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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/24/2012 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2012-0635 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and honor Allegheny General Hospital on being named one of the nation's 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Thomson Reuters; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare July 24, 2012 to be the “AGH 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0636 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and honor Allegheny General Hospital on being named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Thomson Reuters, the only major teaching hospital in the Pittsburgh area named to this select list; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare July 24, 2012 to be the “AGH 100 Top Hospitals Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0637 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, July 24th, 2012, to be Over the Bar Bicycle Day in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0638 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Higher Achievement Pittsburgh for their work to provide high-quality, academically rigorous afterschool and summer programming in support of increasing the proportion of underserved, minority students accessing the Pittsburgh Promise; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare August 3, 2012 “Higher Achievement Olympics of the Mind Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0639 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare July 24, 2012 to be “City Charter High School Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0640 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby honor Margo Lovelace for her undiminished service to the Pittsburgh community, recognizes her inspirational influence on youngsters, students, educators and audiences of many varieties, and commends her for her numerous and diverse artistic accomplishments. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare June 24, 2012, to be “Margo Lovelace Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0641 1 Will of CouncilNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby express support for legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage and provide hope for the one in eight Pittsburgh area residents who currently live in poverty.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0642 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare July 27, 2012 to be “Dr. Richard Wertheimer Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0643 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the important contributions that Dr. James and Pamela Johnson have made to the City of Pittsburgh by enhancing and preserving the City's great cultural traditions; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare July 28, 2012 to be “Dr. James and Pamela Johnson Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0644 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby welcome the International Forum of Visual Practitioners to the City and commend their valuable and innovative work; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare July 24 to July 27, 2012 to be “International Forum of Visual Practitioners Week” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0645 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Tots and Tweeds for its 62 years of service to the community; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare July 31, 2012 to be “Tots and Tweeds Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0628 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 855, effective January 1, 2012, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2012 through 2017 Capital Improvement Program,” by changing the funding sources for the Comprehensive Plan and the Homewood/Brushton Redevelopment projects.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0631 r1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title XI, Historic Preservation, by adding and deleting language.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0632 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 9 of 2002, regarding Living Wage, by deleting language relative to the implementation date. Read and referred  Action details
2012-0584 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all of the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned Property in the 6th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 49-E, Lot 57 (Council District No.7 - residential construction - 167 38th Street).Read and referred  Action details
2012-0627 1 ResolutionResolution Authorizing the Mayor and the Department of Public Works to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, in connection with the rehabilitation and ownership of Fancourt Street Bridge.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0625 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of City Planning to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to support the completion of an study of applying overlays to areas that have historic significance and that are threatened by inappropriate building modifications and demolitions, and are not City-Designated Historic Districts and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0633 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement/s, or use of existing agreements and/or a contract/s, or use of existing contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for City Council Neighborhood Needs Program and providing for the payment of the costs thereof by transferring $1,250 from District 6 Neighborhood Initiative to the Hill Development Corporation in Council District 6 Neighborhood Needs. Total cost of all projects is not to exceed $130,802.79.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2012-0633 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement/s, or use of existing agreements and/or a contract/s, or use of existing contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for City Council Neighborhood Needs Program and providing for the payment of the costs thereof by transferring $1,250 from District 6 Neighborhood Initiative to the Hill Development Corporation in Council District 6 Neighborhood Needs. Total cost of all projects is not to exceed $130,802.79.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0634 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 capital budget and the 2012-2017 Capital Improvement Program” by transferring $1,250 from District 6 Neighborhood Initiative to the Hill Development Corporation in Council District 6 Neighborhood Needs.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2012-0634 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 capital budget and the 2012-2017 Capital Improvement Program” by transferring $1,250 from District 6 Neighborhood Initiative to the Hill Development Corporation in Council District 6 Neighborhood Needs.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0621 1 ResolutionResolution acknowledging the adoption of a Market Based Revenue Opportunity Program authorizing sponsorship and/or commercial advertising opportunities on designated City Assets.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0622 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One: Administrative; Article VII, Procedures, Chapter 161, Contracts, by adding a new Section 161.10, Agreements for Market Based Revenue Opportunity Program.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0623 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article I, Streets and Sidewalks, Chapter 419, Regulated Activities, by revising Chapter 419.04 to permit certain commercial advertising and/or sponsorship recognition on designated City property, MBRO. Read and referred  Action details
2012-0624 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Chapter 919.03, Non-Advertising Signs, Section 919.03N, "Identification Signs not Regulated Above" by adding a new subsection 919.03N(4) to insert use standards for identification signs for sponsors of Parks and Recreation Facilities. Read and referred  Action details
2012-0629 1 CommunicationCommunication from Mary Conturo, Executive Director of the Sports and Exhibition Authority (SEA) submitting the cooperation agreement between the City of Pittsburgh, the Sports and Exhibition Authority(SEA) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) for disbursement of increment tax revenue from new parking spaces at the Civic Arena site, in compliance with Resolution No. 300 of 2012.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2012-0630 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 768, effective January 1, 2010, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2010 Capital Budget and the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2010 through 2015 Capital Improvement Program,” by transferring the Deutschtown Development project's department from Public Works to City Planning.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2012-0630 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 768, effective January 1, 2010, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2010 Capital Budget and the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2010 through 2015 Capital Improvement Program,” by transferring the Deutschtown Development project's department from Public Works to City Planning.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0617 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for July 18, 2012 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2012-0465 a1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a Warrant in the sum of $8,500.00 in favor of Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampi, LLC, c/o Crystal H. Thornton-Illar, 525 William Penn Place, 30th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in full and final settlement of an action filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Bankruptcy Case No. 10-26337-JAD, Adversary Proceeding No. 12-02050 for a Complaint to Avoid and Recover Transfers Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§547,548 and 550. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0588 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 149 of 2012 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 City Council Neighborhood Needs Program; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof ” by providing an additional $3,100 to the Greenfield Portal Project from Council District 5 Neighborhood Needs.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0618 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for July 18, 2012 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2012-0578 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements; providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts; providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the design and construction of Wenzell Avenue/Carnahan Road Intersection; providing for the payment of the costs thereof; not to exceed $500,000 and further providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0579 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 855, effective, January 1, 2012, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2012 through 2017 Capital Improvement Program,” by decreasing the “Architectural Engineering Services” line item by $100,000.00 from $400,000.00 to $300,000.00 and creating the “Wenzell Avenue/Carnahan Road” line item in the amount of $500,000.00 ($100,000.00 BOND/$400,000.00 FHWA.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0580 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements; providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts; providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the design and construction of Brookline Boulevard; providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed $3,750,000.00; and further providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation. Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0581 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Contract or Contracts or the use of existing Contracts; providing for an Agreement or Agreements or for the use of existing Agreements; providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the design and construction of handicap ramps and sidewalks at various city-owned locations throughout the City of Pittsburgh; and further providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed $200,000.00, .Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0619 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic development for July 18, 2012 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2012-0437 2 OrdinanceAmending the Pittsburgh Zoning Code, Title Nine, Article One, Chapter 902 Section 902.03, Zoning District Map No. 5 by changing various zoning district classifications in the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood in accord with Map Pittsburgh: Zoning for your Neighborhood, the city's zoning re-mapping project relative to the city's Urban Zoning Code.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0436 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, to UI, Urban Industrial District, certain property located northwest of the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Frankstown Avenue and identified as Block Number 125-F, Lots Numbered 275, 280 and 285 in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System; 12th Ward.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0589 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012-2017 Capital Improvement Program” by providing an additional $3,100 to the Greenfield Portal Project from Council District 5 Neighborhood NeedsPassed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0620 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for July 18, 2012 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2012-0582 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the filing of an application for federal assistance, as a co-applicant with Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, with the U.S. Economic Development Administration for up to $1,959,500 to construct public works infrastructure required for the Bakery Square 2.0 project. (Council District 8).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0583 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a cooperation agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh designating URA as the City's agent for administration of a $1,959,500 grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to be used to construct public improvements required for the Bakery Square 2.0 project. (Council District 8).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0585 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all of the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned Properties in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 10-P, Lot 192D and Block 10-N, Lots 336, 339, and 345 (Council District No. 6 - Site Assemblage - 14 Elmore Street, 421, 401 Grove Street and 412 Covel Way).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0586 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Homewood Station Senior Housing, L.P., for the Sale of Block 174-N, Lots 182, 186, 187, 188, in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, - Council District No.9 (512-522-524-528-530 N. Homewood Avenue - residential/commercial construction).RECOMMITTEDFail Action details
2012-0586 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Homewood Station Senior Housing, L.P., for the Sale of Block 174-N, Lots 182, 186, 187, 188, in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, - Council District No.9 (512-522-524-528-530 N. Homewood Avenue - residential/commercial construction).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0587 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the execution of a cooperation agreement or agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in which URA will make a grant to the City of $3,000.00 per year for five years to pay maintenance costs of the Washburn Square open space park; cost not to exceed $15,000.00. (Council District 1)Passed FinallyPass Action details