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Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/8/2023 9:30 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2023-1117 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing James Robert Martin II as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for a term to expire April 30, 2025.Interview HeldPass Action details Video Video
2023-1131 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Ariam Ford as a Member of the Civic Design Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.Interview HeldPass Action details
2023-1132 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Lisa Carver as a Member of the Civic Design Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.Interview HeldPass Action details
2023-1133 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Megan Zeigler as a Member of the Civic Design Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.Interview HeldPass Action details
2023-1134 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Celeste Smith as a Member of the Public Art Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.Interview HeldPass Action details
2023-1135 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Christine Bethea as a Member of the Public Art Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.Interview HeldPass Action details
2023-1136 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Mikael Owunna as a Member of the Public Art Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.Interview HeldPass Action details
2023-1137 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Tom Mosser as a Member of the Public Art Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.Interview HeldPass Action details
2023-1223 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($10,000.00) for payment to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry for settlement of a compliance matter.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1108 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending Title Two, Article V, Chapter 237 Stop The Violence Fund, Section 237.03 Uses and Restrictions of the Stop The Violence Fund, directing the Mayor’s designee thereunder, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to utilize a reporting form approved by City Council to ensure proper and legal use of said funds by grantees thereunder in accordance with Ordinance 237 (“Stop the Violence Fund”) of the City of Pittsburgh Code.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2023-1149 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Max Petrunya, PC, in the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($30,000.00) in settlement of litigation filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at docket number 2:22-cv-00614. (Executive Session held 2-1-23)Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2023-1150 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Tucker Arensberg, P.C., in an amount not to exceed Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Three Dollars and No Cents ($8,933.00) for professional services for an Early Neutral Evaluation related to litigation in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Case 2:21-cv-00443-CCW. (Executive Session held 2-1-23)Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2023-1151 1 ResolutionResolution amending 260 of 2021, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Campbell Durrant, P.C., for professional legal services and expert advice regarding labor matters, by increasing the total spend by $100,000.00 for a new not to exceed amount of $490,000.00. (Executive Session held 2-1-23) (2nd Executive Session held 2/21/23)Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2023-1152 1 ResolutionResolution amending 527 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Cohen Law Group to address a matter of pending telecommunications litigation at USDC 2:21-cv-443, by increasing the total spend by $50,000.00 for a new not exceed amount of $196,050.00. (Executive Session held 2-1-23)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1153 1 ResolutionResolution amending 458 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips for legal services in connection with collective bargaining, by increasing the total spend by $250,000.00 for a new not to exceed amount of $300,000.00. (Executive Session held 2-1-23) (2nd Executive Session held 2/21/23)Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2023-1176 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Ruth and John Banovatz and their attorneys, Berger and Green, P.C., 800 Waterfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in the amount of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00 USD) relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 21-006258. (Executive Session held 2-14-23)Held for Executive SessionPass Action details Video Video
2023-1177 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Spilman, Thomas & Battle, for legal services in connection with a police litigation matter at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Two Hundred Three Dollars and Fifty Cents ($5,203.50).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
Item 54-2023 2 InvoicesP-CardsAMENDEDPass Action details
Item 54-2023 2 InvoicesP-CardsWaive the Rules of CouncilPass Action details
Item 54-2023 2 InvoicesP-CardsApproved as AmendedPass Action details
2023-1168 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 203, effective May 14th 2022, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for a Trail Condition Study.” to accept the grant and authorize necessary expenditures.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1169 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for costs associated with the West Ohio Street Bridge project where PWSA would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work described herein and itemized in Exhibit “B” at an amount not to exceed Two Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($285,777.25) an increase of Fifty Four Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Seven Dollars and Twenty Five Cents from the previously executed agreement (53176) as authorized by Resolution Number 636 of 2018.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1170 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a professional services agreement with Traffic Planning and Design, Inc., for work on Frankstown Avenue Signal Design Project at a cost not to exceed Two Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Seven Hundred One Dollars and Sixty Eight Cents ($232,701.68).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1171 2 ResolutionResolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the 28th Street Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Thirty Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Nine Dollars ($33,829.00).AMENDEDPass Action details
2023-1171 2 ResolutionResolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the 28th Street Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Thirty Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Nine Dollars ($33,829.00).Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1180 1 ResolutionResolution 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 reducing LED STREET LIGHT UPGRADES by $1,000,000.00.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1178 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Section 925.06, Setbacks, to update the standards for certain HVAC equipment in setbacks. (Referred to Planning Commission 2/8/23) (Report & Recommendation received 3/8/23) (Public Hearing scheduled for 5/3/23)Referred for Report and RecommendationPass Action details Video Video
2023-1179 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, and Industrial Arts Workshop Inc., for the creation of artwork on land which is owned by the URA and which is intended to be transferred to the City of Pittsburgh.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1181 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing renaming Chartiers Field to Chartiers-Windgap Field. (Public Hearing held 2/15/23)Held for Cablecast Public HearingPass Action details Video Video
2023-1172 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 50 26th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.Held in CommitteePass Action details
2023-1172 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 50 26th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.WithdrawnPass Action details
2023-1172 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 50 26th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1173 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for proposed land development located at 4554-4564 Penn Avenue at the parcels numbered 49-M-121, 49-M-122, 49-M-123, 49-M-124, 49-M-125, 49-M-126, Pittsburgh, PA 15224.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2023-1174 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 1100 Shady Ave. Plan of Lots, 1100 Shady Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15232.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1175 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 3339 Ward Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video