Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes - Final Wednesday, July 19, 2017 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 8 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mrs. Harris, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Mr. O'Connor, and Mrs. Kail-Smith Absent 1 - Ms. Rudiak FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MS. RUDIAK, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 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 Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 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 Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 7/21/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final July 19, 2017 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 Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1694 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor Heckman Enterprises, 116 Claremont Drive, Lower Burrell, PA 15068-2410, in an amount not to exceed Six Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($6,500.00) for consultation services in connection with claimant v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., USDC #2:16-cv-01364. (Executive Session Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1695 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor Cliff Jobe Consulting, LLC, 204 Kennan Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601, in an amount not to exceed Nine Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Two Dollars and 50/100 Cents ($9,362.50) for consultation services in connection with claimant v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., USDC #2:16-cv-01364. (Executive Session Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1696 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Pittsburgh Collision & Reconstruction Services, LLC, 10 Grandview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15214, in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($5,460.00) for crash reconstruction consultation services in connection with claimant v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., USDC #2:16-cv-01364. (Executive Session Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Printed on 7/21/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final July 19, 2017 2017-1697 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor Tri-Rivers Consulting Services, 7500 Brooktree Road, Suite GL101, Wexford, PA 15090, in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and 75/100 Cents ($5,138.75) for IME services in connection with claimant v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., USDC #2:16-cv-01364. (Executive Session Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1698 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of The Center for Forensic Economic Studies, 1608 Walnut Street, Suite 801, Philadelphia PA 19103, in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-One Dollars and 00/100 Cents ($5,551.00) for consultation services in connection with claimant v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., USDC #2:16-cv-01364. (Executive Session Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1699 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor J J S Consulting Associates, Inc., 754 S. Settlers Circle, Warrington, PA 18976, in an amount not to exceed Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Dollars and No Cents ($9,900.00) for law enforcement consultation services in connection with claimant v. City of Pittsburgh, et al., USDC #2:16-cv-01608. (Executive Session Held) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 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. City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Printed on 7/21/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final July 19, 2017 PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR. LAVELLE, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2017-1747 Resolution authorizing Wendell Hissrich, Director of Public Safety, Raymond V. DeMichiei, Deputy Director, Emergency Management Agency, to execute for and on on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh all required forms and reports for disaster relief under the federal Stafford Act. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2017-1717 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with A Step Up Veterinary, Inc. for professional licensed veterinary services to the City’s Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Animal Care & Control, at an overall cost to the City over a three-year term not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO DOLLARS and NINETY-FIVE CENTS ($149,182.95). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2017-1718 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a Transfer Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”), under which PennDOT will make improvements to and transfer to the City of Pittsburgh portions of State Route 4084 from East Street to the West End Bridge, including Allegheny Circle. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Printed on 7/21/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final July 19, 2017 2017-1719 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding to support Broadway Ave Slab Replacement 2017 in Beechview, and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed Two Hundred Forty Five Thousand ($245,000) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2017-1720 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a Transfer Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) under which PennDOT will make improvements to and transfer to the City of Pittsburgh the remaining portions of Penn Circle from South Highland Avenue counterclockwise to Baum Boulevard, a length of approximately one mile. 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 2017-1743 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into contract and hire consultant, Gensler Architecture, Design & Planning, P.C. to design a neighborhood plan. The neighborhood plan should be executed for a sum not to exceed One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($150,000.00). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. DEFERRED PAPERS City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Printed on 7/21/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final July 19, 2017 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 7/26/2017. The motion carried. 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 publicly-owned 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 AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE. The motion carried. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 6 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, and Mrs. Kail-Smith No: 0 Abstain: 1 - Mrs. Harris Out of Room: 1 - Mr. O'Connor Absent: 1 - Ms. Rudiak City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Printed on 7/21/2017 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes - Final July 19, 2017 2017-1614 Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Ten, by adding a new Chapter 1005, entitled “Mandatory Testing of Lead Service Lines Plumbing” to reveal lead hazards, including lead service lines, and to require disclosure to lessees under certain terms and conditions, and granting authority to the City Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enforce this Chapter: A motion was made that this matter be AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE. The motion carried. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 6 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Gilman, Ms. Gross, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, and Mrs. Kail-Smith No: 0 Abstain: 1 - Mrs. Harris Out of Room: 1 - Mr. O'Connor Absent: 1 - Ms. Rudiak City of Pittsburgh Page 7 Printed on 7/21/2017