Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, June 14, 2017 9:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 8 - Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mrs. Harris, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Mr. O'Connor, Ms. Rudiak, and Mrs. Kail-Smith Absent 1 - Rev. Burgess FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MS. RUDIAK, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1623 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Heinz Endowments to assist the City of Pittsburgh with a comprehensive review of development, permitting, and licensing processes and recommendations for optimization. This resolution further provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose as it relates to the grant funding for the project. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. DEFERRED PAPERS 2017-1503 Resolution authorizing issuance of two warrants, the total sum of $4,000.00, payable as follows: In the sum of $3,153.60, in favor of Karwan H. Jabbar, 45 Petunia Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15210 for damage to his vehicle from an accident with a Citiparks vehicle and in the sum of $846.40 payable to the Bureau of Police's salaries account: 230000.51101 for repayment of overpayment of salary of Karwan Jabbar, upon his termination of employment with the City of Pittsburgh. A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 6/16/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 14, 2017 A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1504 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, and the Chief Urban Affairs Officer of the Bureau of Neighborhood Empowerment, to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children (“PAEYC”) in the amount of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) to provide professional services in the establishment of a strong and comprehensive early learning system for the City. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2017-1600 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 267 - Exemptions for Industrial and Commercial Improvements. A motion was made that this matter be Held for Post Agenda. The motion carried. CABLECAST A motion was made that this matter be Held for Public Hearing. The motion carried. CABLECAST 2017-1601 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 265 - Exemptions for Residential Improvements. A motion was made that this matter be Held for Post Agenda. The motion carried. CABLECAST A motion was made that this matter be Held for Public Hearing. The motion carried. CABLECAST INVOICES A motion was made to Approve. The motion carried. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS A motion was made to Approve. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Printed on 6/16/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 14, 2017 P-CARD APPROVALS A motion was made to Approve. The motion carried. PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR. LAVELLE, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1599 Resolution authorizing the Citizen Police Review Board to enter into an Agreement(s) or Contract(s) with Attorney William F. Ward of Rothman Gordon, P.C., for professional services to assist in the legal representation of the Citizen Police Review Board for a period of Three years. Said Agreement(s) or Contract(s) shall not exceed Thirty-Three Thousand Dollars ($33,000) for 2017 and shall not exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per year for 2018 and 2019; subject to the annual allocation by City Council. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1625 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a License Agreement for a period of one year in which the City grants to Allegheny GoatScape a right to utilize grazing goats upon particular City property in specified City parks. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 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 Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 7/6/2017. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Printed on 6/16/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 14, 2017 2017-1577 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to support the reconstruction of the Joncaire Steps in accordance to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) specifications and ECMS procedures. Further providing for agreements and expenditures at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Ninety Thousand Five Hundred Thirty ($790,530.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1618 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement with the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2), should the grant be awarded by DCNR, to provide funding for three (3) park Master Planning projects in the coming year: Kennard Park, Sheraden Park, and Emerald View Park. The total grant amount requested is ONE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FIFTY ($196,650.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1619 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement with the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2), should the grant be awarded by DCNR, to provide funding for the West End Trolley Trail Project repurpose an old trolley right-of-way in the underserved West End section of our city. The total grant amount requested is TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED ($292,400.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Printed on 6/16/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 14, 2017 2017-1620 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement with the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2), should the grant be awarded by DCNR, to provide funding for the Wightman Park Development Project providing upgrades to the park including green infrastructure. The total grant amount requested is FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. DEFERRED PAPERS 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). SPONSOR /S: MRS. KAIL-SMITH A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 6/21/2017. The motion carried. INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1612 Resolution amending Resolution No. 319 entitled “Authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Zucker Systems to optimize the City’s development review processes for a sum not to exceed One Hundred and Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($145,000) and for the payment of the costs thereof,” so as to include grant funding from the Heinz Endowments. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. GILMAN, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Printed on 6/16/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 14, 2017 2017-1561 Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the City of Pittsburgh (“City”), the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) and the Pittsburgh Land Bank “PLB” to provide for future shared administrative services and the transfer of property among agencies for governmental, redevelopment, and portfolio management purposes (All Districts). SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 6/28/2017. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2017-1596 Resolution adopting the Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the Warehouse Townhomes project at 5227 and 5229 Duncan Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1597 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 July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1598 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 July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Printed on 6/16/2017