Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, June 21, 2017 10:00 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 2017-1647 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to support the Alternative Fuels Incentive Gant (AFIG) with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. This grant is for the Second Avenue Charging Station Project to assist in the purchase of renewable powered and mobile, dual port electric vehicle charging stations and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($175,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1648 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to support the Alternative Fuels Incentive Gant (AFIG) with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. This grant is for the second avenue electric vehicle project providing assistance to purchase 10 electric sedans to be used by the City’s motorpool and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed EIGHTY THOUSAND ($80,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 6/22/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 21, 2017 NEW PAPERS 2017-1621 Resolution authorizing the issuance of 4 warrants in the total sum of Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) in favor of the Department of Community & Economic Development, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120, in accordance with Article V of the Emergency Shelter Grant agreement no. C000051736 in full and final settlement of a claim made by the Department of Community & Economic Development. (Executive Session Requested) A motion was made that this matter be Held for Executive Session. The motion carried. 2017-1626 Resolution further amending and supplementing Resolution No. 855 of 2011, entitled “adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget” by adding Hilltop Alliance-Cameras $5,000 within District 3 Neighborhood Needs. SPONSOR /S: MR. KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1627 Resolution further amending Res. No. 93 effective March 6, 2012 entitled “Providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements and/or a Contract or Contracts, or use of existing Contracts, and for the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, and/or services for various projects in connection with the City Council Neighborhood Needs Program in Council District 3; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof”, by adding Hilltop Alliance-Cameras. Total cost of all District 3 Neighborhood Needs projects is not to exceed $51,943.77. SPONSOR /S: MR. KRAUS A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1628 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Five, Article VII, Parking Meters, by creating a meter zone and a meter rate for the Hill District in chapter 543.01 section (b). SPONSOR /S: MR. LAVELLE A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Printed on 6/22/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 21, 2017 INVOICES A motion was made to Approve. The motion carried. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS NONE P-CARD APPROVALS A motion was made to Approve. The motion carried. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1616 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Article 1 Public Right-of-Way, Chapter 416, Obstructions, § 416.20 - Approval process for Sidewalk Café, including Permits and Fees and § 416.21 - Sidewalk Café Site Plan, by adding language for a proprietor wishing to establish a sidewalk café with more fewer than four (4) seats. SPONSOR /S: MR. GILMAN A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED. The motion carried. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1624 Ordinance to vacate a pedestrian pathway known as “Chatham Lane,” by partially repealing Ordinance 19 of 1964 (filed in City of Pittsburgh Ordinance Book 68, Page 460) entitled “an Ordinance accepting the dedication of Chatham Lane, 15 feet wide between Chatham Street and Bigelow Boulevard and the underpass below Webster Avenue as shown and describe in Pennsylvania Department of Highways’ drawing for construction of Route No. 1026, Section No. 2/b, pages 19 and 23, for pedestrian ramp, opening and naming the same; also accepting the dedication of four (4) open areas adjacent to the Crosstown Boulevard as shown and dedicated in Urban Redevelopment Authority Plan Drawing 256-P-7 and 256-P-8, and providing certain terms and conditions; all in the Second Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.” A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Printed on 6/22/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 21, 2017 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR 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 6/28/2017. The motion carried. INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1639 Resolution amending Resolution No. 587 of 2015, authorizing the Director of Finance and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a contract or agreement, or use of existing contract or agreement with a vendor for the purpose of continuing to operate an Open Government Financial System for years 2015 and 2016 and ending July 31, 2017. This contract may be extended for one additional year upon mutual agreement of the parties. Total cost for 2015 and 2016 $40,000. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Innovation, Performance and Asset Management, due back by 6/28/2017. The motion carried. A motion was made that the 1 week hold be Reconsidered to the Committee on Innovation, Performance and Asset Management. The motion carried. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Printed on 6/22/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 21, 2017 2017-1640 Resolution amending Resolution Enactment Number 42, effective February 11, 2016, previously amending Resolution Enactment Number 271, effective May 5, 2014, providing for an agreement or agreements for the Departments of Innovation & Performance and Public Safety to include upgrades to the City's existing public safety systems for a sum not to exceed One Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($143,562.50) Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) and for the payment of the costs thereof; said amendment to extend the term from December 31, 2016 to September 30, 2017 and to allocate funds from a new JDE # to provide for the same. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2017-1611 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into a memorandum of understanding with Allegheny County to receive a regular extract of the Allegheny County property assessment file that will be used to communicate with the correct owner of the property for reasons including but not limited to tax collection, and permit, and license issuance. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. GILMAN, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1613 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into voluntary agreements with private property owners for the purpose of replacing privately-owned lead water service lines when the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is replacing the lead water service line affecting such private lines and further authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority to cooperate in the removal of such privately-owned lines. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 6/28/2017. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Printed on 6/22/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final June 21, 2017 2017-1614 Ordinance Supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Ten, by adding a new Chapter 1005, entitled “Mandatory Disclosure of Lead Plumbing and Lead Content of Water” to require disclosure of lead hazards, including lead service lines and Lead Water Test results, under certain terms and conditions, and granting authority to the City Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enforce this ordinance: A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 6/28/2017. The motion carried. 2017-1617 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Lola 38 Townhouses at 211, 213, 215, 217, and 219 38th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Printed on 6/22/2017