Meeting

City Council · May 26, 2020

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 30 itemsDetails

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12020-0371WHEREAS, Paul McKibben is celebrating his 80th Birthday on Saturday, May 23, 2020; and,No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
22020-0372WHEREAS, the Jasmine Nyree Campus located at 3011 Landis Street in Sheraden is celebrating with a ribbon cutting ceremony and meet and greet on Monday, June 1, 2020; and,No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
32020-0358Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement with Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. for ongoing wetland monitoring and reporting in Nine Mile Run, Frick Park in the amount of $29,000.00 through 2022.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
42020-0359Resolution authorizing acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh of the dedication of certain property in the Smallman Street project in the 2nd Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh for public highway purposes, and further accepting any grading, paving, lighting, curbing, traffic signals, street trees and public utilities located therein and fixing the width and position of the roadway and sidewalk thereof.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
52020-0360Resolution vacating a certain portion of Smallman Street, situate in the 2nd Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
62020-0361Resolution amending Resolution 394 of 2018 to clarify the appropriate Neighborhood Stabilization Program reference.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
72020-0362Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for Duncan Street Townhomes at 5308-5314 Duncan Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
82020-0363Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 52nd Street Townhomes at 724 & 728 52nd Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
92020-0364Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 39th Street Homes at 204, 206, and 208 39th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
102020-0365Resolution providing for further renewal by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh of a Declaration of Disaster Emergency, ratified by Council on March 17th, 2020; to extend the effectiveness of the Declaration for seven (7) additional days thereby making the Declaration effective until June 2nd; in response to the ongoing public health emergency associated with the spread of coronavirus.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
112020-0366Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into Access Agreements with Collective Efforts, LLC, for two City-owned sites located at 700 Herron Avenue and 3300 Webster Avenue to conduct a Phase II Environmental Assessment and further authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance to enter into any necessary agreement or agreements with North Side Industrial Development Company to document the terms of its use of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant funds to cover the costs of these assessments.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
122020-0367Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to accept a donation from the Tree of Life Congregation of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to be deposited into the Public Safety Support Trust Fund.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
132020-0368Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure or the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a multi-year licensing agreement with Cyclomedia Technology, Inc. for the purposes of a pole inventory and audit - specifically for the purposes of streetlight and telecommunication attachment inventory in year one of the agreement, and for inventory of other telecommunication assets in subsequent years of the agreement - and providing the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed Seven Hundred Sixty Eight Thousand, Three Hundred Forty Six Dollars and Seventy Five Cents ($768,346.75).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
142020-0369Resolution authorizing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a Request for Proposal in search of qualifying organizations to complete a performance audit of contracts between non-profit organizations and the City of PittsburghNo matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
152020-0370Files a communication from Kevin Pawlos about an acting pay approval on behalf of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service for Adam Kolko, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
162020-0354Records the Finance and Law committee report for May 20, 2020.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
172020-0335Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements or a retainer agreement or agreements with the law firm of Motley Rice LLC as special legal counsel to: 1) determine the economic impact that prescription opioids have had on the City of Pittsburgh and its residents and 2) based on such evidence, to investigate and, if appropriate, to commence and prosecute litigation against manufacturers, distributors, insurance companies and/or prescribers of prescription opiates for damages to the City of Pittsburgh arising out of marketing, manufacturing, distribution and/or prescribing of opiates.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
182020-0336Resolution amending Resolution #183 of 2020, entitled “Resolution to authorize and direct the incurring of Non-Electoral Debt through the issuance of a series of General Obligation Refunding Bonds of the City of Pittsburgh, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of One Hundred Sixty One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($161,250,000.00) by replacing the entirety of Resolution 183 with new language, in order to conform to state and federal laws.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
192020-0339Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget” by transferring a total of $70,669.69 from multiple projects within District 1 Neighborhood Needs to District 1 DPW Projects.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
202020-0355Records the Public Works committee report for May 20, 2020.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
212020-0329Resolution granting unto SUMMIT HOSPITALITY 139 LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new projecting sign, at 947 Penn Avenue, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
222020-0330Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution number 316 of 2018, previously amended by Resolution number 78 of 2020, originally entitled “Resolution 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 preliminary design and final design, services during construction, and miscellaneous services for traffic signal installation of the South Side Signals Project; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $390,213.38.”, which was amended by Resolution 78 of 2020 to authorize a new total project cost up to but not to exceed $536,000.00 to be further amended with this Resolution to account for an increase in federal funding where costs associated with the Southside Signals project have been converted from 80 percent federal and 20 percent local split to 100 percent federally reimbursable. The total project cost remains the same, not to exceed $536,000.00.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
232020-0331Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program”, by increasing 18TH STREET SIGNAL UPDATES (TIP) by $39,000.55 to reflect the project now being 100% reimbursable by the Federal Highway Administration.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
242020-0337Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Department of City Planning, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and James Simon, for the creation and installation of public art at Townsend Park located at 803 Ernie Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, at a cost not to exceed Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
252020-0344Resolution vacating a portion of Stoebner Way from Larimer Avenue southeasterly an average distance of 123.47 feet, in the 12th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
262020-0356Records the Innovation, Performance and Asset Management committee report for May 20, 2020.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
272020-0350Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into an agreement with Cohen Law Group and CTC Technology & Energy for the renegotiation of the City’s Cable Franchise Agreements with Comcast and Verizon, and certain additional telecommunications consulting services; and further providing final payment to SmartWorks Partners for work provided under an agreement authorized by Resolutions 741 and 748 of 2018.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
282020-0357Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for May 20, 2020.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
292020-0332Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the 2020 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), and for the payment of the costs thereof.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
302020-0333Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement with Goodwill of Southwestern PA for administrative services related to the 2020 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program at a cost not to exceed $227,374.26.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12020-0371

WHEREAS, Paul McKibben is celebrating his 80th Birthday on Saturday, May 23, 2020; and,

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Order 22020-0372

WHEREAS, the Jasmine Nyree Campus located at 3011 Landis Street in Sheraden is celebrating with a ribbon cutting ceremony and meet and greet on Monday, June 1, 2020; and,

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Order 32020-0358

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement with Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. for ongoing wetland monitoring and reporting in Nine Mile Run, Frick Park in the amount of $29,000.00 through 2022.

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Order 42020-0359

Resolution authorizing acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh of the dedication of certain property in the Smallman Street project in the 2nd Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh for public highway purposes, and further accepting any grading, paving, lighting, curbing, traffic signals, street trees and public utilities located therein and fixing the width and position of the roadway and sidewalk thereof.

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Order 52020-0360

Resolution vacating a certain portion of Smallman Street, situate in the 2nd Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

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Order 62020-0361

Resolution amending Resolution 394 of 2018 to clarify the appropriate Neighborhood Stabilization Program reference.

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Order 72020-0362

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for Duncan Street Townhomes at 5308-5314 Duncan Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.

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Order 82020-0363

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 52nd Street Townhomes at 724 & 728 52nd Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.

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Order 92020-0364

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 39th Street Homes at 204, 206, and 208 39th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201.

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Order 102020-0365

Resolution providing for further renewal by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh of a Declaration of Disaster Emergency, ratified by Council on March 17th, 2020; to extend the effectiveness of the Declaration for seven (7) additional days thereby making the Declaration effective until June 2nd; in response to the ongoing public health emergency associated with the spread of coronavirus.

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Order 112020-0366

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into Access Agreements with Collective Efforts, LLC, for two City-owned sites located at 700 Herron Avenue and 3300 Webster Avenue to conduct a Phase II Environmental Assessment and further authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance to enter into any necessary agreement or agreements with North Side Industrial Development Company to document the terms of its use of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant funds to cover the costs of these assessments.

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Order 122020-0367

Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to accept a donation from the Tree of Life Congregation of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) to be deposited into the Public Safety Support Trust Fund.

Discussion
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Order 132020-0368

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure or the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a multi-year licensing agreement with Cyclomedia Technology, Inc. for the purposes of a pole inventory and audit - specifically for the purposes of streetlight and telecommunication attachment inventory in year one of the agreement, and for inventory of other telecommunication assets in subsequent years of the agreement - and providing the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed Seven Hundred Sixty Eight Thousand, Three Hundred Forty Six Dollars and Seventy Five Cents ($768,346.75).

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Order 142020-0369

Resolution authorizing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue a Request for Proposal in search of qualifying organizations to complete a performance audit of contracts between non-profit organizations and the City of Pittsburgh

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Order 152020-0370

Files a communication from Kevin Pawlos about an acting pay approval on behalf of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service for Adam Kolko, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.

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Order 162020-0354

Records the Finance and Law committee report for May 20, 2020.

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Order 172020-0335

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements or a retainer agreement or agreements with the law firm of Motley Rice LLC as special legal counsel to: 1) determine the economic impact that prescription opioids have had on the City of Pittsburgh and its residents and 2) based on such evidence, to investigate and, if appropriate, to commence and prosecute litigation against manufacturers, distributors, insurance companies and/or prescribers of prescription opiates for damages to the City of Pittsburgh arising out of marketing, manufacturing, distribution and/or prescribing of opiates.

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Order 182020-0336

Resolution amending Resolution #183 of 2020, entitled “Resolution to authorize and direct the incurring of Non-Electoral Debt through the issuance of a series of General Obligation Refunding Bonds of the City of Pittsburgh, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of One Hundred Sixty One Million Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($161,250,000.00) by replacing the entirety of Resolution 183 with new language, in order to conform to state and federal laws.

Discussion
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Order 192020-0339

Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget” by transferring a total of $70,669.69 from multiple projects within District 1 Neighborhood Needs to District 1 DPW Projects.

Discussion
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Order 202020-0355

Records the Public Works committee report for May 20, 2020.

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Order 212020-0329

Resolution granting unto SUMMIT HOSPITALITY 139 LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new projecting sign, at 947 Penn Avenue, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
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Order 222020-0330

Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution number 316 of 2018, previously amended by Resolution number 78 of 2020, originally entitled “Resolution 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 preliminary design and final design, services during construction, and miscellaneous services for traffic signal installation of the South Side Signals Project; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $390,213.38.”, which was amended by Resolution 78 of 2020 to authorize a new total project cost up to but not to exceed $536,000.00 to be further amended with this Resolution to account for an increase in federal funding where costs associated with the Southside Signals project have been converted from 80 percent federal and 20 percent local split to 100 percent federally reimbursable. The total project cost remains the same, not to exceed $536,000.00.

Discussion
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Order 232020-0331

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program”, by increasing 18TH STREET SIGNAL UPDATES (TIP) by $39,000.55 to reflect the project now being 100% reimbursable by the Federal Highway Administration.

Discussion
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Order 242020-0337

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Department of City Planning, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and James Simon, for the creation and installation of public art at Townsend Park located at 803 Ernie Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, at a cost not to exceed Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00).

Discussion
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Order 252020-0344

Resolution vacating a portion of Stoebner Way from Larimer Avenue southeasterly an average distance of 123.47 feet, in the 12th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
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Order 262020-0356

Records the Innovation, Performance and Asset Management committee report for May 20, 2020.

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Order 272020-0350

Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into an agreement with Cohen Law Group and CTC Technology & Energy for the renegotiation of the City’s Cable Franchise Agreements with Comcast and Verizon, and certain additional telecommunications consulting services; and further providing final payment to SmartWorks Partners for work provided under an agreement authorized by Resolutions 741 and 748 of 2018.

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Order 282020-0357

Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for May 20, 2020.

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Order 292020-0332

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the 2020 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), and for the payment of the costs thereof.

Discussion
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Order 302020-0333

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement with Goodwill of Southwestern PA for administrative services related to the 2020 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program at a cost not to exceed $227,374.26.

Discussion
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