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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/4/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2024-0564 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Melinda McCormick began her career with the City of Pittsburgh in the Department of Parks and Recreation in 1994 and has served over 30 years with our Senior Centers; and,AdoptedPass Action details
2024-0565 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Eat’n Park opened its first restaurant June 5, 1949 on Route 51 causing such an enormous traffic jam on Saw Mill Run Boulevard that they had to close and regroup for 6 hours. The “Come as you are, eat in your car” concept was a huge success; and,AdoptedPass Action details
2024-0549 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Social Pinpoint for EngagePGH online engagement platform subscription with enhanced translation, at a cost not-to-exceed One Hundred Fourteen Thousand, Three Hundred Dollars ($114,300) over five (5) years.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0550 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 316 S. Highland, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0551 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 50 26th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0553 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing an amended Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) for the performance of certain work in connection with the Penn Circle Two Way Conversion; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00), an increase of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), and by extending the term through the end of 2024.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0554 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 27-B, Lot 166, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (748 Anaheim Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0555 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Studio Volcy LLC, or a related entity, for the sale of Block 10-P, Lots 127 and 128, and Block 10-R, Lots 159 and 162, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (2239 Centre Avenue and adjoining parcels to the east and west - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0556 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a permanent easement Agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the existing trail over a portion of Block 24-S, Lot 80, in the 2nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (along the Allegheny River between 21st Street and 23rd Street - Council District 1), to preserve this section of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail as an accessible public amenity in perpetuity, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0557 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 24th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 24-C, Lots 133, 165, 167, and 192 (1266 High Street, 1221 High Street, 0 Spring Garden Avenue, and 1257 High Street - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0558 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 30th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 33-F, Lot 149 (406 Suncrest Street - Council District No. 3), at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0563 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to establish a use plan and a fund for Festivals which were in existence prior to or during the Covid pandemic and were also impacted financially by the Covid pandemic, as allocated in the City’s American Rescue Plan.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0559 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Henry Greeley and Deenah Farrell in an amount not to exceed TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,835.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0054) for damage to their property from a felled city right-of-way tree on December 3, 2023. (Executive Session held 6/4/24)Read and referred  Action details
2024-0560 1 ResolutionResolution providing amending Resolution 61 of 2024 which provided for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the Charles Anderson Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Fifty-Nine Million Eight Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($59,890,000.00) for costs associated with the Construction phase of the project, due to this phase being 100% Federally funded. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at a cost not to exceed Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($6,250.00) Seven Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($7,100.00), an increase of Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($850.00) from the previously executed agreement for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering and Final Design phases of the project. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0561 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the City of Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with rePLACE Urban Studio to support planning efforts to stabilize and preserve abandoned structures in the Hill District, with cost not to exceed Forty-Nine Thousand Six Hundred Eighty ($49,680) dollars.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0566 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the City Controller, pursuant to § 404(c) of the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, to conduct a performance audit of the Department of Innovation and Performance’s purchasing and contracting opportunities made available to minority-owned businesses (“MBE”), women-owned businesses (“WBE”) and LGBT-owned businesses, as defined in Chapter 177A of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.Read and referred  Action details
2024-0562 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Robert S. Bernstein as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire June 30, 2027.ApprovedPass Action details
2024-0543 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for May 29, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2024-0501 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Federal Bureau of Investigation in an amount not to exceed NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND FORTY-EIGHT CENTS ($9,225.48) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0071) for damage to a vehicle from an accident with a City DPW vehicle on March 4, 2024. (Executive Session held 5/21/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0502 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Sakesha Morant in an amount not to exceed FIVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND FIFTY-TWO CENTS ($5,588.52) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (23C-0367) for damage to her parked vehicle from a City ES vehicle on October 30, 2023. (Executive Session held 5/21/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0503 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of three (3) warrants with the total sum of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($280,000.00). It is further understood and agreed that the payment schedule of the total settlement amount shall be as follows: (i)$150,000.00 payable to Linda McAfee, and her attorneys, Romanow Law Group; (ii)$55,000 payable to Linda McAfee Executor of the Estate of Clifford McAfee, and her attorneys, Romanow Law Group; (iii)$75,000 payable to Diane Delaini, and her attorneys, Romanow Law Group, in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 20-009461. (Executive Session held 5/21/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0504 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with the law firm of Cozen O'Connor, in connection with matters related to the Public Utility Commission, at a cost not-to-exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($150,000.00) over one (1) year.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0511 1 ResolutionResolution transferring the amount of seventeen dollars and thirty-seven cents ($17.37) within the 2024 Operating Budget from Council as a Body Supplies, Postage to the Department of Finance Supplies, Postage to account for the cost of postage meter usage and stamps for the months of January through April.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0512 1 ResolutionResolution transferring the amount of eighteen-thousand two-hundred eighty-five dollars and twelve cents ($18,285.12) within the 2024 Operating Budget from City Council Districts Supplies, Postage to the Department of Finance Supplies, Postage to account for the cost of postage meter usage and stamps for the months of January through April.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0544 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for May 29, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2024-0496 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a sole-source commodities agreement or agreements with Teleflex, LLC for the purchase of intraosseous needles and related supplies on an as-needed basis, for a three-year term. A not-to-exceed value is not provided so that funds are not encumbered unnecessarily and because demand is unpredictable.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0497 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the United States Department of Agriculture for services relating to a cooperative wildlife damage management program for white-tailed deer for a sum not to exceed NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE DOLLARS AND ELEVEN CENTS ($98,839.11) over one year.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0498 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Freedom Indeed, LLC for professional services as a Group Violence Intervention Coordinator at a total cost not to exceed FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($479,128.00) over three years.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0545 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for May 29, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2024-0505 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh, the Director of Public Works, and Director of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company to provide, install, use, own, operate, maintain, repair, renew, and finally remove one (1) pole anchor located upon City-owned property (Parcel ID 34-D-20), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0506 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design, Final Design, Utility Coordination, and Right of Way phases of the Penn Ave Phase 2 project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($2,075,000.00), an increase of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the previously executed agreement; reimbursable at eighty percent, with no increase to the municipal share of Commonwealth incurred costs.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0507 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 680, approved October 20, 2023, granting unto OFFICE PARTNERS XXIII BLOCK G1 LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, a bio-retention tree pit and a planting area at 626 Washington Place, in the 3rd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0508 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh, the dedication of portions of Kirkpatrick Street, at no cost to the City, in the 4th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0546 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for May 29, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2024-0495 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 35 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the 2023 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program, by increasing the total not to exceed amount by One Million Five Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Fifty-Nine Dollars and Two Cents ($1,536,059.02) for the 2024 program for a new total not to exceed Three Million Thirty-Six Thousand Fifty-Nine Dollars and Two Cents ($3,036,059.02) over two years.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0547 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for May 29, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2024-0518 1 ResolutionResolution nominating Allegheny River Boulevard a Scenic Byway.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0548 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for May 29, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2024-0499 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($150,000.00) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles for use by the Office of Community Health and Safety. This expenditure is associated with grant funds that the City will receive from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2024-0500 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 15 and 198 of 2024, which authorized a cooperation agreement or agreements with the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase and leasing of vehicles, equipment and accessories, equipment support infrastructure, and professional services in fiscal year 2024, by increasing the authorized amount by Five Hundred Twenty Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($520,552.50) from Thirteen Million Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($13,975,244.00) to a new total of Fourteen Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and Fifty Cents (14,495,796.50) for additional items to be added to the plan.Passed FinallyPass Action details