Welcome to the Monday Morning Post where you can get your City of Pittsburgh news from last week today!
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City of Pittsburgh Joins National Memorial to Lives Lost to COVID-19
On Tuesday, the City of Pittsburgh joined Washington, DC and cities across the country to illuminate buildings in amber in a national moment of unity and remembrance.
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January 19, 2021 | Mayor's Office, City Planning
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Mayor William Peduto’s administration introduced legislation to Pittsburgh City Council today that would reduce the use of sidewalk curb cuts by requiring side or rear access to parking at rowhouses.
Last year the Department of City Planning introduced a zoning amendment that eliminated parking requirements for new rowhouses, which was leading to a proliferation of curb cuts and first-floor garages that created hazardous conditions for pedestrians and added to the cost of housing.
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January 19, 2021 | Mayor's Office
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A Common Pleas judge ruled in favor of the campaign finance law written by then-Councilman William Peduto and implemented by the City of Pittsburgh Ethics Hearing Board.
The order issued by Judge Joseph James says the provisions and campaign finance regulations in the Pittsburgh campaign law are legal, as they follow similar regulations adopted by Philadelphia under its Home Rule powers that were upheld by the state Supreme Court.
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January 20, 2021 | Mayor's Office
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Mayor William Peduto has joined a bipartisan coalition of more than 280 mayors nationwide calling on Congress to take action on pandemic and local government relief measures.
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage communities and cause economic suffering, the President has put forward a comprehensive package of relief measures that includes $350 billion in direct aid to state and local governments. The letter from 284 mayors, available in full here, urges Congress to support the measures.
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January 21, 2021 | Mayor's Office
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Mayor William Peduto released the following statement on the Executive Orders signed by President Joseph Biden on the COVID-19 pandemic, climate, equity, and the economy:
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January 21, 2021 | Mayor's Office, Law
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The City of Pittsburgh is continuing its legal fight against Trump Administration Environmental Protection Agency moves to roll back vehicle emissions standards that they argue will hurt efforts to fight air pollution.
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Department of Public Safety News
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January 22, 2021 | Public Safety
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Pittsburgh Bureau of Police recruit class BR20-01 graduated on Friday, January 22, 2021. The class of 32 recruits, including seven women, experienced the challenge of completing their rigorous training safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Office of Community Affairs works directly with our neighborhood organizations and attends their meetings on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to let them know about news from the city, answer questions, and take feedback.
Here's where OCA was last week:
Carrick Community Council
Oakwatch
Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition
Stanton Heights Neighborhood Association
Summer Hill Citizens Council
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This Week's Community Events:
You can find the city's public events at on our public calendar. Have a city-sponsored event that you'd like to include? Email community-events@pittsburghpa.gov.
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311 is the City of Pittsburgh non-emergency response line. Residents can call 311 to report things they're seeing throughout the city and their request is automatically routed to the department who is responsible for taking care of it.
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This Week's Top 3 311 Reports
1. Missed Refuse Pick Up
2. Snow/Ice Removal
3. Abandoned Vehicles
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The City of Pittsburgh has many resources designed to make city government more accessible, transparent, and helpful to our residents. We highlight a resource that your family, friends, and neighbors might find helpful.
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One Stop PGH | PLI, DOMI, City Planning, I&P, OMB, Fire
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Starting in November 2018, the City of Pittsburgh introduced OneStopPGH, a “one-stop-shop" website where residents can apply, pay for, and receive business licenses, permits, planning applications. Plan review and inspection requests can now be conducted completely online. Now residents can navigate the development process from home, work, or on the go.
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The creation and implementation of OneStopPGH has been a multi-year, multi-department collaboration, including the Office of Management and Budget, The Department of Innovation and Performance, The Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, The Department of Mobility of Infrastructure, The Bureau of Fire, and City Planning – Zoning Division. Our goal has always been to better serve our residents and customers by increasing convenience and improving the customer experience through the modernization of our systems.
The OneStopPGH system rolled out four phases detailed below and now include services from four City Departments: Permits, Licenses & Inspections (PLI), Department of City Planning (DCP), Department of Mobility and Infrastructure (DOMI), and Bureau of Fire.
- Phase 1, November 2018: PLI Business, Trade, & Contractor Licensing
- Phase 2, May 2019: PLI Permits
- Phase 3, May 2019: DCP Zoning Development Reviews, Property Certifications, & Planning Applications
- Phase 4, May 2020: DOMI & PLI Code Enforcement, DOMI Permits, and Fire Permits
Residents can access the OneStopPGH Portal here. Creating an account is not necessary to browse the database, users can click “Search OneStopPGH” on the portal home page to search the database via a variety of criteria. Should you need assistance, PLI Application Techs as well as representatives from DOMI and DCP are available through an embedded chat feature (pictured below) to help users from Monday to Friday 8 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. OneStopPGH has also created a series of instructional videos to help users navigate the platform. For more information on OneStopPGH, visit the OneStopPGH info page.
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