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Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/11/2019 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2019-2381 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to accept a donation from The Heinz Endowments of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) to assist the City of Pittsburgh Office of the Mayor with membership to the Gun Safety Consortium.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2382 1 ResolutionResolution providing for Agreement(s) or Contract(s), or use of existing Agreement(s) or Contract(s) with Neighborhood Allies for the purpose of providing neighborhood and community development services; and providing for the payment at a cost thereof, not to exceed $140,000.00.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2383 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One: Administration Article XI Human Resources, Chapter 192 Pensions, Municipal Benefit Plan No 2. Section 192.26 Pension Allowance by adding 192.26 (p) eliminating the Social Security Offset for non-union employee members who are Elected Officials.Held in CommitteePass Action details
2019-2389 1 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 the remaining $162,694.25 from the completed Beechwood Blvd/Brownshill Road project to the Bob O’Connor golf clubhouse.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2396 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget” by transferring a total of $33,372.46 within District 1 Neighborhood Needs to Allegheny West ($5,000), Historic Deutschtown Development Corp ($10,000), Northside Leadership Conference ($12,000), Spring Hill Civic League ($5,500), and Public Safety-AEDs ($872.46).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2397 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution 549 of 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 $33,372.46 remaining within District 1 Neighborhood Needs to new projects and renaming existing projects.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2400 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution number 797 of 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget” in order to transfer $250,000 from Council Community Funds to the URA’s Microfinance program.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2213 1 ResolutionResolution establishing the City of Pittsburgh All-In Cities Leadership Forum. (Post Agenda and Public Hearing held 12/5/19)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2214 1 ResolutionResolution Recognizing Racism as a Public Health Crisis. (Post Agenda and Public Hearing held 12/5/19)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2215 1 ResolutionResolution establishing the All-In Cities Investment Fund. (Post Agenda and Public Hearing held 12/5/19)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2225 1 ResolutionResolution transferring the amount of $150,000 from the Office of Management and Budget’s Operating Budget, JDE Account 11101.102200.53.53101.2019, to the Workforce Development Fund, Job Number 0222806700, Fund 28067, Budget Year 2019.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2263 2 ResolutionResolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2020.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2019-2263 2 ResolutionResolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2020.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2019-2264 2 ResolutionResolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2019-2264 2 ResolutionResolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2019-2265 2 ResolutionResolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2020 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2019-2265 2 ResolutionResolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2020 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2019-2276 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Tax, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2020.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2277 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2020.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2278 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and delinquent dates for the 2020 fiscal year.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2279 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Section 263.01: Levy and Rate on Lands and Buildings, by fixing the rate of taxation for 2020.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2281 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2020 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2331 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the amount of Sixteen Thousand Dollars ($16,000.00), in favor of Robert Aldred and his attorney, Todd J. Hollis, Esquire, TODD J. HOLLIS LAW, The Pittsburgher, 428 Forbes Avenue, Suite 505, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 in full and final settlement of a litigation filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. (Executive Session held 12/10/19)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2355 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from Living Cities to support the City’s work with the City Accelerator’s Retake: Inclusive Procurement Cohort and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2356 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing eighty-two (82) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services in twelve (12) categories of work on an on-call basis as required related to the assessment, design, construction, and maintenance of the City’s infrastructure, buildings, and lands as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed two million and five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) annually for a two (2) year term with up to two additional one year options, and providing for funding of the costs thereof.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2019-2357 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing one-hundred twenty-six (126) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide professional services in twenty-two (22) categories of work on an on-call basis as required related to the assessment, design, construction, and maintenance of the City’s infrastructure, buildings, and lands as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for a two (2) year term with up to two additional one year options, and providing for funding of the costs thereof.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2019-2367 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City Clerk and the Mayor to enter into an Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) and/or the use of existing Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with vendor(s) and/or consultant(s) for the purpose of renovation of certain space on the Fifth Floor of the City County Building. Cost shall not exceed Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
2019-2367 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City Clerk and the Mayor to enter into an Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) and/or the use of existing Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with vendor(s) and/or consultant(s) for the purpose of renovation of certain space on the Fifth Floor of the City County Building. Cost shall not exceed Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00).ReconsideredPass Action details
2019-2367 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City Clerk and the Mayor to enter into an Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) and/or the use of existing Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with vendor(s) and/or consultant(s) for the purpose of renovation of certain space on the Fifth Floor of the City County Building. Cost shall not exceed Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00).AMENDEDPass Action details
2019-2367 2 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City Clerk and the Mayor to enter into an Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) and/or the use of existing Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with vendor(s) and/or consultant(s) for the purpose of renovation of certain space on the Fifth Floor of the City County Building. Cost shall not exceed Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00).Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2019-2358 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 751 of 2018, authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Amended Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with St. Moritz Security Services, Inc. for security guard services, in order to increase compensation in accordance with applicable collective bargaining wage rates. Compensation under said Amended Agreement(s) shall be in an amount not to exceed TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,482,000), with annual not-to-exceed amounts as set forth below for each respective budget year subject to the availability of funds and annual Council appropriations, at rates in compliance with and subject to any applicable requirements, including but not limited to collective bargaining commitments and the City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2359 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 653 of 2018, authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an amended Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with InTime Solutions, Inc. for EMS and Police scheduling and timekeeping services at a total cost not to exceed EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE ($863,525).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2360 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of ZOLL Medical Corporation in the amount of Twenty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($24,500.00) for equipment mounting brackets for the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2361 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of ZOLL Medical Corporation in the amount of One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Dollars ($195,000.00) for software needed for the operation of automated external defibrillators and heart monitors for the Department of Public Safety.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2390 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the transfer by the City of Pittsburgh to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) certain public right-of-way on certain property of the 4th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh in cooperation with a PennDOT construction project.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2391 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from the Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) of certain dedicated public right-of-way on certain property of the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh in cooperation with a PennDOT construction project.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2392 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 $7,703.986.30.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2393 1 ResolutionResolution amending and supplementing Resolution number 98 of 2018, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to support Washington Boulevard Multimodal Path Construction; further 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 with the Washington Blvd Trail project; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $560,589.00” to account for bid accepted that was higher than originally anticipated, and for additional sources of funding but not to exceeded $741,249.00.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2394 1 ResolutionResolution amending and supplementing Resolution number 591 of 2016, entitled “Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements or for the use of existing Agreements, providing for a Contract or Contracts or for the use of existing Contracts, providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment, supplies and professional services in connection with the Bike Infrastructure Program, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $836,632.00” .” to account for bid accepted that was higher than originally anticipated, but not to exceeded $863,608.00.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2002 1 ResolutionResolution vacating a portion of Gallatin Street in the 10th Ward, in the 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2019-2364 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 563 of 2012 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a License, Loan, and Maintenance Agreement with the Carnegie Institute for Carnegie Museum of Art relating to the restoration, repair, reinstallation, loan and maintenance of sculptures for Allegheny Landing Park.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2286 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the Workforce Development Fund for a period of two (2) years from the opening of the fund, in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) and for the payment of the costs thereof.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2019-2384 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into contract and hire consultant, LaQuatra Bonci Associates, to develop a master plan for Fort Pitt Park. The park master plan should be executed for a sum not to exceed Forty Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($45,000).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2385 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with the Green Building Alliance for the purposes of incorporating green building practices into development review processes and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, not to exceed $35,000.00.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2398 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program,” by amending various City Council CDBG Unspecified Local Option line items and authorizing a subsequent Agreement or Agreements for operation/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities on behalf of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2399 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with Openbox Design, LLC to assist the City to plan and develop a Community Visioning Study with the Department of City Planning and the East Hills and Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar communities and provide for the payment at a cost thereof not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand and Zero Cents ($200,000.00).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2401 2 ResolutionResolution further amending resolution number 863 of 2018, entitled “adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” in order to transfer a project from DOMI to Planning.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2019-2401 2 ResolutionResolution further amending resolution number 863 of 2018, entitled “adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” in order to transfer a project from DOMI to Planning.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2019-2319 1 ResolutionResolution calling for transparency and oversight in regards to previously approved cooperation agreements, contracts, leases, and special agreements with the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (PPC) in light of a voter approved referendum measure to amend the Home Rule Charter.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2019-2403 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the City Code, the naming of the soccer field at Riverview Park as “Ravenstahl Field”. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2019-2395 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Controller to countersign a warrant in favor of Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the renewal of the annual maintenance and support agreement for PremierMDC Server & Client licenses and 24/7 technical support for Public Safety mobile wireless communication software at a sum not to exceed $46,280 Forty-Six Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars chargeable and payable from the Department of Innovation & Performance.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2365 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a Third Amendment to Cooperation and Project Agreement for the Creation and Operation of the Regional Data Center Agreement with Allegheny County and the University of Pittsburgh.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2366 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into a Contract or Agreement with CDW Government to provide an ITSM (Information Technology Service Management) system to license, implement, manage, operate and deliver IT Services to meet the needs of the City of Pittsburgh at a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2386 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements, providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Seven Million Four Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy One Dollars ($7,432,971.00) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase and leasing of vehicles, equipment and accessories for use by City of Pittsburgh Departments and Authorities and to extend the cooperation agreement to accommodate lease agreements for a seven and five year lease period to provide for vehicles for the Bureau of Fire.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2387 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, for the sale of Block 124-J, Lots 287, 290, 291, 293, and 295 (part) in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh - Council District No. 9 (Choice Neighborhoods Phase III - Larimer/East Liberty).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2388 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Contract for Disposition between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, for the sale of Block 124-J, Lots 295 (part) and 322, in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh - Council District No. 9 (Choice Neighborhoods Phase IV - Larimer/East Liberty).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2362 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh (the “City”) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (the “URA”) to divert 75% of the incremental parking taxes from the Garage (as defined below) up to a maximum of $25,000,000, to fund general construction costs at the proposed Block E development, part of the greater Lower Hill development project, in the Lower Hill neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2019-2363 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Office of Management and Budget to renew the Non-Exclusive License Agreement with the Federal General Services Administration for the Veterans Affairs Highland Drive Campus at 7180 Highland Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 for limited use and to conduct due diligence pursuant to the application approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Justice to acquire the property for law enforcement and emergency management purposes.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video