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510 City-County Building City of Pittsburgh 414 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Standing Committee Meeting Agenda - Final Thursday, July 6, 2017 1:30 PM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MS. RUDIAK, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2017-1583 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article VII - Personnel, Section 707 - Multiple Employment Prohibited, by adding a new subsection f which will allow City employees being able to be scholastic sports coaches in part-time positions with the Pittsburgh Public Schools. SPONSOR /S: MS. RUDIAK NEW PAPERS 2017-1541 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with CHR Catering Company Inc. for the purposes of providing the City of Pittsburgh with beverage and snack food vending services through vending machines. The City will receive monthly One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) or twenty five percent (25%) of gross monthly sales, whichever is greater. 2017-1666 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the amount of Nine Thousand Three Hundred Eighty Dollars and Zero Cents ($9,380.00) to Zero Water for additional transportation costs incurred delivering water feature upgrades for the Mayor’s Safe Water Plan providing water filters and pitchers to PWSA customers. 2017-1667 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into a Fellowship Participation Agreement or Agreements with FUSE Corps to host one Executive Fellow for twelve months at a cost not to exceed One-Hundred Fifty Thousand and Zero Dollars ($150,000.00) and to host two Executive Fellows for twelve months at no cost to the City. City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final 2017-1669 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of $3,733.50 to Thomas Thomas and Hafer LLP, One Oxford Centre Suite 1150, 301 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for professional consulting and legal services in connection with an action filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:15-cv-00555. (Executive Session Requested) 2017-1670 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of $7,259.50 to McGrail & Associates, 1714 Lincoln Way, White Oak, PA for professional consulting services in connection with billboard tax litigation. (Executive Session Requested) 2017-1671 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City Solicitor to enter into an agreement or agreements with Visual Evidence Corporation, 8555 Sweet Valley Drive, Suite A, Valley View, OH 44125 professional consulting services associated with anticipated or pending litigation, at a cost not to exceed Forty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($40,000.00). (Executive Session Requested) 2017-1672 Resolution providing for the filing of petitions for the sale of certain property, acquired at tax sales, to a City of Pittsburgh based Community Development Corporation, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the community through redevelopment. ITEMS A through D. A: 1511 Claim, B: 1517 Claim, C: 123 Bonvue, D: 20 Mairdale (A) Troy Hill Citizens Council PURCHASE PRICE: $100.00 + Costs LOT: 30 X AVG 49.32 LOCATION: 1511 Claim Street ACQUIRED: Oct. 30, 2015/ TS # 102 WARD: 24 BLOCK & LOT: 47-S-264 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 (B) Troy Hill Citizens Council PURCHASE PRICE: $100.00 + Costs LOT: 30 X 80 LOCATION: 1517 Claim Street ACQUIRED: Oct. 30, 2015/ TS # 103 WARD: 24 BLOCK & LOT: 47-S-265 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 (C) Observatory Hill, Inc. 2 & 3 STY FRA & AL SDG HSE, GAR City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final PURCHASE PRICE: $1,000.00 + Costs LOT: 16.67 X 205 LOCATION: 123 Bonvue Street ACQUIRED: Oct. 24, 2014/ TS # 227 WARD: 26 BLOCK & LOT: 116-A-288 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 (D) Observatory Hill, Inc. 2 ½ STY FRA INSL BRK HSE PURCHASE PRICE: $1,000.00 + Costs LOT: 42 X AVG 54 LOCATION: 20 Mairdale Street ACQUIRED: Aug. 19, 2016/ TS # 100 WARD: 26 BLOCK & LOT: 115-D-290 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 2017-1673 Resolution providing for the conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property, having been placed for sale to adjoining property owners in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh Side Yard Program. ITEMS A through I: A: 305 Mathilda, B: 308 N. Graham, C: 7606 Mulford, D: 219 Trowbridge, E: 45 Lafferty, F: 0 Oneida, G: 917 Peralta, H: 1612 Brighton, I: 3130 McClure (A) John Wong & Yan Jun Liu LOT: 54.54 X 46.35 X 65 X 15.79 RR LOCATION: 305 Mathilda Street ACQUIRED: July 22, 1993/ No TS#; Purchase WARD: 10 BLOCK & LOT 50-J-4 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9 (B) Georgiana Deming LOT: 22.85 X 100 LOCATION: 308 N. Graham Street ACQUIRED: April 29, 2016/ TS# 108 WARD: 11 BLOCK & LOT 50-M-214 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9 (C) Ira Vann Harris LOT: 35 X AVG 103.1 LOCATION: 7606 Mulford Street ACQUIRED: April 29, 2016/ TS# 191 WARD: 13 BLOCK & LOT 175-C-36 City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9 (D) Stephanie Joy Everett LOT: 25 X 125 LOCATION: 219 Trowbridge Street ACQUIRED: April 29, 2016/ TS# 214 WARD: 15 BLOCK & LOT 56-R-57 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 5 (E) Robert Payne & Joan Payne LOT: 22.5 X 120 LOCATION: 45 Lafferty Avenue ACQUIRED: Aug. 19, 2016/ TS# 69 WARD: 18 BLOCK & LOT 15-K-169 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3 (F) Perry Bruno LOT: 10 X 120 LOCATION: 0 Oneida Street ACQUIRED: April 29, 2016/ TS# 341 WARD: 19 BLOCK & LOT 5-C-56 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 2 (G) Evaine Sing & Christopher Watson LOT: 25 X 50 LOCATION: 917 Peralta Street ACQUIRED: Aug. 19, 2016/ TS# 83 WARD: 23 BLOCK & LOT 24-K-136 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 (H) Darwin Copeland LOT: 20 X 64 LOCATION: 1612 Brighton Road ACQUIRED: Aug. 19, 2016/ TS# 94 WARD: 25 BLOCK & LOT 23-E-306 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6 (I) Thomas Stacy & Mary Stacy LOT: 23.33 X 138.25 City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final LOCATION: 3130 McClure Avenue ACQUIRED: Apr. 29, 2016/ TS# 416 WARD: 27 BLOCK & LOT 75-S-151 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 2017-1674 Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through H: A: 4930 Brown, B: 1313 Reddour, C: 1206 Boyle, D: 1714 Brighton, E: 223 E. Jefferson, F: 111 Jefferson, G: 1442 Loraine, H: 1718 Naugle (A) Ryan Matuza PURCHASE PRICE: $10,000.00 Green Space LOT: 100 X 63.83 LOCATION: 4930 Brown Way ACQUIRED: Oct. 22, 2010 T/S# 11 WARD: 10 BLOCK & LOT: 50-F-97 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9 (B) Nichele Parker PURCHASE PRICE: $500.00 Build Residential Home LOT: 15 X 63 LOCATION: 1313 Reddour Street ACQUIRED: Apr. 26, 2013 T/S# 446 WARD: 22 BLOCK & LOT: 23-K-389-1 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 (C) Nichele Parker PURCHASE PRICE: $500.00 Build Residential Home LOT: 20 X 49.3 LOCATION: 1206 Boyle Street ACQUIRED: Aug. 14, 2015 T/S# 107 WARD: 22 BLOCK & LOT: 23-L-175 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1 (D) Nichele Parker PURCHASE PRICE: $800.00 Build Residential Home LOT: 17.59 X 106 LOCATION: 1714 Brighton Road City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final ACQUIRED: April 25, 2014 T/S# 283 WARD: 25 BLOCK & LOT: 23-E-369 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6 (E) Nichele Parker PURCHASE PRICE: $600.00 Build Residential Home LOT: 15 X 100 LOCATION: 223 E. Jefferson Street ACQUIRED: Apr. 24, 2015 T/S# 203 WARD: 25 BLOCK & LOT: 23-F-141 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6 (F) Nichele Parker PURCHASE PRICE: $600.00 Build Residential Home LOT: 17.23 X 43 X 17.77 X 43 LOCATION: 111 Jefferson Street ACQUIRED: Dec. 5, 1983 T/S# 662 WARD: 25 BLOCK & LOT: 23-F-178 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6 (G) Nichele Parker PURCHASE PRICE: $1,000.00 Build Residential Home LOT: 30 X 90 LOCATION: 1442 Loraine Street ACQUIRED: Sep. 14, 1992 T/S# 954 WARD: 25 BLOCK & LOT: 23-G-103 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6 (H) Raymond Batko & Darlene Batko PURCHASE PRICE: $9,800.00 Raze & Build House LOT: 60 X 120 LOCATION: 1718 Naugle Street ACQUIRED: Oct. 30, 2015 T/S# 130 WARD: 31 BLOCK & LOT: 184-R-44 COUNCIL DISTRICT: 5 INVOICES City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS P-CARD APPROVALS PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR. LAVELLE, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1693 Resolution authorizing the Department of Public Safety, Office of Special Events, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Pittsburgh Three Rivers Marathon, Inc. (“P3R”) for providing professional services with regard to the management of the Richard S. Caliguiri City of Pittsburgh Great Race (“Great Race”). Said agreement or agreements shall be for a term of three years (2017-2019) at a total cost to the City not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($60,000.00) for 2017, and for each of the years 2018-19, the greater of Sixty Thousand Dollars and No Cents ($60,000.00) or 40% of net revenues generated by the Great Race. 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. NEW PAPERS 2017-1665 Resolution amending resolution number 816 of 2015, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget” in order to transfer $50,000 from the Cox Ave Flood Control Project to Lewis Deck Hockey Relocation to McBride. SPONSOR /S: MR. O'CONNOR 2017-1668 Resolution providing for a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Walter P. Moore and Associates for an assessment of the structural integrity of the Division 4 Public Works Facility and providing for the payment thereof at a cost not to exceed $15,000.00. 2017-1676 Resolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts, an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, providing for the design, repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with STREETSCAPE AND INTERSECTION RECONSTRUCTION; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $1,476,539.00. City of Pittsburgh Page 7 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final 2017-1677 Resolution providing for a Contract or Contracts, or the use of existing Contracts, an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, providing for the design, repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment and supplies in connection with PENN AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION, PHASE II PROJECT; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $500,000.00. 2017-1678 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to support two transportation fellowships through the end of 2018, and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed $230,000 dollars for this stated purpose. HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MRS. HARRIS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1663 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. 2017-1664 Resolution providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies to conduct a summer youth employment program to youth residing in the City of Pittsburgh, summer staff wages, and administrative expenditures necessary to implement the 2017 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program; and providing for the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2017 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed $200,000.00. LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1660 An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article IV, Chapter 917 Operational Performance Standards, Section 917.06 Construction Operations by changing the hours during which construction operations are permitted. SPONSOR /S: MR. GILMAN City of Pittsburgh Page 8 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final 2017-1661 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from AP, Mixed-Use Planned Unit Development to GPR-C, Grandview Public Realm sub-district C, a certain property identified as 1401 Grandview Avenue, Block Number 6-G, lot number 251; in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. GILMAN, CHAIR DEFERRED 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. 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: NEW PAPERS 2017-1662 Resolution amending Resolution 83 of 2017 to further authorize the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Personnel and Civil Service to enter into a Subrecipient Agreement or Agreements with Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the 2017 Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program in an amount not to exceed Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($700,000.00) in addition to the prior authorized Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the Program. 2017-1675 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements or the use of existing Agreements, providing for a Contract or Contracts or the use of existing Contracts, providing for repairs, maintenance, improvements, emergencies and/or the purchase of materials, equipment, supplies and professional services in connection with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for reimbursing PWSA up to $200,000 for costs incurred by PWSA in their Hayson/Red Oak storm-water retention project, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof. City of Pittsburgh Page 9 Printed on 7/6/2017 Standing Committee Standing Committee Meeting July 6, 2017 Agenda - Final HEARINGS COMMITTEE, MR. KRAUS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1649 Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council related to passing Sanctuary City legislation for Pittsburgh to make the City a truly welcoming City for all by codifying in law that all City public services should be made accessible to everyone regardless of immigration status, origin, color of skin, sexual orientation, religion or language. The legislation should make it illegal for all City agencies, Pittsburgh City Police to collaborate with the Immigration Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) and to disclose information about the immigration status of any person. Similar to Sanctuary City legislation passed by Cities such as Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and others, the proposed legislation is intended to help all immigrants and all vulnerable communities feel welcome and safe in Pittsburgh. The Petition is valid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter. City of Pittsburgh Page 10 Printed on 7/6/2017