Meeting

City Council · Aug 25, 2020

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 52 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12020-0648WHEREAS, in February 1870, the United States Congress ratified the 15th Amendment granting Black American Men the Right to Vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
22020-0652WHEREAS, Kenneth Felts realized he was gay at 12 years old but was taught that his sexuality was both a sin and illegal, and so to cope he named that part of himself Larry, and hid that part of himself away from the world. He planned to go to the grave with his secret; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
32020-0649Whereas; The United States Postal Service can locate its origins as far back as 1775 and the Second Continental Congress, making it one of the oldest public institutions in the Country, and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
42020-0653WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ("P-G") is presently embroiled in a labor dispute that could culminate in the first strike in its 234-year history and spell the end of the major daily newspaper in our City, an iconic daily so venerable it reported on the adoption of the U.S. Constitution; andNo matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
52020-0621Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Department of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, for the City’s operation of its Senior Community Centers. Said agreement or agreement shall be for a term of one year at no cost to the City with compensation to the City not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND and FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($783,450.00).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
62020-0622Authorizes a City warrant payment to the DHS-OCR-Keys Service Corps in an amount not to exceed TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
72020-0623Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the National Recreation and Park Association to provide emergency funding relief for costs incurred by the City’s Summer Food Program due to the Corona Virus and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
82020-0624Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement in which the City grants to Walnut Capital a right to plant and maintain landscape improvements upon City property along Bakery Square Boulevard in Mellon Park.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
92020-0625Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s Senior Community Center Grant to make improvements at the Hazelwood Healthy Active Living Center and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND ($65,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
102020-0626Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s Senior Community Center Grant to make improvements at the Sheraden Healthy Active Living Center and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FORTY FIVE THOUSAND ($45,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
112020-0627Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s Senior Community Center Grant to make improvements at the South Side Market House Active Living Center and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIFTY ONE THOUSAND ($51,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
122020-0628Resolution granting unto The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new projecting sign, at 612 Smithfield Street, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionWaived under Rule 8Not recordedNot recorded
132020-0629Resolution granting unto Renewal Inc., their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new exhaust flue that will project into the right of way, at 329 Boulevard of the Allies, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
142020-0630Resolution granting unto SMITH BROTHERS BOGGS LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, (3) new canopy covered awnings, on an existing building, at 120 Federal Street, in the 22nd Ward, 1st Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
152020-0631Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Penn Avenue Reconstruction Phase II project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Twenty Five Thousand ($825,000.00) dollars; federally reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) dollars.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
162020-0632Resolution amending Resolution 744 of 1996 entitled the “Resolution authorizing and directing the City Controller to create a special trust fund, to be designated as the “Shade Tree Trust Fund”, for the deposit of cash and contributions and authorized the use of the funds deposited therein by the Department of Public Works for any and all expenses associated with the operation and implementation of projects related to the planting and promotion of trees in the City of Pittsburgh.”; to provide the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with authority to direct certain proceeds of the Shade Tree Trust Fund.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
172020-0633Resolution authorizing the City to enter into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny CleanWays to grant a license to Allegheny CleanWays to enter onto certain City-owned parcels in order to perform certain work including assessment and removal of litter and illegal dumping. This agreement will also allow access to certain Department of Public Works division facilities by Allegheny CleanWays for disposal of collected litter and illegal dumping.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
182020-0634Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for proposed land development located at 316 S.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
192020-0635Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 1501 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
202020-0636Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for Sweetbriar Houses at 450-454 Sweetbriar Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
212020-0637Resolution 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 fourteen days (14) additional days thereby making the Declaration effective until September 8th, 2020; in response to the ongoing public health emergency associated with the spread of coronavirusNo matched discussionWaived under the Rules of CouncilAye: 7Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
222020-0638Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title II: Fiscal; Article I: Administration; Chapter 219: Operating Budget; Section 219.03 Collaborative Budgeting Process.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
232020-0639Resolution authorizing and directing the issuance of a warrant to Cocoapreneur, LLC. for the sponsorship of events related to small business engagement and education.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
242020-0640Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Brenda Richmond, Administrix of the Estate of Christopher M.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
252020-0641Resolution amending Resolution #431 authorizing the City of Pittsburgh Ethics Hearing Board to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with DeForest, Koscelnik, Yokitis & Berardinelli, Koppers Building, 30th Floor, 436 Seventh Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional legal services regarding ethics matters by increasing the total cost Fifteen Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($15,000.00) from Thirty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($30,000.00) to Forty Five Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($45,000.00).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
262020-0642Authorizes a City warrant payment to Scanlon Fiber Optics LLC in the amount of Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($29,950.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
272020-0643Resolution authorizing the City’s Department of Public Safety to purchase hazardous material emergency response equipment from Midland Manufacturing Corp. at a cost not to exceed Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred One Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($13,801.86).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
282020-0647Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title One: Administrative, Article III: Organization, Chapter 116: Department of Public Safety to regulate the use of facial recognition and predictive policing technology.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
292020-0644Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Blight Remediation Program to study City owned vacant lots in the Homewood Neighborhood. The grant proposal includes an ask of $25,000.00 with a local match of $2,500.00 to come out of the City of Pittsburgh’s 2020 Operating Budget. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($27,500.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
302020-0645Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as The Shrine of the Blessed Mother, located off Wakefield Street (29-B-215, 29-B-216, 29-C-23, 29-C-21, 29-C-20, 29-C-19, 29-C-18, 29-C-17, 29-C-16, 29-C-15), in South Oakland, in the 4th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 9/23/20)No matched discussionWaived under Rule 8Not recordedNot recorded
312020-0646Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as The John P. Robin Civic Building, located at 200 Ross Street (2-J-164-2), in downtown, in the 1st Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 10/14/20)No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
322020-0650Resolution authorizing the reappointment of Brenda F. Pree as City Clerk of the City of Pittsburgh for a three year term to expire April 4, 2023.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
332020-0651Resolution authorizing the reappointment of Kimberly D. Clark-Baskin as Assistant City Clerk of the City of Pittsburgh, for a three year term to expire April 4, 2023.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
342020-0603Resolution appointing Douglas Anderson as the Director of the Department of Finance and City Treasurer.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
352020-0604Resolution reappointing Ms. Sabrina Korbel as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission for a term to expire December 31, 2022.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
362020-0605Resolution reappointing Mr. Knowledge Hudson as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2023.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
372020-0606Resolution reappointing Ms. Lena Andrews as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
382020-0607Resolution reappointing Ms. Ethel Johnson as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2023.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
392020-0608Resolution reappointing Mr. Mark Masterson as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2023.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
402020-0609Resolution reappointing Ms. Adrienne Walnoha as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
412020-0610Resolution reappointing Ms. Megan Winters as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2023.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
422020-0611Resolution appointing Mr. Oliver Beasley as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2021. Mr. Beasley will serve in a seat designated for a representative from the Mayor’s Office.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
432020-0612Resolution appointing Ms. Diamonte Walker as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2022. Ms. Walker will serve in a seat designated for a representative of the Urban Redevelopment Authority that had been vacant.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
442020-0613Resolution appointing Mr. James Myers, Jr. as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024. Mr. Myers will serve in a seat designated for a community resident of a neighborhood in the central region of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
452020-0614Resolution appointing Mr. Paul Spradley as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024. Mr. Spradley will be serving in a seat designated from a representative from a financial institution, which had been vacant.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
462020-0620Resolution reappointing Ms. Kellie Ware-Seabron as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
472020-0615Resolution appointing Ms. Rosamaria Cristello as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for a term to expire January 5, 2025. Ms. Cristello will be serving a seat that had been vacant.No matched discussionHeld, Pending Interview to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
482020-0616Resolution appointing Ms. BJ Leber as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for a term to expire January 1, 2023. Ms. Leber will be serving a seat that had been held by Chaton Turner whose term has expired.No matched discussionHeld, Pending Interview to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
492020-0617Resolution appointing Dr. Audrey Murrell as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for a term to expire December 31, 2023. Dr. Murrell will be serving a seat that had been vacant.No matched discussionHeld, Pending Interview to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
502020-0618Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to a plan by the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to install roundabouts on Reynolds Street (aka "The Neighbor Way"). If City Council is unable to conduct a Public Hearing due to Covid- 19, we request the project be postponed/cancelled until a (live) Public Hearing can be held. The Petition is valid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter. (Public Hearing held 9/9/20)No matched discussionHeld for Public Hearing to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12020-0648

WHEREAS, in February 1870, the United States Congress ratified the 15th Amendment granting Black American Men the Right to Vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude"; and,

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Order 22020-0652

WHEREAS, Kenneth Felts realized he was gay at 12 years old but was taught that his sexuality was both a sin and illegal, and so to cope he named that part of himself Larry, and hid that part of himself away from the world. He planned to go to the grave with his secret; and,

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Order 32020-0649

Whereas; The United States Postal Service can locate its origins as far back as 1775 and the Second Continental Congress, making it one of the oldest public institutions in the Country, and,

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Order 42020-0653

WHEREAS, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ("P-G") is presently embroiled in a labor dispute that could culminate in the first strike in its 234-year history and spell the end of the major daily newspaper in our City, an iconic daily so venerable it reported on the adoption of the U.S. Constitution; and

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Order 52020-0621

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Department of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, for the City’s operation of its Senior Community Centers. Said agreement or agreement shall be for a term of one year at no cost to the City with compensation to the City not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE THOUSAND and FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($783,450.00).

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Order 62020-0622

Authorizes a City warrant payment to the DHS-OCR-Keys Service Corps in an amount not to exceed TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS.

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Order 72020-0623

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the National Recreation and Park Association to provide emergency funding relief for costs incurred by the City’s Summer Food Program due to the Corona Virus and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

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Order 82020-0624

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement in which the City grants to Walnut Capital a right to plant and maintain landscape improvements upon City property along Bakery Square Boulevard in Mellon Park.

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Order 92020-0625

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s Senior Community Center Grant to make improvements at the Hazelwood Healthy Active Living Center and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND ($65,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

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Order 102020-0626

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s Senior Community Center Grant to make improvements at the Sheraden Healthy Active Living Center and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FORTY FIVE THOUSAND ($45,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

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Order 112020-0627

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging’s Senior Community Center Grant to make improvements at the South Side Market House Active Living Center and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIFTY ONE THOUSAND ($51,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

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Order 122020-0628

Resolution granting unto The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new projecting sign, at 612 Smithfield Street, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Waived under Rule 8
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Order 132020-0629

Resolution granting unto Renewal Inc., their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new exhaust flue that will project into the right of way, at 329 Boulevard of the Allies, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
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Order 142020-0630

Resolution granting unto SMITH BROTHERS BOGGS LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, (3) new canopy covered awnings, on an existing building, at 120 Federal Street, in the 22nd Ward, 1st Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Order 152020-0631

Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Penn Avenue Reconstruction Phase II project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Twenty Five Thousand ($825,000.00) dollars; federally reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) dollars.

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Order 162020-0632

Resolution amending Resolution 744 of 1996 entitled the “Resolution authorizing and directing the City Controller to create a special trust fund, to be designated as the “Shade Tree Trust Fund”, for the deposit of cash and contributions and authorized the use of the funds deposited therein by the Department of Public Works for any and all expenses associated with the operation and implementation of projects related to the planting and promotion of trees in the City of Pittsburgh.”; to provide the Director of the Office of Management and Budget with authority to direct certain proceeds of the Shade Tree Trust Fund.

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Order 172020-0633

Resolution authorizing the City to enter into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny CleanWays to grant a license to Allegheny CleanWays to enter onto certain City-owned parcels in order to perform certain work including assessment and removal of litter and illegal dumping. This agreement will also allow access to certain Department of Public Works division facilities by Allegheny CleanWays for disposal of collected litter and illegal dumping.

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Order 182020-0634

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for proposed land development located at 316 S.

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Order 192020-0635

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 1501 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

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Order 202020-0636

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for Sweetbriar Houses at 450-454 Sweetbriar Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211.

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Order 212020-0637

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 fourteen days (14) additional days thereby making the Declaration effective until September 8th, 2020; in response to the ongoing public health emergency associated with the spread of coronavirus

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Waived under the Rules of Council
Votes For
Aye: 7Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 222020-0638

Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title II: Fiscal; Article I: Administration; Chapter 219: Operating Budget; Section 219.03 Collaborative Budgeting Process.

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Order 232020-0639

Resolution authorizing and directing the issuance of a warrant to Cocoapreneur, LLC. for the sponsorship of events related to small business engagement and education.

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Order 242020-0640

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Brenda Richmond, Administrix of the Estate of Christopher M.

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Order 252020-0641

Resolution amending Resolution #431 authorizing the City of Pittsburgh Ethics Hearing Board to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with DeForest, Koscelnik, Yokitis & Berardinelli, Koppers Building, 30th Floor, 436 Seventh Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional legal services regarding ethics matters by increasing the total cost Fifteen Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($15,000.00) from Thirty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($30,000.00) to Forty Five Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($45,000.00).

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Order 262020-0642

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Scanlon Fiber Optics LLC in the amount of Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($29,950.

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Order 272020-0643

Resolution authorizing the City’s Department of Public Safety to purchase hazardous material emergency response equipment from Midland Manufacturing Corp. at a cost not to exceed Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred One Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($13,801.86).

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Order 282020-0647

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title One: Administrative, Article III: Organization, Chapter 116: Department of Public Safety to regulate the use of facial recognition and predictive policing technology.

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Order 292020-0644

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Blight Remediation Program to study City owned vacant lots in the Homewood Neighborhood. The grant proposal includes an ask of $25,000.00 with a local match of $2,500.00 to come out of the City of Pittsburgh’s 2020 Operating Budget. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($27,500.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

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Order 302020-0645

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as The Shrine of the Blessed Mother, located off Wakefield Street (29-B-215, 29-B-216, 29-C-23, 29-C-21, 29-C-20, 29-C-19, 29-C-18, 29-C-17, 29-C-16, 29-C-15), in South Oakland, in the 4th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 9/23/20)

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Waived under Rule 8
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Order 312020-0646

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as The John P. Robin Civic Building, located at 200 Ross Street (2-J-164-2), in downtown, in the 1st Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 10/14/20)

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Order 322020-0650

Resolution authorizing the reappointment of Brenda F. Pree as City Clerk of the City of Pittsburgh for a three year term to expire April 4, 2023.

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Order 332020-0651

Resolution authorizing the reappointment of Kimberly D. Clark-Baskin as Assistant City Clerk of the City of Pittsburgh, for a three year term to expire April 4, 2023.

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Order 342020-0603

Resolution appointing Douglas Anderson as the Director of the Department of Finance and City Treasurer.

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Order 352020-0604

Resolution reappointing Ms. Sabrina Korbel as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission for a term to expire December 31, 2022.

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Order 362020-0605

Resolution reappointing Mr. Knowledge Hudson as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2023.

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Order 372020-0606

Resolution reappointing Ms. Lena Andrews as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024.

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Order 382020-0607

Resolution reappointing Ms. Ethel Johnson as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2023.

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Order 392020-0608

Resolution reappointing Mr. Mark Masterson as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2023.

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Order 402020-0609

Resolution reappointing Ms. Adrienne Walnoha as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024.

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Order 412020-0610

Resolution reappointing Ms. Megan Winters as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2023.

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Order 422020-0611

Resolution appointing Mr. Oliver Beasley as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2021. Mr. Beasley will serve in a seat designated for a representative from the Mayor’s Office.

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Order 432020-0612

Resolution appointing Ms. Diamonte Walker as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2022. Ms. Walker will serve in a seat designated for a representative of the Urban Redevelopment Authority that had been vacant.

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Order 442020-0613

Resolution appointing Mr. James Myers, Jr. as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024. Mr. Myers will serve in a seat designated for a community resident of a neighborhood in the central region of Pittsburgh.

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Order 452020-0614

Resolution appointing Mr. Paul Spradley as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024. Mr. Spradley will be serving in a seat designated from a representative from a financial institution, which had been vacant.

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Order 462020-0620

Resolution reappointing Ms. Kellie Ware-Seabron as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2024.

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Order 472020-0615

Resolution appointing Ms. Rosamaria Cristello as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for a term to expire January 5, 2025. Ms. Cristello will be serving a seat that had been vacant.

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Order 482020-0616

Resolution appointing Ms. BJ Leber as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for a term to expire January 1, 2023. Ms. Leber will be serving a seat that had been held by Chaton Turner whose term has expired.

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Order 492020-0617

Resolution appointing Dr. Audrey Murrell as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for a term to expire December 31, 2023. Dr. Murrell will be serving a seat that had been vacant.

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Order 502020-0618

Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to a plan by the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to install roundabouts on Reynolds Street (aka "The Neighbor Way"). If City Council is unable to conduct a Public Hearing due to Covid- 19, we request the project be postponed/cancelled until a (live) Public Hearing can be held. The Petition is valid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter. (Public Hearing held 9/9/20)

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