Meeting

Standing Committees · Jun 23, 2021

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 22 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12021-1588Resolution transferring a total of $380,000 within the 2021 Operating Budget from the Department of Public Works to the Department of Parks & Recreation, for the purpose of increasing pay for lifeguards and reopening as many pools as possible for the 2021 season.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law, due back by 6/30/2021Not recordedNot recorded
22021-1640Resolution amending Resolution 412 of 2020, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to execute relevant Grant Agreements to receive funding from Allegheny County Health Department to develop a public health-informed diversion program and further providing for expenditures under the terms of said Agreements,” to increase the amount authorized by the Grant Agreement or Agreements and the amount authorized for expenditures.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32021-1597Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Program to provide funding for the construction of the Davis Avenue Pedestrian Bridge and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42021-1598Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Program for sidewalk improvements to Irvine Street in the Hazelwood neighborhood and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52021-1599Authorizes a City warrant payment to Independent Enterprises, Inc.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62021-1600Resolution granting unto MARY TOLOMEO, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to replace an existing entrance ramp with a new ADA compliant entrance ramp and landing, at 4055 Liberty Avenue in the 9th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72021-1602Resolution granting unto NORTHSIDE ASSOCIATES, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to reconstruct a set of existing entry steps for a group of townhouses at 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 Strauss Street, in the 25th Ward, and at 24, 26, 28, and 30 Strauss Street, in the 26th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82021-1603Resolution granting unto MCKNIGHT BANK TOWER LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install two (2) new projecting signs onto an existing building at 307 4th Avenue in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92021-1604Resolution granting unto HRLP FOURTH AVENUE LLC, 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 onto an existing building, at 2 PPG Place in the 5th Ward, 1st Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102021-1605Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Preservation Agreement with the CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112021-1606Resolution further amending Resolution No. 492, effective October 8, 2020, entitled “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 Renaissance 3 Architects, for the professional architecture services for Robert E. Williams Community Building - Reconstruction and Design Documents, at a cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIX DOLLARS AND EIGHT CENTS ($321,296.08), for professional services” by increasing the total allocation to $83,953.63No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122021-1612Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as The East Liberty Mellon Bank, located at 6112 Penn Avenue (84-C-51), in East Liberty, in the 8th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner’s agent is opposed to the nomination. (Public Hearing held 7/13/21)No matched discussionHeld for Public Hearing to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
132021-1613Ordinance accepting a new street name, MARY PECK BOND PLACE in the Twelfth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in June 2021. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142021-1614Ordinance accepting the name change of a portion of UNIVERSITY DRIVE A and UNIVERSITY DRIVE B to a new street name, DAMMOND DRIVE and accepting the name change of a portion of UNIVERSITY DRIVE C and a portion of UNIVERSITY DRIVE A to a new street name, UTTERBACK DRIVE in the Fourth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street names were approved by CPAC in May 2021. The names listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152021-1615Ordinance accepting a new street name, BELLTOWER LANE in the Ninth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in May 2021. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and AddressingNo matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162021-1465Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the naming of a public fountain located at the northeastern corner of Allegheny Commons as “The Patricia Regan Rooney Memorial Fountain.” (Public Hearing held 6/16/21)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172021-1586Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article XI: Parks and Playgrounds, Chapter 477: Permits and Fees, Section 477.01: Park Permit Procedures, Section 477.02: Fees for Swimming Pools, Golf Course, Skating Rinks and Other Recreational Facilities, so as to give priority to City residents for park facility rentals.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Urban Recreation, due back by 6/30/2021Not recordedNot recorded
182021-1587Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution 539 of 2016, as amended, entitled “authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and/or Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a Contract or Contracts or Agreement or Agreements with Granicus, Inc., for software upgrades, server hosting services and annual maintenance of Legistar agenda management and video streaming” in order to extend the contract an additional 12 months, for an additional cost of $58,033.36No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192021-1609Resolution amending Resolution No. 392 of 2020, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to extend a Professional Service Agreement(s) with STR.Grants, LLC for software services relating to the eProperties Plus profiling system, by a term of one year at an additional cost not to exceed Thirty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars and Thirty Cents ($35,226.30).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202021-1610Resolution amending Resolution 475 of 2020 which provided for a professional services agreement or agreements with NCR Corporation, to provide city-wide credit, debit, and e-check payment services for the collection of various program and permitting fees for the City of Pittsburgh by exercising the option to extend the term of the Agreement for three years at no additional cost.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
212021-1611Resolution providing for the Mayor and the Acting Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with RouteSmart Technologies, Inc., which provides trash and recycling routing optimization, for 1) a software update subscription to RouteSmart software, including a maintenance fee covering troubleshooting and technical assistance at an annual cost not to exceed $7,000.00, total not to exceed $28,000.00 for initial contract year, with three renewal option years, and 2) End User training on the best use of RouteSmart software, a seven day course to be delivered remotely; at a total cost not to exceed $10,500.00 for 2021 only.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
222021-1607Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for Gladstone Residences at 327 Hazelwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15207.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12021-1588

Resolution transferring a total of $380,000 within the 2021 Operating Budget from the Department of Public Works to the Department of Parks & Recreation, for the purpose of increasing pay for lifeguards and reopening as many pools as possible for the 2021 season.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law, due back by 6/30/2021
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22021-1640

Resolution amending Resolution 412 of 2020, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to execute relevant Grant Agreements to receive funding from Allegheny County Health Department to develop a public health-informed diversion program and further providing for expenditures under the terms of said Agreements,” to increase the amount authorized by the Grant Agreement or Agreements and the amount authorized for expenditures.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32021-1597

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Program to provide funding for the construction of the Davis Avenue Pedestrian Bridge and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42021-1598

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Program for sidewalk improvements to Irvine Street in the Hazelwood neighborhood and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52021-1599

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Independent Enterprises, Inc.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62021-1600

Resolution granting unto MARY TOLOMEO, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to replace an existing entrance ramp with a new ADA compliant entrance ramp and landing, at 4055 Liberty Avenue in the 9th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72021-1602

Resolution granting unto NORTHSIDE ASSOCIATES, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to reconstruct a set of existing entry steps for a group of townhouses at 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, and 22 Strauss Street, in the 25th Ward, and at 24, 26, 28, and 30 Strauss Street, in the 26th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82021-1603

Resolution granting unto MCKNIGHT BANK TOWER LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install two (2) new projecting signs onto an existing building at 307 4th Avenue in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92021-1604

Resolution granting unto HRLP FOURTH AVENUE LLC, 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 onto an existing building, at 2 PPG Place in the 5th Ward, 1st Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102021-1605

Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Preservation Agreement with the CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112021-1606

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 492, effective October 8, 2020, entitled “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 Renaissance 3 Architects, for the professional architecture services for Robert E. Williams Community Building - Reconstruction and Design Documents, at a cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY SIX DOLLARS AND EIGHT CENTS ($321,296.08), for professional services” by increasing the total allocation to $83,953.63

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122021-1612

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as The East Liberty Mellon Bank, located at 6112 Penn Avenue (84-C-51), in East Liberty, in the 8th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner’s agent is opposed to the nomination. (Public Hearing held 7/13/21)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132021-1613

Ordinance accepting a new street name, MARY PECK BOND PLACE in the Twelfth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in June 2021. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142021-1614

Ordinance accepting the name change of a portion of UNIVERSITY DRIVE A and UNIVERSITY DRIVE B to a new street name, DAMMOND DRIVE and accepting the name change of a portion of UNIVERSITY DRIVE C and a portion of UNIVERSITY DRIVE A to a new street name, UTTERBACK DRIVE in the Fourth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street names were approved by CPAC in May 2021. The names listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152021-1615

Ordinance accepting a new street name, BELLTOWER LANE in the Ninth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in May 2021. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162021-1465

Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the naming of a public fountain located at the northeastern corner of Allegheny Commons as “The Patricia Regan Rooney Memorial Fountain.” (Public Hearing held 6/16/21)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172021-1586

Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article XI: Parks and Playgrounds, Chapter 477: Permits and Fees, Section 477.01: Park Permit Procedures, Section 477.02: Fees for Swimming Pools, Golf Course, Skating Rinks and Other Recreational Facilities, so as to give priority to City residents for park facility rentals.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Urban Recreation, due back by 6/30/2021
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182021-1587

Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution 539 of 2016, as amended, entitled “authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and/or Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a Contract or Contracts or Agreement or Agreements with Granicus, Inc., for software upgrades, server hosting services and annual maintenance of Legistar agenda management and video streaming” in order to extend the contract an additional 12 months, for an additional cost of $58,033.36

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192021-1609

Resolution amending Resolution No. 392 of 2020, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to extend a Professional Service Agreement(s) with STR.Grants, LLC for software services relating to the eProperties Plus profiling system, by a term of one year at an additional cost not to exceed Thirty-Five Thousand Two Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars and Thirty Cents ($35,226.30).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202021-1610

Resolution amending Resolution 475 of 2020 which provided for a professional services agreement or agreements with NCR Corporation, to provide city-wide credit, debit, and e-check payment services for the collection of various program and permitting fees for the City of Pittsburgh by exercising the option to extend the term of the Agreement for three years at no additional cost.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 212021-1611

Resolution providing for the Mayor and the Acting Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with RouteSmart Technologies, Inc., which provides trash and recycling routing optimization, for 1) a software update subscription to RouteSmart software, including a maintenance fee covering troubleshooting and technical assistance at an annual cost not to exceed $7,000.00, total not to exceed $28,000.00 for initial contract year, with three renewal option years, and 2) End User training on the best use of RouteSmart software, a seven day course to be delivered remotely; at a total cost not to exceed $10,500.00 for 2021 only.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 222021-1607

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for Gladstone Residences at 327 Hazelwood Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15207.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded