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January 28, 2025 ·10:00 AM Final

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Agenda — 64 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 27:40
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 28:01
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA ▶ jump to 28:28
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS ▶ jump to 28:34
  5. 5 WHEREAS, throughout the United States, more than 600,000 individuals return to the community from prisons annually and, in Pennsylvania, over 150,000 individuals are under probation and parole supervision each year; and, 2025-1422 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 30:41
  6. 6 WHEREAS, Mark Victor DePasquale began his career with the city in the City Controller’s office in 1979. During this time, he also served on the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Federal City Hall Employees Credit Union, including six years as president; and, 2025-1450 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 38:20
  7. 7 WHEREAS, January has been recognized as National Human Trafficking Prevention Month since 2010, raising awareness of the devastating impact of human trafficking and the urgent need to combat this crime in communities across the nation; and, 2025-1451 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 62:43
  8. 8 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 67:59
  9. 9 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ▶ jump to 81:27
  10. 10 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 81:38
  11. 11 Resolution amending Resolution 134 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to provide an ambassador program to assist police with non-criminal matters in the Central Business District, by increasing the approved amount by $1,200,000 for an amended total cost not to exceed TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,400,000) over four years. 2025-1433 Read and referred ▶ jump to 81:53
  12. 12 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 82:28
  13. 13 Resolution amending Resolution 649-2022, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements and amendments thereto with Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc., for a municipal pension contribution data system by increasing the approved amount by Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($625,000) over five years. 2025-1434 Read and referred ▶ jump to 82:43
  14. 14 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 Waived under Rule 8 Pass ▶ jump to 83:20
  15. 15 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 84:27
  16. 15 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 Read and referred
  17. 16 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 938 & 940 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City. 2025-1435 Read and referred ▶ jump to 84:42
  18. 17 COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 84:59
  19. 18 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with America250PA for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Semiquincentennial Grant in the amount not to exceed TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000.00) dollars for City’s Independence Day Celebration. 2025-1436 Read and referred ▶ jump to 85:14
  20. 19 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 85:45
  21. 20 Resolution amending Resolution 316 of 2022, which provided for an Agreement or Agreements with Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. and Global Wordsmiths, by increasing the authorized spend for Global Wordsmiths by Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($38,000.00) for services in 2025, for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-Eight Thousand Dollars ($98,000.00) over four years. 2025-1437 Read and referred ▶ jump to 85:59
  22. 21 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of James Sheehan, Laureen O’Neill Sheehan and their attorneys, Goodrich and Geist, P.C., for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($150,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 22-001137. 2025-1438 Read and referred ▶ jump to 86:28
  23. 22 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Shavontay Glover, and her attorneys, Allegheny Law Group LLC, for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,500.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Civil Division, at No. AR 24-000023. 2025-1439 Read and referred ▶ jump to 86:53
  24. 23 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing COMPLETE STREETS by Two Hundred Twenty One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($221,600) to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh. 2025-1440 Read and referred ▶ jump to 87:16
  25. 24 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with Merante Contracting Incorporated to provide access to City of Pittsburgh-owned parcels 26-E-301, 26-E-302, 26-E-303, 26-E-304, and 26-E-305 to support the replacement and rehabilitation of portions of the existing retaining wall supporting Ruthven Street above the Pittsburgh Regional Transit Martin Luther King Busway and to replace various sewer infrastructure in the vicinity, at no cost to the City. 2025-1441 Read and referred ▶ jump to 87:55
  26. 25 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 88:41
  27. 26 Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction Phase of the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Eight Hundred Nine Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($1,809,585.00), an increase of Two Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Dollars ($277,000.00) from the previously executed agreement (835 of 2023); 2025-1442 Read and referred ▶ jump to 88:57
  28. 27 Resolution agreement amending Resolution No. 172 of 2020, allowing for compensation paid to PennDOT of the local costs associated with the East Carson Street Supplemental Improvement Project being undertaken by PennDOT, and further providing for payment of the cost not to exceed Nine Hundred Forty-Two Thousand One Dollars and Eleven Cents ($942,001.11), an increase of Fifty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Twelve Cents ($55,838.12) from the previously executed agreement. 2025-1443 Read and referred ▶ jump to 89:33
  29. 28 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 90:14
  30. 29 Resolution reappointment of Adrienne Walnoha as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire April 30, 2028. 2025-1444 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 90:26
  31. 30 Resolution appointment of Darius Wallace as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire April 30, 2025. 2025-1445 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 90:40
  32. 31 Resolution appointment of Terrel Thomas as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire April 30, 2026. 2025-1446 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 90:54
  33. 32 Resolution reappointment of Deidra Washington as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire April 30, 2028. 2025-1447 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 91:07
  34. 33 Resolution appointment of Rochelle Preston as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire April 30, 2027. 2025-1448 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 91:20
  35. 34 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 24, 2025. 2025-1449 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 91:50
  36. 35 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  37. 36 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION ▶ jump to 92:13
  38. 37 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW ▶ jump to 92:16
  39. 38 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for January 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1427 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 92:32
  40. 39 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 decreasing RAMP AND PUBLIC SIDEWALK by Six Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars and Sixty-One Cents ($673.61) to align with the most recent American Rescue Plan Act allocation. 2025-1388 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 92:42
  41. 40 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 19, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by Four Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand One Hundred Four Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($425,104.38) to align with the most recent American Rescue Plan Act allocation. 2025-1389 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 93:20
  42. 41 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 FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by Seventy-Eight Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($78,322.24) to align with the most recent American Rescue Plan Act allocation. 2025-1390 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 94:00
  43. 42 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ▶ jump to 95:22
  44. 43 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for January 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1428 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 95:40
  45. 44 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with McCormick Taylor, Inc. for costs associated with the Study phase of the Beaver Avenue Traffic Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Hundred Eight Thousand Three Hundred Fifteen Dollars and Fifty-Six Cents ($208,315.56), reimbursable at 100%. 2025-1391 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 95:49
  46. 45 Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Mackin Engineering & Consultants for costs associated with Construction Inspection and Contract Administration for the Critical Sidewalks Gaps and Sylvan Ave Projects; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Four Hundred Ninety-One Thousand Forty-Eight Dollars and Forty Cents ($491,048.40), an increase of Twenty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Thirty-Two Dollars and Thirty-Two Cents ($24,532.32) from the previously executed agreement as previously authorized by Resolution 300 of 2023. 2025-1392 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 96:13
  47. 46 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with A. Folino Construction for costs associated with the Construction Phase for the Safe Routes to School project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($156,156.15), reimbursable at 100%. 2025-1393 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 96:54
  48. 47 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Finance, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a License Agreement with the Friends of the Riverfront to define their maintenance privileges along the City of Pittsburgh's riverfront trails, at no cost to the City. 2025-1394 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 97:18
  49. 48 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES ▶ jump to 98:06
  50. 49 Report of the Committee on Human Resources for January 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1429 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 98:22
  51. 50 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) for the purpose of providing customized applicant preparation training for Public Safety position applicants and services associated with Civil Service exam preparation and training; providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) over three years. 2025-1384 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 98:32
  52. 51 COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON RECREATION, YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES ▶ jump to 99:33
  53. 52 Report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for January 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1430 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 99:49
  54. 53 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, to enter into agreements in individual amounts of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or less with performers, instructors, artists, referees, and persons with specialized skills in connection with the Departments’ recreational and instructional programs and special events services. 2025-1387 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 99:59
  55. 54 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY ▶ jump to 100:53
  56. 55 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for January 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1431 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 101:08
  57. 56 Resolution amending Resolution #724 of 2019 titled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with CSS, Inc., for the provision of a business tax and revenue management software package for a sum not to exceed Five Million dollars and zero cents ($5,000,000.00) over five years” by adding an additional Three Million, Five Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred, and Fifty-Nine dollars and zero cents ($3,526,659.00) to the agreement and extending the agreement for an additional five years at a new total not to exceed Eight Million, Five Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Fifty-Nine dollars and zero cents ($8,526,659.00). 2025-1385 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 101:20
  58. 57 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS ▶ jump to 102:30
  59. 58 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for January 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1432 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 102:47
  60. 59 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 6277 & 6279 (Previously 141-143) Meadow St. East Liberty, PA 15206, at no cost to the City. 2025-1386 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 102:59
  61. 60 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 103:42
  62. 61 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS ▶ jump to 104:42
  63. 62 APPROVAL OF MINUTES ▶ jump to 104:43
  64. 63 ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 104:48