Meeting

Standing Committees · Jan 31, 2024

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 14 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12024-0076Resolution amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing CHARLES ANDERSON BRIDGE (TIP) by $22,950,000 to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22024-0048Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Jeffrey Kertis, and his attorney, Howard F.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32024-0049Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Judith Hulick, and her attorney, Andrew D.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42024-0060Resolution amending Resolution No. 683 of 2022 titled, “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of NINETY THOUSAND ($90,000.00) dollars to support youth sports programming in each council district” to add the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation as a signatory on grant awards.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Finance and LawNot recordedNot recorded
5Item 0003-2024Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0003-2024.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
62024-0078Resolution amending Resolution 512 of 2023 which provided for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the Charles Anderson Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Fifty Three Million Six Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars ($53,690,000.00) Fifty-Nine Million Eight Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($59,890,000.00), an increase of Six Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,200,000.00) from the previously executed agreement for costs associated with the Construction phase of the project, due to this phase being 100% Federally funded. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at a cost not to exceed Sixty- Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($62,250.00), an increase of Fifty-Six Thousand Dollars ($56,000.00) from the previous amendment Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($6,250.00). Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72024-0050Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the Smallman Complete Street Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS AND THIRTEEN CENTS ($999,999.13) for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82024-0051Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Site under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as Frick Park, located at 2005 Beechwood Boulevard (127-H-100-01), in the Swisshelm Park, Squirrel Hill South, Regent Square, Point Breeze neighborhoods, in the 14th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 2/27/24)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings and PolicyNot recordedNot recorded
92024-0053Resolution 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; approving the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY SERVICES - SAFETY by $15,000.00 and increasing PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY SERVICES - HUNGER by $15,000.00, and authorize subsequent Agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102024-0054Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the City of Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with HR&A Advisors & Urban American City for the purpose of assisting in the development of a Citywide Comprehensive Plan. Cost not to exceed $3,255,000 over two years.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedAye: 6Bobby Wilson, Bob Charland, R. Daniel Lavelle, Barb Warwick, Erika Strassburger, Khari MosleyNo: 2Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross
112024-0055Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with Common Cause Consulting & Sasaki for the purpose of developing a citywide engagement strategy to support the Citywide Comprehensive Plan process. Cost not to exceed $2,645,000 over two years.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedAye: 5Bobby Wilson, Bob Charland, R. Daniel Lavelle, Barb Warwick, Erika StrassburgerNo: 3Kail-Smith, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross
122024-0059Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, at Section 911.02: Use Table and Chapter 911.04.A.69, Use Standards, to Permit Single-Unit Attached Residential Uses in Residential Single-Unit Detached Districts subject to certain standards. (Report and Recommendation sent 1/31/24) (Report and Recommendation received 3/6/24) (Public Hearing held 4/10/24)No matched discussionReferred for Report and Recommendation to the- Planning CommissionNot recordedNot recorded
132024-0046Resolution amending Resolution 681 of 2022, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into an amended agreement with B-Three Solutions, Inc. for the continued provision of software maintenance and support services for critical applications and transition guidance, by increasing the approved amount by $200,000 and extending the contract for (1) year until December 31, 2024. The amended total cost not-to-exceed of the contract will now be Two Million One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand Three Hundred Twenty One Dollars ($2,129,321) over a period not to exceed seven (7) years.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142024-0047Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 107 & 109 Natchez Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12024-0076

Resolution amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing CHARLES ANDERSON BRIDGE (TIP) by $22,950,000 to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22024-0048

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Jeffrey Kertis, and his attorney, Howard F.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32024-0049

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Judith Hulick, and her attorney, Andrew D.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42024-0060

Resolution amending Resolution No. 683 of 2022 titled, “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Dick’s Sporting Goods Foundation for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of NINETY THOUSAND ($90,000.00) dollars to support youth sports programming in each council district” to add the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation as a signatory on grant awards.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Finance and Law
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0003-2024.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62024-0078

Resolution amending Resolution 512 of 2023 which provided for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the Charles Anderson Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Fifty Three Million Six Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars ($53,690,000.00) Fifty-Nine Million Eight Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($59,890,000.00), an increase of Six Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,200,000.00) from the previously executed agreement for costs associated with the Construction phase of the project, due to this phase being 100% Federally funded. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at a cost not to exceed Sixty- Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($62,250.00), an increase of Fifty-Six Thousand Dollars ($56,000.00) from the previous amendment Six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($6,250.00). Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72024-0050

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the Smallman Complete Street Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE DOLLARS AND THIRTEEN CENTS ($999,999.13) for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82024-0051

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Site under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as Frick Park, located at 2005 Beechwood Boulevard (127-H-100-01), in the Swisshelm Park, Squirrel Hill South, Regent Square, Point Breeze neighborhoods, in the 14th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 2/27/24)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings and Policy
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92024-0053

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; approving the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY SERVICES - SAFETY by $15,000.00 and increasing PITTSBURGH COMMUNITY SERVICES - HUNGER by $15,000.00, and authorize subsequent Agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102024-0054

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the City of Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with HR&A Advisors & Urban American City for the purpose of assisting in the development of a Citywide Comprehensive Plan. Cost not to exceed $3,255,000 over two years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes Against
No: 2Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross
Order 112024-0055

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with Common Cause Consulting & Sasaki for the purpose of developing a citywide engagement strategy to support the Citywide Comprehensive Plan process. Cost not to exceed $2,645,000 over two years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes Against
No: 3Kail-Smith, Anthony Coghill, Deb Gross
Order 122024-0059

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, at Section 911.02: Use Table and Chapter 911.04.A.69, Use Standards, to Permit Single-Unit Attached Residential Uses in Residential Single-Unit Detached Districts subject to certain standards. (Report and Recommendation sent 1/31/24) (Report and Recommendation received 3/6/24) (Public Hearing held 4/10/24)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Referred for Report and Recommendation to the- Planning Commission
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132024-0046

Resolution amending Resolution 681 of 2022, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into an amended agreement with B-Three Solutions, Inc. for the continued provision of software maintenance and support services for critical applications and transition guidance, by increasing the approved amount by $200,000 and extending the contract for (1) year until December 31, 2024. The amended total cost not-to-exceed of the contract will now be Two Million One Hundred Twenty Nine Thousand Three Hundred Twenty One Dollars ($2,129,321) over a period not to exceed seven (7) years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142024-0047

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 107 & 109 Natchez Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15211.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded