Meeting

Standing Committees · Feb 24, 2021

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 18 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12021-1203Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a donation from Allegheny County of the installation Wi-Fi hotspots at the McKinley and Phillips Recreation Center and 24 months of internet service valued at FORTY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE DOLLARS AND TWENTY FOUR CENTS ($43,703.24) to offer free Wi-Fi to the surrounding community.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
2Item 42 P-CardsNo matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
32020-0145 Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 36 of 2019, amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article III: Dogs, cats and other animals, by repealing Chapter 639: Crocodilians and Venomous Snakes in its entirety and adding a new Chapter 639: Crocodilian Species and Red-Eared Sliders, prohibiting the keeping, sale, exchange, adoption, exchange or transfer of such animals in the city of Pittsburgh. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 3/24/2021. The motion carried.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 3/24/2021Not recordedNot recorded
42021-1204Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a License Agreement or Agreements with SMG and Sports & Exhibition Authority of Allegheny County at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750) for the purpose of hosting a Department of Public Safety Promotion Ceremony at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on March 4, 2021.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52021-1194Resolution granting unto University of Pittsburgh, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install (3) new entrance canopies, at 5051 Centre Avenue, in the 8th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
62021-1195Allows SQUARE VIEW APARTMENTS LP to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72021-1197Allows CAROL GOERK to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82021-1205Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Mt. Royal Road be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92021-1206Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that Boulevard Drive be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102021-1237Ordinance amending Title VII Business Licensing, Article X Rental of Residential Housing by including new Chapter 782 Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID- 19. (Briefing and Executive Session held 2/25/21)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112021-1182Resolution 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 reduce SOUTH SIDE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION by $5,000.00, and increase BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION by $5,000.00, and authorize a subsequent Agreement.No matched discussionTABLEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
122021-1207Resolution amending Resolution number 262 of 2018, authorizing the Mayor and Director of City Planning to accept a forty-six thousand ($46,000.00) dollar grant award from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to support the development of a Hill District Parks Master Plan (formerly Kennard Park Master Planning Project), and to combine this funding with the previously-budgeted sixty-thousand dollar ($60,000.00) City match, to enter into contract to hire consultants Groundswell Design Group, Inc. to develop aforementioned master plan with a total contract value not to exceed one-hundred and six thousand ($106,000.00) dollars.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132021-1208Resolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective December 23, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program,” so as to identify specific projects in City Council District 7 and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements for operation/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities on behalf of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142021-1193Resolution providing for an Amended Lease Agreement or Agreements for the use of the West End Senior Center located at 80 Wabash St. and for the provision of center services to seniors in an amount not to exceed Forty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars, and Sixty-Four Cents ($45,673.64), chargeable to and payable from the Seniors Community Program Trust Fund in the Department of Parks and Recreation. The City is in the process of purchasing 80 Wabash St. from the property owner, Smith & Bowen, and will continue to pay rent as authorized hereunder until transaction is completed.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152021-1198Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the BaumHaus Phase II project which will involve the development of a 198 multi-unit apartment complex with associated indoor amenities as well as a leasing office.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162021-1199Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the North Shore Parking Garage (Lot 10), Parcel 8-K-35, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172021-1200Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement with Goodwill of Southwestern PA for administrative services related to the 2021 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program at a cost not to exceed $200,000.00.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182021-1201Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the 2021 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), and for the payment of the costs thereof.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12021-1203

Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a donation from Allegheny County of the installation Wi-Fi hotspots at the McKinley and Phillips Recreation Center and 24 months of internet service valued at FORTY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THREE DOLLARS AND TWENTY FOUR CENTS ($43,703.24) to offer free Wi-Fi to the surrounding community.

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P-Cards

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Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 36 of 2019, amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article III: Dogs, cats and other animals, by repealing Chapter 639: Crocodilians and Venomous Snakes in its entirety and adding a new Chapter 639: Crocodilian Species and Red-Eared Sliders, prohibiting the keeping, sale, exchange, adoption, exchange or transfer of such animals in the city of Pittsburgh. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 3/24/2021. The motion carried.

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Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 3/24/2021
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Order 42021-1204

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a License Agreement or Agreements with SMG and Sports & Exhibition Authority of Allegheny County at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750) for the purpose of hosting a Department of Public Safety Promotion Ceremony at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center on March 4, 2021.

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Order 52021-1194

Resolution granting unto University of Pittsburgh, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install (3) new entrance canopies, at 5051 Centre Avenue, in the 8th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Order 62021-1195

Allows SQUARE VIEW APARTMENTS LP to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work.

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Order 72021-1197

Allows CAROL GOERK to use City right-of-way or property for infrastructure work.

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Order 82021-1205

Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Mt. Royal Road be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.

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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 92021-1206

Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that Boulevard Drive be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 102021-1237

Ordinance amending Title VII Business Licensing, Article X Rental of Residential Housing by including new Chapter 782 Temporary Eviction Regulation For Disease Prevention and Control Due to COVID- 19. (Briefing and Executive Session held 2/25/21)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 112021-1182

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 reduce SOUTH SIDE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION by $5,000.00, and increase BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION by $5,000.00, and authorize a subsequent Agreement.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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TABLED
Votes For
Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 122021-1207

Resolution amending Resolution number 262 of 2018, authorizing the Mayor and Director of City Planning to accept a forty-six thousand ($46,000.00) dollar grant award from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to support the development of a Hill District Parks Master Plan (formerly Kennard Park Master Planning Project), and to combine this funding with the previously-budgeted sixty-thousand dollar ($60,000.00) City match, to enter into contract to hire consultants Groundswell Design Group, Inc. to develop aforementioned master plan with a total contract value not to exceed one-hundred and six thousand ($106,000.00) dollars.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 132021-1208

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective December 23, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program,” so as to identify specific projects in City Council District 7 and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements for operation/administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and/or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities on behalf of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 142021-1193

Resolution providing for an Amended Lease Agreement or Agreements for the use of the West End Senior Center located at 80 Wabash St. and for the provision of center services to seniors in an amount not to exceed Forty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars, and Sixty-Four Cents ($45,673.64), chargeable to and payable from the Seniors Community Program Trust Fund in the Department of Parks and Recreation. The City is in the process of purchasing 80 Wabash St. from the property owner, Smith & Bowen, and will continue to pay rent as authorized hereunder until transaction is completed.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 152021-1198

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the BaumHaus Phase II project which will involve the development of a 198 multi-unit apartment complex with associated indoor amenities as well as a leasing office.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 162021-1199

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the North Shore Parking Garage (Lot 10), Parcel 8-K-35, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.

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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 172021-1200

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement with Goodwill of Southwestern PA for administrative services related to the 2021 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program at a cost not to exceed $200,000.00.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Not recorded
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Order 182021-1201

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the 2021 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), and for the payment of the costs thereof.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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