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January 14, 2025 ·10:00 AM Final

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Agenda — 48 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 20:51
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 21:13
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA ▶ jump to 21:37
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS ▶ jump to 21:45
  5. 5 WHEREAS Naela A. Shuman is an inspiration of hope in the Homewood community. Ms. Shuman is originally from the vibrant city of Jerusalem and is a remarkable individual. Naela is the proud owner of Shuman's Homewood, which she opened on July 1, 2015, and, 2025-1397 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 24:29
  6. 6 WHEREAS, Prime Stage Theatre and its theatrical production of “Look Forward: The Story of Ruby Bridges” at the New Hazlett Theater honors African-American culture and its rich history as it has broken down barriers and created opportunities for people from all walks of life; and, 2025-1398 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 42:49
  7. 7 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 45:20
  8. 8 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ▶ jump to 52:03
  9. 9 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 52:06
  10. 10 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 52:23
  11. 11 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 53:00
  12. 12 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 53:13
  13. 13 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 53:58
  14. 14 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 54:11
  15. 15 COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 54:33
  16. 16 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 54:52
  17. 17 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 55:19
  18. 18 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 55:33
  19. 19 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 56:10
  20. 20 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 56:47
  21. 21 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 57:22
  22. 22 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 57:37
  23. 23 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 57:58
  24. 24 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 58:36
  25. 25 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 58:56
  26. 26 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 59:23
  27. 27 Communication from Sally Stadelman, Manager, Pittsburgh Land Bank, submitting the Pittsburgh Land Bank's Annual Report for the year 2024. 2025-1395 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 59:29
  28. 28 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 10, 2025. 2025-1396 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 59:41
  29. 29 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  30. 30 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION ▶ jump to 60:00
  31. 31 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW ▶ jump to 60:00
  32. 32 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for January 8, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1381 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 60:14
  33. 33 Resolution authorizing one (1) Open-End Professional Services Agreement with Assured Polygraph Services Inc. to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to the administration of polygraph testing services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, said Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof, 2024-1358 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 60:24
  34. 34 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 reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - SPORT FACILITIES by one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) and increasing PARK RECONSTRUCTION by one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00). 2024-1364 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 61:00
  35. 35 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with Maher Duessel to provide auditing services to the City of Pittsburgh. Total cost not to exceed Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Dollars ($470,990) over three years with an option for two additional years. 2024-1371 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 61:28
  36. 36 Resolution authorizing the reappropriation of Four Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,600,000.00) from the Department of Finance to the Department of Public Works Bureau of Administration to pay for 2024 Pittsburgh Water service costs in 2025. 2024-1372 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 61:52
  37. 37 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ▶ jump to 63:43
  38. 38 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for January 8, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1382 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 63:56
  39. 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 reducing SOUTH SIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by three thousand eight hundred thirty-two dollars and fifty-four cents ($3,832.54) and increasing COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION by three thousand eight hundred thirty-two dollars and fifty-four cents ($3,832.54), and authorize subsequent agreements 2024-1357 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 64:06
  40. 40 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000.00) dollars to complete an updated architectural inventory and National Register assessment of Civil Rights History of the Manchester Historic District and to revise the National Register form. A local match of TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000) dollars will bring the total project cost to FORTY THOUSAND ($40,000) dollars 2024-1359 AMENDED Pass ▶ jump to 64:49
  41. 41 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS ▶ jump to 66:20
  42. 41 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000.00) dollars to complete an updated architectural inventory and National Register assessment of Civil Rights History of the Manchester Historic District and to revise the National Register form. A local match of TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000) dollars will bring the total project cost to FORTY THOUSAND ($40,000) dollars 2024-1359 Passed Finally, As Amended Pass
  43. 42 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for January 8, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1383 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 66:28
  44. 43 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 449 Melwood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, in the 5th Ward, at no cost to the City. 2024-1370 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 66:41
  45. 44 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 67:54
  46. 45 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS ▶ jump to 67:55
  47. 46 APPROVAL OF MINUTES ▶ jump to 67:56
  48. 47 ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 67:57