Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 40 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 5 NEW PAPERS
- 6 Resolution amending Resolution 841 of 2024 authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Agreement or amendments thereto, with Partners for Public Good to receive technical assistance to use procurement as a lever for inclusive workforce development, job quality, and local economic empowerment at no cost to the City.
- 7 Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to accept the sum of THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($316,367.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 24-004792, involving the Finland Street Pedestrian Bridge. (Executive Session held 3/4/25)
- 8 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 March 12th, 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 Marabello, Lori – reimbursement for meeting catering (Dist. 2) 127.29 Carnegie Mellon University – work-study student (Dist. 3) 229.50 Carnegie Mellon University – work-study student (Dist. 3) 132.60 Morningside Area Community Council – reimbursement for catering (Dist. 7) 486.81 MAYOR’S OFFICE Trustpoint Intl. – translation services 154.39 DEPT OF INNOVATION & PERFORMANCE Mackin, Ryan – reimbursement for safety vests and hats 48.93 Rowden, Jacque – reimbursement for team lunch for new hires 144.83 DEPT OF LAW Veritext Corporate Services – court reporter for transcripts 998.95 Exponent Inc – professional engineering services 357.50 D’Appolonia Engineering – professional engineering services 468.46 OFFICE OF MUNICIPAL INVESTIGATIONS Assured Polygraph Services – polygraphing of candidates for City employment 350.00 Assured Polygraph Services – polygraphing of candidates for City employment 2,100.00 Tyler Mountain Water – water 23.50 DEPT OF HUMAN RESOURCES & CIVIL SERVICE Experian – in person hearings 250.00 DEPT OF CITY PLANNING Kunak, Kevin – reimbursement for APA membership dues 769.00 Dash, Andrew – reimbursement for APA membership dues 769.00 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Munhall Area Prehospital – coverage reimbursement (Pens) 1,467.26 Ford City Hose Co #1 Ambulance – coverage reimbursement (Auto Show, Monster Jam) 1,999.32 Butler Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (Pens) 444.29 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – coverage reimbursement (Pens) 380.82 Oklahoma Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (Monster Jam) 317.35 Phillips, Frank – coverage reimbursement (Pens, WPIAL basketball) 936.19 Lower Valley Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (Elevation) 240.00 West Marine Pro – ICOM battery 369.72 BUREAU OF FIRE Unifirst Corp – towels for Training Academy 82.88 Jackson Welding Supply Co – liquefied petroleum gas 166.32 ATD American Co – towels for fire stations 4,636.80 DEPT OF PUBLIC WORKS Zoresco Equipment Co – storage trailer rental 65.00 Fort Pitt Exterminators Inc – pest control services 745.00 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Lacaria, Aldene – tennis clinic instruction 325.00 Dieffenbach, George – tennis clinic instruction 136.52 Jermon, Drake – tennis clinic instruction 518.80 Gluzman, Benji – tennis clinic instruction 186.76 Haffner, Mark – tennis clinic instruction 455.02 Kilpatrick, Spencer – tennis clinic instruction 238.90 James B Marcus – tennis clinic instruction 841.82 Parks, Richard – tennis clinic instruction 870.27 Paull, Mark J – tennis clinic instruction 938.53 Westwood Oakwood Athletic Association – Dick’s Sporting Goods Grant 4,950.00 Lincoln Lemington Youth Activities Inc - Dick’s Sporting Goods Grant 1,950.00 Northside Youth Athletic Assn - Dick’s Sporting Goods Grant (D6) 4,378.34 Northside Youth Athletic Assn - Dick’s Sporting Goods Grant (D1) 2,450.00 Hill District Youth Sports - Dick’s Sporting Goods Grant 4,950.00 Shirley Flowers Be Encouraged Foundation – Building Senior Communications Program 1,500.00 Allegheny County Treasurer – food safety course/exam 105.00 S&S Trophy Inc – recognition award for Ammon Aquatics Team 110.00 Ross Farms – sheep shearing at Pittsburgh County Fair 500.00 Ferguson, Angela – speaker at Pittsburgh County Fair 2,000.00 CITIZEN POLICE REVIEW BOARD Agnovi Corporation – annual support/upgrade protection for case management software 4,996.00
- 9 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS
- 10 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 11 P-Cards
- 12 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 13 RECOMMITTED PAPERS
- 14 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Clinical Affiliation Agreement with Community College of Allegheny County to enact a precepting program, allowing students to learn professional skills from City employees in the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services for training and educational purposes, at zero cost to the City.
- 15 NEW PAPERS
- 16 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 Department of Drugs and Alcohol Programs for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Substance Use Disorder Drop in Center in the amount not to exceed ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($1,875,000.00) dollars for a new drop in center to provide social services for people in crisis.
- 17 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 18 NEW PAPERS
- 19 Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, Utility Coordination, Right of Way, and Construction phases of the Penn Ave Phase 2 project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Twelve Million Two Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($12,275,000.00), an increase of Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,200,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Sixty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($68,400.00), an increase of Fifty Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($50,400.00) from the previously executed agreement.
- 20 Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, and Construction phases of the demolition of the Bridge over RT 51 Near Woodruff Street, also referred to as the Parking Lot Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Three Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Three Cents ($4,377,305.53), an increase of Three Million Seven Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Three Cents ($3,752,305.53) 100% Commonwealth Incurred Costs, from the previously executed agreement; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Thirty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($36,673.95), an increase of Seven Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($7,423.95) - from the previously executed agreement as previously authorized by Resolution 73 of 2024.
- 21 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 22 NEW PAPERS
- 23 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Michael Baker International, Inc. for costs associated with the Manchester ReUnited State Route 65 Planning Study, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars and Twenty-One Cents ($1,356,447.21).
- 24 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article Two, Base Zoning Districts, Chapter 903, Residential Zoning Districts, to reduce required minimum lot sizes. (Public Hearing held 4/23/25)
- 25 INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE, MS. GROSS, CHAIR
- 26 NEW PAPERS
- 27 Resolution amending Resolution #287 of 2024, which added funding for maintenance services related to the FalconRed document scanning station, by authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to extend the agreement with OPEX Corporation for equipment, maintenance services and associated software licenses at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine-Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Zero Cents ($29,941.00) for a new total not to exceed One-Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Six-Hundred Seventy-One Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($136,671.00).
- 28 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 29 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 30 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.
- 31 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.
- 32 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.
- 33 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.
- 34 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.
- 35 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.
- 36 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.
- 37 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.
- 38 NEW PAPERS
- 39 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Sports and Exhibition Authority (“SEA”) for dedication to the City of street improvements along Penn Avenue, Fort Duquesne Boulevard, and 11th Street, surrounding the David L. Lawrence Convention Center; and providing for the payment costs thereof, not to exceed Zero Dollars ($0.00).
- 40 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.