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Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/20/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2016-0023 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Mary Jo Guercio, 1127 Cox Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15207, as a member of the Citizens Police Review Board for a term to expire on October 31, 2017. This vacancy is the City Council #4 position.Interview HeldPass Action details Video Video
2016-0012 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($10,000.00), in favor of DeAndre Brown, c/o Joel Sansone, Esq., Three Gateway Center, 401 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1700, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in Full and Final Settlement of an action filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:14-cv-00506.   Action details Video Video
2016-0013 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement for payment of the City’s share of the 2016 operating expenses for the Allegheny County Central Tax Collection District for tax collection. Cost not to exceed $10,745.42.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0014 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to extend existing contracts with financial institutions designated by Council to act as depositories for the City of Pittsburgh for the year 2015 for an additional ninety (90) days as permitted by Chapter 221.09 of the City Code.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0015 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 631 of 2015 authorizing the Mayor, City Solicitor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Campbell, Durrant, Beatty, Palombo and Miller, P.C. to provide legal services and expert advice related to litigation by increasing the total cost from Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0016 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution number 796 of 2013, effective January 1, 2014, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2014 Capital Budget and the 2014 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2014 through 2019 Capital Improvement Program” so as to change the fund from ‘OTHER’ to PAYGO for the Choice Neighborhoods project and to transfer the funds needed.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0017 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with brij for professional consulting services for planning procurement systems and process optimization, and providing for the payment thereof at a cost not to exceed $30,000.00.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0019 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No.858, effective, January 1, 2015, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2015 Capital Budget and the 2015 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2015 through 2019 Capital Improvement Program,” by increasing the “Park Reconstruction” line item by $31,957.00 from $900,000.00 to $931,957.00.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0020 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts, an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the installation of Audible Pedestrian & Traffic Signals; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $595,000.00.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2016-0028 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Bureau of Neighborhood Empowerment to enter into an agreement(s) and or contract(s) with the Neighborhood Learning Alliance West End Employment Center for the purpose of establishing a social services district 2 resource coordinator pilot program, in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars, payable from JDE Account No. 102100.53901AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0032 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Planning of the City of Pittsburgh to apply for a grant, execute relevant agreements with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), to receive fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in relevant grant funds, and to hire a consultant for the amount not to exceed one-hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in the event the grant is awarded to the City of Pittsburgh. The grant would provide fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and the 2011 Comprehensive Plan Account would provide the remaining fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0006 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine - Zoning, Chapter 922 Development Review Procedures, Sections 922.10.E.2, 922.11.B.3 and 922.11.C.2 with a new subsection, “Affordable Housing Impact Statements.” (Reference Bill No. 2015-2063 which expired on 12-31-2015)Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2016-0007 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title XI, Historic Preservation, by adding and deleting language. (Reference Bill 2015-2001 which expired on 12-31-15)Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2016-0009 1 OrdinanceOrdinance accepting a new street name, CARTER COURT in the Eighth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street was approved by CPAC in October 2015. 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.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0010 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Card Carriage House, located at 7122-7128 Card Lane, block and lot number 126-H-102, in the 14th Ward, City of Pittsburgh.Held for Cablecast Public HearingPass Action details Video Video
2016-0008 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements, providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Six Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,600,000.00) dollars to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles, heavy equipment and vehicle accessories for use by City of Pittsburgh Departments and Authorities.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0022 1 PetitionPetition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to the establishment of a City of Pittsburgh Community Benefit Agreement (CBA) Ordinance. (Valid Petition)Held for Cablecast Public HearingPass Action details Video Video