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May 7, 2024 ·10:00 AM Final

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Agenda — 72 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 27:41
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 27:54
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA ▶ jump to 28:18
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS ▶ jump to 28:28
  5. 5 WHEREAS, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers ("Bigs") and children ("Littles"), ages 5 through young adulthood in communities across the country; and, 2024-0457 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 28:31
  6. 6 WHEREAS, founded by Oscar Gendelberg and Benny Parker, the original Mardi Gras opened its doors in 1954 at 742 Bellefonte St, just a block away from where it is now; and, 2024-0458 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 35:03
  7. 7 WHEREAS, throughout its history, Pittsburgh has hosted a vibrant, diverse, and innovative music scene that provides the City with great shows and venues, attracts more and more people to the City, and enhances its reputation as a lively place to make your home; and, 2024-0460 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 35:09
  8. 8 WILLS OF COUNCIL ▶ jump to 35:31
  9. 9 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s proposed 2024-25 state budget includes an increase in the state share of public transit funding by 1.75% - a $282.8 million investment in public transit systems across Pennsylvania; and, 2024-0459 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 35:37
  10. 10 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 36:25
  11. 11 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ▶ jump to 47:09
  12. 12 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 47:10
  13. 13 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title VI: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Actions and Rights, by adjusting language in Chapter 619: Municipal Waste and Recycling, sections 619.02, 619.03, and 619.04, to keep waste and recycling code relevant to current practices in the City of Pittsburgh. 2024-0437 Read and referred ▶ jump to 47:12
  14. 14 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 48:18
  15. 15 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($315,000) to support police recruitment efforts. 2024-0438 Read and referred ▶ jump to 48:19
  16. 16 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 48:27
  17. 17 Resolution amending Resolution 279-2023, authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, and the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter an agreement or agreements, and amendments thereto, with Computronix (USA) Inc., to provide ongoing professional services to continue to develop and upgrade the POSSE LMS System in support of the OneStopPGH permitting program meeting the needs of the City of Pittsburgh by increasing the approved amount by $151,024, without increasing the original term, for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Two Million, Six Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand, Two Hundred Seventy-Eight Dollars ($2,677,278) for a three (3) year term with two (2) one-year renewal options. 2024-0439 Read and referred ▶ jump to 49:36
  18. 18 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Public Safety, and the Director of Innovation & Performance to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Active 911, Inc., for provision of a mobile alerting system, for a total cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($148,750.00) over five years. 2024-0440 Read and referred ▶ jump to 49:37
  19. 19 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 49:54
  20. 20 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 4842 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, at no cost to the City. 2024-0441 Read and referred ▶ jump to 50:03
  21. 21 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Pennsylvania Municipal League for one year subscription in an amount not to exceed FIFTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS, NINE HUNDRED, SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS and TWENTY-FOUR CENTS ($52,962.24). 2024-0442 Read and referred ▶ jump to 50:14
  22. 22 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for temporary Right of Entry and License at Vanucci Field for the purpose of stormwater improvements at no cost to the City. 2024-0443 Read and referred ▶ jump to 50:27
  23. 23 Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Communion LLC, or a related entity, for the sale of Block 27-A, Lots 124 and 125, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Wylie Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City. 2024-0444 Read and referred ▶ jump to 50:45
  24. 24 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Public Works, and the Director of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to execute a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh which will provide to the City certain approval and inspection rights related to the future improvements to Broad Street Plaza, located at 5977 Broad Street (Block 83-P, Lot 249) (the “Plaza”) in the 11th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh to the City of Pittsburgh (Council District 9), and authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance, on behalf of the City, to accept conveyance of the Plaza following completion of the improvements to the Plaza and approval of the improvements by the City, at a cost not to exceed $1.00 to the City of Pittsburgh. 2024-0445 Read and referred ▶ jump to 51:05
  25. 25 Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 50-G, Lot 76, in the 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Rosetta Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City. 2024-0446 Read and referred ▶ jump to 51:49
  26. 26 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 56-F, Lots 282, 302, 303, 304, and 307 (172 Marsden Street, 0 Marsden Street, 0 Marsden Street, 0 Marsden Street, and 158 Marsden Street - Council District No. 5), at no cost to the City. 2024-0447 Read and referred ▶ jump to 52:07
  27. 27 Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 30th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 33-E, Lot 214 (424 Suncrest Street - Council District No. 3), at no cost to the City. 2024-0448 Read and referred ▶ jump to 52:38
  28. 28 COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 53:01
  29. 29 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Starfire Corporation, for the display of a fireworks show in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s Independence Day Festival for a three-year term at a total amount not to exceed of Two Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($252,200.00.) 2024-0395 Read and referred ▶ jump to 53:11
  30. 30 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director Parks and Recreation to enter into a Financial Sponsorship Agreement with Sargent Electric for the City of Pittsburgh Independence Day Festival (the “Festival”) at no cost to the City. 2024-0396 Read and referred ▶ jump to 54:03
  31. 31 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 54:05
  32. 32 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of The Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Company for legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:22-cv-523-CRE for an amount not to exceed TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) over one year. (Executive Session held 5/7/24) 2024-0449 Read and referred ▶ jump to 54:06
  33. 33 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 54:21
  34. 34 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, to set forth financial obligations and maintenance responsibilities for the pedestrian facilities with PennDOT for local costs associated with work to be done on SR0400 (Centre Avenue) and A54 ADA Ramps constructed and inspected by PennDOT and further providing for reimbursement to PennDOT of the estimated costs not to exceed Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Two Dollars ($11,552.00). 2024-0450 Read and referred ▶ jump to 54:30
  35. 35 Resolution amending Resolution 699 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a professional services agreement with Western Pennsylvania Conservancy in an amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000) dollars to support the city’s equitable street tree plan over the course of up to three (3) of years, to allow amendments to the agreement at no additional cost to the City. 2024-0451 Read and referred ▶ jump to 55:21
  36. 36 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 55:23
  37. 37 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and South Side Slopes Neighborhood Association, for the installation and maintenance of a mural at Arlington Recreation Center. There is no cost to the City. 2024-0452 Read and referred ▶ jump to 55:33
  38. 38 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 55:52
  39. 39 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, and the City Clerk’s Office to enter into an agreement and/or agreement(s) and amendments thereto with General Code for professional services in connection with the codification of Ordinances into the Pittsburgh Code and MapLink Services, at a cost not-to-exceed one-hundred six thousand twenty-four dollars ($106,024.00) over three years. 2024-0453 Read and referred ▶ jump to 55:56
  40. 40 Resolution authorizing and directing the Director, Department of City Planning to take such actions as are necessary to realign the official boundaries of the Central Business District and Crawford-Roberts neighborhoods so as to cause them to be coextensive with the current boundaries of Census Tracts 201 and 305 in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. (Public Hearing scheduled for 6/5/24) 2024-0461 Read and referred ▶ jump to 56:20
  41. 41 Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting a donation from the US Tennis Association to the Department of Parks and Recreation for the cost of tennis instructors during the 2024 Children’s Theatre Festival in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED ($500.00) dollars. 2024-0454 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 56:48
  42. 42 Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Mobility & Infrastructure for David Fromm, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. 2024-0455 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 57:04
  43. 43 Communication from City Controller Rachael Heisler submitting the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) of the City of Pittsburgh for the year ended December 31, 2023. 2024-0456 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 57:19
  44. 44 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ▶ jump to 57:59
  45. 45 Resolution appointing Jamil Bey as the Director of the Department of Planning of the City of Pittsburgh. 2024-0356 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 58:01
  46. 46 Resolution amending Resolution 696 of 2021 appointing Jerome Jackson as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire April 30, 2027. 2024-0357 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 58:09
  47. 47 Resolution appointing Steve Mazza as a Member of the Planning Commission with a term to expire January 1, 2030. 2024-0378 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 58:22
  48. 48 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION ▶ jump to 59:39
  49. 49 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW ▶ jump to 59:40
  50. 50 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for May 1, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0432 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 59:40
  51. 51 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, by creating a new Chapter 268: Real Estate Tax Exemptions for Construction or Adaptive Reuse of Buildings in Downtown Pittsburgh. (Briefing held 3/20/24) (Public Hearing held 4/29/24) 2024-0256 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 59:41
  52. 52 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative: Fiscal, Article XI: Human Resources, Chapter 192: Pensions, Section 192.27 - Death Benefits, by allowing the Municipal Pension Fund to approve adjustments to the table of survivor benefit conversion rates as mortality rates change. 2024-0397 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 59:43
  53. 53 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Shelly Danko+Day for a single payment in 2024 in an amount not to exceed SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS AND TWELVE CENTS ($61,607.12), in full and final settlement of a case. (Executive Session held 5/1/24) 2024-0398 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 59:47
  54. 54 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Steven Whitlock, and his attorneys, Lieber Hammer Huber & Paul, P.C. for a single payment in 2024 in an amount not to exceed NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($90,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at 2:23-cv-440. (Executive Session held 5/1/24) 2024-0399 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 60:04
  55. 55 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS ▶ jump to 61:11
  56. 56 Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for May 1, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0433 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 62:14
  57. 57 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Department of Public Safety to receive a grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency in the form of Narcan, fentanyl test strips and xylazine test strips valued at FORTY THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($40,583.50) to be distributed by the Office of Community Health and Safety. 2024-0392 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 62:16
  58. 58 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to transfer the ongoing lease agreement with Allegheny Health Network (AHN) to the City, as contractually obligated by Controller’s contract number 54321, for the hub location supporting the Reaching Out On The Streets (ROOTS) Program. The City will transfer the lease agreement between AHN and Bernie’s Photo Center from AHN to the City for the property located at 519 East Ohio Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, for the timeframe of April 30, 2024 through September 30, 2026, for a total cost not to exceed of SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($72,500.00). 2024-0393 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 62:17
  59. 59 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ▶ jump to 63:12
  60. 60 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for May 1, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0434 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 63:13
  61. 61 Resolution amending Resolution 657 of 2022, which provided for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design, Final Design, & Right of Way phases of the Swindell Bridge construction project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,800,000.00), an increase of Two Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,100,000.00) from the previously executed agreement (54006.1); reimbursable at ninety five percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00), Five Thousand Five Hundred Dollar ($5,500.00) increase from the previously executed agreement (54006.1). 2024-0402 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 63:15
  62. 62 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ▶ jump to 64:29
  63. 63 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for May 1, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0435 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 64:40
  64. 64 Ordinance accepting a new street name, TERMON GARDENS CIRCLE in the Twenty-Seventh Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in March 2024. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing. 2024-0403 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 64:47
  65. 65 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY ▶ jump to 65:49
  66. 66 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for May 1, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0436 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 65:51
  67. 67 Resolution 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 or amendments thereto with Crayon Software Experts LLC for a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement in order to provide software licensing and support, and to provide fixed true-up pricing from Microsoft’s complete catalog of available products for each year of the contract, at a cost not-to-exceed Five Million Three Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Twenty-Six Dollars ($5,335,326) over three years. 2024-0394 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 66:05
  68. 68 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 67:15
  69. 69 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
  70. 70 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  71. 71 ADJOURNMENT
  72. 72 LEGISLATION PRESENTED BY SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER