Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MS. RUDIAK, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL 2015-1715 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 $2,000 to Northside Common Ministries within District 1 Neighborhood Needs. Sponsors: Mrs. Harris A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried 2015-1716 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 $2,000 to Northside Common Ministries 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 Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 6/11/2015 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 10, 2015 DEFERRED PAPERS 2015-1682 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Two Thousand Ninety-Six Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents ($2,096.35) in favor of Powers, Garrison & Hughes, 436 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for transcription services, charging same to 11101.53513.108000.2015. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried 2015-1683 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Two Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Three Dollars and Sixty Cents ($2,193.60) in favor of Powers, Garrison & Hughes, 436 Boulevard of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for transcription services, charging same to 11101.53153.108000.2015. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried NEW PAPERS 2015-1692 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the sum of Seventy-five Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($75,000.00), in favor of Taylor Condarcure, c/o Timothy P. O’Brien, Esquire, 1705 Allegheny Building, 429 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in Full and Final Settlement of an action filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:12-cv-01453. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried 2015-1693 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the sum of Forty Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($40,000.00), in favor of Paul Parrish and Todd Jonathan Hollis, his attorney, c/o Todd Jonathan Hollis, Esquire, Hollis Law Offices, The Lawyers Building, 428 Forbes Avenue, Suite 505, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, in Full and Final Settlement of an action filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:14-cv-0844. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried INVOICES - A motion was amde to Approve. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Printed on 6/11/2015 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 10, 2015 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS - None PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR. LAVELLE, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2014-1020 Ordinance amending and Supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title VII Business Licensing, by adding Article X Rental of Residential Housing, Chapter 781 Residential Housing Rental Permit Program to provide for the registration of rental housing located within the City of Pittsburgh and to provide penalties for violation. A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 6/17/2015. The motion carried PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2014-0915 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title 4 - Public Places and Property, Article I, Public Rights -of -Way, CHAPTER 416: - OBSTRUCTIONS, by adding a new section at 416.05 (a) et seq. requiring no less than a ten (10) day notice of a pending major street obstruction permit to be provided to the City Council; written notice to businesses and or residents within the impacted area; and providing for a waiver of said requirements in the event of an emergency. Sponsors: Mrs. Harris A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 6/24/2015. The motion carried 2015-1467 Ordinance amending the City Code, Title Four: -Public Places and Property, Article I - Public Rights of Way by adding a new Chapter at 418 - Filming Activities; governing permitting of commercial filming activities in the public rights of way and/or property. Sponsors: Mrs. Harris A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 6/24/2015. The motion carried City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Printed on 6/11/2015 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 10, 2015 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2015-1690 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from RM-M, Residential Multi-Unit, Moderate Density, to LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial, certain properties identified as Block Number 10-L, lot numbers 252 and 255 (2423 & 2435 Centre Avenue) all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System. A motion was made that this matter be Held for Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings . The motion carried URBAN RECREATION COMMITTEE, MR. O'CONNOR, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2015-1691 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Sheraton Hotel Station Square in an amount not to exceed ten thousand, one hundred, twenty nine dollars and five cents, for the Citiparks Seniors Program Volunteer Recognition Gala; and providing for the payment thereof, not to exceed ten thousand, one hundred, twenty nine dollars and five cents ($10,129.05). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. GILMAN, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2015-1674 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Bailey Park Phase II, Science Street/Zuzu Circle, Pittsburgh (18th Ward), Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried 2015-1675 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 3601 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206. A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 6/17/2015. The motion carried City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Printed on 6/11/2015