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February 4, 2025 ·10:00 AM Final

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Agenda — 62 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 24:16
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 24:36
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA ▶ jump to 25:02
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS ▶ jump to 25:09
  5. 5 WHEREAS, NAMI (The National Alliance on Mental Health) Keystone Pennsylvania is part of a national affiliate that has blossomed into the nation's leading voice on mental health embodying the values of hope, inclusion, empowerment, compassion and fairness. They envision a world where all people affected by mental ` illness live healthy, fulfilling lives supported by a caring community; and, 2025-1474 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 25:11
  6. 6 WHEREAS, Arthur L. Baldwin, a distinguished alumnus of Penn State University, is celebrating his 80th birthday, and it is fitting that we honor his exceptional career and contributions to the fields of science, engineering, and public service; and, 2025-1476 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 31:08
  7. 7 WHEREAS, the Honorable Justice Cynthia A. Baldwin, a trailblazer in the legal field and an exemplary leader in her community, is celebrating her 80th birthday, and it is fitting that we acknowledge her numerous contributions and celebrate her remarkable achievements; and, 2025-1477 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 32:43
  8. 8 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 44:38
  9. 9 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ▶ jump to 65:47
  10. 10 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 66:22
  11. 11 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Kittelson, LLC for expert witness services in connection with a litigation matter filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G. D. 22-2782 for an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND SEVENTY-ONE DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS ($8,071.25) over one year. (Executive Session held 2/4/25) 2025-1459 Read and referred ▶ jump to 66:34
  12. 12 Resolution authorizing the issuance of three (3) warrants with the total sum of TWO HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND ONE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($248,001.00) over one (1) year. It is further understood and agreed that the payment schedule of the total settlement amount shall be as follows: (i) ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ONE DOLLARS ($100,001.00) payable to Michael Zokaites and his attorney, Wendy Williams, Esq. ; (ii) SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($70,000.00) payable to Martin A. Dietz, Esq. ; (iii) SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($78,000.00) payable to Bruce Thomas and his attorney, Noah Geary, Esq., in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District Court of Pennsylvania at consolidated case 2:18-cv-01567. (Executive Session held 2/4/25) 2025-1460 Read and referred ▶ jump to 66:57
  13. 13 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of National League of Cities for one year membership dues in an amount not to exceed NINETEEN THOUSAND, FIFTY-FOUR DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($19,054.00). 2025-1461 Read and referred ▶ jump to 67:46
  14. 14 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 of Pittsburgh for professional services relating to eviction prevention for tenants at a cost not to exceed Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) over one year. 2025-1462 Read and referred ▶ jump to 68:28
  15. 15 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Controller to enter into a Professional Service Agreement and/or Contract with The Binkley Kanavy Group, LLC for services associated with the Popular Annual Financial Report, including accounting services, production, printing, and mailing. Cost not to exceed Forty Thousand Three Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($40,300) over a term of two years. 2025-1463 Read and referred ▶ jump to 68:38
  16. 16 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 68:58
  17. 17 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to execute a Declaration of Restrictions and Covenants and appurtenant documents, in cooperation with the University of Pittsburgh, over certain property and right-of-way in the vicinity of Bigelow Boulevard between Fifth Avenue and Forbes Avenue within the City of Pittsburgh, as a condition of an NPDES Permit granted in conjunction with street and property improvements in the area, at no cost the city. 2025-1464 Read and referred ▶ jump to 69:07
  18. 18 Resolution providing for an amended Agreement for Construction services with S.E.T., Inc. for the South Side Signals project at a cost thereof, not to exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Five Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($3,822,335.96), an increase of Five Hundred Forty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Thirty-Five Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($542,335.96) from the previously legislated contract authorization (142 of 2022). 2025-1465 Read and referred ▶ jump to 69:49
  19. 19 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 70:21
  20. 20 Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with Paramount Pursuits, LLC for technical assistance services to nonprofits awarded Neighborhood Economic Development (NED) grants in need of capacity building, in the amount not to exceed Forty-One Thousand Dollars ($41,000.00). 2025-1466 Read and referred ▶ jump to 70:35
  21. 21 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 71:12
  22. 22 Resolution appointment of Rachel Shepherd as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2028. 2025-1467 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 71:19
  23. 23 Resolution appointment of Devon Taliaferro as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2028. 2025-1468 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 71:20
  24. 24 Resolution appointment of Avery Hart as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2028. 2025-1469 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 71:44
  25. 25 Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended January 31, 2025. 2025-1470 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 71:57
  26. 26 Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting acting pay requests on behalf of the Mayor’s Office for Paul Scott & Cydney Cooper, the Department of Public Works for Raymond Gilbert & Robert E. Sapp III and the Department of Public Safety for Donna Harper, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. 2025-1471 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 72:20
  27. 27 Communication from Rachael Heisler, City Controller, submitting a performance audit of the Department of Public Safety’s Bureau of Administration, Office of Film and Event Management (OFEM) Special Events, as conducted pursuant to the power and duties of the Controller under Section 404(b) of the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter. 2025-1472 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 72:37
  28. 28 Communication from Felicity Williams, Deputy Chief of Staff, submitting the Equal Opportunity Review Commission Quarterly Report for the period ending December 31, 2024. 2025-1475 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 73:02
  29. 29 Resolution authorizing an extension of the term of the Acting Chief of Police for thirty (30) additional days, effective January 31, 2025. 2025-1473 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 73:51
  30. 30 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  31. 31 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION ▶ jump to 75:50
  32. 32 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW ▶ jump to 75:50
  33. 33 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for January 29, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1453 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 76:06
  34. 34 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mary Ann Stang, and her attorneys, Ainsman Levine, LLC, for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($10,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 21-001501. (Executive Session held 1/21/25) 2025-1407 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 76:09
  35. 35 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Noel Phillips, and her attorneys, Mills & Henry, Attorneys at Law, for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($20,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at GD-24-006299 and for acquisition of the parcel identified as 5166 Broad Street (L&B 50-L-189). (Executive Session held 1/21/25) 2025-1408 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 76:35
  36. 36 Resolution amending Resolution No. 293 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services, by exercising the contract option to extend the term for 1 year and by increasing the total spend by $150,000, for a new not to exceed amount of Six Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and No Cents ($628,976.00). 2025-1424 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 77:03
  37. 37 Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article One, Home Rule Powers - Definitions, be supplemented by adding a new Section, “105. Local Governance”, by prohibiting the discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or expression, disability, place of birth, national origin or association or affiliation with any nation or foreign state in conducting business of the City?” (Public Hearing held 2/3/25) 2025-1425 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 77:39
  38. 38 Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article One, Home Rule Powers - Definitions, be supplemented by adding a new section, “104. Amendments to Charter”, by prohibiting the use of the Home Rule Charter Amendment process to add duties or obligations beyond the lawful scope of the city’s authority." (Public Hearing held 2/3/25) 2025-1426 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 78:29
  39. 39 Ordinance, entitled “Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter be amended and supplemented by adding a new Article 11: RIGHT TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS, WASTEWATER SYSTEM, AND STORM SEWER SYSTEMS, which restricts the lease and/or sale of the City’s water and sewer system to private entities?” (Public Hearing held 2/3/25) 2025-1452 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 79:02
  40. 40 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS ▶ jump to 93:35
  41. 41 Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for January 29, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1454 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 93:38
  42. 42 Resolution amending and supplementing the Rules of Council, by adding Rule XIII, “Hearings for Appointments of Heads of Administrative Units.” 2025-1423 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 93:46
  43. 43 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ▶ jump to 94:49
  44. 44 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for January 29, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1455 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 94:50
  45. 45 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Toole Design, LLC for costs associated with the West Pittsburgh REACH Neighborhood Mobility Plan, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($104,274.00). 2025-1411 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 95:00
  46. 46 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 Preliminary Engineering phase increasing the total not to exceed to Three Million Seven Hundred Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($3,711,256.73), a net increase of Zero Dollars ($0.00), reimbursable at 95%. 2025-1413 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 95:18
  47. 47 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES ▶ jump to 96:35
  48. 48 Report of the Committee on Human Resources for January 29, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1456 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 96:46
  49. 49 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Human Resources, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny to support children, youth, and family programs administered by the Department of Human Services, at a cost not to exceed Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,200,000.00) for a one-year pilot agreement. 2024-1141 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 96:55
  50. 50 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ▶ jump to 99:58
  51. 51 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for January 29, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1457 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 100:13
  52. 52 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; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing THE OPEN DOOR by eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500.00) and increasing CRAFTON HEIGHS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH dba THE OPEN DOOR YOUTH OUTREACH by eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500.00), and authorize subsequent agreements. 2025-1406 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 100:35
  53. 53 Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with Clio Consulting, for a Historic Survey of the Beechview District and related costs, in the amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). 2025-1414 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 101:12
  54. 54 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with Ground Technology, Inc. , d/b/a D'Appolonia “D’appolonia” geotechnical professional service that include assessments, evaluations, land remediation plans, and expert testimony of properties subject to active life safety code enforcement violations, for a total cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($300,000.00) over three years. 2025-1415 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 101:21
  55. 55 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, for the issuance of a warrant in favor of the International Code Council (ICC), for the purchase of 2021 ICC building code books for building code officers and officials, at a cost not to exceed Forty Thousand and Fifty-Eight Dollars and Ninety Cents ($40,058.90). 2025-1416 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 101:57
  56. 56 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS ▶ jump to 103:08
  57. 57 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for January 29, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1458 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 103:10
  58. 58 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2310 West Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15226, at no cost to the City. 2025-1404 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 103:22
  59. 59 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 104:05
  60. 60 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS ▶ jump to 116:42
  61. 61 APPROVAL OF MINUTES ▶ jump to 116:43
  62. 62 ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 116:44