Legislation

To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to pay the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Loan Fee to the Ohio Water Development Authority for the SWWTP Raw Sewage Pump Building Rehabilitation Construction Project loan; to authorize the expenditure of $3,412.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,412.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Utilities to pay the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund Loan Fee to the Ohio Water Development Authority for the JP Plant-Wide Control System Improvements Design Project loan; to authorize the expenditure of $14,638.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($14,638.00)

To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to modify a not-for-profit service contract with the W.E. Upjohn Unemployment Trustee Corporation (“Upjohn”) by extending the contract; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with BWF Management Group, LLC for focus group facilitation services; to authorize the expenditure from the Health Departments Grants Fund to pay the costs thereof; and to declare an emergency. ($70,750.00).

To authorize the Director of the Department of Technology (DoT), on behalf of the Mayor's Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI), to renew a contract for the purchase of annual B2GNow software subscriptions, the provisioning and hosting of a citywide supplier diversity management system, as well as overall product maintenance, support, and professional services; and to authorize the expenditure of $120,500.00 from the Department of Technology, Information Services Operating Fund. ($120,500.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute any and all necessary agreements and deeds for conveyance of title of two parcels of real property (0000 E 8th Ave., 0000 E 8th Ave., 0000 E 8th Ave. and 2989 E 8th Ave.) held in the Land Bank pursuant to the Land Reutilization Program.

To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Community Development for All People in support of their ID for All People Program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)

To provide funding for the Department of Recreation and Parks for youth programming; to authorize and transfer appropriations within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; to authorize a transfer between funds; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)

Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for October 16, 2024 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the COVID-SFR Local Law Enforcement Support in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for Records Management System software and training and data integration.

Resolution amending Resolution 850 of 2021 which authorized the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement with Maalka to provide a Building Benchmarking Management Platform Software Solution by adding funding for contract year 2024 and increasing the total cost by Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($11,250) dollars for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($91,250) dollars.

Resolution amending Resolution of 777 of 2023, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Risk Factor, LLC for a subscription to Risk Factor database for all data and hazard layers for all perils and all parcels in the City of Pittsburgh, enabling support of City departments in planning for weather related hazards, by increasing the approved amount by Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) over two years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)

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 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $6,241,000.00-Six Million, Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand Dollars (Council Districts: All).

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 2024-2025 HOME Investments Partnership Program at a cost not to exceed $1,995,569.00-One Million, Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars. (Council Districts: All)

Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand and Eight Hundred and Seventy Dollars and Zero Cents ($29,870.00) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles for use by the Office of Community Health and Safety. This expenditure is associated with grant funds that the City will receive from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Grant Funds

Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 23-F, Lots 198 and 199, in the 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Carrington Street and Alpine Avenue - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.

Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 1st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 11-K, Lots 271-3 and 271-10 (2013 and 2005 Boulevard of the Allies - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.

Resolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-M, Lot 297 (Hamilton Avenue - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.

Resolution amending Resolution 588 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny for the completion of lead safety projects as approved in the City of Pittsburgh's American Rescue Plan Act allocation at a cost not to Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00), by updating the authorized recipient to be the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County.

Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into certain temporary construction easements on certain properties in the 2nd Ward of the City in order to advance the Smithfield Street Project. Costs for these temporary construction easements shall not exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00), reimbursable at 80%.