Meeting

Standing Committees · Jul 8, 2020

9:30 AM · Council Chambers · 27 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12020-0454Resolution appointing Andrew Dash as Director of the Department of City Planning of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionInterview HeldNot recordedNot recorded
22020-0467Resolution appointing Ms. Betsy Magley to serve as a Commissioner for the Equal Opportunity Review Commission for a term to expire June 30, 2024. Ms. Magley will fill a seat that had been vacant.No matched discussionInterview HeldNot recordedNot recorded
32020-0471Resolution appointing Ms. Rhoda Neft to serve as a Member for the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire June 30, 2023. Ms. Neft will fill a seat that had been previously held by Mr. Greg Monaco.No matched discussionInterview HeldNot recordedNot recorded
42020-0519Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a License Agreement or Agreements with McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc., to allow the performance of site preparation work on designated City property in order to facilitate the construction of Larimer East Liberty Phases 3 & 4 Choice Neighborhood development.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52020-0200 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article Nine, Boards, Commissions and Authorities, to add Chapter 177D: Pittsburgh Commission on Racial Equity, pursuant to the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, §§ 102 and 208. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/1/20) SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER BURGESS AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAVELLE A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62020-0201 Resolution adopting the Ten Commitments of Racial Equity. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/1/20) SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER BURGESS AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAVELLE A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INVOICES NONE INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS NONENo matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
7Item 16 P-CardsNo matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
82020-0514Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an access agreement or agreements with the Carnegie Science Center of Pittsburgh for purposes of a drive-in movie presentation.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92020-0145 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 8/5/2020. The motion carried.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
102020-0487Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative; Article III, Organization; Chapter 116, Department of Public Safety; by adding a new Section, Section 116.14, Chokehold Prohibition. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7-15-20)No matched discussionHeld for Public Hearing to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
112020-0488Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on the behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a grant agreement with the Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA), for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX DOLLARS ($248,476.00) that will be used to establish, coordinate and fund activities to prevent, combat and reduce auto theft.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122020-0481Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Temporary Right of Entry, License, and Transfer Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and Rosalia George, owner of 1200 Trevanion Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 for the purpose of partially removing a retaining wall and erecting an earthen wall at the rear and alongside the homeowner’s property and in Frick Park.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132020-0482Resolution granting unto 1505 E CARSON STREET,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 1505 E. Carson Street, in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
142020-0484Ordinance amending Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article II: Telecommunications, Chapter 427: Telecommunications Systems in the Right-of-Way, Sections 427.03 Definitions and 427.11 Consideration For ROW Use Agreement; to provide for updated definitions and fee structures for wireless small cell facilities.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152020-0236Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as The Ewalt House, located at 186 Home Street (80-P-222), in the Lawrenceville Neighborhood, in the 9th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing scheduled for 6/9/2020)No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back on 7/29/2020Aye: 5Deb Gross, Kraus, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 3Anthony Coghill, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith
162020-0490Ordinance accepting a new street name, LUCKY LANE in the Sixth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in May 2020. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and AddressingNo matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172020-0491Ordinance accepting a new street name, SKIBO DRIVE in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in May 2020. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182020-0492Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Community Based Organizations for community and economic development for planning assistance in various neighborhoods in the City and providing operating support for these groups, and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $500,000.00.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 7/15/2020Not recordedNot recorded
192020-0489Resolution amending Resolution #570 of 2019 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 exercising the option to extend the term of the agreement for one year at a cost not to exceed Ten Thousand Five Hundred Forty Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,540.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202020-0109 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Townhomes on Fifth Avenue project located on Tax Map Parcel 52-G-133 at 5127, 5129, 5131, 5133 and 5135 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15232 A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 7/22/2020. The motion carried.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 7/22/2020Not recordedNot recorded
212020-0192 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 8/5/2020. The motion carried.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
222020-0299Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Project Cooperation Agreement or Professional Services Agreements with Grounded Strategies for the purposes of implementing a CityFarms pilot project, in an amount not to exceed $45,000No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
232020-0362Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for Duncan Street Townhomes at 5308-5314 Duncan Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
242020-0363Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 52nd Street Townhomes at 724 & 728 52nd Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
252020-0364Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 39th Street Homes at 204, 206, and 208 39th Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
262020-0437Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Forte Condominiums, 2637-2641 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
272020-0438Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Pittsburgh Distilling Company, 2401 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020Not recordedNot recorded
Order 12020-0454

Resolution appointing Andrew Dash as Director of the Department of City Planning of the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Interview Held
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22020-0467

Resolution appointing Ms. Betsy Magley to serve as a Commissioner for the Equal Opportunity Review Commission for a term to expire June 30, 2024. Ms. Magley will fill a seat that had been vacant.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Interview Held
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32020-0471

Resolution appointing Ms. Rhoda Neft to serve as a Member for the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire June 30, 2023. Ms. Neft will fill a seat that had been previously held by Mr. Greg Monaco.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Interview Held
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42020-0519

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a License Agreement or Agreements with McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc., to allow the performance of site preparation work on designated City property in order to facilitate the construction of Larimer East Liberty Phases 3 & 4 Choice Neighborhood development.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article Nine, Boards, Commissions and Authorities, to add Chapter 177D: Pittsburgh Commission on Racial Equity, pursuant to the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, §§ 102 and 208. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/1/20) SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER BURGESS AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAVELLE A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

Resolution adopting the Ten Commitments of Racial Equity. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7/1/20) SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER BURGESS AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAVELLE A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INVOICES NONE INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS NONE

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

P-Cards

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Not recorded
Votes For
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Order 82020-0514

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an access agreement or agreements with the Carnegie Science Center of Pittsburgh for purposes of a drive-in movie presentation.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

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 8/5/2020. The motion carried.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102020-0487

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative; Article III, Organization; Chapter 116, Department of Public Safety; by adding a new Section, Section 116.14, Chokehold Prohibition. (Cablecast Public Hearing held 7-15-20)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112020-0488

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on the behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a grant agreement with the Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA), for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of TWO HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX DOLLARS ($248,476.00) that will be used to establish, coordinate and fund activities to prevent, combat and reduce auto theft.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122020-0481

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Temporary Right of Entry, License, and Transfer Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and Rosalia George, owner of 1200 Trevanion Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15218 for the purpose of partially removing a retaining wall and erecting an earthen wall at the rear and alongside the homeowner’s property and in Frick Park.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132020-0482

Resolution granting unto 1505 E CARSON STREET,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 1505 E. Carson Street, in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142020-0484

Ordinance amending Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article II: Telecommunications, Chapter 427: Telecommunications Systems in the Right-of-Way, Sections 427.03 Definitions and 427.11 Consideration For ROW Use Agreement; to provide for updated definitions and fee structures for wireless small cell facilities.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152020-0236

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as The Ewalt House, located at 186 Home Street (80-P-222), in the Lawrenceville Neighborhood, in the 9th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing scheduled for 6/9/2020)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back on 7/29/2020
Votes For
Aye: 5Deb Gross, Kraus, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 3Anthony Coghill, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith
Order 162020-0490

Ordinance accepting a new street name, LUCKY LANE in the Sixth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in May 2020. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172020-0491

Ordinance accepting a new street name, SKIBO DRIVE in the Fourteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in May 2020. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182020-0492

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Community Based Organizations for community and economic development for planning assistance in various neighborhoods in the City and providing operating support for these groups, and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $500,000.00.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 7/15/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192020-0489

Resolution amending Resolution #570 of 2019 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 exercising the option to extend the term of the agreement for one year at a cost not to exceed Ten Thousand Five Hundred Forty Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,540.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Townhomes on Fifth Avenue project located on Tax Map Parcel 52-G-133 at 5127, 5129, 5131, 5133 and 5135 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15232 A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 7/22/2020. The motion carried.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 7/22/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

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 8/5/2020. The motion carried.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 222020-0299

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Project Cooperation Agreement or Professional Services Agreements with Grounded Strategies for the purposes of implementing a CityFarms pilot project, in an amount not to exceed $45,000

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 232020-0362

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

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 242020-0363

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

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 252020-0364

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

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 262020-0437

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Forte Condominiums, 2637-2641 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 272020-0438

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Pittsburgh Distilling Company, 2401 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 8/5/2020
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded