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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/18/2008 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2008-0224 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the 80th birthday of Fred Rogers on March 20, 2008, and honors our favorite hometown neighbor who became America's favorite neighbor ; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Thursday, March 20, 2008, to be “WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? DAY ” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0225 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, congratulates the American Cancer Society's Greater Pittsburgh Unit on again being named NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION for the year 2007 Daffodil Days campaign, and wishes it even greater success with the 2008 campaign; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that March 24 to 28, 2008 is declared “DAFFODIL DAYS” in the City of Pittsburgh AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0226 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend the Pittsburgh Public Theater and its Education and Outreach Staff for its remarkable Shakespeare Monologue and Scene Contest ; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby laud the exceptional talent of the six outstanding winners for their extraordinary performances and wishes them well for a future enhanced and inspired by the Pittsburgh Public Theater.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0227 1 ProclamationNOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby wish to recognize the following community leaders and organizations for their commitment to the Core Series 2007 Program: · · Valerie A. Bullock, Lemington Community Services · Jan Faith Casson, YWCA Greater Pittsburgh · David B. Clarke, Community Technical Assistance Center, Inc. · Michael Creighton, Creative Directions · Terry Doloughty, Polish Hill Civic Association · Kathy Ellis, Women in Christian Ministries, Inc. · Toni M. Evans, Greater Chartiers Valley Community Outreach · Marsha Hayden, Polish Hill Civic Association · Beatrice D. Hogan, North View Heights Residents Council · Teresa N. Maynor, Ursuline Senior Services · Glenora Ryan, Bellefield Dwellings Tenant Council · Joy Starzl, Lemington Community Services · Chester D. Thrower, Northside United · Donna L. Washington, Fairywood Citizens Council · Leigh White, Carnegie Community Development Corporation · Barbara J. Williams, Macedonia FACE · Greater Aliquippa Image Network · Neighbors in the Strip AND BE IT FURTAdoptedPass Action details
2008-0228 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Council of the City of Pittsburgh recognizes the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and commends the YWCA Greater Pittsburgh for its efforts to promote diversity and inclusion; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares March 20, 2008, “A Day of Inclusion” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0222 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 919, Signs, by changing various language as it relates to Signs. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0223 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the Director of City Planning, the Zoning Administrator and the Chief of the Bureau of Building Inspection to place a Six (6) month moratorium on the erection, size modification and/or approval of all advertising signs in all zoning districts. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0216 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the sum of $9,500.00 to Michael Balzarini, Esquire and Denise Fuller, c/o Balzarini & Watson, 3303 Grant Building, 310 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in full and final settlement of an action filed at GD 05-011901, and arising as a result of a slip and fall accident which occurred on February 4, 2004, at approximately 2:00 PM, at Friendship Park in the City of Pittsburgh. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0219 1 CommunicationCommunication from Darlene Linder, Human Resources Manager, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, submitting the Position and Salary Report effective January 31, 2008.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0220 1 ResolutionResolution Amending the Rules of Council, to change the Committee Structure and add certain requirements relating to legislative review and submission of invoices. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0221 1 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article XI - Personnel, Chapter 181 General Provisions, by replacing Section 181.06, "Allowance for Use of Private Vehicles" with new language. Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2008-0221 1 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article XI - Personnel, Chapter 181 General Provisions, by replacing Section 181.06, "Allowance for Use of Private Vehicles" with new language. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0213 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing for March 12, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0168 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the sum of $165,000.00 to James Belliveau, Esquire and William L. Metz, c/o of James Belliveau, Esquire, 2100 Law & Finance Building, 429 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in full and final settlement of an action filed at GD 05-025680, and arising from an incident that occurred at approximately 10:40 p.m. on September 17, 2004 at 3034 Glen Mawr Street in the Sheridan section of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0181 1 ResolutionResolution creating the Rental Permit Implementation Task Force (RPITF) which shall assist in the implementation and creation of policy of the City of Pittsburgh Residential Rental Permit Program in the City of PittsburghPassed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0214 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Environmental Services for March 12, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0169 1 ResolutionResolution accepting the dedication of parcels for the newly formed cul-de-sac on Claybourne Street as right-of-way in the 7th Ward, 8th Council District.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0170 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Market at Fifth, LP, 100 West Station Square Drive, Suite 450, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, an access doors on Graeme Street for 439 Market Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0172 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the South Pittsburgh Development Corporation, P. O. Box 9606, Pittsburgh, PA 15226, for easements for dog litter bag dispensers in various locations of the right-of-way in the Brookline Community in the 19th Ward, 4th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0215 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for March 12, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0176 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution 532, effective November 17, 2004, as amended by Resolution No. 145, effective March 17, 2000, and also as amended by Resolution No. 439, effective June 27, 2002, entitled "Providing for a lease(s) and/or sublease(s) of space located within the City of Pittsburgh's 20th Ward, from lessor, Scientific-Pittsburgh, for the purpose of establishing offices for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police, Weed & Seed Task Force effective September 1, 2001 and renewable annually thereafter until November 1, 2004 at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Seventy Five Dollars ($775.00) per month, Nine Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($9,300.00) per year." The amendment will extend the lease, renewable through November 2010, and change the rate to $815.00 per month and $9780.00 annually.Passed FinallyPass Action details