Meeting

Standing Committees · May 25, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 19 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-0308Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Julie and Kirby Christy, c/o their attorneys, Woomer & Talarico, 2945 Banksville Road, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15216 in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0309Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with CSI Corporate Security and Investigations, LLC for investigative services related to the Fern Hollow Bridge incident for an amount not to exceed SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($17,500.00). (Executive Session held 5/23/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32022-0343Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Flaherty Fardo Rogel & Amick, 812 Ivy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42022-0344Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to O’Brien, Coleman & Wright, LLC, Oliver Building, 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 1025, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($30,000.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52022-0345Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Max Goplerud to conduct a statistical analysis of current voting patterns in the City at a cost not to exceed Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($7,700). (Executive Session held 5/23/22)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62022-0358Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $260,000 from Personnel - Salaries and Wages, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Operations, to Personnel - Salaries and Wages, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Environmental Services. This transfer is necessary to allow for the hiring of fifteen Seasonal/Part time Loaders, to assist refuse collection services.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72022-0359Resolution providing for the creation of the Lead Safety Trust Fund and for setting the conditions for the deposit of funding into the account and for the expenditure of said funds.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
8Item 0022-2022Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0022-2022.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0360Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Medical Services Grant in the amount of THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($37,237.00), and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102022-0361Authorizes a City warrant payment to CI Technologies, Inc.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112022-0056Resolution 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 discussionTABLEDAye: 7Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
122022-0104Resolution 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 discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132022-0355Resolution granting unto HUDSON MELWOOD LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a subsurface storm water management facility, storm roof leaders, ADA compliant metal grates and a canopy, at 419 Melwood Avenue, in the 5th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142022-0356Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Multimodal Transportation Fund for the construction of the Sylvan Avenue non- motorized trail in the amount of ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR ($1,763,824.00) dollars, and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152022-0235Resolution 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 discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162022-0369Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Four Public Places and Property, Article XI Parks and Playgrounds, Chapter 473 Use Regulations, Section 473.04 Recreational Activities by adding language that updates camping regulation in City parks.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172022-0362Resolution amending Resolution # 32 of 2022 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Innovation and Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with OST, Inc. for short term emergency professional IT (Information Technology) staffing resources as needed to fulfill a number of critical IT and device related projects by revising the budget year and cost.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182022-0363Resolution amending Resolution No. 374 Of 2021, authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Departments of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections and Innovation & Performance to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments to existing agreements to purchase Accela Civic Platform and Accela Citizen Access subscription and cloud hosting services so as to extend the contract an additional year until June 30, 2023, and increase the not-to-exceed cost from $1,310,475.13 to $1,331,647.65.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192022-0357Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and/or the Director of the Department of Finance and/or the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to execute as necessary, Instruments for the Declaration of Restrictions and Covenants in favor of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (“ALCOSAN”) to permit the installation of green infrastructure projects on designated vacant city-owned vacant lots, park sites, and rights-of-way, as funded by ALCOSAN Grow Grants awarded to the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”); and further authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into any other necessary Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh, PWSA, and/or ALCOSAN necessary to implement the Grow Grant projects for the benefit of the public.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12022-0308

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Julie and Kirby Christy, c/o their attorneys, Woomer & Talarico, 2945 Banksville Road, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA 15216 in the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Order 22022-0309

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with CSI Corporate Security and Investigations, LLC for investigative services related to the Fern Hollow Bridge incident for an amount not to exceed SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($17,500.00). (Executive Session held 5/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
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Order 32022-0343

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Flaherty Fardo Rogel & Amick, 812 Ivy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
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Order 42022-0344

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to O’Brien, Coleman & Wright, LLC, Oliver Building, 535 Smithfield Street, Suite 1025, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, in the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($30,000.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
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Order 52022-0345

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Max Goplerud to conduct a statistical analysis of current voting patterns in the City at a cost not to exceed Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($7,700). (Executive Session held 5/23/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 62022-0358

Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $260,000 from Personnel - Salaries and Wages, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Operations, to Personnel - Salaries and Wages, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Environmental Services. This transfer is necessary to allow for the hiring of fifteen Seasonal/Part time Loaders, to assist refuse collection services.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
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Order 72022-0359

Resolution providing for the creation of the Lead Safety Trust Fund and for setting the conditions for the deposit of funding into the account and for the expenditure of said funds.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
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Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0022-2022.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Approved
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Order 92022-0360

Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency’s COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Medical Services Grant in the amount of THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($37,237.00), and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
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Not recorded
Order 102022-0361

Authorizes a City warrant payment to CI Technologies, Inc.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122022-0104

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
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132022-0355

Resolution granting unto HUDSON MELWOOD LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, to install a subsurface storm water management facility, storm roof leaders, ADA compliant metal grates and a canopy, at 419 Melwood Avenue, in the 5th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142022-0356

Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Multimodal Transportation Fund for the construction of the Sylvan Avenue non- motorized trail in the amount of ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR ($1,763,824.00) dollars, and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152022-0235

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)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162022-0369

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Four Public Places and Property, Article XI Parks and Playgrounds, Chapter 473 Use Regulations, Section 473.04 Recreational Activities by adding language that updates camping regulation in City parks.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172022-0362

Resolution amending Resolution # 32 of 2022 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Innovation and Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with OST, Inc. for short term emergency professional IT (Information Technology) staffing resources as needed to fulfill a number of critical IT and device related projects by revising the budget year and cost.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182022-0363

Resolution amending Resolution No. 374 Of 2021, authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Departments of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections and Innovation & Performance to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments to existing agreements to purchase Accela Civic Platform and Accela Citizen Access subscription and cloud hosting services so as to extend the contract an additional year until June 30, 2023, and increase the not-to-exceed cost from $1,310,475.13 to $1,331,647.65.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192022-0357

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and/or the Director of the Department of Finance and/or the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to execute as necessary, Instruments for the Declaration of Restrictions and Covenants in favor of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (“ALCOSAN”) to permit the installation of green infrastructure projects on designated vacant city-owned vacant lots, park sites, and rights-of-way, as funded by ALCOSAN Grow Grants awarded to the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”); and further authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into any other necessary Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh, PWSA, and/or ALCOSAN necessary to implement the Grow Grant projects for the benefit of the public.

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