Meeting

City Council · Dec 28, 2020

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 20 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12020-1029WHEREAS, 15 years ago on December 29th 2005, Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents was established as an extension of the community organizing work that local activist Sue Kerr was regularly participating in. Sue was acting as the messenger of many local LGBTQ stories to her community and being regularly called upon by the media as Pittsburgh’s unofficial “lesbian correspondent”; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
22020-1027Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title IV: Public Places and Property; Article I: Public Right of Way; Chapter 416: Obstructions: Sections 416.20 Approval Process for Sidewalk Café, Including Permits and Fees to further extend the effectiveness of certain temporary expedited measures for the City of Pittsburgh sidewalk café permit application process through April 15, 2021.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
32020-1028Resolution amending Resolution 37 of 2020 to allow for multiple agreements, as necessary, to authorize certain easements in connection with the construction of Duquesne Light Company’s new Riazzi Electric Substation (Substation) and the installation of an underground electrical system, to connect the Substation to the existing electrical distribution system for the surrounding area.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
42020-1021Records the Finance and Law committee report for December 21, 2020.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
52020-0091 Ordinance providing funding for the City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund through a .50 mill increase to the property tax rate; by adding Section 263.04 City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund Levy at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 6Burgess, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 3Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross
62020-0990Resolution providing for the creation of the City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund, and setting conditions for the deposit of revenue into and expenditure from the City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 6Burgess, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 3Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross
72020-1022Records the Public Safety Services committee report for December 21, 2020.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
82020-0997Resolution amending Resolution 193 of 2018, which authorized the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a three-year Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with ShotSpotter, Inc. (d/b/a SST, Inc.) for the continuation and expansion of the City’s gunshot- detection system, by extending the term for five additional years and increasing the not-to-exceed amount by FOUR MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($4,962,022.00).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
92020-0998Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a commodities agreement with Firewater Response, LLC for HEPA equipped air scrubbers.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
102020-1023Records the Public Works committee report for December 21, 2020.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
112020-0985Resolution further amending resolution number 772 of 2016, as amended, entitled “adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” to transfer twenty thousand dollars from Sport Facility Improvements to Complete StreetsNo matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
122020-1024Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for December 21, 2020.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
132020-0991Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, effective December 28, 2017, as amended, 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,” to reflect all insured parties for a Public Service Grant contract by reducing STEEL CITY BOXING by $2,500.00 and increasing STEEL CITY BOXING ASSOCIATION AND SPRING HILL CIVIC LEAGUE by $2,500.00No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
142020-0992Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program,” to reflect all insured parties for a Public Service Grant contract by reducing STEEL CITY BOXING ASSOCIATION by $2,500.00 and increasing STEEL CITY BOXING ASSOCIATION AND SPRING HILL CIVIC LEAGUE by $2,500.00No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
152020-1025Records the Innovation, Performance and Asset Management committee report for December 21, 2020.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
162020-0994Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with ESO for upgrades to the City’s firehouse software system at an overall cost not to exceed Two Hundred Eighty -Eight Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and Eighty-Five Cents ($288,546.85).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
172020-1026Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for December 21, 2020.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
182020-0958Resolution authorizing a Second Amendment to the Pittsburgh Development Fund Cooperation Agreement dated January 24, 1995 between the City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (Council Districts: All)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
192020-0987Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant of up to $1,500,000 for the Former Homewood School project. (Council District 9).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
202020-0989Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 700 Second Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
Order 12020-1029

WHEREAS, 15 years ago on December 29th 2005, Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents was established as an extension of the community organizing work that local activist Sue Kerr was regularly participating in. Sue was acting as the messenger of many local LGBTQ stories to her community and being regularly called upon by the media as Pittsburgh’s unofficial “lesbian correspondent”; and,

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Order 22020-1027

Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances at Title IV: Public Places and Property; Article I: Public Right of Way; Chapter 416: Obstructions: Sections 416.20 Approval Process for Sidewalk Café, Including Permits and Fees to further extend the effectiveness of certain temporary expedited measures for the City of Pittsburgh sidewalk café permit application process through April 15, 2021.

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Order 32020-1028

Resolution amending Resolution 37 of 2020 to allow for multiple agreements, as necessary, to authorize certain easements in connection with the construction of Duquesne Light Company’s new Riazzi Electric Substation (Substation) and the installation of an underground electrical system, to connect the Substation to the existing electrical distribution system for the surrounding area.

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Order 42020-1021

Records the Finance and Law committee report for December 21, 2020.

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Ordinance providing funding for the City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund through a .50 mill increase to the property tax rate; by adding Section 263.04 City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund Levy at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 6Burgess, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 3Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross
Order 62020-0990

Resolution providing for the creation of the City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund, and setting conditions for the deposit of revenue into and expenditure from the City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 6Burgess, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 3Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross
Order 72020-1022

Records the Public Safety Services committee report for December 21, 2020.

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No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Order 82020-0997

Resolution amending Resolution 193 of 2018, which authorized the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a three-year Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with ShotSpotter, Inc. (d/b/a SST, Inc.) for the continuation and expansion of the City’s gunshot- detection system, by extending the term for five additional years and increasing the not-to-exceed amount by FOUR MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($4,962,022.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 102020-1023

Records the Public Works committee report for December 21, 2020.

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No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Order 112020-0985

Resolution further amending resolution number 772 of 2016, as amended, entitled “adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” to transfer twenty thousand dollars from Sport Facility Improvements to Complete Streets

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 122020-1024

Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for December 21, 2020.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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Not recorded
Order 132020-0991

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, effective December 28, 2017, as amended, 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,” to reflect all insured parties for a Public Service Grant contract by reducing STEEL CITY BOXING by $2,500.00 and increasing STEEL CITY BOXING ASSOCIATION AND SPRING HILL CIVIC LEAGUE by $2,500.00

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 142020-0992

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program,” to reflect all insured parties for a Public Service Grant contract by reducing STEEL CITY BOXING ASSOCIATION by $2,500.00 and increasing STEEL CITY BOXING ASSOCIATION AND SPRING HILL CIVIC LEAGUE by $2,500.00

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 152020-1025

Records the Innovation, Performance and Asset Management committee report for December 21, 2020.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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Order 162020-0994

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with ESO for upgrades to the City’s firehouse software system at an overall cost not to exceed Two Hundred Eighty -Eight Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Six Dollars and Eighty-Five Cents ($288,546.85).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 172020-1026

Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for December 21, 2020.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
Votes For
Not recorded
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Not recorded
Order 182020-0958

Resolution authorizing a Second Amendment to the Pittsburgh Development Fund Cooperation Agreement dated January 24, 1995 between the City of Pittsburgh and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (Council Districts: All)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 192020-0987

Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant of up to $1,500,000 for the Former Homewood School project. (Council District 9).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0