Meeting

Standing Committees · Apr 20, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 20 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-0216Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC for legal services for an employment related matter, in an amount not to exceed Seventy Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($75,000.00). (Executive Session held 4/19/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0217Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Autumn Kacian, c/o her attorney, James M.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32022-0218Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Teanna Marie Corinealdi, c/o her attorney, William P.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42022-0219Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick, & Gefsky to address pending tax litigation at an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand dollars ($20,000). (Executive Session held 4/19/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52022-0251Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, c/o AR PennDOT-Non-APRAS, P.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62022-0252Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with CommonWealth Press for services relating to the design, production, and marketing, and sale of officially licensed and branded City of Pittsburgh merchandise.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72022-0253Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the National Traffic Safety Institute (“NTSI”) for professional services relating to a driver training e-learning system for a sum not to exceed Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($31,500.00) over three years, and for the payment of the costs thereof.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
8Item 0017-2022Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0017-2022.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0254Resolution amending Resolution 430 of 2021, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to execute relevant Grant Agreements to receive funding from Allegheny County Health Department to develop a public health-informed diversion program and further providing for expenditures under the terms of said Agreements,” to increase the amount authorized by the Grant Agreement or Agreements and the amount authorized for expenditures.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102022-0056Resolution 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 the Committee on Public Works for 30 days, due back by 5/25/2022Not recordedNot recorded
112022-0104Resolution 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 Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 4/27/2022Not recordedNot recorded
122022-0270Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article X: Rental of Residential Housing, by amending in its entirety Chapter 781: Residential Housing Rental Permit Program. (Public Hearing held 5/19/22)No matched discussionAMENDEDNot 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 discussionAMENDED BY SUBSTITUTENot recordedNot recorded
142021-1906Ordinance 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 discussionHeld for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
152022-0065Resolution 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 5/4/2022Not recordedNot recorded
162022-0256Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (“PLI”) to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with RJ Lee Group for professional services providing materials for and analysis of lead dust samples pertaining to PLI’s execution of the City of Pittsburgh’s Lead Safe Ordinance, for a sum not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172022-0248Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Grant Agreement with Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU), for the purpose of receiving funds in the amount of EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($80,000.00) that will be used to purchase technology and other materials needed for the facilitation of computer science learning experiences for children attending educational programs at select City of Pittsburgh recreation centers.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182022-0255Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements with Cycom Data Systems, Inc., for professional services relating to continuing maintenance, support and upgrades to CityLaw, the Department of Law's current legal case management and administrative support software system at a cost not to exceed $11,376.00 (Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars and No Cents).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192022-0249Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the James T.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202022-0250Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the PHC Development, LLC project, located at 186 Home Street of Pittsburgh, PA, 15201.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12022-0216

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC for legal services for an employment related matter, in an amount not to exceed Seventy Five Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($75,000.00). (Executive Session held 4/19/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
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Order 22022-0217

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Autumn Kacian, c/o her attorney, James M.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
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Votes Against
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Order 32022-0218

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Teanna Marie Corinealdi, c/o her attorney, William P.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
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Votes Against
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Order 42022-0219

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick, & Gefsky to address pending tax litigation at an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand dollars ($20,000). (Executive Session held 4/19/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 52022-0251

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, c/o AR PennDOT-Non-APRAS, P.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 62022-0252

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with CommonWealth Press for services relating to the design, production, and marketing, and sale of officially licensed and branded City of Pittsburgh merchandise.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72022-0253

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the National Traffic Safety Institute (“NTSI”) for professional services relating to a driver training e-learning system for a sum not to exceed Thirty One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($31,500.00) over three years, and for the payment of the costs thereof.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Not recorded
Votes Against
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Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0017-2022.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Not recorded
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Order 92022-0254

Resolution amending Resolution 430 of 2021, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to execute relevant Grant Agreements to receive funding from Allegheny County Health Department to develop a public health-informed diversion program and further providing for expenditures under the terms of said Agreements,” to increase the amount authorized by the Grant Agreement or Agreements and the amount authorized for expenditures.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 102022-0056

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 the Committee on Public Works for 30 days, due back by 5/25/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112022-0104

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 Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 4/27/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122022-0270

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article X: Rental of Residential Housing, by amending in its entirety Chapter 781: Residential Housing Rental Permit Program. (Public Hearing held 5/19/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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AMENDED
Votes For
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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
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AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142021-1906

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
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152022-0065

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 5/4/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162022-0256

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (“PLI”) to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with RJ Lee Group for professional services providing materials for and analysis of lead dust samples pertaining to PLI’s execution of the City of Pittsburgh’s Lead Safe Ordinance, for a sum not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172022-0248

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Grant Agreement with Chester County Intermediate Unit (CCIU), for the purpose of receiving funds in the amount of EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($80,000.00) that will be used to purchase technology and other materials needed for the facilitation of computer science learning experiences for children attending educational programs at select City of Pittsburgh recreation centers.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182022-0255

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements with Cycom Data Systems, Inc., for professional services relating to continuing maintenance, support and upgrades to CityLaw, the Department of Law's current legal case management and administrative support software system at a cost not to exceed $11,376.00 (Eleven Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars and No Cents).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192022-0249

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the James T.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 202022-0250

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the PHC Development, LLC project, located at 186 Home Street of Pittsburgh, PA, 15201.

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