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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/4/2001 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2001-2416 1 ProclamationDeclaring Decembe 2001 to be "Project Blue Light Month"AdoptedPass Action details
2001-2417 1 ProclamationCongratulating M.Gayle Moss for over 33 years of dedicated service to the University of Pittsburgh as an Adminstrative Assistant at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, WPICAdoptedPass Action details
2001-2397 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the transfer of $100,000.00 from Salaries, Regular Employees, Account 511000, Fund 1000, Subclass 010, Organization 500000, Budget Year 2001, to Miscellaneous Services, Account 526100, Fund 1000, Subclass 150, Organization 500000, Budget Year 2001 in the Department of Parks and Recreation. (PRESENTED BY MR. RICCIARDI)Read and referred  Action details
2001-2398 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the transfer of Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) from Salaries to Bureau of Administration, within the Department of Public Safety. (PRESENTED BY MR. MOTZNIK)Read and referred  Action details
2001-2399 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the transfer of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) from salaries to premium pay, Bureau of Police. (PRESENTED BY MR. MOTZNIK)Read and referred  Action details
2001-2400 1 ResolutionResolution designating Banks and Lending Institutions to act as Depositories for the year 2002 in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal, Article III, Depositories.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2401 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 258, 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 1; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," by adding the line item "St. Ambrose Manor, $5,000." Total cost not to exceed $659,155.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2402 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 180, effective April 5, 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 3; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," by reducing the line item "Graffiti, lot, and neighborhood cleanup" by $5,000 and reducing the line item "Projects – Allentown/Beltzhoover/Knoxville" by $17,800; and by creating new line items "Surveillance cameras," $15,000, "Upper Knoxville Blockwatch," $1,000, "American Legion Post 694," $1,800, and "City Source District 3 Cleanup," $5,000.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2403 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 230, 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 4; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," by adding the line item "Beechview Seldom Seen Greenway," $3,000. Total cost not to exceed $933,538.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2404 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 reducing "Regent Square: tree plantings; enhanced pedestrian crosswalks" by $5,000, deleting "Schenley: lights at Schenley Oval soccer field" at $35,000, and increasing "Swisshelm Park Playground Improvements" by $40,000. Total cost is not to exceed $774,148.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2405 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 reducing the line item "Clean/paint/remark bypass" by $75,000 and by adding the line item "Kingsley Association," $75,000.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2410 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City Controller to enter into a contract or contracts, agreement or agreements, or the use of existing contracts or agreements for the purchase of computer equipment in an amount not to exceed twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00) and providing for the payment of the cost thereof.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2411 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 adding and adjusting certain line items.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2406 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto 623 Smithfield Associates LTD, 249 N. Craig St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, their successors and assigns, an encroachment to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a canopy, awnings and a sign on a portion of the sidewalk area of Sixth Avenue and Smithfield Street, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2412 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh supports the Lower Chartiers Creek Rivers Conservation Plan. WHEREAS, the Chartiers Nature Conservancy has, in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and with the written support of 26 of 28 municipalities in the study area, produced a Rivers Conversation Plan for the Lower Chartiers Creek Watershed, andRead and referred  Action details
2001-2407 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Neighborhood Centers Association for the Sale of Parcels 34 and 35, in the 21st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, in Redevelopment Area No. 27 (Council District No. 6 - 1430-32-34 Columbus Avenue - Childcare Facility).Read and referred  Action details
2001-2408 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor to file an application for a $200,000 EPA Brownfields Pilot Program grant, to execute a cooperative funding agreement and designating the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh as the City's agent for implementation of the activities set forth in the application. (Council District No. 5).Read and referred  Action details
2001-2413 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 making various changes.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2414 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 Program by creating a new line item, City Clerk Office Modernization Project Grant # 227100 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 creating new line items Lawrenceville Corp., $10,000.00, Sydney Street Lot, 85,000.00 and Refurbish Quarry Field $40,000.00.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2409 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with a consultant or consultants for infectious disease testing of Public Safety Employees at a cost not to exceed Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00), and providing for the payment of the cost thereof.Read and referred  Action details
2001-2415 1 CommunicationCommunication from Tom Flaherty, City Controller, submitting the City of Pittsburgh's Single Audit Report for the year ending December 31, 2000. Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2001-2418 1 Veto MessageCommunication from Mayor Tom Murphy submitting a veto on Council Bill No. 2001-2275 entitled, "Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a license and operating agreement with the University of Pittsburgh in connection with the University's use of and renovations to Mazeroski Field"Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2001-2275 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a license and operating agreement with the University Of Pittsburgh in connection with the University's use of and renovations to Mazeroski Field.Sustained Pass Action details
2001-2391 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Budget for November 28, 2001Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2001-2299 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to execute and deliver a deed transferring a traffic island off of Liberty Avenue to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2333 1 ResolutionResolution repealing Resolution 551 of 2001, effective August 20, 2001 entitled, "Resolution amending Resolution 936 of 2000, authorizing the City Clerk to enter into a professional services contract(s), or use of existing professional services contract(s) with a consultant or consultants to provide professional services to Pittsburgh City Council for the purpose of including, but not limited to financial advisory services, by authorizing the City Clerk to enter into a professional services contract with an attorney(s) for the purpose of providing independent legal counsel to City Council. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2341 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a professional service contract with the Pennsylvania Economy League, Inc. for the purpose of preparing a 2002-2005 revenue forecast. The total cost shall not exceed $20,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2342 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a license and right-of-way agreement with the Pittsburgh Voyager to permit the voyager to continue using certain city property adjacent to the North Shore of the Ohio River. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2343 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to issue a quit claim deed for property, in the 19th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, to adjacent property owners. (Items A & B) (A) Dunster Street, being sold to Nicholas J. & Sandra A. Hughes for $600.00. Vacant lot containing an area of 2,540 sq. ft. Council District #4. (B) Dunster Street, being sold to Carl J. Weiss & Patricia E. Weiss for $600.00. Vacant lot containing an area of 3,585 sq. ft. Council District #4.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2344 1 ResolutionResolution providing for conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property, under Act No. 171 of 1984, entitled, "Second Class City Treasurer Sale and Collection Act", effective December 11, 1984. (A) 1711 Locust Street, 1st Ward, Council District 6; Purchaser: Uptown Community Action; 3 sty brick house; $1500.00; Intended Use: Redevelopment. (B) 5109 Penn Avenue, 10th Ward, District 7; Purchaser: Friendship Development Associates, Inc.; Vacant lot 2,000 sq. ft.; Price $3,501.00; Intended Use: Sideyard. (C) 1440 Clomubus Ave., 21st Ward, District 6; Purchaser: Neighborhood Centers Association; 2.5 sty brick house, 1,563 sq. ft.; Price: $4,400.00; Intended Use: Childcare Center. (D) 1438 Columbus Ave., 21st Ward, District 6; Purchaser: Neighborhood Centers Association; 2.5 sty brick house, 1,388 sq. ft.; Price: $2,200. Intended Use: Childcare Center. (E) 2316 Perrysville Avenue, 26th Ward, District 1; Purchaser: Phillip Lyle; 2.5 sty frame house, 9,847 sq. ft.; Price: 8,250.00; Intended Use: Personal Residence.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2345 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) 4-8 Brady Street, Council District 6, 4th Ward, Purchaser William H. Eisinger, Price $3,000.00, Vacant lot (B) 3257 Dawson St., Council District 6, 4th Ward, Purchaser Evan A. Templeton, Price $10,000, 2 sty alum. house requiring rehab. (C) 604 Chauncey Street, Council District 6, Purchaser Diane P. Williams, Price $1,500.00, one of two vacant lots sold for additional yard space. (C) --Continued, 602 Chauncey Street, Council District 6, Purchaser Diane P. Williams, Price $1,500.00 second of two lots sold for addtional yard space. (D) 3823 Woolslayer Way, Council District 7, Purchaser William and Joanne Tdder, Price $1,000, vacant lot sold for rear access to Lanndromat. (E) 711 Mellon Street, 6th Ward, Council District 9, Purchaser East Liberty Development Inc., Price $600.00, vacant lot for future develPassed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2388 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 adding and adjusting certain line items.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2392 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Environmental Services for November 28, 2001.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2001-2301 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a Traffic Island east of Commonwealth Place on Liberty Avenue in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2347 1 ResolutionResolution providing the Mayor the authorization to accept the donation of The "Unkillable Human" sculpture for placement on City property and authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a License and maintenance agreement or agreements with friends of the Riverfront regarding installation and maintenance of the sculpture.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2348 1 ResolutionResolution vacating Noah Way between Irvine Street and Tasso Street in the 15th Ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2393 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Planning, Zoning and Land Use for November 28, 2001.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2001-2349 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 500, approved July 7, 2000 entitled "Providing for implementation of a Residential Parking Permit Program (RPPP) in the Mt. Washington community pursuant to Pittsburgh Code Chapter 549 so as to expand the streets included in the existing Mt. Washington RPPP Area 'N'" so as to expand the streets included in Area "N". Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2350 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 839 approved October 26, 1994 which further amends Resolution No. 994 approved December 19, 1989, entitled "Providing for implementation of a Residential Parking Permit Program (RPPP) in the Shadyside community pursuant to Pittsburgh Code Chapter 549, so as to expand the streets included in the existing Shadyside RPPP Area 'J'" so as to amend the streets included in Area "J".Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2351 1 ResolutionResolution repealing Resolution No. 561, approved June 14, 1985 entitled "Providing for the implementation of a Residential Parking Permit Program in the Wallingford Street and Canterbury Lane Area J pursuant to Pittsburgh Code, Chapter 549." Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2352 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 574 approved August 3, 2000 entitled "amending Resolution No. 534 approved September 18, 1988, amending Resolution No. 852 approved November 8, 1996 amending resolution No. 1018, approved October 31, 1991 entitled Amending Resolution No. 724, approved August 29, 1988, entitled providing for implementation of a Residential Parking Permit Program in portions of Squirrel Hill -- CMU community pursuant to Pittsburgh Code", so as to amend the streets included in Area "K".Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2353 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 650 approved August 10, 1987, entitled "Providing for implementation of a Residential Sticker Parking Program in the Area L Central North Side community pursuant to Pittsburgh Code, Chapter 549"so as to retain the current limit on visitor's pass usage.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2354 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 994 approved December 19, 1989, entitled "Providing for implementation of a Residential Parking Permit Program (RPPP) in the Shadyside community pursuant to Pittsburgh Code Chapter 549, so as to expand the streets included in the existing Shadyside RPPP Area 'J'" so as to retain the current limit on visitor's pass usage and add Saturday to the management plan.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2355 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 769 approved August 24, 1983, entitled "Providing for implementation of a Residential Sticker Parking Program in the Lawrenceville community " Area A", pursuant to Pittsburgh Code, Chapter 549" so as to retain the current limit on visitor's pass usage.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2356 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 102 approved February 19, 1992, entitled "Providing for implementation of a Residential Parking Permit Program (RPPP), Area "S", in the North Oakland, Herron Hill, Schenley Heights and Schenley Farms communities pursuant to Pittsburgh Code Chapter 549" so as to retain the current limit on visitor's pass usage.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2357 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 759 approved September 21, 1989, entitled "Providing for implementation of a Residential Parking Permit Program (RPPP), Area "Q", in the Oakland community pursuant to Pittsburgh Code Chapter 549" so as to limit visitor's pass usage.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2394 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Housing, Economic Develpment and Promotion for November 28, 2001.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2001-2358 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 269, effective April 26,2001, entitled, "Resolution Authorizing and Directing the Office of the Mayor to operate the City of Pittsburgh Growth Initiative fund, dedicated to attracting jobs and businesses to the City of Pittsburgh," by increasing the amount from $75,000 to $93,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2361 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 making various changes. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2389 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 Program by creating a new line item, City Clerk Office Modernization Project Grant # 227100 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 creating new line item Hill District CDC, $100,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2395 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for November 28, 2001.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2001-2279 1 ResolutionRequesting that Allegheny County enact the Environmental Fairness and Pollution Prevention Act.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2001-2396 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Engineering and Construction for November 28, 2001.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2001-2362 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the Director of Engineering & Construction, in conjunction with the Director of the Department of Public Works and Public Safety to implement the placement of "Yield to Pedestrian" signs at various non-signaled intersections on the centerline the right-of-way at various intersections throughout the city in order to significantly enhance the visibility of pedestrian crosswalks and to increase the public's awareness of laws governing pedestrian safety in public rights-of-way.Passed FinallyPass Action details