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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/12/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2023-1923 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Helen Baney was born on September 6,1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1924 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, founded in 1958 by John Edward Connelly, the Gateway Clipper Fleet is celebrating its 65th season; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1925 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, recovery from substance use disorders is possible through a variety of treatment resources, recovery support programs, and many other pathways; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1926 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, individuals of German descent began emigrating to Pennsylvania in 1683, and many settled on the Northside of Pittsburgh-in Deutschtown-where the influence of German culture and the legacy of these immigrants and their descendants remains strong; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1911 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 3127 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1912 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 305 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1913 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 55 27th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1914 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement or agreements with Evolve EA for costs associated with the Three Rivers Heritage Trail Maintenance and Management project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Forty Five Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Nine Dollars and Seventy Two Cents ($145,949.72).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1915 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in an amount not to exceed Three Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Five Dollars and No Cents ($3,425.00) over one year, in favor of Marie Barcic, in full and final settlement of a claim (23C-0054) for damage to her vehicle from an accident with a City police vehicle.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1916 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in an amount not to exceed Twenty One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Three Dollars and Seventy Seven Cents ($21,633.77) over one year, in favor of ARI Fleet, in full and final settlement of a claim (23C-0222) for damage to their stopped vehicle from a City Environmental Services rear-ending it and pushing it into another stopped vehicle.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1917 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective December 23, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing AXIOM ADVANCEMENT CORPORATION as a grant recipient and increasing HILL DISTRICT CDC by Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and authorizing a subsequent Agreement.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1918 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 AXIOM ADVANCEMENT CORPORATION as a grant recipient and increasing HILL DISTRICT CDC by Eight Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars ($8,334.00) and authorizing a subsequent Agreement.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1919 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 484 of 2022 further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2021 authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, the Director of City Planning and the Chief of Innovation & Performance to enter into an Amended Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with buildingeye, Inc. ("buildingeye") to purchase software and related support services that will create an interactive map for internal and public visual display of planning, permit, license, and violation data, by increasing the approved amount by $79,600 for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Five Hundred Eighty Seven Thousand Three Hundred Forty Dollars and No Cents ($587,340.00), and extending the term for an additional year to cover a period of Eight (8) years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1920 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Carleen King as a Member of the Human Relations Commission with a term to expire August 29, 2027.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1921 1 CommunicationCommunication from Mayor Ed Gainey, establishing the Office of Equal Protection as the enforcing agency of the Paid Sick Days Act and is hereby requested be read into the record as follows: The Office of the Mayor, which is responsible for the enforcement of the Paid Sick Days Act, seeks to give Council notice of changes to the regulations governing administration of the Act. In accordance with City Code, § 626.02, the enforcing agency is a “department of entity controlled by the Office of the Mayor.” I hereby designate the Office of Equal Protection, established by Ordinance No. 13 of 2023, as the agency responsible for enforcement of the Paid Sick Days Act. The Paid Sick Day Act further provides that the enforcing agency, the Office of Equal Protection, “shall be authorized to coordinate implementation and enforcement of this Chapter and shall promulgate appropriate guidelines and/or regulations for such purposes.” Id. at § 626.02. The Office of Equal Protection hereby promulgates a revised set of appropriate regulations in order to enforce the law, a copy of which is attached.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1922 1 CommunicationCommunication from Mayor Ed Gainey, submitting notice of changes to regulations governing the Ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity for Persons Previously Convicted Ordinance and is hereby requested be read into the record as follows: The Office of Equal Protection, which is responsible for the enforcement of the Ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity for Persons Previously Convicted Ordinance, City Code § 161.16A, seeks to give Council notice of changes to the regulations governing administration of the ordinance. The ordinance provides that the Office of Equal Protection “shall be authorized to coordinate implementation and compliance with this Ordinance” and “shall promulgate appropriate guidelines and / or regulations for such purposes that reflect the City’s application processing policy referenced in Chapter 181.” City Code, § 161.16A. The Office of Equal Protection hereby promulgates a revised set of appropriate regulations in order to enforce the law, a copy of which is attached.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1905 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for September 6, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1842 1 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending Title 6: Conduct, Article I, Rights and Actions by creating a new Chapter 620E Protection of Gender Affirming Care Services Providers from Out-of-State Investigation or Prosecution for Providing Legal Gender Affirming Care.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1843 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 603 Enforcement Limitations Regarding Bans of Certain Reproductive Health Care Services by creating a new Chapter 603A Enforcement Limitations Regarding Bans of Certain Gender-Affirming Health Care Services.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1855 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Regional Opportunity Center, DBA Vibrant Pittsburgh, in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($50,000.00) for annual membership dues.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1856 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 CALERA STREET BRIDGE (TIP) by $322,000 and CALIFORNIA AVENUE BRIDGE (TIP) by $220,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1906 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for September 6, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1844 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 317 of 2021, authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an amended agreement or agreements with Purvis Systems for installation of a new fire station alerting system and related support services by increasing the approved amount by $634,700.00 for an amended total cost not-to-exceed THREE MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY-ONE CENTS ($3,398,527.51) over ten years.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1907 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for September 6, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1851 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the Calera Street Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Thirty-Four Thousand Dollars ($634,000.00), an increase of Three Hundred and Twenty-Two Thousand Dollars ($322,000.00) 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.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1852 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the California Ave Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($1,020,000.00), an increase of Two Hundred and Twenty Thousand Dollars ($220,000.00) 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.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1853 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Critical Sidewalks Improvement project and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND FIFTY TWO DOLLARS AND SEVENTY SEVEN CENTS ($970,052.77).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1854 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Second Avenue Connector project and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS AND ONE CENT ($148,295.01).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1908 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for September 6, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1665 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine - Zoning, Article II, Base Zoning District Chapter 905.04, RIV Riverfront Districts, to add Fresh Food Access as a Performance Point option. (Public Hearing held 8/30/23)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1909 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology for September 6, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1857 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into a Fellowship Participation Agreement and/or agreement(s) with CORO Pittsburgh at a cost not-to-exceed Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000) over 3 years.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1858 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution # 335 of 2022 authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Departments of Innovation and Performance and Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) and amendments thereto with OST, Inc. as needed to fulfill a number of critical IT and device related projects related to database management and migration and software development to replace key systems by increasing the term and authorized not-to-exceed amount by One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000) for a total cost not-to-exceed Four Hundred Twenty Six Thousand Three Hundred Forty Six Dollars and Two Cents ($426,346.02) for a term of up to 3 years.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1910 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for September 6, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1847 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the City of Pittsburgh Department of Works project, Lincoln Place Combined Safety Facility, 1201 Mifflin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15207, located at Lot and Block 184-E-80, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1848 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the University of Pittsburgh Gene and Cell Therapy project, Lot 18 of Hazelwood Green PLDP, Pittsburgh, PA 15207, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1849 1 ResolutionResolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the 6 30th St project which will involve the development of one apartment buildings with associated amenities. The site address is 6 30th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, in the 6th Ward, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1850 1 ResolutionResolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the 2929 Smallman St project which will involve the development of one apartment buildings with associated amenities. The site address is 2929 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, in the 6th Ward, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video