Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes Wednesday, April 25, 2018 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 7 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Coghill, Ms. Gross, Mrs. Harris, Mr. O'Connor, Mrs. Kail-Smith, and Mrs. Strassburger Absent 2 - Mr. Kraus, and Mr. Lavelle FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2018-0400 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, into a lease agreement or agreements with the Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation a (501(c) (3) non-profit corporation) in order that it will utilize the second floor of the City of Pittsburgh building located at 1555 Broadway Avenue, for a business incubator and co-working office space. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 310 City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018 INVOICES INVOICES FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL The following departmental invoices not covered under a contract with the City shall be paid by the City Controller after the invoices have been approved by City Council at the April 25th 2018 Standing Committees meeting. A completed standard form detailing the expenditures is attached to all of the below listed invoices. No payments will be made to any of the below listed vendors prior the approval of City Council. CITY COUNCIL Coffee Serv., Inc. – coffee service (Dist. 1) 241.00 Holt, Alicia – professional services (Dist. 9) 1,400.00 LAW Allegheny County Bar Association – continuing legal education 250.00 HUMAN RESOURCES Comcast Spotlight – advertising 1,345.90 Dalimonte, Brandon – reimbursement for notary registration fee 80.00 iHeart Media – advertising 2,000.00 PLI ICC – commercial electrical inspector workplace training 199.00 Iron Mountain Records Management – document destruction services 278.80 Miscel, Christina – reimbursement for state certification 100.00 City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018 EMS Allegheny County EMS Council – annual meeting assistance for ACEMSC 500.00 POLICE North Star Communication Inc – phone & data installation for Zone 2 substation 2,259.10 Always Compassionate Vet Care – examinations and medicines for K9 officers 2,517.25 Brian M. Roberts – care for retired K9 officer 527.19 Jeffrey T. Deschon – care for retired K9 officer 527.19 Richard D Houck – care for retired K9 officer 219.66 LexisNexis Risk Data Management – monthly investigative suite 70.61 Tice Danial – care for retired K9 officer 87.87 OMI Assured Polygraph Services – polygraphing of candidates for employment 2,700.00 Stoelting – supplies for polygraph machine 39.31 PUBLIC WORKS Airgas Great Lakes Inc – charges for propane tank rentals 89.90 Club Car/Total Equipment Company – parts to repair club car 422.96 Highway Equipment Company – parts for repair & service of equipment 351.92 City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018 Hodges Rash Company Inc – various landscaping maintenance supplies 658.00 Jackson Welding Supply Company – air gas for welding in shop 476.19 Montage Enterprises Inc – blades for grass cutting heads on equipment 783.30 PPC Lubricants – oil dry for cleaning spills 336.50 Sabre Equipment Inc – parts for repair & service of equipment 1,669.48 Tri State Hose & Supply Co – parts for repair & service of equipment 59.28 Zoresco Equipment Co – long term rental of storage trailers 390.00 Lesesne, William – renewal of CDL class BM 114.50 Levandoski, Donald – renewal of CDL class AM 114.50 PA Dept of Labor & Industry – various inspections and certificates 520.00 PARKS Sapienza, Tarey – refund of cancelled Mt Washington facility rental 189.00 West Penn Fitness Equipment – repair of equipment at Homewood & Sheraden 775.00 DOMI Signal Service Inc – audible push buttons for Forbes Ave at Gist 2,490.00 High Sierra Electronics Inc – pressure sensor for Washington flood gates 798.80 Iron Armour – cable pigtails for radar detectors 530.00 N Glantz & Son – materials to illuminate location of fire alarms in CCB 350.06 City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018 CPRB Associated Investors Inc – monthly cleaning services 375.00 Matthew Bender & Company Inc – 2018 PA crimes code & vehicle law 231.58 Parry, Nigel – website maintenance CPRBpgh.org 201.02 United State Treasury – IRS levy for Nigel Parry 39.81 Pittsburgh City Paper – legal advertisement, meeting location change 80.00 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 5 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018 PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR. LAVELLE, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0388 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article VII - Disruptive Properties, Chapter 670. - Disruptive Property Abatement, by repealing Chapter 670 in its entirety and replacing it with a new Chapter 670. SPONSOR /S: MRS. KAIL-SMITH A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Safety Services, due back by 5/2/2018. The motion carried. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0381 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 preliminary design and final design, services during construction, and miscellaneous services for traffic signal installation of the South Side Signals Project; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $390,213.38. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 5/2/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 316 2018-0382 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) to provide funding for the West End Trolley Trail Project that will repurpose an old trolley right-of-way in the underserved West End section of our City. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed SIX HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE ($608,799.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Works . The motion carried. Enactment No: 313 A motion was made that this matter be Reconsidered to the Committee on Public Works . The motion carried. Enactment No: 313 City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018 A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 313 2018-0383 Resolution authorizing The Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works to apply for grant funding from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) to provide funding for renovations to the Townsend Parklet. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. This grant will be used in conjunction with capital funds to execute contracts in the event city is awarded the grant not to exceed FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND ($400,000) dollars A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works . The motion carried. Enactment No: 314 A motion was made that this matter be Reconsidered to the Committee on Public Works . The motion carried. Enactment No: 314 A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 314 2018-0384 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to grant to The Peoples Natural Gas Company, LLC, a Pennsylvania Corporation located at 375 North Shore Drive, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15212, an easement for a gas pipeline located in Highland Park that services the Highland Park Pool and Maintenance Building. A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works . The motion carried. Enactment No: 317 A motion was made that this matter be Reconsidered to the Committee on City of Pittsburgh Page 7 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018 Public Works . The motion carried. Enactment No: 317 A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 5/2/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 317 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0375 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Hefty House, located at 624-626 East Ohio Street (24-N-118), in the East Allegheny Neighborhood, in the 23rd Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 6/20/18) A motion was made that this matter be Held for a Cablecast Public Hearing. The motion carried. Enactment No: 454 2018-0376 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Pittsburgh Wash House, located at 3495 Butler Street (48-S-235), in the Lawrenceville Neighborhood, in the 6th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 6/20/18) A motion was made that this matter be Held for a Cablecast Public Hearing. The motion carried. Enactment No: 455 2018-0377 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Sheraden Homestead, located at 2803 Bergman Street (42-S-14), in the Sheraden Neighborhood, in the 20th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. (Public Hearing held 6/20/18) A motion was made that this matter be Held for a Cablecast Public Hearing. The motion carried. Enactment No: 456 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. O'CONNOR, CHAIR NEW PAPERS City of Pittsburgh Page 8 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes April 25, 2018 2018-0378 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the 2700 Murray Avenue Residential Development at 2700 Murray Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 308 2018-0379 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the City’s Edge project at 1400, 1440, 1450 and 1454 Colwell Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 309 2018-0380 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority and Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, in connection with improvement projects in the Four Mile Run watershed. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 311 2018-0387 Resolution directing the Department of Finance and the Urban Redevelopment Authority to create a pilot program that identifies Publicly-Owned properties in the Hazelwood neighborhood for which Deed Restrictions shall be made and used to preserve Affordable Housing. SPONSOR /S: MR. O'CONNOR A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 312 City of Pittsburgh Page 9