Meeting

City Council · Jan 19, 2021

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 40 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12021-1059Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, and/or the Director of the Department of Public Safety and Director of the Office and Management and Budget to enter into agreements in individual amounts of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or less with performers, instructors, artists, referees, and persons with specialized skills in connection with the Departments’ recreational and instructional programs and special events services.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
22021-1060Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with The Josh Gibson Foundation at no cost for use of the Ammon Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
32021-1061Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with the Macedonia Church of Pittsburgh at no cost for use of the Ammon Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
42021-1062Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with Ozanam, Inc. at no cost for use of the Ammon Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
52021-1063Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with the Hazelwood Youth Mentorship and Athletics Association at no cost for use of the Burgwin Community Center in order to provide recreational and community- focused activities.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
62021-1064Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, Lease(s) and/or License Agreement(s) for the use of certain property for senior facilities for the provision of center services to seniors in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars ($15,200.00), chargeable to and payable from the Seniors Community Trust Fund in the Department of Parks and Recreation.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
72021-1065Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with The Calabria Club at no cost for use of the Mount Washington HAL Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
82021-1066Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with Voices Against Violence at no cost for use of the McKinley Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.No matched discussionWaived under Rule 8Not recordedNot recorded
92021-1067Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with The Mount Washington Community Center at no cost for use of the Ream Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
102021-1068Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with The Pittsburgh Contingency, Inc. at no cost for use of the Ream Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
112021-1087Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One -- Administrative, Article III - Organization, Chapter 116: Department of Public Safety, to add a new subsection, § 116.17 - “Prohibition on the Execution of ‘No-Knock’ Warrants”, by requiring all City police officers, when executing any warrant, to physically knock and announce the presence of police before entering a premises.” (Executive Session held 2/1/21)No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
122021-1069Resolution granting unto SEAN WINNIE, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense an existing set of wood steps and a retaining wall, at 705 Hazelwood Avenue in the 15th Ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
132021-1070Resolution granting unto BLOOMFIELD-GARFIELD CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, Pa 15224, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a set of new concrete stairs and landing, and a new vertical platform lift, at 113 North Pacific Avenue, in the 10th Ward, in the 9th Council District of City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
142021-1071Resolution granting unto PITTSBURGH STUDENT HOUSING LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a projecting sign, at 1030 5th Avenue, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
152021-1072Resolution granting unto STEPHENS RICHARD JR, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a new projecting sign, at 2025 E. Carson Street, in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
162021-1073Resolution granting unto KALAL HOLDINGS, LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install (2) new projecting signs, at 2026 E. Carson Street, in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
172021-1074Resolution amending Resolution 849 of 2017, entitled “Resolution providing for the letting, for and during the calendar years 2018, 2019, and 2020, of Contracts and for the use of existing Contracts for professional services including planning, architectural, engineering, and real estate services as well as construction administration, management and inspection services related to the assessment, design, construction and maintenance of the City’s capital assets, including infrastructure, buildings and land as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh. Funding for these services are to come from the Capital Budget and the projects supported by the professional services” to allow for continuation of services for ongoing projects previously assigned under the existing on-call Contracts through December 31st, 2021.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
182021-1075Resolution amending Resolution 97 of 2018, 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 design, repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the McFarren Street (Second Avenue) Bridge project; and providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $3,750,000.00” to increase the total not to exceed to $3,789,680.36 for payment of work performed by Gulisek Construction (#52831).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
192021-1076Resolution vacating a portion of First Avenue (formerly Greenough Street), a thirty (30) foot right of way, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionWaived under Rule 8Not recordedNot recorded
202021-1077Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh to receive grant funding from the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Green Revitalization of Our Waterways Program for Wightman Park Green Stormwater Infrastructure - Phase II, and further providing for expenditures not to exceed THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND NINETY TWO CENTS ($352,047.92) for this stated purpose.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
212021-1078Resolution amending Resolution No. 466, effective September 21, 2020, “authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Studio Zewde, for the professional landscape architectural services for Homewood Park Infrastructure Upgrades at a cost not to exceed One Million Six Hundred Thirty Thousand and Fourteen Dollars ($1,630,014.00).” by increasing the total allocation by $54,855.00 from $1,630,014 to $1,684,869.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
222021-1079Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Carin Mincemoyer, for the creation and installation of public art at South Side Park, at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Four Thousand Dollars ($24,000.00).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
232021-1080Resolution providing for an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and the Borough of Wilkinsburg (“Borough”) for the collection of a portion of the Borough's municipal waste by the City for a term of five (5) years, commencing January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2025.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
242021-1081Resolution amending Resolution No. 279 of 2020, effective June 26, 2020, entitled, “Resolution amending Resolution No. 560 of 2019, effective September 1, 2019, entitled ‘Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2019-2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $4,558,960.00 (Council Districts: All),’ by including additional Emergency Small Business Support, Housing Stabilization Program, and URA Project Delivery deliverables pertaining to small business development, tenant assistance, homeowner assistance, and URA personnel, raising the total cost thereof to the amount not to exceed $11,905,823.00” by including an additional Economic Development & Housing [Bry Mard Apartments (East Hills) - HVAC Systems (Corrected)] line item for an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 and an increase to the Tenant Assistance (Housing Stabilization Program) line item by an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00, raising the total cost thereof to the amount not to exceed $14,155,823.00 (Council Districts: All).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
252021-1082Resolution amending Resolution 55 of 2018, which authorized the Mayor to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to plan and implement the creation of Financial Empowerment Centers Fund within the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Neighborhood Allies for the continued operation of Financial Empower Centers for the City and further authorizing agreements or contracts and expenditures not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
262021-1083Resolution 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” by reducing SMALLMAN STREET RECONSTRUCTION by $705,000, increasing STEP REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT by $400,000, and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $305,000.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
272021-1084Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements with LexisNexis for subscription to an online legal research tool at a cost not to exceed $68,400.00 (Sixty Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars and No Cents) over a term of 3 years.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
282021-1085Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article VI: Development Standards, Chapter 914: Parking, Loading, and Access by adding a new section 914.09.J: Parking Access for Single-Unit Attached Residential Uses to require rear or side access to off-street parking spaces for single-family attached dwellings. (Public Hearing held 4/21/2021)No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
292021-1086Files a communication from David Hutchinson about acting pay approval on behalf of the Department of Public Works for Chris Hornstein, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
302021-1055Records the Finance and Law committee report for January 13, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
312021-1031Resolution to authorize and direct the incurring of Non-Electoral Debt through the issuance of a series of General Obligation Bonds of the City of Pittsburgh, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of Sixty-Four Million Six Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($64,655,000.00).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
322021-1032Resolution amending resolution No. 507 of 2019, vacating a portion of Colwell Street and portions of Our Way in the 3rd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, by extending the expiration date of the payment from the property owners to the Treasury of the City of Pittsburgh from 150 days to 605 days from the effective date of the resolution, August 1st of 2019.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
332021-1056Records the Public Works committee report for January 13, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
342020-0955Resolution vacating a portion of Wickliff Street (formerly Wycliffe Street), a fifty (50) foot right of way, laid out in the H.M. Bissell's Plan of Lots, recorded in plan book volume 11, page 64, in the 10th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionDEFEATEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
352021-1057Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for January 13, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
362021-1049Resolution to grant the legally allowable single six (6) month extension to Inclusionary Housing Interim Planning Overlay District as per the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article III, Overlay Zoning Districts, Chapter 907, Development Overlay Districts, Section 907.02.C: Time Limit has been filed by the Department of City Planning: Time Limit. The expiry date of the district referenced in Section 907.02.K, known as IPOD-6, Lawrenceville (effective 25 July 2019), originally set by code for 25 January 2021, and shall be extended by six months to 25 July 2021.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
372021-1058Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for January 13, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
382020-0779Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of liquor license, License No. R- 12796, from Affolder Enterprises, Inc., c/o Susan Affolder, 8026 Edwood Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 to the Applicant, Cabaret LLC, for the premises located at 7928 Frankstown Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221, known as “Cabaret, LLC”, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 10/27/20)No matched discussionAMENDEDAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
392020-0959Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of liquor license, License No. R- 5655, from Arman & Aarav, Inc., 228 Center Road, Monroeville, PA 15146 to the Applicant, Virk Yilmaz, LLC, for the premises located at 5440 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, known as “Pizza Palermo”, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 1/6/21)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
402021-1034Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”) to coordinate various storm water and trail improvements in the Four Mile Run Watershed.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
Order 12021-1059

Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, and/or the Director of the Department of Public Safety and Director of the Office and Management and Budget to enter into agreements in individual amounts of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or less with performers, instructors, artists, referees, and persons with specialized skills in connection with the Departments’ recreational and instructional programs and special events services.

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Order 22021-1060

Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with The Josh Gibson Foundation at no cost for use of the Ammon Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.

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Order 32021-1061

Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with the Macedonia Church of Pittsburgh at no cost for use of the Ammon Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.

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Order 42021-1062

Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with Ozanam, Inc. at no cost for use of the Ammon Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.

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Order 52021-1063

Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with the Hazelwood Youth Mentorship and Athletics Association at no cost for use of the Burgwin Community Center in order to provide recreational and community- focused activities.

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Order 62021-1064

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, Lease(s) and/or License Agreement(s) for the use of certain property for senior facilities for the provision of center services to seniors in an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand, Two Hundred Dollars ($15,200.00), chargeable to and payable from the Seniors Community Trust Fund in the Department of Parks and Recreation.

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Order 72021-1065

Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with The Calabria Club at no cost for use of the Mount Washington HAL Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.

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Order 82021-1066

Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with Voices Against Violence at no cost for use of the McKinley Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Waived under Rule 8
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Order 92021-1067

Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with The Mount Washington Community Center at no cost for use of the Ream Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.

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Order 102021-1068

Resolution authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Community Partner Access Agreement or Agreement(s) with The Pittsburgh Contingency, Inc. at no cost for use of the Ream Community Center in order to provide recreational and community-focused activities.

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Order 112021-1087

Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One -- Administrative, Article III - Organization, Chapter 116: Department of Public Safety, to add a new subsection, § 116.17 - “Prohibition on the Execution of ‘No-Knock’ Warrants”, by requiring all City police officers, when executing any warrant, to physically knock and announce the presence of police before entering a premises.” (Executive Session held 2/1/21)

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Order 122021-1069

Resolution granting unto SEAN WINNIE, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense an existing set of wood steps and a retaining wall, at 705 Hazelwood Avenue in the 15th Ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
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Order 132021-1070

Resolution granting unto BLOOMFIELD-GARFIELD CORPORATION, Pittsburgh, Pa 15224, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a set of new concrete stairs and landing, and a new vertical platform lift, at 113 North Pacific Avenue, in the 10th Ward, in the 9th Council District of City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Order 142021-1071

Resolution granting unto PITTSBURGH STUDENT HOUSING LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a projecting sign, at 1030 5th Avenue, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Order 152021-1072

Resolution granting unto STEPHENS RICHARD JR, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a new projecting sign, at 2025 E. Carson Street, in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Order 162021-1073

Resolution granting unto KALAL HOLDINGS, LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install (2) new projecting signs, at 2026 E. Carson Street, in the 17th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Order 172021-1074

Resolution amending Resolution 849 of 2017, entitled “Resolution providing for the letting, for and during the calendar years 2018, 2019, and 2020, of Contracts and for the use of existing Contracts for professional services including planning, architectural, engineering, and real estate services as well as construction administration, management and inspection services related to the assessment, design, construction and maintenance of the City’s capital assets, including infrastructure, buildings and land as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh. Funding for these services are to come from the Capital Budget and the projects supported by the professional services” to allow for continuation of services for ongoing projects previously assigned under the existing on-call Contracts through December 31st, 2021.

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Order 182021-1075

Resolution amending Resolution 97 of 2018, 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 design, repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the McFarren Street (Second Avenue) Bridge project; and providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $3,750,000.00” to increase the total not to exceed to $3,789,680.36 for payment of work performed by Gulisek Construction (#52831).

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Order 192021-1076

Resolution vacating a portion of First Avenue (formerly Greenough Street), a thirty (30) foot right of way, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
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Waived under Rule 8
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Order 202021-1077

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Public Works of the City of Pittsburgh to receive grant funding from the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Green Revitalization of Our Waterways Program for Wightman Park Green Stormwater Infrastructure - Phase II, and further providing for expenditures not to exceed THREE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOUSAND FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND NINETY TWO CENTS ($352,047.92) for this stated purpose.

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Order 212021-1078

Resolution amending Resolution No. 466, effective September 21, 2020, “authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Studio Zewde, for the professional landscape architectural services for Homewood Park Infrastructure Upgrades at a cost not to exceed One Million Six Hundred Thirty Thousand and Fourteen Dollars ($1,630,014.00).” by increasing the total allocation by $54,855.00 from $1,630,014 to $1,684,869.

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Order 222021-1079

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Carin Mincemoyer, for the creation and installation of public art at South Side Park, at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Four Thousand Dollars ($24,000.00).

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Order 232021-1080

Resolution providing for an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and the Borough of Wilkinsburg (“Borough”) for the collection of a portion of the Borough's municipal waste by the City for a term of five (5) years, commencing January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2025.

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Order 242021-1081

Resolution amending Resolution No. 279 of 2020, effective June 26, 2020, entitled, “Resolution amending Resolution No. 560 of 2019, effective September 1, 2019, entitled ‘Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2019-2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $4,558,960.00 (Council Districts: All),’ by including additional Emergency Small Business Support, Housing Stabilization Program, and URA Project Delivery deliverables pertaining to small business development, tenant assistance, homeowner assistance, and URA personnel, raising the total cost thereof to the amount not to exceed $11,905,823.00” by including an additional Economic Development & Housing [Bry Mard Apartments (East Hills) - HVAC Systems (Corrected)] line item for an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 and an increase to the Tenant Assistance (Housing Stabilization Program) line item by an amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00, raising the total cost thereof to the amount not to exceed $14,155,823.00 (Council Districts: All).

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Order 252021-1082

Resolution amending Resolution 55 of 2018, which authorized the Mayor to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to plan and implement the creation of Financial Empowerment Centers Fund within the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Neighborhood Allies for the continued operation of Financial Empower Centers for the City and further authorizing agreements or contracts and expenditures not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000).

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Order 262021-1083

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” by reducing SMALLMAN STREET RECONSTRUCTION by $705,000, increasing STEP REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT by $400,000, and increasing COMPLETE STREETS by $305,000.

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Order 272021-1084

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements with LexisNexis for subscription to an online legal research tool at a cost not to exceed $68,400.00 (Sixty Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars and No Cents) over a term of 3 years.

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Order 282021-1085

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article VI: Development Standards, Chapter 914: Parking, Loading, and Access by adding a new section 914.09.J: Parking Access for Single-Unit Attached Residential Uses to require rear or side access to off-street parking spaces for single-family attached dwellings. (Public Hearing held 4/21/2021)

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Order 292021-1086

Files a communication from David Hutchinson about acting pay approval on behalf of the Department of Public Works for Chris Hornstein, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.

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Order 302021-1055

Records the Finance and Law committee report for January 13, 2021.

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Order 312021-1031

Resolution to authorize and direct the incurring of Non-Electoral Debt through the issuance of a series of General Obligation Bonds of the City of Pittsburgh, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of Sixty-Four Million Six Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($64,655,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
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No: 0
Order 322021-1032

Resolution amending resolution No. 507 of 2019, vacating a portion of Colwell Street and portions of Our Way in the 3rd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, by extending the expiration date of the payment from the property owners to the Treasury of the City of Pittsburgh from 150 days to 605 days from the effective date of the resolution, August 1st of 2019.

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Passed Finally
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Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
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No: 0
Order 332021-1056

Records the Public Works committee report for January 13, 2021.

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Order 342020-0955

Resolution vacating a portion of Wickliff Street (formerly Wycliffe Street), a fifty (50) foot right of way, laid out in the H.M. Bissell's Plan of Lots, recorded in plan book volume 11, page 64, in the 10th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.

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DEFEATED
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
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No: 0
Order 352021-1057

Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for January 13, 2021.

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Order 362021-1049

Resolution to grant the legally allowable single six (6) month extension to Inclusionary Housing Interim Planning Overlay District as per the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article III, Overlay Zoning Districts, Chapter 907, Development Overlay Districts, Section 907.02.C: Time Limit has been filed by the Department of City Planning: Time Limit. The expiry date of the district referenced in Section 907.02.K, known as IPOD-6, Lawrenceville (effective 25 July 2019), originally set by code for 25 January 2021, and shall be extended by six months to 25 July 2021.

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Passed Finally
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Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 372021-1058

Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for January 13, 2021.

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Order 382020-0779

Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of liquor license, License No. R- 12796, from Affolder Enterprises, Inc., c/o Susan Affolder, 8026 Edwood Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15237 to the Applicant, Cabaret LLC, for the premises located at 7928 Frankstown Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15221, known as “Cabaret, LLC”, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 10/27/20)

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AMENDED
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Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
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No: 0
Order 392020-0959

Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of liquor license, License No. R- 5655, from Arman & Aarav, Inc., 228 Center Road, Monroeville, PA 15146 to the Applicant, Virk Yilmaz, LLC, for the premises located at 5440 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, known as “Pizza Palermo”, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 1/6/21)

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Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
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No: 0
Order 402021-1034

Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”) to coordinate various storm water and trail improvements in the Four Mile Run Watershed.

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Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
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No: 0