Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, May 3, 2017 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 7 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Ms. Rudiak, and Mrs. Kail-Smith Absent 2 - Mrs. Harris, and Mr. O'Connor FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MS. RUDIAK, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1478 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) to enter into a Donation Agreement with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) and Peoples Gas to accept a donation totaling $750,000.00, of which PWSA is donating $250,000.00 and Peoples Gas is donating $500,000.00, for the purpose of offering free water filters to all City of Pittsburgh homeowners. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 7 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Ms. Rudiak, and Mrs. Kail-Smith No: 0 Abstain: 0 Absent: 2 - Mrs. Harris, and Mr. O'Connor 2017-1479 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”) and the Infrastructure Management Group (“IMG”) for the management of a possible restructuring of PWSA at a sum not to exceed $275,000.00 and providing for the payment of the costs thereof. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 5/4/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 3, 2017 motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 6 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, and Ms. Rudiak No: 1 - Mrs. Kail-Smith Abstain: 0 Absent: 2 - Mrs. Harris, and Mr. O'Connor 2017-1480 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) to execute relevant agreements to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County to support Allegheny County Department of Economic Development’s match for a HUD Lead Safety and Healthy Homes Grant expenditures not to exceed Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand ($375,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. DEFERRED PAPERS 2017-1371 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) in favor of Lili Josephson and her attorneys Balzarini & Watson, Grant Building, Suite 3303, 310 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, fully releasing the City from all claims and liability for alleged personal injuries as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 15-002137. (Executive Session Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INVOICES A moiton was made to Approve. The moiton carried. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS P-CARD APPROVALS A moiton was made to Approve. The moiton carried. PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR. LAVELLE, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1441 Resolution amending Resolution No. 693 of 2016, authorizing the Mayor, Director of City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Printed on 5/4/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 3, 2017 Office of Management and Budget and the Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into a Lease Agreement or Agreements with the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) for the use of certain property located at 900 and 918 N. Lincoln Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 by adding contractual language regarding parking guidelines. Said Amendment(s) to Lease Agreement(s) at a cost not to exceed One-Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), raising the overall cost of the Lease Agreement(s) to Two Million Three-Hundred Thirteen Thousand Three-Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Eighty-Eight Cents ($2,313,366.88). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2016-0875 Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh’s Department of Public Works to assume responsibility for the year round maintenance, repair, and future alterations constructed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as part of the East Ohio Street Improvement Project. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 5/17/2017. The motion carried. LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2016-1087 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from by changing from Urban Industrial (UI) to Local Neighborhood Commercial (LNC) property at 5515 Butler Street identified as Block No. 120-N Lot 15; Block No. 120-J Lot 70; and Block No. 119-S Lot 191 all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 10th Ward. (Public Hearing Held, February 28, 2017) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1373 Resolution amending resolution number 772 of 2016, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program” so as to transfer one hundred thousand dollars from Community Based Organizations to the Southwest Pittsburgh CDC ($50,000) and the Mount Washington CDC ($50,000). City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Printed on 5/4/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 3, 2017 SPONSORS: SPONSOR/SMRS. KAIL-SMITH A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 5/24/2017. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2017-1440 Resolution amending Resolution No. 775, effective December 29, 2016 entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Chief and Director of Innovation and Performance to enter into a grant agreement with the City Energy Project, a program of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Institute for Market Transformation to receive $200,000 in funding to support (1) energy consultant advisor for two-years; (2) Participation in the City Energy Project and (3) the development of a city-wide energy efficiency policy and programs.” A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1437 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with N. Harris Computer Corporation for the provision of a self-assessed business tax & revenue management software system for a sum not to exceed Two Million Thirty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars ($2,036,925.00) over ten years and for the payment of the costs thereof. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. GILMAN, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1465 Resolution providing for a Cooperation Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (“PWSA”) for the shared operation and joint administration of an Agreement or Agreements with Infrastructure Management Group (“IMG”) relating to the possible restructuring of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by the following vote: City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Printed on 5/4/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final May 3, 2017 Aye: 6 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, and Ms. Rudiak No: 1 - Mrs. Kail-Smith Abstain: 0 Absent: 2 - Mrs. Harris, and Mr. O'Connor NEW PAPERS 2017-1438 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Tata Consultancy Center, 4665 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 5/10/2017. The motion carried. 2017-1439 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Sehr Abodes at 955 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 5/10/2017. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Printed on 5/4/2017