Meeting

City Council · Jan 26, 2021

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 23 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12021-1100WHEREAS, Future Business Leaders of America- Phi Beta Lambda is a professional organization dedicated to bringing business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
22021-1101WHEREAS, a report entitled “Murder and Extremism in the United States” issued by the Anti- Defamation League (ADL) revealed that in 2019, domestic extremists killed at least 42 people in 17 separate incidents nationwide, making that year the sixth deadliest on record since 1970, and the same report linked 90% and 81% of these murders to right-wing extremism and white supremacy, respectively; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
32021-1102WHEREAS, Willa “Kitty” Chandler, matriarch of the Warren family, was born on November 13, 1919 to the late Ehtle (Smith) and William Warren, growing up with her younger brother John in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
42021-1093Resolution granting unto SMALLMAN HOLDINGS LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to extend and renovate existing docks and ramps located at, 1606 Smallman Street, in the 2nd Ward, [6th] 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
52021-1094Resolution providing for the reimbursement to the Port Authority of Allegheny County for costs incurred for work on the Fallowfield Avenue project and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Twenty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars and Forty- Eight Cents ($23,590.48).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
62021-1095Resolution providing for a Professional Services Agreement with the Mark Hamilton, Esq. of Tremba, Kinney, Greiner and Kerr, to provide legal representation as the Solicitor of the Commission on Human Relations in an amount not to exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
72021-1096Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to receive grant funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services to assist in the City’s Emergency Medical Services’ efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS AND FORTY NINE CENTS ($246,212.49) for this stated purpose.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
82021-1097Resolution amending resolution no. 382 of 2019, authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Amended Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Freedom Indeed LLC/Reverend Cornell Jones for professional services as a Group Violence Intervention Coordinator at a total cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($327,465.00). Said Agreement(s) require amendment in order to change current and future funding sources to the ‘Stop the Violence Trust Fund’.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
92021-1098Resolution amending Resolution number 608 of 2019, previously amending Resolution number 515 of 2019, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an amended two-year Professional Services Agreement or Agreements (with a City option to renew for one year) with The Center that CARES for the purpose of implementation of the Pittsburgh Group Violence Intervention Street Outreach Program” so as to switch current and future funding sources to the ‘Stop the Violence Trust Fund’.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
102021-1099Resolution amending Resolution No. 308 of 2020, authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an amended five-year professional services agreement or agreements with RollKall Technologies, LLC (RollKall) for a web- based secondary employment scheduling system in an amount not-to-exceed Eight Hundred Fifty- Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and No Cents ($853,925.00). RollKall acquired Cover Your Assets, LLC (CYA) and is now the contracting entity instead of CYA. No other substantive changes to the terms of the Agreement are required.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
112021-1088Records the Finance and Law committee report for January 20, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
122021-1044Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One: Administrative, Article VIII: Procedures by adding a new chapter 166: Donation of City Personal Property to create a policy for the donation of City-owned Personal Property.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
132021-1045Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to accept a donation from Workscape, Inc. of FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) DOLLARS for capital investments for the Ammon Recreation Center Rec2Tech remodel.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
142021-1089Records the Public Works committee report for January 20, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
152021-1041Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority’s COVID- 19 Restart Grant for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at the Second Avenue Parking lot and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THREE ($189,403.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
162021-1076Resolution 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 discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
172021-1090Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for January 20, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
182021-1046Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2016, effective January 1, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” so as to rename an organization, add a fiscal conduit, and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
192021-1047Resolution 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” so as to rename an organization, add a fiscal conduit, and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
202021-1091Records the Urban Recreation committee report for January 20, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
212021-1066Resolution 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 discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
222021-1092Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for January 20, 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
232020-0767Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the 5803 Centre Avenue Residential/Retail Development.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
Order 12021-1100

WHEREAS, Future Business Leaders of America- Phi Beta Lambda is a professional organization dedicated to bringing business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs; and,

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Adopted
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Order 22021-1101

WHEREAS, a report entitled “Murder and Extremism in the United States” issued by the Anti- Defamation League (ADL) revealed that in 2019, domestic extremists killed at least 42 people in 17 separate incidents nationwide, making that year the sixth deadliest on record since 1970, and the same report linked 90% and 81% of these murders to right-wing extremism and white supremacy, respectively; and,

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Adopted
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Order 32021-1102

WHEREAS, Willa “Kitty” Chandler, matriarch of the Warren family, was born on November 13, 1919 to the late Ehtle (Smith) and William Warren, growing up with her younger brother John in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and,

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Adopted
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Order 42021-1093

Resolution granting unto SMALLMAN HOLDINGS LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to extend and renovate existing docks and ramps located at, 1606 Smallman Street, in the 2nd Ward, [6th] 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Order 52021-1094

Resolution providing for the reimbursement to the Port Authority of Allegheny County for costs incurred for work on the Fallowfield Avenue project and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Twenty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars and Forty- Eight Cents ($23,590.48).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Not recorded
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Order 62021-1095

Resolution providing for a Professional Services Agreement with the Mark Hamilton, Esq. of Tremba, Kinney, Greiner and Kerr, to provide legal representation as the Solicitor of the Commission on Human Relations in an amount not to exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Not recorded
Votes For
Not recorded
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Order 72021-1096

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to receive grant funding from the US Department of Health and Human Services to assist in the City’s Emergency Medical Services’ efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWELVE DOLLARS AND FORTY NINE CENTS ($246,212.49) for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Order 82021-1097

Resolution amending resolution no. 382 of 2019, authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Amended Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Freedom Indeed LLC/Reverend Cornell Jones for professional services as a Group Violence Intervention Coordinator at a total cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($327,465.00). Said Agreement(s) require amendment in order to change current and future funding sources to the ‘Stop the Violence Trust Fund’.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Not recorded
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Order 92021-1098

Resolution amending Resolution number 608 of 2019, previously amending Resolution number 515 of 2019, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an amended two-year Professional Services Agreement or Agreements (with a City option to renew for one year) with The Center that CARES for the purpose of implementation of the Pittsburgh Group Violence Intervention Street Outreach Program” so as to switch current and future funding sources to the ‘Stop the Violence Trust Fund’.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Not recorded
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Not recorded
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Order 102021-1099

Resolution amending Resolution No. 308 of 2020, authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an amended five-year professional services agreement or agreements with RollKall Technologies, LLC (RollKall) for a web- based secondary employment scheduling system in an amount not-to-exceed Eight Hundred Fifty- Three Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars and No Cents ($853,925.00). RollKall acquired Cover Your Assets, LLC (CYA) and is now the contracting entity instead of CYA. No other substantive changes to the terms of the Agreement are required.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 112021-1088

Records the Finance and Law committee report for January 20, 2021.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Order 122021-1044

Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One: Administrative, Article VIII: Procedures by adding a new chapter 166: Donation of City Personal Property to create a policy for the donation of City-owned Personal Property.

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 132021-1045

Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to accept a donation from Workscape, Inc. of FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) DOLLARS for capital investments for the Ammon Recreation Center Rec2Tech remodel.

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 142021-1089

Records the Public Works committee report for January 20, 2021.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
Votes For
Not recorded
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Not recorded
Order 152021-1041

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority’s COVID- 19 Restart Grant for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at the Second Avenue Parking lot and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THREE ($189,403.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

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 172021-1090

Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for January 20, 2021.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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Order 182021-1046

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2016, effective January 1, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” so as to rename an organization, add a fiscal conduit, and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.

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 192021-1047

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” so as to rename an organization, add a fiscal conduit, and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.

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 202021-1091

Records the Urban Recreation committee report for January 20, 2021.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
Votes For
Not recorded
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Not recorded
Order 212021-1066

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
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 222021-1092

Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for January 20, 2021.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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