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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/5/2022 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2022-0574 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, for the first time in four years, the 101st Biennial of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians will take place in person on July 14-17, 2022, in Pittsburgh;and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0575 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, the Ancient Order of Hibernians was established on May 4, 1836, to defend the Church and clergy from the “Know Nothing Party” , was operated behind the scenes in many communities and was a safe haven for those who were discriminated against for their Irish Catholic background, ;and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0576 1 ProclamationWHEREAS, the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians, established in 1894, is a sororal of Irish Catholic women committed to the mission of Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity through service in the United States and support of Ireland and the North of Ireland. They are committed to protecting young Immigrant Irish women coming to the United Sates and assisting them in securing work and providing them with support and encouragement ;and,AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0537 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 224, effective May 17, 2022, which authorized 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 Sasha Reisin, for the creation and installation of public art at Arsenal Park, by authorizing the agreement to be made with Mango Tava, Inc., on behalf of the artist.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0538 1 ResolutionResolution Amending Resolution 515 of 2020 which authorized The Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to execute an amended Professional Services Agreement with Rehrig Pacific Company for the manufacturing and distribution for recycling containers, and provision of containers for the payment thereof, at a cost not to exceed $1,351,000 2,654,800.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0539 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Alleghany County’s Trail Development fund, for the reconstruction of a trail in Upper McKinley Park, in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY THREE ($256,793.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.Waived under Rule 8Pass Action details Video Video
2022-0539 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Alleghany County’s Trail Development fund, for the reconstruction of a trail in Upper McKinley Park, in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY THREE ($256,793.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0540 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development’s Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program to provide funding for the Green Boulevard Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $250,000.00 with a local match of $374,324.43 for a total cost of SIX HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR DOLLARS AND FORTY THREE CENTS ($624,324.43) for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0541 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement with the SAI Consulting Engineers, Inc. for costs associated with the CBD Signals Phase 4 Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Five Hundred Twenty Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Nine Dollars and Thirty Three Cents ($524,739.33).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0542 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into certain temporary construction easements in order to advance the El Paso Street Landslide project.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0543 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Trail Development Fund for the construction of the West End Trolley Trail in the amount of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR ($1,538,784.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0544 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Supplementary Agreement for Professional Engineering Design Services with Trans Associates Engineering Consultants, Inc. for the Penn Ave Phase 2 Reconstruction Project at a cost thereof, not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Sixty Four Thousand Three Hundred and Sixty Six Dollars and Forty Five Cents ($1,564,366.45), an increase of Eight Hundred Thirty One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Nine Dollars and Eighty Four Cents ($831,739.84) from the previously executed agreement (52612).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0545 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with WSP Global, Inc., and/or its subsidiary WSP USA, for a period of two (2) years, for management services in conjunction with a Comprehensive Bridge Asset Management Program at an amount not-to-exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0546 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh of the dedication of Station Street (84-D-164), located in the Larimer Phase 2 Plan of Lots as recorded in the Allegheny County Department of Real Estate in Plan Book Volume 294, Page 31, in the 11th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0547 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Cedarwood Homes Holdings, LLC, or a related entity, for the sale of Block 70-A, Lots 3 and 10, and Block 70-E, Lots 185, 241, and 375, in the 28th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Broadhead Fording Road between Old Orchard Circle and Von Bonnhorst Street - Council District No. 2).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0548 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 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 23-B, Lot 226 (Federal Street south of Perrysville Avenue - Council District No. 6).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0549 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Katie Holler for the sale of Block 50-F, Lot 148, in the 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Council District No. 9 - Rosetta Street west of Winebiddle Street - side yard sale).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0550 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Letsche LLC, or a related entity, for the sale of Block 9-R, Lots 163, 164, 165, and 166, in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Cliff Street east of Crawford Street - Council District No. 6).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0551 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and One Call Handles It All Landscaping and Trucking LLC for the sale of Block 175-C, Lot 308, in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Hale Street between Mulford Street and Alsace Street - Council District No. 9).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0552 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 to-be-vacated Right of Way adjoining the Publicly-Owned properties in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 124-K, Lots 65, 66, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 78-B, 129, 130, 131, 132, 147, and 149 (608 Regis Way; 0 Shetland Street; 604, 610, 612, 0, and 616 Larimer Avenue; 6304 and 0 Joseph Street; 0, 6307, and 0 Rapidan Way; and 119 and 0 Shetland Street, respectively - Council District No. 9).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0553 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the Penn Circle Two Way Conversion and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $1,000,000.00 (Council District 9)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0554 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with UPMC Mercy in connection with the administration and evaluation of medical examinations and related tests and procedures for the Civil Service Commission’s medical examination program for current and prospective employees for employment and promotion and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (1,200,000.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0555 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 579 of 2021, which authorized an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”) for the completion of projects approved in the City of Pittsburgh’s American Rescue Plan, by updating the approved projects to align with the revised Plan.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0556 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 453 of 2021, which appropriated federal American Rescue Plan funding, by updating the approved projects as outlined in Exhibit A.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0557 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 580 of 2021, which authorized an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) for the completion of projects approved in the City of Pittsburgh’s American Rescue Plan, by updating the projects and by adjusting the not-to-exceed amount to align with the revised Plan.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0558 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by $629,475.94 and increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - PUBLIC SAFETY by $629,475.94.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0559 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by adjusting various line items funded by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0560 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the creation of the Bridge Asset Management Program Trust Fund and for setting the conditions for the deposit of funding into the account and for the expenditure of said funds.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0561 1 ResolutionResolution PROVIDING for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A: A: 2108 Mazette PlRead and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0562 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group for the purpose of providing an annual analysis of community reinvestment of possible City depositories and other associated work associated with RFPs for City Depository Analysis. Total cost will not exceed Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) over a three year period.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0563 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with MAS Financial Advisory Services, LLC and Davenport & Company LLC for the purpose of providing municipal advisory services to the City over a three-year period with an option for two additional years.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0564 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $40,000.00 from the Bureaus of Administration and Animal Care and Control in the Department of Public Safety to the Bureau of Police. This transfer is necessary to assist the Bureau of Police with unanticipated funding needs for their imaging project that needs to be completed by the end of 2022.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0565 1 ResolutionResolution amending 289 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Block & Associates, LLC for services related to an employment related matter, by increasing the total spend by $10,200.00 for a new not to exceed amount of $20,000.00. (Executive Session held 8/23/22)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0566 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips, Six PPG Place, Suite 830, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, for legal services in connection with collective bargaining, in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($50,000.00). (Executive Session held 8/23/22)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0567 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution #65 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a maintenance agreement with OPEX Corporation for maintenance services related to the FalconRED document scanning workstation, by adding a year of maintenance for the second machine at a cost not exceed Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Dollars ($10,930.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0568 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Software Maintenance Agreement or Agreements, and amendments thereto, with CI Technologies, Inc., for maintenance and user support services for subscription-based licenses for internal affairs and professional standards software to be utilized by the City’s Bureau of Police and Office of Municipal Investigations, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed THIRTY-FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($34,340.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0569 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 593 of 2021, a resolution amending an Agreement or Agreements with eDocs Technologies, LLC (“eDocs”) for licensing services and maintenance and support services to provide Imaging and document management services to include Police documents at an additional cost not exceed Four Hundred Ninety Seven Thousand Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($497,350.00)Read and referred  Action details
2022-0570 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing payment from the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections by method of P-Card to the International Accreditation Services, Inc. (IAS) for accreditation under its Building Department Accreditation (BDA) program.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2022-0571 1 CommunicationCommunication informing Council of the appointment of Kelly Russell as Assistant Director of Community Development in the Office of Management and BudgetRead, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2022-0572 1 CommunicationCommunication from Michael Lamb, City Controller, submitting a fiscal audit of the Police Secondary Employment Trust Fund (PSETF), dated June 2022.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2022-0573 1 CommunicationCommunication from Michael Lamb, City Controller, submitting the City of Pittsburgh’s Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) for the year ended December 31, 2021Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2022-0532 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for June 29, 2022 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2022-0479 1 ResolutionResolution PROVIDING for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A and B: A: 507 W Jefferson, B: 1740 EckertPassed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0480 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 T: A: 615 Devilliers, B: 0 Lombard, C: 4902 Rosetta, D: 5447 Rosetta, E: 5445 Hillcrest, F: 1116 N Murtland, G: 7110 Race, H: 7432 Race, I: 714 Naylor, J: 502 Winterburn, K: 5008 Glenwood, L: 22 Exeter, M: 111 Conniston, N: 218 Hallock, O: 533 Griffin, P: 1232 Sunday, Q: 1318 Warner, R: 2802 Perrysville, S: 910 Reiss, T: 426 JucundaPassed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0533 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety Services for June 29, 2022 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2022-0482 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Jack Lafferty’s Truck Parts, Inc., 3120 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, in an amount not to exceed THIRTEEN THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY NINE DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS ($13,439.25), for upfitting of a vehicle for the Auto Squad.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0483 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Data Sharing Agreement with the Bloomberg School of Public Health housed within Johns Hopkins University to engage in a process and outcome evaluation of the Office of Community Health & Safety’s Prehospital Buprenorphine program, which agreement shall be at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0534 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works for June 29, 2022 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2022-0471 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing HERRON AVENUE BRIDGE (TIP) by $391,000.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0472 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Active Allegheny Grant Program for planning around the McClure Avenue and Woods Run Avenue connection in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0473 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a professional services agreement with Kimley-Horn for work on the City Wide Intelligent Transportation Systems Project at a cost not to exceed Two Hundred Ninety-Nine Thousand Five Hundred and Sixty-One Dollars ($299,561.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0474 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the Herron Ave Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Three Hundred and Ninety One Thousand Dollars ($391,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0475 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, (3) new shuttle shelters, to be located in front of Hillman Library, at 221 Schenley Drive, in the 4th Ward, 8th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0477 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation and/or the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Community Partner Playground Contract with KaBOOM!, Inc. to collaborate in the construction of a new playground at West Penn Park in Polish Hill.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0478 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Public Works, to apply for a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program, for the Arsenal Park Phase I Construction Project. The grant proposal includes a request of $250,000.00 with a local match of $139,115.00, for a total project cost of THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN ($389,115.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0535 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for June 29, 2022 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2022-0484 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 729 of 2021, authorizing an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services by authorizing funding for additional services within the scope of the contract at a cost not to exceed $178,976.00.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2022-0536 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Urban Recreation for June 29, 2022 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2022-0470 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Department of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, for the City’s operation of its Senior Community Centers. Said agreement or agreements shall be for a term of one year at no cost to the City with compensation to the City not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND and FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($783,450.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video