Please note: this meeting's minutes have not been finalized yet. Actions taken on legislation and their results are not available. Details Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 7/17/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft   Meeting location: Council Chambers Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes:   Meeting video:   Meeting Items (42) 42 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 2024-0089 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 909 of 2023 titled "Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2024 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code" to reduce the cost of employee parking. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)     2024-0676 1   Resolution Resolution 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 Citron Alex PC, in connection with matters to be heard before Pennsylvania’s Orphans Court, at a cost not-to-exceed Sixty-Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($60,000.00) over one (1) year. (Executive Session held 7/9/24)     2024-0677 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Edward William Vaughn, Jr. in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,000.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0110) for damage to his vehicle from a City DPW vehicle on April 22, 2024. (Executive Session held 7/9/24)     2024-0678 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Bobby Spidell, Jr. in an amount not to exceed TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED EIGHTY-ONE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-ONE CENTS ($2,881.81) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0004) for damage to his parked vehicle from a City DPW vehicle on December 19, 2023. (Executive Session held 7/9/24)     2024-0684 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 578 of 2021, which authorized an American Rescue Plan Act Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Parking Authority (“PPA”), by adding “Mellon Square storefront support” as an additional authorized project at a cost not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars and Eleven Cents ($1,536,398.11), for a total authorized spend not to exceed One Million Six Hundred Sixteen Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars and Eleven Cents ($1,616,398.11).     2024-0685 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing 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).     2024-0686 1   Resolution Resolution 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 reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), reducing STEP REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT by Five Hundred Sixty Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and Forty-Eight Cents ($560,225.48), increasing STREET RESURFACING by One Hundred Ten Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Seventy-One Cents ($110,358.71), and by increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - CITY FACILITIES by Two Million One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Ninety-Seven Cents ($2,132,493.97).     2024-0687 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by One Million Six Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars ($1,629,476.00), reducing STEP REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT by One Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000.00), increasing STREET RESURFACING by One Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Seventy-Seven Cents ($132,493.77), and decreasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - CITY FACILITIES by Three Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars and Seventy-Seven Cents ($361,969.77).     2024-0688 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 19, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - CITY FACILITIES by One Million Seven Hundred Seventy Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars ($1,770,524.00), increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by Three Hundred Seventy Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-Four Dollars ($370,524.00), increasing STREET RESURFACING by One Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Three Dollar ($192,373.00), and increasing REMEDIATION OF CONDEMNED BUILDINGS by One Million Three Hundred Seven Thousand Six Hundred Twenty-Seven Dollars ($1,307,627.00).     2024-0689 1   Resolution Resolution 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 reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by One Million Nine Hundred Ninety-Two Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Nine Dollars and Sixty-Four Cents ($1,992,879.64), increasing STEP REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT by One Million Nine Hundred Sixty Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and Forty-Eight Cents ($1,960,225.48), and increasing STREET RESURFACING by Thirty-Two Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars and Sixteen Cents ($32,654.16).     2024-0690 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 768 of 2009, effective December 31, 2009, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2010 Capital Budget and the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2010 through 2014 Capital Improvement Program, by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2010 Capital Budget amendments” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0691 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 855 of 2011, effective December 29, 2011, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2012 through 2017 Capital Improvement Program, by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2012 Capital Budget amendments” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0692 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2012, effective January 1, 2013, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2013 Capital Budget and the 2013 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2013 through 2018 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0693 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 858 of 2014, effective January 1, 2015, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2015 Capital Budget and the 2015 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2015 through 2020 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0694 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 816 of 2015, effective December 18, 2015, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget and the 2016 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2016 through 2021 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0695 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0696 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, 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 removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0697 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective January 1, 2020, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0698 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, 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 removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0699 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0700 1   Resolution Resolution 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 re-appropriating and re-allocating funds closed due to the requirements of Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2024-0705 1   Ordinance Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices to make medical marijuana patients a protected class and restrict discrimination against them.     2024-0661 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the U.S. Marshals Service in an amount not to exceed SEVENTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS ($17,806.00), to return seized funds in accordance with cases 2:21cr287 and 2:19cr328, filed in the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. (Executive Session held 7/9/24)     2024-0679 1   Resolution Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the amount of Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($16,500.00) for work related to the Wenzell-Carnahan reconstruction project.     2024-0682 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development’s Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program for the Robert E Williams Park Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $250,000 with a local match of $37,500.00 (JDE job number 4550101523 ROBERT E. WILLIAMS COMM. CENTER) for a total grant project cost of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($287,500.00) dollars for this stated purpose.     2024-0706 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the naming of Room 458 in the City-County Building to the Tim McNulty Press Room. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)     2024-0660 1   Resolution Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) with Just Mediation Pittsburgh to provide information about the Commission on Human Relations’ work and fair housing laws to the landlords and tenants they see for mediation at a cost not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) initially and the option to renew for one additional year with a maximum total not-to-exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) over Two (2) years.     2024-0701 1   Ordinance Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine - Zoning, Article V, Section 911.02 - Use Table, Section 911.04 - Use Standards - by changing use types and review procedures regarding Residential Uses in Residential Districts, City of Pittsburgh. (Needs to be send to the Planning Commission for a report & recommendation)     2024-0675 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Department of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements with Keys Service Corps for the 2024 and 2025 AmeriCorps Summer Program. Said agreement or agreements involves the matching of funds and shall be at a total cost to the City not to exceed FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($40,000.00) over a two-year period.     2024-0662 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 844-2023, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, and the Director of the Department of Mobility & Infrastructure on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an amended Agreement or Agreements or amendments thereto with Cohen Law Group, and CTC Technology & Energy for renegotiation of the City’s Cable Franchise Agreements with Comcast and Verizon, and for consultation on development of fiber and wireless telecommunication assets and policy by increasing the approved amount by Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Thirteen Dollars and Seventy Cents ($711,213.70) over five years.     2024-0663 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Department of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements with Information Age Technologies, Inc, for the CoPilot Annual Subscription Fee for the Healthy Active Living Senior Centers’ Software Subscription, used for data collection and the reporting of services to Allegheny County Department of Human Services Area Agency on Aging as mandated by the City’s contract with Allegheny County, for a three year term. The total amount for 2024 will be at a cost not to exceed TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($21,000.00), with future annual amounts to be negotiated on an as-needed basis.     2024-0664 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Public Works, and the Director of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a permanent easement agreement with the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority (PWSA) to maintain, operate, repair, inspect, repair, remove, and/or abandon an existing public water facility and a temporary easement agreement to perform all work necessary to complete the project located on City-owned property (Block and Lot No. 3-J-180-0-2) at no cost to the City.     2024-0665 1   Resolution Resolution 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 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 27-B, Lot 199 (0 Anaheim Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.     2024-0666 1   Resolution Resolution 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 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 25-S, Lot 238 (0 Marcella Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.     2024-0667 1   Resolution Resolution 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 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 9-M, Lots 99-A and 100 (0 Cliff Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.     2024-0668 1   Resolution Resolution 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 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 10-D, Lots 51, 58-A, and 59 (2702, 2724, and 2726 Bedford Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.     2024-0669 1   Resolution Resolution 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 27th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 75-L, Lot 121 (1611 Antrim Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.     2024-0670 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 297 of 2022, effective June 14, 2022, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 124-N, Lots 281, 282, and 283, and Block 125-B, Lots 281 and 283 (Meadow Street and Lincoln Avenue - Council District No. 9),” by removing parcels Block 125-B, Lots 281 and 283 (Lincoln Avenue - Council District No. 9) at no cost to the City.     2024-0671 1   Resolution Resolution repealing Resolution 619 of 2021, effective September 30, 2021, authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 27-B, Lots 392 and 393 (826 and 828 Shawnee Street - Council District No. 6) at no cost to the City.     2024-0672 1   Resolution Resolution repealing Resolution 620 of 2021, effective September 30, 2021, authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 18th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 15-R, Lots 230 and 281 (844 Gearing Avenue and 814 Delmont Avenue - Council District No. 3) at no cost to the City.     2024-0673 1   Resolution Resolution repealing Resolution 368 of 2023, effective June 10, 2023, authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 26-P, Lot 164 (Council District No. 6) at no cost to the City.     2024-0674 1   Resolution Resolution repealing Resolution 182 of 2021, effective March 18, 2021, authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 26-P, Lots 156 and 157 (located on the south side of Adelaide Street, east of Wichita Way - Council District No. 6) at no cost to the City.