Legislation

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a temporary construction easement agreement, and/or any related agreements or amendments, with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) for the purpose of allowing the URA and its contractors and subcontractors to access City-owned property at Nine Mile Run in Swisshelm Park during the URA’s slag heap remediation project, 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-B, Lot 46 (0 Lincoln Avenue - Council District No. 9), 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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 77-N, Lot 321 (115 Hawkins Avenue - 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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-G, Lot 206 (435 E Burgess Street - 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 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-R, Lot 109 (1907 Meadville Street - 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 property in the 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-K, Lots 129 and 130 (2314 and 2316 Perrysville Avenue - 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 properties in the 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-G, Lots 41 and 42 (2417 and 0 Osgood Street - 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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-B, Lot 90 (2526 Perrysville Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.

Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of FenceScreen, LLC for the purchase of a sound screen for Moore Park Pickleball courts in the amount of Nine Thousand Six Hundred & Seventy-One Dollars and Seventeen cents ($9,671.17) over one (1) year.

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY-TWO CENTS ($65,662.52) over one year. (Executive Session held 3/11/24)

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Dominique Decenzo, and her attorney, Max Petrunya, P.C. , for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($5,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 23-007555. (Executive Session held 3/11/24)

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of WesBanco Bank in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,800.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0218) for damage to the drive thru canopy of their property at 5000 Centre Avenue from a DOMI Traffic Division vehicle on September 6, 2024. (Executive Session held 3/11/24)

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Edward Torak in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($6,250.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0190) for damage to his vehicle from an accident with a City PW vehicle on July 22, 2024. (Executive Session held 3/11/24)

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Verizon Pennsylvania, Inc., c/o CMR Claims as TPA in an amount not to exceed FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY CENTS ($4,521.70) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (24C-0133) for damage to a utility pole at 2600 Sunset Avenue and Essen Street by a City of Pittsburgh Environmental Services vehicle on December 16, 2022. (Executive Session held 3/11/24)

Resolution amending Resolution No. 446 of 2024, which allocated an additional Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to the agreement with Frost, Brown, Todd LLC, by authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to extend the Agreement or Agreements with Frost, Brown, Todd LLC for legal assistance relating to real estate, public finance, municipal law, and as-needed consultation by adding Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) for a new total not to exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00).

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, Subchapter B: Exemption, by replacing Sections 263.11 through 263.14 with new Sections 263.11 through 263.16, collectively to be titled Subchapter B: Tax Exemptions for Longtime Owner-Occupants of Residential Properties.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Automated Red Light Enforcement Grant Program in the amount not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY EIGHT CENTS ($335,981.88) to replace the traffic signals at Centre Avenue and North Dithridge Street.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Automated Red Light Enforcement Grant Program in the amount not to exceed SIX HUNDRED FORTY SEVEN THOUSAND FORTY NINE DOLLARS AND FORTY FIVE CENTS ($647,049.45) to replace signals at the intersection of East General Robinson Street and Sandusky Street.

Resolution granting unto BH VENTURE ONE LP, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, new permanent building foundation that will extend into the right-of-way, at 1406 5th Avenue, in the 1st Ward, 6th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Resolution amending Resolution No. 249 of 2023, which authorized the Mayor and the Directors of the Department of Public Works and the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City, to amend and renew the Lease Agreement with Beaver Avenue Associates, LLC, by continuing to provide a leased space at 1301 Beaver Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA for the purposes of housing the Facilities Maintenance Division of the Department of Public Works, by extending the term through March 31, 2028 with new property owner 1301 Beaver Ave LLC managed by the Regency Transportation Group, LTD.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with HR & A Advisors, Inc. in an amount not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($300,000) for work on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Flood Mitigation Assistance Grant for Saw Mill Run Boulevard.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, for the issuance of a warrant in favor of The Franco Harris Pittsburgh Center at Penn State, for the purchase the National Green Infrastructure Certification Program (NGICP) training, at a cost not to exceed Eight Thousand and Zero Cents ($8,000.00).

Resolution appointing Tammy Thompson, as a Member of the Housing Authority of City of Pittsburgh Board of Directors with a term to expire March 26, 2029.

Resolution appointing Charlise Smith, as a Member of the Housing Authority of City of Pittsburgh Board of Directors with a term to expire March 26, 2029.