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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/21/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2023-1258 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, on February 22, 2023 at the Byham Theater, the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is proud to bring Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: Songs We Love, with Brianna Thomas as a featured performer; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1259 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, in honor of Black History Month, we celebrate Mr. Bill Strickland, who has been shaping the lives of youths and adults for decades; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1260 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Ginny Hamer-Kropf was born and raised in the Sheraden neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh and graduated from the former Langley High School in 1977. Her love for the community prompted her to purchase her own home in Sheraden, where she raised seven children as a single mother; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1261 1 Will of CouncilWHEREAS, depression is the most common form of mental illness impacting nearly 1 in 10 Americans; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1249 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency and Operation Better Block for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($2,500,000.00) to support the Safe Passages Program, which places community elders in schools to prevent violence.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1250 1 ResolutionResolution 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 increasing DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND INSPECTION SERVICES by $125,000.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1251 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation through their Transportation Alternative Set-Aside Program for costs associated with work on the City’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred and Twenty Five Thousand ($125,000.00) Dollars, federally reimbursable at One Hundred percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Zero dollars ($0.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1252 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement or agreements with HDR Engineering, Inc. for costs associated with the Swindell Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million One Hundred Seven Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Seven Dollars and Fifty Seven Cents ($1,173,927.57).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1253 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of 2 warrants ($15,000.00 each) in connection with an EEOC matter at EEOC: 17H-2020-00017C for a total amount of $30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Dollars) in full and final settlement of litigation including attorney fees. (Executive Session held 3/7/23)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1254 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mary Ann Organ and Eugene Organ, her husband, and their attorneys, Edgar Snyder and Associates, U.S. Steel Tower, 10th Floor, 600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in the amount of Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00 USD) relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 20-010985. (Executive Session held 3/7/23)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1248 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 429 of 2022, authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Open Innovation Plans, LLC for records management software services at an overall cost to the City not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED NINETY-TWO DOLLARS AND NINETY-TWO CENTS ($131,692.92), to add funding due to an increased scope of work.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1255 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 855 of 2011, effective December 29, 2011, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2011 Capital Budget and the 2011 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2011 through 2016 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing DISTRICT 5 NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS by eleven thousand eight hundred seven dollars and seventy-seven cents ($11,807.77) four thousand eight hundred seven dollars and seventy-seven cents ($4,807.77) and increasing PLAY AREA IMPROVEMENTS by eleven thousand eight hundred seven dollars and seventy-seven cents ($11,807.77) four thousand eight hundred seven dollars and seventy-seven cents ($4,807.77).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1256 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 864 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 MON-OAKLAND CONNECTOR/FOUR MILE RUN by twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000.00) thirty one thousand dollars ($31,000) and increasing FOUR MILE RUN PLAYGROUND by twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000.00) thirty one thousand dollars ($31,000).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1257 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting extended acting pay request on behalf of the Department of Innovation & Performance for Chris Belasco and the Department of Public Works for Kurt Huber, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1242 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for February 15, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1127 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Robert Gilbert and his attorneys Law Offices of Joel Sansone, in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($10,000.00) in settlement of litigation filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at docket number 2:22-cv-260. (Executive Session held 2-14-23)Passed FinallyPass 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)Passed FinallyPass 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)Passed FinallyPass 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)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1208 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 354 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services, by extending the term for 1 year and increasing the total spend by $150,000 for a new not to exceed amount of $328,976.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2023-1209 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City Controller to accept updated financial system account strings and pay invoices for those contracts whose funding sources shifted from the Office of Equity into the Office of the Mayor in the approved 2023 Operating Budget and Five Year Plan.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1210 1 ResolutionResolution repealing items in Resolutions approved on various dates, which authorized the sale of property in various wards of the City of Pittsburgh, due to an incompletion of sale. Items A through F. A: 5305 Broad Street, B: 5301 Broad Street, C: 624 Freeland Street, D: 2922 Banksville Avenue, E: 245 E. Jefferson Street, F: 223 Alice StreetPassed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1211 2 ResolutionResolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through P: A: 5155 Hillcrest Street, B: 5389 Cornwall Street, C: 6406 Dean Street, D: 6404 Dean Street, E: 6402 Dean Street, F: 16 S Wheeler Street, G: 840 Carnival Way, H: 1128 Arlington Avenue, I: 618 Beltzhoover Avenue, J: 437 Chalfont Street, K: 1902 Broadway Avenue, L: 332 Violet Way, M: 106 Wabash Street, N: 1044 Marena Street, [O: 740 Hillcrest Place, DELETED] P: 826 Vista StreetPassed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1212 2 ResolutionResolution providing for the conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property, having been placed for sale to adjoining property owners in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh Side Yard Program. ITEMS A through X: A: 2003 Tustin Street, B: 4806 Yew Street, C: 3446 Monroe Street, D: 3367 Milwaukee Street, E: 753 Cherokee Street, F: 3419 Bismark Street,G: 3417 Ridgeway Street, H: 0 Jordan Way, I: 5166 Broad Street, J: 536 Mellon Street, K: 134 Carver Street, L: 6826 Kelly Street, M: 7403 Idlewild Street, N: 385 Flowers Avenue, O: 27 Almeda Street, P: 0 Belasco Avenue, Q: 174 McKnight Street, [R: 315 Fairview Avenue - DELETED], S: 1023 Salter Way, T: 2725 Perrysville Avenue, U: 1230 Woodland Avenue, V: 404 Moore Avenue, W: 406 Moore Avenue, X: 75 Mullooly StreetPassed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1213 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to accept a donation from Southwest Pennsylvania Emergency Response Group (Region 13) valued at FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($15,800.00) for replacing retired canines.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1216 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of the National Association of City Transportation Officials for yearly membership dues in an amount not to exceed Thirty-One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($31,250.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1217 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of the United States Conference of Mayors for yearly membership dues in an amount not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred Eleven Dollars and Zero Cents ($17,511.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1243 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for February 15, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1207 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Von der haus Gill German Shepherds Inc., 16863 Boundry Rd, Wapakoneta, OH 45895-8058, in an amount not to exceed SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($7,900.00), for a narcotic detection canine.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1244 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for February 15, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1202 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 309 of 2015, File No. 2015-1568, titled Resolution Accepting the Location of Proposed Rights of Way for Parcels 2-C-300, 2-C-400 For The Lower Hill Redevelopment Site Infrastructure, in the 2nd And 3rd Wards, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1203 1 ResolutionResolution taking, appropriating and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh, for public roadway purposes certain property in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, owned by German and Francoise Barrionuevo, located along Schenley Farms Terrace, and authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2023-1245 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for February 15, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1219 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 877 of 2021, which authorized the Mayor and the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (“Department”) to enter into an Amended Agreement or Agreements with ath Power Consulting Corporation to provide customer service and soft skills training to the Department’s staff. The Amended Agreement(s) shall be in an amount not to exceed $58,150.00 $78,150.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1246 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology for February 15, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1218 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 727-2021, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements and amendments thereto with Vision Point Systems ("VPS") to obtain Twilio Flex support services to meet the needs of the City of Pittsburgh at an additional cost not to exceed $15,600.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1247 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for February 15, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1204 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 7227 Hamilton Avenue.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1205 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 707 East Street, 17th Ward, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1206 1 ResolutionResolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Meridan Street Residences, project which will involve the development of eight (8) single-family residences with associated utilities. The site address is 117, 121, 125 and 129 Meridan Street and 114, 118, 122, and 126 Hallock Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211, in the 19th Ward.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video