Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 41 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PROCLAMATION
- 4 WHEREAS, John Preston “Pete” Hill was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, hamlet of Buena, on October 12th, 1882, to Ike and Elizabeth ‘Lizzie” Hill who were both Virginia natives. After the death of Mr. Hill’s father in 1887, John, his mother and siblings boarded a northbound train and settled in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania around 1887. They resided at 7221 Susquehanna St. in Homewood. and,
- 5 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 6 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 7 NEW PAPERS
- 8 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Citron Alex, P.C. for legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-EIGHT CENTS ($10,475.88) over one year. (Executive Session held 4/3/24)
- 9 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Network Deposition Services for legal transcript services for an amount not to exceed ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND THIRTEEN CENTS ($1,977.13) over one year. (Executive Session held 3/20/24)
- 10 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-ONE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($8,491.50) over one year. (Executive Session held 3/20/24)
- 11 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Michael D. McDowell, Esq. for arbitration services for an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,800.00) over one year. (Executive Session held 3/20/24)
- 12 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Adil-Sharif Alghurairi in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,400.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (23C-0148) for damage to his parked vehicle from a City ES Recycling vehicle on April 21, 2023. (Executive Session held 3/20/24)
- 13 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 March 13th, 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 Mount Ararat Community Activity Center – rental for community meeting (Dist. 7) 135.00 Mount Ararat Community Activity Center – rental for community meeting (Dist. 7) 135.00 Omni by Design – business cards for staff and Council members 652.00 Mosley, Khari – reimbursement for travel and conference (Dist. 9) 1,803.65 Elliot-West End Athletic Association – donation (Dist. 2) 500.00 Mosley, Khari – reimbursement for office supplies 45.92 Burney, Mohammed – reimbursement for lunch meeting (Dist. 1) 163.12 Burney, Mohammed – reimbursement for travel (Dist. 1) 48.30 Burney, Mohammed – reimbursement for office supplies (Dist. 1) 28.19 Allderdice High School – senior breakfast donation (Dist. 5) 100.00 Rodef Shalom Congregation – Pursuer of Peace event donation (Dist. 5) 118.00 MAYOR’S OFFICE [TVEyes Inc – media monitoring service 3,600.00 - DELETED] OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT & BUDGET New Pittsburgh Courier – advertisements for bid opportunities 1,063.94 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE Salemme, Maryann – notary license renewal 80.00 Grant Graphics – ink rollers to operate sign plotter 1,231.12 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS New Pittsburgh Courier – advertisement for bid opportunity 1,092.56 Commercial Cleaning by the Kelly’s Inc – emergency cleaning at Schenley 1,200.00 Howland Company LLC – asbestos abatement 4,997.50 DEPT OF FINANCE Treasure Lawncare LLC – tree cutting 3,125.00 Pittsburgh File Box Co – storage boxes 397.50 New Pittsburgh Courier – advertisement for treasurers’ sale 4,052.65 Postmaster – postage stamps 4,080.00 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Cole Information – address location directories 469.00 Aqua Filter Fresh, Inc – water dispenser 135.80 DEPT OF INNOVATION PERFORMANCE Broughton, Serena – reimbursement for refreshments 74.89 Ostrosky, Christine – reimbursement for refreshments 58.48 DEPT OF LAW AKF Reporters Inc – payment for court reporter 970.00 Lagamba Reporting Services – payment for court reporter 146.00 Constance Lee & Company – case documents 796.21 Lenihan ADR LLC – arbitration services 1,306.00 Dutcheen O Cameron Reporting – case documents 430.90 Allegheny County Office of the Court Reporters – payment for court reporter 1,050.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Tennant Sales & Service – repair of court sweeper 1,985.40 BUREAU OF POLICE Scantron Corporation – test score sheets 114.97 Scott Company Drug Testing – drug testing kits 284.85 ULINE Inc – mobile crime unit supplies 784.35 Pittsburgh File Box Co – storage boxes for property room 358.75 Tantanella, Andrew – reimbursement for training 1,339.00 Dollar Rent A Car – equipment rental 4,589.41 Pittsburgh Veterinary Surgery PC – K9 veterinary treatment 320.00 Allegheny Equine Association – mounted unit horse medications 336.24 Daly, Sharon – Zone 4 clerical services 1,539.00 Thick Bikes LLC – bicycle unit repairs 915.88 BUREAU OF EMS Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance Service – reimbursement for EMS coverage 807.17 Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance Service – reimbursement for EMS coverage 1,080.18 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company #4 - reimbursement for EMS coverage 648.32 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company #4 - reimbursement for EMS coverage 667.17 Cranberry Township EMS - reimbursement for EMS coverage 571.86 Phillips, Frank - reimbursement for EMS coverage 1,096.07
- 14 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 15 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 16 P-Cards
- 17 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 18 NEW PAPERS
- 19 Resolution amending Resolution 872 of 2021, which authorized the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements for the continued implementation of the City’s Spay and Neuter Program, by increasing the approved amount by $70,000, for an amended total cost not-to-exceed TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($210,000) over three years.
- 20 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 21 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 22 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Mosites Construction Company for costs associated with construction of the Charles Anderson Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Forty-Eight Million Four Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-Seven Dollars ($48,477,777.00), reimbursable at 100%.
- 23 NEW PAPERS
- 24 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Southwestern Pennsylvania Corporation (“SPC”) in the amount of Thirty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($32,500.00) for a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh.
- 25 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the North Avenue Signals and Safety Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00), reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).
- 26 Resolution amending Resolution 277, effective June 26, 2020, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Second Amendment to the Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and Pashek + MTR, for professional landscape architectural services for Arsenal Park Phase I Design, to change the fund sources in the contract. The net change of the amendment is decreasing the total not-to-exceed amount by Two Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty Two Dollars and no cents ($2,862.00) from Five Hundred Forty-Four Thousand One Hundred and Seventy-Four Dollars ($544,174.00) to Five Hundred Forty-One Thousand Three Hundred Twelve Dollars and no cents ($541,312.00).
- 27 Resolution adopting the goal of reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries in road traffic in the City of Pittsburgh to zero and endorsing the Vision Zero strategy to achieve this goal.
- 28 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 29 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 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)
- 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 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)
- 33 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND, TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 34 NEW PAPERS
- 35 Resolution amending Resolution 428 of 2021 which provided for the extension of a professional services agreement or agreements with NCR Corporation, to provide city-wide credit, debit, and e-check payment services for the collection of various program and permitting fees for the City of Pittsburgh by exercising the option to extend the term of the Agreement for three additional years at no cost to the city.
- 36 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Innovation and Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement with Pittsburgh Community Television, Inc., for services related to administering and managing the City’s designated public access channels for a period of two years at an amount not-to-exceed 66% of funding received into designated code accounts for the years 2023 and 2024.
- 37 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into a content licensing agreement or agreements and amendments thereto with Google LLC, for Google to share certain data with the City, at no cost to the City.
- 38 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 39 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 40 Resolution amending Resolution 651 of 2023, providing which provided for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for costs associated with the Charles Anderson Memorial Bridge project where PWSA would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the Agreement(s), at an amount not to exceed Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($15,500.00) and further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing CHARLES ANDERSON BRIDGE (TIP) by Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($15,500.00).