WHEREAS, BikePGH’s mission is to improve quality of life and reduce the harmful effects of car dependence on our communities by transforming our streets so that biking and walking can be commonplace for all Pittsburghers, and;
Legislation Items
Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.
| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022-0802 | WHEREAS, BikePGH’s mission is to improve quality of life and reduce the harmful effects of car dependence on our communities by transforming our streets so that biking and walking can be commonplace for all Pittsburghers, and; | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2022-0829 | Whereas, Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation is a community development organization focused on racial equity, economic development and increasing Hispanic investment in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area and specializes in addressing cross-cultural challenges that inhibit the ability of entrepreneurs to maximize potential; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2022-0830 | WHEREAS, life’s most valuable of gifts are those that are difficult to calculate in material terms, given discreetly and without thought of reward; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2022-0831 | WHEREAS, Raymond “Ray” Jablonowski, son of Catherine and Anthony Jablonowski, has lived in the Greenfield neighborhood since the age of five, attended the Greenfield School, St. Rosalia School, Central Catholic High School, and the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a degree in civil engineering; and | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2022-0811 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the construction of the Homewood Park Community Gathering Space, in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2022-0812 | Resolution granting unto PENNLEY PARK SOUTH INC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new ADA compliant ramp with handrails on both sides, at 5700 Penn Ave in the 8th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2022-0813 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the East Liberty Mobility plan in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2022-0814 | Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2022-0815 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND ($280,000) dollars with a local match of TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND ($28,000) for the purchase of Fire Attack Packages (Hose and nozzles) to replace all of the frontline attack packages for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. | Waived under Rule 8 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2022-0816 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Primary Aim, LLC d/b/a Wendy’s™, in the amount of Seven Thousand Fifty Three Dollars and Eighty Cents ($7,053. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2022-0817 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from LN., Local Neighborhood Commercial to UI, Urban Industrial, 3 parcels in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 12th Ward. (Public Hearing held 12/14/22) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2022-0818 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of City Planning to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Carbon Disclosure Project’s, Climate Resiliency Funds, for development of project plans and funding strategies for resiliency hubs, in the amount of TWENTY- FIVE THOUSAND ($25,000) dollars, and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2022-0819 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine - Zoning, Article IV - Planning Districts, Chapter 910, Downtown Districts, to update review and approval processes. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2022-0820 | Ordinance accepting a new street name, BANKSVILLE PARK DRIVE in the Twentieth 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 September 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. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2022-0821 | Ordinance accepting a new street name, SHELTER HOUSE ROAD in the Eleventh 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 September 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. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2022-0822 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay approval on behalf of the Department of Innovation & Performance for Katherine Grober, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2022-0823 | Files a communication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting a Performance Audit of the Department of Public Safety about a Performance Audit of the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Administration: School Crossing Guards, dated October 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2022-0824 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about a ONE THOUSAND ($1,000.00) dollar donation from Ann Cahouet to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Mounted Unit Fund. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2022-0825 | Resolution appointing Angela Martinez to serve as a Member of the Shade Tree Commission for a term to expire October 31st, 2026. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2022-0826 | Resolution appointing Zinna Scott as a Member of the Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission for a term to expire October 31st, 2026. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2022-0827 | Resolution appointing Karen Garrett to serve as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2026. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2022-0828 | Resolution appointing Justin Livingston as a member of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission for a term to expire October 31st, 2026. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2022-0805 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for October 4, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2022-0771 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing CALIFORNIA AVENUE BRIDGE (TIP) by $800,000. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 25 | 2022-0806 | Records the Public Safety Services committee report for October 4, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2022-0769 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS ($566,384) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 27 | 2022-0807 | Records the Public Works committee report for October 4, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2022-0764 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for grant funding from the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Grant program, to provide funding for the construction of a community space and playground in Homewood Park. The grant proposal includes a request of $262,180.50, with a local match of $262,180.50 to come from JDE Job No. 4550000421 Homewood Park - Construction. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE ($524,361.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose. | AMENDED | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 29 | 2022-0766 | Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the California Ave Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 30 | 2022-0767 | Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the construction phase of the Allegheny Circle Phase 2 project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million, One Hundred Twenty Six Thousand, Four Hundred Ninety Five ($2,126,495.00) dollars; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Four Thousand ($4,000.00) dollars, a decrease of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) from the previously executed City of Pittsburgh contract 52331-1, as authorized by Resolution 374 of 2020. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 31 | 2022-0791 | Resolution expressly authorizing and recognizing the delegation by the Mayor on behalf of City of Pittsburgh to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Secretary of Transportation, for authority to acquire right-of-way necessary to complete the Fern Hollow Bridge project as provided in an intergovernmental cooperation agreement authorized by Council Resolution 20 of 2022. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 32 | 2022-0808 | Records the Human Resources committee report for October 4, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 33 | 2022-0772 | Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Industrial/Organizational Solutions, Inc. (I/O Solutions) for professional consulting services in connection with Police Lieutenant and Police Sergeant position job analyses; the development, administration, and scoring of written examinations; and development, assessor selection, administration, and scoring of the oral board examinations; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $276,000.00. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 34 | 2022-0809 | Records the Innovation, Performance and Asset Management committee report for October 4, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 35 | 2022-0770 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Software Maintenance Agreement or Agreements with LeadsOnline for stolen property tracking software, related maintenance, user support services and subscription-based licenses to be utilized by the City’s Bureau of Police, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE DOLLARS ($378,839). | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 36 | 2022-0810 | Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for October 4, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 37 | 2022-0686 | Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2022-2023 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $6,500,000. (Council Districts: All) | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 |
Whereas, Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation is a community development organization focused on racial equity, economic development and increasing Hispanic investment in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area and specializes in addressing cross-cultural challenges that inhibit the ability of entrepreneurs to maximize potential; and,
WHEREAS, life’s most valuable of gifts are those that are difficult to calculate in material terms, given discreetly and without thought of reward; and,
WHEREAS, Raymond “Ray” Jablonowski, son of Catherine and Anthony Jablonowski, has lived in the Greenfield neighborhood since the age of five, attended the Greenfield School, St. Rosalia School, Central Catholic High School, and the University of Pittsburgh, where he earned a degree in civil engineering; and
Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the construction of the Homewood Park Community Gathering Space, in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.
Resolution granting unto PENNLEY PARK SOUTH INC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a new ADA compliant ramp with handrails on both sides, at 5700 Penn Ave in the 8th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s Gaming Economic Development Tourism Fund for the East Liberty Mobility plan in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND ($280,000) dollars with a local match of TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND ($28,000) for the purchase of Fire Attack Packages (Hose and nozzles) to replace all of the frontline attack packages for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Primary Aim, LLC d/b/a Wendy’s™, in the amount of Seven Thousand Fifty Three Dollars and Eighty Cents ($7,053.
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from LN., Local Neighborhood Commercial to UI, Urban Industrial, 3 parcels in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 12th Ward. (Public Hearing held 12/14/22)
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of City Planning to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Carbon Disclosure Project’s, Climate Resiliency Funds, for development of project plans and funding strategies for resiliency hubs, in the amount of TWENTY- FIVE THOUSAND ($25,000) dollars, and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine - Zoning, Article IV - Planning Districts, Chapter 910, Downtown Districts, to update review and approval processes. (Public Hearing held 11/23/22)
Ordinance accepting a new street name, BANKSVILLE PARK DRIVE in the Twentieth 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 September 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.
Ordinance accepting a new street name, SHELTER HOUSE ROAD in the Eleventh 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 September 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.
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay approval on behalf of the Department of Innovation & Performance for Katherine Grober, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.
Files a communication from City Controller Michael Lamb submitting a Performance Audit of the Department of Public Safety about a Performance Audit of the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Administration: School Crossing Guards, dated October 2022.
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about a ONE THOUSAND ($1,000.00) dollar donation from Ann Cahouet to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Mounted Unit Fund.
Resolution appointing Angela Martinez to serve as a Member of the Shade Tree Commission for a term to expire October 31st, 2026.
Resolution appointing Zinna Scott as a Member of the Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission for a term to expire October 31st, 2026.
Resolution appointing Karen Garrett to serve as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board for a term to expire April 30, 2026.
Resolution appointing Justin Livingston as a member of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission for a term to expire October 31st, 2026.
Records the Finance and Law committee report for October 4, 2022.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 Capital Budget and the 2022 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2022 through 2027 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing CALIFORNIA AVENUE BRIDGE (TIP) by $800,000.
Records the Public Safety Services committee report for October 4, 2022.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Auto Theft Prevention Authority for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR DOLLARS ($566,384)
Records the Public Works committee report for October 4, 2022.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to apply for grant funding from the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Keystone Communities Grant program, to provide funding for the construction of a community space and playground in Homewood Park. The grant proposal includes a request of $262,180.50, with a local match of $262,180.50 to come from JDE Job No. 4550000421 Homewood Park - Construction. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE ($524,361.00) DOLLARS for this stated purpose.
Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the California Ave Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000.00). This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.
Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the construction phase of the Allegheny Circle Phase 2 project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million, One Hundred Twenty Six Thousand, Four Hundred Ninety Five ($2,126,495.00) dollars; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Four Thousand ($4,000.00) dollars, a decrease of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) from the previously executed City of Pittsburgh contract 52331-1, as authorized by Resolution 374 of 2020.
Resolution expressly authorizing and recognizing the delegation by the Mayor on behalf of City of Pittsburgh to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Secretary of Transportation, for authority to acquire right-of-way necessary to complete the Fern Hollow Bridge project as provided in an intergovernmental cooperation agreement authorized by Council Resolution 20 of 2022.
Records the Human Resources committee report for October 4, 2022.
Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Industrial/Organizational Solutions, Inc. (I/O Solutions) for professional consulting services in connection with Police Lieutenant and Police Sergeant position job analyses; the development, administration, and scoring of written examinations; and development, assessor selection, administration, and scoring of the oral board examinations; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $276,000.00.
Records the Innovation, Performance and Asset Management committee report for October 4, 2022.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Software Maintenance Agreement or Agreements with LeadsOnline for stolen property tracking software, related maintenance, user support services and subscription-based licenses to be utilized by the City’s Bureau of Police, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE DOLLARS ($378,839).
Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for October 4, 2022.
Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2022-2023 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $6,500,000. (Council Districts: All)