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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/18/2018 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2018-0885 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend EDWARD “ED” OROSS; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, September 18, 2018, to be “ED OROSS DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0886 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare September 17-September 20, to be “Pittsburgh Fashion Week” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0887 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby celebrate the Allen Place Senior Citizen PROM which will provide the participants with a wonderful night out consisting of dinner, raffles, a live band, and dancing; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Sunday, September 23, 2018 to be “the Allen Place Senior Citizen PROM” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0888 1 ProclamationNOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby honor Ed Graf celebrating his 80th birthday wishing him many, many more along with applauding all the contributions of Ed and Mary Ann in the development of the Priory Hotel, Grand Hall and the community, and Ed’s years of distinguished service and outstanding contributions to the North Side and the City of Pittsburgh having a reach, locally, nationally and internationally. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in celebration and continuation of his birthday, rich contributions and wonderful life, the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare the week of September 18th through the 25th, 2018 to be “HAPPY BIRTHDAY ED GRAF WEEK” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0889 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Prof. Vincent F. Lackner, Sr. for his service to his community, his city, his county, and his country; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, September 22, 2018, to be “Prof. Vincent F. Lackner, Sr. Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0890 1 Will of CouncilNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby denounce the hateful rhetoric and anti-immigrant policies and calls on President Donald J. Trump and his Administration to honor the United States’ commitment to grant asylum to individuals in life-threatening situations, reinstate the Flores Agreement to prevent the indefinite detention of immigrant children, and extend Temporary Protected Status to 300,000+ people in danger of deportation back to dangerous situations; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Will of Council shall be sent to President Donald J. Trump, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, and United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2018-0874 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the amount of Six Thousand Thirty-Eight Dollars and Ninety-Nine Cents ($6,038.99) payable to Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, P.O.Box 826404, Philadelphia, PA 19182-6404, for professional services in connection with a police matter. (Executive Session held 10/3/18)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0875 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Tucker Independent Medical Experts, Inc., 2400 Ansys Dr.,Suite 102, Canonsburg, PA 15317 in an amount not to exceed Three Thousand One Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($3,100.00) for professional services in connection with litigation. (Executive Session held 10/3/18)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0876 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the amount of Sixty-Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($68,852.50) to Pepper Hamilton LLP, Suite 5000, 500 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA l5219 for professional consulting and legal services in relation to False Claims Act litigation. (Executive Session held 10/3/18)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0877 1 ResolutionResolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title 9, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 910, Section 910.01.D.1 to allow JCS Capital LLC on behalf of Pittsburgh Spruce Street Properties, property owner, the transfer of Development Rights from 55 11th Street (parcel 9-P-36) to 316/310 4th Avenue (parcel 1-H-330), zoned “GT-A” and “GT-B” Golden Triangle Subdistricts A and B, 1st and 2nd Wards, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 10/24/18)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0878 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 402 of 2017, effective July 13, 2017, authorizing the Department of Public Safety, Office of Special Events, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. (“P3R”) for providing professional services with regard to the management of the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race (“Great Race”). Said agreement or agreements shall be for a term of three years (2017-2019) at a total cost to the City not to exceed Two Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred and Sixteen Dollars and Ninety Cents ($204,416.90) Sixty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($60,000.00) for 2017, and for each of the years 2018-19, the greater of Sixty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($60,000.00) or 40% of net revenues generated by the Great Race.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0879 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Shallow Creek Kennels, Inc., in the amount of $8,000.00 for the purchase of one canine for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Police.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0880 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Riverfront Residences II at Waterfront Place between its intersection with 16th and 21st Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0881 1 ResolutionResolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Arrott Building Hotel project which will involve the repurposing of the existing 18 story office building into a hotel with a full-service restaurant at street level. The site is located at the northwest corner of the intersection of Wood Street and Fourth Avenue (401 Wood Street), in the 1st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0882 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Deed by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh for the sale of Block 84-B, Lots 172, 240 and 256, in the 8th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, in the East Liberty Neighborhood - S. Beatty Street, Mignonette Street and Tamello Way - Council District No. 9Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0883 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the approval of the 2018 Housing Opportunity Fund Annual Allocation Plan. (Council Districts All).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0884 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements, allowing for compensation paid to PennDot of the local costs associated with the SR400 (N. Dallas Ave/Bennett St) ADA Ramp Project being undertaken by PennDot, and further providing for payment of the cost not to exceed $26,926.00Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2018-0868 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for September 12, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2018-0818 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into a Green Infrastructure Mini-Grant Agreement and a Project and Maintenance Agreement with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority and The Carnegie Library of Knoxville in connection with the installation and maintenance of a Green Infrastructure Project at the Knoxville library branch.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0820 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing issuance of a warrant in the amount of $10,000.00, in favor of The Magee Group, LP c/o Ed Preston, Esquire, The Times Building 336 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 for reimbursement of their property deductible from repair to interior stairwell security/fire doors damaged by city fire personnel on July 27, 2017.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0821 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing issuance of a warrant in the amount of $4,675.00, in favor of Richard A. Valorie, Sr., 1001 Shreve Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 for damage to his parked vehicle from a City of Pittsburgh Public Works salt truck on January 16, 2018.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0869 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for September 12, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2018-0791 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code at Title Five: Traffic, so as to amend Chapter 548: Valet Parking, Section 548.01, Definitions, Section 548.02 License, and Section 548.03 Operating Procedures.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0870 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for September 12, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2018-0344 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 457, effective July 27, 2017, entitled “Authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a Transfer Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”), under which PennDOT will make improvements to and transfer to the City of Pittsburgh portions of State Route 4084 from East Street to the West End Bridge, including Allegheny Circle.” to include State Route 4001, Allegheny Avenue from Reedsdale Street to Western Avenue.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0434 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts, an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, providing for the design, repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection the construction of the West Ohio Street Bridge project; and providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, and necessary utilities; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $4,579,676.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0830 1 ResolutionResolution Authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Program to provide funding for the rehabilitation of the Oliver Bath House. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0831 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Program to provide funding for the rehabilitation of the Jefferson Recreation Center and surrounding park. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0871 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for September 12, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2018-0823 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of iAM HCM Consulting in the amount of $7,500.00 for JD Edwards Human Capital Management training provided to the Department of Human Resources & Civil Service.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0872 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for September 12, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2018-0715 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, by adding Chapter 178E titled “Registered Community Organizations” in order to establish requirements and benefits for community organizations.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0851 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Planning to enter into a Professional Service Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and MCKAY LODGE FINE ARTS CONSERVATION LABORATORY, INC for photodocumentation, test removal of a mosaic section, and accompanying feasibility report for the Mosaic work of Art by Artist Vigil Cantini and owned by the City located between the existing Centre Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard Bridges.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0873 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for September 12, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2018-0824 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Mews on Butler project, located at Butler Street, Harrison Street, Berlin Way, 55th Street, and 56th Street of Pittsburgh, PA, 15201. See attachment for approval of individual addresses.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0826 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the CMU TATA Consultancy Services Building, 4665 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0827 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Paulson Spray Park project which will be located along the south side of Paulson Avenue across from intersection with Dunmore Street, at 1300 Paulson Avenue, Pittsburgh 15206 in the 12th Ward.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0828 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Hill Community Development Corporation, or an entity to be formed, with respect to the sale of Block 10-J, Lot 170, situated in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, -- Council District No. 6 (Residential Rehabilitation).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2018-0829 1 ResolutionResolution approving a Tenancy in Common Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh, Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, and Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, with respect to 420 Boulevard of the Allies.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video