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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/13/2012 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2012-0940 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and honor the Allegheny General Hospital Diabetes Committee, the Joslin Diabetes Center at West Penn Hospital, the American Diabetes Association and the Pennsylvania Diabetes Action Partnership for their commitment towards increasing diabetes awareness; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby proclaim Wednesday, November 14, 2012, to be “World Diabetes Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0941 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend the Highmark Caring Place for its focused and compassionate mission to help grieving children and for its efforts to promote Children's Grief Awareness Day so that all grieving children can receive support at all levels in the community. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, November 15, 2012, to be “CHILDREN'S GRIEF AWARENESS DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0942 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and honor Alan Perry for the important work and dedicated contributions supporting the young people in the community of, and does hereby declare November 16, 2012, to be "Alan D. Perry Day" in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2012-0932 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Seven Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-One Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($7,281.25) to Marc S. Itskowitz, M.D., 1307 Federal Street, Suite 304, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 for professional services rendered in the civil action filed at GD 10-018368 in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, and arising from an alleged incident on February 06, 2010 in the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0934 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 146, effective March 26, 2012, entitled “Authorizing the filing of an application for federal assistance with the U.S. Department of Transportation for up to $17,000,000 in TIGER IV funds for the development and construction of the East Liberty Transit Center/Transit Oriented Development project” to authorize the Mayor to appoint a designee to file the application. (Council District 8)Read and referred  Action details
2012-0935 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 145, effective March 26, 2012, entitled “Authorizing a Cooperation Agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh designating URA as the City's agent for administration of a TIGER IV Grant in an amount up to $17,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation for the development and construction of the East Liberty Transit Center/Transit Oriented Development project” by reducing the amount of the grant to $15,000,000, adding an account number and authorizing the Acting Executive Director of URA to sign documents. (Council District 8)Read and referred  Action details
2012-0937 1 ResolutionResolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of restaurant liquor license, License No. R-9960, from Chick's Grill, LLC, 3711 Walnut Street, McKeesport, PA 15132 to Applicant Nicky's Thai Kitchen III, Inc., 1631 Allegheny Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15233; into the premises to be known as Nicky's Thai Kitchen III, Inc., 903 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0933 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh's Department of Public Works to assume responsibility for the year round maintenance, repair, and future alterations of facilities constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as part of the PA 51 West Carson Street Viaduct and Roadway Improvement Project. Read and referred  Action details
2012-0938 1 ResolutionResolution vacating Annan Way between North Homewood Avenue and Zenith Way in the 13th, Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2012-0938 1 ResolutionResolution vacating Annan Way between North Homewood Avenue and Zenith Way in the 13th, Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0939 1 OrdinanceOrdinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Ten - Building, Chapter 1001 - Scope, Intent, and Application by adding a new Section, 1001.11 Special Abatement Actions, outlining additional actions that the Chief of the Bureau of Building Inspection may take to alert the public to Property Maintenance Code violations at properties in the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2012-0931 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution authorizing the appointment of 30 members to the HIV/AIDS Commission.ApprovedPass Action details
2012-0936 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution authorizing the appointment of Howard (Joe) Brown, 1129 Woodland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, as a Member of the Citizens Police Review Board (CPRB) for a term to expire October 31, 2013. (Mr. Brown is replacing Thomas Kolano.) Held, Pending InterviewPass Action details
2012-0821 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution authorizing the appointment of Paul Homick, 3755 Baytree Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15214, as a member of the Citizen Police Review Board for a term to expire on October 31, 2013. Mr. Homick is replacing Deborah Whitfield. (City Council Seat #4)ApprovedPass Action details
2012-0930 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for November 5, 2012 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2012-0888 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with the Minority Education Labor Agency to provide pre-apprentice training in the construction trades to individuals from under represented ethnic groups to assist in improving entry level positions in the labor unions. The cost thereof is not to exceed $50,000.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0890 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 Neighborhood Business and Economic Development and the Homewood/Brushton Redevelopment projects within the URA.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2012-0943 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for November 14, 2012 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2012-0938 1 ResolutionResolution vacating Annan Way between North Homewood Avenue and Zenith Way in the 13th, Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details