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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/3/2015 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2015-1280 1 ProclamationNow, Therefore, Be It Resolved, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh, in recognition of Dick LeBeau's outstanding NFL career and of his time as the celebrated Defensive Coordinator of the Pittsburgh Steelers, does hereby extend to him, on behalf of the People of Pittsburgh, our most sincere thanks, admiration, and appreciation. We wish you every happiness and success in your future endeavors; and, Be It Further Resolved, as a token of our love and respect and for your many accomplishments, and for the joy you have brought to the City and People of Pittsburgh, we do hereby declare Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015, through February 28th, 2015 to be “Dick LeBeau Month” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2015-1281 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby recognizes the history and traditions long held by Kribel’s Bakery and its contribution to Pittsburgh’s economic development since 1931, and; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council hereby declares February 3, 2015, “Kribel’s Bakery Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2015-1282 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize William “Bill” T. Cagney as a leader who forged lasting labor - management relationships and partnerships that will be an asset to Local 95 and its members for years to come; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare February 4, 2015 to be the “William “Bill” T. Cagney Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details
2015-1274 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 263 of 2013, effective April 22, 2013, providing for the filing of petitions for the sale of certain properties, acquired at tax sales, in accordance with Act No. 171 of 1984, entitled, “Second Class City Treasurer Sale and Collection Act”, effective December 11, 1984, so as to repeal Item D: 6945 Hamilton Avenue.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1275 1 ResolutionResolution establishing the Safer Together Pittsburgh Committee to create a stronger, more productive relationship between the City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety and the Community.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1266 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 $800,000 for the 3 Crossings: Intermodal Garage project. (Council District 7)Read and referred  Action details
2015-1267 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant of up to $800,000 for the 3 Crossings: Intermodal Garage project. (Council District 7)Read and referred  Action details
2015-1268 1 ResolutionResolution Approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and City of Asylum Pittsburgh, for the Sale of Block 23-L, Lot 80 in Redevelopment Area No. 51, in the 22nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh - Council District No.6 (Commercial and Residential Development - 32-44 W. North Avenue).Read and referred  Action details
2015-1269 1 ResolutionResolution Authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, the County of Allegheny and the School District of Pittsburgh providing for the funding and/or financing, monitoring, implementation and termination of the Lower Hill Local Economic Revitalization Tax District. (Council District 6)Read and referred  Action details
2015-1278 1 ResolutionResolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of restaurant liquor license, License No. R-14437, LID-59576 from 1313 Saloon, Inc., 1313 Kennedy Avenue, Duquesne, PA 15110 to the Applicant, The CocoRico Corp., 139 41st Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201 for the premises located at 3718-20 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, restaurant known as “Round Corner Cantina”, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1276 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administration, Chapter 170 Fees, so as to add language in Section 170.01 to create a formal process for setting an annual fee schedule for all city departments.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1277 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 31 of December 2014 entitled, “Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption; Section 263.02, Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, subsection (a), Discount in advance, subsection (c), Interest for late payments, and subsection (d), Due dates for tax year 2015 only, to reflect the payment, discount and delinquent dates for the year 2015” by extending the two percent discount period for payment of City of Pittsburgh, School District of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Library Real Estate taxes from February 10 to February 28, 2015."Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details
2015-1277 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 31 of December 2014 entitled, “Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption; Section 263.02, Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, subsection (a), Discount in advance, subsection (c), Interest for late payments, and subsection (d), Due dates for tax year 2015 only, to reflect the payment, discount and delinquent dates for the year 2015” by extending the two percent discount period for payment of City of Pittsburgh, School District of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Library Real Estate taxes from February 10 to February 28, 2015."Read and referred  Action details
2015-1261 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of $4,950.00 to Rothman Gordon, P.C., 310 Grant Street - Third Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for mediation services related to The United States, et al. vs. City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1262 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the sum of $3,244.00, in favor of Noreen A. Re, 415 County Office Building, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, for payment of professional services rendered.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1263 1 ResolutionResolution Providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Seven Thousand Two Hundred Four Dollars ($7,204.00) in favor of Carole Katz, LLC, 411 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1425, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1905 for Mediation Services provided in an action filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at C.A. No 2:13-cv-1900 and charging same to 11101.58.58105.108000.2015.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1264 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Three Thousand Six Hundred Eight Dollars and Ninety-One Cents ($3,608.91) in favor of William J. Miller, Esquire, 106 Rampart Lane, Ligonier, PA 15658 for arbitration services and charging same to 11101.58.58105.108000.2015.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1270 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Section 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements by amending the schedule of exemptions in Section 265.03 as such schedule applies to properties located within the Lower Hill District (as hereafter defined).Read and referred  Action details
2015-1271 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Section 267, Exemptions for Industrial and Commercial Improvements by amending the schedule of exemptions in Section 267.03 as such schedule applies to properties located within the Lower Hill District (as hereafter defined).Read and referred  Action details
2015-1265 1 ResolutionResolution Further amending Resolution No.796, effective, January 1, 2014, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2014 Capital Budget and the 2014 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2014 through 2018 Capital Improvement Program,” by increasing the “Park Reconstruction” line item by $50,144 from $870,000.00 to $920,144.00.Read and referred  Action details
2015-1272 1 CommunicationCommunication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting a Fiscal Audit of the Schenley Park Skating Rink, dated January, 2015.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2015-1273 1 CommunicationCommunication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting a Fiscal Audit of the Witness Protection Program Imprest Fund, January, 2015.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2015-1279 1 Appointment-InformingResolution appointing Kathleen Kennedy, to serve as a Member of the Personnel Appeals Board.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2015-1255 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for January 28, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2015-1208 2 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 74, effective February 29, 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 transferring $83,008.42 to East Liberty Development Inc for the purpose of hiring a consultant and doing minor capital projects. Total of all projects is not to exceed $264,758.42.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1256 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for January 28, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2015-1201 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Citizen Police Review Board to enter into an Agreement(s) or Contract(s) with Attorney Elizabeth F. Collura, Senior Attorney of Clark Hill, PLC, for professional services to assist in the legal representation of the Citizen Police Review Board for a period of Three years. Said Agreement(s) or Contract(s) shall not exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per year subject to the annual allocation by City Council.AMENDEDPass Action details
2015-1201 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Citizen Police Review Board to enter into an Agreement(s) or Contract(s) with Attorney Elizabeth F. Collura, Senior Attorney of Clark Hill, PLC, for professional services to assist in the legal representation of the Citizen Police Review Board for a period of Three years. Said Agreement(s) or Contract(s) shall not exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per year subject to the annual allocation by City Council.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details
2015-1257 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for January 28, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2015-1178 1 ResolutionResolution calling on the Director of the Department of Personnel to Enact a Paid Parental Leave benefit for City Employees.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1258 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for January 28, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2014-1122 3 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Chapter 902.01.D, by adding SP-11, Lower Hill; Article IV, Chapter 909.01, SP, Specially Planned District by creating a new district to be identified as “SP-11 Lower Hill Planned Development District” including rules and regulations, and modifications to requirements of all SP districts; Article IV, 914.04 by adding the SP-11 District to the table of Parking Exempt Areas; Article VII, Chapter 922, to eliminate the minimum size requirement for Final Land Development Plans, and by amending the City of Pittsburgh Zoning Map by changing from GT-E, Golden Triangle Subdistrict E, to SP-11/Lower Hill a property approximately 42 acres consisting of the former Civic Arena site that is generally bounded by Bigelow Boulevard and Bedford Avenue to the north, Crawford Street to the east, Centre Avenue and Fifth Avenue to the south, and Washington Place and Chatham Square to the west.AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTEPass Action details
2014-1122 3 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Chapter 902.01.D, by adding SP-11, Lower Hill; Article IV, Chapter 909.01, SP, Specially Planned District by creating a new district to be identified as “SP-11 Lower Hill Planned Development District” including rules and regulations, and modifications to requirements of all SP districts; Article IV, 914.04 by adding the SP-11 District to the table of Parking Exempt Areas; Article VII, Chapter 922, to eliminate the minimum size requirement for Final Land Development Plans, and by amending the City of Pittsburgh Zoning Map by changing from GT-E, Golden Triangle Subdistrict E, to SP-11/Lower Hill a property approximately 42 acres consisting of the former Civic Arena site that is generally bounded by Bigelow Boulevard and Bedford Avenue to the north, Crawford Street to the east, Centre Avenue and Fifth Avenue to the south, and Washington Place and Chatham Square to the west.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details
2015-1209 2 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 $80,080.67 83,008.42 to East Liberty Development Inc for the purpose of hiring a consultant and doing minor capital projects.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1213 2 ResolutionResolution creating an Affordable Housing Task Force to assess the current and projected future landscape of housing affordability in the City of Pittsburgh, evaluate current programs and initiatives to produce new affordable units and preserve existing ones, and make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council to create new programs and initiatives and/or expand existing ones to promote mixed-income development in neighborhoods across the city and ensure a vibrant mix of housing options for people of all income levels.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1259 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Performance and Asset Management for January 28, 2015 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2015-1203 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Innovation and Performance and/or the Director of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Accela to renew the City’s existing Right of Way Management license subscription and maintenance support services (formerly purchased through Envista).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1260 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for January 28, 2015 with an Affirmatiave Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2015-1190 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Hamburg Hall Addition & Renovations at 4800 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1191 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for SKYVUE at 3333 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1204 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Penn Mathilda Apartments, 4812, 4816, 4824, 4828 and 4836 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1205 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Oxford Development Company, or an entity to be formed, for the Sale of Parcel 1-2 West, (Block 11-S, Lot 44) in the Fourth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh -- Technology Drive - Council District No. 6 - in Pittsburgh Technology Center (commercial construction).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1206 1 ResolutionResolution Approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and AHI Development, Inc., or an entity to be formed, with respect to the sale of Block 56-F, Lots 111, 113, 114, 115 and 325, situated in the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh - Council District No. 5 (4847-4835 2nd Avenue).Passed FinallyPass Action details
2014-0949 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Immanuel Church, located at 1000 Madison Avenue (AKA 810 Tripoli Street), block and lot number 24-J-229-0000-01/02, in the 23rd Ward, City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details
2015-1277 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 31 of December 2014 entitled, “Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property Taxes; Chapter 263, Real Property Tax and Exemption; Section 263.02, Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, subsection (a), Discount in advance, subsection (c), Interest for late payments, and subsection (d), Due dates for tax year 2015 only, to reflect the payment, discount and delinquent dates for the year 2015” by extending the two percent discount period for payment of City of Pittsburgh, School District of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Library Real Estate taxes from February 10 to February 28, 2015."Passed FinallyPass Action details