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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/15/2005 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2005-1180 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh thanks Chief Micheli for his forty-one years of dedicated service to the City of Pittsburgh. AND, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh extends best wishes to Chief Peter Micheli for a happy, healthy retirement and hereby declares March 21, 2005 as "Chief Peter J. Micheli Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2005-1181 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh declares March 15, 2005 as "Barbara Combs Day" in the City of.AdoptedPass Action details
2005-1182 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby thank and commend the Under Authority Theater Group for providing the history and challenges set fourth before these courageous African American woman.AdoptedPass Action details
2005-1183 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh Congratulates and Commends the PNA and the West End Pulaski Society for keeping the Polish language and traditions alive for all these many years; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Sunday, March 13, 2005 is declared "POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE DAY" in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2005-1184 1 ProclamationNOW THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Pittsburgh City Council salutes the Negro Education Emergency Drive for its vision to sustain the academic thirst of so many youth in their pursuit of higher education--a gift from NEED that improves the quality of life in the City Pittsburgh and beyond.AdoptedPass Action details
2005-1185 1D.ProclamationNOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh recognizes and commends Earl Jones for promoting peace and acknowledges Erin Dougherty as "Little Miss Peace on Earth". BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that March 2005 be hereby declared "Erin Dougherty Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2005-1174 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a contract or contracts from time to time in connection with demolition and removal of condemned buildings and providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $1,301,000.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1175 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 327, effective July 21, 2004, 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 and payment of supplies, equipment, personnel costs, travel and/or training services, and all eligible expenses in conjunction with the Project Safe Neighborhood grant and providing for the costs thereof," by increasing the total project allocation by $90,000.00 from $88,000.00 to $178,000.00. Read and referred  Action details
2005-1176 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 948, effective January 1, 2004, as amended, entitled: "Adopting and approving the 2004 Capital Budget and the 2004 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2004 through 2009 Capital Improvement Program", by adding $90,000 of Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency funds to the Police Bureau Budget.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1165 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Article III, Chapter 521: Scofflaws, By Amending Section 521.04: Release Of Vehicle; Hearings, due to the elimination of The Pittsburgh Magistrates Court Pursuant to The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania's Order Dated November 29, 2004.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2005-1165 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Article III, Chapter 521: Scofflaws, By Amending Section 521.04: Release Of Vehicle; Hearings, due to the elimination of The Pittsburgh Magistrates Court Pursuant to The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania's Order Dated November 29, 2004.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1166 1 OrdinanceOrdinance repealing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Article III, Chapter 523 Tow Pounds, by repealing Section 523.05(C)(1)(2)(3): Release Of Vehicle; Storage Fee; Hearings, Section 523.06: Payment Under Protest, and Section 523.07: Protest Hearing, due to the elimination of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court, pursuant to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's Order dated November 29, 2004.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2005-1166 1 OrdinanceOrdinance repealing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Article III, Chapter 523 Tow Pounds, by repealing Section 523.05(C)(1)(2)(3): Release Of Vehicle; Storage Fee; Hearings, Section 523.06: Payment Under Protest, and Section 523.07: Protest Hearing, due to the elimination of the Pittsburgh Magistrates Court, pursuant to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania's Order dated November 29, 2004.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1167 1 OrdinanceOrdinance repealing the City of Pittsburgh Code Section 503.19 Traffic and renumbering City Code Sections 503.20 and 503.21 to new City Code Sections 503.19 and 503.20, respectively. Read and referred  Action details
2005-1168 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in an amount not to exceed $7,122.89 in favor of the Community Justice Project c/o Donald Driscoll, Esquire, 1705 Allegheny Building, 429 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in full and final settlement of a claim for counsel fees and costs incurred as the result of a Class Action which was filed to challenge the rates of interest and penalty collected by the City of Pittsburgh and School District of Pittsburgh on delinquent real estate taxes in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County at No. GD 03-7130.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1169 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements for the hiring of outside legal counsel and consultants to represent the City of Pittsburgh in connection with the conduct of labor negotiations and certain litigation matters at a cost not to exceed $100,000.00 (One Hundred Thousand Dollars).Read and referred  Action details
2005-1177 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 Oakland Planning and Development - Dumpster Project $932 in District 3.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1170 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Contract or Contracts or the use of existing Contracts; providing for an Agreement or Agreements or for the use of existing Agreements; providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the design and construction of handicap ramps and sidewalks at various city-owned locations throughout the City of Pittsburgh; and further providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $150,000.00.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1171 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a 40 foot Unnamed Way between Warrington Avenue and Sharon Street in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District, of the City of Pittsburgh. Read and referred  Action details
2005-1172 1 OrdinanceAn Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Zoning Code, Title Nine, Article One, Chapter 902 Section 902.03, Zoning District Maps No. 7, 8 and 13 by changing various zoning district classifications in the SOUTH SIDE SLOPES neighborhood in accord with Map Pittsburgh: Zoning for your Neighborhood, the city's zoning re-mapping project relative to the city's new Urban Zoning Code.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1173 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Zoning Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 1, Chapter 902, Section 902.03, Zoning District Maps No. 12 and 13 by changing various zoning district classifications in the HAZELWOOD neighborhood in accord with Map Pittsburgh: Zoning for your Neighborhood, the city's zoning remapping project relative to the city's new Urban Zoning Code.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1178 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 by creating a new line item, City Clerk Office Modernization Project Grant # 2271000 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 adding Oakland Planning and Development - Dumpster Project $932, in Council District 3.Read and referred  Action details
2005-1179 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 531, effective November 17, 2004 entitled Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, with various community organizations for operational/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities for the benefit of residents of the City of Pittsburgh and further, authorizing various departments to enter into contract or contracts or use existing contract or contracts for the purchase of equipment and/or furniture at a cost not to exceed $1,488,500.00”, so as to add to City Council Funds (+4,000) to Spring Garden Neighborhood CouncilRead and referred  Action details
2005-1162 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Budget for March 9, 2005.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2005-1069 1 ResolutionResolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a restaurant liquor license, License No. R-19333, from Gypsy, Inc, 2760 Saw Mill Run Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15227 to D.AAA, LLC, 333 Middlegate Drive, Bethel, Park, PA 15102 for Mill Site Tavern, located at 2512 East Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1099 1 ResolutionResolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a restaurant liquor license, License No. R-7577, from A & W Restaurant and Lounge, Inc, 102 Brownsville Road, Mt. Oliver, PA 15210 to Russell & Donna Beam, 1007 Glass Run Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 for 2546 Brownsville Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15210, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1115 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 “Brighton Road Duplex Project” $10,000 and “Perry Athletic Association Security System” $5,000. Total amount of all projects not to exceed $756,720.42.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1116 2 ResolutionAuthorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements for professional consulting services in connection with real estate tax assessment matters, including, but not limited to, tax assessment appeals filed by property owners and/or the City including appeals from over assessments of residential property or other taxing jurisdictions in regard to commercial, industrial and residential real property in the City of Pittsburgh at a cost not to exceed $62,490 (Sixty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Ninety Dollars).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1163 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Environmental Services for March 9, 2005.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2005-1117 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts for the repairs, maintenance, improvements and emergencies in connection with the Wall, Step, and Fence Program, in CDBG areas throughout the City of Pittsburgh, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $250,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1118 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts for street resurfacing programs to include, but not limited to, hot mix asphalt, crack sealing, equipment purchases, sawing and sealing, asphalt milling, truck rental, brick and blockstone repairs, handicap ramps, concrete slab replacement and parks related asphalt work in CDBG areas throughout the City of Pittsburgh, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $250,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1119 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Lincoln Property Company, 35 Highland Road, Suite 1104, Bethel Park, PA 15201, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, various building enhancements at 100 Seventh Street and Fort Duquesne Boulevard in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1120 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 5801 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, roof, stairs, building, and sign at 5801 Forbes Avenue, Murray Avenue, and Marlborough Avenue in the 14th Ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1164 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Housing, Economic Develpment and Promotion for March 9, 2005.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2005-1121 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all of the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned Property in the City of Pittsburgh (Centre Avenue Corridor -- Council District No. 6 - Site Assemblage for Residential/Commercial Development). (3rd ward, Block 11-A-181, 307 Dinwiddie Street, 2050 square feet.) Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1122 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Black Mountain Development, LLC for the Sale of Lots 2, 8A, 8B, 9A, and 9B, in the Third Ward of the City of Pittsburgh - Council District No. 6 - in Crawford Roberts Project. (residential construction)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1123 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation for the Sale of Block 83-N, Lots 313 & 318, in the 11th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh - Council District No. 9 - (sideyard).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1124 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Pieter Maris and Joy Sabl for the Sale of Block 33-B, Lot 86, in the 30th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh - Council District No. 3 - 121 Redlyn Street (sideyard).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1125 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Dennis L. Mays for the Sale of Block 22-E, Lot 300, in the 21st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh - Council District No. 6 - in Redevelopment Area No. 27 (sideyard).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1126 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Louise Powe for the sale of Parcel 44 in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, in Redevelopment Area No. 32, Block 10H Lots 105 and 106, 19 & 21 Watt Street --Council District No. 6 (sideyard).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1127 1 ResolutionResolution 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 $6,000,000 for the LTV Hazelwood project. (Council District No. 5) Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1128 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with URA's application for a $6,000,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the LTV Hazelwood project. (Council District No. 5)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2005-1186 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Budget for March 15, 2005.Read, Received and Filed  Roll call
2005-1142 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the current Act 47 Plan and authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an Agreement with the IAFF Local #1.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details