workshop, who partner workforce development with art making; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2012 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 4608 and 4644 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2013 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance and/or the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a lease, leases, sublease and/or subleases for approximately 8,000 square feet, from the lessor, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (“HACP”), for the purpose of continuing to provide office space for City employees, located within the City of Pittsburgh's First Ward at 100 Ross Street, 15219, Lot number 2-J-00244, effective on or about September 1, 2023 for a six (6) month period, and providing for the payment thereof in an amount not to exceed Eighty-six Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($86,250.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2014 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center in the amount of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN ($2,229,987.00) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2015 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Renovation of Sheraden Park in the amount of ONE MILLION EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN ($1,083,467.00) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2016 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a professional services agreement with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000) dollars to support the city’s equitable street tree plan over the course of up to three (3) of years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2017 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of People’s Natural Gas Company, in the amount of Twenty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and Two Cents ($24,947.02), in payment for non-contracted work on the Homewood Park reconstruction project.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2023-2017 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of People’s Natural Gas Company, in the amount of Twenty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Seven Dollars and Two Cents ($24,947.02), in payment for non-contracted work on the Homewood Park reconstruction project.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2018 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase for the Safe Routes to School project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($116,472.86), reimbursable at 100%.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2019 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Pittsburgh Pedestrian Wayfinding Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), an increase of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2020 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Critical Sidewalk Gaps Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Four Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($1,485,000.00), an increase of Five Hundred and Five Thousand Dollars ($505,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2021 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 108 of 2023 effective 3/1/2023, which amended Resolution 458 of 2022 effective 9/7/2022, authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips LLP for legal services in connection with collective bargaining, by further authorizing an amendment or amendments to said Professional Services Agreement, at no additional cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2022 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Plaintiff, James Frierson, administrator of the estate of Jim Rogers, decedent, and his counsel of record, Todd, J. Hollis at a cost not-to-exceed Eight Million Dollars and No Cents ($8,000,000.00) over two years, relating to the full and final settlement of litigation, including attorney’s fees and costs, filed at No. 2:22-cv-00523 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. (Executive Session held 10/12/23)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2023 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Bennet Omalu Pathology for expert fees in connection with labor arbitration matters for an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000.00) over one year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2024 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND INSPECTION SERVICES by $46,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $46,000.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2025 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - SPORT FACILITIES by $200,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $200,000.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2026 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK by $75,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $75,000. RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK is further increased by $505,000 and SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING increased by $500,000 to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2027 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Rynse, LLC. for services relating to the washing of City vehicles. Expenditures for the purchases shall be limited to authorized annual budgeted amounts by each City Using Department. The cost of each car wash has been pre-negotiated over the course of the agreement’s three-year term. Costs for these services will vary based on individual departmental need.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2028 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with Duolingo in support of the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee in the amount of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2038 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending City Code Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices, by adding enhanced housing protections for survivors of domestic violence.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2029 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing PERSONNEL - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM by $97,804, increasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by $7,044, increasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by $260,014, and increasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by $257,679. These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2030 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to provide administration and operating expenses, housing and housing related supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, at a total cost not to exceed $1,410,014.00.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2031 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” so as to grant $100,000 to specific Public Service Grant projects of the Mayor's Office and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2032 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2023 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,207,044.00.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2033 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Urban Design Ventures, LLC for services relating to the program design, and application development of the City’s HOME-ARP application for a sum not to exceed Twenty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Dollars ($28,600.00) over three years for the payment of the costs thereof.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-2034 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Philip Wu as a Member of the Planning Commission with a term to expire October 1, 2029.Held, Pending Interview  Action details Video Video
2023-2035 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Michele Miller Beener as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire September 15, 2027.Held, Pending Interview  Action details Video Video
2023-2036 1 CommunicationCommunication from Sally Stadelman, Manager, Pittsburgh Land Bank, submitting activity reports and audits for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-2037 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Public Works for Robert Sapp, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1897 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Gregory Kottler as a Member of the Citizen Police Review Board with a term to expire October 31, 2027.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2007 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for October 4, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1973 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of two (2) warrants in favor of Plaintiff, Donald W. Waldorf and his attorneys Drexler Law, LLC, at a cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000.00) over two (2) years, in full and final settlement of litigation, including attorney’s fees and costs, filed at No. G.D. 19-014251 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1974 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Owen M. Sullivan in the amount of Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Two Dollars and Sixty-Eight cents ($11,592.68) over one year, relating to the full and final settlement of charges filed with the EEOC at 533-2022-01906, 533-2022-02300, and 533-2021-00997.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1978 1 ResolutionResolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 344 of 2018, effective date June 12, 2018, in order to rescind the sale.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-2008 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness Services for October 4, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1956 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY FOUR CENTS ($269,954.54) with a local match of TWENTY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS AND FORTY FIVE CENTS ($26,995.45) for the purchase of ventilation saws and fans for vehicles.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-2009 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for October 4, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1966 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $200,000.00 from the Bureau of Operations within the Department of Public Works to the Bureau of Facilities within the Department of Public Works. This transfer is necessary to reimburse materials purchased from the Bureau of Facilities that were ultimately used by activities in the Bureau of Operations.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1967 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers Inc for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase for the Larimer Avenue Bridge; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Forty One Thousand Five Hundred Seventy Three Dollars and Seventy Three Cents ($1,241,573.73), reimbursable at 95%.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1968 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with KCI Technologies Inc. for costs associated with the 28th St Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Nine Hundred Seventy Two Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Ninety Three Cents ($972,100.93), an increase of Seventy Two Thousand One Hundred Dollars and Ninety Three Cents ($72,100.93) to the amount previously authorized by Resolution 558 of 2020 to add additional funding for Preliminary Engineering Phase of the project.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1969 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Wellington Power Corp. for construction services associated with the CBD Signal Phase 3 Construction Project; providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million, One Hundred Seven Thousand One Hundred Thirty Eight Dollars and Twenty Three Cents ($4,107,138.23), an increase of Two Hundred Forty Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy Nine Dollars and Eighty Eight Cents ($245,179.88) from the previously executed agreement (52813) as previously authorized by Resolution 203 of 2017, reimbursable at 80%.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-2010 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for October 4, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1955 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with Pittsburgh Event Childcare for professional services in connection with onsite childcare being provided to City of Pittsburgh employees during the days that school is not in session. Additionally, offsite childcare will be provided for those attending community events sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, and providing for payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed $45,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-2001 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the formal recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Pittsburgh as the second Monday of October to honor and appreciate the plight, contributions, culture, survivance, and achievements of the Indigenous communities in and around the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-2011 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for October 4, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1957 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 351 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the URA, HACP, Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer, and 327 NN LLC, by further authorizing an amendment or amendments to said Memorandum, at no cost to the City, and by adding 327 NN Rotunda LLC as a signatory.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1958 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation for the sale of Block 26-P, Lot 185, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (830 Adelaide Street - Council District No. 6) at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1959 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 9-M, Lots 273 and 274, in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Bedford Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1960 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University for the sale of Block 29-A, Lots 306 and 314 (also known as Parcels 2A and 9 Revised in the Pittsburgh Technology Center Plan of Lots No. 2), in the 4th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Technology Drive - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1961 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 56-B, Lot 326, in the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Hazelwood Avenue - Council District No. 5), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1962 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 9-M, Lot 171, in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Ledlie Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1963 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 56-P, Lot 72-A, in the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (5113 Lytle Street - Council District No. 5), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1964 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 50-G, Lots 49 and 129, in the 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Rosetta Street and Hillcrest Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1965 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 9-S, Lot 200, in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (1843 Webster Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-2043 1 Small Games of ChanceWHEREAS, Three Rivers Waterkeeper (3RWK) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit whose mission is to protect the water quality of the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2044 1 Small Games of ChanceWHEREAS, the USA Ball Hockey Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization that seeks to increase participation and awareness of hockey locally, regionally and nationally; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video