Meeting

Standing Committees · Apr 10, 2024

9:30 AM · Council Chambers · 18 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12024-0281Resolution appointing Kirk Burkley as a Member of the Land Bank Board of Directors replacing Karen Brean with a term to expire January 1, 2027.No matched discussionInterview HeldNot recordedNot recorded
22024-0379NOW, THEREFORE, Ed Gainey, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and R. Daniel Lavelle, President of the Council, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 10, 2024, “Cameron “Cam” Heyward Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAdoptedNot recordedNot recorded
32024-0089Resolution amending Resolution 909 of 2023 titled "Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2024 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code" to reduce the cost of employee parking. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/17/2024Not recordedNot recorded
42024-0216Authorizes a City warrant payment to Citron Alex, P.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52024-0256Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, by creating a new Chapter 268: Real Estate Tax Exemptions for Construction or Adaptive Reuse of Buildings in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Briefing held 3/20/24) (Public Hearing held 4/29/24)No matched discussionAMENDED BY SUBSTITUTENot recordedNot recorded
62024-0300Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Diana Stefanyszyn, and her attorney, Phillips, Phillips & Smith-Delach, P.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72024-0323Resolution amending Resolution 703 of 2023 effective 10/31/2023 authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an amended Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips LLP for legal services in connection with collective bargaining, by increasing the approved amount by EIGHTY- FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($85,000.00) for an amended total cost not-to- exceed THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($385,000.00) over three years.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82024-0324Authorizes a City warrant payment to the Allegheny County Department of Court Records.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92024-0325Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Ejetta Roberson, and her attorneys, Ainsman Levine, LLC.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102024-0326Resolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing CHARLES ANDERSON BRIDGE (TIP) by ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,350,000), increasing COMPLETE STREETS by FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-NINE DOLLARS AND FIFTY-THREE CENTS ($577,299.53), increasing FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS by TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT DOLARS AND EIGHT CENTS ($294,428.08), and increasing SLOPE FAILURE REMEDIATION by FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY-NINE CENTS ($478,272.39).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
11Item 0013-2024Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0013-2024.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
122024-0321Authorizes a City warrant payment to the Major Cities Chiefs Association in an amount not to exceed SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($7,500.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132024-0327Authorizes a City warrant payment to Laswell Steel, in the amount of Twenty- Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($23,500.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142024-0343Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2016, effective January 1, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing SOUTHSIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and increasing BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and authorize subsequent agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152024-0344Resolution 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 ACTION AGAINT RAPE by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and increasing SOUTHSIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and authorize subsequent agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162023-2330Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 902.03, Zoning Map, by changing from UC-E, Urban Center Employment to R-MU, Residential - Mixed Use, certain properties located on McKee Place in the 4th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh known in the Allegheny County Office of Deed Registry as Block and Lot Numbers: 28-F-314, 28-F-310, 28-F-308, 28-F-306, 28-F-304, and 28 -F-302. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report and Recommendation on 12/18/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 4/4/24) (Public Hearing held 6/12/24)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
172024-0328Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Site under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as Beth Abraham Cemetery, located at 800 Stewart Avenue (138-G-140, 138-L -6, 138-L-30, 138-L-40, 138-L-150, 138-L-54, 138-M-1), in Overbrook, in the 32nd Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 5/9/24)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
182024-0348Resolution amending Resolution No. 234 of 2024 (Bill No. 2024-0291) requiring a Council vote on the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, and County of Allegheny, Pittsburgh Public School District and Pittsburgh Land Bank for the shared operation and administration of the Pittsburgh Land Bank.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs, due back by 4/17/2024Not recordedNot recorded
Order 12024-0281

Resolution appointing Kirk Burkley as a Member of the Land Bank Board of Directors replacing Karen Brean with a term to expire January 1, 2027.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Interview Held
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 22024-0379

NOW, THEREFORE, Ed Gainey, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and R. Daniel Lavelle, President of the Council, do hereby proclaim Wednesday, April 10, 2024, “Cameron “Cam” Heyward Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Adopted
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 32024-0089

Resolution amending Resolution 909 of 2023 titled "Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2024 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code" to reduce the cost of employee parking. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 4/17/2024
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42024-0216

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Citron Alex, P.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52024-0256

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, by creating a new Chapter 268: Real Estate Tax Exemptions for Construction or Adaptive Reuse of Buildings in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Briefing held 3/20/24) (Public Hearing held 4/29/24)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 62024-0300

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Diana Stefanyszyn, and her attorney, Phillips, Phillips & Smith-Delach, P.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72024-0323

Resolution amending Resolution 703 of 2023 effective 10/31/2023 authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an amended Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips LLP for legal services in connection with collective bargaining, by increasing the approved amount by EIGHTY- FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($85,000.00) for an amended total cost not-to- exceed THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($385,000.00) over three years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82024-0324

Authorizes a City warrant payment to the Allegheny County Department of Court Records.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92024-0325

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Ejetta Roberson, and her attorneys, Ainsman Levine, LLC.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102024-0326

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing CHARLES ANDERSON BRIDGE (TIP) by ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,350,000), increasing COMPLETE STREETS by FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-NINE DOLLARS AND FIFTY-THREE CENTS ($577,299.53), increasing FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS by TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT DOLARS AND EIGHT CENTS ($294,428.08), and increasing SLOPE FAILURE REMEDIATION by FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS AND THIRTY-NINE CENTS ($478,272.39).

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

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0013-2024.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
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Votes Against
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Order 122024-0321

Authorizes a City warrant payment to the Major Cities Chiefs Association in an amount not to exceed SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($7,500.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
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Order 132024-0327

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Laswell Steel, in the amount of Twenty- Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($23,500.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142024-0343

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2016, effective January 1, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing SOUTHSIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and increasing BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and authorize subsequent agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152024-0344

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 ACTION AGAINT RAPE by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and increasing SOUTHSIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and authorize subsequent agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162023-2330

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 902.03, Zoning Map, by changing from UC-E, Urban Center Employment to R-MU, Residential - Mixed Use, certain properties located on McKee Place in the 4th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh known in the Allegheny County Office of Deed Registry as Block and Lot Numbers: 28-F-314, 28-F-310, 28-F-308, 28-F-306, 28-F-304, and 28 -F-302. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report and Recommendation on 12/18/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 4/4/24) (Public Hearing held 6/12/24)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172024-0328

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Site under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as Beth Abraham Cemetery, located at 800 Stewart Avenue (138-G-140, 138-L -6, 138-L-30, 138-L-40, 138-L-150, 138-L-54, 138-M-1), in Overbrook, in the 32nd Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 5/9/24)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182024-0348

Resolution amending Resolution No. 234 of 2024 (Bill No. 2024-0291) requiring a Council vote on the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, and County of Allegheny, Pittsburgh Public School District and Pittsburgh Land Bank for the shared operation and administration of the Pittsburgh Land Bank.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs, due back by 4/17/2024
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded