Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 7 - Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mrs. Harris, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Ms. Rudiak, and Mrs. Kail-Smith Absent 2 - Rev. Burgess, and Mr. O'Connor FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MS. RUDIAK, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2016-0538 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 796 of 2013, effective January 1, 2014, 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” so as to reprogram the funding from AUTOMATED FUEL DISPENSING SYSTEM to PARK RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM. The funds will be used to replace the artificial turf at the Schenley Oval Sportsplex. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried 2016-0540 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Seven Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($785,000.00) in favor of Foster v. City of Pittsburgh Class Members and attorneys Feinstein Doyle Payne & Kravec and ACLU of Pennsylvania, in compliance with the Court-approved Settlement Agreement, as payment in settlement related to the civil class action filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania at No. 2:12-cv-01207. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried INVOICES A motion was made to Approve. The motion was carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 6/22/2016 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 22, 2016 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS None PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2016-0518 Resolution granting unto Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership, 925 Liberty Avenue, 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, three parking garage wayfinding screens on the sidewalk area on Fort Duquesne Boulevard in the 2nd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MRS. HARRIS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2016-0514 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 $4,585,786. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Printed on 6/22/2016 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 22, 2016 URBAN RECREATION COMMITTEE, MR. O'CONNOR, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2016-0537 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 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 reducing Recreation and Senior Maintenance (-$190,000.00) and transferring the funding to the Park Reconstruction Program (+$190,000.00) line item. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried NEW PAPERS 2016-0515 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Parks and Recreation to accept conveyances of land from the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy to create additional land as part of Cliffside Park, to become August Wilson Park. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried 2016-0516 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Parks and Recreation to accept conveyances of land from the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to create additional land as part of Cliffside Park, to become August Wilson Park. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried 2016-0517 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Sheraton Hotel Station Square in an amount not to exceed nine thousand, eight hundred, ninety two dollars and ninety eight cents ($9,892.98), for the Citiparks Seniors Program Volunteer Recognition Gala; and providing for the payment thereof. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Printed on 6/22/2016