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Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/24/2018 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2018-0847 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Twenty Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars and 18 cents ($20,356.18) in favor of William Jones and his attorneys Maurice A. Nernberg and Associates, fully releasing the City from all claims and liability as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 16-020169. (Executive Session held 10/18/18)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0949 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00) in favor of Elleanna Adams and her attorneys, John P. Goodrich, Esquire and Goodrich & Associates, P.C., fully releasing the City from all claims and liability for alleged personal injuries as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at A.R. 18-003020. (Executive Session held 10/18/18)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0950 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Union Trust Building, 501 Grant St., Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($20,000.00) for legal fees pertaining to police matters. (Executive Session held 10/18/18)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0951 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Campbell Durrant Beatty Palombo & Miller, P.C., 535 Smithfield St., Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 for professional legal services and expert advice regarding labor matters in an amount not to exceed Seventy Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($70,000.00). (Executive Session held 10/18/18)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0952 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Tucker Independent Medical Experts, Inc., 2400 Ansys Dr.,Suite 102, Canonsburg, PA 15317 in an amount not to exceed Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($3,500.00) for professional services in connection with litigation. (Executive Session held 10/18/18)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2018-0953 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Curtin & Heefner, LLP, 2005 S. Easton Road, Suite 100, Doylestown, PA l8901 for professional legal services and expert advice regarding Building Owners and Managers litigation in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($20,000.00). (Executive Session held 10/18/18)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0388 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article VII - Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670. - Disruptive Property Abatement, by repealing Chapter 670 in its entirety and replacing it with a new Chapter 670.AMENDEDPass Action details
2018-0388 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article VII - Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670. - Disruptive Property Abatement, by repealing Chapter 670 in its entirety and replacing it with a new Chapter 670.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0754 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Albright United Methodist Church, located at 486 S. Graham Street, block and lot number 51-M-155 and 51-M-155-0-2, in the 8th Ward, City of Pittsburgh.WithdrawnPass Action details Video Video
2018-0926 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article l, Public Rights-of-Way, Chapter 417: Pavement Protection, by adding new sections, entitled 417.06; Preservation of Brick, Block Stone, Wood and other Original Pavement Material, and 417.07; Pavement Milling, and amending section 412.01(c) to ensure that policies related to the two new sections are filed with the City Clerk.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2018-0926 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article l, Public Rights-of-Way, Chapter 417: Pavement Protection, by adding new sections, entitled 417.06; Preservation of Brick, Block Stone, Wood and other Original Pavement Material, and 417.07; Pavement Milling, and amending section 412.01(c) to ensure that policies related to the two new sections are filed with the City Clerk.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2018-0977 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 596, effective September 10, 2018, 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 2017 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 Change a group name within City Council budget: “Westside Mustangs (-$2,500.00)” to Birmingham Foundation/Westside Mustangs (+2,500.00) “Also a name change within the Mayor’s Office from “Homewood Concerned Citizens” (-$2,500.00) shall now read “Trinity Temple Church/Homewood Concerned Citizens Homewood Community Development Collaborative/Operation Better Block(+$2,500.00).AMENDEDPass Action details
2018-0977 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 596, effective September 10, 2018, 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 2017 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 Change a group name within City Council budget: “Westside Mustangs (-$2,500.00)” to Birmingham Foundation/Westside Mustangs (+2,500.00) “Also a name change within the Mayor’s Office from “Homewood Concerned Citizens” (-$2,500.00) shall now read “Trinity Temple Church/Homewood Concerned Citizens Homewood Community Development Collaborative/Operation Better Block(+$2,500.00).Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0978 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 595, effective September 10, 2018 entitled: Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with various community organizations for operational/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment; and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities; and for administrative/operational costs, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities of various departmental programs/projects for the benefit of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $825,000.00 so as to reprogram funds within City Council so as to Change a group name within City Council budget: “Westside Mustangs (-$2,500.00)” to Birmingham Foundation/Westside Mustangs (+2,500.00)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0979 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 541 effective August 6, 2018 providing for an Agreement or Agreements with various community organizations for operational/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment; and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities; and for administrative/operational costs, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities of various departmental programs/projects for the benefit of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $365,000.00. Name change: shall now read; Intro to the Trades (-$10,000.00) to Energy Innovation Center Institute, Inc (+$10,000.00)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2018-0980 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 493, effective August 10, 2017, providing for an Agreement or Agreements with various community organizations for operational/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment; and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities; and for administrative/operational costs, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities of various departmental programs/projects for the benefit of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $315,000.00. A name change from “Homewood Concerned Citizens” (-$2,500.00) shall now read “Trinity Temple Church/Homewood Concerned Citizens Homewood Community Development Collaborative/Operation Better Block (+$2,500.00).AMENDEDPass Action details
2018-0980 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 493, effective August 10, 2017, providing for an Agreement or Agreements with various community organizations for operational/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment; and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities; and for administrative/operational costs, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities of various departmental programs/projects for the benefit of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $315,000.00. A name change from “Homewood Concerned Citizens” (-$2,500.00) shall now read “Trinity Temple Church/Homewood Concerned Citizens Homewood Community Development Collaborative/Operation Better Block (+$2,500.00).Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0981 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 535, effective August 6, 2018, 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 2018 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: Name changes within City Council budget shall now read: “Mt. Washington Community Center formerly Ream (-$10,000.00) to Birmingham Foundation/Mt. Washington Community Center (+$10,000.00), “Saint Rosalia Food Bank (-$3,000.00) to Saint Rosalia Church/Saint Rosalia Food Bank (+$3,000.00), “Pittsburgh Aids Task Force (-$5,000.00) to Alliance for Health and Wellbeing (+$5,000.00). JDE number corrections within City Council for the following organizations: Union ProjeAffirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2018-0982 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 538 effective August 6, 2018 providing for an Agreement or Agreements with various community organizations for operational/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment; and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities; and for administrative/operational costs, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities of various departmental programs/projects for the benefit of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $735,000.00: Name changes as follows: “Mt. Washington Community Center formerly Ream (-$10,000.00) to Birmingham Foundation/Mt. Washington Community Center (+$10,000.00), “Saint Rosalia Food Bank (-$3,000.00) to Saint Rosalia Church/Saint Rosalia Food Bank (+$3,000.00), “Pittsburgh Aids Task Force (-$5,000.00) to Alliance for Health and Wellbeing (+$5,000.00) JDE number corrections within City Council for the following organizations: Union Project, Western PA Conservancy, and Pittsburgh Community Services-Safety.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2018-0964 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Acting Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into an Agreement with SmartWorks Partners, Inc., Cohen Law Group, and CTC Technology & Energy for the renegotiation of the City’s Cable Franchise Agreements with Comcast and Verizon. (Briefing held 10/23/18)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0984 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 149 of 2015, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an agreement or agreements with eDocs Technologies, LLC ("eDocs") for licensing services and maintenance and support services, to include OnBase Application Enabler at an additional cost not to exceed Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00).WithdrawnPass Action details Video Video
2018-0986 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with SmartWorks Partners, Inc, Cohen Law Group, and CTC Technology & Energy for the provision of professional services relating to telecommunications strategy, with a 65/35 revenue sharing split. (Briefing held 10/23/18)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details