Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.
| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
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| 1 | 2022-0923 | WHEREAS, Dr. Marcia M. Sturdivant was born in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. degree in psychology and behavioral sciences from Point Park University in 1978 and her M.A. degree in criminal justice from the University of Detroit in 1980. She later earned her Ph.D. degree in educational and developmental psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1996; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2022-0924 | WHEREAS, Dr. Cyril H. Wecht was born on March, 20, 1931 in a tiny mining village in Dunkard Township, PA called Bobtown. His father was a storekeeper and his mother was a homemaker, and helped out in the store; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2022-0925 | WHEREAS, The Honorable Kim Berkeley Clark is a judge for the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. She was appointed by former Governor Tom Ridge; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2022-0926 | WHEREAS, Serena Marie Taylor was born and raised in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Richard and Xiomara Taylor and the youngest of eight children; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2022-0927 | WHEREAS, Tim Stevens was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on May 4, 1945 to Georgetta and Jaspar Stevens. He was raised in the Hill District; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2022-0928 | WHEREAS, since 2014, Jennifer Reitzell, Vice President & Manager PNC Charitable Trusts, has helped secure over $200,000 through the PNC Charitable Trusts, to support the youth who visit the Mount Washington Recreation Center; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2022-0929 | WHEREAS, the National Flag Foundation (NFF) is a Pittsburgh-based national non-profit and non- political foundation dedicated to education about the American Flag and honoring those who have served to support our country and its national symbol; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2022-0930 | WHEREAS, , the Federation of War Veterans Societies, Inc. of Allegheny County (The Federation) and the City of Pittsburgh, will hold its One Hundred Third Annual Veterans Day Parade on Friday, November 11 at 10:30 AM beginning on Liberty Avenue at 10th Street and proceeding along Liberty Avenue; and | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2022-0931 | WHEREAS, Dear Zoe is an independent feature film based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Pittsburgh-based author Phillip Beard; and | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2022-0932 | WHEREAS, The Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition (SHUC) is a nonprofit community organization that gives the residents, institutions, and businesses of Squirrel Hill a platform to express their hopes and concerns in order to preserve and improve the quality of life in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2022-0907 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Five: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 541 General Parking Regulations, by revising Section 541.04B entitled Smart Loading Zones, to extend the Smart Loading Zone pilot program from one year to three years. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2022-0908 | Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Swindell Bridge Construction project, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Seven Hundred Thousand ($1,700,000.00) dollars, an increase of Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000.00) from the previously executed agreement (54006); reimbursable at ninety five percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500.00) dollars, a zero Dollar ($0.00) increase from the previously executed agreement (54006). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2022-0909 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreements with CDR Maguire, Inc., for Project Design Management Services and Reviews in connection with various City of Pittsburgh projects to add funding for the Construction and Preliminary Engineering phases increasing the total not to exceed to Three Million One Hundred Fifty Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Eight Dollars and Sixty One Cents ($3,157,268.61) from agreement 53121.2, an increase of One Million Two Hundred Six Thousand One Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Eighty Five Cents ($1,206,117.85). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2022-0910 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 5610 Butler Street, 10th Ward, Pittsburgh, PA 15201. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2022-0911 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority for administrative services for Commonwealth Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (“RACP”) awards, for a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) over five years and for the payment of the costs thereof. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2022-0912 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the United States Department of Justice for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS AND TWENTY ONE CENTS ($539,580.21) for the purpose of providing funding for training and capacity expansion for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and Department of Public Safety for crisis response. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2022-0913 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 621 of 2017 authorizing the Mayor, Director of Public Safety and Director of Finance to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into an amended Lease Agreement or Agreements with The Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources for providing a police substation at the Lantern Building in downtown Pittsburgh beginning September 2017. The amended Lease Agreement or Agreements shall provide for an 18-month extension at identical terms, not to exceed $15,000 annually. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2022-0914 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 725 of 2021, authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a fifth amended professional services agreement or agreements with Johnson Controls for continued security camera integration and support services at an additional cost of $381,700 and extending such agreement(s) for an additional six months, and increasing the overall agreement compensation to $6,570,257. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2022-0915 | Resolution amending Resolution #648 of 2019, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with Maher Duessel to provide auditing services to the City of Pittsburgh, by exercising the additional option years to extend the term of the agreement for two years. Total cost not to exceed Six Hundred Seventy Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Nine Dollars ($672,859) over five years. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2022-0916 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Christopher P. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2022-0917 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Gleason & Associates, P. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2022-0918 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Joyce Haynes and her attorneys, Simon & Simon, 18 Campus Boulevard, Suite 100, Newtown Square, PA 19073, in the amount of Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2022-0919 | Resolution amending Resolution 942 of 2021 providing for an Agreement or Agreements and a Lease or Leases by and between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and First Vehicle Services (“First Vehicle”), pursuant to which First Vehicle will furnish all work and services needed to manage and maintain the City’s Vehicle Fleet, by increasing the 2022 not to exceed amount by $600,000.00. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2022-0920 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of City Planning to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant for project scoping of Saw Mill Run Boulevard in the amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($300,000.00) dollars with a local match of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($100,000) dollars for a total project cost of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND ($400,000) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2022-0921 | Resolution appointing Ivan Usero as a member of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission for a term to expire May 31st, 2024. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2022-0922 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay approval on behalf of the Office of Human Resources and Civil Service for Paula Kellerman and Charlene Holder, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2022-0904 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for November 2, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2022-0868 | 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). | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 29 | 2022-0869 | 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. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 30 | 2022-0905 | Records the Public Safety Services committee report for November 2, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 31 | 2022-0867 | 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. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 32 | 2022-0906 | Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for November 2, 2022. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 33 | 2022-0843 | Resolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 56-F, Lot 176, located at 201 Glen Caladh Street (Council District No. 5). | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 34 | 2022-0866 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 532 Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. | Passed Finally | Aye: 8Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 |
WHEREAS, Dr. Marcia M. Sturdivant was born in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. degree in psychology and behavioral sciences from Point Park University in 1978 and her M.A. degree in criminal justice from the University of Detroit in 1980. She later earned her Ph.D. degree in educational and developmental psychology from the University of Pittsburgh in 1996; and,
WHEREAS, Dr. Cyril H. Wecht was born on March, 20, 1931 in a tiny mining village in Dunkard Township, PA called Bobtown. His father was a storekeeper and his mother was a homemaker, and helped out in the store; and,
WHEREAS, The Honorable Kim Berkeley Clark is a judge for the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in Pennsylvania. She was appointed by former Governor Tom Ridge; and,
WHEREAS, Serena Marie Taylor was born and raised in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Richard and Xiomara Taylor and the youngest of eight children; and,
WHEREAS, Tim Stevens was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on May 4, 1945 to Georgetta and Jaspar Stevens. He was raised in the Hill District; and,
WHEREAS, since 2014, Jennifer Reitzell, Vice President & Manager PNC Charitable Trusts, has helped secure over $200,000 through the PNC Charitable Trusts, to support the youth who visit the Mount Washington Recreation Center; and,
WHEREAS, the National Flag Foundation (NFF) is a Pittsburgh-based national non-profit and non- political foundation dedicated to education about the American Flag and honoring those who have served to support our country and its national symbol; and,
WHEREAS, , the Federation of War Veterans Societies, Inc. of Allegheny County (The Federation) and the City of Pittsburgh, will hold its One Hundred Third Annual Veterans Day Parade on Friday, November 11 at 10:30 AM beginning on Liberty Avenue at 10th Street and proceeding along Liberty Avenue; and
WHEREAS, Dear Zoe is an independent feature film based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Pittsburgh-based author Phillip Beard; and
WHEREAS, The Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition (SHUC) is a nonprofit community organization that gives the residents, institutions, and businesses of Squirrel Hill a platform to express their hopes and concerns in order to preserve and improve the quality of life in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood; and,
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Five: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 541 General Parking Regulations, by revising Section 541.04B entitled Smart Loading Zones, to extend the Smart Loading Zone pilot program from one year to three years.
Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the Swindell Bridge Construction project, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Seven Hundred Thousand ($1,700,000.00) dollars, an increase of Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000.00) from the previously executed agreement (54006); reimbursable at ninety five percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500.00) dollars, a zero Dollar ($0.00) increase from the previously executed agreement (54006).
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreements with CDR Maguire, Inc., for Project Design Management Services and Reviews in connection with various City of Pittsburgh projects to add funding for the Construction and Preliminary Engineering phases increasing the total not to exceed to Three Million One Hundred Fifty Seven Thousand Two Hundred Sixty Eight Dollars and Sixty One Cents ($3,157,268.61) from agreement 53121.2, an increase of One Million Two Hundred Six Thousand One Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Eighty Five Cents ($1,206,117.85).
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 5610 Butler Street, 10th Ward, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority for administrative services for Commonwealth Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (“RACP”) awards, for a sum not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) over five years and for the payment of the costs thereof.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the United States Department of Justice for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY DOLLARS AND TWENTY ONE CENTS ($539,580.21) for the purpose of providing funding for training and capacity expansion for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and Department of Public Safety for crisis response.
Resolution amending Resolution No. 621 of 2017 authorizing the Mayor, Director of Public Safety and Director of Finance to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into an amended Lease Agreement or Agreements with The Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources for providing a police substation at the Lantern Building in downtown Pittsburgh beginning September 2017. The amended Lease Agreement or Agreements shall provide for an 18-month extension at identical terms, not to exceed $15,000 annually.
Resolution amending Resolution No. 725 of 2021, authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a fifth amended professional services agreement or agreements with Johnson Controls for continued security camera integration and support services at an additional cost of $381,700 and extending such agreement(s) for an additional six months, and increasing the overall agreement compensation to $6,570,257.
Resolution amending Resolution #648 of 2019, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with Maher Duessel to provide auditing services to the City of Pittsburgh, by exercising the additional option years to extend the term of the agreement for two years. Total cost not to exceed Six Hundred Seventy Two Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty Nine Dollars ($672,859) over five years.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Christopher P.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Gleason & Associates, P.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Joyce Haynes and her attorneys, Simon & Simon, 18 Campus Boulevard, Suite 100, Newtown Square, PA 19073, in the amount of Thirty Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.
Resolution amending Resolution 942 of 2021 providing for an Agreement or Agreements and a Lease or Leases by and between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and First Vehicle Services (“First Vehicle”), pursuant to which First Vehicle will furnish all work and services needed to manage and maintain the City’s Vehicle Fleet, by increasing the 2022 not to exceed amount by $600,000.00.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of City Planning to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant for project scoping of Saw Mill Run Boulevard in the amount of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($300,000.00) dollars with a local match of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($100,000) dollars for a total project cost of FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND ($400,000) dollars and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose.
Resolution appointing Ivan Usero as a member of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission for a term to expire May 31st, 2024.
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay approval on behalf of the Office of Human Resources and Civil Service for Paula Kellerman and Charlene Holder, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.
Records the Finance and Law committee report for November 2, 2022.
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).
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.
Records the Public Safety Services committee report for November 2, 2022.
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.
Records the Intergovernmental Affairs committee report for November 2, 2022.
Resolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 56-F, Lot 176, located at 201 Glen Caladh Street (Council District No. 5).
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 532 Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.