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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/2/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2023-1486 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Bethany Baptist Church was organized in 1897. Services were first conducted in Wilkinsburg that was called Crab Hollow; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1487 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Logan Walters began his scouting career in 2013 at the age of 8 before earning the Cub Scouts highest honor, the Arrow of Light in the spring of 2016, and;AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1488 1 ProclamationWHEREAS , the safety of all Pittsburgh motorists is an issue of the utmost consequence and all motorists should unite in safe sharing of the City of Pittsburgh’s roadways and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1489 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, fifty-two years ago on April 28, the Occupational Safety and Health Act went into effect after unions drew attention to the number of work-related deaths and injuries occurring on the job and organized for safer working conditions, demanding action from their government; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1490 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Pittsburgh Musical Theater (PMT) is an anchor to the West End community where they have made their home since 2000 supporting the neighborhood through space sharing and events, and draw over 12,000 visitors every year to the West End; andAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1491 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, The Obama Eagles Girls Basketball Team is still a dynamic combination of resiliency, hard work and beauty inside and out. They just won their second consecutive City League Girls Championship defeating Allderdice 75-29. It was the 23rd consecutive section win and their sixth championship in 12 seasons; andAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1471 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 246 of 2023 which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Commission on Human Relations to enter into an Agreement(s) with Keen360 for technical support and development for its customer service portal, by including ongoing technical support and maintenance and increasing the term and authorized not-to-exceed amount by Twenty-Seven Thousand Two Hundred Forty Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($27,240.75) for a total cost not-to-exceed Fifty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Forty Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($53,940.75).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1472 1 ResolutionResolution granting a vacation of an unopened portion of Melmore Way, laid out in the Shakespeare Street Associates Plan of Lots No. 2, recorded in Plan Book Volume 130, Page 33, in the 7th Ward, 8th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1473 1 ResolutionResolution vacating unused paper portions of Benezet St, Heath St, Yule Way & Ochra Way, laid out in the Eastern Addition of New Homestead Plan of Lots, Plan Book Volume 20, Pages 12 & 13, in the 31st Ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2023-1473 1 ResolutionResolution vacating unused paper portions of Benezet St, Heath St, Yule Way & Ochra Way, laid out in the Eastern Addition of New Homestead Plan of Lots, Plan Book Volume 20, Pages 12 & 13, in the 31st Ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1474 1 ResolutionResolution vacating unused paper portions of Whitebush St and Heath St, laid out in the Eastern Addition of New Homestead Plan of Lots, Plan Book Volume 20, Pages 12 & 13, in the 31st Ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2023-1474 1 ResolutionResolution vacating unused paper portions of Whitebush St and Heath St, laid out in the Eastern Addition of New Homestead Plan of Lots, Plan Book Volume 20, Pages 12 & 13, in the 31st Ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1475 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement with CSXT for Preliminary Engineering work on the Boundary Street Corridor Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Seventeen Thousand Two Hundred and Fifteen Dollars ($17, 215.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1476 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 714 of 2021, effective October 25, 2021, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2021 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,214,418.00” so as to decrease Allegheny County Housing Authority and Three Rivers Communities, Inc. by $25,000.00, decrease Neighborhood Legal Services by $25,000.00, and increase Auberle by $50,000.00.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1477 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of the National League of Cities, in the amount of $17, 960.00 for the annual membership dues in the National League of Cities.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1478 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of David M. Casper, in the amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($12,500.00) in settlement of a claim for damage to his property at 1447 Warner Street from adjacent city-owned property at 1449 Warner Street, on or about February 6, 2023.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1479 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Starfire Corporation, for the display of a fireworks show in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s Independence Day Festival at an amount not to exceed EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($80,000).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1480 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements for performance and entertainment services in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh's Independence Day Festival at an amount not to exceed SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($17,500).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1481 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 575 of 2022 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements and amendments thereto with Monday.com, an online project management and portfolio management tool, for use with multiple City departments by increasing the cost by Sixty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($68,000).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1482 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 816 of 2015, effective December 18, 2015, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget and the 2016 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2016 through 2021 Capital Improvement Program” so as to reprogram funds within City Council from Habitat for Humanity (-$2,093.86) to Polish Hill Civic Association (+$2,093.86), and authorizing a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1483 1 ResolutionResolution transferring a total of Three Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Four dollars ($3,444) within the 2023 Operating Budget from City Council to Council as a Body for the purpose of professional services.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2023-1484 1 CommunicationCommunication from Michael Lamb, City Controller, submitting the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the year ended December 31, 2022.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1485 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Public Works for Brittany Rawlings and the Office of the Mayor for Audrey Wells, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1317 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Monica Ruiz as a Member of the Planning Commission for a term set to expire January 1st 2028.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1375 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Ali R. Abdullah as a Member of the Civic Design Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1413 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Pedro Quintanilla as a Member of the Planning Commission for a term set to expire January 1st 2028.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1465 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for April 26, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1313 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 744 of 2022, entitled "Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2023," so as to reopen the 2023 Operating Budget to update the revenue forecast to better reflect Fiscal Year 2022 results, accommodate changes in the Bureau of Police in direct response to the ratified collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police, and make changes to associated benefit calculations. (Executive Session held 3/28/23) (Second Executive Session held 3/30/23) (Third Executive Session held 4/4/23) (Public Hearing held 4/13/23)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1314 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 745 of 2022, which authorizes Stop the Violence Fund expenditures for the 2023 Fiscal Year, by further updating current year appropriations in direct response to Operating Budget changes required by the ratified collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police. (Executive Session held 3/28/23) (Second Executive Session held 3/30/23) (Third Executive Session held 4/4/23) (Public Hearing held 4/13/23)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1439 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 52 of 2020 which authorized a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) extension with B2GNow, by increasing the total spend by One Hundred One Thousand Six Hundred Seventy Dollars and Zero Cents ($101,670.00) for a new not to exceed amount of One Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($161,243.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1440 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing HERRON AVENUE BRIDGE (TIP) by $330,000 and ELIZABETH STREET BRIDGE (TIP) by $298,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1466 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for April 26, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1429 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Allegheny Crane and Rigging, 4200 Steubenville Pike, Pittsburgh, PA 15205, in an amount not to exceed NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($975,000.00), for emergency crane rental and operation in response to the Fern Hollow bridge incident of January 2022.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1467 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for April 26, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1435 1 ResolutionResolution 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 the South Side Three Rivers Heritage Trail Repaving project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $44,689.00 with a match of $44,689.00 from the City of Pittsburgh’s Capital Budget (JDE Job Number 6090001423) for a total project cost of EIGHTY-NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT ($89,378.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1436 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the Elizabeth Street Bridge Rehabilitation Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000.00), an increase of Two Hundred and Ninety-Eight Thousand Dollars ($298,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1437 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the Herron Ave Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Seven Hundred and Twenty-One Thousand Dollars ($721,000.00), an increase of Three Hundred and Thirty Thousand Dollars ($330,000.00) from the previously executed agreement. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1438 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 305 of 2022, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a License Agreement with the Allegheny County to provide access for the City to detour bicycle trail facilities during certain City construction activities along McKean Street.” to modify the language to authorize a new agreement with the County for further trail detours.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1461 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Finance, and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Agreement or Agreements with Duquesne Light Company granting it a permanent utility easement for the erection, installation, use, operation, maintenance, repair, and removal of an underground system consisting of cables, wires, transformer and other fixtures and apparatus thereto belonging, upon, over, under, along, across, and through City property located in Allegheny Commons West Park (having Parcel ID 8-B-150) and fronting on Arch Street, situated in the 22nd Ward, City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of providing electrical services in Allegheny Commons.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1468 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for April 26, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1443 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($12,500) to complete an architectural survey of the Crawford-Roberts neighborhood.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1444 1 ResolutionResolution that the Mayor and the Director of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Keenan Saiz to aid in the research and project management of the City of Pittsburgh’s Equity Audit of public art and memorials, at a cost not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1469 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for April 26, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1441 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter an agreement or agreements, and amendments thereto, with Computronix (USA) Inc., for a three (3) year term with two (2) one-year renewal options, to provide ongoing professional services to continue to develop and upgrade the POSSE LMS System in support of the OneStopPGH permitting program meeting the needs of the City of Pittsburgh at a sum not to exceed Two Million, Five Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand, Two Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars ($2,526,254).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1442 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution #418 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a maintenance agreement with OPEX Corporation for maintenance services related to the FalconRED document scanning workstation, by adding a year of maintenance services at a cost not exceed Twenty-Three Thousand Dollars ($23,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1470 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for April 26, 2023 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-1430 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2117 - 2127 Rose St, 5th Ward, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1431 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh or an Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh affiliate to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 18th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 15-M, Lots 99, 102, 103, 104, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 126, 127, and 128 (Council District No. 3).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1432 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh or an Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh affiliate to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 56-C, Lots 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, and 230 (Council District No. 5).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2023-1433 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Deed by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh, for the sale of Block 31-G, Lot 202 (formerly a part of Block 31-G, Lot 200), in the 31st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Hays Woods - Council District No. 5).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video