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Meeting date/time: 12/15/2014 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2014-1121 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the sum of Fifty-two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and 00/100 ($52,500.00), in favor of Dennis Henderson, c/o Sara J. Rose, Esquire, American Civil Liberties Union, 313 Atwood Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, in full and final Settlement of an action filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:13-cv-1645.  
2014-1127 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article VII Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670: Disruptive Property Abatement by changing language in Chapter 670.02 (b): DISRUPTIVE PROPERTY DEFINED.  
2014-0915 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title 4 - Public Places and Property, Article I, Public Rights -of -Way, CHAPTER 416: - OBSTRUCTIONS, by adding a new section at 416.05 (a) et seq. requiring no less than a ten (10) day notice of a pending major street obstruction permit to be provided to the City Council; written notice to businesses and or residents within the impacted area; and providing for a waiver of said requirements in the event of an emergency.  
2014-1128 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the City Code at Title Four: - Public Places and Property, Article I: Streets and Sidewalks, Chapter 417: Pavement Protection by adding a new section at 417.02 (a), setting the rate of compensation and, periodic recalculation, for damage to sidewalks caused by city tree roots.  
2014-1128 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the City Code at Title Four: - Public Places and Property, Article I: Streets and Sidewalks, Chapter 417: Pavement Protection by adding a new section at 417.02 (a), setting the rate of compensation and, periodic recalculation, for damage to sidewalks caused by city tree roots.  
2014-1126 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement to enter into a contract with an individual attorney or law firm to provide legal representation as the Solicitor of the Commission on Human Relations, and providing for the payment at a cost not to exceed $9,000.00  
2014-1122 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Chapter 902.01.D, by adding SP-11, Lower Hill; Article IV, Chapter 909.01, SP, Specially Planned District by creating a new district to be identified as “SP-11 Lower Hill Planned Development District” including rules and regulations, and modifications to requirements of all SP districts; Article IV, 914.04 by adding the SP-11 District to the table of Parking Exempt Areas; Article VII, Chapter 922, to eliminate the minimum size requirement for Final Land Development Plans, and by amending the City of Pittsburgh Zoning Map by changing from GT-E, Golden Triangle Subdistrict E, to SP-11/Lower Hill a property approximately 42 acres consisting of the former Civic Arena site that is generally bounded by Bigelow Boulevard and Bedford Avenue to the north, Crawford Street to the east, Centre Avenue and Fifth Avenue to the south, and Washington Place and Chatham Square to the west.  
2014-1123 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 715, effective November 28, 2012, providing for an Agreement or Agreements with various community organizations for operational/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment; and /or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities; and for administrative/operational costs, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities of various departmental programs/projects for the behalf of residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $800,000.00; so as to reprogram funds in the Mayor's Office from: “West End Alliance c/o West Pittsburgh Partnership” (-$50,000.00), and transfer these funds to “Jerusalem Baptist Church” (+$10,000.00),“Neighborhood Learning Alliance/West End Works Employment Center” (+$20,000.00) and “Youth Places/REAM Recreation Center” (+$20,000.00).  
2014-1124 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 424, effective June 23, 2014, entitled: providing for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City of Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in connection with the 2011 Community Development Block Grant Program; providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing for required assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank account and providing for the payment of expenses within categories, so as to reprogram funds in the Mayor's Office from: “West End Alliance c/o West Pittsburgh Partnership” (-$50,000.00), and transfer these funds to “Jerusalem Baptist Church” (+$10,000.00),“Neighborhood Learning Alliance/West End Works Employment Center” (+$20,000.00) and “Youth Places/REAM Recreation Center” (+$20,000.00).  
2014-1105 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the execution of a cooperation agreement or agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh providing for a grant of up to $30,000 from URA to the City of Pittsburgh for the West End Hydrological Study. (Council District 2)  
2014-1125 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all of the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Council District No. 6 - Site Assemblage for Residential Development):