Meeting

City Council · Oct 25, 2022

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 25 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12022-0872WHEREAS, Allegheny-Fayette County Labor Council is a local branch of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which represents the collective interests of its affiliated unions and the working people; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
22022-0873WHEREAS, Dr. Robert G. Edwards was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from The Pittsburgh Public School System, he pursued his education at The University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, and graduated in 1975; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
32022-0874WHEREAS, Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) was launched nationwide in October 1987 as a way to connect and unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues while raising awareness for those issues; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
42022-0875WHEREAS, Valerie Sullivan was born to the late business advocate Orlando “Scats” Scatena and Norma Jean Borrelli Scatena and raised in the Bloomfield neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh where she is a resident today; andNo matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
52022-0877WHEREAS, protecting transgender, nonbinary, and intersex persons and ensuring that they are able to live free of fear is a priority of the City of Pittsburgh; and,No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
62022-0866Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 532 Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
72022-0867Resolution authorizing the Citizen Police Review Board to enter into an Agreement(s) or Contract(s) with Attorney William F. Ward of Rothman Gordon, P.C., for professional services to assist in the legal representation of the Citizen Police Review Board for a period of Three years. Said Agreement(s) or Contract(s) shall not exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per year for 2023, 2024 and 2025; subject to the annual allocation by City Council.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
82022-0868Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an encroachment easement (Easement) with Jason and Stefanie Small to permit certain structures to encroach City property (Parcel ID 87-C-60).No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
92022-0869Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, effective December 28, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING by $157,705.00 and increasing INFORMATION SYSTEM MODERNIZATION by $157,705.00.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
102022-0870Resolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective January 1, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program.” by reducing PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY by $408,090.00 and increasing STREET RESURFACING by $408,090.00.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
112022-0876Files a communication from John H. Patterson about PCTV’s approved budget and capital plan for 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
122022-0862Records the Finance and Law committee report for October 19, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
132022-0816Authorizes 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.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
142022-0863Records the Public Works committee report for October 19, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
152022-0811Resolution 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.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
162022-0812Resolution 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.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
172022-0813Resolution 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.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
182022-0864Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for October 19, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
192022-0698Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic District under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances the certain properties known as the Murray Hill Historic District Expansion located at 1163 Murray Hill Avenue (85-K-225) and 1165 Murray Hill Avenue (85-K-227) in Squirrel Hill, in the 14th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owners of 1165 Murray Hill Avenue support the nomination. (Public Hearing held 10/18/22)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
202022-0782Resolution amending Resolution No. 130 of 2018, effective January 1, 2018 by updating the continued designation of an Oakland Business Improvement District. (Public Hearing held 10/12/22)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
212022-0818Resolution 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.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
222022-0820Ordinance 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.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
232022-0821Ordinance 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.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
242022-0865Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for October 19, 2022.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
252022-0814Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 937 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
Order 12022-0872

WHEREAS, Allegheny-Fayette County Labor Council is a local branch of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), which represents the collective interests of its affiliated unions and the working people; and,

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Order 22022-0873

WHEREAS, Dr. Robert G. Edwards was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from The Pittsburgh Public School System, he pursued his education at The University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, and graduated in 1975; and,

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Order 32022-0874

WHEREAS, Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) was launched nationwide in October 1987 as a way to connect and unite individuals and organizations working on domestic violence issues while raising awareness for those issues; and,

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Order 42022-0875

WHEREAS, Valerie Sullivan was born to the late business advocate Orlando “Scats” Scatena and Norma Jean Borrelli Scatena and raised in the Bloomfield neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh where she is a resident today; and

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Order 52022-0877

WHEREAS, protecting transgender, nonbinary, and intersex persons and ensuring that they are able to live free of fear is a priority of the City of Pittsburgh; and,

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Order 62022-0866

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 532 Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.

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Order 72022-0867

Resolution authorizing the Citizen Police Review Board to enter into an Agreement(s) or Contract(s) with Attorney William F. Ward of Rothman Gordon, P.C., for professional services to assist in the legal representation of the Citizen Police Review Board for a period of Three years. Said Agreement(s) or Contract(s) shall not exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per year for 2023, 2024 and 2025; subject to the annual allocation by City Council.

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Order 82022-0868

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an encroachment easement (Easement) with Jason and Stefanie Small to permit certain structures to encroach City property (Parcel ID 87-C-60).

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Order 92022-0869

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, effective December 28, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING by $157,705.00 and increasing INFORMATION SYSTEM MODERNIZATION by $157,705.00.

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Order 102022-0870

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective January 1, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program.” by reducing PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING FACILITY by $408,090.00 and increasing STREET RESURFACING by $408,090.00.

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Order 112022-0876

Files a communication from John H. Patterson about PCTV’s approved budget and capital plan for 2023.

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Order 122022-0862

Records the Finance and Law committee report for October 19, 2022.

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Order 142022-0863

Records the Public Works committee report for October 19, 2022.

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Order 152022-0811

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.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 162022-0812

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.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 172022-0813

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.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
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No: 0
Order 182022-0864

Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for October 19, 2022.

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Order 192022-0698

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic District under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances the certain properties known as the Murray Hill Historic District Expansion located at 1163 Murray Hill Avenue (85-K-225) and 1165 Murray Hill Avenue (85-K-227) in Squirrel Hill, in the 14th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owners of 1165 Murray Hill Avenue support the nomination. (Public Hearing held 10/18/22)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 212022-0818

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.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 222022-0820

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.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes For
Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 232022-0821

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.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 242022-0865

Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for October 19, 2022.

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