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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/4/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2023-1400 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, The Watchful Shepherd USA is celebrating 30 years of protecting children since the program was first initiated at Canonsburg General Hospital in 1993; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1392 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Keen360, Inc., to provide technical support and development to the Commission on Human Relations for its customer service portal for one (1) year in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($26,700.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1393 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from R1D-L, Residential Single-Unit Detached, Low Density District to UI, Urban Industrial District certain property roughly bounded by Kelly Street, Fifth Avenue, Frankstown Avenue and the Allegheny Valley Railroad Brilliant Line; all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 12th Ward. (Sent for a Report & Recommendation on 4/14/23) (Report & Recommendation received on 6/30/23) (Public Hearing held 9/7/23)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1394 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the State Office of the Fire Commissioner for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($15,000.00) to support the purchase of emergency rescue equipment.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1395 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to provide an ambassador program to assist police with non-criminal matters in the Central Business District, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($600,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1396 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Six: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding a new Chapter 610 entitled “Prohibition on Use of Certain Bags and Checkout Bag Charge,” to permit the use of only certain bags by retail establishments at the point of sale or for a delivery; and establishing a charge, payable by the customer to the establishment, for the provision of other types of bags; all under certain terms and conditions.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2023-1396 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Six: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding a new Chapter 610 entitled “Prohibition on Use of Certain Bags and Checkout Bag Charge,” to permit the use of only certain bags by retail establishments at the point of sale or for a delivery; and establishing a charge, payable by the customer to the establishment, for the provision of other types of bags; all under certain terms and conditions.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1397 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City, to amend and renew the Lease Agreement with Beaver Avenue Associates, LLC, to continue providing a leased space at 1301 Beaver Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, for the purposes of housing the Facilities Maintenance Division of the Department of Public Works, for the total cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred One Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($716,401.42), over a five-year period with utilities costs included, and an option to terminate without penalty between the three-through-five-year period if necessary.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2023-1397 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City, to amend and renew the Lease Agreement with Beaver Avenue Associates, LLC, to continue providing a leased space at 1301 Beaver Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, for the purposes of housing the Facilities Maintenance Division of the Department of Public Works, for the total cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred One Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($716,401.42), over a five-year period with utilities costs included, and an option to terminate without penalty between the three-through-five-year period if necessary.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1385 1 ResolutionResolution ratifying the 2023-2025 Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1 Collective Bargaining Agreement. (Executive Session held 4/4/23)Held for Executive SessionPass Action details
2023-1385 1 ResolutionResolution ratifying the 2023-2025 Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1 Collective Bargaining Agreement. (Executive Session held 4/4/23)Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2023-1385 1 ResolutionResolution ratifying the 2023-2025 Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 1 Collective Bargaining Agreement. (Executive Session held 4/4/23)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1390 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of two (2) warrants totaling One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($150,000.00) in settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 19-005659. (Executive Session held 4/18/23)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1391 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Kathleen Spearman, in the amount of Three Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Two Dollars and No Cents ($3,222.00) in settlement of a claim for damage to her residence entry and storm doors from city Fire personnel on November 5, 2021.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1398 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-one thousand dollars ($21,000.00) and increasing FOUR MILE RUN PLAYGROUND by twenty-one thousand dollars ($21,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1399 1 ResolutionResolution to approve the reporting forms for Stop the Violence and Group Violence Intervention (GVI) pursuant to Chapter 237.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2023-1399 1 ResolutionResolution to approve the reporting forms for Stop the Violence and Group Violence Intervention (GVI) pursuant to Chapter 237.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1386 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for March 29, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1108 2 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.AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTEPass Action details Video Video
2023-1108 2 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.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1334 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or agreements with Rizer Consulting LLC in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($20,000.00) for professional services related to litigation in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Case 2:22-cv-523-CRE.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1335 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWENTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($37,027.50) to reimburse the city for the installation of 10 duel hosed electric charging stations.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1336 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Office and Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE ($253,125.00) dollars to reimburse the city for the purchase of 45 all electric vehicles.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1337 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE THOUSAND ($1,345,000) Dollars to purchase three electric recycling packers and five compressed natural gas garbage trucks.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1341 2 ResolutionResolution 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 TRAIL DEVELOPMENT by five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) and increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - SPORT FACILITIES by two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) and COMPLETE STREETS by three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00).AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2023-1341 2 ResolutionResolution 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 TRAIL DEVELOPMENT by five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) and increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - SPORT FACILITIES by two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) and COMPLETE STREETS by three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00).Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1387 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for March 29, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1330 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the State Office of the Fire Commissioner for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) dollars to support repairs to Medic 10.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1331 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Final Design and Construction phases of the Frankstown Ave Signal Improvement project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million One Hundred Fifty Three Thousand Three Hundred and Forty Nine Dollars ($4,153,349.00) dollars, reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Thirteen Thousand ($13,000.00) dollars.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1388 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for March 29, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1338 2 OrdinanceOrdinance clarifying a street name discrepancy of ALLEQUIPPA STREET between Sutherland Drive and Utterback Drive as located in the Fourth and Fifth Wards of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was clarified by CPAC in January 2023. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1339 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of City Planning and the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a license agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company, Inc. and Pittsburgh Parking Authority for the installation and maintenance of electric vehicle charging stations at 6117 Kirkwood Street.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1340 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of City Planning and the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a license agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company, Inc. and Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens for the installation and maintenance of electric vehicle charging stations at One Schenley Drive.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1389 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for March 29, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1327 1 ResolutionResolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Arena and Sports Performance Complex project which will involve the development of a new six-story arena and associated three-story sports performance complex. The site address is 3719 Terrace Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, in the 4th Ward.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1328 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 806 of 2018, entitled “Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant of up to $1,000,000 for the Stevens Elementary School Redevelopment project” to increase the grant amount to up to $1,500,000 and authorize spending.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1329 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of PA Municipal League, in the amount of $52,962.24 for 2023 Pennsylvania Municipal League Dues.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1333 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) to recoup yearly costs associated with the City’s participation and attendance in the Member Planning Agency Participation Services.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video