Meeting

Standing Committees · Mar 30, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 13 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-0168Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Exponent, Inc., P.O. Box 200283, Dept. 002, Dallas, TX 75320-0283 for professional engineering services in connection with claims and litigation for the Fern Hollow Bridge, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Seventy Five Dollars and No Cents ($175,000.00). (Executive Session held 3-23-22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0196Authorizes a City warrant payment to CORE Business Technologies, in the amount of Two Thousand Sixty Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2,062.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
3Item 0014-2022Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0014-2022.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
42022-0032Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One: Administrative, Article Three: Organization, Chapter 116: Department of Public Safety by adding a new section, “§ 116.17 - Regulation of Pedestrians Stops by Officers of the Bureau of Police.”No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 4/13/2022Not recordedNot recorded
52022-0208Resolution 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” by increasing SOUTH SIDE SIGNALS (TIP) by $750,000.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62022-0211Resolution amending Resolution No. 344 of 2021 entitled “Resolution providing for a Letter of Amendment to the agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the South Side Signals project, providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($3,350,000.00); Federally reimbursable to 100 percent with a municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs of Zero Dollars ($0.00).” to increase the budget authority for the construction phase to Four Million Ninety Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Dollars ($4,090,640.00), an increase of Seven Hundred Forty Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Dollars from the previously executed Agreement.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72022-0212Resolution providing for an Agreement for Construction services with S.E.T., Inc. for the South Side Signals project at a cost thereof, not to exceed Three Million Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($3,280,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82022-0104Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director or Acting Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh and through the City’s Department of Law, to adopt certain settlement terms and enter into a settlement agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway, Manchester Citizens Corporation, Northside Leadership Conference, and Rail Pollution Protection Pittsburgh in order to resolve claims arising from the Application of Norfolk Southern Railway Company for approval to reconstruct the crossing of the North Avenue / Brighton Road bridge docketed at Public Utility Commission Docket No. A-2018-3006432; and from Northside Leadership Conference, et. al, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appeal docketed at No. 611 CD 2019 in the Commonwealth Court. (Executive Session held 3-1-22)No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 4/20/2022Not recordedNot recorded
92022-0012Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Six: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding a new Chapter 610 entitled “Prohibition on Use of Certain Bags and Checkout Bag Charge,” to permit the use of only certain bags by retail establishments at the point of sale or for a delivery; and establishing a charge, payable by the customer to the establishment, for the provision of other types of bags; all under certain terms and conditions.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 4/6/2022Not recordedNot recorded
102022-0065Resolution 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 4/6/2022Not recordedNot recorded
112022-0088Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from R1A-H, Residential Single-Unit Attached High Density, to LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial, a portion of one parcel in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 9th Ward. (Public Hearing held 3/23/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122022-0197Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements and amendments thereto with Forrester Research, Inc. to provide IT Consulting and Research as well as a wide variety of professional advisory and other services to modernize and elevate the work of City government at a cost not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Four Dollars and Thirty Eight Cents ($453,764.38)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132022-0180Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for UPMC Presbyterian, 3701 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 4/6/2022Not recordedNot recorded
Order 12022-0168

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Exponent, Inc., P.O. Box 200283, Dept. 002, Dallas, TX 75320-0283 for professional engineering services in connection with claims and litigation for the Fern Hollow Bridge, in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Seventy Five Dollars and No Cents ($175,000.00). (Executive Session held 3-23-22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22022-0196

Authorizes a City warrant payment to CORE Business Technologies, in the amount of Two Thousand Sixty Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2,062.

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

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0014-2022.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42022-0032

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One: Administrative, Article Three: Organization, Chapter 116: Department of Public Safety by adding a new section, “§ 116.17 - Regulation of Pedestrians Stops by Officers of the Bureau of Police.”

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 4/13/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52022-0208

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” by increasing SOUTH SIDE SIGNALS (TIP) by $750,000.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62022-0211

Resolution amending Resolution No. 344 of 2021 entitled “Resolution providing for a Letter of Amendment to the agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the South Side Signals project, providing for the payment of municipal incurred costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($3,350,000.00); Federally reimbursable to 100 percent with a municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs of Zero Dollars ($0.00).” to increase the budget authority for the construction phase to Four Million Ninety Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Dollars ($4,090,640.00), an increase of Seven Hundred Forty Thousand Six Hundred and Forty Dollars from the previously executed Agreement.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72022-0212

Resolution providing for an Agreement for Construction services with S.E.T., Inc. for the South Side Signals project at a cost thereof, not to exceed Three Million Two Hundred and Eighty Thousand Dollars ($3,280,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82022-0104

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director or Acting Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh and through the City’s Department of Law, to adopt certain settlement terms and enter into a settlement agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway, Manchester Citizens Corporation, Northside Leadership Conference, and Rail Pollution Protection Pittsburgh in order to resolve claims arising from the Application of Norfolk Southern Railway Company for approval to reconstruct the crossing of the North Avenue / Brighton Road bridge docketed at Public Utility Commission Docket No. A-2018-3006432; and from Northside Leadership Conference, et. al, v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission appeal docketed at No. 611 CD 2019 in the Commonwealth Court. (Executive Session held 3-1-22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 4/20/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92022-0012

Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Six: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding a new Chapter 610 entitled “Prohibition on Use of Certain Bags and Checkout Bag Charge,” to permit the use of only certain bags by retail establishments at the point of sale or for a delivery; and establishing a charge, payable by the customer to the establishment, for the provision of other types of bags; all under certain terms and conditions.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 4/6/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102022-0065

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 4/6/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112022-0088

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from R1A-H, Residential Single-Unit Attached High Density, to LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial, a portion of one parcel in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 9th Ward. (Public Hearing held 3/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122022-0197

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements and amendments thereto with Forrester Research, Inc. to provide IT Consulting and Research as well as a wide variety of professional advisory and other services to modernize and elevate the work of City government at a cost not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Three Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixty Four Dollars and Thirty Eight Cents ($453,764.38)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132022-0180

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for UPMC Presbyterian, 3701 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 4/6/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded