Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 41 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 PRE-AGENDA - APPOINTMENTS AND/OR RE-APPOINTMENTS
- 3 Resolution appointment of Halena Procopio Ross as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire September 1, 2028.
- 4 ROLL CALL
- 5 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 6 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 7 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 8 Resolution transferring the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) within the 2024 Operating Budget from City Council Salaries & Wages, Regular to Council as a Body for the purpose of professional services.
- 9 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 10 Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of The Department of Finance to suspend the City’s Side Yard Sale Program indefinitely.
- 11 NEW PAPERS
- 12 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking, Chapter 550: Mobility Enhancement District, Section 550.04-Pilot Program, in order to extend the pilot program to account for delays in implementation of the Mobility Enhancement District.
- 13 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the US Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program in the amount of Two Million Three Hundred Ninety Six Thousand Four Hundred and Six Dollars and Fifty One Cents ($2,396,406.51) dollars to support the City’s “Equitably Empowering EV Ownership in the City of Pittsburgh through Community Charging Infrastructure” project. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount of Thirty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars and Eight Cents ($38,997.08), The Pittsburgh Parking Authority in the amount of Ninety One Thousand Dollars ($91,000.00) and Duquesne Light in the amount of Four Hundred Seventy Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars ($470,600) for this stated purpose for a total project cost of TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY NINE CENTS ($2,997,003.59).
- 14 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing SOUTH SIDE SIGNALS (TIP) by Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($437,603.00), to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.
- 15 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 BUS RAPID TRANSIT by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00) and increasing ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT (ATCMTD), administered as the SmartPGH project, by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00).
- 16 Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to the Department of City Planning to support work relating to transit-oriented development in Homewood.
- 17 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement with Carnegie Mellon University for a real estate subdivision and exchange involving two parcels having identification numbers 80-N-5-9 and 80-N-8 at no cost to the City.
- 18 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 October 16th, 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 Hluska, Julianne – ChatGPT business team plan (Dist. 1) 636.00 Carberry, Alicia – tickets to Community Human Services fundraiser (Dist. 3) 300.00 Carberry, Alicia – printing costs of large poster boards (Dist. 3) 182.00 Sarah Jackson Black Community Center – event donation (Dist. 5) 150.00 Black Political Empowerment Project – event donation (Dist. 6) 250.00 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET New Pittsburgh Courier – ITQ bid advertisement 1,006.70 DEPT OF INNOVATION & PERFORMANCE Hill, Stacy – reimbursement for team lunch 89.79 Burns, Zoe - gift card reimbursement (employee incentive) 20.00 Burns, Zoe – reimbursement for trophies for Customer Service Week 21.93 Finer, David – Oktoberfest Ferris Wheel tickets for City Channel team 30.15 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (P. Sinclair) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (J. Shea) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (J. Rowden) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (B. Lee) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (D. Johnson) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (K. Grober) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (F. Greenwood) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (G. Fortunato) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (E. Davis) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (N. Connor) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (S. Broughton) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (E. Bowen) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (S. Hill) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (Z. Burns) 1,200.00 Informa Tech Holdings LLC – Help Desk Institute training (A. Bouchat-Friedman) 1,200.00 DEPT OF LAW Medicolegal Inc – medical expert evaluation 3,600.00 Thomas, Thomas, & Hafer LLP – outside legal counsel 382.50 U.S. Legal Support Inc – court reporter for transcripts 652.55 Exponent Inc – professional engineering services 854.48 AKF Reporters Incorporated – court reporter for transcripts 1,577.15 White ADR Services LLC – mediation services 4,643.72 Huseby Global Litigation – court reporter for transcripts 1,296.80 Proud, Jane – court reporter for transcripts 235.80 Baumiller, Lawrence – recording and filing fee reimbursement 36.40 West A Thomson Reuters – legal publication subscription 1,034.60 ETHICS HEARING BOARD Allegheny County Bar Association – membership 185.00 Council on Governmental Ethic Laws – membership 445.00 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES & CIVIL SERVICE New Pittsburgh Courier – advertisement 1,750.00 Experian – in-person hearings 500.00 DEPT OF CITY PLANNING Mill Industries – composting pilot 756.00 Berson, Scott – reimbursement for membership dues 513.00 DEPT OF PERMITS, LICENSES, & INSPECTIONS Building and Fire Code Academy – Building Department Basics training (9/20) 3,000.00 Building and Fire Code Academy – Building Department Basics training (9/17) 3,000.00 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - ADMIN Durham, Eliza – training reimbursement 32.69 Tokarski, John – mileage reimbursement 76.38 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Lower Valley Ambulance Service – EMS coverage (Steelers) 245.00 Quality Emergency Medical Services – EMS coverage (Steelers) 689.78 Phillips, Frank – EMS coverage (Pitt football, Steelers) 889.56 Phillips, Frank – EMS coverage (Great Race) 730.71 Cranberry Township EMS – EMS coverage (Def Leppard) 280.00 Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance – EMS coverage (Pitt football, Steelers) 3,233.90 Harmony EMS – EMS coverage (Steelers) 1,394.56 Munhall Area Prehospital – EMS coverage (Pitt football, Steelers) 1,379.56 Munhall Area Prehospital – EMS coverage (Pirates, Pitt football) 1,477.28 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – EMS coverage (Sebastian Maniscalco, Remi Wolf) 540.09 Ross/West View EMS – EMS coverage (Great Race) 752.70 BUREAU OF POLICE Golden Bone Pet Resort Inc – K9 boarding 595.00 Golden Bone Pet Resort Inc – K9 boarding 940.00 Schorin Co Inc – paper evidence bags 382.70 Schorin Co Inc – paper evidence bags 280.80 Guth Laboratories Inc – Intoxilyzer testing solutions 388.02 West PACS – conference registration 510.00 Geczi, Hannah – training reimbursement 135.00 Superior Expos LLC – career fair booth 795.00 BUREAU OF FIRE Paull, William – reimbursement for projector for Training Academy 529.99 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH & SAFETY Allison, Heidi – reimbursement for food purchased for POST participants 75.07 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Martinez, Genesis – workshop catering reimbursement 107.55 N Glantz & Son – MRO supplies 118.62 Coit Services Inc – installation of new sheers for Mayor’s conference room 1,676.00 Fort Pitt Exterminators – pest control services 180.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Abel, Joanna – ATT storytelling tent puppet activity 250.00 Pro Knitwear – CitiCamp shirts and RAC shirts 4,768.75 Laura Totin Codori – farmers market composting 500.00 Paint Monkey Inc – painting session for CitiPark trainees 1,150.00 Greenfield Farm – summer camp visit to Phillips Rec, farm animals 1,500.00 Weitzel, Kurt – production of large-scale story set 2,100.00 Weitzel, Kurt – installation/tear down of story sets 2,250.00 Steiner, Laurie Jean – RAC documentary production 4,875.00 Shirley Flowers Be Encouraged Foundation – tech-based assistance for senior centers 4,300.00 Kelleher, Cynthia J – face painting 1,625.00 Pittsburgh Trophy – medals for Riverview Park 5k 50.10 Ornato, Vince – caricatures at various community parks 4,750.00 Ornato, Vince – caricatures at RAD parks 4,275.00 Gluzman, Benji – tennis clinic instruction 194.25 Jermon, Drake – tennis clinic instruction 549.75 James B Marcus – tennis clinic instruction 1,035.00 Lacaria, Aldene – tennis clinic instruction 237.50 Kilpatrick, Spencer – tennis clinic instruction 101.25 Haffner, Mark – tennis clinic instruction 67.50 Parks, Richard – tennis clinic instruction 1,039.14 Paull, Mark J – tennis clinic instruction 784.52 DEPT OF MOBIITY & INFRASTRUCTURE PA One Call System – alert system 3,955.73
- 19 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 20 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 21 P-Cards
- 22 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 23 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 24 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article 1, Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding Chapter 619A entitled Quality of Life Violations. (Post Agenda held 10/1/24)
- 25 NEW PAPERS
- 25 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article 1, Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding Chapter 619A entitled Quality of Life Violations. (Post Agenda held 10/1/24)
- 26 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into one-year reimbursement agreements with six local youth sports organizations at a total cost not to exceed NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($90,000.00) over one year.
- 27 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with 412PAW, LLC. for professional licensed veterinary services to the City's Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Animal Care & Control, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($124,000.00) over four years.
- 28 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 29 NEW PAPERS
- 30 Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the South Side Signals project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Seven Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($4,748,556.00), an increase of Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars ($437,603.00) from the previously passed authorization, reimbursable at one hundred percent.
- 31 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 32 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 33 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 902.03, Zoning Map, by changing From RM-H, Residential Multi-Unit - High Density to UNC - Urban Neighborhood Commercial, certain properties located on Shady Avenue in the 7th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh known in the Allegheny County Office of Deed Registry as Block and Lot Numbers: 84-G-239 and a portion of 84-G-258. (Sent to Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 3/15/24) (Report & Recommendation received 5/24/24) (Public Hearing held 10/10/24)
- 34 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article VI, Chapter 919, Signs, to create and establish the North Shore Entertainment District and set forth regulations for Neighborhood or District Gateway signs. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 1/29/25) (Resent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received 11/20/25) (Public Hearing held 1/20/26)
- 35 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 36 NEW PAPERS
- 37 Resolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Esplanade project. The site is located on parcel numbers 0007-A-00200-0000-00, 0007- A-00250-0000-00, 0007-A-00325-0000-00, 0007-E-00070-0000-00, 0007-F-00002-0000-00, 0007-F-00010-0000-00, 0007-F-00020-0000-00, 0007-F-00025-0000-00, 0007-F-00030-0000- 00, and 0007-M-001100-0009-00 within Allegheny County in the 21st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.
- 38 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the following addresses: 1007 McCartney Street; 1017 McCartney Street; 420 Greentree Road; 422 Greentree Road; and 434 Greentree Road, at no cost to the City.
- 39 Resolution providing for a Cooperative Agreement or Agreements with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to reimburse expenses of UPMC incurred for public work at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and De Soto Street, related to the City’s SmartPGH project, performed in the course of the completion of UPMC Presbyterian Bed Tower, at an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).
- 40 Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Director, Department of Finance to terminate the 1991 cooperation agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and County of Allegheny for the lease of the Municipal Courts Building, and further, forthwith, to grant and convey the Municipal Courts Building to the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to any other interested party.