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Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/13/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2016-0570 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 816 of 2015, effective January 1, 2016, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget and the 2016 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2016 through 2021 Capital Improvement Program” by reappropriating projects closed due to the requirements of Chapter 218 of the City Code.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0539 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of $4,956.00 to Burns White LLC, Four Northshore Center, and 106 Isabella St., Pittsburgh, PA 15212 for professional consulting services in connection with expert consulting services related to Beech Construction Inc. vs. City of Pittsburgh.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0592 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the City of Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article VII: Procedures, Chapter 161: Contracts, by amending Chapter 161 to allow for the use of purchasing cards and setting policies and procedures for the use of purchasing cards.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0593 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal; Article X: Business Related Fees; Chapter 271 Nonresidents Sports Facility Usage Fee, to clarify defined terms in order to more effectively ensure disclosure by Nonresident Contracting Parties, Qualified Managing Entities, and Promoters of information regarding performances so that the city can enforce the existing fee, and institute a fine or penalty to the venue Nonresident Contracting Party for non-compliance.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0593 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal; Article X: Business Related Fees; Chapter 271 Nonresidents Sports Facility Usage Fee, to clarify defined terms in order to more effectively ensure disclosure by Nonresident Contracting Parties, Qualified Managing Entities, and Promoters of information regarding performances so that the city can enforce the existing fee, and institute a fine or penalty to the venue Nonresident Contracting Party for non-compliance.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2016-0594 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, Director of Office of Management and Budget and the Chief of Police Director of Public Safety, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into a Lease Agreement or Agreements with the Community College of Allegheny County for the use of certain property located at 900 N. Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 primarily for the purpose of conducting training and education of police recruits. Said Lease Agreement(s) shall be at a cost not to exceed Two Million One-Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand Three-Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Eighty-Eight cents ($2,163,366.88) and shall be for a term of three years with three annual options thereafter to renew upon the same terms.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0594 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, Director of Office of Management and Budget and the Chief of Police Director of Public Safety, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into a Lease Agreement or Agreements with the Community College of Allegheny County for the use of certain property located at 900 N. Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 primarily for the purpose of conducting training and education of police recruits. Said Lease Agreement(s) shall be at a cost not to exceed Two Million One-Hundred Sixty-Three Thousand Three-Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Eighty-Eight cents ($2,163,366.88) and shall be for a term of three years with three annual options thereafter to renew upon the same terms.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2016-0595 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing issuance of a warrant in the amount of $3,950.00, in favor of Racqual Tamesha Williams, 2917 Stafford Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15204 for damage to her vehicle from a City of Pittsburgh police vehicle backing into her on Citadel Street on January 17, 2016.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0596 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of $5,340.00 to Liadis Engineering & Surveying, Inc. 3100 Banksville Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15216 for professional consulting services related to Proctor vs. City of Pittsburgh and Bevilacqua vs. City of Pittsburgh.   Action details Video Video
2016-0590 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into a grant agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, to receive a FY 2015 Assistance to Firefighters Grant and further providing for an agreement or agreements for Driver/Operator Certification Training for Bureau personnel.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0591 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with the Animal Rescue League, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, for professional services in connection with the detention, care and/or euthanasia of domesticated animals, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), subject to annual appropriation by Council.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0599 1 ResolutionResoltuion granting unto Benjamin Maguire,Emerge Real Estate LLC, 1208 Mifflin Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15218, his successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at his own cost and expense, a private sewer lateral on Edmond Street for 4714 Penn Avenue in the 8th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0600 1 ResolutionResolution vacating Various Middle Hill Streets in the 5th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0587 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Coro Pittsburgh for the purpose of obtaining a Fellow to work with Personnel and Civil Service staff on strategic projects and research; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed $15,000.00 over three years, subject to appropriation.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0588 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 137 of 2016 providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with Independent Catalyst for professional services in connection with the City of Pittsburgh's Payroll and Human Resource system, (JD Edwards), by increasing the authorized amount from $604,225.00 to $635,805.00, a $31,580.00 increase in 2016.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0226 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 9: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911 - Primary Uses by amending language to Sections 911.02, 911.04 and 911.04.A.13; Chapter 912 - Accessory Uses and Structures by amending language to Section 912.04.G; and Article IX: Measurements and Definitions, Chapter 926 - Definitions by amending language throughout.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2016-0249 1 ResolutionResolution approving a new Institutional Master Plan under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article II, Chapter 905, Section 905.03.D and Article VII, Chapter 922, Section 922.12.G for The Pressley Ridge School “Institutional Master Plan” dated January 15, 2016 on property zoned EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, 26th Ward, Council District No. 6.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0583 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from R2-L, Residential Two-Family Low Density, to LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial property with frontage on Beechwood Boulevard identified as Block No. 87-K Lot 230-0-1 and Block No. 87-K Lot 210 all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 15th Ward; and changing from P, Parks, to LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial, property at 5600 Forward Avenue identified as Block No. 87-K Lot 45 and Block No. 87-K Lot 50 all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 15th Ward; and changing from R2-L, Residential Two-Family Low Density, and P, Parks, to LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial, property with frontage on Forward Avenue identified as Block No. 87-K Lot 52 in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 15th Ward.Held for Cablecast Public HearingPass Action details Video Video
2016-0584 1 ResolutionResolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.72 to NRG Energy Center Pittsburgh, on behalf of the property owner Urban Redevelopment Authority, for authorization to construct and operate a Utility (General) use on Colwell Street and Our Way, a portion of Parcel 2-G-92, zoned “GT-E” Golden Triangle Subdistrict E, 3rd Ward, Council District No. 6Held for Cablecast Public HearingPass Action details Video Video
2016-0585 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto the Photo Antiquities Museum of Photographic History, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a sloped sidewalk to meet the entrance at 531 East Ohio Street, 23rd Ward, Council District 1 of the City of Pittsburgh, USA.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2016-0586 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto COA North Side LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, two handicap ramps with handrails on either side and a landing at 40 West North Avenue, 22nd Ward, Council District 1 of the City of Pittsburgh, USA.AFFIRMATIVELY RECOMMENDEDPass Action details
2016-0602 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two--Fiscal, Article V--Special Funds, to add a new Chapter [232] 234, “Housing Opportunity Fund”, to stabilize communities and protect the public welfare by creating the Pittsburgh Housing Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”), to create a budget obligation for the Fund, to establish the purposes for which monies in the Fund may be used; and to create a Housing Opportunity Fund Governing Board and Advisory Board.Held for Cablecast Public HearingPass Action details Video Video