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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/8/2008 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2008-0575 1 ResolutionResolution approving an Amended 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 University of Pittsburgh entitled "Proposed Institutional Master Plan Update" dated April 7, 2008 on property zoned EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, 4th and 5th Wards.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2008-0575 1 ResolutionResolution approving an Amended 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 University of Pittsburgh entitled "Proposed Institutional Master Plan Update" dated April 7, 2008 on property zoned EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, 4th and 5th Wards.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0576 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from RP, Residential Planned Unit Development District and P, Parks District to EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, all that certain property identified as Block Number 11 - C, Lot Number 100 - 1 in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 5th Ward.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2008-0576 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from RP, Residential Planned Unit Development District and P, Parks District to EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, all that certain property identified as Block Number 11 - C, Lot Number 100 - 1 in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 5th Ward.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0578 1 ResolutionResolution approving a Conditional Use under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.64 to the Board of Public Education, School District of Pittsburgh for authorization to construct a three-story, 43,000 sq. ft. extension and interior renovations to Concord Elementary School located at 2350 Brownsville Rd. on property zoned R1D-L, Residential Single -Unit Detached Low Density District, 29th Ward.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2008-0578 1 ResolutionResolution approving a Conditional Use under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.64 to the Board of Public Education, School District of Pittsburgh for authorization to construct a three-story, 43,000 sq. ft. extension and interior renovations to Concord Elementary School located at 2350 Brownsville Rd. on property zoned R1D-L, Residential Single -Unit Detached Low Density District, 29th Ward.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0577 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the City of Pittsburgh's endorsement and support of the Planning Department's grant application for Preserve America funds to assist the completion of a Cultural Heritage Plan as a component to the City's Comprehensive Plan.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0579 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 256, effective April 26, 2000, as amended, entitled "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 the Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 9; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," by adding $37,517.05 to the Poise Foundation-Hope Fund and by making various other adjustments in Council District 9. Total of all projects is not to exceed $1,000,000.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0580 1 ResolutionResolution further 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 adding $2,398.79 to the Poise Foundation- Hope Fund in Council District 9.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0581 1 ResolutionResolution amending resolution No. 181, effective April 5, 2000, entitled “Providing for an Agreement or Agreements by and between the City of Pittsburgh and the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania to conduct a veterinary technician training program as part of the Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 9 at a cost not to exceed $68,000.00, and providing for the payment thereof” by reducing the pre-encumbrance by $24,716.48 from $68,000 to $43,283.52.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0582 1 ResolutionResolution further 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 adding $2,398.79 to the Poise Foundation-Hope Fund and by adjusting various projects in Council District 9.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0583 1 ResolutionResolution amending and supplementing Resolution No. 861, effective January 1, 2000, as amended, entitled: “Adopting and approving the 2000 Capital Budget and the 2000 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2000 through 2005 Capital Improvement Program, by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2000 Capital Budget amendments” by adding $37,517.05 to the Poise Foundation-Hope Fund, and by making various other adjustments in Council District 9.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0571 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Heartland Restaurant Group, LLC, 115 Federal Street, Suite 210, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (Dunkin Donuts), their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, awnings, lighting and business identification signs over the sidewalk areas of 119 Forbes Avenue and Market Place in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0572 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto University of Pittsburgh, 124 Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, an electric ductbank for telecom lines and steam line on the right-of-ways of Thackeray Avenue and O'Hara Street in the 4th Ward, 8th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0573 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Community Builders, Inc. 201 S. Highland Avenue, Suite 201 Pittsburgh, PA 15206, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, building façade additions for 5801 Penn Avenue in the 11th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0574 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a portion of S. 29th Street between E. Carson Street and Carey Way in the 16th Ward, 3rd Council District, of the City of Pittsburgh. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0584 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 258, effective April 26, 2000, as amended, entitled "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 the Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 1; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof," by adjusting various projects in Council District 1. The total amount of all projects is not to exceed $1,000,000.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0585 1 ResolutionResolution amending and supplementing Resolution No. 861, effective January 1, 2000, as amended, entitled: “Adopting and approving the 2000 Capital; and approving the 2000 through 2005 Capital Improvement Program, by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2000 Capital Budget amendments,” by adding Observatory Hill Youth Association, $5,000 and by reducing “District 1 Community Organizational Support” by the same amount and by adjusting various projects in Council District 1.Read and referred  Action details
2008-0586 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article XIII Trees, Chapter 483 - Care and Maintenance, by adding a new section, § 483.05, entitled, “Hazardous Trees in Public Areas,” and renumbering subsequent sections, and also amending Chapter 487 - Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission, § 487.06 “Powers and Duties of Commission” by requiring additional information on the annual report. Read and referred  Action details
2008-0566 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for July 2, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0525 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) to Petition the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to sell a certain lot (“Property”), now part of Highland Park, to Michael Gallagher and Angela Scolieri Gallagher, his wife (“Buyers”), for the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00), or upon such other terms and conditions as the Court may authorize and/or direct.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0535 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with Gentile-Meinert & Associates, Inc., a Professional Corporation for professional services in connection with the investigation of Complaints filed before the City of Pittsburgh Ethics Board, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed $10,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0567 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for July 2, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0537 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 computer hardware, software and in-car video equipment, maintenance, installation, professional services, licenses, warranties, accessories and training in conjunction with the installation of enhancement or implementation of automated systems for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police, at a cost not to exceed one hundred thirty five thousand dollars ($135,000) and for the purchase of specialty vehicles at a cost not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) and providing for the cost thereof. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0568 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for July 2, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0522 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No.759, effective December 18, 2006, as amended, entitled: “Adopting and approving the 2007 Capital Budget and the 2007 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2007 through 2012 Capital Improvement Program,” by adjusting various line-items to reflect additional funding available under the Emergency Shelter Grant program.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0538 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 308, effective June 13, 2008, entitled: Resolution 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 benefit of residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $555,000.00, so as to add the Mayor's Office ULO Projects and increase the amount to 800,000.00 (+245,000.00)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0539 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 313, effective June 13, 2008, entitled: Resolution 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 2008 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 add the Mayor's ULO projects.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0569 1 ReportReport of the Committee on General and Government Services for July 2, 2008 with an Affirmatiave Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0540 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the creation of the Green Initiative Trust Fund (GITF) and setting conditions for the deposit and expenditure of such funds.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0570 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for July 2, 2008 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2008-0543 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to execute on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh the first amendment to the Sewer Services Agreement dated June 1, 1971, which was entered into by and among City of Pittsburgh, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) and Robinson Township.RECOMMITTEDPass Action details
2008-0523 1 ResolutionResolution 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 of up to $5,600,000 for the Market Square Place project. (Council District 6)Passed FinallyPass Action details
2008-0524 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with URA's application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant of up to $5,600,000 for the Market Square Place project. (Council District 6)Passed FinallyPass Action details