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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/20/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2024-0147 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Terra Cush did not have a lot growing up, but she did have the belief that you should always try to help somebody in need when you could; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0171 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Kevin Quigley was born on February 26, 1964 to Robert Blair and Rosemary (Fitzsimmons) Quigley. He was raised in the North Side neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh and is the youngest of seven, namely Robert, Ronald, Deborah, Rose, Richard, Donna and Kevin. He is the proud father of Kevin Jr, Joseph Sinatra, Kathleen and Shannon; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0173 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, Ernest Bey has been a part of the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania local art scene for over forty (40) years. Mr. Bey’s talents were noticed early in his art career in 1973 while attending his alma mater Westinghouse High School; and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0174 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, The Westinghouse Academy Football Team combines resiliency, hard work, discipline, passion, and a strong will to win. They are the 2023-2024 Pittsburgh School District City League Champions; andAdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2024-0155 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 248 of 2023, which authorized 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, by increasing the approved amount by $600,000 for an amended total cost not to exceed ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,200,000) over two years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0156 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 630 of 2020, which authorized the City’s Department of Public Safety to enter into relevant agreements to purchase document management software from PowerDMS, Inc., to extend the agreement an additional year for an increase of THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-SEVEN CENTS ($34,317.77).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0157 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 5255 Butler Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0158 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 220 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0159 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for multiple properties on Centre Avenue, at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0160 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, and/or the Director of the Office and Management and Budget to enter into agreements in individual amounts of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or less with performers, instructors, artists, referees, and persons with specialized skills in connection with the Departments’ recreational and instructional programs and special events services.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0161 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into financial and “in-kind” Sponsorship Agreements valued at $5,000.00 (Five Thousand Dollars) or less for the Citiparks Office of Special Events’ 2024 Season.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0162 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into Sponsorship Agreements for the City of Pittsburgh Independence Day Festival (the “Festival”). The Sponsorship Terms will provide a total value of $10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0172 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 41 of 2024 entitled “providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through K: A: 268 Lombard Street, B: 2431 Wylie Avenue, C: 746 Clarissa Street, D: 4918 Rosetta Street, E: 0 Isoline Street, F: 123 Overbeck Street, G: 149 Henderson Street, H: 1400 Tumbo Street, I: 510 Stratmore Avenue, J: 512 Stratmore Avenue, K: 514 Stratmore Avenue” as to add items E: 0 Isoline Street I: 510 Stratmore Avenue, J: 512 Stratmore Avenue, K: 514 Stratmore Avenue.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0163 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Carlow University in an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ($113,400.00) dollars to support the creation of a Wellness Index for Black Women.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0164 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Fisher & Phillips LLP for legal services in connection with a collective bargaining matter for an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($162,660.50) over one year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0165 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Thomas Thomas & Hafer, LLP for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:23-cv-0896 for an amount not to exceed TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND SIXTY-THREE CENTS ($2,565.63) over one year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0166 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Network Deposition Services for certified copies of transcripts for an amount not to exceed ELEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-FOUR CENTS ($11,986.74) over one year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0168 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 861 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, which authorized appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2024 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2024, to add positions that report to the Department of Parks and Recreation as authorized by Ordinance 35 of 2023, effective December 16, 2023. The proposed expenditures of the Stop the Violence fund for the 2024 Fiscal Year are hereby appropriated in the sum of $9,852,848 (Nine Million Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Eight Dollars).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0167 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Jacqueline Lane in full and final settlement of a claim (23C-0330) for damage to her property as a result of a Pittsburgh Bureau of Police SWAT incident on August 23, 2023, in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($6,978.00) over one year.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0169 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as Sal’s Barber Shop, located at 712 Brookline Boulevard (97-C-280), in Brookline, in the 19th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 3/26/24)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2024-0170 1 CommunicationCommunication from Kyle Chintalapalli, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting the City of Pittsburgh Quarterly Financial and Performance Report for the period ending December 31, 2023.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0150 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for February 14, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0110 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 88 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into an amended Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services for City meetings and events, by exercising the contract option to extend the term for 1 year, adding the City Clerk as a signatory, and increasing the total spend by $150,000.00 for a new not to exceed amount of $478,976.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0111 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND NINETY-NINE CENTS ($95,767.99) over one year.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0112 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Thomson Reuters- West for legal subscription services for an amount not to exceed SEVEN THOUSAND THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND NINETEEN CENTS ($7,034.19) over one year.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0113 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Kittelson, LLC for expert witness services in connection with two matters filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G. D. 18-0203 and G. D. 22-0077 for an amount not to exceed FOURTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-THREE CENTS ($14,675.33) over one year.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0114 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Kroll Associates, Inc. for expert witness services in connection with a litigation matter in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:20-cv-00965 for an amount not to exceed TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT DOLLARS AND THIRTEEN CENTS ($24,008.13) over one year.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0115 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of National League of Cities for one year membership dues in an amount not to exceed EIGHTEEN THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($18,499.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0120 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 2024-0031 entitled “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 N: A: 2825 Webster Avenue, B: 2823 Webster Avenue, C: 5163 Hillcrest Street, D: 415 N Graham Street, [E: 229 Shetland Avenue -DELETED], F: 6506 Meadow Street, G: 7042 Kedron Street, H: 1050 Wheeler Street, I: 0 Oakwood Street, J: 0 Oakwood Street, K: 5874 Douglas Street, L: 516 Cedarhurst Street, M: 3003 Zephyr Avenue, N: 419 Marshall Avenue” as to add item E: 229 Shetland Avenue.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0151 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for February 14, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0139 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 838 of 2023 which provided for an Agreement or Agreements with MS Consultants, Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase for the California Avenue Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Forty-Four Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and One Cent ($844,796.01), reimbursable at 100%. This amendment adjusts only the accounts authorized to enter into this contract, at no additional cost to the city.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0152 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for February 14, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0098 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Optum (Connect Your Care) for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Flexible Spending Account program for a sum not to exceed Forty Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($40,500.00) over three years and for the payment of the costs thereof.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0099 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with P&A Group for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) program for a sum not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) over one year and for the payment of the costs thereof.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0100 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with consultants and/or service providers for professional services in connection with Civil Service and MPOETC required assessment and evaluation of Public Safety candidates, and providing for payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0101 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Workpartners (Life Solutions) for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Employee Assistance Program for a sum not to exceed Forty Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($49,500.00) over one year and for the payment of the costs thereof.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0153 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for February 14, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2023-2089 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, at Section 911.02: Use Table and Article VI: Development Standards, Chapter 914: Parking Loading and Access, at Section 914.02: Off-Street Parking Schedules, and adding Section 912.09.B.: Child care (Accessory Use) at Chapter 912: Accessory Uses and Structures, all to amend Childcare Uses and Standards. (Sent for a Report & Recommendation on 11/2/23) (Report & Recommendation received 11/30/23) (Public Hearing held 2/13/24)AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTEPass Action details Video Video
2023-2089 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, at Section 911.02: Use Table and Article VI: Development Standards, Chapter 914: Parking Loading and Access, at Section 914.02: Off-Street Parking Schedules, and adding Section 912.09.B.: Child care (Accessory Use) at Chapter 912: Accessory Uses and Structures, all to amend Childcare Uses and Standards. (Sent for a Report & Recommendation on 11/2/23) (Report & Recommendation received 11/30/23) (Public Hearing held 2/13/24)Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details
2024-0121 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 removing POISE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient along with PEOPLE OF ORIGIN RIGHTFULLY LOVED AND WANTED P.O.O.R.L.A.W. and authorizing a subsequent Agreement for a total cost of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0122 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective January 1, 2020 as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program” to correct the JDE Job Number for ST. MICHAEL’S FOOD BANK.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0154 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for February 14, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2024-0103 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 4th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 28-P, Lot 333 (3319 Niagara Street - Council District No. 3), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0104 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 20th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 20-A, Lot 106 (1461 Chartiers Avenue - Council District No. 2), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0105 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 23rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 24-F, Lot 102 (Chestnut Street - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0106 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-B, Lots 281 and 283 (Lincoln Avenue - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0107 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 20th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 19-C, Lots 184 and 213; Block 20-L, Lot 250; Block 20-M, Lots 195, 203, and 228; Block 20-R, Lot 17; and Block 42-P, Lot 7 (211 and 911 Amherst Street, 1042 Lakewood Street, 304 and 320 Lorenz Avenue, 1021 Rue Grande Vue Street, 1012 Chartiers Avenue, and 1017 Fairdale Street - Council District No. 2), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0108 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 24th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 47-M, Lot 214 (1815 Rialto Street - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2024-0109 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 175-B, Lots 57, 58, 60, and 61 (Tioga Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video