Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 63 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 5 NEW PAPERS
- 6 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements and Amendments thereto with Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC for legal consulting services in connection with fiscally complex real property litigation and related matters, for an amount not-to-exceed Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($75,000.00) over one (1) year. (Executive Session held 8/26/25)
- 7 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, as amended, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing BRIDGE UPGRADES by One Million Two Hundred Three Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars and Forty-Eight Cents ($1,203,423.48) to account for the reimbursement by Smallman Street Tax Increment Financing District proceeds of City of Pittsburgh prior expenditures.
- 8 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing BRIDGE UPGRADES by Four Thousand One Hundred Seventeen Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($4,117.86) to account for the reimbursement by Smallman Street Tax Increment Financing District proceeds of City of Pittsburgh prior expenditures.
- 9 Resolution further amending Resolution No. 840 of 2019, effective December 23, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 Capital Budget and the 2020 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2020 through 2025 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing BRIDGE UPGRADES by One Hundred Eighty Two Thousand One Hundred Sixty-One Dollars and Forty Cents ($182,161.40) to account for the reimbursement by Smallman Street Tax Increment Financing District proceeds of City of Pittsburgh prior expenditures.
- 10 Resolution amending Resolution 471 of 2025, which authorized the issuance of a warrant in favor of the New Pittsburgh Courier, doing business as Real Times, Inc., for legal advertisements published on June 4, 2025 in connection with City of Pittsburgh Quiet Title actions for an amount not to exceed FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS AND SIXTY-EIGHT CENTS ($5,156.68), by correcting the JDE account information.
- 11 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 3rd, 2025 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/ CITY CLERK Brighton Heights Citizens Federation – ad sponsorship (Dist. 1) 250.00 Marabello, Lori – reimbursement for community events (Dist. 2) 539.25 Ralph, Antoinette – face painting (Dist. 2) 260.00 LAOH Division 11 – event donation (Dist. 2) 100.00 ACLC Special Activities – tickets to banquet dinner (Dist. 2) 350.00 Hilltop Alliance – event donation (Dist. 3) 1,000.00 Knoxville Community Council – donation to school supply drive (Dist. 3) 250.00 Arlington Civic Council – event donation (Dist. 3) 150.00 Spectra Associates Inc – archival linen record paper 1,086.00 Wilson, Bobby – reimbursement for work trip (Dist. 1) 394.09 Pixel Pierogi – communication consultant (Dist. 3) 150.00 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS Shepherd, Rachel – catering reimbursement for strategic planning meeting 100.73 Porterfield, Rita Turpin – reimbursement for applying/providing CLE credits 71.90 DEPT OF LAW Lagamba Reporting Services – court reporter for transcripts 927.00 Holder Padgett LittleJohn & Prickett LLC – outside legal counsel 2,400.00 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Net Transcripts Inc – transcription of case interviews 387.63 DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - ADMIN Brundage, Angela – mileage reimbursement 25.90 West, Alisha – catering reimbursement for meeting 49.70 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Harmy EMS – EMS coverage (Pirates, Shinedown) 1,174.20 Butler Ambulance Service- EMS coverage (Pirates, Hot Wheels) 761.65 Munhall Area Prehospital – EMS coverage (Pirates, Phil Wickham) 440.00 Munhall Area Prehospital – EMS coverage (Pirates, Shinedown) 720.00 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – EMS coverage (JCC Games, Pirates) 1,128.58 West Marine Pro – nylon rope 381.00 BUREAU OF POLICE B&R Starters Inc – AutoSquad vehicle maintenance and inspections 135.95 Greenawalt, Matthew – farrier care for Mounted Unit 2,970.00 ICOR Technology Inc – Bomb Squad robot arm repair 3,591.28 MCI A Verizon Company – Zone 1 long distance 6.35 Dunn, Maxfield – training reimbursement 746.00 Gobrecht, Lucas – training reimbursement 297.00 Thick Bikes LLC – Bicycle Unit parts/maintenance 934.96 Cunningham, Anthony W – reimbursement for bounce house for Z5 Open House 930.68 BUREAU OF FIRE 3 Rivers Fire Equipment – service of Breathing Air System 1,134.65 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Zoresco Equipment Co – rental of storage trailers 110.00 Zoresco Equipment Co – rental of storage trailers 325.00 Milliken Services LLC – modular carpet tile and adhesive materials 1,637.07 Rynse Inc – premium vehicle cleaning 90.00 R E Michel Co Inc – materials needed to install new linesets 1,443.96 R E Michel Co Inc – HVAC material 20.23 R E Michel Co Inc – hot water tank 2,800.81 Intertek-PSI – asbestos testing 2,510.00 Golden Equipment Co Inc – gutter broom wire segments 3,180.00 Safety-Kleen Systems Inc – parts washer solvent 350.40 American Public Works Association – annual membership 4,937.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Cleannet Systems of PA Inc – special cleaning at Sheraden HAL 125.00 Ward, Kristin – Alphabet Tales/Trails reader 150.00 Institutional Specialties Inc – service call for microphone 150.00 Troupe, Joseph – performance at M.E.L.T Jam 600.00 DEPT OF MOBILITIY & INFRASTRUCTURE Summit Fire & Security – annual fire extinguisher inspections 228.50 JCL Equipment Company Inc – panel mount gage 216.69
- 12 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS To: The Honorable President and Members of Council From: Office of Management and Budget Date: 08/29/2025 Re: Intradepartmental transfer --- Dear President and Members of Council: Per Resolution 927 of 2024, which authorizes City Council to approve intradepartmental transfers throughout the 2025 Fiscal Year, the Office of Management and Budget would like to make the following transfer(s):--- Department: Public Safety – Bureau of Police Amount from: $27,145.65 from 230000.55305 Promotional Amount to: $27,145.65 to 230000.56161 Operational Supplies This transfer is to cover the costs of Bureau supply needs.
- 13 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 14 P-Cards
- 15 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 16 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 17 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Western Pennsylvania Regional Urban Search & Technical Rescue Team to administer the Type III Urban Search & Rescue Task Force established in Pennsylvania Act 113 of 2024, for a total not-to-exceed amount of FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($4,480,727). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
- 18 NEW PAPERS
- 19 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with various organizations as part of the Stop the Violence community grant program, at a total cost not to exceed ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($1,748,460.00).
- 20 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 20 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with various organizations as part of the Stop the Violence community grant program, at a total cost not to exceed ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($1,748,460.00).
- 21 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 21 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with various organizations as part of the Stop the Violence community grant program, at a total cost not to exceed ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($1,748,460.00).
- 22 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of ACV Environmental Services, Inc., in the amount of Thirteen Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars and Forty-One Cents ($13,729.41), for Hazmat services to remediate hydraulic fuel spills from Environmental Services vehicles; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof in 2025.
- 23 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 24 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Henningson Durham & Richardson of Pennsylvania Architects & Engineers P.C. (HDR) for costs associated with the Master Plan of a Public Safety training campus, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,800,000.00), over a period of two (2) years.
- 25 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into agreements for the construction of the combined use asset to be known as Fire Station 20 / Medic 12. The total project cost for construction with contingency is not to exceed Seventeen Million Six Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars ($17,696,968). The bidding process has concluded with preliminary awards allocated to Franjo Construction in the amount of Eleven Million Three Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Two Hundred ($11,334,200.00) for General Construction, to First American in the amount of One Million Five Hundred Ninety Thousand Five Hundred ($1,590,500.00) for Mechanical Construction, to Right Electric in the amount of Two Million Two Hundred Eighty One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Three ($2,281,223.00) for Electrical Construction and to Wheels Mechanical in the amount of Eight Hundred Ninety Four Thousand Five Hundred ($894,500.00) for Plumbing Construction.
- 26 NEW PAPERS
- 27 Resolution amending resolution 336 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Redevelopment Authority of Allegheny County for the purpose of receiving and spending grant funds in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) to develop a mobility plan in the West End by increasing the grant amount by One Hundred Thousand Dollars $100,000 for a new total project cost of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000).
- 27 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into agreements for the construction of the combined use asset to be known as Fire Station 20 / Medic 12. The total project cost for construction with contingency is not to exceed Seventeen Million Six Hundred Ninety-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars ($17,696,968). The bidding process has concluded with preliminary awards allocated to Franjo Construction in the amount of Eleven Million Three Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Two Hundred ($11,334,200.00) for General Construction, to First American in the amount of One Million Five Hundred Ninety Thousand Five Hundred ($1,590,500.00) for Mechanical Construction, to Right Electric in the amount of Two Million Two Hundred Eighty One Thousand Two Hundred Twenty Three ($2,281,223.00) for Electrical Construction and to Wheels Mechanical in the amount of Eight Hundred Ninety Four Thousand Five Hundred ($894,500.00) for Plumbing Construction.
- 28 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Office of Management and Budget to apply for a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Lincoln Avenue Multimodal Safety & Accessibility Improvement Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SIX DOLLARS AND SIXTY NINE CENTS ($750,236.69) for this stated purpose.
- 29 Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, and the Office of Management and Budget to apply for a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development’s Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Planning and Engineering of the Liberty Avenue, Main Street, and Bloomfield Bridge Intersection. The grant proposal includes an ask not to exceed FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY THREE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN ($533,111.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
- 30 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 in order to advance the Herndon Street Landslide Remediation project, at no cost to the city.
- 31 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to take all necessary actions to acquire and secure a right-of-way, aerial easements, and permanent and/or temporary construction easements, as-needed, including the taking of property by eminent domain if necessary, involving the Swinburne Bridge, at no cost to the City.
- 32 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to take all necessary actions to acquire and secure a right-of-way, aerial easements, and permanent and/or temporary construction easements, as-needed, including the taking of property by eminent domain if necessary, involving the 28th Street Bridge project, at no cost to the City.
- 33 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the maintenance of safety improvements along Second Avenue as part of the Safe Routes to School Program, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.
- 34 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Verra Mobility for costs associated with the design, construction, and maintenance of the Automated Red Light Enforcement Program; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Thirteen Million Nine Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars ($13,977,973.00), with costs assessed on a fixed per-system basis and payable only upon usage, reimbursable at 100% under a five-year contract term.
- 35 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 36 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 37 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 50-F-260, 50-F-264, 50-F-265, 50-F-266, 50-F-269, 50-F-270, 50-F-275, 50-F-276, 50-F-277, 50-F-278, 50-F-288, 50-F-289, and 50-B-1 from R1D-M (Single-Unit Detached Residential, Moderate Density) to P (Parks District), parcels 50-F-190, and 50-F-191, and 50-F-213 from R1D-H (Single-Unit Detached Residential, High Density) to P (Parks District), and parcel 50-C-350 from RP (Residential Planned Unit Developments) to P (Parks District) in the Garfield neighborhood. (Sent to the Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received on 7/30/25) (Public Hearing held 10/14/25)
- 38 NEW PAPERS
- 38 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Verra Mobility for costs associated with the design, construction, and maintenance of the Automated Red Light Enforcement Program; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Thirteen Million Nine Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars ($13,977,973.00), with costs assessed on a fixed per-system basis and payable only upon usage, reimbursable at 100% under a five-year contract term.
- 39 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses and Chapter 912 Accessory Uses; and Article VIII, Review and Enforcement, Chapter 922 Development Review Procedures, all to amend Outdoor Retail Sales and Service Primary and Accessory Uses. (Public Hearing held 10/22/25)
- 40 Ordinance amending and supplementing the City Code at Title Seven, Business Licensing, Article III, Sales Businesses, Chapter 719, Vendors and Peddlers, by repealing Chapter 719 in its entirety and replacing it with a new Chapter 719 to update Pittsburgh’s vending program.
- 41 Resolution providing for the designation as Historic Structures under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structures known as the Ross and Aspinwall Pumping Stations, located at 900 Freeport Road (171-B-1-0-2), in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar Neighborhood, in the 12th Ward, in the City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 10/9/25)
- 42 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Rachel Carson Bridge, also known as the Ninth Street Bridge, spanning the Allegheny River in the North Shore and Central Business District neighborhoods, in the City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 10/9/25)
- 43 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Roberto Clemente Bridge, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge spanning the Allegheny River in the North Shore and Central Business District neighborhoods in the City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 10/9/25)
- 43 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses and Chapter 912 Accessory Uses; and Article VIII, Review and Enforcement, Chapter 922 Development Review Procedures, all to amend Outdoor Retail Sales and Service Primary and Accessory Uses. (Public Hearing held 10/22/25)
- 44 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain structure known as the Andy Warhol Bridge, also known as the Seventh Street Bridge, spanning the Allegheny River in the North Shore and Central Business District neighborhoods, in the City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 10/9/25)
- 45 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Site under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as Schenley Park, located in the Squirrel Hill North and Squirrel Hill South Neighborhoods, in the 14th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The included parcels are 29-H-237, 29-H-238, 29-H-284, 29-H-300, 29-H-320, 29-M-290, 29-M-305, 29-M-315, 27-S-150-0-1, 28-D-2, 28-M-200, 28-M-175, 28-M-200, 28-S-140, 28-S-230, 28-S-235, 29-D-240, 29-H-167, 29-H-233, 29-H-237, 28-S-250, 28-H-300-0-1, 28-M-190, 28-S-138, 29-S-320, 28-H-284, and 29-H-320. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 10/9/25)
- 45 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine: Zoning Code, Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses and Chapter 912 Accessory Uses; and Article VIII, Review and Enforcement, Chapter 922 Development Review Procedures, all to amend Outdoor Retail Sales and Service Primary and Accessory Uses. (Public Hearing held 10/22/25)
- 46 RECREATION, YOUTH, AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR
- 47 NEW PAPERS
- 48 Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to accept a donation from the 14th Ward Youth Baseball Association of a Mastodon Engineered Batting Cage System and foundation concrete to be installed at the Frick Park ball fields, valued at TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000.00) dollars.
- 49 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 50 NEW PAPERS
- 51 Resolution 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 ePlus Technology, Inc. for a Voice over Internet Protocol Unified Communications Platform (UCaaS) to implement convergence of systems to support Citywide communications, at a cost not-to-exceed Two Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,100,000) over three years.
- 52 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 53 NEW PAPERS
- 54 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2854 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City.
- 55 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 901-903 Liberty Avenue, at no cost to the City.
- 56 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for Project Willow, 4215 Willow St, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, at no cost to the City.
- 57 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) to recoup yearly costs associated with the City’s participation and attendance in the Member Planning Agency Participation Services, at no cost to the city.