Meeting

Standing Committees · May 4, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 23 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-0283Resolution further amending Resolution No. 719 of 2011, entitled “Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with the Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 4; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof” by transferring funds within District 4 Neighborhood Needs to Volunteers Field and Seldom Seen ParkNo matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0284Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012-2017 Capital Improvement Program” by transferring funds within District 4 Neighborhood Needs to Volunteers Field, Seldom Seen Park, and further correcting the name of an existing project.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32022-0287Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal; Article I: Administration; Chapter 218: Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Plan, by revising Sections 218.02: DEFINITIONS, 218.04?CAPITAL PROGRAM FACILITATION COMMITTEE PROCESS, 218.05?PROJECT AUTHORIZATION, and 218.08?PROJECT AND BUDGET REPORTING so as to add equity and project readiness to scoring, and expand the City’s provisions for the closure of capital project accounts included as part of the City Controller’s “Annual Accounting Close and Report” so as to recycle capital funds faster.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42022-0288Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Futures for professional services relating to leadership development training at a sum not to Twenty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars ($27,336.00) and for the payment of the costs thereof.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52022-0289Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with resourceX for professional services relating to priority based budgeting for a sum not to exceed One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) over three years and for the payment of the costs thereof.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
6Item 0019-2022Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0019-2022.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
72022-0032Ordinance 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 6/1/2022Not recordedNot recorded
82022-0325Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Foster Square be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0326Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Harbison Avenue be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102022-0327Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Vinial Street be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112022-0278Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, for the professional landscape architectural services for Sheraden Park Phase I Design, between the City of Pittsburgh and Klavon Design Associates, Inc. The total not to exceed cost is Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122022-0279Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program, to provide funding for the Allegheny Riverfront Park Renovation Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $250,000.00 with a match of $500,000.00 from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, for a total project cost of SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($750,000.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132022-0280Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for a Trail Condition Study. The grant proposal includes an ask of $73,000.00 with a local match of $73,000.00 to come out of the 2019 City of Pittsburgh Capital Budget (JDE job number 6009900019) for a total project cost of ONE HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND ($146,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142022-0281Resolution amending Resolution No. 582 of 2021 entitled “Resolution providing for an Agreement with Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and West Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc. (WPAHS) granting right of entry for foot traffic of staff and students onto licensed premises to PPS during designated times and dates.” To add the Director of Finance to be an additional signatory for the execution of agreements that this resolution would authorize.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152022-0282Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Lori Hepner, for the creation and installation of public art as part of the new Davis Avenue Bridge, at a cost not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162022-0307Resolution amending Resolution 118 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into amended Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Ceridian, Human Capital Management, Inc., by changing a technical error below to reflect the correct year.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172022-0065Resolution 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 5/18/2022Not recordedNot recorded
182022-0290Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article III Chapters 721 & 723, Article IX and Title Ten: Building, Chapters 1004, Sections 103.5.1 to simplify legacy license types.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192022-0291Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 910, Section 910.01.D.1 to Meyer, Unkovic & Scott on behalf of 300 SIXTH AVENUE PROPERTY LLC, for the transfer of Development Rights involving 33 dwelling units from 130-160 5th Avenue, (Block and Lot 1-D-150), zoned “GT-A” Golden Triangle Subdistrict A, and 5 dwelling units from 417 Wood Street, (Block and Lot 1-H-195), zoned “GT-A” Golden Triangle Subdistrict A, to 300 6th Avenue (Block and Lot 2-A-85, 2-A-85-1, 2-A-85-2) , zoned “GT-A” Golden Triangle Subdistrict A, 1st Ward, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 6/8/2022)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
202022-0292Ordinance accepting a new street name, CEDARWOOD PLACE in the Twenty-Eighth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in February 2022. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
212022-0300Resolution promoting affordable housing in the City of Pittsburgh by exploring the expansion of Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives (LECs).No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 5/18/2022Not recordedNot recorded
222022-0285Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the 810 W North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15233.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
232022-0286Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a restaurant liquor license, License No. E-4776 from Komer Pub. LLC, 4 Bower Hill Rd, Mount Lebanon, PA 15228, to Applicant, Pasha Cafe, LLC, c/o Selimcan Akyuz, 808 Ivy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, for the premises located at 808 Ivy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, known as Pasha Cafe, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 5/26/22)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12022-0283

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 719 of 2011, entitled “Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with the Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 4; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof” by transferring funds within District 4 Neighborhood Needs to Volunteers Field and Seldom Seen Park

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22022-0284

Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012-2017 Capital Improvement Program” by transferring funds within District 4 Neighborhood Needs to Volunteers Field, Seldom Seen Park, and further correcting the name of an existing project.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32022-0287

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal; Article I: Administration; Chapter 218: Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Plan, by revising Sections 218.02: DEFINITIONS, 218.04?CAPITAL PROGRAM FACILITATION COMMITTEE PROCESS, 218.05?PROJECT AUTHORIZATION, and 218.08?PROJECT AND BUDGET REPORTING so as to add equity and project readiness to scoring, and expand the City’s provisions for the closure of capital project accounts included as part of the City Controller’s “Annual Accounting Close and Report” so as to recycle capital funds faster.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42022-0288

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Futures for professional services relating to leadership development training at a sum not to Twenty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars ($27,336.00) and for the payment of the costs thereof.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52022-0289

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with resourceX for professional services relating to priority based budgeting for a sum not to exceed One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) over three years and for the payment of the costs thereof.

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

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0019-2022.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Approved
Votes For
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Order 72022-0032

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 6/1/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82022-0325

Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Foster Square be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92022-0326

Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Harbison Avenue be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102022-0327

Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Vinial Street be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112022-0278

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, for the professional landscape architectural services for Sheraden Park Phase I Design, between the City of Pittsburgh and Klavon Design Associates, Inc. The total not to exceed cost is Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122022-0279

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program, to provide funding for the Allegheny Riverfront Park Renovation Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $250,000.00 with a match of $500,000.00 from the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, for a total project cost of SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($750,000.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132022-0280

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for a Trail Condition Study. The grant proposal includes an ask of $73,000.00 with a local match of $73,000.00 to come out of the 2019 City of Pittsburgh Capital Budget (JDE job number 6009900019) for a total project cost of ONE HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND ($146,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142022-0281

Resolution amending Resolution No. 582 of 2021 entitled “Resolution providing for an Agreement with Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and West Penn Allegheny Health System, Inc. (WPAHS) granting right of entry for foot traffic of staff and students onto licensed premises to PPS during designated times and dates.” To add the Director of Finance to be an additional signatory for the execution of agreements that this resolution would authorize.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152022-0282

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Lori Hepner, for the creation and installation of public art as part of the new Davis Avenue Bridge, at a cost not to exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162022-0307

Resolution amending Resolution 118 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into amended Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Ceridian, Human Capital Management, Inc., by changing a technical error below to reflect the correct year.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172022-0065

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 5/18/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182022-0290

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Seven: Business Licensing, Article III Chapters 721 & 723, Article IX and Title Ten: Building, Chapters 1004, Sections 103.5.1 to simplify legacy license types.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192022-0291

Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 910, Section 910.01.D.1 to Meyer, Unkovic & Scott on behalf of 300 SIXTH AVENUE PROPERTY LLC, for the transfer of Development Rights involving 33 dwelling units from 130-160 5th Avenue, (Block and Lot 1-D-150), zoned “GT-A” Golden Triangle Subdistrict A, and 5 dwelling units from 417 Wood Street, (Block and Lot 1-H-195), zoned “GT-A” Golden Triangle Subdistrict A, to 300 6th Avenue (Block and Lot 2-A-85, 2-A-85-1, 2-A-85-2) , zoned “GT-A” Golden Triangle Subdistrict A, 1st Ward, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 6/8/2022)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202022-0292

Ordinance accepting a new street name, CEDARWOOD PLACE in the Twenty-Eighth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in February 2022. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 212022-0300

Resolution promoting affordable housing in the City of Pittsburgh by exploring the expansion of Limited-Equity Housing Cooperatives (LECs).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 5/18/2022
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 222022-0285

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the 810 W North Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15233.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 232022-0286

Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a restaurant liquor license, License No. E-4776 from Komer Pub. LLC, 4 Bower Hill Rd, Mount Lebanon, PA 15228, to Applicant, Pasha Cafe, LLC, c/o Selimcan Akyuz, 808 Ivy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, for the premises located at 808 Ivy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, known as Pasha Cafe, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 5/26/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded