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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/23/2020 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2020-0916 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto RCH PITTSBURGH LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install (2) new entrance canopies, at 3234 Liberty Avenue, in the 6th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0917 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 50-E, Lot 21, Block 50-F, Lots 101 and 130, and Block 50-K, Lots 89 and 94, located at 424 N. Mathilda Street, 4938 and 5120 Rosetta Street, and 4921 and 5001 Broad Street, respectively (Council District No. 9).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0918 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and 2P110-Cares, Inc. or a related entity to be formed, for the sale of Lot 1 in the Project Cares Consolidation Plan, currently being a portion of Block 2-P, Lot 110, all of Block 2-P, Lot 120, and a to-be-vacated stretch of old First Avenue adjoining such parcels to the south, in the 1st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Council District No. 6).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0919 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 175-H, Lot 49 located at 7907 Susquehanna Street (Council District No. 9).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0920 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Chief Equity Officer to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Sister Cities Association of Pittsburgh, as a single-source provider, to manage the City of Pittsburgh’s relationships and programming with its Sister Cities and develop new partnerships with cities throughout the world at a cost not to exceed TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0921 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through C: A: 0 Faust, B: 0 Province, C: 926 Morrison.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0922 1 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 G: A: 855 Inwood, B: 1123 Morrison, C: 540 McClintock, D: 629 Chautauqua, E: 1620 Marquis, F: 2037 Brightridge, G: 0 Brightridge.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0923 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City’s Department of Public Safety to purchase an HP Plotter T2600PS printer at a cost not to exceed Twelve Thousand Three Hundred Ninety-Four Dollars ($12,394).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0924 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City’s Department of Public Safety to enter into relevant agreements to purchase document management software from Power DMS, Inc. on an as-needed basis at set negotiated prices to be determined over a term of three years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0925 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution number 795 of 2015, as amended, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Departments of Public Works, Office of Management and Budget, Finance, and Parks and Recreation to enter into a Lease Agreement with C R JRS CHIP, Inc. d/b/a The First Tee of Pittsburgh at the Bob O'Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park” in order to add an additional $362,531 of funding to the lease authorization.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2020-0925 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution number 795 of 2015, as amended, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Departments of Public Works, Office of Management and Budget, Finance, and Parks and Recreation to enter into a Lease Agreement with C R JRS CHIP, Inc. d/b/a The First Tee of Pittsburgh at the Bob O'Connor Golf Course at Schenley Park” in order to add an additional $362,531 of funding to the lease authorization.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0926 1 ResolutionResolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 910, Section 910.01.D.1 to Meyer, Unkovic & Scott on behalf of 429 FORBES - KPP II FORBES AVENUE LLC, for the transfer of Development Rights involving 87 dwelling units from 201 Stanwix Street (Block and Lot 1-G-75), “GT-D” Golden Triangle Subdistrict D, to 429 Forbes Avenue (Block and Lot 2-E-155) , zoned “GT-B” Golden Triangle Subdistrict B, 1st Ward, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 1/5/2021)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0927 1 OrdinanceAn Ordinance providing for special conditions for the operation and use of Paid Sick leave under the Paid Sick Days Act during and due to the crisis presented by COVID-19 through inclusion in the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances of Chapter 626A: Temporary Emergency COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave. (Executive Session held 12/7/20) (Post Agenda held 12/7/20)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2020-0913 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for November 18, 2020 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2020-0838 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Two PPG Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-5402 for professional legal services in connection with a police litigation matter at 2:18-cv-01567-CB for an amount not to exceed Eleven Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Eight Dollars and Ninety Cents ($11,668.90). (Executive Session held 11/16/20)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0839 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC 300 Kanawha Boulevard, East, P.O. Box 273, Charleston, WV 25321-0273 for professional legal services in connection with a police litigation matter at 2:18-cv-01567-CB for an amount not to exceed Six Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Five Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($6,985.17). (Executive Session held 11/16/20)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0840 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Thomas Thomas & Hafer, LLP, 525 William Penn Place, 37th Floor, Suite 3750, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional legal services in connection with a police litigation matter at 2:18-cv-01567-CB for an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Four Hundred Forty Eight Dollars and Twenty Two Cents ($5,448.22). (Executive Session held 11/16/20)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0841 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Tremba, Kinney, Greiner & Kerr, LLC, 302 West Otterman Street, Greensburg, PA 15601 for professional legal services in connection with a police litigation matter at 2:18-cv-01567-CB for an amount not to exceed Nine Thousand Forty Four Dollars and Eighty Cents ($9,044.80). (Executive Session held 11/16/20)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0859 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Farrell Reisinger & Comber LLC, 436 7th Avenue, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional legal services in connection with a police litigation matter at 2:18-cv-01567-CB for an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand Thirty Dollars and Forty Cents ($20,030.40). (Executive Session held 11/16/20)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0860 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Ira and Mary Ann Ritter c/o, of their attorney, D. Scott Lautner, Esquire, 68 Old Clairton Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, in the amount of Ninety Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00) relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 18-002921 by Plaintiffs. (Executive Session held 11/16/20)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0875 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Chief Equity Officer to enter into an agreement or agreements with the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in order to conduct a Work Smart training program as part of a pay equity initiative designed to reduce the gender pay gap in Pittsburgh and further providing for the expenditures under the terms of said agreements at a cost not to exceed THIRTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY NINE DOLLARS ($39,959).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0876 1 ResolutionResolution amending resolution 635 of 2019, which authorized the Mayor and the Chief Equity Officer to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) between the City of Pittsburgh and the Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE) in order to receive training and develop a racial equity toolkit, in order to extend the contract for an additional year and add technical assistance for building and implementing a Racial Equity Toolkit and developing an equity lens for each Department’s budgeting process at a total cost not to exceed SIXTY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE ($61,235), subject to appropriation.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0877 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Chief Equity Officer to enter into an agreement or agreements with Nth Party in order to collect and provide disaggregated data related to a pay equity initiative designed to reduce the gender pay gap in Pittsburgh and further providing for the expenditures under the terms of said agreements at a cost not to exceed TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0889 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing all City departments, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to enter into facilities usage agreements for the purpose of permitting groups and individuals to rent City-owned facilities for recreational and community-focused activities during the 2021 calendar year. The City shall not charge more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per rental agreement.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0914 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for November 18, 2020 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2020-0872 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Swindell Bridge project construction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Seven Hundred and Seventy Thousand ($770,000.00) dollars; reimbursable at ninety five percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500.00) dollars.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0873 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto HIGH SIX ASSOCIATES LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install (2) new projecting signs, at 146 6th Street, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0915 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for November 18, 2020 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2020-0774 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as The Gallagher-Kieffer House, located at 234 Ditheridge Street (27-H-115), in North Oakland, in the 4th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 11/10/20)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0775 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as The Herron Hill Pumping Station, located at 4501 Centre Avenue (27-D-35), in North Oakland, in the 5th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 11/10/20)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0776 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as St. John Vianney Church, located at 225 Allen Street (14-F-209), in Allentown, in the 18th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 11/10/20) (Executive Sessions held 11/20/20 & 12/1/20, 1/28/21 & 7/21/21)RECOMMITTEDPass Action details Video Video
2020-0890 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 increasing Community Development Block Grant line items by $3,112,342.00 to reflect the allocation of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding and authorizing a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2020-0891 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2020 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,216,133.00 and 2020 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,140,292.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video