Meeting

Standing Committees · Oct 13, 2021

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 17 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12021-1943Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code at Title One: Administrative, Article XI: Human Resources, Chapter 192: Pensions, by adding Subsection 192.02 (3), so as to add language to allow for elimination of the social security offset for municipal employees. (Public Hearing held 11/18/21)No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Finance and Law until CABLECAST Public Hearing on Bill 2021-1986Not recordedNot recorded
22021-1970Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Charmaine Caracter, 127 Kennedy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15214, in the amount of Four Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Two Dollars and Eighty Six Cents ($4,462.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32021-1971Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into an Agreement of Sale with Smith & Bowen, and all documents necessary, to purchase 80 Wabash St. for a total amount not to exceed $374,000, which includes the purchase price of $344,000 plus acquisition costs, for the purpose of continued operation of the City’s West End Healthy Active Living Center (Senior Center).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42021-1972Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2021 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,214,418.00.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52021-1980Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237: Stop the Violence Fund, to clarify uses and restrictions of the fund.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 10/20/2021Not recordedNot recorded
62021-1986Ordinance amending the City Code at Title One: Administrative, Article XI: Human Resources, Chapter 192: Pensions, Section 192.01: Definitions, Section 192.20: Municipal Benefit Plan No. 2, Section 192.21: Establishment of Municipal Benefit Plan No. 2, Section 192.22: Membership, Section 192.23: Contributions by Members, Section 192.24: Contributions by the City, Section 192.26: Pension Allowance, and Section 192.27: Death Benefits, and adding a Section 192.22A: Membership in Municipal Benefit Plan No. 3, in order to remove the Social Security Offset for certain non-union members and to fund the removal of the offset. (Public Hearing held 11/18/21)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
72021-1987Resolution declaring that the City of Pittsburgh and its municipal pension plan is Minimally Distressed, per the provisions of State Act 205 of 1984 (as amended).No matched discussionTABLEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
8Item 72 P-Cartds Standing CommitteeNo matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
92021-1961Resolution amending Resolution No. 205, effective May 6, 2020, entitled “authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission to rehabilitate the windows of the Oliver Bath House, The grant proposal includes a request of $100,000.00 with a locale match of $100,000.00 to be provided in the 2021 Capital Budget” to add language to allow the City of Pittsburgh to accept the grant award and to spend the funds.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102021-1962Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Grant program, to provide funding for the purchase of play equipment in Phillips Park. The grant proposal includes a request of THIRTY THOUSAND ($30,000.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112021-1965Resolution granting unto KEVIN V & KATRIN HEHER, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense replace a set of existing steps and retaining wall presently constructed in the right-of-way with new steps, a raised planter, and a retaining wall in same location, at 5035 Castleman Street, in the 7th Ward, 8th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122021-1966Resolution granting unto WAG4 LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, (14) Type 1 Architectural Wall Scones, (5) Type 2 Architectural Wall Scones, (3) Architectural Fabric Awnings, and (2) Bollards, at 2400 E Carson Street, in the 16th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132021-1906Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article II, Base Zoning Districts; Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.02, Use Table; and Section 911.04, Use Standards; Article VI Development Standards, Chapter 915, Chapter 915.04, Environmental Performance Standard, and Chapter 919, Signs; and Chapter 922 Development Review Procedures, 922.15, to create a new Urban Center Mixed Use Zoning Districts and related zoning regulations. (Report and Recommendation received 4/5/2022) (Public Hearing held 5/25/22)No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
142021-1973Resolution requesting authorization for the Mayor and the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (“PLI”) to enter into an Amended Agreement or Agreements with Avenu Insights and Analytics to digitize microfiche and aperture cards holding historic permitting data and add them to the Department’s digital library. The Agreement is chargeable and payable from the following account in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Sixty Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars ($260,600).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152021-1974Resolution 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 THE LIGHT OF KIMBERLY by $5,000.00, and increase FAMILY SERVICES UNITED AND THE LIGHT OF KIMBERLY by $5,000.00, and authorize a subsequent Agreement.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162021-1975Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program,” so as to identify specific projects in City Council Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8, and authorizes a subsequent Agreement or Agreements on behalf of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172021-1967Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for The Julian, A Hudson Property, project which will involve the development of a 10-story 148 multi-unit apartment building with an underground parking garage.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12021-1943

Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code at Title One: Administrative, Article XI: Human Resources, Chapter 192: Pensions, by adding Subsection 192.02 (3), so as to add language to allow for elimination of the social security offset for municipal employees. (Public Hearing held 11/18/21)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Finance and Law until CABLECAST Public Hearing on Bill 2021-1986
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22021-1970

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Charmaine Caracter, 127 Kennedy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15214, in the amount of Four Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Two Dollars and Eighty Six Cents ($4,462.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32021-1971

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into an Agreement of Sale with Smith & Bowen, and all documents necessary, to purchase 80 Wabash St. for a total amount not to exceed $374,000, which includes the purchase price of $344,000 plus acquisition costs, for the purpose of continued operation of the City’s West End Healthy Active Living Center (Senior Center).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42021-1972

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2021 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,214,418.00.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52021-1980

Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237: Stop the Violence Fund, to clarify uses and restrictions of the fund.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 10/20/2021
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62021-1986

Ordinance amending the City Code at Title One: Administrative, Article XI: Human Resources, Chapter 192: Pensions, Section 192.01: Definitions, Section 192.20: Municipal Benefit Plan No. 2, Section 192.21: Establishment of Municipal Benefit Plan No. 2, Section 192.22: Membership, Section 192.23: Contributions by Members, Section 192.24: Contributions by the City, Section 192.26: Pension Allowance, and Section 192.27: Death Benefits, and adding a Section 192.22A: Membership in Municipal Benefit Plan No. 3, in order to remove the Social Security Offset for certain non-union members and to fund the removal of the offset. (Public Hearing held 11/18/21)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

P-Cartds Standing Committee

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Not recorded
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92021-1961

Resolution amending Resolution No. 205, effective May 6, 2020, entitled “authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Museum and Historical Commission to rehabilitate the windows of the Oliver Bath House, The grant proposal includes a request of $100,000.00 with a locale match of $100,000.00 to be provided in the 2021 Capital Budget” to add language to allow the City of Pittsburgh to accept the grant award and to spend the funds.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102021-1962

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Grant program, to provide funding for the purchase of play equipment in Phillips Park. The grant proposal includes a request of THIRTY THOUSAND ($30,000.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112021-1965

Resolution granting unto KEVIN V & KATRIN HEHER, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense replace a set of existing steps and retaining wall presently constructed in the right-of-way with new steps, a raised planter, and a retaining wall in same location, at 5035 Castleman Street, in the 7th Ward, 8th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122021-1966

Resolution granting unto WAG4 LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, (14) Type 1 Architectural Wall Scones, (5) Type 2 Architectural Wall Scones, (3) Architectural Fabric Awnings, and (2) Bollards, at 2400 E Carson Street, in the 16th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132021-1906

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article II, Base Zoning Districts; Article V, Use Regulations, Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section 911.02, Use Table; and Section 911.04, Use Standards; Article VI Development Standards, Chapter 915, Chapter 915.04, Environmental Performance Standard, and Chapter 919, Signs; and Chapter 922 Development Review Procedures, 922.15, to create a new Urban Center Mixed Use Zoning Districts and related zoning regulations. (Report and Recommendation received 4/5/2022) (Public Hearing held 5/25/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142021-1973

Resolution requesting authorization for the Mayor and the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (“PLI”) to enter into an Amended Agreement or Agreements with Avenu Insights and Analytics to digitize microfiche and aperture cards holding historic permitting data and add them to the Department’s digital library. The Agreement is chargeable and payable from the following account in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Sixty Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars ($260,600).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152021-1974

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 THE LIGHT OF KIMBERLY by $5,000.00, and increase FAMILY SERVICES UNITED AND THE LIGHT OF KIMBERLY by $5,000.00, and authorize a subsequent Agreement.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162021-1975

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program,” so as to identify specific projects in City Council Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, and 8, and authorizes a subsequent Agreement or Agreements on behalf of the residents of the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172021-1967

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for The Julian, A Hudson Property, project which will involve the development of a 10-story 148 multi-unit apartment building with an underground parking garage.

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