Meeting

City Council · Jul 18, 2023

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 72 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
512023-1726Records the Finance and Law committee report for July 12, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
522023-1649Resolution amending Resolution 320 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Sable & Sable, LLC, by substituting the entity of Sable & Sable, LLC with that of Meyer, Unkovic, & Scott LLP, for expert legal services in connection with Case Number G.D. 23-002842, in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars and No Centers ($20,000). (Executive Session held 7/10/23)No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
532023-1686Resolution approving the use plan for the $3 million Food Justice Funds as allocated in the City’s American Rescue Plan, pursuant to Resolution No. 762 of 2022. (Briefing held 7/10/23)No matched discussionAMENDEDAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
542023-1687Authorizes a City warrant payment to Precise Discovery, 429 Fourth Avenue, Suite 1000, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Four Hundred One Dollars and 18 cents ($5,401.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
552023-1697Resolution further amending Resolution No. 855 of 2011, effective December 29, 2011, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2011 Capital Budget and the 2011 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2011 through 2016 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing DISTRICT 6 NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS by seventy seven thousand six hundred sixty two dollars and seventy nine cents ($77,662.79) and increasing HOUSING DEVELOPMENT by seventy seven thousand six hundred sixty two dollars and seventy nine cents ($77,662.79).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
562023-1722Resolution directing the Department of Finance and the Law Department to produce Deed Restrictions relative to Affordable Housing for the Publicly-Owned Property in the 8th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot 0051E00163000000. (Council District No. 7).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
572023-1727Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for July 12, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
582023-1683Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Center for Employment Opportunities to grant a license to enter onto certain City-owned parcels for the purpose of performing certain work, including maintenance and beautification services, that fall outside the regular work assigned to City employees, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
592023-1684Resolution amending Resolution 194 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to execute relevant agreement(s) to authorize the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) providing electronic waste collection and recycling services for City residents, by adding an additional one (1) year for an amount not to exceed One Hundred Seventy- Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
602023-1685Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Finance, and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Duquesne Light Company granting it a permanent utility easement for the erection, installation, use, operation, maintenance, repair, and removal of cables, switches, and transformers, in order to service and provide power to electric vehicle charging stations and other fixtures and apparatus thereto, upon, over, along, across, under and through City property located at 2945-3001 Railroad Street, lot and block 25-B-15 for use by electric-powered City sanitation trucks, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
612023-1728Records the Human Resources committee report for July 12, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
622023-1681Resolution providing for the filing of applications by the Commonwealth of PA, Department of Human Services for grants in connection with the Joint Jobs Initiative Program Employment Advancement and Retention Network (EARN) and providing for the authorization to enter into agreements with various agencies and to pay for expenditures for costs to support, implement and administer the program. Cost not to exceed $3,828,594.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
632023-1729Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for July 12, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
642023-1691Ordinance accepting a new street name, COUGAR CIRCLE in the Fourteenth 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 May 2023. 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: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
652023-1692Ordinance accepting a new street name, PRINCIPAL LANE in the Eighteenth 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 May 2023. 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: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
662023-1693Ordinance accepting two (2) new street names, COMPOSITE STREET and BATTERY STREET in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street names was approved by CPAC in May 2023. The names 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: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
672023-1730Records the Recreation, Youth and Senior Services committee report for July 12, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
682023-1688Resolution providing for the designation of certain public properties within the Hays and St. Clair neighborhoods to be formalized and adopted as a City park, at no immediate cost to the City.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
692023-1689Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with the Music Performance Trust Fund for the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee in the amount of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Twenty-Two Cents ($2,631.22).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
702023-1690Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with the University of Pittsburgh Government Relations and Advocacy office for the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
712023-1731Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for July 12, 2023.No matched discussionRead, Received and FiledNot recordedNot recorded
722023-1682Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 2118 5th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.No matched discussionPassed FinallyAye: 9Burgess, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross, Kraus, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby WilsonNo: 0
Order 512023-1726

Records the Finance and Law committee report for July 12, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 522023-1649

Resolution amending Resolution 320 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Sable & Sable, LLC, by substituting the entity of Sable & Sable, LLC with that of Meyer, Unkovic, & Scott LLP, for expert legal services in connection with Case Number G.D. 23-002842, in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars and No Centers ($20,000). (Executive Session held 7/10/23)

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 552023-1697

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 855 of 2011, effective December 29, 2011, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2011 Capital Budget and the 2011 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2011 through 2016 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing DISTRICT 6 NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS by seventy seven thousand six hundred sixty two dollars and seventy nine cents ($77,662.79) and increasing HOUSING DEVELOPMENT by seventy seven thousand six hundred sixty two dollars and seventy nine cents ($77,662.79).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 562023-1722

Resolution directing the Department of Finance and the Law Department to produce Deed Restrictions relative to Affordable Housing for the Publicly-Owned Property in the 8th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot 0051E00163000000. (Council District No. 7).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 572023-1727

Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for July 12, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Votes For
Not recorded
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Order 582023-1683

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Center for Employment Opportunities to grant a license to enter onto certain City-owned parcels for the purpose of performing certain work, including maintenance and beautification services, that fall outside the regular work assigned to City employees, at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 592023-1684

Resolution amending Resolution 194 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to execute relevant agreement(s) to authorize the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) providing electronic waste collection and recycling services for City residents, by adding an additional one (1) year for an amount not to exceed One Hundred Seventy- Five Thousand Dollars ($175,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 602023-1685

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Finance, and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Duquesne Light Company granting it a permanent utility easement for the erection, installation, use, operation, maintenance, repair, and removal of cables, switches, and transformers, in order to service and provide power to electric vehicle charging stations and other fixtures and apparatus thereto, upon, over, along, across, under and through City property located at 2945-3001 Railroad Street, lot and block 25-B-15 for use by electric-powered City sanitation trucks, at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 612023-1728

Records the Human Resources committee report for July 12, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Order 622023-1681

Resolution providing for the filing of applications by the Commonwealth of PA, Department of Human Services for grants in connection with the Joint Jobs Initiative Program Employment Advancement and Retention Network (EARN) and providing for the authorization to enter into agreements with various agencies and to pay for expenditures for costs to support, implement and administer the program. Cost not to exceed $3,828,594.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
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No: 0
Order 632023-1729

Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for July 12, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
Votes For
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Order 642023-1691

Ordinance accepting a new street name, COUGAR CIRCLE in the Fourteenth 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 May 2023. 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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No: 0
Order 652023-1692

Ordinance accepting a new street name, PRINCIPAL LANE in the Eighteenth 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 May 2023. 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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No: 0
Order 662023-1693

Ordinance accepting two (2) new street names, COMPOSITE STREET and BATTERY STREET in the Fifteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street names was approved by CPAC in May 2023. The names 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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No: 0
Order 672023-1730

Records the Recreation, Youth and Senior Services committee report for July 12, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Read, Received and Filed
Votes For
Not recorded
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Order 692023-1689

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with the Music Performance Trust Fund for the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee in the amount of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Twenty-Two Cents ($2,631.22).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 702023-1690

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation to enter into a Sponsorship Agreement with the University of Pittsburgh Government Relations and Advocacy office for the CommUnity Concert series, from which the City will receive a fee of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Passed Finally
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 712023-1731

Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for July 12, 2023.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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