Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes Monday, November 19, 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, Mr. O'Connor, and Mrs. Strassburger Absent 1 - Mrs. Kail-Smith FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2018-1134 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,069.75) in favor of Precise Discovery, LLC for legal consulting services rendered regarding a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at S.A. 13-003256. (Executive Session held 11/27/18) A motion was made that this matter be Held for Executive Session. The motion carried. Enactment No: 844 NEW PAPERS 2018-1102 Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2019. SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 861 City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 2018-1103 Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2019 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions. SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 862 2018-1104 Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program. SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 863 2018-1105 Resolution providing for the letting of contracts and for the use of existing contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment for City Departments, and the maintenance, repair, rental and/or leasing, rehabilitation, renovation, inspection or servicing of City buildings and facilities, and for any miscellaneous services in and for any City Departments, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof for the 2019 Fiscal Year. SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 874 2018-1106 Resolution Authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to participate in applicable cooperative purchasing agreements for goods, materials, equipment, supplies, services, or construction, as authorized by the Commonwealth Procurement Code and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law for the 2019 Fiscal Year. SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 875 City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 2018-1107 Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2019 Fiscal Year. SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 876 2018-1108 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Tax, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2019. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 47 2018-1109 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2019. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 48 2018-1110 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and delinquent dates for the 2019 fiscal year. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 49 2018-1111 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Section 263.01: Levy and Rate on Lands and Buildings, by fixing the rate of taxation for 2019. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 50 City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 2018-1112 Resolution authorizing all City departments, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to enter into facilities usage agreements for the purpose of permitting groups and individuals to rent City-owned facilities for recreational and community-focused activities during the 2019 calendar year. The City shall not charge more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) per rental agreement. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 877 2018-1113 Resolution authorizing the fee schedule for 2019 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/12/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 878 City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 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 November 19th 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 Analogue Imaging – warranty for book scanner 1,750.00 First Choice Coffee – coffee (Dist. 9) 35.00 MAYOR Hill, James – reimbursement to laminate passes for Stronger than Hate vigil 519.00 OMB I&P Expedient Data Centers – data center power source 1,858.14 LAW Allegheny County Bar Association – continuing legal education 35.00 Allegheny County Bar Association – continuing legal education 35.00 Brennan, Laurie – hearing transcript 97.50 Friday, Jacqueline D – criminal court trial transcript 1,504.00 City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 HUMAN RESOURCES Military Guides – advertising 1,675.00 Pit Shop – wellness healthy snacks & fruit 870.00 The Employment Guide – advertising 235.00 POLICE Always Compassionate Vet Care – veterinary services for police K9s 1,879.55 Iron Mountain Records Management – paper shredding service 280.33 Kroll, Eric – food for graduation for citizens and students police academy 89.39 Murray, Raymond – reimbursement for replacement DVR for Kopy’s 320.99 Wolfe, Ronald – travel reimbursement to seminar 472.98 Dollar Rent A Car Inc – vehicle rentals 2,266.09 FIRE PUBLIC WORKS Pennsylvania One Call System – PA One call service 1,511.06 Carl’s Tree Service & Landscaping – holiday tree installation 2018 2,950.00 Espinoza-Jimenez, Grisell – mileage reimbursement 292.12 Winston, Robert – renewal of CDL class B 94.50 Ford, Louis – renewal of CDL class A 94.50 City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 PARKS Mitchell, Elizabeth – supplies for ice cream social at Northview Heights HAL center 37.97 DOMI Vulcan Aluminum – aluminum sign blanks 1,998.00 New Pittsburgh Courier – ad for public meeting for Wenzell Carnahan project 357.75 A motion was made that this matter be Approved. The motion carried. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS NONE P-CARD APPROVALS NONE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2018-1142 Resolution granting unto Walnut Capital, 5500 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, their successors and assigns, an aerial bridge over Dahlem Place in the 12th Ward, 9th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 841 City of Pittsburgh Page 7 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 DEFERRED PAPERS 2018-0958 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, or use of existing Agreements, allowing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, on behalf of the City to enter into an agreement or agreements to complete engineering design for a new multimodal connection of Hazelwood, Greenfield, and Four Mile Run with Oakland - which will support green infrastructure, ensure safe travel, increase travel options between these neighborhoods, protect local neighborhoods, and increase connectivity consistent with the concept design developed through the 2018 public process., and further providing for payment of the cost not to exceed $1,346,644.10 A motion was made that this matter be UNTABLED to the Committee on Public Works . The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 6 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Coghill, Ms. Gross, Mr. Kraus, Mr. O'Connor, and Mrs. Strassburger No: 0 Abstain: 1 - Mrs. Harris Out of Room: 1 - Mr. Lavelle Absent: 1 - Mrs. Kail-Smith Enactment No: 830 A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 830 NEW PAPERS 2018-1119 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a License and Maintenance Agreement in which the City grants to Tree Pittsburgh a right to plant and maintain trees upon City property and/or Right-of-Way in specified locations Citywide. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 867 City of Pittsburgh Page 8 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 2018-1121 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to conduct public outreach surrounding the City’s recycling program and purchase a roll off truck and containers to collect glass; and further providing for an agreement or agreements and expenditures not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 838 2018-1123 Resolution accepting the dedication of a portion of South Water Street, Portal Place and Coal Street in the South Side Works 16th Ward, 3rd Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 839 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-1124 Resolution amending Resolution No. 358 of 2017, which had previously amended Resolution 887, effective December 31, 2014, entitled “Authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments to existing agreements to purchase Accela Civic Platform and Accela Citizen Access subscription and cloud hosting services and further authorizing a professional services Agreement with Accela to migrate from self-hosting to a cloud environment hosted by Accela,” so as to extend the contract an additional year, and increase the not-to-exceed cost from $648,798 to $906,994 to $1,144,019.08. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 840 City of Pittsburgh Page 9 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. O'CONNOR, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2018-1138 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh (“City”), to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority in order to acquire FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED ($408,900) dollars through the Green Revitalization of Our Waterways Program for certain green infrastructure elements of the I-579 Cap Project. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 828 DEFERRED PAPERS 2018-0983 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to execute a quit claim deed or deeds, and any other necessary or appropriate documents, agreements, and instruments conveying AS IS all of the City’s right, title and interest, if any, in designated City-owned properties to the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) for consideration of $1.00 each, contingent upon the Mayor and Director of the Department of Finance first entering into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the URA setting forth the rights and obligations of the City and the URA relating to these initial conveyances and further setting forth the rights and obligations of the City and the URA relating to the subsequent disposition of these properties to third parties. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 12/5/2018. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2018-1116 Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Housing Development Corporation, or an entity to be formed, with respect to the sale of Block 27-B, Lot 204 situated in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh -- Council District No. 6 (Residential Rehabilitation). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 10 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 19, 2018 Enactment No: 835 2018-1117 Resolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 21st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 22-B, Lots 278, 280, 281, 282, 282A, 283, 284, 285, 286, 286A, 287, 288, 289 and 293, Block 22-C, Lot 74, Block 22-F, Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, Block 22-G, Lots 14, 20, 23, 24, 25, 128 and 128A - (Council District No. 6 - Site Assemblage for Affordable Residential Development - California Avenue, 1204, 1210, 1219, 1220, 1224, 1230, 1234, 1236 and 1238 California Avenue, 1222, 1226, 1227 and 1232 Kunkle Avenue, 1225 and 1233 Sunday Street, 1939 Doll Way, Sedgwick Street, 1914, 1916, 1918 and 1924 Sedgwick Street, 1901 and 1903 Saint Ives Street.) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 836 2018-1118 Resolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned Properties in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 124-J, Lots 304, 305 and 306, Block 124-K, Lots 162 and 163, Block 124-N, Lot 375, Block 124-P, Lots 8, 9, 10, 11A, 24 and 26, (Council District No. 9 - Site Assemblage for future redevelopment - 143, 141, 145, 149, 6353, 6359 Winslow Street, 141, 147, 153, 157, and 159 Maxwell Way). A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 837 2018-1120 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Works to enter into (an) Agreement(s) with Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh (the “SEA”), Allegheny County, and Pittsburgh Arena Real Estate Redevelopment LP, (PAR) with respect to maintenance support for the I-579 Cap Park. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 829 City of Pittsburgh Page 11