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April 9, 2024 ·10:00 AM Final

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Agenda — 65 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 22:06
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 22:33
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA ▶ jump to 22:59
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS ▶ jump to 23:07
  5. 5 WHEREAS, April 11, 2024 marks the 56th anniversary of the passage of the U.S. Fair Housing Act, Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which, as amended, pronounces a national policy mandating fair housing opportunities for all citizens regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or familial status; and 2024-0359 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 23:32
  6. 6 WHEREAS, BOOM Concepts, a creative hub committed to advancing black, brown, femme and queer artists, has been a vital presence in Pittsburgh since 2014. Over the past decade, BOOM Concepts has curated 50 on-site exhibitions, distributed over $250,000 in artists’ fees and organized 200+ events nationwide. 2024-0360 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 35:19
  7. 7 WHEREAS, 412Thrive is a nonprofit group which was formed in 2020 during the midst of the COVID 19 pandemic, that made dealing with a difficult diagnosis of breast cancer even more frightening and isolating; and, 2024-0361 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 36:31
  8. 8 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 35:51
  9. 9 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ▶ jump to 51:12
  10. 10 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 51:14
  11. 11 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). 2024-0342 Read and referred ▶ jump to 51:30
  12. 12 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2016, effective January 1, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing SOUTHSIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and increasing BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and authorize subsequent agreements. 2024-0343 Waived under Rule 8 Pass ▶ jump to 51:50
  13. 13 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective January 1, 2020 as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing PITTSBURGH ACTION AGAINT RAPE by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and increasing SOUTHSIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and authorize subsequent agreements. 2024-0344 Waived under Rule 8 Pass ▶ jump to 52:26
  14. 13 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2016, effective January 1, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing SOUTHSIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and increasing BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and authorize subsequent agreements. 2024-0343 Read and referred
  15. 14 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. 2024-0345 Read and referred ▶ jump to 53:00
  16. 15 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 53:49
  17. 15 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective January 1, 2020 as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing PITTSBURGH ACTION AGAINT RAPE by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and increasing SOUTHSIDE SLOPES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION by five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), and authorize subsequent agreements. 2024-0344 Read and referred
  18. 16 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). 2024-0346 Read and referred ▶ jump to 54:01
  19. 17 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 54:37
  20. 18 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. 2024-0347 Read and referred ▶ jump to 54:45
  21. 19 COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 55:19
  22. 20 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. 2024-0348 Read and referred ▶ jump to 55:28
  23. 21 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 56:07
  24. 22 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. 2024-0349 Read and referred ▶ jump to 56:16
  25. 22 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. 2024-0348 Waived under Rule 8 Pass
  26. 23 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) 2024-0350 Read and referred ▶ jump to 56:56
  27. 24 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 56:56
  28. 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. 2024-0351 Read and referred ▶ jump to 57:06
  29. 26 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). 2024-0352 Read and referred ▶ jump to 57:36
  30. 27 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 58:07
  31. 28 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. 2024-0353 Read and referred ▶ jump to 58:17
  32. 29 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 58:38
  33. 30 Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting a donation from the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy to the Department of Parks and Recreation of equipment used during a tree planting event valued at TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-THREE CENTS ($2,621.33). 2024-0354 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 58:43
  34. 31 Communication from Susheela Nemani-Stanger, Executive Director of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (URA) submitting the Affordable Housing Bond Spending Plan, dated April 2024. 2024-0355 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 59:04
  35. 32 Resolution appointing Jamil Bey as the Director of the Department of Planning of the City of Pittsburgh. 2024-0356 Held, Pending Interview Pass ▶ jump to 59:34
  36. 33 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 Held, Pending Interview Pass ▶ jump to 60:09
  37. 34 Resolution appointing Elly Fisher as a Member of the Housing Opportunity Fund Advisory Board with a term to expire April 30, 2025. 2024-0358 Held, Pending Interview Pass ▶ jump to 60:23
  38. 35 UNFINISHED BUSINESS ▶ jump to 60:57
  39. 36 Resolution appointing Tamara Dudukovich as a Member of the Land Bank Board of Directors replacing Douglas Anderson with a term to expire January 1, 2027. 2024-0282 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 61:00
  40. 37 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION ▶ jump to 61:26
  41. 38 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW ▶ jump to 61:36
  42. 39 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for April 3, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0337 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 61:40
  43. 40 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 increasing PJ McARDLE ROADWAY BRIDGE OVER HILLSIDE (TIP) by SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000), increasing PJ McARDLE ROADWAY BRIDGE OVER SYCAMORE (TIP) by SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($600,000), increasing BLOOMFIELD BRIDGE (TIP) by ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,200,000), and increasing EAST SYCAMORE STREET BRIDGE (TIP) by SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($600,000) to account for Federal Highway Administration funding being received at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. 2024-0301 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 61:48
  44. 41 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. 2024-0311 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 62:41
  45. 42 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ▶ jump to 63:36
  46. 43 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for April 3, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0338 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 63:48
  47. 44 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the PJ McArdle Roadway Bridge over Sycamore Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00), reimbursable at 100%. This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements. 2024-0302 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 63:58
  48. 45 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the PJ McArdle Roadway Bridge over Hillside Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00), reimbursable at 100%. This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements. 2024-0303 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 64:28
  49. 46 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the East Sycamore Street Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00), reimbursable at 100%. This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements. 2024-0304 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 64:59
  50. 47 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the Bloomfield Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000.00), reimbursable at 100%. This resolution serves to authorize only the Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements. 2024-0305 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 65:29
  51. 48 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the City Steps Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($850,000.00), reimbursable at 80%; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). 2024-0306 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 65:58
  52. 49 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ▶ jump to 67:02
  53. 50 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for April 3, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0340 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 67:12
  54. 51 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as Sal’s Barber Shop, located at 712 Brookline Boulevard (97-C-280), in Brookline, in the 19th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 3/26/24) 2024-0169 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 67:22
  55. 52 Resolution amending Resolution No. 711 of 2022 further amending Resolution No. 767 of 2018 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enter into an Amended Agreement or Agreements with D'Appolonia for On-Call Emergency Geotechnical Services including assessments, evaluations, land remediation plans, and expert testimony of properties subject to active life safety code enforcement violations, by increasing the approved amount by TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($20,000.00) for an amended total cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($360,000.00), over 3 years. 2024-0307 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 67:42
  56. 53 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” to remove PITTSBURGH CONTINGENCY as a grant recipient and add BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION as a grant recipient along with VOICES AGAINST VIOLENCE and authorizing a subsequent Agreement for a total cost of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000). 2024-0322 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 68:22
  57. 54 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS ▶ jump to 70:43
  58. 55 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for April 3, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0341 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 70:54
  59. 56 Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to execute Instruments for the Declaration of Restrictions and Covenants in favor of the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority to allow the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority operation and maintenance responsibilities of green infrastructure within certain property along the Bus Rapid Transit Project Corridor. 2024-0297 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 71:03
  60. 57 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for costs associated with the North Avenue Signals and Safety project where PWSA would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the Agreement(s). 2024-0298 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 71:30
  61. 58 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 72:26
  62. 59 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS ▶ jump to 74:13
  63. 60 APPROVAL OF MINUTES ▶ jump to 74:14
  64. 61 ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 74:15
  65. 62 LEGISLATION PRESENTED BY SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER ▶ jump to 74:16