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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/17/2009 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2009-1112 1 ProclamationNOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby honor and recognize Mr. George Gist for his inspiration to the community through his art and activism by declaring February 17, 2009 “George Gist” Day in the City of Pittsburgh. AdoptedPass Action details
2009-1113 1 ProclamationNow, therefore, be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares Tuesday, February 17, 2009, to March 13, 2009, as Stranger Awareness Month in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2009-1109 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a $6,911.23 warrant in favor of Duquesne Light Company, c/o Jonathan A. Orie, Esquire, Tucker Arensburg, P.C., 1500 One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in settlement of a claim for a damaged light pole due to a City ES vehicle on April 3, 2008.Read and referredPass Action details
2009-1110 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the sum of $175,000.00 to Matthew Loughren, Esquire and Jason T. Pifer, Administrator of the Estate of Michelle Pearce; c/o Matthew Loughren, Esquire; Loughren, Loughren, and Loughren, PC; 3204 Grant Building; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219; in full and final settlement of an action filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania to No. GD-03-15628.Read and referredPass Action details
2009-1111 1 PetitionPetition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a public hearing relative to vacant lot oversight and the lack of development along Grandview Avenue.Read and referred  Action details
2009-1105 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for February 11, 2009 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2009-1102 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 13, effective 1/29/2009, 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 8; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof by adding $9,000 for Traffic Study-Inner City Transit Options," to extend the timeframe outlined in Section 2 for the issuance of a Request for Proposal. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2009-1106 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for February 11, 2009 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2009-1080 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement or agreements, contract or contracts, or for the use of existing agreements and/or contracts, for the purchase of computer hardware, software and in-car video equipment, maintenance, installation, professional services, licenses, warranties, accessories and training in conjunction with the installation of enhancement or implementation of automated systems for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police, at a cost not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) and providing for the cost thereof. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2009-1107 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for February 11, 2009 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2009-1082 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into an agreement or agreements with members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, for payment of services for duties related to any and all activities of the Zoning Board of the City of Pittsburgh. Cost not to exceed $39,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2009-1108 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for February 11, 2009 with an Affirmatiave Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2009-1083 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Claressa H. Bratcher for the sale of Parcel 5B, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, in Redevelopment Area No. 32 - Block 10-L, Lots 65, 66, 67, 68 Mahon Street -- Council District No. 6 (residential construction).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2009-1084 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Richard D. Bratcher for the sale of Parcel 5A, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, in Redevelopment Area No. 32 - Block 10-L, Lots 61, 64, 64A, Mahon Street -- Council District No. 6 (residential construction).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2009-1085 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 Publicly-Owned Properties in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-A, Lots 334-A, 336, 339, 342, 343, 344, 345, and 345-1 (Council District No. 9 - Site Assemblage - 208 Dix Way; 151, 155, 161, and 165, 167 Luna Street; and 6363 and 6369 East Liberty Boulevard).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2009-1086 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 Publicly-Owned Property in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 11-A, Lot 153 (Centre Avenue Corridor -- Council District No. 6 - Site Assemblage for Residential/Commercial Development - 18 Reed Street).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2009-1114 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, urban areas now house over 80 percent of our population with close to 20% of our nation's total population residing in cities with populations above 200,000; and WHEREAS, THE City of Pittsburgh and the surrounding metropolitan region ranks among the larger metropolitan areas in the United States, with a population of about 1.2 Million; and WHEREAS, large cities and their metropolitan regions in the United States face many of the same challenges in planning an urban infrastructure that meets the future work and living requirements of growing populations; and WHEREAS, there is a wealth of expertise and experience in cities such as Pittsburgh in both the private, non-profit and public sectors and represented among their public officials, administrators, urban planners, academic and research professionals, and community activists who are engaged in trying to identify solutions for these challenges; and WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh not only understands the theories behind remaking and revitalizing urban centers but has done much in the areas of practical applicatiAdoptedPass Action details