Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, February 25, 2015 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PRE-AGENDA - APPOINTMENTS AND/OR RE-APPOINTMENTS PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 8- Rev. Burgess, Mr. Gilman, Mrs. Harris, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Mr. O'Connor, Ms. Rudiak, and Mrs. Kail-Smith Absent 1- Ms. Gross FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MS. RUDIAK, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL 2015-1335 Resolution amending Resolution 756/2014, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance to purchase the Lot and Block# 54-J-187 located at 341 Saline Street, 15207 from John & Virginia Ingoldsby in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000)” so as to include additional funds to cover administrative costs. Sponsors: Mr. O'Connor A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended as Amended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. DEFERRED PAPERS City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 2/27/2015 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final February 25, 2015 2015-1276 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title One, Administration, Chapter 170 Fees, so as to add language in Section 170.01 to create a formal process for setting an annual fee schedule for all city departments. Sponsors: Mr. Gilman A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. NEW PAPERS 2015-1307 Ordinance amending Ordinance 2 of 2012, entitled, “The Neighborhood First Capital Budget Reform Act” amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two, Fiscal, to bring the City of Pittsburgh into compliance with the recommendations of the amended Act, 47 Financial Recovery Plan relating to the Capital Budget, pursuant to Ordinance No. 29 of 2010 enacted by City Council on June 8, 2010, adopting the Amended Act 47 Financial Recovery Plan for the City of Pittsburgh” dated May 21, 2009 is hereby amended by deleting Chapter 218, Capital Budget in its entirety and replacing it with new language. A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended as Amended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. 2015-1308 Resolution amending Resolution 1167 of 1986, which created the Microfilm Permit Plans Trust Fund, in order to rename the Trust Fund and to revise the categories of permitted expenditures to be made by the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections (formerly Bureau of Building Inspection) with said Trust Fund monies. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Printed on 2/27/2015 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final February 25, 2015 2015-1311 Resolution further amending Resolution 549, effective September 21, 2012 entitled "providing for an agreement/s, or use of existing agreements and/or a contract/s, or use of existing contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for City Council Neighborhood Needs Program and providing for the payment of the costs thereof", by transferring $56,500 to various projects within District 1 Neighborhood Needs. Total cost of all projects is not to exceed $437,779.53. Sponsors: Mrs. Harris A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended as Amended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. INVOICES A motion was made that this matter be Approved. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS - None PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2015-1309 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, with a Consultant or Consultants, for engineering services in connection with local funding for additional improvements undertaken by PennDOT within the City of Pittsburgh; providing for a Reimbursement Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation; and further providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $470,000. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. 2015-1310 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Optimus Technologies for professional services in connection with the design, assembly and installation of twenty (20) Vector fuel systems on specified Department of Public Works vehicles and the installation of a biofuel refueling station at a cost not to exceed ($150,000.00) One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Printed on 2/27/2015 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final February 25, 2015 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2015-1312 Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012-2017 Capital Improvement Program” by transferring $56,500 to various projects within District 1 Neighborhood Needs. Sponsors: Mrs. Harris A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended as Amended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MRS. HARRIS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2015-1306 Resolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Periscope Holdings Inc., Inc. the exclusive program manager of the National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP) consulting program for a procurement policy and process review and providing for the payment of the costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $55,605. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. GILMAN, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2014-1105 Resolution authorizing the execution of a cooperation agreement or agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh providing for a grant of up to $30,000 from URA to the City of Pittsburgh for the West End Hydrological Study. (Council District 2) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Printed on 2/27/2015 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final February 25, 2015 2015-1238 Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of restaurant liquor license, License No. R-1715 LID 24951 from Joathy Corporation, 2801 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238, to the Applicant, Poros, Inc., for the premises located at Two PPG Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, restaurant known as Poros, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by a unanimous vote. HEARINGS COMMITTEE, MR. KRAUS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2015-1313 Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a public hearing before City Council on the proposed transfer of the Center Director for the Brighton Heights Senior Healthy Active Living Center. Cablecast A motion was made that this matter be Held for Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings . The motion carried by a unanimous vote. Motion to Excuse Councilwoman Gross City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Printed on 2/27/2015