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Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/18/2023 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2022-1072 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking; by creating a new Chapter 550, Mobility Enhancement District.Waived under the Rules of CouncilPass Action details
2022-1072 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking; by creating a new Chapter 550, Mobility Enhancement District.added to the AgendaPass Action details
2022-1072 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking; by creating a new Chapter 550, Mobility Enhancement District.AMENDEDPass Action details
2022-1072 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking; by creating a new Chapter 550, Mobility Enhancement District.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2023-1834 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161, Contracts, Sections 161.02 - Competitive Bidding; Exceptions, 161.02A - Award of Professional Services Agreements and 161.02B - Exemptions From Competitive Process to amend the approval processes for professional services agreements and exemptions from the same.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2023-2021 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 108 of 2023 effective 3/1/2023, which amended Resolution 458 of 2022 effective 9/7/2022, authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips LLP for legal services in connection with collective bargaining, by further authorizing an amendment or amendments to said Professional Services Agreement, at no additional cost to the City.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2022 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Plaintiff, James Frierson, administrator of the estate of Jim Rogers, decedent, and his counsel of record, Todd, J. Hollis at a cost not-to-exceed Eight Million Dollars and No Cents ($8,000,000.00) over two years, relating to the full and final settlement of litigation, including attorney’s fees and costs, filed at No. 2:22-cv-00523 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. (Executive Session held 10/12/23)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2023 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Bennet Omalu Pathology for expert fees in connection with labor arbitration matters for an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand dollars ($10,000.00) over one year.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2024 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 863 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 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND INSPECTION SERVICES by $46,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $46,000.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2025 1 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 FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - SPORT FACILITIES by $200,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $200,000.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2026 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 decreasing RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK by $75,000 and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $75,000. RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK is further increased by $505,000 and SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING increased by $500,000 to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2027 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Rynse, LLC. for services relating to the washing of City vehicles. Expenditures for the purchases shall be limited to authorized annual budgeted amounts by each City Using Department. The cost of each car wash has been pre-negotiated over the course of the agreement’s three-year term. Costs for these services will vary based on individual departmental need.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
Item 85-2023 1 InvoicesP-CardsWaive the Rules of CouncilPass Action details
2023-1992 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a portion of Wabash Street (formerly Walnut St), laid out in the Denny Estate Plan of Lots, from the centerline of Lowe Street to its terminus, in the 19th Ward, 2nd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1993 1 ResolutionResolution granting a vacation of an unopened, 10ft unnamed way, situate in the 19th Ward, 2nd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2016 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a professional services agreement with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000) dollars to support the city’s equitable street tree plan over the course of up to three (3) of years.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2018 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase for the Safe Routes to School project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($116,472.86), reimbursable at 100%.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2019 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Pittsburgh Pedestrian Wayfinding Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), an increase of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2020 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Critical Sidewalk Gaps Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Four Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand Dollars ($1,485,000.00), an increase of Five Hundred and Five Thousand Dollars ($505,000.00) 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2038 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending City Code Title Six: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices, by adding enhanced housing protections for survivors of domestic violence.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2029 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 PERSONNEL - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM by $97,804, increasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by $7,044, increasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by $260,014, and increasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by $257,679. These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2030 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to provide administration and operating expenses, housing and housing related supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, at a total cost not to exceed $1,410,014.00.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2031 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” so as to grant $100,000 to specific Public Service Grant projects of the Mayor's Office and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2032 1 ResolutionResolution 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 2023 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,207,044.00.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2033 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Urban Design Ventures, LLC for services relating to the program design, and application development of the City’s HOME-ARP application for a sum not to exceed Twenty-Eight Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Dollars ($28,600.00) over three years for the payment of the costs thereof.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1980 1 ResolutionResolution repealing Resolution No. 428 of 2023, effective July 9, 2023, entitled "Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Homewood Community Sports (HCS) for community liaison services at an amount not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($300,000)" by repealing it in its entirety.Referred for Legal OpinionPass Action details
2023-2028 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with Duolingo in support of the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee in the amount of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-1976 1 ResolutionResolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a liquor license, License No. R-13100, from El Paso Mexican Grill Bethel Park, LLC, located at 1778-1780 North Highland Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15241 to the Applicant, El Paso Mexican Grill Bethel Park, LLC, located at 564 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 10-17-23)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2012 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 4608 and 4644 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, at no cost to the City.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2013 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance and/or the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a lease, leases, sublease and/or subleases for approximately 8,000 square feet, from the lessor, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (“HACP”), for the purpose of continuing to provide office space for City employees, located within the City of Pittsburgh's First Ward at 100 Ross Street, 15219, Lot number 2-J-00244, effective on or about September 1, 2023 for a six (6) month period, and providing for the payment thereof in an amount not to exceed Eighty-six Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($86,250.00).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2014 1 ResolutionResolution 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 for the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center in the amount of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN ($2,229,987.00) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2023-2015 1 ResolutionResolution 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 for the Renovation of Sheraden Park in the amount of ONE MILLION EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN ($1,083,467.00) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video