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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 3/25/2008 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2008-0241 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Council of the City of Pittsburgh recognizes Earth Hour 2008 and encourages Pittsburgh individuals and businesses to participate; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares March 29, 2008, “Earth Hour Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0242 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the important work of the local Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and its Rainbow Gala on March 29, 2008; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, March 29, 2008, to be “JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0243 1 ProclamationNOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend an support the crucial work Educating Teens about HIV/AIDS performs; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Pittsburgh's City Council proclaims Tuesday, March 25, Teen HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0244 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does convey its best wishes to the new inductees and the honorees and does hereby declare Sunday, March 30, 2008 to be “Pittsburgh Chapter of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0245 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh recognizes and salutes Nick and JoLynn Hoban's dedication to individuals with disabilities and the invaluable role they have played to help ensure that individuals with disabilities are fully included and are valued for their important roles in our community; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, March 25, 2008, to be “NICK AND JOLYNN HOBAN DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0246 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the Rose and Edward Berman Hillel Jewish University Center for its remarkable work, congratulates them for the spectacular presentation of CAMPUS SUPERSTAR and honors Dr. Barbara Burstin for work with the Hillel JUC. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare April 6, 2008 to be “DR. BARBARA BURSTIN DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2008-0218 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a portion of Milton Street at Henrietta Street in the 14th Ward, 5th Council District, of the City of Pittsburgh. Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2008-0218 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a portion of Milton Street at Henrietta Street in the 14th Ward, 5th Council District, of the City of Pittsburgh. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0237 1 ResolutionResolution Repealing Resolution No. 676, effective Dec. 28, 2007, entitled "Resolution granting unto Folino's Ristorante, 1715-1721 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, decorative steel fencing on the sidewalk area of 1717-1721 E. Carson Street in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh."Read and referred  Action details
2008-0238 1 ResolutionResolution Amending the City Council and City Clerk's Office 2008 operating budgets to comply with the Act 47 Plan of 2004.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0239 1 ResolutionResolution directing the City Controller to liquidate certain pre-encumbrances in the City Council and the City Clerk's Office Budget that are inconsistent with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, transfer any savings to the Department of Public Safety, and further instituting an annual pre-encumbrance and encumbrance review process to improve government accountability. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0235 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the Mayor to issue and the City Controller to countersign a warrant in the amount of One Hundred and Thirty-two Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty-seven Dollars and Forty-two Cents ($132,247.42) to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania representing payment required for unclaimed funds for the year 2002, pursuant to the provisions of Deposition of Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Act, Act of August 9, 1971 P.L. 74.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0236 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a professional services agreement or agreements for maintaining equipment necessary for the processing and administration of Personnel and Civil Service applications for employment and written examinations and providing for the payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed Sixteen Thousand, Three Hundred Dollars, ($16,300.00).Read and referred  Action details
2008-0229 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance, Law and Purchasing for March 19, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0221 2 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article XI - Personnel, Chapter 181 General Provisions, by replacing Section 181.06, "Allowance for Use of Private Vehicles" with new language. AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTEPass Action details
2008-0221 2 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article XI - Personnel, Chapter 181 General Provisions, by replacing Section 181.06, "Allowance for Use of Private Vehicles" with new language. AMENDEDPass Action details
2008-0221 3 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article XI - Personnel, Chapter 181 General Provisions, by replacing Section 181.06, "Allowance for Use of Private Vehicles" with new language. Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details
2008-0154 3 OrdinanceORDINANCE AMENDING THE PITTSBURGH CITY CODE PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 10 OF 2004, ENACTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE 29, 2004, ADOPTING THE ACT 47 FINANCIAL RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH DATED JUNE 11, 2004, PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES FINANCIAL RECOVERY ACT, ACT OF JULY 10, 1987, P.L. 246, NO. 47., SECTION 101 et seq., AS AMENDED, 53 P.S. SECTION 11701.11 et seq.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0202 1 ResolutionResolution Further amending Resolution No. 121 of 2003, effective March 14, 2003 entitled, “Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with City Council's 2003 Community Needs Program; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof,” by adding $4,500 to “District 2 DPW Projects” and $6,603.74 to “District 3 DPW Projects” and by making adjustments to various other projects in Council Districts 2, 3 and 6.RECOMMITTEDFail Action details
2008-0202 1 ResolutionResolution Further amending Resolution No. 121 of 2003, effective March 14, 2003 entitled, “Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with City Council's 2003 Community Needs Program; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof,” by adding $4,500 to “District 2 DPW Projects” and $6,603.74 to “District 3 DPW Projects” and by making adjustments to various other projects in Council Districts 2, 3 and 6.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0190 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a $8,548.00 warrant in favor of Howard and Beverly Filtz, 5508 Darlington Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, in settlement of a claim for sewer line damage due to City tree roots on March 28, 2007. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0191 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing cooperation agreement or agreements, providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Nine Million One Hundred Thousand ($9,100,000) dollars, to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles, radios and equipment for use by the City of Pittsburgh Departments and Authorities.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0192 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement of Sale with Bud Holmes and Deborah Cunningham for acquisition by the City of Pittsburgh of property located at 18 Queen Street, 24th Ward, Block and Lot 24-A-213, City of Pittsburgh, and providing further for certain payments not to exceed $16,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0200 1 ResolutionFurther amending Resolution No. 654, effective October 25, 2001, entitled, "Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with City Council's 2001 Neighborhood Needs Supplement Program; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," " by deleting "KDKA Beat Auto theft", $2,000 and by reducing "Refurbish Quarry Field" by $14,416.25 and by adding $14,416.25 to "District 3 DPW Projects", $1,500 to "Urban Mountain Gathering Place" and $500 to "PA Resource Council" in Council District 3.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0230 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Environmental Services for March 19, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0171 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Bay Valley Foods, 1080 River Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a private waterline and private electrical conduit at River Avenue and the North Shore Trail in the 23rd Ward, 1st Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0193 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts for street resurfacing programs to include, hot mix asphalt, crack sealing, equipment purchases, sawing and sealing, asphalt milling, truck rental, brick and blockstone repairs, handicap ramps, concrete slab replacement and parks related asphalt work in CDBG areas throughout the City of Pittsburgh, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $540,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0231 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Engineering, Fleet and Forestry for March 19, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation. Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0194 1 ResolutionResolution providing for securing a right-of-way in connection with the rehabilitation of the McArdle Viaduct No. 1; also providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept of Transportation; and further providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $50,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0204 1 ResolutionResolution repealing resolution 878 effective 12-16-2003 entitled; “Resolution providing for an agreement or agreements or contract or contracts by and between the City of Pittsburgh and a Consultant or Consultants, Contractor or Contractors for the purpose of implementing the Freedom Corner Capital Improvement project for the benefit of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh at a cost not to exceed $56,500.00” by repealing it in its entirety.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0232 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Planning, Zoning and Land Use for March 19, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0102 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the former Garden Theater, located at 12 West North Avenue, block and lot number 0023-L-00083, in the 22nd Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (PUBLIC HEARING HELD MARCH 18, 2008)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0197 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into a grant agreement with the State of Pennsylvania's Department of Community and Economic Development to receive monies to support sector planning in the City of Pittsburgh, and further providing for legitimate expenditures for payments and agreement or agreements, or contract or contracts for any services required in connection with the execution of said grant agreement. Said agreement or agreements, contract or contracts or expenditures shall not exceed $200,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0233 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Housing, Economic Develpment and Promotion for March 19, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0173 1 ResolutionResolution accepting the dedication of Oakbrook Circle, a forty-foot right-of-way, in the 3rd Revised Oakbrook Plan of Lots in the 20th and 28th Wards of the City of Pittsburgh for public highway and utility purposes, accepting the grading, paving, lighting, sidewalks and curbing, and fixing the width and position of the roadway and sidewalk thereof. (Council District 2).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0174 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 643, effective October 24, 2006, entitled “Authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to submit an Application to the Pennsylvania Office of the Budget for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant in the amount of $2,000,000 for the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh project” by increasing the grant to $3,750,000. (Council District No. 5)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0175 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 634, effective October 24, 2006, entitled “Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with URA's application for a $2,000,000 Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Children's Institute of Pittsburgh project” by increasing the amount of the grant to $3,750,000. (Council District No. 5)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0201 1 ResolutionFurther Amending Resolution No. 424 of 2001, effective June 19, 2001, entitled “Further amending Resolution No. 976 effective January 1, 1996, as amended, Adopting and Approving the 1996 Capital Budget and the 1996 Community Development Block Grant by creating a new line item, City Clerk Office Modernization Project Grant # 2271000 for the purpose of augmenting neighborhood needs programs and/or the District Improvement Fund, and transferring $1,128,892.00 from Grant/Liberty to City Clerk's Office Modernization” by deleting “KDKA Beat Auto theft”, $2,000 and by reducing “Refurbish Quarry Field” by $14,416.25 and by adding $14,416.25 to “District 3 DPW Projects”, $1,500 to “Urban Mountain Gathering Place” and $500 to “PA Resource Council” in Council District 3.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0203 1 ResolutionResolution amending and supplementing Resolution No. 891, effective January 1, 2003, as amended, entitled: “Adopting and approving the 2003 Capital Budget and the 2003 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2003 through 2008 Capital Improvement Program by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2003 Capital Budget amendments.” by adding $4,500 to “District 2 DPW Projects” and $6,603.74 to “District 3 DPW Projects” and by making adjustments to various other projects in Council Districts 2, 3 and 6.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0234 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for March 19, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0177 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement or agreements, contract or contracts, or for the use of existing agreements and/or contracts, for the purchase of software, camera equipment, maintenance, consulting fees, installation, licenses, warranties, accessories in conjunction with the Port Security Project Grant to enhance a digital video camera platform in and around the City of Pittsburgh for the Department of Public Safety, at a cost not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) and providing for the cost thereof. Passed FinallyPass Action details