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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/7/2016 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2016-0485 1 ProclamationBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare June 13 - June 20, 2016, to be “BOB FORD WEEK” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2016-0486 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize, commend and congratulate the United States Golf Association on the occasion of the 2016 U.S. Open at the Oakmont Country Club and congratulates the Oakmont Country Club for hosting and holding the U.S. Open at its world renowned facility; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare June 13 - June 19, 2016, to be “U.S. OPEN WEEK” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2016-0487 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend the Delta Foundation of Pittsburgh for organizing the Pittsburgh Pride celebrations and for their work to secure tolerance in our hearts and equality in our laws in the Pittsburgh region; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare June 3rd-12th, 2016 to be "Pittsburgh Pride Week" in the City of Pittsburgh.Adopted  Action details Video Video
2016-0488 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend the Central Baptist Church for its long and distinctive service to the community; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare June 6, 2016 to be “Central Baptist Church Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.Adopted  Action details Video Video
2016-0489 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Commander Ragland, and his detective team, Detectives Jeffrey Brock, Michael Mares, Dawn Mercurio, Eric Morton and Acting Detective David Derbish for their unselfish work and for putting their lives at risk for the residents of the City of Pittsburgh; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, June 7, 2016, to be “Zone 6 Plainclothes Detectives’ Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.Adopted  Action details Video Video
2016-0490 1 ProclamationNOW, THERFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the valuable contributions of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and its integral role in advancing Pittsburgh’s technological renaissance; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare June 9, 2016 to be “Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 30th Anniversary Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.Adopted  Action details Video Video
2016-0491 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Maurice Reid on the occasion of his 93rd birthday for his long and distinctive service to his church and his community; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Sunday, June 5, 2016 to be “Maurice Reid Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.Adopted  Action details Video Video
2016-0492 1 Will of CouncilNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby call upon the City of Pittsburgh to rename Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill and Greenfield “Matt Murray Avenue” for Thursday, June 9, 2016 in honor of Game Five of the Stanley Cup.Adopted  Action details Video Video
2016-0470 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a purchase by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property in lieu of condemnation/eminent domain.Read and referredPass Action details Video Video
2016-0471 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a portion of two cul-de-sacs on Larimer Avenue (near Stanton and Kalida) in the 11th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2016-0472 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Municipal Code Corporation in the amount of $4,847.58 in payment for services in connection with the codification of Ordinances.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2016-0473 1 CommunicationCommunication from John H. Patterson, Executive Director of Pittsburgh Community Television Corporation, submitting PCTV’s 2015 Annual Report.Read, Received and Filed  Action details Video Video
2016-0474 1 CommunicationCommunication from City Controller Michael Lamb, submitting the City of Pittsburgh Capital Projects Accounting Close and Report, dated May 31, 2016, in accordance with Ordinance 29 of 2010.Read, Received and Filed  Action details Video Video
2016-0479 1 CommunicationCommunication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting a Performance Audit of the First Vehicle Services Fleet Management and Maintenance, dated May 2016.Read, Received and Filed  Action details Video Video
2016-0480 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution Re-appointing Erin R. Conley 510 Suismon Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, as a Commissioner of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission of the City of Pittsburgh for a term to expire on May 31, 2020.Held, Pending Interview  Action details Video Video
2016-0481 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing James H. Myers, Jr. 33 Perry Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, as a Commissioner of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission of the City of Pittsburgh for a term to expire on May 31, 2020.Held, Pending Interview  Action details Video Video
2016-0482 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Akiesha R. Gilerist 300 Liberty Avenue, Apt. 1518, Pittsburgh PA 15222, as a Commissioner of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission of the City of Pittsburgh for a term to expire on May 31, 2020.Held, Pending Interview  Action details Video Video
2016-0483 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Wendell D. Hissrich, 1121 Frick Lane, Pittsburgh PA 15217, as a Secretary to the Mayor on the Equipment Leasing Authority Board of the City of Pittsburgh for a term to expire on June 15, 2021.Approved  Action details Video Video
2016-0484 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Robert W. Farrow, 4929 Coleridge Street, Pittsburgh PA 15201, as Chief of Emergency Medical Services.Held, Pending Interview  Action details Video Video
2016-0475 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for June 1, 2016 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2016-0387 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 219: Operating Budget by adding section 219.07: Fiscal Impact Statements, so as to codify budgetary policies relating to legislative and executive initiatives.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0430 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Fifteen Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($15,850.00) in favor of Stacee Carlett Diggs, and her attorneys, Cynthia M. Porta-Clark, Esquire, and Porta-Clark & Ward, LLC, 100 Fleet Street, Suite 101, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15220 regarding an incident on or about January 10, 2011.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0431 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($125,000.00), in favor of Jordan Miles and Joel Sansone, his attorney, c/o Joel Sansone, Law Offices of Joel Sansone, Three Gateway Center, Suite 1700, 401 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in Full and Final Settlement of an action filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:10-cv-001135.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0432 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Corporation for National and Community Service to maintain the City’s AmeriCorps VISTA program for the 2016-2017 term. Total cost not to exceed $23,352.00Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0476 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for June 1, 2016 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2016-0369 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a License Agreement or Agreements with The Kingsley Association for the use of The Kingsley Center Pool by City residents; and shall be at a cost not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($15,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0433 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Project Cooperation Agreement with Tree Pittsburgh for the purpose of supporting Tree Pittsburgh’s efforts to promote and advance the City of Pittsburgh’s Urban Forest Master Plan.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0477 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for June 1, 2016 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2016-0354 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 607, effective September 22, 2015, 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 the residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $513,000.00, so as to reprogram funds within the Mayor’s Office from: “Homewood Renaissance Association” (-$10,00.00); “Light of Life Ministries” (-$5,000.00); and transfer these funds to “Kingsley Association” (+$15,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0355 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No.160, effective April 7, 2016, entitled: 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 2011 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 reprogram funds within the Mayor’s Office from: “Operation Better Block” (-$5,000.00) and transfer these funds to “Kingsley Association” (+$5,000.00)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0356 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 476, effective July 16, 2015, 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 behalf of residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $800,000.00; so as to reprogram funds in the Mayor’s Office from: “Operation Better Block” (-$5,000.00), and transfer these funds to “Kingsley Association” (+$5,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0357 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 162, effective April 7, 2016, entitled: Amending the Capital Budget and 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 2012 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 reprogram funds within the Mayor’s Office from: “Operation Better Block” (-$5,000.00); and transfer these funds to “Kingsley Association” (+$5,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0358 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 192, Effective April 9, 2015, entitled: “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, so as to reprogram funds within the Mayor’s Office from: “Operation Better Block’(-$5,000.00); and transfer these funds to “Kingsley Association (+$5,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0359 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 167, effective April 7, 2016, 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 2014 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 reprogram funds within the Mayor’s Office from: “Homewood Renaissance Assoc.” (-$10,000.00); “Operation Better Block” (-$10,000.00); “Light of Life Ministries” (-$5,000.00); and transfer these funds to “Kingsley Association” (+$25,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0360 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 168, effective April 7, 2016, 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 the residents of the City of Pittsburgh, at a cost not to exceed $540,000.00, so as to reprogram funds within the Mayor’s Office from: “Homewood Renaissance Assoc.” (-$10,000.00); “Operation Better Block” (-$10,000.00); “Light of Life Ministries” (-$5,000.00); and transfer these funds to “Kingsley Association” (+$25,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0361 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 169, effective April 7, 2016, 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 2015 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 reprogram funds within the Mayor’s Office from: “Homewood Renaissance Association” (-$10,00.00); “Light of Life Ministries” (-$5,000.00); and transfer these funds to “Kingsley Association” (+$15,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2016-0478 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Urban Recreation for June 1, 2016 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and Filed  Action details
2016-0429 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to support the Park Ranger Grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to provide a two-year support of a collaborative effort with Student Conservation Association to add a seasonal park ranger team and further providing for an agreements and expenditures not to exceed seven hundred thousand ($700,000) dollars over a two-year period for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video