City Council

Council Chambers

Agenda — 60 items

1. 1 ROLL CALL
2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS
5. 5 WHEREAS, the Barack Obama Academy for International Studies Studies, with a 10-7 record, won the 2024 City League Baseball Championship, their second title in the school’s history; and, 2024-0567 Adopted Pass
6. 6 WHEREAS, Jackie Robinson grew up in Elliott and was an avid sports enthusiast. In the early 70’s she played with the Elliott Athletic Association, later named Elliott-West End Athletic Association. On June 11, 1982, she married William (Bill) Robinson and together they raised three children, Jason, Jacqlyn and Jay; and, 2024-0584 Adopted Pass
7. 7 WHEREAS, Kurt Huber is a lifelong resident of the City of Pittsburgh, growing up with his parents and 2 siblings at REAM Pool and Recreation Center in Mount Washington at a time when the city had caretakers living on site; and, 2024-0585 Adopted Pass
8. 8 WHEREAS, in 2006, the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, in support of the United Nations International Plan of Action, proclaimed a day to recognize the significance of elder abuse as a public health and human rights issue; and, 2024-0586 Adopted Pass
9. 9 WHEREAS, Big Daddy Kane (BDK), hailing from Brooklyn, New York, is widely considered one of the greatest emcees in the history of Hip-Hop music. His albums “Long Live the Kane” and “It’s A Big Daddy Thing” are timeless classics that have inspired generations of Hip-Hop artists and enthusiasts around the world; and, 2024-0587 Adopted Pass
10. 10 WHEREAS, Roland McKinley Ford was born October 4th, 1948, in Pittsburgh, Pa. He graduated from Schenley High School in 1966 and continued studies at Columbia University in New York City, where he received a scholarship and, 2024-0588 Adopted Pass
11. 11 PUBLIC COMMENTS
12. 12 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
13. 13 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS:
14. 14 Resolution providing for the filing of applications by the Commonwealth of PA, Department of Human Services for grants in connection with the Joint Jobs Initiative Program Employment Advancement and Retention Network (EARN) and providing for the authorization to enter into agreements with various agencies and to pay for expenditures for costs to support, implement and administer the program. Cost not to exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Four ($3,828,594) Dollars. 2024-0574 Read and referred
15. 15 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS:
16. 16 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure amending Resolution 507 of 2021, to enter which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an contribution and cooperation agreement with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for work in connection with the Fleury Way Project; the City will participate in the project and is willing to reimburse PWSA Five Hundred and Sixty-Four Thousand, Seven Hundred, and Nine Dollars, and One Cent ($564,709.01); and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Eight Hundred Fifty-Nine Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars and Nine Cents ($859,137.09) an increase of Two Hundred Ninety-Four Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Eight Cents ($294,428.08) from the previously authorized amount. 2024-0581 Read and referred
17. 17 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS:
18. 18 Resolution providing for ratification and extension by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh of a Declaration of Disaster Emergency for one hundred and eighty (180) additional days thereby making the Declaration effective until December 8th, 2024 in response to the fire at the 2nd Avenue Commons Shelter. 2024-0575 Waived under Rule 8 Pass
19. 19 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Christopher E. Miles for arbitration services for an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-EIGHT CENTS ($6,034.88) over one year. (Executive Session held 6/11/24) 2024-0576 Read and referred
20. 19 Resolution providing for ratification and extension by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh of a Declaration of Disaster Emergency for one hundred and eighty (180) additional days thereby making the Declaration effective until December 8th, 2024 in response to the fire at the 2nd Avenue Commons Shelter. 2024-0575 Read and referred
21. 20 Resolution authorizing the execution of quitclaim deeds conveying all of the City's right, title and interest in and to the City-owned property located in the 12th Ward of the City and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot: 83-S-301, 124-N-3, 6, 8, 20,29, 32, 42, 45, 76, 77, 85, 97, 99, 106, and 125-A-371, to East Liberty Development, Inc. (“ELDI”) for consideration set forth herein, relating to the full and final settlement of cases filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at C.S. 21-000043, 44, 46, 47, 49, 50, 52, 60, 61, 62, 65, 67, 68, and 90, at no cost to the City. (Executive Session held 6/18/24) 2024-0577 Read and referred
22. 21 Resolution authorizing the execution of quitclaim deeds conveying all of the City's right, title and interest in and to the City-owned property located at 1039 Salter Way in the 23rd Ward of the City and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot: 24-F-68, to Weiying Mao for SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($7,500.00) relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at C.S. 22-000078 over one year. (Executive Session held 6/18/24) 2024-0578 Read and referred
23. 22 Resolution authorizing the execution of quitclaim deeds conveying all of the City's right, title and interest in and to the City-owned property located at 425 Michigan Avenue in the 18th Ward of the City and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot: 14-N-99, to Johnnie Juanita Mohamed for SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($7,500.00) relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at C.S. 22-000054 over one year. (Executive Session held 6/18/24) 2024-0579 Read and referred
24. 23 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS:
25. 24 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a lease, leases, sublease, subleases, and/or amendments for approximately 8,000 square feet at 294 Semple Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, with the lessee, the Oakland Planning and Development Corporation (“OPDC”), for the purpose of providing space to OPDC to provide various readiness and training programs for young people and adults, and public community meetings and events for a five (5) year period, at no cost to the City. 2024-0580 Read and referred
26. 25 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS:
27. 26 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Federal Highway Administration for the purpose of receiving and spending Reconnecting Community Pilot program grant funds in the amount of ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,432,000) to support planning and engagement in the Manchester neighborhood. 2024-0589 Read and referred
28. 27 Resolution reappointing Rhoda Neft as a Member of the Ethics Hearing Board for a term to expire June 30, 2027. 2024-0582 Approved Pass
29. 28 Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting acting pay requests on behalf of the Department of Public Safety for Saskia Bolger, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018. 2024-0583 Read, Received and Filed Pass
30. 29 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
31. 30 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
32. 31 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW
33. 32 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for June 5, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0568 Read, Received and Filed Pass
34. 33 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Lamar Advertising in an amount not to exceed TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND FIFTEEN CENTS ($24,247.15) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0021) for damage to Lamar billboard #3086 from a City ES-Recycling vehicle on September 19, 2023. (Executive Session held 6/4/24) 2024-0527 Passed Finally Pass
35. 34 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Omar Ouseid Kici in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS AND FORTY-SEVEN CENTS ($3,272.47) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0001) for damage to his parked vehicle from a City ES vehicle on June 23, 2023. (Executive Session held 6/4/24) 2024-0528 Passed Finally Pass
36. 35 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Sedgwick as TPA for Trinity Health in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND SIXTY-SIX CENTS ($3,484.66) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (23C-0186) for damage to a vehicle from an accident with a City DPW vehicle on March 9, 2023. (Executive Session held 6/4/24) 2024-0529 Passed Finally Pass
37. 36 Resolution amending Resolution 911 of 2023, which reappropriated federal American Rescue Plan funding, by updating the approved projects as outlined in Exhibit A, version 7. 2024-0540 Passed Finally Pass
38. 37 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director, Office of Management and Budget, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the POISE Foundation in connection with services for a 2024 Juneteenth celebration, for the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000.00) over one year and for the payment of the costs thereof. 2024-0541 Passed Finally Pass
39. 38 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
40. 39 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for June 5, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0569 Read, Received and Filed Pass
41. 40 Resolution providing for a supplemental agreement or agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for local costs associated with the State Route 0060 project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Ninety Dollars and Thirty-Seven Cents ($7,590.37), an increase of One Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Two Dollars and Thirty-Seven Cents ($1,342.37) from the previously legislated contract authorization. 2024-0530 Passed Finally Pass
42. 41 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
43. 42 Report of the Committee on Human Resources for June 5, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0570 Read, Received and Filed Pass
44. 43 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Pittsburgh Community Broadcasting in an amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($10,600) for advertising related to fair housing and equal employment opportunity for the year of 2024. 2024-0523 Passed Finally Pass
45. 44 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
46. 45 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for June 5, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0571 Read, Received and Filed Pass
47. 46 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Urban Design Ventures, LLC for services relating to the ongoing technical assistance and consulting related to the HOME-ARP program, for a total not to exceed of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000.00) 2024-0531 Passed Finally Pass
48. 47 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Urban Design Ventures, LLC for services relating to the administration of the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunity for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs for a sum not to exceed One Hundred Five Thousand Dollars ($105,000.00) over three years and for the payment of the costs thereof. 2024-0532 Passed Finally Pass
49. 48 COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON RECREATION, YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
50. 49 Report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for June 5, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0572 Read, Received and Filed Pass
51. 50 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into financial Sponsorship Agreements with PNC Bank, Clearview Federal Credit Union, and Citizens Bank for the 2024 City of Pittsburgh Independence Day Festival and Citiparks Summer Concert Series at no cost to the City. 2024-0526 Passed Finally Pass
52. 51 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY
53. 52 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for June 5, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2024-0573 Read, Received and Filed Pass
54. 53 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 Planet Technologies, Inc. for Microsoft product training and support, at a cost not-to-exceed Three Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($315,000) over three years. 2024-0524 Passed Finally Pass
55. 54 Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution 539 of 2016, as amended, entitled “authorizing the Mayor, City Clerk and/or Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a Contract or Contracts or Agreement or Agreements with Granicus, Inc., for software upgrades, server hosting services and annual maintenance of Legistar agenda management and video streaming” in order to extend the contract an additional 12 months, for an additional cost of FIFTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS AND NINETY FOUR CENTS ($51,895.94) for a total cost not to exceed FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS AND FOUR CENTS ($488,802.04). 2024-0533 Passed Finally Pass
56. 55 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
57. 56 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
58. 57 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
59. 58 ADJOURNMENT
60. 59 LEGISLATION PRESENTED BY SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER

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