Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes Monday, July 2, 2018 1:30 PM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 8 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Coghill, Ms. Gross, Mrs. Harris, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Mrs. Kail-Smith, and Mrs. Strassburger Absent 1 - Mr. O'Connor FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2018-0533 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Union Trust Building, 501 Grant St., Suite 700, Pittsburgh, PA for legal fees pertaining to police matters. (Executive Session held 6/26/18) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2018-0619 Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to accept a donation from BNY Mellon of fully depreciated office cubicle systems and free-standing office furniture totaling an estimated One-Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000), which shall be used for the purpose of furnishing the City’s Bureau of Police Northview Heights Substation and redesigning office spaces of the Group Violence Intervention Unit at Police Headquarters. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes July 2, 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 July 2nd 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 Egler, Moira – reimbursement/bagels for community event (Dist. 7) 75.00 Giorgetti, Alex – intern stipend (Dist. 5) 400.00 Miller, Maria – intern (Dist. 2) 180.00 LAW EEOC Training Institute – CLE/Stephanie Eggar 349.00 Justus ADR Services – mediation services 1,000.00 Rosenthal, Adam S. – CLE reimbursement 279.00 HUMAN RELATIONS New Pittsburgh Courier – advertising/National Fair Housing Month 1,145.40 Pittsburgh City Paper – advertising/National Fair Housing Month 295.47 Pittsburgh City Paper – advertising/National Fair Housing Month 504.43 CITY PLANNING City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes July 2, 2018 New Pittsburgh Courier – advertising/ACCBO letter of intent 749.12 New Pittsburgh Courier – advertising/multi-year budget amendments 606.02 Studio Bryan Hanes, LLC – landscape design services 2,500.00 OMI Murray, Shaneise – reimbursement/parking for seminar 12.00 PUBLIC WORKS A D Starr – supplies for Volunteers Field 1,654.05 Cartegraph Systems Inc. – new cartegraph report 800.00 Cleveland Bros. Equipment – replace batteries & broken hood latch 519.49 Coit Services Inc. – cleaning services/Public Safety facilities 1,074.00 Frank Bryan, Inc. – concrete 540.00 George M. Hall Co. – mortar 760.00 Grant Graphics – supplies for printer plotter 45.95 Haduch, Joanne – reimbursement/food for meetings 99.92 Jackson Welding Supply Co. – tank rental for welders gases 116.87 M-B Companies Inc. – kits & filters for air motors 231.22 Ochs-Pobicki, Beverly – reimbursement/food for meetings 117.18 PPC Lubricants – oil-dri for clean up of oil spills 336.50 US Municipal Supply – surface base for sidewalks 1,718.25 City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes July 2, 2018 Veritiv Operating Co. – cleaning supplies 711.66 PARKS & RECREATION Boyce, Thomas Edward – performance/Stars at Riverview 600.00 Fenn, Gordon – reimbursement/work boots 120.00 Francestine, Ernie – reimbursement/work boots 150.00 Furman, Jonathan – reimbursement/work boots 159.20 Marcinizyn, John – performance/Wednesday Night Concert Series 250.00 Robinson, Lee – performance/Stars at Riverview 600.00 The Pittsburgh Contingency – overpayment of 2018 rental agreement 2,300.00 Troutman, Charlene – reimbursement/cancelled building permit 90.00 West Penn Fitness Equipment – repair of fitness equipment 2,050.00 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. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2018-0344 Resolution amending Resolution No. 457, effective July 27, 2017, entitled “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.” to include State City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes July 2, 2018 Route 4001, Allegheny Avenue from Reedsdale Street to Western Avenue. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 8/29/2018. The motion carried. 2018-0434 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 the construction of the West Ohio Street Bridge project; and providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, and necessary utilities; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed $4,579,676.00. A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 8/29/2018. The motion carried. HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MRS. HARRIS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-0621 Resolution providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies for job development and employment services necessary to implement the 2018 Neighborhood Employment Program, and providing for the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2018 Neighborhood Employment Program for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed $150,000.00. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2018-0622 Resolution providing for the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies to provide job development and employment services, wages and fringe benefits for supervisor, staff, workers’ compensation, unemployment compensation, vocational skills training and on-the-job training, outreach, recruitment costs and administrative expenditures necessary to implement the 2018 Pittsburgh Partnership Employment Program; and providing for the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2018 Pittsburgh Partnership Employment Program, and for payment of cost thereof, cost not to exceed $150,000.00 A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes July 2, 2018 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR 2018-0620 Resolution granting unto Morgan Architecture + Design, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, a handicap ramp with handrail and landing at 6000 Penn Avenue in the 8th Ward, Council District 9 of the City of Pittsburgh, USA. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. O'CONNOR, CHAIR RECOMMITTED PAPERS 2018-0604 Ordinance authorizing the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Borough of Mount Oliver (“Borough”) with regard to the City providing animal control services to the Borough pursuant to the General Local Government Code, 53 Pa. C.S. §§2301 et seq. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 7/11/2018. The motion carried. DEFERRED PAPERS 2018-0487 Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2018-2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $4,240,800.00 $4,440,800.00 (Council Districts: All). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2018-0629 Resolution amending Resolution No. 133 of 2017, entitled “Resolution providing for a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC for professional consulting services for federal government affairs and legislative services and providing for the payment thereof at a cost not to exceed $62,000.00,” by extending the term for four additional years and by increasing the authorized amount to a total of $310,000.00. City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes July 2, 2018 A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2018-0630 Resolution amending Resolution No. 134 of 2017, entitled “Resolution providing for a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Malady & Wooten, Inc. for professional consulting services for state government affairs and legislative services and providing for the payment thereof at a cost not to exceed $66,000.00,” by extending the term for four additional years and by increasing the authorized amount to a total of $330,000.00. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2018-0631 Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh designating URA as the City’s agent for administration of the 2018-2019 HOME Investments Partnership Program. (Council Districts: All) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 7