Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes Wednesday, November 28, 2018 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 9 - Rev. Burgess, Mr. Coghill, Ms. Gross, Mrs. Harris, Mr. Kraus, Mr. Lavelle, Mr. O'Connor, Mrs. Kail-Smith, and Mrs. Strassburger FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2018-1023 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00) in favor of Donna R. Sciulli and her attorneys, Samuel L. Mack and Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly & George, P.C., fully releasing the City from all claims and liability for alleged personal injuries as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at A.R. 17-004348. (Executive Session held 11/27/18) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 842 2018-1082 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) in favor of Kathleen Kasunick and her attorneys, Elliott and Davis, fully releasing the City from all claims and liability for alleged property damages as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 15-021678. (Executive Session held 11/27/18) A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 843 City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 28, 2018 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 Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 844 NEW PAPERS 2018-1135 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with City Source Associates for grounds keeping and land maintenance services for properties owned by the three taxing bodies, for a sum not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000.00) over one year, with two optional one year extensions, and for the payment of the costs thereof. (Briefing held 12/4/18) A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 12/5/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 879 2018-1136 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 Mast-Jägermeister US of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000.00) to support the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 845 City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 28, 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 28th 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 Everday’s a Sundae & Café’ – catering for meetings (Dist. 9) 588.00 Jensen, Erin – intern stipend (Dist. 5) 800.00 Lawrenceville Stakeholders – professional services re Historic Preservation and Zoning Consulting (Dist. 7) 1,000.00 Lederman, Lynette – reimbursement/coffee (Dist. 5) 17.97 Municipal Code – professional services/Codification of Ordinances 396.00 Watsula, Courtney – intern stipend (Dist. 4) 500.00 Westend POWER – refreshments for community meeting (Dist. 2) 214.29 CHR The Pittsburgh Current – ads for Fair Housing task force meetings 600.00 Ragin, Candace G – transportation to fair housing training 7.80 Salem, Rachel – reimbursement for ice & cups for community meeting 10.32 City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 28, 2018 Bonner Consulting – facilitate visioning and pre-planning during annual retreat 1,500.00 LAW CRCC – witness depositions 328.40 HUMAN RESOURCES The Employment Guide – advertising 235.00 PLANNING Kossis, Andrea Lavin – Transportation Engineering for Planners workshop 26.95 EMS Foxwall Emergency Medical Services – EMS coverage at Pitt game 1,127.56 Foxwall Emergency Medical Services – EMS coverage at Pitt & Steelers 2,251.89 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company #4 – EMS coverage at 3 events 2,196.44 Munhall Area Prehospital – EMS coverage at Pitt & Steelers games 2,587.59 Munhall Area Prehospital – EMS coverage at Pitt & Steelers games 2,935.34 Ross/West View EMSA – EMS coverage at EQT 10 miler 477.72 Tri-Community South EMS – EMS coverage at Pitt & Steelers games 1,135.26 OMI Assured Polygraph Services Inc – polygraphing of candidates for employment 3,000.00 FIRE City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 28, 2018 Kokkila, Brian – reimbursement for training course 225.00 Petruzzi, James – reimbursement for training course 44.50 PUBLIC WORKS Zoresco Equipment Co – long term rental of storage trailers 260.00 DOMI Osburn Associates Inc – sheeting for sign shop 96.75 A motion was made that this matter be Approved. The motion carried. INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS NONE P-CARD APPROVALS A motion was made that this matter be Approved. The motion carried. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR RECOMMITTED 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 Held in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 12/5/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 867 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 28, 2018 2018-1153 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a six-month Professional Services Agreement with Buchart Horn Architects at a cost not-to-exceed Fifteen Thousand Two Hundred Twenty One Dollars ($15,221), for the purposes of Historic Architect consultation services. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 848 NEW PAPERS 2018-1140 Resolution authorizing the Director of Mobility and Infrastructure to award and to enter into a Contract or Contracts, or to use existing Contracts, an Agreement or Agreements, or to use existing Agreements, providing for the purchase of bicycles, equipment and software providing a local match to the Department of Community and Economic Development Multimodal Program for the 2018 bike share expansion. The cost to the city is not to exceed $118,000. A motion was made that this matter be Held in the Committee on Public Works , due back by 12/5/2018. The motion carried. Enactment No: 868 2018-1141 Resolution vacating a portion of Colwell Street and portions of Our Way in the 3rd Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 847 City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes November 28, 2018 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. O'CONNOR, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2018-1137 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to document local cooperation and the authority’s agreement to make payments in lieu of taxes for the Kelly Hamilton Homes housing development. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 834 2018-1139 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into an Agreement with the Department of the Army / U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to provide funding for assessment and mapping of river bank and shoreline within the City of Pittsburgh, not to exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) through December 31, 2019. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. Enactment No: 846 City of Pittsburgh Page 7