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Meeting Name: Standing Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 7/13/2022 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2022-0586 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh to receive grant funding and technical assistance from Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc. for the 2022 cohort of Financial Empowerment Cities, intended to create an Office of Financial Empowerment, in the amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND ($170,000.00) dollars, and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0587 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Deputy Chief of Staff to receive grant funding from the Heinz Endowments to hire an Education Coordinator for twenty four months in the amount of ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($175,000.00) dollars, and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0588 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP, 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 1300, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, for expert legal services related to litigation in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at Case 2:22-cv-706 (Builders Association of Metropolitan Pittsburgh v. City of Pittsburgh, et al.), in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($250,000.00). (Executive Session held 7-19-22)Held for Executive SessionPass Action details Video Video
2022-0589 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance and/or the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a lease, leases, sublease and/or subleases for approximately 8,000 square feet, from the lessor, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, for the purpose of providing office space for employees of the Department of Planning and the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, located within the City of Pittsburgh's First Ward at 100 Ross Street, 15218, Lot number 2-J-00244, effective on or about September 1, 2022 for a one (1) year period with an option to extend, and providing for the payment thereof.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0594 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with North Side Christian Health Center in an amount not to exceed Ninety Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Dollars and Fifty Four Cents ($90,220.54) as part of the 2019 City Council Public Service Grant program.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0595 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing and directing the Pittsburgh City Controller to perform an audit of the City of Pittsburgh and related intergovernmental authorities’ compliance with the Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0605 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Res. No. 93 effective March 6, 2012 entitled “Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with the City Council Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 3; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof”, by transferring $2,500 to the Hilltop Alliance. Total cost of all District 3 Neighborhood Needs projects is not to exceed $51,943.77.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0606 1 ResolutionResolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget” by transferring $2,500 to Hilltop Alliance, within District 3 Neighborhood Needs.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0437 2 ResolutionResolution adopting the Reapportionment Plan for the City Council Districts in the City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 6/28/22)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0522 2 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending TITLE 6: CONDUCT, ARTICLE I: REGULATED RIGHTS AND ACTIONS by creating a new CHAPTER 620: Protection of Reproductive Health Care Services Providers from Out-of-State Investigation or Prosecution for Providing Legal Abortion Care.AMENDEDPass Action details
2022-0522 2 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending TITLE 6: CONDUCT, ARTICLE I: REGULATED RIGHTS AND ACTIONS by creating a new CHAPTER 620: Protection of Reproductive Health Care Services Providers from Out-of-State Investigation or Prosecution for Providing Legal Abortion Care.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0523 2 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending TITLE 6: CONDUCT, ARTICLE I: REGULATED RIGHTS AND ACTIONS by creating a new CHAPTER 603: Enforcement Limitations Regarding Bans of Certain Reproductive Health Care Services.AMENDEDPass Action details
2022-0523 2 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending TITLE 6: CONDUCT, ARTICLE I: REGULATED RIGHTS AND ACTIONS by creating a new CHAPTER 603: Enforcement Limitations Regarding Bans of Certain Reproductive Health Care Services.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
2022-0524 2 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending TITLE 6: CONDUCT, ARTICLE I: REGULATED RIGHTS AND ACTIONS by creating a new CHAPTER 607: Regulation of Deceptive Advertising by Limited Services Pregnancy Centers.AMENDEDPass Action details Video Video
2022-0524 2 OrdinanceOrdinance Amending TITLE 6: CONDUCT, ARTICLE I: REGULATED RIGHTS AND ACTIONS by creating a new CHAPTER 607: Regulation of Deceptive Advertising by Limited Services Pregnancy Centers.Affirmatively Recommended as AmendedPass Action details
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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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 PlAffirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Held in CommitteePass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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)Held for Executive SessionPass 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)Held for Executive SessionPass Action details Video Video
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2022-0602 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 176 of 2022, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to execute relevant Grant Agreements to receive funding from Allegheny County Health Department to develop a public health-informed diversion program and further providing for expenditures under the terms of said Agreements,” to correct the amount authorized by the Grant Agreement or Agreements and the amount authorized for expenditures.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0582 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an agreement with Swank Construction Company, LLC for the Construction Phase of the 30th Street Bridge Preservation Project; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,950,000.00).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0583 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Board of Public Education of the School District of Pittsburgh, for the Board of Public Education of the School District of Pittsburgh to grant to the City of Pittsburgh, its successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at the City’s own cost and expense, a ball playing field, to be located on the grounds of Pittsburgh Faison K - 5 School, parcel 0175-B-00320, at 7430 Tioga Street, in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0584 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the South Side Community Council, a 501(c)(3) organization, for the City of Pittsburgh to grant to the South Side Community Council, its successors and assigns, the privilege and license to improve and maintain Esser Plaza, parcel 3-H-00015, located at 1200 East Carson Street, 15203, in the 17th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0596 1 ResolutionResolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Old Oak Drive located in Banksville be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0591 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Permits, Licenses and Inspections, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Noralco Corp for producing a structural demolition plan for 209 1st Ave, at a cost not to exceed Ten Thousand Five Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($10,550.00).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0270 3 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article X: Rental of Residential Housing, by amending in its entirety Chapter 781: Residential Housing Rental Permit Program. (Public Hearing held 5/19/22)Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
2022-0411 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances the certain site known as The Troy Hill Fire House located at 1800 Ley Street (48-N-10) in Troy Hill, in the 24th Ward, City of Pittsburgh (Public Hearing held 7/12/22)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0465 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title V: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 549: Residential Parking Permit Program, § 549.08: Visitor Permits; Non-Resident Permits, so as to relate the issuance of residential parking permits for short-term rentals to the issuance of licenses by the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections authorizing the operation of short-term rentals in the City of Pittsburgh.Held in CommitteePass Action details Video Video
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.Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0590 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Open Innovation Plans, LLC for records management software services at an overall cost to the City not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS and SIXTY CENTS ($104,944.60).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details
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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video
2022-0502 1 ResolutionResolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a restaurant liquor license, License No. R-19416 from China Palace Restaurant, Incorporated, 4059 William Penn Highway, Monroeville, PA 15146-2504, to Applicant, Szechuan Spice Inc., 5700 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, for the premises located at 5700 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, known as Szechuan Spice Restaurant, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 7/12/22)Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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).Affirmatively RecommendedPass 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)Affirmatively RecommendedPass Action details Video Video