Order 12021-2175
Declares Thursday, November 11, 2021 to be the “Federation of War Veterans Societies of Allegheny County Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.
Legislation Items
Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.
| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021-2175 | Declares Thursday, November 11, 2021 to be the “Federation of War Veterans Societies of Allegheny County Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. | Waived under the Rules of Council | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2020-0057 | Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 - The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund, to conform with the Home Rule Charter Article Nine (9) in order to establish the creation of the Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund. (Public Hearing held 3/5/20) SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER COGHILL AND COUNCIL MEMBER GROSS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 11/17/2021. The motion carried. | Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 11/17/2021 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2021-2091 | Resolution authorizing the issuance of two warrants with the total sum of Four Hundred Ninety Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($495,000.00), which shall be allocated and paid as follows: Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($200,000.00) made payable to Brandon Firman and Two Hundred Ninety Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($295,000.00) made payable to Tucker Arensberg, P.C., in final settlement related to litigation at USDC 2:16-cv-01393. (Executive Session held 11/8/21) | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2021-2119 | Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through F: A: 1380 Montezuma, B: 1382 Montezuma, C: 1384 Montezuma, D: 1384 Montezuma, E: 215 Chalfont, F: 1612 Brighton | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2021-2120 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a temporary construction easement(s) and permanent easement(s) with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on certain parcels of real property located on Toboggan Street and Rising Main Avenue in the 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2021-2133 | Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution No. 844 of 2019, effective December 23, 2019, entitled, “Resolution establishing the All-In Cities Investment Fund”, to facilitate and prioritize investments made by the Greater Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Fund. (Held for Post Agenda) | Held for Cablecast Post Agenda to the Committee on Hearings | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2021-2134 | Resolution establishing an Affordable Housing Grade as part of Pittsburgh’s Annual Housing Plan, pursuant to Resolution No. 650 of 2021, effective October 11, 2021. (Held for Post Agenda) | AMENDED | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2021-2135 | Resolution establishing the Greater Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Trust (“GPAHT”) Implementation Committee. (Held for Post Agenda) | Held for Cablecast Post Agenda to the Committee on Hearings | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | Item 0076-2021 | Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0076-2021. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2021-2110 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for coordination of certain work surrounding the operation and maintenance of Liberty Green Park. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2021-2111 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 283, effective May 6, 2021, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Grant program to provide funding for the construction of a community center in the Robert E Williams Memorial Park” to add language to decrease the amount of the grant, allow the City to accept the grant, and allow the City to spend the funds. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2021-2112 | Resolution vacating a portion of Watson Street, laid out in the Proposed Duquesne Light Company Parcel in the "Lot Consolidation Plan" as recorded in Plan Book Volume 308, Pg. 106, in the 4th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2021-2113 | Resolution amending Resolution 461 of 2021, entitled “Resolution amending Resolution 375 of 2020, entitled ‘Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Smithfield Street reconstruction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Thousand ($800,000.00) dollars; and the previously authorized municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Five Thousand ($5,000.00) dollars.’ To increase the total not to exceed to Nine Million Eighty Thousand dollars ($9,080,000.00) for the addition of the Final Design, Utility Work, Right of Way and Construction Phases to the project; federally reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Eighteen Thousand ($47,000.00) dollars, an increase of Forty Two Thousand dollars ($42,000.00)” To clarify municipal incurred and total project costs. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2021-2114 | Resolution amending Resolution 105 of 2021, entitled “Resolution amending Resolution 447 of 2020 entitled ‘Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Penn Avenue Reconstruction Phase II project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Twenty Five Thousand ($825,000.00) dollars; federally reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) dollars.’ To increase the total not to exceed to One Million Nine Hundred Seventy Five Thousand dollars ($1,975,000.00); federally reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Eighteen Thousand ($18,000.00) dollars.” To clarify municipal incurred and total project costs. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2021-2115 | Resolution granting unto NEW GRANADA DEVELOP LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to reconstruct a historical marquee and vertical sign, at 2007 Centre Ave, in the 5th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2021-2116 | Resolution granting unto URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, an entrance ADA accessible ramp, at 2178 Centre Avenue, in the 5th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2021-2117 | Resolution granting unto OLANDER FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUST, 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 5993 Centre Ave, in the 8th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2021-2118 | Resolution granting unto THREE PNC RESIDENTIAL LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a letter set on a low profile raceway on an existing canopy, at 510 Market Street, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2021-2122 | Resolution approving a new Institutional Master Plan under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article II, Chapter 905, Section 905.03.D and Article VII, Chapter 922, Section 922.12.G for Duquesne University entitled “Duquesne University Institutional Master Plan” dated September 2021 on property currently zoned EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, 1st Ward, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 1/6/2022) | Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2021-2123 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from Uptown Public Realm, Subdistrict A (UPR-A) to Educational/Medical Institution (EMI), a certain property at 1323 Forbes Avenue, Block Number 1-L, lot number 42, in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System. A portion of the parcel is currently zoned Uptown Public Realm, Subdistrict A (UPR-A). (Public Hearing held 1/6/2022) | Held for Cablecast Public Hearing | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2021-2124 | Resolution approving a new Institutional Master Plan under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article II, Chapter 905, Section 905.03.D and Article VII, Chapter 922, Section 922.12.G for The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary named “Institutional Master Plan” dated October 6, 2021 on property zoned EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, 11th Ward, Council District No. 9. (Public Hearing held 1/12/22) | Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2021-2125 | 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 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS by $4,300.29, increase NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT by $4,300.29, and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2021-1885 | Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the renaming of Roberto Clemente Drive in the Fourth Ward to Roberto and Vera Clemente Drive. (Public Hearing held 11/3/21) | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2021-2121 | Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the City Code, entitled “Commission on Naming Public Properties”, section 173.02 “Powers and Duties,” subsection (f), City Council hereby names the park created by the I-579 Cap Urban Connector Project which spans over a portion of I-579 Crosstown Boulevard and is bounded by Washington Place, Centre Ave, Chatham Street, Bigelow Boulevard and includes land to the north of Bigelow Boulevard, as Frankie Pace Park. The area in question occupies lot-block numbers 2-B-107, 2-B-257, 2-B-406, and 2-B-402. (Public Hearing held 11/8/21) | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2021-2108 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks & Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a License Agreement or Agreements with Carnegie Mellon University for the Smart Parks Deployment project in Mellon Park at no cost to the City. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2021-2109 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to receive grant funding from the United States Tennis Association to reimburse the City for costs incurred by the tennis program not to exceed FOUR THOUSAND ($4,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2021-2101 | Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code of Ordinances in multiple locations with provisions related to lead safety and mitigation in order to reduce, and thereby mitigate the health risks of, exposure of City residents, and particularly young children, to lead (Pb) hazards. | Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 11/17/2021 | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Order 22020-0057
Ordinance amending the City of Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article V: Special Funds, Chapter 237 - The City of Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund, to conform with the Home Rule Charter Article Nine (9) in order to establish the creation of the Pittsburgh Parks Trust Fund. (Public Hearing held 3/5/20) SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER COGHILL AND COUNCIL MEMBER GROSS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 11/17/2021. The motion carried.
Order 32021-2091
Resolution authorizing the issuance of two warrants with the total sum of Four Hundred Ninety Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($495,000.00), which shall be allocated and paid as follows: Two Hundred Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($200,000.00) made payable to Brandon Firman and Two Hundred Ninety Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($295,000.00) made payable to Tucker Arensberg, P.C., in final settlement related to litigation at USDC 2:16-cv-01393. (Executive Session held 11/8/21)
Order 42021-2119
Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through F: A: 1380 Montezuma, B: 1382 Montezuma, C: 1384 Montezuma, D: 1384 Montezuma, E: 215 Chalfont, F: 1612 Brighton
Order 52021-2120
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a temporary construction easement(s) and permanent easement(s) with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority on certain parcels of real property located on Toboggan Street and Rising Main Avenue in the 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.
Order 62021-2133
Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution No. 844 of 2019, effective December 23, 2019, entitled, “Resolution establishing the All-In Cities Investment Fund”, to facilitate and prioritize investments made by the Greater Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Fund. (Held for Post Agenda)
Order 72021-2134
Resolution establishing an Affordable Housing Grade as part of Pittsburgh’s Annual Housing Plan, pursuant to Resolution No. 650 of 2021, effective October 11, 2021. (Held for Post Agenda)
Order 82021-2135
Resolution establishing the Greater Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Trust (“GPAHT”) Implementation Committee. (Held for Post Agenda)
Order 9Item 0076-2021
Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0076-2021.
Order 102021-2110
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority for coordination of certain work surrounding the operation and maintenance of Liberty Green Park.
Order 112021-2111
Resolution amending Resolution No. 283, effective May 6, 2021, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Grant program to provide funding for the construction of a community center in the Robert E Williams Memorial Park” to add language to decrease the amount of the grant, allow the City to accept the grant, and allow the City to spend the funds.
Order 122021-2112
Resolution vacating a portion of Watson Street, laid out in the Proposed Duquesne Light Company Parcel in the "Lot Consolidation Plan" as recorded in Plan Book Volume 308, Pg. 106, in the 4th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.
Order 132021-2113
Resolution amending Resolution 461 of 2021, entitled “Resolution amending Resolution 375 of 2020, entitled ‘Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Smithfield Street reconstruction project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Thousand ($800,000.00) dollars; and the previously authorized municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Five Thousand ($5,000.00) dollars.’ To increase the total not to exceed to Nine Million Eighty Thousand dollars ($9,080,000.00) for the addition of the Final Design, Utility Work, Right of Way and Construction Phases to the project; federally reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Eighteen Thousand ($47,000.00) dollars, an increase of Forty Two Thousand dollars ($42,000.00)” To clarify municipal incurred and total project costs.
Order 142021-2114
Resolution amending Resolution 105 of 2021, entitled “Resolution amending Resolution 447 of 2020 entitled ‘Resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Penn Avenue Reconstruction Phase II project, and providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Twenty Five Thousand ($825,000.00) dollars; federally reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) dollars.’ To increase the total not to exceed to One Million Nine Hundred Seventy Five Thousand dollars ($1,975,000.00); federally reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Eighteen Thousand ($18,000.00) dollars.” To clarify municipal incurred and total project costs.
Order 152021-2115
Resolution granting unto NEW GRANADA DEVELOP LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to reconstruct a historical marquee and vertical sign, at 2007 Centre Ave, in the 5th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Order 162021-2116
Resolution granting unto URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, an entrance ADA accessible ramp, at 2178 Centre Avenue, in the 5th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Order 172021-2117
Resolution granting unto OLANDER FAMILY IRREVOCABLE TRUST, 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 5993 Centre Ave, in the 8th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Order 182021-2118
Resolution granting unto THREE PNC RESIDENTIAL LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a letter set on a low profile raceway on an existing canopy, at 510 Market Street, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Order 192021-2122
Resolution approving a new Institutional Master Plan under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article II, Chapter 905, Section 905.03.D and Article VII, Chapter 922, Section 922.12.G for Duquesne University entitled “Duquesne University Institutional Master Plan” dated September 2021 on property currently zoned EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, 1st Ward, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 1/6/2022)
Order 202021-2123
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from Uptown Public Realm, Subdistrict A (UPR-A) to Educational/Medical Institution (EMI), a certain property at 1323 Forbes Avenue, Block Number 1-L, lot number 42, in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System. A portion of the parcel is currently zoned Uptown Public Realm, Subdistrict A (UPR-A). (Public Hearing held 1/6/2022)
Order 212021-2124
Resolution approving a new Institutional Master Plan under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article II, Chapter 905, Section 905.03.D and Article VII, Chapter 922, Section 922.12.G for The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary named “Institutional Master Plan” dated October 6, 2021 on property zoned EMI, Educational/Medical Institution District, 11th Ward, Council District No. 9. (Public Hearing held 1/12/22)
Order 222021-2125
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 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS by $4,300.29, increase NEIGHBORHOOD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT by $4,300.29, and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.
Order 232021-1885
Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the renaming of Roberto Clemente Drive in the Fourth Ward to Roberto and Vera Clemente Drive. (Public Hearing held 11/3/21)
Order 242021-2121
Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the City Code, entitled “Commission on Naming Public Properties”, section 173.02 “Powers and Duties,” subsection (f), City Council hereby names the park created by the I-579 Cap Urban Connector Project which spans over a portion of I-579 Crosstown Boulevard and is bounded by Washington Place, Centre Ave, Chatham Street, Bigelow Boulevard and includes land to the north of Bigelow Boulevard, as Frankie Pace Park. The area in question occupies lot-block numbers 2-B-107, 2-B-257, 2-B-406, and 2-B-402. (Public Hearing held 11/8/21)
Order 252021-2108
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks & Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a License Agreement or Agreements with Carnegie Mellon University for the Smart Parks Deployment project in Mellon Park at no cost to the City.
Order 262021-2109
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to receive grant funding from the United States Tennis Association to reimburse the City for costs incurred by the tennis program not to exceed FOUR THOUSAND ($4,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Order 272021-2101
Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code of Ordinances in multiple locations with provisions related to lead safety and mitigation in order to reduce, and thereby mitigate the health risks of, exposure of City residents, and particularly young children, to lead (Pb) hazards.