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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/31/2017 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2017-2058 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend Michael Tracy’s decades-long commitment to his City, his community, and his neighbors; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, October 31, to be “Michael Tracy Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2017-2059 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh honors Pitt Make a Difference Day for 10 years of serving the Pittsburgh community and emphasizing the importance of community service for its students, staff, and faculty; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, October 31, 2017 to be “Pitt Make a Difference Day” Day in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2017-2060 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and honor the Allegheny Health Network Cardiovascular Institute for pioneering novel life-enhancing and life-saving cardiovascular surgical procedures and medical therapies while always keeping the patient at the heart of all it does; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Friday, November 3, 2017 to be “Allegheny Health Network Cardiovascular Institute Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2017-2061 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend The African American Women’s Speakers Bureau for empowering women to live without the devastating effects of breast cancer; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday October, 31, 2017, to be “The African American Women’s Speakers Bureau Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2017-2062 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Geraldine Roberta Smith Muyango for being a community resource to families in need and for providing hope to those in distress; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, October 31, 2017, to be “Miss Bert Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2017-2063 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend those who served our country and those who are serving our country and their families with this U.S. Premiere of "All Quiet on the Western Front,” and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, November 4, 2017 to be “PRIME STAGE THEATRE’S ‘ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT DAY’” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2017-2050 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with eGov Solutions, LLC for the provision to replace the business and property tax software systems at a cost not to exceed Four Million Ten Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Dollars and Seventy-Two Cents ($4,010,820.72) over ten years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2017-2051 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for CMU ANSYS Simulation Building, 431 Hamerschlag Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2017-2052 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Addition to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Junction Bloomfield at 5201 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2017-2053 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Director of Public Works to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop a comprehensive and affordable program through which residents can recycle and dispose of electronic and household hazardous waste.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2017-2054 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a two-year professional services agreement or agreements with Cover Your Assets, LLC for a web-based secondary employment scheduling system and services in an amount not-to-exceed Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($350,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2017-2055 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Pittsburgh Collision & Reconstruction Services, LLC, 10 Grandview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214, in an amount not to exceed Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars and 68/100 Cents ($3,129.68) for consultation services in connection with trial appearance and related expenses for USDC #2:16-cv-01364. (Executive Session Held 11-8-17)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2017-2056 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Union Trust Building, 501 Grant St., Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA in an amount not to exceed Eight Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($8,500.00) for a trial transcript in a litigation case. (Executive Session Held 11-8-17)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2017-2057 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor to accept an in kind donation of $150,768.01 from Duquesne Light for the purpose of a permanent exterior lighting installation in honor of the City-County Building’s 100th Anniversary to be debuted on Light Up Night on November 17, 2017, and for the future use of illumination of the building for holidays and various celebrations. In total, the City will receive an exterior lighting system and installation work valued at $150,768.01.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2017-2047 2 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for October 25, 2017 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2017-1950 2 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 816, effective January 2, 2014 by updating the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District. (Public Hearing Held October 18, 2017)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2017-1982 2 ResolutionResolution providing for the conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property, having been placed for sale to adjoining property owners in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh Side Yard Program. ITEMS A through K: A: 270 Lombard, B: 5114 Dearborn, C: 708 Collins, D: 162 Carver, E: 300 Fram, F: 7119 Upland, G: 7121 Upland, H: 320 Renova, [I: 1206 Boyle - DELETE], J: 4042 Vinceton, [K: 0 Dickson - DELETE]Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2017-1995 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the School District of Pittsburgh to acquire all of the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned Property in the 16th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 32-F, Lot 52 for the purpose of reopening the Murray Elementary School located at 800 Rectenwald St.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2017-2039 2 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget” by transferring $40,500 of Neighborhood Needs funding within District 1 Neighborhood Needs for surveillance cameras in Brighton Heights, Brightwood, East Allegheny, Observatory Hill, Spring Hill, and Troy Hill.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2017-2039 2 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget” by transferring $40,500 of Neighborhood Needs funding within District 1 Neighborhood Needs for surveillance cameras in Brighton Heights, Brightwood, East Allegheny, Observatory Hill, Spring Hill, and Troy Hill.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details
2017-2040 2 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution 549, effective September 21, 2012 entitled "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 $40,500 of Neighborhood Needs funding within District 1 Neighborhood Needs for surveillance cameras in Brighton Heights, Brightwood, East Allegheny, Observatory Hill, Spring Hill, and Troy Hill. Total cost of all projects is not to exceed $453,712.38.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2017-2040 2 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution 549, effective September 21, 2012 entitled "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 $40,500 of Neighborhood Needs funding within District 1 Neighborhood Needs for surveillance cameras in Brighton Heights, Brightwood, East Allegheny, Observatory Hill, Spring Hill, and Troy Hill. Total cost of all projects is not to exceed $453,712.38.Passed Finally, As AmendedPass Action details
2017-2048 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for October 25, 2017 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2017-2001 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to grant to Duquesne Light Company permanent utility easement for the installation, use, operation, maintenance, repair, renewal and for the removal of transformers and related facilities on City property located at 611 Second Avenue, a City of Pittsburgh property designated as Block 2-K-135 in the 1st Ward.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2017-2002 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Trek Development Group, 130 7th Street, Suite 300, Pittsburgh PA 15222, their successors and assigns, an encroachment to construct, maintain, own and use at their own cost and expense, an underground transformer vault with steel grating for 731-737 Penn Avenue in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2017-2004 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, The Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for the purpose of providing funds for new tree plantings at the Crafton Trolley Trail, West End Overlook Park and new street trees in various neighborhoods throughout the City of Pittsburgh.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2017-2049 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for October 25, 2017 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details
2017-2000 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Howard Caleb Gamble, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a handicap ramp with handrail and landing at 5120 Penn Avenue in the 10th Ward, Council District Seven of the City of Pittsburgh, USA.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video