Meeting

City Council · Apr 5, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 20 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-0239WHEREAS, the U.S. Province of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) is celebrating 150 years of pursuing their mission and ministry in the United States since their founding in 1872; andNo matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0240Resolution Establishing a Pittsburgh City-School District Partnership.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
32022-0232Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to acknowledge and consent to a Partial Assignment and Assumption Agreement between Pennsylvania American Water and the Borough of Brentwood, related to a December 1, 1949 Service Area Agreement between the Allegheny County Sanitation Authority (ALCOSAN), the Borough of Brentwood, and the City of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania American Water seeks to purchase and operate the Borough of Brentwood’s wastewater collection system.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
42022-0233Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for proposed land development located at 807 Ridge Avenue (CCAC Workforce Development and Training Center building) at the parcel numbered 8-E-185 Pittsburgh, PA 15212.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
52022-0234Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to accept a donation from the 14th Ward Youth Baseball Association, of a Batting Cage system in Mellon Park valued at NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY THREE CENTS ($9,915.83).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
62022-0235Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances the certain site known as Rodef Shalom located at 4905 Fifth Avenue (52-K-27-2) in Shadyside, in the 7th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owners of the properties support the nomination. (Public Hearing held 5/17/22)No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
72022-0236Resolution reappointing Alex Matthews as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire April 30, 2025.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
82022-0237Resolution appointing David Quinn as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire April 30, 2025.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0238Files a communication from Greg Flisram about Report on URA Programs & Initiatives that Support Pittsburgh’s Food System in accordance with Resolutions No. 952 of 2021.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
102022-0228Records the Finance and Law committee report for March 30, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
112022-0168Resolution 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 discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
122022-0196Authorizes a City warrant payment to CORE Business Technologies, in the amount of Two Thousand Sixty Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2,062.No matched discussionRECOMMITTED to the Committee on Finance and LawNot recordedNot recorded
132022-0229Records the Public Works committee report for March 30, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
142022-0208Resolution 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 discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
152022-0211Resolution 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 discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
162022-0212Resolution 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 discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
172022-0230Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for March 30, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
182022-0088Ordinance 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 discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
192022-0231Records the Innovation, Performance and Asset Management committee report for March 30, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
202022-0197Resolution 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 discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
Order 12022-0239

WHEREAS, the U.S. Province of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) is celebrating 150 years of pursuing their mission and ministry in the United States since their founding in 1872; and

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Order 22022-0240

Resolution Establishing a Pittsburgh City-School District Partnership.

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Order 32022-0232

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to acknowledge and consent to a Partial Assignment and Assumption Agreement between Pennsylvania American Water and the Borough of Brentwood, related to a December 1, 1949 Service Area Agreement between the Allegheny County Sanitation Authority (ALCOSAN), the Borough of Brentwood, and the City of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania American Water seeks to purchase and operate the Borough of Brentwood’s wastewater collection system.

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Order 42022-0233

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for proposed land development located at 807 Ridge Avenue (CCAC Workforce Development and Training Center building) at the parcel numbered 8-E-185 Pittsburgh, PA 15212.

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Order 52022-0234

Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to accept a donation from the 14th Ward Youth Baseball Association, of a Batting Cage system in Mellon Park valued at NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTEEN DOLLARS AND EIGHTY THREE CENTS ($9,915.83).

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Order 62022-0235

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances the certain site known as Rodef Shalom located at 4905 Fifth Avenue (52-K-27-2) in Shadyside, in the 7th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owners of the properties support the nomination. (Public Hearing held 5/17/22)

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Order 72022-0236

Resolution reappointing Alex Matthews as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire April 30, 2025.

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Approved
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Order 82022-0237

Resolution appointing David Quinn as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire April 30, 2025.

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Approved
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Order 92022-0238

Files a communication from Greg Flisram about Report on URA Programs & Initiatives that Support Pittsburgh’s Food System in accordance with Resolutions No. 952 of 2021.

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Order 102022-0228

Records the Finance and Law committee report for March 30, 2022.

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Order 112022-0168

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
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 122022-0196

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
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RECOMMITTED to the Committee on Finance and Law
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Order 132022-0229

Records the Public Works committee report for March 30, 2022.

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Read, Received and Filed
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Order 142022-0208

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
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 152022-0211

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
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 162022-0212

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
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 172022-0230

Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for March 30, 2022.

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No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
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Not recorded
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Order 182022-0088

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
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 192022-0231

Records the Innovation, Performance and Asset Management committee report for March 30, 2022.

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No matched discussion
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Order 202022-0197

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
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Passed Finally
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No: 0