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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/11/2019 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2019-1780 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Rev. Wayne Meyer for his service to the Sheraden Methodist Church and to the neighborhood of Sheraden; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare, Sunday, June 9, 2019 to be “Rev. Wayne Meyer Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2019-1766 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh Ethics Hearing Board to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with DeForest, Koscelnik, Yokitis & Berardinelli, Koppers Building, 30th Floor, 436 Seventh Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional legal services regarding ethics matters in an amount not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($30,000.00). (Executive Session held 6/25/19)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1767 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh Ethics Hearing Board to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Rothman Gordon, P.C., 310 Grant St., 3rd Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional legal services regarding ethics matters in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($15,000.00). (Executive Session held 6/25/19)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1768 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh are hereby authorized to enter into an Amendment or Amendments to extend the existing Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and the County of Allegheny for the Enterprise Resource Planning, by increasing the total amount by Six Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($630,000.00) for continuing support of the JD Edwards ERP system.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1769 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to accept a donation from the Pirates Charities of Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.00) to be deposited into the Public Safety Support Trust Fund.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1770 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Alternative Fuels Incentive grant program to add eight dual hosed electric vehicle charging stations to the Second Avenue fleet lot and not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY ($135,160.00) dollars for this state purpose. The grant requires a 1:1 match from the City of Pittsburgh for this stated purpose for a total project cost of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY ($270,320.00) dollars.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1771 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Alternative Fuels Incentive grant program to purchase nine electric vehicles to be added to the City's fleet and not to exceed SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($67,500.00) dollars for this stated purpose. Supplemental funding for the purchase of the sedans is identified in the 2019 City of Pittsburgh Capital Budget.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1772 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 98-2017 of the Residential Parking Permit Program Area “KK” in the South Side Flats community (Council District #3) pursuant to Pittsburgh Code Chapter 549.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1773 1 ResolutionResolution amending resolution No. 363 of 2018 for the Residential Parking Permit Program area “X” in the Shadyside community (Council District 8) by adding addresses pursuant to Pittsburgh Code Chapter 549.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1774 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 13 of 2019, effective 01-07-2019, entitled, “Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with Consultant(s) and Vendor(s) to assist the City in developing plans and studies to support the development of an Oakland Neighborhood Plan and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, not to exceed $250,000.00” by specifying the consultant team selected for the project and updating the Operating Budget year and account number.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1775 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”) to provide for the rights and obligations of each party with respect to the other, and for payments and capital cooperation between the parties. (Post Agenda & Public Hearing held 7/9/19)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1776 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 43rd Street Townhome at 172 43rd Street, at the recently subdivided parcel number 49-B, Lot 85-2, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1777 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Elmhurst Group, One Bigelow Square, Suite 630, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1778 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto Saddle Properties, 6101 Penn Avenue, No. 201, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15206, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a handicap ramp with handrail at 1016 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in the 1st Ward, in the 6th Council District of City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1779 1 PetitionPetition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to random and excessive bus route and stop changes by the Port Authority of Allegheny County, without notice to residents in the Morningside neighborhood. The Petition is valid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter. (Public Hearing scheduled for 7/17/19)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2019-1713 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Zachary Block to serve as a member of the Commission on Human Relations for a term to expire March 31, 2021.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2019-1719 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Monica Ruiz as a member of the Pittsburgh Equal Opportunity Review Commission with a term to expire April 30, 2022.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2019-1720 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointing Sara Segel as a member of the Pittsburgh Equal Opportunity Review Commission with a term to expire April 30, 2022.ApprovedPass Action details Video Video
2019-1761 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for June 5, 2019 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2019-1690 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of warrant in the total sum of Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred, Fifteen Dollars and Twenty-Two Cents ($7,815.22) in favor of Eileen Papale, 1525 Merrick Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15226, as final settlement related to the action filed with the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations. (Executive Session held 6/4/19)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1762 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for June 5, 2019 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2019-1723 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Freedom Indeed LLC/Reverend Cornell Jones for professional services as a Group Violence Intervention Coordinator at a total cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($327,465.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1763 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for June 5, 2019 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2019-1724 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Developments Greenways, Trails and Recreation Program (GTRP) to provide funding for the renovation of multimodal trails located within South Side Park. The grant proposal includes an ask of $250,000.00 with a local match of $37,500.00 to be funded from the 2020 City of Pittsburgh Capital Budget. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($287,500.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1725 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Developments Greenways, Trails and Recreation Program (GTRP) to provide funding for the planning of the renovation of the Pedestrian Tunnel located in Highland Park. The grant proposal includes an ask of $93,500.00 $139,674.35 with a local match of $16,500.00 $24,651.93 to be funded from the 2020 City of Pittsburgh Capital Budget. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND ($110,000.00) dollars ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX DOLLARS AND TWENTY EIGHT CENTS ($164,326.28) for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1726 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Developments Greenways Trails and Recreation Program (GTRP) to provide funding for the renovation of the Riverview Park Entrance at Mairdale Avenue. The grant proposal includes an ask of $250,000.00 with a local match of $37,500.00 to be funded from the 2020 City of Pittsburgh Capital Budget. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($287,500.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1727 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Pashek + MTR, for the professional landscape architectural services for South Side Park Phase I Design at a cost not to exceed Three Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Ninety Six Dollars (338,096.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1729 1 ResolutionResolution declaring that certain City property, as further provided herein, in Highland Park shall be dedicated to a trail easement and that certain other property be dedicated to a temporary construction easement in order to facilitate development of the Washington Boulevard Trail.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1764 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Innovation, Performance and Asset Management for June 5, 2019 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2019-1733 1 ResolutionResolution requesting authorization for the Mayor and the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (“PLI”) to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Avenu Insights and Analytics to digitize microfiche and aperture cards holding historic permitting data and add them to the Department’s digital library. The Agreement is chargeable and payable from the following account in an amount not to exceed $185,600.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1734 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 840 of 2018, amending Resolution No. 358 of 2017, which had previously amended Resolution 887, effective December 31, 2014, entitled “Authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments to existing agreements to purchase Accela Civic Platform and Accela Citizen Access subscription and cloud hosting services and further authorizing a professional services Agreement with Accela to migrate from self-hosting to a cloud environment hosted by Accela,” so as to extend the contract an additional year until June 30, 2020, and increase the not-to-exceed cost from $906,994 to $1,144,019.08 to $1,269,962.16.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2019-1765 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for June 5, 2019 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2019-1722 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Habitat for Humanity - Bennett Street project, located at 6932, 6936, 6942, and 6946 Bennett Street of Pittsburgh, PA, 15208. See attachment for approval of individual addresses.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video