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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/3/2011 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2011-1681 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby honor the contributions and achievements of Brad Livezey; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare May 14, 2011 “Brad Livezey Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1682 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby honor the efforts and achievements of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare May 3, 2011 “Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1683 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, May 3, 2011, National Teacher Appreciation Day in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1684 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Friday, May 20, 2011 to be “Take Your Father to School Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1685 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Grandma B's Restaurant on their one year anniversary and for the continuous work they do on behalf of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh by opening and running a long missed asset in the Hill District - a soul satisfying sit down restaurant.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1686 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend and congratulate Michael Dunleavy on being named Labor's 2011 Man of the Year by the Allegheny County Labor Council, and does hereby declare May 6, 2011, to be “Michael R. Dunleavy Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1687 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, May 3, 2011, Pennsylvania-Delaware Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture Day in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1688 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Thursday, May 5, 2011, to be “The Day of Prayer” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1689 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby praise the work Carl Sellers does for the Head Start children at Martin Luther King Elementary School trying to keep them on the straight and narrow at such a young age, showing them his love and that someone cares for them, and does declare Tuesday, May 3, 2011, to be “Carl Sellers Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1690 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby commends Speaking of… and its founders for bringing spoken word art, to Pittsburgh and the North Side and does declare Tuesday, May 3, 2011 “Speaking of…Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1691 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend and congratulate Kathy Jellison on being named Labor's 2011 Woman of the Year by the Allegheny County Labor Council.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1692 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare April 28, 2011, to be “Los Muñequitos De Matanzas Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1693 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Wednesday, May 4, 2011, to be “DOTTIE GRINBERG DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1694 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare April 26, 2011, to be “MARCELLUS SHALE PROTEST DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1695 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Wednesday, May 4, 2011, to be “SUSAN NITZBERG DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1696 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Friday, April 29, 2011 to be “FOP Fort Pitt Lodge #1 Retirees Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2011-1673 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to execute a Declaration of Covenants to document the City's responsibility to maintain improvements in Allegheny Commons Park. Read and referred  Action details
2011-1674 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Project, Maintenance, and License Agreement with the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh to provide capital improvements/renovations and specified subsequent maintenance to Allegheny Public Square. Read and referred  Action details
2011-1675 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy to renew and extend the term of the current Cooperation Agreement. Read and referred  Action details
2011-1676 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Parks and Recreation and Public Works to enter into a Project and License Agreement with the Mount Washington Community Development Corporation to benefit Emerald View Park by providing capital improvements in the form of trail construction and development.Read and referred  Action details
2011-1677 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Cooperation and License Agreement with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to provide stewardship, improvements, and maintenance assistance for Market Square (Park Area). Read and referred  Action details
2011-1678 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Solara Ventures, IV, LLC 30 Weatherfield Drive, Suite 217, Newtown, PA 18940 their, successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a handicap ramp, canopy and trees on the right-of-ways of 2434 Smallman Street and 25th Street in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. Read and referred  Action details
2011-1679 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the Emergency Shelter Grant Program for fiscal year 2011.Read and referred  Action details
2011-1671 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for April 27, 2011 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2011-1633 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of D'Appolonia Engineering Division of Ground Technology, Inc., 275 Center Road, Monroeville, PA 15146, in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Five Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($2,355.25) for professional engineering consulting services in connection with the Blair v. City of Pittsburgh litigation. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2011-1672 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for April 27, 2011 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2011-1634 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a license agreement with the Friends of the Riverfront to construct and maintain a kayak rack and launch facility along the right bank of the Monongahela River at Duck Hollow. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2011-1697 1 Will of CouncilNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend the Sierra Club for their ongoing advocacy for clean air and public health; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby support the EPA's proposed emission standards for mercury and other air toxics. AdoptedPass Action details