City Council
Regular MeetingPittsburgh, PA · December 19, 2017
Agenda
City of Pittsburgh
510 City-County Building
414 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
10:00 AM
Council Chambers
City Council
ONE-HUNDRED
THIRTY-NINTH COUNCIL
Bruce A. Kraus, President of Council
Council Members: Rev. Ricky V. Burgess, Dan Gilman, Deborah L. Gross, Darlene M. Harris,
R. Daniel Lavelle, Corey O'Connor, Natalia Rudiak, Theresa Kail-Smith
Brenda F. Pree, City Clerk - Kimberly Clark-Baskin, Deputy City Clerk
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda December 19, 2017
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATIONS
2017-2288
2017-2289
2017-2290
2017-2291
2017-2292
2017-2293
PUBLIC COMMENTS
PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICES
2017-2285 Resolution authorizing Cooperation Agreement with the Urban Redevelopment
Authority to Fund and Implement the Pittsburgh Housing Opportunity Fund.
(Waiver of Rule 8 Requested)
SPONSOR /S: MR. LAVELLE
COUNCILMAN BRUCE A. KRAUS PRESENTS:
2017-2286 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Steven Steingart as a
member to the Stadium Authority of the City of Pittsburgh for a term to expire
December 31, 2021.
2017-2287 Resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Sam Williamson to serve as a
member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority for a term to expire December 31,
2020.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
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COUNCILWOMAN NATALIA RUDIAK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW
2017-2278 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for December 13, 2017 with an
Affirmative Recommendation.
2017-1476 An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article VII, Business
Related Taxes; Chapter 256, Home Rule Realty Transfer Tax, Section 256.02 LEVY
AND RATE, paragraph (a), by increasing the rate of tax from one percent (1%) to
two percent (2%) one and one half percent (1.5%) commencing February 1,
2018 and to two (2%) percent commencing January 1, 2020.
(Post Agenda Held, July 18, 2017; Public Hearing Held, July 18, 2017)
SPONSOR /S: MR. LAVELLE AND REV. BURGESS
Legislative History
5/2/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
5/10/17 Standing Committee Held for Public Hearing to the Committee
on Hearings
5/10/17 Standing Committee Held for Post Agenda to the Committee on
Hearings
7/18/17 Committee on Hearings Post Agenda Held to the Committee on
Hearings
7/18/17 Committee on Hearings Public Hearing Held to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended as Amended
2017-2107 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business
Related Tax, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and
Payment of Tax, so as to standardize the due date of Earned Income Tax, to fix the
rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2018, and to update
language in the city code.
Legislative History
11/13/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
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11/20/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Hearings
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2108 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business
Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and
Payment of Tax, so as to change the due date of the Home Rule Tax, to fix the rate of
interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2018, and to update language in
the city code.
Legislative History
11/13/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
11/20/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2109 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property
Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment
Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and
delinquent dates for the 2018 fiscal year, and to further remove duplicative language.
Legislative History
11/13/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
11/20/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2110 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property
Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Section 263.01: Levy and
Rate on Lands and Buildings, by fixing the rate of taxation for 2018.
Legislative History
11/13/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
11/20/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
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12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2111 Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public
business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the
Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2018.
SPONSOR /S: MS. RUDIAK
Legislative History
11/13/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
11/20/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/6/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/6/17 Standing Committee Withdrawn
12/6/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended as Amended
2017-2112 Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for
the 2018 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum
levels for designated positions.
SPONSOR /S: MS. RUDIAK
Legislative History
11/13/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
11/20/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/6/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/6/17 Standing Committee Withdrawn
12/6/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
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12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2113 Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018
Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital
Improvement Program.
SPONSOR /S: MS. RUDIAK
Legislative History
11/13/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
11/20/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/6/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/6/17 Standing Committee Withdrawn
12/6/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2136 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administrative, Article XI:
Personnel, Chapter 192 - Pensions, by adding Chapter 192.44, so as to add
language to prohibit pension enhancements for Municipal, Fire, and Police pensions,
including retroactive enhancements.
Legislative History
11/20/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
11/29/17 Standing Committee Referred for Legal Opinion to the
Committee on Finance and Law
12/6/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/6/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended as Amended
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2017-2179 Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of
Management Budget to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) to offer at-work child
care during the fifteen days that the City remains open while Pittsburgh Public Schools
are closed and provide on-site child care during twenty City-sponsored community
meetings as designated by the Mayor.
SPONSOR /S: MR. GILMAN AND MS. GROSS
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2200 Resolution amending Resolution No. 297 of 2016, effective June 6, 2016, entitled
“further amending Resolution No. 816 effective January 1, 2016, as amended,
entitled ‘Adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget and the 2016 Community
Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2016 through 2021 Capital
Improvement Program’ by reducing Information Systems Modernization
(-$150,000.00) and transferring the funding to the Capital Equipment Acquisition
(+$150,000.00) line item” by correcting an incorrect JDE job number and fund code.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2201 Resolution realigning a total of $1,615,000 between various accounts within the 2017
Operating Budget. This transfer is necessary for the 2017 close in order to meet
expenditures for the remainder of the fiscal year.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2202 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 816 of 2015, effective December 18, 2015,
as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget and
the 2016 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2016
through 2021 Capital Improvement Program,” by transferring $500,000 from FLOOD
CONTROL PROJECTS to DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND INSPECTION
SERVICES.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2203 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 675 of 2008, effective January 29, 2009, as
amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2009 Capital Budget and the 2009
Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2009 through 2013
Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing PENN AVE. RECONSTRUCTION by
$14,365.30 and increasing PERSONNEL - CP by $14,365.30.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2204 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 768 of 2009, effective December 31, 2009,
as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2010 Capital Budget and the 2010
Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2010 through 2014
Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing SLOPE FAILURE REMEDIATION by
$4,175.00 and increasing PERSONNEL - CP by $4,175.00.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2205 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 908 of 2010, effective January 1, 2011, as
amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2011 Capital Budget and the 2011
Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2011 through 2016
Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing BUILDING CONDITIONS SURVEY
by $30,000.00, SLOPE FAILURE REMEDIATION by $45,680.93, SINC-UP
TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS by $75,000.00, and ARCHITECTURAL
ENGINEERING SERVICES by $6,927.37, and increasing PERSONNEL - CP by
$157,608.30.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2206 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 855 of 2011, effective December 29, 2011,
as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012
Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2012 through 2017
Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing DISPARITY STUDY UPDATE by
$62,000.00, REC & SENIOR CENTER MAINTENANCE by $47,504.38,
BEECHVIEW RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTER by $147,870.00, and
increasing PERSONNEL - CP by $257,374.38.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2207 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2012, effective January 1, 2013, as
amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2013 Capital Budget and the 2013
Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2013 through 2018
Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing RECREATION & SENIOR CENTER
MAINTENANCE by $250,000.00 and increasing PERSONNEL - CP by
$250,000.00.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2208 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 796 of 2013, effective December 19,
2013, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2014 Capital Budget and
the 2014 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2014
through 2019 Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing MULTIMODAL
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING by $40,000.00 and RECREATION &
SENIOR CENTER MAINTENANCE by $300,000.00 and increasing
PERSONNEL - CP by $40,000.00 and MAJOR DEVELOPMENT by
$300,000.00.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended as Amended
2017-2209 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 858 of 2014, effective January 1, 2015, as
amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2015 Capital Budget and the 2015
Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2015 through 2020
Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing STREETSCAPE AND INTERSECTION
RECONSTRUCTION by $5,854.02 and increasing PERSONNEL - CP by $5,854.02.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2210 Resolution amending Resolution 49 of 2005 entitled “Resolution providing for the
establishment of a newly created Allegheny Regional Asset District Trust Fund
(ARADTF)” to allow for grant monies to be split into two trust funds, and to clarify
the sources and uses of these funds.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2211 Resolution amending Resolution 106 of 1979 entitled “Resolution Authorizing and
directing the City Treasurer, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to accept funds from
various public and private foundations, and individuals, organizations and agencies for
Special Parks Programs, in the Department of Parks and Recreation, and to create a
Special Parks’ Programs Trust Fund, and to deposit all funds for said programs into
said account; and providing for the payment of expenses in connection with the
Special Parks’ Programs” to rename it “Special Events Trust Fund” and to define the
sources and uses of the fund.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2212 Resolution amending Resolution 753 of 2016 entitled “Resolution amending City of
Pittsburgh Council Resolution No. 633 of 2002 and providing for the establishment of
a Mellon Park Tennis Trust Fund for the purpose of holding in trust all monies
collected from the Mellon Park Seasonal Support Structure” to allow multiple
departments to utilize the trust fund to support Mellon Park and other indoor tennis
programming.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2213 Resolution Amending Resolution 1037 of 1982 entitled “Authorizing the City
Controller to create a Special Trust Fund to be designated DEMOLITION TRUST
FUND into which there shall be deposited money received from the demolition of
properties and providing contract or contracts for the demolition of condemned
property, payable from DEMOLITION TRUST FUND” to authorize the
Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to utilize the trust fund for
demolition expenses.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2214 Resolution amending Resolution 1213 of 1990 entitled “Authorizing and directing the
City Controller to create a special trust fund to be designated as the Schenley Park
Rink Trust Fund, for the purpose of depositing funds and expenditure of funds for any
and all related expenses” to authorize the Department of Public Works to utilize the
trust fund.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2215 Resolution authorizing and directing the City Controller to close unused or obsolete
Trust Funds.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2216 Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of
Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through D: A: 230 Carver, B: 5418 2nd, C: 204
Glenwod, D: 19 Woessner
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2217 Resolution repealing items in Resolutions approved on various dates, which
authorized the sale of property in various wards of the City of Pittsburgh, due to an
incompletion of sale.
Item A: 128 Moultrie
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2218 Resolution providing for the filing of petitions for the sale of certain property, acquired
at tax sales, to a City of Pittsburgh based Community Development Corporation, for
the purpose of advancing the interests of the community through redevelopment.
ITEMS A through F.
A: 385 Linoleum, B: 0 Atlantic, C: 0 Atlantic, D: 5203 Columbo, E: 835 Vista, F:
820 Vista
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2219 Resolution providing for the conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property,
having been placed for sale to adjoining property owners in conjunction with the City
of Pittsburgh Side Yard Program. ITEMS A through E: A: 3201 Josephine, B: 1434
Arlington, C: 848 Suismon, D: 210 Jucunda, E: 406 Jucunda
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2220 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property
Taxes; Chapter 265, Exemptions for Residential Improvements; Section 265.03,
Exemption for Improvements, subsection (e); and Section 265.04, Exemption for
Residential Construction, subsection (g), to extend the application periods for the
exemptions covering residential improvements and new residential construction in
areas defined as the Uptown District, the Downtown District and Targeted Growth
Zones, which were enacted pursuant to Ordinance 9 of 2007, to include applications
filed on or after January 1st 2018 through March 31st 2018.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2221 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article IX, Property
Taxes; Chapter 267, Exemptions for Industrial and Commercial Improvements;
Section 267.03, Exemption Schedule; and Section 267.09, Participation by
Allegheny County and Pittsburgh Board of Education, to extend the application
periods for the exemptions set forth in Section 267.03, subsections (b) and (c),
which were enacted pursuant to Ordinance 10 of 2007, to include applications filed
on or after January 1st 2018 through March 31st 2018.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2222 Resolution to authorize forgiveness of rental payments due under an existing lease
agreement between the City and The New Hazlett Theater.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Reconsidered to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2223 Resolution providing for the establishment of a Lease Agreement(s) and/or Sub-lease
Agreement(s) with The New Hazlett Theater for a portion of the City facility known
as the Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny and associated property located at 6
Allegheny Square East for an annual rental fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per year for a
period of twenty-nine (29) years.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
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12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Reconsidered to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended as Amended
2017-2224 Resolution providing for the establishment of a Lease Agreement(s) and/or Sub-lease
Agreement(s) with The Pittsburgh Children's Museum for a portion of the City facility
known as the Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny and associated property located at
6 Allegheny Square East for an annual rental fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per year for a
period of twenty-nine (29) years.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Reconsidered to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended as Amended
2017-2225 Resolution providing for the establishment of a Lease Agreement(s) and/or Sub-lease
Agreement(s) with The Pittsburgh Children's Museum for a City facility known as the
Buhl Planetarium Building and associated property located at Allegheny Square on
Federal Street for an annual rental fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per year for a
twenty-nine (29) year period.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Finance and Law
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12/13/17 Standing Committee Reconsidered to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2244 Resolution calling on the Director of Finance and City Treasurer to work with the
Pennsylvania State Legislature to design a Long Time Owner Occupant Protection
(LOOP) program that allows longtime owner-occupants to stay in their homes when
they meet certain eligibility requirements regarding income, length of residence, and
increases in assessed value by providing the opportunity for qualified owners to
receive real estate tax exemptions.
SPONSOR /S: MR. GILMAN AND MRS. KAIL-SMITH
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2255 Resolution repealing items in Resolutions approved on various dates, which
authorized the sale of property in various wards of the City of Pittsburgh,
Item A: 607 Brushton
SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2268 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the amount of Five Thousand Forty
Dollars and No Cents ($5,040.00) to Pittsburgh Mercy, Operation Safety Net for
support in outreach services provided to the homeless within Allegheny County with a
focus on downtown Pittsburgh.
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
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12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2269 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administration, Article IX,
Boards, Commissions, and Authorities, Chapter 177c, Gender Equity Commission,
Ordinance No. 34-2016, effective December 13, 2016, by adding Section (e),
entitled “Gender Equity Commission member term limits.”
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2271 Resolution authorizing the Chief Financial Officer and the Director of the Department
of Finance to convene an MBRO Task Force.
SPONSOR /S: MS. RUDIAK
CO-SPONSOR /S: MRS. KAIL-SMITH
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Finance and Law
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
SERVICES
2017-2279 Report of the Committee on Public Safety Services for December 13, 2017 with an
Affirmative Recommendation.
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2016-0370 An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code at Title 6: Conduct, Article III:
Dogs, Cats and other Animals, by adding a new Chapter 637 - Infliction of Pain on
Wild or Exotic Animals, making it unlawful to use devices or instruments to inflict pain
for the purpose of training or controlling the behavior of any wild or exotic animal.
SPONSOR /S: MR. KRAUS
Legislative History
5/3/16 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Public Safety Services
5/11/16 Standing Committee Held for Public Hearing to the Committee
on Hearings
5/24/16 Committee on Hearings Public Hearing Held to the Committee on
Public Safety Services
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2198 Ordinance amending and supplementing the City of Pittsburgh Code, Title Six
(“Conduct”), Article III (“Dogs and Cats”) by amending Chapter 633.23 with respect
to keeping dogs, whether or not tethered, outdoors in extreme weather.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Public Safety Services
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2199 Resolution amending Resolution No. 160 of 2017 authorizing the Mayor and the
Director of Public Safety to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a
Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Quick Med Claims LLC for the
provision of EMS billing services to the City of Pittsburgh.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Public Safety Services
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
2017-2280 Report of the Committee on Public Works for December 13, 2017 with an Affirmative
Recommendation.
2017-2226 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Smiths Detection, in the
amount of $4,857.12 in payment for the emergency repair of the entrance metal
detectors on the first floor of the City-County Building.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Public Works
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2227 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public
Works to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement with the
Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation (BGC) for the purpose of maintaining the
landscaping installed by the City along Penn Avenue between Mathilda Street and
Evaline Street.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Public Works
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2228 Resolution providing for the letting, for and during the calendar years 2018, 2019,
and 2020, of Contracts and for the use of existing Contracts for professional services
including planning, architectural, engineering, and real estate services as well as
construction administration, management and inspection services related to the
assessment, design, construction and maintenance of the City’s capital assets,
including infrastructure, buildings and land as needed by the various Departments of
the City of Pittsburgh. Funding for these services are to come from the Capital Budget
and the projects supported by the professional services.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Public Works
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2229 Resolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts, an
Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, providing for the
design, repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of
materials, equipment and supplies in connection with the Wenzell Avenue / Carnahan
Road Intersection project; and providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or
Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation;
and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $2,200,000.00.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Public Works
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2245 Resolution calling on the Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer to
design a property maintenance program to assist the senior, disabled, and veteran
residents of the City of Pittsburgh who are not of able body to properly maintain the
exterior premises surrounding their residence.
SPONSOR /S: MR. GILMAN AND MRS. KAIL-SMITH
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Public Works
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
COUNCILWOMAN DARLENE M. HARRIS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN
RESOURCES
2017-2281 Report of the Committee on Human Resources for December 13, 2017 with an
Affirmative Recommendation.
2017-2102 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Personnel
and Civil Service Commission to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with UPMC
Benefits Management Services, Inc. d/b/a WorkPartners for services relating to the
administration of the City’s workers’ compensation program, pursuant to the
Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act, for a sum not to exceed Four Million
Eight Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Two Dollars
($4,875,732.00) over four years and for the payment of the costs thereof.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Human Resources
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12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2195 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Personnel and
Civil Service Commission to enter into a grant agreement with an organization to
manage the 2018 HirePGH program, which incentivizes Pittsburgh businesses to hire
City residents that are recipients of the Pittsburgh Promise, for an amount not to
exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Human Resources
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2196 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Personnel and
Civil Service Commission to enter into a grant agreement with an organization for the
facilitation of the 2017 Youth Participatory Budget Council’s final proposal, which
calls for funding college preparatory and career readiness programs for low income
high school students, for an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars
($25,000).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Human Resources
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2197 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human
Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Agreement with Strategic Claims
Direction LLC for services relating to the auditing the TPA administrating the City’s
workers’ compensation program, for a sum not to exceed Four Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($400,000.00) over four years and for the payment of the costs thereof.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Human Resources
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2265 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of E.B. Jacobs, Inc. in the
amount of $29,397.50 for professional consulting services in connection with Police
Officer Recruit candidate examination and selection services, and providing for the
payment of the cost thereof.
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Human Resources
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE &
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
2017-2282 Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for December 13,
2017 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
2017-1775 Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with Community Based
Organizations for community and economic development planning assistance in
various neighborhoods in the City and providing operating support for these groups,
and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, at a cost not exceed $600,000.
Legislative History
7/25/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
7/25/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
7/26/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Waived under the Rules of Council
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-1998 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the
Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Accamando Center, located
at 2410 Saw Mill Run Boulevard, block and lot numbers 95-N-390, in the 32nd
Ward, City of Pittsburgh.
(Public Hearing Held 12-8-17)
Legislative History
10/17/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
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10/25/17 Standing Committee Held for Public Hearing to the Committee
on Hearings
12/8/17 Committee on Hearings Public Hearing Held to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2181 Resolution accepting a new street name, HERO WAY in the Seventh Ward of the
City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing
Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in October
2017. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the
Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street
Naming and Addressing.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2182 Resolution granting unto Steven J. Hawkings, their successors and assigns, the
privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a
handicap ramp with handrail and landing at 4315 Murray in the 15th Ward, Council
District 5 of the City of Pittsburgh, USA.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2183 Resolution granting unto Robert Indovina, their successors and assigns, the privilege
and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a handicap
ramp with handrail and landing at 2132 Sarah Street, 16th Ward, Council District 3
of the City of Pittsburgh, USA
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
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12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2184 Resolution granting unto David Stumpf, their successors and assigns, the privilege and
license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a handicap ramp
at 120 Oakland Ave in the 4th Ward, Council District 3 of the City of Pittsburgh,
USA.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2185 Resolution amending Resolution No. 99, effective March 6, 2017 entitled: Amending
the Capital Budget and providing for the filing of a Community Development
statement by the City of Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development for a grant in connection with the 2012 Community Development Block
Grant Program; providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of
other data providing for required assurances; providing for execution of payment
vouchers on letter of credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of
the funds in a bank account and providing for the payment of expenses within
categories, so as to reprogram funds from Law: “Disparity Study Update”
(-$62,000.00), and Parks and Recreation “Recreation & Senior Center Maintenance
(-47,504.38) and “Beechview Senior Center” (-$147,870.00), and transfer these
funds to “City Planning Personnel (+$257,374.38)
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2186 Resolution amending Resolution No. 101, effective March 6, 2017, Resolution
providing for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City of
Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant
in connection with the 2014 Community Development Block Grant Program;
providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing
for required assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of
credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank
account and providing for the payment of expenses within categories, so as to
reprogram funds within the Department of City Planning from: Multimodal
Transportation Planning and Education “(-$40,000.00) and transfer these funds to
“Personnel” (+$40,000.00), and reprogram funds from Parks and Recreation
“Recreation and Senior Center Rehab” (-$300,000.000), and
transfer these funds to URA “Major Development” (+$300,000.00).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee AMENDED
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2187 Resolution amending Resolution No. 103, effective March 6, 2017, entitled
Resolution providing for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City
of Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a
grant in connection with the 2015 Community Development Block Grant Program;
providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing
for required assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of
credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank
account and providing for the payment of expenses within categories, so as to
reprogram funds from Public Works “Streetscape and Intersection Reconstruction
(-$5,854.02), and transfer these funds to the Department of City Planning
“Personnel” (+$5,854.02).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2188 Resolution amending Resolution 105, effective March 6, 2017, Resolution providing
for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City of Pittsburgh with
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in connection
with the 2016 Community Development Block Grant Program; providing for the
execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing for required
assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of credit and for
certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank account and
providing for the payment of expenses within categories, so as to reprogram funds
within the Public Works budget from: “Flood Control Projects (-500,000.00) to
Design, Construction, & Inspection (+500,000.00)
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2189 Resolution amending Resolution No. 172, effective April 7, 2016, as amended,
entitled: providing for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City of
Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant
in connection with the 2009 Community Development Block Grant Program;
providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing
for required assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of
credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank
account and providing for the payment of expenses within categories, so as to transfer
funds from Public Works “Penn Ave. Reconstruction” (-$14,365.30), to City
Planning Personnel +(14,365.30)
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2190 Resolution amending Resolution No. 287, effective May 19, 2017, entitled: providing
for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City of Pittsburgh with
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant in connection
with the 2011 Community Development Block Grant Program; providing for the
execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing for required
assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of credit and for
certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank account and
providing for the payment of expenses within categories, so as to reprogram funds
from City Planning and Public Works: “Building Conditions Survey” (-$30,000.00),
“Slope Failure Remediation” (-$45,680.93), “Sinc-Up Traffic Signal Improvement”
(-$75,000.00), and “Architectural Engineering” (-$6,927.37) and transfer these funds
to City Planning “Personnel” (+157,608.30).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2191 Resolution amending Resolution No. 670, effective November 14, 2016, entitled:
providing for the filing of a Community Development statement by the City of
Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for a grant
in connection with the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Program;
providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other data providing
for required assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers on letter of
credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds in a bank
account and providing for the payment of expenses within categories, so as to transfer
funds from Public Works: “Slope Failure Remediation” (-$4,175.00); and transfer
these funds to City Planning “Personnel” (+$4,175.00).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2192 Resolution amending Resolution No. 672, effective November 14, 2016, entitled:
Amending the Capital Budget and providing for the filing of a Community Development
statement by the City of Pittsburgh with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development for a grant in connection with the 2013 Community Development Block
Grant Program; providing for the execution of grant contracts and for the filing of other
data providing for required assurances; providing for execution of payment vouchers
on letter of credit and for certification of authorized signature; the deposit of the funds
in a bank account and providing for the payment of expenses within categories, so as
to reprogram funds from Parks and Recreation: “Recreation and Senior Center
Rehabilitation” (-$250,000.00), and transfer these funds to “City Planning Personnel”
(+250,000.00).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2259 Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with Michael Baker
International, Inc. to assist the City in developing plans and studies for the
development of an Architectural Inventory of the West End, Elliott, Brighton Heights,
Bedford Dwellings, Middle Hill, and Terrace Village neighborhoods and provide for
the payment at a cost thereof, not to exceed $125,000.00
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2260 Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with Michael Baker
International, Inc. to assist the City in developing plans and studies for the
development of revised Historic District Guidelines for one City historic district and
provide for the payment at a cost thereof, not to exceed $25,000.00
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
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12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2261 Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with Consultant(s) and
Vendor(s) to assist the City in developing plans and studies for the development of a
data manual for the Comprehensive Plan and provide for the payment at a cost
thereof, not to exceed $80,000.00.
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2262 Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with Consultant(s) and
Vendor(s) to assist the City in developing plans and studies for the development of
Graphics & Communication Strategy for the Comprehensive Plan and provide for the
payment at a cost thereof, not to exceed $150,000.00
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2263 Resolution providing for an Agreement(s) and Contract(s) with CNX to assist the
City in developing plans and studies for the development of policy and code changes
for Telecom Antenna Aesthetics and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, not to
exceed $30,000.00
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Land Use and Economic Development
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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COUNCILMAN REV. RICKY V. BURGESS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION,
PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT
2017-2283 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance and Asset Management for
December 13, 2017 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
2017-2173 Resolution amending Resolution No. 662 of 2016, entitled “Resolution authorizing the
Mayor and the Chief & Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to
enter into an Agreement, Agreements or Amendments with Amcom for the lease of
the Multi-Function Devices and the Managed Print Services for a sum not to exceed
Three Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars $375,000 per year for 3 years,” by
extending the term for two additional years and by increasing the authorized amount
by Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Innovation, Performance and Asset
Management
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2174 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Innovation & Performance, and the
Director of Human Resources & Civil Service to enter into an Amendment or
Amendments to extend the existing Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement
between the City of Pittsburgh and the County of Allegheny for the Enterprise
Resource Planning system by one (1) calendar year through December 31, 2018, and
to provide for the payment of fees for support services at a cost not to exceed Four
Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand and Zero Dollars ($472,000.00).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Innovation, Performance and Asset
Management
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2175 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation &
Performance to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, or Amendments with CDW-G
and VMWare Inc. for the provision of software and services used to support the
City’s technology infrastructure for a sum not to exceed $426,400 per year for 5
years, totaling Two Million One Hundred Thirty Two Thousand Dollars
($2,132,000), over the five-year period.
Legislative History
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12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Innovation, Performance and Asset
Management
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
COUNCILMAN DAN GILMAN PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AFFAIRS
2017-2284 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs for December 13, 2017 with an
Affirmative Recommendation.
2017-2172 Resolution further amending Resolution Number 651 of 2016, entitled, “Resolution
amending Resolution 404/2015, entitled, ‘Resolution authorizing the approval of an
inter-municipal transfer of restaurant liquor license, License No. R-12467,
LID-60311 from Damon’s International, Inc., 4070-4072 William Penn Hwy.,
Monroeville, PA 15146-2685 to the Applicant, Mixtape, LLC. 4907 Penn Avenue,
Pittsburgh, PA 15224 for the premises located at 4907 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
15224, restaurant known as “Mixtape” pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor
Code, §4-461’, so as to amend Section 5. Memorandum of Understanding between
Mixtape LLC and the Bloomfield Garfield Corporation to extend the hours of
operation.” so as to approve rescindment of the Conditional Licensing Agreement
between Mixtape, LLC and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, which had
incorporated the terms and conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding
between Mixtape, LLC and the Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation, as amended
pursuant to Resolution Number 651 of 2016, and Section 6, as approved in
Resolution Number 404 of 2015.
SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred
12/5/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/6/17 Standing Committee Held in Committee to the Committee on
Intergovernmental Affairs
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
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2017-2176 Resolution amending Resolution No. 18 of 2016, effective February 2, 2016, entitled
Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements with the City of
Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles, heavy equipment
and vehicle accessories for use by City of Pittsburgh Departments and Authorities by
increasing the Capital Equipment Acquisition line item by $150,000.00, from
$5,000,000.00 to $5,150,000.00.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Intergovernmental Affairs
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2177 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage
Facilities Plan for Davison Development at 283 46th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201.
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Intergovernmental Affairs
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2178 Resolution approving Execution of a Deed by and between the Urban
Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh, for the sale of
Block 19-C, Lot 166 in the 20th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, in the Elliott
Neighborhood - Council District No. 2 (public safety training facility).
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Intergovernmental Affairs
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2243 Resolution authorizing and directing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh
to create, or restructure an existing home purchase closing cost assistance program.
SPONSOR /S: MR. GILMAN
Legislative History
12/5/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Intergovernmental Affairs
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12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2257 Resolution amending Resolution No. 652 of 2017, effective October 31, 2017, as
amended by Resolution No. 13 of 2017, effective January 23, 2017, as amended by
Resolution 198, effective April 25, 2017, entitled Resolution authorizing a
cooperation agreement or agreements with the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing
Authority for the purchase of vehicles, heavy equipment and vehicle accessories for
use by City of Pittsburgh Departments and Authorities by increasing the Capital
Equipment Acquisition line item by $700,000.00, from $2,212,131.00 to
$2,912,131.00.
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Intergovernmental Affairs
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2258 Resolution amending Resolution No. 112, effective March 19, 2014, entitled
“Providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the
Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in
connection with the 2014-2015 Community Development Block Grant Program, and
providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $3,200,000” by
increasing the Major Development line item by $300,000.00 and the total cost
thereof to $3,500,000.00. (Council Districts: All).
Legislative History
12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Intergovernmental Affairs
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
2017-2270 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 PITTSBURGH SUMMER YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT by $700,000.00 and increasing CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
ACQUISITION by $700,000.00.
Legislative History
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12/12/17 City Council Waived under Rule 8
12/12/17 City Council Read and referred to the Committee on
Intergovernmental Affairs
12/13/17 Standing Committee Affirmatively Recommended
MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
ADJOURNMENT
LEGISLATION PRESENTED BY SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER
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