Meeting

Standing Committees · Feb 9, 2022

9:30 AM · Council Chambers · 16 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-0091Resolution appointing Lee Schmidt as Director of the Department of Public Safety.No matched discussionInterview HeldNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0060Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Judith Pherson-Nolan, Stephen Nolan and their attorneys, Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd, LLC, Three PPG Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000.No matched discussionHeld for Executive SessionNot recordedNot recorded
32022-0061Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable to Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLC for professional legal services in connection with civil rights litigation for an amount not to exceed Nine Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Five Dollars and No Cents ($9,225.00). (Executive Session held 2-2-22)No matched discussionHeld for Executive SessionNot recordedNot recorded
4Item 06 P-Cards Standing CommitteeNo matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
52022-0062Authorizes a City warrant payment to Trek Bicycle, 5996 Centre Ave.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62022-0056Resolution vacating a portion of Forbes Ave, laid out in the Associate Congregation Plan, recorded in plan book volume 1, page 95, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 3/9/2022Not recordedNot recorded
72022-0057Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Recycling Partnership, Inc. to conduct public outreach surrounding the City’s recycling program and to purchase containers for curbside residential recycling collection; and further providing for an agreement or agreements and expenditures not to exceed SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($650,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82022-0058Resolution 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 Suphitsara Buttra-Coleman, for the creation and installation of public art at Chartiers Spray Park, at a cost not to exceed Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0073Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four: Public Places and Property, Chapter 416: Obstructions by deleting sections, 416.14, 416.18, 416.20, 416.21, 416.22, and 416.27; adding new Chapter 425 entitled Outdoor Dining or Retail Activities in the Public Right-of-Way.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
102022-0077Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article III: Organization, Chapter 118: Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, by adding § 118.03: Infrastructure Asset ReportingNo matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
112022-0078Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, by adding Chapter 179H: Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment.No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
122022-0045Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) enter into a Memorandum of Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with the Corporation for National and Community Service (“CNCS”) for the purpose of obtaining AmeriCorps VISTA members to work with staff from City Departments on strategic projects and research; for a sum not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) over three years and for the payment of the costs thereof.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Human Resources , due back by 2/16/2022Not recordedNot recorded
132022-0064Resolution amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing CDBG PERSONNEL by $64,750 and increasing CDBG ADMINISTRATION by $64,750.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 2/16/2022Not recordedNot recorded
142022-0065Resolution amending Resolution number 863 of 2018, entitled “adopting and approving the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program” by transferring remaining funds from the James Street Step Reconstruction project to the North Side Christian Health Center ($90,220.54).No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 2/16/2022Not recordedNot recorded
152022-0063Resolution amending Resolution #500 of 2020 which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a maintenance agreement with OPEX Corporation for maintenance services related to the FalconRED document scanning workstation by exercising the option to extend the term of the agreement for one year at a cost not to exceed Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Forty Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($12,545.00).No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Innovation, Performance and Asset Management, due back by 2/16/2022Not recordedNot recorded
162022-0059Resolution amending Resolution 470 of 2019, that originally authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Port Authority of Allegheny County, Allegheny County, and the Urban Redevelopment Authority concerning the Bus Rapid Transit Project; to now through an amendment to the aforementioned Cooperation Agreement authorize appropriation of an amount not to exceed twelve million eight hundred thousand dollars ($12,800,000) for use in the Bus Rapid Transit Project and to authorize certain property transfers, easements, vacations, dedications, and right-of-way encroachments with the Port Authority of Allegheny County necessary for completion of the Bus Rapid Transit Project.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 2/16/2022Not recordedNot recorded
Order 12022-0091

Resolution appointing Lee Schmidt as Director of the Department of Public Safety.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Interview Held
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22022-0060

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Judith Pherson-Nolan, Stephen Nolan and their attorneys, Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd, LLC, Three PPG Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in the amount of One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($150,000.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Executive Session
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32022-0061

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable to Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLC for professional legal services in connection with civil rights litigation for an amount not to exceed Nine Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Five Dollars and No Cents ($9,225.00). (Executive Session held 2-2-22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Held for Executive Session
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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P-Cards Standing Committee

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 52022-0062

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Trek Bicycle, 5996 Centre Ave.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 62022-0056

Resolution vacating a portion of Forbes Ave, laid out in the Associate Congregation Plan, recorded in plan book volume 1, page 95, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 3/9/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72022-0057

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Recycling Partnership, Inc. to conduct public outreach surrounding the City’s recycling program and to purchase containers for curbside residential recycling collection; and further providing for an agreement or agreements and expenditures not to exceed SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($650,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82022-0058

Resolution 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 Suphitsara Buttra-Coleman, for the creation and installation of public art at Chartiers Spray Park, at a cost not to exceed Eleven Thousand Dollars ($11,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92022-0073

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four: Public Places and Property, Chapter 416: Obstructions by deleting sections, 416.14, 416.18, 416.20, 416.21, 416.22, and 416.27; adding new Chapter 425 entitled Outdoor Dining or Retail Activities in the Public Right-of-Way.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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AMENDED
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Order 102022-0077

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article III: Organization, Chapter 118: Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, by adding § 118.03: Infrastructure Asset Reporting

Discussion
No matched discussion
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AMENDED
Votes For
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Order 112022-0078

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, by adding Chapter 179H: Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 122022-0045

Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) enter into a Memorandum of Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with the Corporation for National and Community Service (“CNCS”) for the purpose of obtaining AmeriCorps VISTA members to work with staff from City Departments on strategic projects and research; for a sum not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) over three years and for the payment of the costs thereof.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Human Resources , due back by 2/16/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132022-0064

Resolution amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing CDBG PERSONNEL by $64,750 and increasing CDBG ADMINISTRATION by $64,750.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 2/16/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142022-0065

Resolution amending Resolution number 863 of 2018, entitled “adopting and approving the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program” by transferring remaining funds from the James Street Step Reconstruction project to the North Side Christian Health Center ($90,220.54).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 2/16/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152022-0063

Resolution amending Resolution #500 of 2020 which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a maintenance agreement with OPEX Corporation for maintenance services related to the FalconRED document scanning workstation by exercising the option to extend the term of the agreement for one year at a cost not to exceed Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Forty Five Dollars and Zero Cents ($12,545.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Innovation, Performance and Asset Management, due back by 2/16/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162022-0059

Resolution amending Resolution 470 of 2019, that originally authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Port Authority of Allegheny County, Allegheny County, and the Urban Redevelopment Authority concerning the Bus Rapid Transit Project; to now through an amendment to the aforementioned Cooperation Agreement authorize appropriation of an amount not to exceed twelve million eight hundred thousand dollars ($12,800,000) for use in the Bus Rapid Transit Project and to authorize certain property transfers, easements, vacations, dedications, and right-of-way encroachments with the Port Authority of Allegheny County necessary for completion of the Bus Rapid Transit Project.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 2/16/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded