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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/4/2008 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2008-0183 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOVLED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares Tuesday, March 4, 2008 as Stranger Danger Awareness Day in the City of Pittsburgh;AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0184 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City Pittsburgh applauds the efforts of Camp Fire USA; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares March 20, 2008, “Camp Fire USA Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0185 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Bonnie DeCarlo and JoAnn Forrester for their vision and determination to honor 23 accomplished women through Celebrate and Share and to Judy Bannon for her tireless and dedicated work on behalf of the babies of Pennsylvania; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare March 5, 2008, to be “CELEBRATE AND SHARE DAY” and “CRIBS FOR KIDS DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0173 1 ResolutionResolution accepting the dedication of Oakbrook Circle, a forty-foot right-of-way, in the 3rd Revised Oakbrook Plan of Lots in the 20th and 28th Wards of the City of Pittsburgh for public highway and utility purposes, accepting the grading, paving, lighting, sidewalks and curbing, and fixing the width and position of the roadway and sidewalk thereof. (Council District 2).Read and referred  Action details
2008-0174 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 643, effective October 24, 2006, entitled “Authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to submit an Application to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant in the amount of $2,000,000 for the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh project” by increasing the grant to $3,750,000. (Council District No. 5)Read and referred  Action details
2008-0175 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 634, effective October 24, 2006, entitled “Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with URA's application for a $2,000,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh project” by increasing the amount of the grant to $3,750,000. (Council District No. 5)Read and referred  Action details
2008-0179 1 ResolutionResolution Further amending Resolution No. 232, effective April 19, 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 2; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," By adding $5,000 to “West End Elliott Citizens Council” and by reducing the “West Pittsburgh Partnership Elliott Park New Building” by the same amount, in Council District 2. Total cost of all projects not to exceed $1,000,000.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2008-0179 1 ResolutionResolution Further amending Resolution No. 232, effective April 19, 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 2; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," By adding $5,000 to “West End Elliott Citizens Council” and by reducing the “West Pittsburgh Partnership Elliott Park New Building” by the same amount, in Council District 2. Total cost of all projects not to exceed $1,000,000.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0180 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 adding $5,000 to “West End Elliott Citizens Council” and by reducing the “West Pittsburgh Partnership Elliott Park New Building” by the same amount, in Council District 2.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2008-0180 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 adding $5,000 to “West End Elliott Citizens Council” and by reducing the “West Pittsburgh Partnership Elliott Park New Building” by the same amount, in Council District 2.Read and referred  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 PittsburghRead and referred  Action details
2008-0182 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the creation of the Rental Permit Trust Fund and for setting conditions for the deposit and expenditure of such funds.Read and referred  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.Read and referred  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.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0171 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Bay Valley Foods, 1080 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a private waterline and private electrical conduit at River Avenue and the North Shore Trail in the 23rd Ward, 1st Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  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.Read and referred  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.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0177 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement or agreements, contract or contracts, or for the use of existing agreements and/or contracts, for the purchase of software, camera equipment, maintenance, consulting fees, installation, licenses, warranties, accessories in conjunction with the Port Security Project Grant to enhance a digital video camera platform in and around the City of Pittsburgh for the Department of Public Safety, at a cost not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and providing for the cost thereof. Read and referred  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.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0178 1 CommunicationCommunication from City Controller Michael Lamb, submitting a Performance Audit dated February, 2008 entitled "City Special Events Cost Recovery."Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0164 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing for February 27, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0104 1 ResolutionResolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a restaurant liquor license, License No. R-7620 from Pizza Hut of America, Inc. 6347 Library Road, Library PA, 15129, to Applicant, Packs & Dogs, LLC, c/o Leonard F. Semplice, 320 Fort Duquesne Boulevard, 7-G Gateway Towers, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, for the premises located at 225-227 Shiloh Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211, known as Packs & Dogs, LLC, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0131 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the renewal of a contract with UPMC WORKPARTNERS for the purpose of on-going claims management and nurse case management pursuant to the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $675,085.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0139 1 ResolutionResolution establishing the Task Force for Intergovernmental Cooperation for the purpose of investigating any and all opportunities for operational efficiencies between the City of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Public Schools, City Authorities and Allegheny County.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0165 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Facilities, Technology and the Arts for February 27, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation. Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0133 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Information Systems to enter into a grant agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy to receive the Solar America Cities Grant and further providing for an Agreement or Agreements for services in connection with the execution of said grant agreement.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0134 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Information Systems to enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development to receive funding to support the City's Energy & Utilities Manager position in connection with the execution of said grant agreement.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0166 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Housing, Economic Develpment and Promotion for February 27, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0138 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 456 effective August 16, 2007, entitled: "Resolution providing for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City of Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in connection with the 2006 Community Development Block Grant Program; providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing for required assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank account and providing for the payment of expenses within categories;" so as to reprogram funds from City Council "District #2 - Equipment" (-1,600) to the Department of Public Works - "Traffic Signal Hardware Upgrades" (+ 1,600).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0167 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Youth Policy for February 27, 2008 with an Affirmatiave Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0130 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a professional service agreement with Lyceum to provide data city-wide data collection and analysis services for the Multiple Pathways Project. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0186 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby requests that the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh direct the City Zoning Administrator to take the necessary steps to rescind the current permit issued to Lamar Advertising for approval of an LED Sign on the Transportation Center, and direct that a new application be filed and processed under the guidelines of a Conditional Use Application as outlined in the City Code; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh also requests that the Executive Director of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority rescind the Lease Agreement between Lamar Advertising and the Pittsburgh Parking Authority.Held in Council  Action details