WHEREAS, the 49th annual celebration of National Catholic Schools Week will be held Sunday, January 29 - February 4, 2023 with the theme Faith. Excellence. Service; and,
Legislation Items
Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.
| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023-1190 | WHEREAS, the 49th annual celebration of National Catholic Schools Week will be held Sunday, January 29 - February 4, 2023 with the theme Faith. Excellence. Service; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2023-1191 | WHEREAS, Commander Cristyn Zett retired from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police on January 13, 2023 after serving nearly 23 years with the Bureau; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2023-1192 | WHEREAS, City & State PA is the premier multi-media news firm that has been dedicated to covering politics, policy and the people who power Pennsylvania since 2016; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2023-1193 | WHEREAS, Peter Oresick, a prolific poet, publisher, professor, printer, and painter, was a champion of Pittsburgh and the literary arts; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2023-1194 | WHEREAS, Heather Howard was a resident of Chartiers City, a neighborhood in the City of Pittsburgh; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2023-1195 | WHEREAS, William ‘Willy’ McKain, CPA, was born on March 15, 1960 to wonderful parents William Robert McKain and Helen “Nell” McKain and is the fourth of sixth children; and | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2023-1168 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 203, effective May 14th 2022, entitled “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.” to accept the grant and authorize necessary expenditures. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2023-1169 | Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for costs associated with the West Ohio Street Bridge project where PWSA would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work described herein and itemized in Exhibit “B” at an amount not to exceed Two Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($285,777.25) an increase of Fifty Four Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Seven Dollars and Twenty Five Cents from the previously executed agreement (53176) as authorized by Resolution Number 636 of 2018. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2023-1170 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a professional services agreement with Traffic Planning and Design, Inc., for work on Frankstown Avenue Signal Design Project at a cost not to exceed Two Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Seven Hundred One Dollars and Sixty Eight Cents ($232,701.68). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2023-1171 | Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the 28th Street Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Thirty Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Nine Dollars ($33,829.00). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2023-1172 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 50 26th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2023-1173 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for proposed land development located at 4554-4564 Penn Avenue at the parcels numbered 49-M-121, 49-M-122, 49-M-123, 49-M-124, 49-M-125, 49-M-126, Pittsburgh, PA 15224. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2023-1174 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 1100 Shady Ave. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2023-1175 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 3339 Ward Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2022-0910 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 5610 Butler Street, 10th Ward, Pittsburgh, PA 15201. | withdrawn from the Agenda | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2023-1176 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Ruth and John Banovatz and their attorneys, Berger and Green, P. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2023-1177 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Spilman, Thomas & Battle. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2023-1178 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Section 925.06, Setbacks, to update the standards for certain HVAC equipment in setbacks. (Referred to Planning Commission 2/8/23) (Report & Recommendation received 3/8/23) (Public Hearing scheduled for 5/3/23) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2023-1179 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, and Industrial Arts Workshop Inc., for the creation of artwork on land which is owned by the URA and which is intended to be transferred to the City of Pittsburgh. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2023-1180 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, as amended, 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 reducing LED STREET LIGHT UPGRADES by $1,000,000.00. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2023-1181 | Resolution authorizing renaming Chartiers Field to Chartiers-Windgap Field. (Public Hearing held 2/15/23) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2023-1196 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 390 effective July 21, 2022 entitled: "Resolution adopting a Reapportionment Plan for the City Council Districts in the City of Pittsburgh, as set forth in the map approved by the July 13, 2022 Standing Committee and finally passed by City Council on July 21, 2022, by correcting a technical error in the legislative text of Resolution No. 390 of 2022. | added to the Agenda | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2023-1182 | Resolution re-appointing Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN), for a term to expire December 31st 2028. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2023-1183 | Resolution appointing Anneliese Martinez as a Member of the Public Art Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor. | Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2023-1184 | Resolution appointing Gerrod Winston as a Member of the Civic Design Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor. | Held, Pending Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2023-1185 | Notifies City Council of the appointment of Linnea Lincoln as Assistant Director, Operating and Special Revenue, in the Office of Management and Budget. | Referred for Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2023-1186 | Notifies City Council of the appointment of Stephanie Turman as a Member of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority Board for a term to expire January 31st, 2027. | Referred for Interview to the Committee on Hearings and Policy | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2023-1187 | Notifies City Council of the appointment of Robert Palmosina as a Member of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority Board for a term to expire April 30, 2026. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 29 | 2023-1188 | Files a communication from Mayor Ed Gainey about Executive Order 2023-01, dated January 24, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 30 | 2023-1189 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay request on behalf of the Department of Public Safety for Anna Boekenhauer, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 31 | 2023-1162 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for January 25, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 32 | 2023-1115 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to John Connors and his attorneys O’Brien, Coleman and Wright, LLC, in the amount of Ninety Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($90,000. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 33 | 2023-1129 | Resolution providing for a professional services agreement or agreements or existing agreements for consulting services, but not limited to auditing, accounting, and technical services for the City Controller’s Office at a cost not to exceed $150,000.00 | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 34 | 2023-1163 | Records the Public Safety and Wellness committee report for January 25, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 35 | 2023-1139 | Ordinance amending Pittsburgh City Code Chapter 604: Curfew; Section 604.09 Review. | Failed | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 36 | 2023-1164 | Records the Public Safety and Wellness committee report for January 25, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 37 | 2023-1161 | Resolution to establish a Youth/Family Resource Center Advisory Committee. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 38 | 2023-1165 | Records the Human Resources committee report for January 25, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 39 | 2023-1124 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement with Goodwill of Southwestern PA for administrative services related to the 2023 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program at a cost not to exceed $200,000.00. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 40 | 2023-1125 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the 2023 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), and for the payment of the costs thereof. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 41 | 2023-1166 | Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology committee report for January 25, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 42 | 2023-1130 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing MON-OAKLAND CONNECTOR/FOUR MILE RUN by one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000.00) and increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) and PLAY AREA IMPROVEMENTS by four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00). | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 43 | 2023-1167 | Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for January 25, 2023. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 44 | 2023-1126 | Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for proposed land development located at 939 W North Ave at the parcels numbered 22-S-126 and 22-S- 113, Pittsburgh, PA 15233. | Passed Finally | Aye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 |
WHEREAS, Commander Cristyn Zett retired from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police on January 13, 2023 after serving nearly 23 years with the Bureau; and,
WHEREAS, City & State PA is the premier multi-media news firm that has been dedicated to covering politics, policy and the people who power Pennsylvania since 2016; and,
WHEREAS, Peter Oresick, a prolific poet, publisher, professor, printer, and painter, was a champion of Pittsburgh and the literary arts; and,
WHEREAS, Heather Howard was a resident of Chartiers City, a neighborhood in the City of Pittsburgh; and,
WHEREAS, William ‘Willy’ McKain, CPA, was born on March 15, 1960 to wonderful parents William Robert McKain and Helen “Nell” McKain and is the fourth of sixth children; and
Resolution amending Resolution No. 203, effective May 14th 2022, entitled “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.” to accept the grant and authorize necessary expenditures.
Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for costs associated with the West Ohio Street Bridge project where PWSA would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work described herein and itemized in Exhibit “B” at an amount not to exceed Two Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Seven Dollars and Twenty-Five Cents ($285,777.25) an increase of Fifty Four Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy Seven Dollars and Twenty Five Cents from the previously executed agreement (53176) as authorized by Resolution Number 636 of 2018.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a professional services agreement with Traffic Planning and Design, Inc., for work on Frankstown Avenue Signal Design Project at a cost not to exceed Two Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Seven Hundred One Dollars and Sixty Eight Cents ($232,701.68).
Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Norfolk Southern Railway Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering phase of the 28th Street Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Thirty Three Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty Nine Dollars ($33,829.00).
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 50 26th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for proposed land development located at 4554-4564 Penn Avenue at the parcels numbered 49-M-121, 49-M-122, 49-M-123, 49-M-124, 49-M-125, 49-M-126, Pittsburgh, PA 15224.
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 1100 Shady Ave.
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 3339 Ward Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 5610 Butler Street, 10th Ward, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Ruth and John Banovatz and their attorneys, Berger and Green, P.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Spilman, Thomas & Battle.
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article V, Section 925.06, Setbacks, to update the standards for certain HVAC equipment in setbacks. (Referred to Planning Commission 2/8/23) (Report & Recommendation received 3/8/23) (Public Hearing scheduled for 5/3/23)
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh, the Urban Redevelopment Authority, and Industrial Arts Workshop Inc., for the creation of artwork on land which is owned by the URA and which is intended to be transferred to the City of Pittsburgh.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 886 of 2021, effective December 27, 2021, as amended, 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 reducing LED STREET LIGHT UPGRADES by $1,000,000.00.
Resolution authorizing renaming Chartiers Field to Chartiers-Windgap Field. (Public Hearing held 2/15/23)
Resolution amending Resolution No. 390 effective July 21, 2022 entitled: "Resolution adopting a Reapportionment Plan for the City Council Districts in the City of Pittsburgh, as set forth in the map approved by the July 13, 2022 Standing Committee and finally passed by City Council on July 21, 2022, by correcting a technical error in the legislative text of Resolution No. 390 of 2022.
Resolution re-appointing Councilwoman Theresa Kail-Smith as a Member of the Board of Directors for the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN), for a term to expire December 31st 2028.
Resolution appointing Anneliese Martinez as a Member of the Public Art Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.
Resolution appointing Gerrod Winston as a Member of the Civic Design Committee, of the Public Art & Civic Design Commission, for a term concurrent with that of the Mayor.
Notifies City Council of the appointment of Linnea Lincoln as Assistant Director, Operating and Special Revenue, in the Office of Management and Budget.
Notifies City Council of the appointment of Stephanie Turman as a Member of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority Board for a term to expire January 31st, 2027.
Notifies City Council of the appointment of Robert Palmosina as a Member of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority Board for a term to expire April 30, 2026.
Files a communication from Mayor Ed Gainey about Executive Order 2023-01, dated January 24, 2023.
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about acting pay request on behalf of the Department of Public Safety for Anna Boekenhauer, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.
Records the Finance and Law committee report for January 25, 2023.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to John Connors and his attorneys O’Brien, Coleman and Wright, LLC, in the amount of Ninety Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($90,000.
Resolution providing for a professional services agreement or agreements or existing agreements for consulting services, but not limited to auditing, accounting, and technical services for the City Controller’s Office at a cost not to exceed $150,000.00
Records the Public Safety and Wellness committee report for January 25, 2023.
Ordinance amending Pittsburgh City Code Chapter 604: Curfew; Section 604.09 Review.
Records the Public Safety and Wellness committee report for January 25, 2023.
Resolution to establish a Youth/Family Resource Center Advisory Committee.
Records the Human Resources committee report for January 25, 2023.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement with Goodwill of Southwestern PA for administrative services related to the 2023 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program at a cost not to exceed $200,000.00.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the 2023 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program in an amount not to exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), and for the payment of the costs thereof.
Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology committee report for January 25, 2023.
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing MON-OAKLAND CONNECTOR/FOUR MILE RUN by one million four hundred thousand dollars ($1,400,000.00) and increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) and PLAY AREA IMPROVEMENTS by four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00).
Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for January 25, 2023.
Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for proposed land development located at 939 W North Ave at the parcels numbered 22-S-126 and 22-S- 113, Pittsburgh, PA 15233.