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March 25, 2024 ·10:00 AM Final

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Agenda — 60 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 2:19
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 2:55
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA ▶ jump to 3:10
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS ▶ jump to 3:15
  5. 5 WHEREAS, the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 was signed into law designating March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day, in memory of March 29,1973, when the final U.S. fighting soldiers withdrew from Vietnam; and, 2024-0313 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 3:17
  6. 6 WILLS OF COUNCIL ▶ jump to 3:40
  7. 7 WHEREAS, the Stop Predatory Investing Act, introduced by Senator Sherrod Brown, seeks to curb the acquisition of single-family rental homes by large investors, denying tax deductions for interest and depreciation on such properties, and; 2024-0314 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 3:44
  8. 8 WHEREAS, across the United States, landlords are using software algorithms and other information exchanges between competitors to raise rents, artificially constrain supply, and further exacerbate the housing crisis, and; 2024-0315 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 4:04
  9. 9 PUBLIC COMMENTS ▶ jump to 4:55
  10. 10 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS ▶ jump to 8:57
  11. 11 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 9:12
  12. 12 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 9:22
  13. 13 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 9:51
  14. 14 COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 10:14
  15. 15 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 10:25
  16. 16 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 10:42
  17. 17 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements with Thomson Reuters for subscription to an online legal research tool at a cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND TEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY-EIGHT CENTS ($133,010.28) over a term of 4 years. 2024-0299 Waived under Rule 8 Pass ▶ jump to 10:51
  18. 18 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Diana Stefanyszyn, and her attorney, Phillips, Phillips & Smith-Delach, P.C. for a single payment in 2024 in an amount not to exceed ELEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($11,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 23-004984. (Executive Session held 4/3/24) 2024-0300 Read and referred ▶ jump to 11:14
  19. 18 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements with Thomson Reuters for subscription to an online legal research tool at a cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND TEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY-EIGHT CENTS ($133,010.28) over a term of 4 years. 2024-0299 Read and referred ▶ jump to 12:47
  20. 19 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 11:35
  21. 20 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 13:04
  22. 21 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 13:03
  23. 22 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 13:39
  24. 23 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 14:13
  25. 24 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 14:44
  26. 25 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 15:17
  27. 26 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 15:45
  28. 27 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 Read and referred ▶ jump to 15:54
  29. 28 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS: ▶ jump to 16:40
  30. 29 Resolution appointing Tyi-Sanna Jones as a Member of the Board of License, Inspection, and Review with a term to expire January 1, 2027. 2024-0308 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 17:14
  31. 30 Resolution appointing Chris Hornstein as a Member of the Commission on Infrastructure Asset Reporting and Investment with a term to expire June 30, 2028. 2024-0309 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 17:27
  32. 31 Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting a donation from Open Field of two sets of soccer goal to be placed in Dunbar Park valued at THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE DOLLARS AND NINETY-SEVEN CENTS (3,983.97). 2024-0310 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 16:44
  33. 32 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  34. 33 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION ▶ jump to 17:58
  35. 34 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW ▶ jump to 18:02
  36. 35 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for March 20, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0292 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 18:10
  37. 36 Resolution amending Resolution 546 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Futures for professional services relating to leadership development training, by increasing the authorized spend by Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00) for a new total not to exceed cost of Two Hundred Seven Thousand, Three Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars ($207,336.00) 2024-0241 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 18:20
  38. 37 Resolution providing for the creation of The Mobility Enhancement District Trust Fund and setting conditions for the deposit and expenditure of such funds. This fund is for the exclusive use of funding “Mobility Enhancements” within the “Mobility Enhancement District” as defined in Section 550.02 of The Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. 2024-0258 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 18:49
  39. 38 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE ▶ jump to 19:54
  40. 39 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for March 20, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0293 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 20:03
  41. 40 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 National Association of City Transportation Officials Inc. (“NACTO”) to provide membership dues from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, not to exceed Thirty-Three Thousand One Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($33,125.00). 2024-0242 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 20:15
  42. 41 Resolution granting unto 2700 PENN AVENUE PARTNERS LLC, 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, (2) two cantilevered upper-level floor plates that will extend into the right-of-way, at 2700 Penn Avenue, in the 6th Ward, 1st Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2024-0245 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 20:41
  43. 42 Resolution authorizing acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh, the dedication of two (2) portions of East Liberty Boulevard (125-A-52), at no cost to the City, in the 12th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. 2024-0246 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 21:07
  44. 43 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars to purchase vehicles and equipment that will be used to support DOMI’s bridge maintenance efforts. 2024-0247 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 21:21
  45. 44 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ▶ jump to 22:55
  46. 45 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for March 20, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0294 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 23:02
  47. 46 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of City Planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED)’s Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for a voluntary buyout program in the Saw Mill Run Watershed. The grant proposal includes an ask of ONE MILLION ($1,000,000) dollars for this stated purpose. 2024-0248 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 23:11
  48. 47 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY ▶ jump to 24:16
  49. 48 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for March 20, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0295 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 24:26
  50. 49 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 CDW Government LLC for a Voice over Internet Protocol Unified Communications Platform (UCaaS) to implement convergence of systems to support citywide communications, at a cost not-to-exceed Two Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,100,000) over three years. 2024-0237 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 24:39
  51. 50 Resolution amending Resolution 843-2023, 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 and amendments thereto with Atlantis IT Consulting Group LLC as needed for an enterprise wide warehouse supply & inventory management solution by increasing the approved amount by $540,000 for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($770,000) over three years. 2024-0238 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 25:06
  52. 51 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS ▶ jump to 26:15
  53. 52 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for March 20, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0296 Read, Received and Filed Pass ▶ jump to 26:28
  54. 53 Resolution amending Resolution 15 of 2024, which authorized a cooperation agreement or agreements with the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase and leasing of vehicles, equipment and accessories, equipment support infrastructure, and professional services in fiscal year 2024, by increasing the authorized amount by One Million Three Hundred Fifty Two Thousand Six Hundred and Two Dollars and Zero Cents ($1,352,602) to a new total of Thirteen Million Nine Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Four Dollars and Zero Cents ($13,975,244) to account for funds omitted from the original resolution. 2024-0239 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 26:38
  55. 54 Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($500,000.00) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of bridge maintenance vehicles for use by the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. This expenditure is associated with grant funds that the City will receive from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Local Share Account program. 2024-0240 Passed Finally Pass ▶ jump to 27:14
  56. 55 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 28:18
  57. 56 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
  58. 57 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  59. 58 ADJOURNMENT
  60. 59 LEGISLATION PRESENTED BY SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER