Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 43 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 PRE-AGENDA - APPOINTMENTS AND/OR RE-APPOINTMENTS
- 3 Resolution appointing Tammy Thompson as a Member of the Land Bank Board of Directors replacing Wayne Fontana with a term to expire January 1, 2027.
- 4 Resolution appointing Elly Fisher as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire April 30, 2025.
- 5 ROLL CALL
- 6 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 7 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 8 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 9 Resolution amending Resolution No. 105 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into an amended Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services for City meetings and events, by correcting the funding account.
- 10 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 11 Resolution amending Resolution 909 of 2023 titled "Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2024 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code" to reduce the cost of employee parking. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)
- 12 NEW PAPERS
- 13 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 219 Operating Budget, by revising Section 219.03 Collaborative Budgeting Process to require the City Controller to certify revenues and expenditures for five years rather than one year.
- 13 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 219 Operating Budget, by revising Section 219.03 Collaborative Budgeting Process to require the City Controller to certify revenues and expenditures for five years rather than one year.
- 14 Resolution authorizing the Office of the Mayor to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Precision Infrastructure Management to provide professional services related to the ADA Self-Evaluation and Transition Plan at a cost not-to-exceed Six Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Dollars and Zero Cents ($620,740.00) over two (2) years.
- 15 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Gannett Fleming, Inc. for expert witness services in connection with two matters filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G. D. 18-010289 and G. D. 18-010305 for an amount not to exceed SIXTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-ONE CENTS ($16,890.71) over one year. (Executive Session held 4/9/24)
- 16 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 April 3rd, 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 Turner, Grace – reimbursement for event parking (Dist. 9) 68.00 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS Relman, Dane, & Colfax PLLC – speaker for Fair Housing Summit 2,500.00 OFFICE OF THE CITY CONTROLLER Pittsburgh Business Times – news subscription 170.00 DEPT OF FINANCE Treasure Lawncare LLC – tree cutting on Webster Ave. 2,875.00 Treasure Lawncare LLC – tree cutting on Ferndale St. 3,125.00 Treasure Lawncare LLC – tree cutting on McClintock Ave. 2,625.00 Treasure Lawncare LLC – tree cutting on Amesbury St. 3,750.00 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND CIVIL SERVICES Ghaner, Chloe – mileage reimbursement 453.58 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION Mr. John – port-a-johns for St. Patrick’s Day Weekend (Southside) 2,500.00 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Munhall Area Prehospital – reimbursement for EMS coverage 560.00 BUREAU OF POLICE Guth Laboratories – alcohol breath testing equipment 2,412.17 Team Nutz LLC – vehicle window tinting 69.30 Daly, Sharon – Zone 4 clerical services 702.00 S&D Calibration Services – Accutrack Certification 333.00 Uline – evidence box 413.02 Uline – 5 loop bike rack 567.04 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Hornstein, Christopher – reimbursement for catering for training 469.98 Martinez, Genesis – reimbursement for catering for trainings 433.34 Hines, John P. – reimbursement for work boots 149.95 Zoresco Equipment Co – long term rental of storage trailers 130.00 Cox, Edward Jr. – training reimbursement 250.00 Armor Tuff LLC – bay runners for fire stations 4,500.00 Fort Pitt Exterminators – pest control services 60.00 Professional Services Industries Inc. – asbestos survey 500.00 H.F. Lenz Co. – engineered stamped drawings 3,950.00 DEPT OF PARKS AND RECREATION Tree Pittsburgh – plants for 54th St. Steps and Belasco St. ROW 598.00 Ackerman, George – reimbursement for work boots 96.00 Information Age Technologies – scan cards for senior program 509.95 DEPT OF MOBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE Traffic Products LLC – buttons for traffic signals 4,690.00 Osburn Associates Inc. – materials for Sign & Paint Shop 764.40 Chemung Supply Corporation – drive cap 825.00
- 17 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 18 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 19 P-Cards
- 20 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 21 NEW PAPERS
- 22 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for airspace leasing, ownership, and maintenance obligations of a bicycle facility on East Ohio Street between Madison Avenue and Chestnut Street. This resolution serves to authorize only the Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
- 23 Resolution amending Resolution 464 of 2023 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to execute an agreement(s) with the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) in order to continue providing electronic waste collection and recycling services for City residents by extending PRC’s services for an additional one (1) year and increasing the authorized spend by One Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($135,000.00) for a new total amount not to exceed of Three Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($310,000.00).
- 24 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MR. CHARLAND, CHAIR
- 24 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for airspace leasing, ownership, and maintenance obligations of a bicycle facility on East Ohio Street between Madison Avenue and Chestnut Street. This resolution serves to authorize only the Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
- 25 NEW PAPERS
- 25 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for airspace leasing, ownership, and maintenance obligations of a bicycle facility on East Ohio Street between Madison Avenue and Chestnut Street. This resolution serves to authorize only the Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
- 26 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement with Goodwill of Southwestern PA for administrative services related to the 2024 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program at a cost not to exceed Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).
- 27 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 28 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 29 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article VI, Chapter 919, Signs, to regulate the use of non-advertising signs for Major Public Destination Facilities in the RIV-NS District. (Needs to be sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation)
- 30 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, at Section 911.02: Use Table and Chapter 911.04.A.69, Use Standards, to Permit Single-Unit Attached Residential Uses in Residential Single-Unit Detached Districts subject to certain standards. (Report and Recommendation sent 1/31/24) (Report and Recommendation received 3/6/24) (Public Hearing held 4/10/24)
- 31 NEW PAPERS
- 32 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh, between the City of Pittsburgh and Janel Young, for the installation and maintenance of a mural at the Arch Street Basketball Court.
- 33 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND, TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 34 NEW PAPERS
- 35 Resolution amending Resolution #763 of 2023, which authorized additional funding for maintenance services related to the FalconRed document scanning station, by authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to extend the agreement with OPEX Corporation for maintenance services and associated software licenses for one year and increase the authorized spend by Twenty-Six Thousand Three Hundred Ten Dollars ($26,310.00) for a new total not to exceed of One Hundred Six Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Dollars ($106,730.00).
- 36 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 37 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 38 Resolution amending Resolution No. 234 of 2024 (Bill No. 2024-0291) requiring a Council vote on the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, and County of Allegheny, Pittsburgh Public School District and Pittsburgh Land Bank for the shared operation and administration of the Pittsburgh Land Bank.
- 39 NEW PAPERS
- 40 Resolution amending Resolution 64 of 2022 that authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Allegheny County, and the Urban Redevelopment Authority concerning the Bus Rapid Transit Project; in order to increase funding for BRT project staffing contributed to the City from Pittsburgh Regional Transit by THREE HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ($307,500.00) DOLLARS.