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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/10/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2024-0875 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Caster D. Binion has served as the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) and Allies and Ross Management & Development Corporation, Inc. and its subsidiaries since February 2013; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0876 1 Will of CouncilWHEREAS, like many great American cities, the City of Pittsburgh’s commercial office market is experiencing great uncertainty following the COVID-19 pandemic and massive economic changes in office needs and work habits; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0864 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or agreements with Matrix Pointe Software, LLC, in an amount not to exceed Three-Hundred and Ten Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($310,000.00) over six (6) years, for software, professional support, and related training services related to litigation case management for the City’s Department of Law.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0865 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Paramount Pursuits to provide technical assistance to applicants and awardees of projects from the City of Pittsburgh's Food Justice Fund, for a sum not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) over two years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0866 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement(s) with Clearview Federal Credit Union for the 2024 City of Pittsburgh Gingerbread House Display and Tree Lighting Ceremony at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0867 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of The Binkley Kanavy Group, LLC for printing services for the Popular Annual Financial Report for an amount not to exceed FIVE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($5,275.00) over one year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0868 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh to apply for grant funding from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County (RAAC)’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund to rehabilitate the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0869 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the “Historic Former Carnegie Library of Hazelwood Phase 1 Roof Stabilization Repairs” project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $300,000 with a local private match of $150,000 for a total project cost of FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($450,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0870 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the 6th Street to Market Square connector project in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX ($244,556.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0871 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the Upper McArdle Roadway Bridge Repairs project in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0872 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Manchester Citizens Corporation for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two ($13,852) dollars to support the city’s planning effort to study State Route 65 and ways to connect the Chateau and Manchester neighborhoods.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0873 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Dr. Taya Cohen as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire September 1, 2027.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0874 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended September 6, 2024.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0858 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for September 4, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0800 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 Fisher Phillips LLP, in connection with issues involving labor disputes, at a cost not-to-exceed Sixty-Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($60,000) over one (1) year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0801 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the execution of quitclaim deeds conveying all of the City's right, title and interest in and to the City-owned property located at 3133 Brunot Avenue in the 20th Ward of the City and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot: 42-H-293, to City Steps Realty LLC (dba 2nd Chance Property Renovation and Consulting LLC) for TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($23,000.00), to be deposited into the Three Taxing Bodies Trust fund account relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at C.S. 23-000067. (Executive Session held 8/27/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0802 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Noblemediation, LLC for mediation services for an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,925.00) over one year. (Executive Session held 8/27/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0803 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Holly Bartlett, and her attorney, Swartz Culleton, P.C., for a single payment in 2024 in an amount not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($500,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 20-007886. (Executive Session held 8/27/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0804 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Marc A. Winters for arbitration services for an amount not to exceed FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS AND SIXTEEN CENTS ($5,306.16) over one year. (Executive Session held 8/27/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0808 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of the Regional Opportunity Center, DBA Vibrant Pittsburgh, for annual membership dues in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0809 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with six organizations to produce arts programming as part of the “Funding for the Arts” American Rescue Plan Act allocation, at a total cost not to exceed Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($625,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0810 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Casey Droege Cultural Productions for professional services relating to the administration and management of a program to disburse American Rescue Plan Act funds to support local artists impacted by COVID-19, at a cost not to exceed One Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($160,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0811 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 92 of 2019 to provide for the extension of a professional services agreement by a term of one year with Dickie McCamey & Chilcote for costs associated with the provision of legal services for the City Controller’s Office at no additional cost beyond the original not to exceed amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0826 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title Five - Traffic, Article VII - Parking, Chapter 543 - Parking Meters, Section 543.01 - Parking Meter Zones and Rates, by creating a meter zone and a meter rate for Hazelwood Green in chapter 543.01 section (b).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0859 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for September 4, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0792 2 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding Chapter 625 entitled Automated Red Light Enforcement Systems.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2024-0792 2 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding Chapter 625 entitled Automated Red Light Enforcement Systems.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details
2024-0795 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for the purchase of pharmaceutical supplies, medications, and related support services necessary for the daily operations of the City’s Bureau of Emergency Medical Services at an overall cost not to exceed TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($275,000.00) over five years.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0796 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with FMD Architecture, LLC, DBA Shelter Planners of America, to conduct a study of the feasibility of the City owning and operating its own animal shelter, at a total cost not to exceed FORTY-NINE THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS ($49,400.00) over one year.FailedFail Action details Video Video
2024-0860 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for September 4, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0812 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a utility easement agreement or agreements with Crown Castle Inc. to access, excavate, bore, and install fiber internet connectivity infrastructure under, across, and over city-owned property located at Pittsburgh EMS Medic 03-Police Zone 6 (312-320 S Main St., Block and Lot Nos. 6-A-97 & 6-A-99) at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0813 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a utility easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company to install, use, own, operate, maintain, repair, renew, and finally remove five poles and one anchor to pole located on City-owned property (Lot and Block No. 119-B-300) at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0814 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Public Works, and Director of Finance to enter into agreements with Duquesne Light Company for vegetation management on parcel ID 34-D-20; anchor installation and maintenance on parcel ID 14-N-258; and pole and anchor installation and maintenance on parcel ID 33-A-200 at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0817 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Smallman Street Complete Street Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and THIRTY CENTS ($2,279,662.30) with a local match of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($117,100.00) from the 2024 Capital Budget for a total grant project cost of TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and THIRTY CENTS ($2,396,762.30) for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0818 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Consent and Order Agreement and Amendments with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”), as decreed by the Commonwealth for the City of Pittsburgh to execute corrective action in solid waste management, and providing payment of civil penalties at a City cost not to exceed Twenty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($28,000.00) over one (1) year.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0861 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for September 4, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0794 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 96 of 2024, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with consultants and/or service providers for professional services in connection with Civil Service and MPOETC required assessment and evaluation of Public Safety candidates, and providing for payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed Ninety Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0862 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for September 4, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0797 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 471-2024, 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 and amendments thereto with CIS (Center for Internet Security) for Albert MD Monitoring application which predicts malicious activity on the City network by monitoring, alerting and analyzing information gathered by sensors, by increasing the approved 2024 amount by Thirty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars ($38,880) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Ninety-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars ($94,980) over seven years.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0863 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for September 4, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0798 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2700 Penn Avenue, 6th Ward, Pittsburgh PA 15222, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0799 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a license agreement with Action Housing, Inc., the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in order to allow Action Housing, Inc. access to portions of the real estate located at 200 Ross Street to perform limited exploratory demolition as part of a feasibility study for the residential conversion of the property at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video