Standing Committees

510 City-County Building 414 Grant Street City of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Meeting Minutes Wednesday, September 25, 2019 10:00 AM Council Chambers STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT ROLL CALL Present 9 - Council Member Burgess, Council Member Coghill, Council Member Gross, Council Member Harris, Council Member Kraus, Council Member Lavelle, Council Member O'Connor, Council Member Kail-Smith, and Council Member Strassburger FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, REV. BURGESS, CHAIR SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS 2019-2078 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Amendment to Contribution Agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting through the Department of Transportation; the County of Allegheny; the Port Authority of Allegheny County; Holdings Acquisition Co, L.P.; and the Pittsburgh Steelers for the purpose of the City making final payments to the Commonwealth due towards projects related to proposed roadway infrastructure improvements on the City’s North Shore; and further authorizing the City Solicitor to enter into an amended Consent Order to document any revised obligations consistent with this Resolution. (Executive Session held 10/1/2019) A motion was made that this matter be Held for Executive Session. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS 2019-2053 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Chief Equity Officer to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) between the City of Pittsburgh and the Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE) in order to receive training and develop a racial equity toolkit in an amount not to exceed Twenty Six Thousand Two Hundred And Thirty Five Dollars ($26,235.00), subject to appropriation. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 2019-2054 Resolution authorizing issuance of a warrant in the amount of $6,234.14, in favor of James A. Gordon, Jr., c/o Amanda Bonner, 5148 E. Willock Road, Apt. #6, Pittsburgh, PA 15236 for damage to his parked vehicle near the intersection of Birchland Street and Bellaire Place from a City DPW salt truck on January 18, 2019. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 2 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 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 September 25th 2019 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 – 6 month warranty for book scanner 1,750.00 Brookline Together – donation (Dist. 4) 100.00 Brookline Youth Soccer Assoc. – donation (Dist. 4) 150.00 North Eastern Uniforms – staff shirts (Dist. 4) 515.10 North Eastern Uniforms – staff shirt 18.98 North Eastern Uniforms – staff shirts (Dist. 1) 278.00 Pree, Brenda – reimb/office accessories 311.21 I&P Bellhouse, Dorothy – reimbursement for Gold Belt workshop refreshments 31.98 Expedient Data Centers – data center power source 1,858.14 LAW Justus ADR Services – mediation 1,750.00 City of Pittsburgh Page 3 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 Michael E Kennedy – reimbursement for ACBA membership dues 185.00 Leo, Barbara – transcript of oral argument 61.43 HUMAN RESOURCES Emery, Alaina – reimbursement for tolls, parking, and supplies 33.06 Port Authority – advertising 1,600.00 PLI Mastroberardino, Gabriele – reimbursement for state certifications 102.20 PUBLIC SAFETY Garfield Jubilee Association – reimbursement for community festival 1,000.00 Northview Heights Citizens Council – reimbursement for community festival 450.00 Pittsburgh Mailing Systems – printing and mailing of flyers 625.00 Hluska, Juliane – parking for Run Around the Square planning meeting 12.00 EMS Foxwall Emergency Medical Services – EMS coverage at Pitt football game 681.11 Fred Pryor Seminars – management seminar 199.00 Fred Pryor Seminars – management seminar 149.00 Munhall Area Prehospital Services – EMS coverage at Pitt football game 2,172.30 City of Pittsburgh Page 4 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 POLICE Jones, Vincent – bloodhound trailing course for K9 2,200.00 Dagostino Electronic Services – pole camera repair 156.25 Dollar Rent A Car – car rental 1,562.23 OMI Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 598.99 Pennsylvania State Police – credit checks on candidates for employment 44.00 TransUnion Corporation – credit checks on candidates for employment 3.05 FIRE 3 Rivers Fire Equipment – miscellaneous equipment for new MAC unit 1,936.00 PUBLIC WORKS Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc – design of Niagara Park playground 2,500.00 Rainbowhead Farms – channel catfish for Lake Carnegie 2,745.00 Zoresco Equipment Co – long term rental of storage trailers 240.00 Unique Services & Applications – repair City-County Building flagpoles 2,975.00 PARKS & RECREATION Dennison, Maximilian – reimbursement for program purchases for Rec2Tech 63.26 Furman, Jonathan – reimbursement for purchase of workboots 119.00 City of Pittsburgh Page 5 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 Heide, Erica – reimbursement for purchase of workboots 150.00 Peart, Bram – reimbursement for purchase of workboots 150.00 Zelazny, Zachary – reimbursement for purchase of workboots 142.49 Brooks, Douglass – tennis clinic instruction at Mellon tennis bubble 126.00 DOMI Maloch, Mike – reimbursement for renewing professional license 100.00 Pennsylvania One Call System – PA One call service 1,564.28 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 DEFERRED PAPERS 2019-1637 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Parks and the Department of Public Works to enter into a Lease Agreement with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theater for a portion of real property located on Liberty Avenue between 29th and 30th Streets. A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 10/8/2019. The motion carried. 2019-2002 Resolution vacating a portion of Gallatin Street in the 10th Ward, in the 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. NEW PAPERS City of Pittsburgh Page 6 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 2019-2056 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., in the amount of $18,488.46, in emergency payment for production of the Nine Mile Run Wetland Monitoring report due to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in order to comply with PADEP Permit No. E02-1367 / Department of the Army Section, 404 Permit No. 199901992. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2019-2057 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of Public Works, to apply for a grant from the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County’s (RAAC) Gaming Economic Development fund for up to $500,000.00 to provide funding for the design and construction of a new park building for the Cowley Recreation Center project and, should the grant be awarded by RAAC, are authorized to enter into agreements with RAAC. In the event this grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($500,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. The grant does not require a local match. A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Works , due back by 10/8/2019. The motion carried. 2019-2058 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Public Works to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Keystone Communities Program, to provide funding for the Highland Park Pedestrian Tunnel project, and, should the grant be awarded by DCED, are authorized to enter into agreements with DCED. The grant proposal includes an ask of $500,000.00 with a local match of $682,638.33, to be contributed by the City of Pittsburgh’s 2020 Capital Budget, from the Park Reconstruction line item 4550000120.50000.00, FUND 40020. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND THIRTY THREE CENTS ($1,182,638.33) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 7 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 2019-2060 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s Automated Red Light Enforcement Program to replace traffic signals at the intersection of Bigelow Boulevard and Bayard Street in the North Oakland neighborhood and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND ($165,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. There is no stated match requirement for this grant. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. 2019-2061 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an agreement with the PA Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Multimodal Transportation (MTF) Fund Program, should the grant be awarded by DCED, to provide funding for Grandview Avenue Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $1,848,700.00 with a local match of $792,300.00 included in the 2020 City of Pittsburgh’s Capital Budget. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed TWO MILLION SIX HUNDRED FORTY ONE THOUSAND ($2,641,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2019-2027 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Department of City Planning to apply for a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Keystone Communities Program to provide funding for the Saw Mill Run Zoning Study, and, should the grant be awarded by DCED, are authorized to enter into agreements with DCED. The grant proposal includes an ask of $25,000 with a local match of $100,000 to be contributed by the City of Pittsburgh’s 2020 Capital Budget. In the event the grant is awarded, this resolution provides for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($125,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 8 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 2019-2055 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with Community Based Organizations for community and economic development for planning assistance in various neighborhoods in the City and providing operating support for these groups, and provide for the payment at a cost thereof, at a cost not to exceed $700,000.00. SPONSOR /S: COUNCIL MEMBER BURGESS A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 9 Standing Committee Meeting Minutes September 25, 2019 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR NEW PAPERS 2019-2062 Resolution amending Resolution 158 of 2017, a resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Computronix (USA) Inc., for the provision of a permitting and licensing package, at an additional cost not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Eighty Thousand and Zero Dollars ($1,480,000.00) over the next two years. A motion was made that this matter be Affirmatively Recommended. The motion carried. INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. O'CONNOR, CHAIR DEFERRED PAPERS 2019-2029 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for the 201 Arsenal Phase II Residential Land Development project, located at 135 39th Street of Pittsburgh, PA, 15201. A motion was made that this matter be Held in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, due back by 10/8/2019. The motion carried. City of Pittsburgh Page 10