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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/22/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2024-1049 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Dr. Lola M. Thorpe, relocated from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh PA to minister with her husband, the late Bishop Eugene M. Thorpe, Sr. in 1968; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-1085 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Judge Joseph K. Williams, III, a Pittsburgh native who attended Pittsburgh Public Schools and opened a private law practice in Manchester, has announced his retirement as judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas following 16 years of dedicated service; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-1086 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, the United States Navy protects and defends America on the world’s oceans, around the clock and is ready to always defend America, preserve economic prosperity, and keep the seas open and free; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-1087 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha is a worldwide Hindu denomination dedicated to fostering faith, inspiring service, and promoting better living; andAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-1088 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Catholic Charities has collaborated with trusted human services partners to offer options for women escaping domestic violence and facing homelessness in downtown Pittsburgh; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-1058 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the COVID-SFR Local Law Enforcement Support in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for Records Management System software and training and data integration.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1059 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 850 of 2021 which authorized the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement with Maalka to provide a Building Benchmarking Management Platform Software Solution by adding funding for contract year 2024 and increasing the total cost by Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($11,250) dollars for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($91,250) dollars.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1060 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution of 777 of 2023, 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 Risk Factor, LLC for a subscription to Risk Factor database for all data and hazard layers for all perils and all parcels in the City of Pittsburgh, enabling support of City departments in planning for weather related hazards, by increasing the approved amount by Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) over two years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1061 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $6,241,000.00-Six Million, Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand Dollars (Council Districts: All).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1062 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh designating URA as the City’s agent for administration of the 2024-2025 HOME Investments Partnership Program at a cost not to exceed $1,995,569.00-One Million, Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars. (Council Districts: All)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1063 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand and Eight Hundred and Seventy Dollars and Zero Cents ($29,870.00) 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 Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Grant FundsRead and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1064 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 23-F, Lots 198 and 199, in the 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Carrington Street and Alpine Avenue - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1065 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 1st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 11-K, Lots 271-3 and 271-10 (2013 and 2005 Boulevard of the Allies - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1066 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 property in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-M, Lot 297 (Hamilton Avenue - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1084 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing renaming REAM Recreation Center to Dunlap Family Center. (Public Hearing held 11/18/24)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1089 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing Council’s consent to an extension, pursuant to § 922.05.D of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances (the “Zoning Code”), of the deadline for the Planning Commission to act to recommend approval or disapproval of Council Bill #2024-0701.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1067 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 23-002842, for an amount not to exceed TEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($10,647.50) over one year. (Executive Session held 10/22/24)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1068 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 588 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny for the completion of lead safety projects as approved in the City of Pittsburgh's American Rescue Plan Act allocation at a cost not to Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00), by updating the authorized recipient to be the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2024-1068 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 588 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny for the completion of lead safety projects as approved in the City of Pittsburgh's American Rescue Plan Act allocation at a cost not to Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00), by updating the authorized recipient to be the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1069 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to extend existing contracts with financial institutions designated by Council to act as depositories for the City of Pittsburgh in 2024 by extending the contracts by one (1) additional year through 2025 as permitted by Chapter 221.09 of the City Code at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1070 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into certain temporary construction easements on certain properties in the 2nd Ward of the City in order to advance the Smithfield Street Project. Costs for these temporary construction easements shall not exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00), reimbursable at 80%.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1071 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of M.C. Enterprises for the purpose of an interior renovation at Police Zone 4 and providing for the payment of the costs thereof in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand, Eight hundred One Dollars and Zero Cents ($5,801.00) over one (1) year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1072 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2024 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,195,104.00-One Million, One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand, One Hundred Four Dollars.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1073 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to provide administration and operating expenses, housing and housing-related supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, at a total cost not to exceed $1,409,836.00-One Million, Four Hundred Thousand, Eight Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1074 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with the Urban League of Pittsburgh, for the implementation/administration of the Housing Counseling Program, and related costs, in the amount not to exceed $100,000.00-One Hundred Thousand Dollars.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1075 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with various community-based organizations for the implementation of the 2024 Neighborhood Economic Development program and to provide for the payment of the costs thereof, at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1076 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” so as to grant Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) to specific Public Service Grant projects and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1077 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing CDBG PERSONNEL by One Hundred Two Thousand Ten Dollars and Zero Cents ($102,010), decreasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by Four Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($4,896), increasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by Three Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($309,836), and decreasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by Five Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Zero Cents ($504,431). These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-1078 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointment of Paul Scott as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire October 15, 2028.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2024-1079 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointment of Omoye Aikhuele as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire October 1, 2028.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2024-1080 1 Appointment-InformingResolution informing City Council of the appointment of Sacoyia Bey as a Member of the City-County Task Force on Disabilities with a term to expire October 15, 2026.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-1081 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 October 18, 2024.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-1082 1 CommunicationCommunication from Patrick Cornell, on behalf of Mayor Ed Gainey and the Board of the City of Pittsburgh Municipal Pension Fund, submitting an updated table of conversion factors for survivor benefits in accordance with Ordinance 11 of 2024.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-1083 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting a donation from the Trust for Public Land to the Department of City Planning for participation of three City employees at the Trust for Public Land Park Equity Assessment Cohort Peer visit in the amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND ($3,000.00) dollars.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0987 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointment of Halena Procopio Ross as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire September 1, 2028.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2024-1053 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-1009 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking, Chapter 550: Mobility Enhancement District, Section 550.04-Pilot Program, in order to extend the pilot program to account for delays in implementation of the Mobility Enhancement District.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1013 1 ResolutionResolution transferring the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) within the 2024 Operating Budget from City Council Salaries & Wages, Regular to Council as a Body for the purpose of professional services.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1014 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the US Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program in the amount of Two Million Three Hundred Ninety Six Thousand Four Hundred and Six Dollars and Fifty One Cents ($2,396,406.51) dollars to support the City’s “Equitably Empowering EV Ownership in the City of Pittsburgh through Community Charging Infrastructure” project. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount of Thirty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars and Eight Cents ($38,997.08), The Pittsburgh Parking Authority in the amount of Ninety One Thousand Dollars ($91,000.00) and Duquesne Light in the amount of Four Hundred Seventy Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars ($470,600) for this stated purpose for a total project cost of TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY NINE CENTS ($2,997,003.59).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1015 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing SOUTH SIDE SIGNALS (TIP) by Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($437,603.00), to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1016 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing BUS RAPID TRANSIT by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00) and increasing ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT (ATCMTD), administered as the SmartPGH project, by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1017 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to the Department of City Planning to support work relating to transit-oriented development in Homewood.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1018 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement with Carnegie Mellon University for a real estate subdivision and exchange involving two parcels having identification numbers 80-N-5-9 and 80-N-8 at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1054 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0622 2 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article 1, Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding Chapter 619A entitled Quality of Life Violations. (Post Agenda held 10/1/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1006 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into one-year reimbursement agreements with six local youth sports organizations at a total cost not to exceed NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($90,000.00) over one year.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1007 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with 412PAW, LLC. for professional licensed veterinary services to the City's Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Animal Care & Control, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($124,000.00) over four years.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1055 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-1019 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the South Side Signals project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Seven Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($4,748,556.00), an increase of Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars ($437,603.00) from the previously passed authorization, reimbursable at one hundred percent.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1056 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0221 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 902.03, Zoning Map, by changing From RM-H, Residential Multi-Unit - High Density to UNC - Urban Neighborhood Commercial, certain properties located on Shady Avenue in the 7th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh known in the Allegheny County Office of Deed Registry as Block and Lot Numbers: 84-G-239 and a portion of 84-G-258. (Sent to Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 3/15/24) (Report & Recommendation received 5/24/24) (Public Hearing held 10/10/24)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1057 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-1010 1 ResolutionResolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Esplanade project. The site is located on parcel numbers 0007-A-00200-0000-00, 0007- A-00250-0000-00, 0007-A-00325-0000-00, 0007-E-00070-0000-00, 0007-F-00002-0000-00, 0007-F-00010-0000-00, 0007-F-00020-0000-00, 0007-F-00025-0000-00, 0007-F-00030-0000- 00, and 0007-M-001100-0009-00 within Allegheny County in the 21st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1011 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the following addresses: 1007 McCartney Street; 1017 McCartney Street; 420 Greentree Road; 422 Greentree Road; and 434 Greentree Road, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1012 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Cooperative Agreement or Agreements with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to reimburse expenses of UPMC incurred for public work at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and De Soto Street, related to the City’s SmartPGH project, performed in the course of the completion of UPMC Presbyterian Bed Tower, at an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-1024 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Director, Department of Finance to terminate the 1991 cooperation agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and County of Allegheny for the lease of the Municipal Courts Building, and further, forthwith, to grant and convey the Municipal Courts Building to the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to any other interested party.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2024-1024 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Director, Department of Finance to terminate the 1991 cooperation agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and County of Allegheny for the lease of the Municipal Courts Building, and further, forthwith, to grant and convey the Municipal Courts Building to the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to any other interested party.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details