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| 1 | 2020-0201 | Resolution adopting the Ten Commitments of Racial Equity. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER BURGESS AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAVELLE A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/8/2020. The motion carried. | Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/8/2020 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2020-0202 | Resolution, further amending resolution 797 of 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget” as amended by resolution 876 of 2019, in order to correct the account number for the URA’s Microfinance Program. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER GROSS A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Standing Committee INVOICES INVOICES FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL The following departmental invoices not covered under a contract with the City shall be paid by the City Controller after the invoices have been approved by City Council at the March 18th 2020 Standing Committees meeting. A completed standard form detailing the expenditures is attached to all of the below listed invoices. No payments will be made to any of the below listed vendors prior the approval of City Council. CITY COUNCIL Bloomfield Development Corp. – refreshments for meeting (Dist. 7) 142.34 Conrad, Curt – reimb/parking (Dist. 5) 22.48 First Choice Coffee – coffee (Dist. 9) 138.47 Lavelle, Daniel – reimb/membership/Allegheny City Central Assoc. (Dist. 6) 25.00 OMB Tru Blue Studio – buying plan design consultation 240.00 OFFICE OF EQUITY Global Wordsmiths – interpretation services for Community Policing event 100.00 CONTROLLER Ryan Herbinko – continuing legal education 298.00 FINANCE TransUnion Corporation – legal tax information service 11.24 Standing Committee LAW AA Court Reporters – deposition transcript 336.95 Goehring Rutter & Boehm – independent medical examination 742.50 ETHICS BOARD Meyer Unkovic Scott – legal advice for ethics hearing board 999.00 HUMAN RESOURCES New Pittsburgh Courier – advertisements 290.90 Sullivan, Thomas – reimbursement for transportation 25.74 PLI Compucom Inc – materials for use of microfiche machine for RTK requests 40.00 Koziel, Andrew – reimbursement for completion of state certification 209.00 PUBLIC SAFETY Downey, Dennis – supplies for Zone 4 Council meetings 24.09 POLICE Ray Allen Manufacturing Co – Icon air harness for K9 792.97 OMI Assure Polygraph Services Inc – polygraphing of candidates for employment 3,000.00 Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 354.22 Standing Committee Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 306.46 Pennsylvania State Police – criminal checks for police candidates 770.00 TransUnion Corporation – credit checks on candidates for employment 270.29 PUBLIC WORKS Amcom Office Systems – copier equipment rental 314.02 B&R Pools & Swimshop – service for water testing at City pools 200.00 Kasel, Paul – reimbursement for CDL 118.50 Pittsburgh Tire Service – tires 2,380.00 Zoresco Equipment Co – long term rental of storage trailers 240.00 Asphalt Surface Enterprises – reimbursement for painting materials and supplies 1,765.68 PARKS & RECREATION Ames, Jennifer – refund of cancelled tennis court fees 35.00 Bezjak, Johanna – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 148.00 Camillo, Joseph M – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 2,115.00 Celender, Nicholas E – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 32.25 Davis, Amir – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 448.88 Gao, Allen R – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 70.00 Haffner, Mark – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 344.00 Standing Committee LaCaria, Aldene – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 655.75 Mieres, Jose – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 311.75 Parks, Richard – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 1,161.00 Paull, Mark J – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 999.75 Stanislawczyk, Michael Patrick II – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon bubble 388.50 Thiagarajan, Sachin – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 182.00 Rothhaar, Steve – reimbursement for parking and mileage reimbursement 95.62 A motion was made that this matter be Approved. The motion carried. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS NONE | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2020-0145 | Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 36 of 2019, amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article III: Dogs, cats and other animals, by repealing Chapter 639: Crocodilians and Venomous Snakes in its entirety and adding a new Chapter 639: Crocodilian Species and Red-Eared Sliders, prohibiting the keeping, sale, exchange, adoption, exchange or transfer of such animals in the city of Pittsburgh. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 4/15/2020. The motion carried. Standing Committee | Held in the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 4/15/2020 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2020-0157 | Resolution amending Resolution 830 of 2018 entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement or agreements to complete engineering design for a new multimodal connection of Hazelwood, Greenfield, and Four Mile Run with Oakland - which will support green infrastructure, ensure safe travel, increase travel options between these neighborhoods, protect local neighborhoods, and increase connectivity consistent with the concept design developed through the 2018 public process, and further providing for payment of the cost not to exceed $1,346,644.10” to provide for a specific payee and authorize an increase to the project cost to afford for additional design services within the scope of work not to exceed a total cost of $1,416,540.43 $1,635,681.50 , an increase of $69,896.33 $289,037.40 . A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED. The motion carried. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended as Amended. The motion carried. | AMENDED | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2020-0190 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for the West Penn Playground Reconstruction Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $75,000 with a local match of $75,000 to come out of the 2020 City of Pittsburgh Operating Budget (11101.450000.56.56401.2020) in the form of in-kind work. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($150,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2020-0191 | Resolution granting unto BIG RIVER DEVELOPMENT, LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new projecting sign, at 2305 Smallman Street, in the 2nd Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Standing Committee | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2020-0194 | Resolution amending Resolution Number 56 of 2018, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Agreement with The United Way of Southwestern PA for services relating to the Career Transition Project (21 and Able), and providing for the payment of the costs thereof”, by increasing the authorized amount by One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00) and by extending the term two years. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2019-2418 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial, to P, Parks, property with frontage on East Carson St., S 12th St., and Roland Way, identified as Block 3-H, Lot 15 in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 17th Ward. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing) SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Held for a CABLECAST Public HearinG. | Held for a CABLECAST Public HearinG | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2020-0198 | Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article VI: Development Standards, Chapter 914: Parking, Loading, and Access in order to eliminate minimum parking requirements for single-family attached dwellings. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing) A motion was made that this matter be Referred for Report and Recommendation. The motion carried. A motion was made that this matter be Held for a CABLECAST Public Hearing. Standing Committee INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT | Referred for Report and Recommendation | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2020-0196 | Resolution amending Resolution 613 of 2017 authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with CORE Business Technologies for software, equipment and services related to the installation of payment processing and cashiering system for the Department of Finance to include an additional option year and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed Three Hundred Ninety Thousand Five Hundred Fifty Two Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($390,552.17) for years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2020-0197 | Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Questica, Inc. for professional services. This is a contract renewal via sole source for annual subscription fees related to a budgeting and performance management system. Questica will continue to improve the City’s budgeting and financial planning processes, increase staff productivity, enhance analytical capabilities, and provide more stakeholders with additional information about the costs and performance of city services. Cost not to exceed $412,500.00 over five years. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2020-0019 | Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the “District 15 Beta Development” at 1465 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2020-0141 | Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the 2926 Smallman Street Land Development project, located at 2920 & 2930 Smallman Street of Pittsburgh, PA, 15201. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 4/1/2020. The motion carried. | Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 4/1/2020 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2020-0192 | Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Villas at Winter Park at Hackstown Street Ext., Pittsburgh, PA 15203. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 4/15/2020. The motion carried. | Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 4/15/2020 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2020-0193 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 106 of 2019, effective February 14, 2019, entitled “Resolution amending Resolution No. 191, effective March 19, 2018, entitled ‘Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the administration of certain projects and programs, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $3,286,320.00’ by including an additional Economic Development & Housing (H.E.L.P. Initiative) line item for an amount not to exceed $54,000.00 and the total cost thereof by the same amount not to exceed $3,340,320.00,” by including an additional Economic Development & Housing (Microfinance Program) line item for an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 and the total cost thereof by the same amount not to exceed $3,590,320.00. (Council Districts: All). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Resolution adopting the Ten Commitments of Racial Equity. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER BURGESS AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAVELLE A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/8/2020. The motion carried.
Resolution, further amending resolution 797 of 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget” as amended by resolution 876 of 2019, in order to correct the account number for the URA’s Microfinance Program. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER GROSS A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Standing Committee INVOICES INVOICES FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL The following departmental invoices not covered under a contract with the City shall be paid by the City Controller after the invoices have been approved by City Council at the March 18th 2020 Standing Committees meeting. A completed standard form detailing the expenditures is attached to all of the below listed invoices. No payments will be made to any of the below listed vendors prior the approval of City Council. CITY COUNCIL Bloomfield Development Corp. – refreshments for meeting (Dist. 7) 142.34 Conrad, Curt – reimb/parking (Dist. 5) 22.48 First Choice Coffee – coffee (Dist. 9) 138.47 Lavelle, Daniel – reimb/membership/Allegheny City Central Assoc. (Dist. 6) 25.00 OMB Tru Blue Studio – buying plan design consultation 240.00 OFFICE OF EQUITY Global Wordsmiths – interpretation services for Community Policing event 100.00 CONTROLLER Ryan Herbinko – continuing legal education 298.00 FINANCE TransUnion Corporation – legal tax information service 11.24 Standing Committee LAW AA Court Reporters – deposition transcript 336.95 Goehring Rutter & Boehm – independent medical examination 742.50 ETHICS BOARD Meyer Unkovic Scott – legal advice for ethics hearing board 999.00 HUMAN RESOURCES New Pittsburgh Courier – advertisements 290.90 Sullivan, Thomas – reimbursement for transportation 25.74 PLI Compucom Inc – materials for use of microfiche machine for RTK requests 40.00 Koziel, Andrew – reimbursement for completion of state certification 209.00 PUBLIC SAFETY Downey, Dennis – supplies for Zone 4 Council meetings 24.09 POLICE Ray Allen Manufacturing Co – Icon air harness for K9 792.97 OMI Assure Polygraph Services Inc – polygraphing of candidates for employment 3,000.00 Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 354.22 Standing Committee Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 306.46 Pennsylvania State Police – criminal checks for police candidates 770.00 TransUnion Corporation – credit checks on candidates for employment 270.29 PUBLIC WORKS Amcom Office Systems – copier equipment rental 314.02 B&R Pools & Swimshop – service for water testing at City pools 200.00 Kasel, Paul – reimbursement for CDL 118.50 Pittsburgh Tire Service – tires 2,380.00 Zoresco Equipment Co – long term rental of storage trailers 240.00 Asphalt Surface Enterprises – reimbursement for painting materials and supplies 1,765.68 PARKS & RECREATION Ames, Jennifer – refund of cancelled tennis court fees 35.00 Bezjak, Johanna – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 148.00 Camillo, Joseph M – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 2,115.00 Celender, Nicholas E – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 32.25 Davis, Amir – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 448.88 Gao, Allen R – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 70.00 Haffner, Mark – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 344.00 Standing Committee LaCaria, Aldene – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 655.75 Mieres, Jose – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 311.75 Parks, Richard – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 1,161.00 Paull, Mark J – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 999.75 Stanislawczyk, Michael Patrick II – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon bubble 388.50 Thiagarajan, Sachin – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 182.00 Rothhaar, Steve – reimbursement for parking and mileage reimbursement 95.62 A motion was made that this matter be Approved. The motion carried. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS NONE
Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 36 of 2019, amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article III: Dogs, cats and other animals, by repealing Chapter 639: Crocodilians and Venomous Snakes in its entirety and adding a new Chapter 639: Crocodilian Species and Red-Eared Sliders, prohibiting the keeping, sale, exchange, adoption, exchange or transfer of such animals in the city of Pittsburgh. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 4/15/2020. The motion carried. Standing Committee
Resolution amending Resolution 830 of 2018 entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement or agreements to complete engineering design for a new multimodal connection of Hazelwood, Greenfield, and Four Mile Run with Oakland - which will support green infrastructure, ensure safe travel, increase travel options between these neighborhoods, protect local neighborhoods, and increase connectivity consistent with the concept design developed through the 2018 public process, and further providing for payment of the cost not to exceed $1,346,644.10” to provide for a specific payee and authorize an increase to the project cost to afford for additional design services within the scope of work not to exceed a total cost of $1,416,540.43 $1,635,681.50 , an increase of $69,896.33 $289,037.40 . A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED. The motion carried. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended as Amended. The motion carried.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for the West Penn Playground Reconstruction Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $75,000 with a local match of $75,000 to come out of the 2020 City of Pittsburgh Operating Budget (11101.450000.56.56401.2020) in the form of in-kind work. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($150,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried.
Resolution granting unto BIG RIVER DEVELOPMENT, LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new projecting sign, at 2305 Smallman Street, in the 2nd Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Standing Committee
Resolution amending Resolution Number 56 of 2018, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Agreement with The United Way of Southwestern PA for services relating to the Career Transition Project (21 and Able), and providing for the payment of the costs thereof”, by increasing the authorized amount by One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00) and by extending the term two years. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried.
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial, to P, Parks, property with frontage on East Carson St., S 12th St., and Roland Way, identified as Block 3-H, Lot 15 in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 17th Ward. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing) SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Held for a CABLECAST Public HearinG.
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article VI: Development Standards, Chapter 914: Parking, Loading, and Access in order to eliminate minimum parking requirements for single-family attached dwellings. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing) A motion was made that this matter be Referred for Report and Recommendation. The motion carried. A motion was made that this matter be Held for a CABLECAST Public Hearing. Standing Committee INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
Resolution amending Resolution 613 of 2017 authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with CORE Business Technologies for software, equipment and services related to the installation of payment processing and cashiering system for the Department of Finance to include an additional option year and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed Three Hundred Ninety Thousand Five Hundred Fifty Two Dollars and Seventeen Cents ($390,552.17) for years 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried.
Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Questica, Inc. for professional services. This is a contract renewal via sole source for annual subscription fees related to a budgeting and performance management system. Questica will continue to improve the City’s budgeting and financial planning processes, increase staff productivity, enhance analytical capabilities, and provide more stakeholders with additional information about the costs and performance of city services. Cost not to exceed $412,500.00 over five years. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried.
Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the “District 15 Beta Development” at 1465 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried.
Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the 2926 Smallman Street Land Development project, located at 2920 & 2930 Smallman Street of Pittsburgh, PA, 15201. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 4/1/2020. The motion carried.
Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Villas at Winter Park at Hackstown Street Ext., Pittsburgh, PA 15203. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 4/15/2020. The motion carried.
Resolution amending Resolution No. 106 of 2019, effective February 14, 2019, entitled “Resolution amending Resolution No. 191, effective March 19, 2018, entitled ‘Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the administration of certain projects and programs, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $3,286,320.00’ by including an additional Economic Development & Housing (H.E.L.P. Initiative) line item for an amount not to exceed $54,000.00 and the total cost thereof by the same amount not to exceed $3,340,320.00,” by including an additional Economic Development & Housing (Microfinance Program) line item for an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 and the total cost thereof by the same amount not to exceed $3,590,320.00. (Council Districts: All). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried.