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Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/12/2014 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2014-0970 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Mark Bocian as Chief of the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services of the City of Pittsburgh. Interview Held  Action details
2014-0931 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of two warrants, one in the amount of ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($11,500.00) in favor of Duquesne Light Company and one the amount of SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($7,500.00) in favor of Verizon Pennsylvania, L.L.C.'s damage claim in the amount of SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($7,500.00) both c/o Mark Hamilton, Esquire, Tucker Arensberg P.C., 1500 One PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, releasing and discharging the City of Pittsburgh from all liability arising from any and all claims in the civil action filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania at AR No. 13-002940, and Verizon's claim (City of Pittsburgh Claim File No. 13-93), for property damage claims arising from a December 26, 2012, incident when a City of Pittsburgh motor vehicle allegedly struck two utility pole at or about the intersection of Loyal Way and Amanda Avenue.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0997 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a professional services agreement/s and/or contract/s with Douglas A. Shields, located at 2329 Tilbury Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15217-2455, for independent consulting services, including but not limited to legislative research, professional writing, financial analysis, office coverage services to City Council in accordance with the Home Rule Charter, Section 310, at a cost not to exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) per year.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0991 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Safety and the Acting Chief of Police, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a grant agreement with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Project Safe Neighborhoods-Western District, in the amount of ninety-nine thousand seven hundred dollars and zero cents ($99,700.00). Grant ID: 25673/October 1, 2014-June 30, 2015AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0992 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Safety and the Acting Chief of Police, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a grant agreement with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Project Safe Neighborhoods-Western District, in the amount of nine thousand five hundred dollars and zero cents ($9,500.00). Grant ID: 25570/October 1, 2014-June 30, 2015AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0915 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title 4 - Public Places and Property, Article I, Public Rights -of -Way, CHAPTER 416: - OBSTRUCTIONS, by adding a new section at 416.05 (a) et seq. requiring no less than a ten (10) day notice of a pending major street obstruction permit to be provided to the City Council; written notice to businesses and or residents within the impacted area; and providing for a waiver of said requirements in the event of an emergency.Held in CommitteePass Action details
2014-0993 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the issuance of a Warrant to WM Recycle America., in the amount of Sixty four thousand nine hundred sixty nine dollars and eighty four cents, ($64,969.84), in payment for emergency recycling collection and disposition, for the months of August and September 2014, resulting from the prior contracted vendor ceasing operations.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0994 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 24 of 2014 providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with UPMC Mercy in connection with the administration and evaluation of medical examinations and related tests and procedures for the Civil Service Commission's medical examination program for current and prospective employees for employment and promotion and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed Seven Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($780,000.00)AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0562 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine - Zoning, Article VII - Review and Enforcement, Chapter 922: Development Review Procedures, Section 922.01.A - Applications and Fees.TABLEDPass Action details
2014-0563 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine - Zoning, Article VII - Review and Enforcement, Chapter 923: Reviewers and Decision Makers, Section 923.03 - Zoning Administrator, by adding additional duties.TABLEDPass Action details
2014-0916 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article V: Chapter 153 - City Clerk, by adding a new section requiring an institution of a calendar control system to track all zoning legislation sent to the planning commission for report and recommendation.Held in CommitteePass Action details
2014-0996 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 770 approved December 3, 2013 providing for the implementation of the Residential Parking Permit Program (RPPP) Area “W” in the Crawford-Roberts community (Council Districts #6) to expand the district to include additional addresses pursuant to Pittsburgh Code Chapter 549.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0918 2 ResolutionRes.-Amend Res. No. 215/2014-Public Schools Task Force moratorium on closingsAMENDEDPass Action details
2014-0918 2 ResolutionRes.-Amend Res. No. 215/2014-Public Schools Task Force moratorium on closingsAffirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details