Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 38 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 5 NEW PAPERS
- 6 Ordinance amending Title One: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Chapter 177C: Gender Equity Commission in order to align scope of work with the jurisdiction of the City Government and ensure inclusivity in the Commission’s actions and membership.
- 7 Resolution authorizing the City’s acceptance of a deed and/or deeds conveying all right, title, and interest, if any, in three parcels located in Council District 3 and the 17th Ward being identified as Block 3-B, Lot 100, Block 3-C, Lot 182, and Block 12-A, Lot 130, from the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to the City of Pittsburgh at no cost to the City.
- 8 INVOICES INVOICES FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL The following departmental invoices not covered under a contract with the City shall be paid by the City Controller after the invoices have been approved by City Council at the November 13th, 2024 Standing Committees meeting. A completed standard form detailing the expenditures is attached to all of the below listed invoices. No payments will be made to any of the below listed vendors prior the approval of City Council. CITY COUNCIL/ CITY CLERK Rossiter, Melissa – reimbursement for printing services (Dist. 4) 29.73 Byko, Laura – reimbursement for laminated flyers (Dist. 5) 255.27 CONTROLLER’S OFFICE Government Finance Officers Association – membership renewal 150.00 DEPT OF FINANCE The Master’s Touch LLC – universal window envelopes 18.00 Securitas Technology Corporation – security system maintenance 194.61 DEPT OF LAW Lagamba Reporting Services – court reporter for transcripts 159.00 Lagamba Reporting Services – court reporter for transcripts 178.00 Allegheny County Bar Association – legal publication subscription 175.00 Verisma Systems Inc – case document copies 457.71 Reisinger Comber & Miller LLC – outside legal counsel 4,172.70 Summers McDonnell Hudock Guthrie & Rauch – outside legal counsel 2,330.00 Proquest LLC – legal publication subscription 1,018.77 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES & CIVIL SERVICE Experian – representation at unemployment hearings 250.00 Griffith, Mary – reimbursement for candy for Wellness Fair 64.28 Shred America Iron City – document shredding services 140.00 DEPT OF CITY PLANNING Scharff, Thomas – registration fee for Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit 50.00 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – coverage reimbursement (Steelers) 1,215.60 Rostraver/West Newton EMS – coverage reimbursement (Steelers) 999.05 Butler Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (Steelers) 476.55 Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance – coverage reimbursement (Pens, Billie Eilish) 2,174.54 Bound Tree Medical – medical supplies (cold packs, IVs) 487.20 Penn Township Ambulance – coverage reimbursement (Pitt football) 1,149.56 BUREAU OF FIRE Hough & Hough Farms – hay for recruit class live burn 1,250.00 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Fort Pitt Exterminators – pest control services 890.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Oberst, Liam – reimbursement for work boots 170.00 Hardeman, Michelle – community festival grant recipient 1,000.00 Larimer Consensus Group – community festival grant recipient 1,000.00 Brookline Together – community festival grant recipient 1,000.00 Backa, William – event management/coordination/marketing for Mascot Skate 1,708.92 Community House Presbyterian Church – community festival grant recipient 400.00 Holder, Hosea IV – reimbursement for candy purchased for Track & Treat event 204.66 Burton, Clinton – mileage reimbursement 25.73 Freiss, Patricia L – mileage reimbursement 62.39 Mitchell, Elizabeth – mileage reimbursement 45.96 Witt, Crystal – mileage reimbursement 34.77 Fair, Sarah – concert performance 300.00
- 9 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS To: The Honorable President and Members of Council From: Office of Management and Budget Date: 11/8/2024 Re: Intradepartmental transfer --- Dear President and Members of Council: Per Resolution 860 of 2023, which authorizes City Council to approve intradepartmental transfers throughout the 2024 Fiscal Year, the Office of Management and Budget would like to make the following transfer(s):--- Office of Community Health and Safety Amount from: $72,500.00 from 102300.53901 Professional Services Amount to: $72,500.00 to 102300.54501 Land & Buildings This transfer is to cover the costs for assuming a lease agreement from Allegheny Health Network.
- 10 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 11 P-Cards
- 12 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 13 NEW PAPERS
- 13 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with United Diagnostics Services, for professional services relating to voluntary health screenings for all Bureau of Fire personnel, for a total cost not to exceed ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($1,178,00125.00) over five years.
- 14 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with United Diagnostics Services, for professional services relating to voluntary health screenings for all Bureau of Fire personnel, for a total cost not to exceed ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($1,178,00125.00) over five years.
- 15 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 16 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 17 Resolution providing for an agreement or agreements with Dimonoff, Inc. for costs associated with the Lighting Management System project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Five Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($3,523,162.50).
- 18 NEW PAPERS
- 19 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Recycling Partnership for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND ($210,000.00) dollars and in-kind support from the Recycling Partnership in amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($125,000.00) dollars for public outreach around the City’s recycling services.
- 20 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Community and Economic Assistance Program in an amount not to exceed FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars for renovations to the Lewis Playground.
- 21 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 466 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Studio Zewde for professional landscape architectural services for Homewood Park Infrastructure Upgrades, by increasing the overall cost by Eleven Thousand One Hundred Sixteen Dollars and Eighty Cents ($11,116.80) for a new City cost not to exceed One Million Eight Hundred Sixty-Four Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy-Two Dollars and Seventy Cents ($1,864,472.70) over one (1) year.
- 22 Resolution granting unto PITTSBURGH NMR INSTITUTE, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, a retaining wall, tree planter box walls and concrete steps at 3221 Forbes Avenue, in the 4th Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 23 Resolution granting unto UPMC PRESBYTERIAN SHADYSIDE, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, a new site wall with (3) three planters, (2) site signs, a landscaped island, a light, (3) three concrete benches, and a planting bed that will extend into the right-of-way at 3701 5th Avenue, in the 4th Ward, 1st 8th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 24 Resolution amending Resolution 468, approved September 6, 2022, granting unto UNITED STATE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, to install shallow foundation wedge vehicle barriers and a card reader along with existing security compliant bollards, a post and beam rail and a swing gate, at 1000 Liberty Avenue, in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 25 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 26 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 27 Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.22 to the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, property owner, for authorization to conduct an Excavation/Grading/Fill, Major use at 1096 Goodman Street, Parcels 129-F-1 and 129-J-150, zoned “RP”, Residential Planned Unit Developments, 14th Ward, Council District No. 5. (Public Hearing held 11/6/24)
- 28 NEW PAPERS
- 29 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, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing CONSULTANTS FOR PLANS AND STUDIES by four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00) and increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000.00)).
- 30 Resolution Authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh to Enter into an Agreement with the Pittsburgh Land Bank and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, allowing the Land Bank to independently Access City-Owned Properties Managed and Maintained pursuant to the Three Taxing Bodies (TTB) Agreement, for the Purpose of Streamlining Property Assessments and Facilitating Redevelopment.
- 31 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 32 NEW PAPERS
- 33 Resolution granting unto SPORTS & EXHIBITION AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, raised entrances with flat landings, railings, and stairs, a stair wall and bollards located at the building loading dock, a stair wall with handrail located near the building entrance and a vault will be constructed in the right-of-way at 1201 Wylie Ave, in the 3rd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 34 Resolution providing for a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Regional Transit in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand ($100,000) dollars to support the development of an Equitable Transit-Oriented Development program around a to-be-completed new station on the East Busway at Brushton Street.
- 35 Resolution amending Resolution Number 525 of 1990, effective May 24, 1990, entitled, “Authorizing the Mayor and the Director, Department of Public Works to execute a long-term agreement with the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) and the Township of North Fayette to enlarge the area serviced by the Sanitary Authority to provide sewage treatment services for the above, located in the Township of North Fayette”, by authorizing the Mayor and the Director, Department of Public Works to execute an Amended Agreement with ALCOSAN and the Township of North Fayette (the “Township”) in a form substantially similar to the Agreement attached as “Attachment A”.
- 36 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”) for the purpose of Municipal Sewer Compliance at Volunteers Ballfield in the Carrick neighborhood, at a City cost not to exceed Four Hundred and Eighty-Six Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eight Dollars ($486,808.00) over a period of one (1) year.
- 36 Resolution authorizing the City’s acceptance of a deed and/or deeds conveying all right, title, and interest, if any, in three parcels located in Council District 3 and the 17th Ward being identified as Block 3-B, Lot 100, Block 3-C, Lot 182, and Block 12-A, Lot 130, from the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to the City of Pittsburgh at no cost to the City.