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January 22, 2025 ·10:00 AM Final

Council Chambers

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Agenda — 54 items

  1. 1 ROLL CALL
  2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
  4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS
  5. 5 PUBLIC COMMENTS
  6. 6 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
  7. 7 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS:
  8. 8 Resolution amending and supplementing the Rules of Council, by adding Rule XIII, “Hearings for Appointments of Heads of Administrative Units.” 2025-1423 Read and referred
  9. 9 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS:
  10. 10 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2310 West Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15226, at no cost to the City. 2025-1404 Read and referred
  11. 11 Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a liquor license, License No. R-7710, from Los Patrones, Inc., located at 1138-1141 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 to the Applicant, REVA HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, INC. D/B/A REVA MODERN INDIAN CUISINE located at 220 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 2/11/25) 2025-1405 Read and referred
  12. 12 COUNCILWOMAN THERESA KAIL-SMITH PRESENTS:
  13. 13 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; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing THE OPEN DOOR by eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500.00) and increasing CRAFTON HEIGHS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH dba THE OPEN DOOR YOUTH OUTREACH by eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500.00), and authorize subsequent agreements. 2025-1406 Read and referred
  14. 14 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS:
  15. 15 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mary Ann Stang, and her attorneys, Ainsman Levine, LLC, for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($10,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 21-001501. (Executive Session held 1/21/25) 2025-1407 Read and referred
  16. 16 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Noel Phillips, and her attorneys, Mills & Henry, Attorneys at Law, for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($20,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at GD-24-006299 and for acquisition of the parcel identified as 5166 Broad Street (L&B 50-L-189). (Executive Session held 1/21/25) 2025-1408 Read and referred
  17. 17 Resolution amending Resolution 547 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Futures for professional services relating to leadership development training, by increasing the authorized spend by Seventy-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($76,800.00) for services in 2025 for a new total cost not to exceed of Three Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($338,136.00) over four years. 2025-1409 Read and referred
  18. 18 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a License Agreement with The Pittsburgh Steelers LLC to allow for the use of the City Seal on official Steelers-branded merchandise, at zero cost to the City. 2025-1410 Read and referred
  19. 19 Resolution amending Resolution No. 293 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services, by exercising the contract option to extend the term for 1 year and by increasing the total spend by $150,000, for a new not to exceed amount of Six Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and No Cents ($628,976.00). 2025-1424 Read and referred
  20. 20 Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article One, Home Rule Powers - Definitions, be supplemented by adding a new Section, “105. Local Governance”, by prohibiting the discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or expression, disability, place of birth, national origin or association or affiliation with any nation or foreign state in conducting business of the City?” (Public Hearing held 2/3/25) 2025-1425 Read and referred
  21. 21 Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article One, Home Rule Powers - Definitions, be supplemented by adding a new section, “104. Amendments to Charter”, by prohibiting the use of the Home Rule Charter Amendment process to add duties or obligations beyond the lawful scope of the city’s authority." (Public Hearing held 2/3/25) 2025-1426 Read and referred
  22. 22 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS:
  23. 23 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Toole Design, LLC for costs associated with the West Pittsburgh REACH Neighborhood Mobility Plan, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($104,274.00). 2025-1411 Read and referred
  24. 24 Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh of certain easements necessary for the completion of temporary construction work for sidewalk construction and associated miscellaneous work for public transportation purposes through eminent domain and further authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto at an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), reimbursable at eighty percent. 2025-1412 Read and referred
  25. 25 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 supplemental agreement or agreements with CDR Maguire, Inc., for Project Design Management Services and Reviews in connection with various City of Pittsburgh projects to add funding for the Preliminary Engineering phase increasing the total not to exceed to Three Million Seven Hundred Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars and Seventy-Three Cents ($3,711,256.73), a net increase of Zero Dollars ($0.00), reimbursable at 95%. 2025-1413 Read and referred
  26. 26 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS:
  27. 27 Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with Clio Consulting, for a Historic Survey of the Beechview District and related costs, in the amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). 2025-1414 Read and referred
  28. 28 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with Ground Technology, Inc. , d/b/a D'Appolonia “D’appolonia” geotechnical professional service that include assessments, evaluations, land remediation plans, and expert testimony of properties subject to active life safety code enforcement violations, for a total cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($300,000.00) over three years. 2025-1415 Read and referred
  29. 29 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections, for the issuance of a warrant in favor of the International Code Council (ICC), for the purchase of 2021 ICC building code books for building code officers and officials, at a cost not to exceed Forty Thousand and Fifty-Eight Dollars and Ninety Cents ($40,058.90). 2025-1416 Read and referred
  30. 30 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS:
  31. 31 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 45-A-166 and 45-E-43 from R1D-H (Single Unit Detached Residential, High Density) to UC-MU (Urban Center Mixed Use). (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 1/29/25) (Report & Recommendation received on 8/1/25) (Public Hearing held 10/16/25) 2025-1417 Read and referred
  32. 32 Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended January 17, 2025. 2025-1418 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  33. 33 Communication from Jennifer Olzinger, Chief Procurement Officer, Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached report of p-card users and their spending limits. 2025-1419 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  34. 34 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
  35. 35 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
  36. 36 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS
  37. 37 Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for January 15, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1399 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  38. 38 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the National Association of County and City Health Officials for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Post Overdose Training in Trauma-Informed Practices in the amount not to exceed TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000.00) dollars for training and support of the City’s Office of Community Health and Safety. 2025-1376 Passed Finally Pass
  39. 39 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  40. 40 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for January 15, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1400 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  41. 41 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements, to set forth financial obligations and maintenance responsibilities for the pedestrian facilities with PennDOT for local costs associated with work to be done on SR0400 (North Dallas Avenue/Bennett Street) and A45 ADA Ramps constructed and inspected by PennDOT and further providing for reimbursement to PennDOT of the estimated costs not to exceed Thirteen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($13,990.44). 2025-1379 Passed Finally Pass
  42. 42 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
  43. 43 Report of the Committee on Human Resources for January 15, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1401 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  44. 44 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) with UPMC Benefits Management Services, Inc. D/B/A WorkPartners for services relating to providing Third-party Administrative Services of the City of Pittsburgh’s Workers’ Compensation Program, for costs not to exceed Five Million Two Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-four Dollars ($5,002,764.00) over the course of four years. 2025-1375 Passed Finally Pass
  45. 45 COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY
  46. 46 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for January 15, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1402 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  47. 47 Resolution amending Resolution 841 of 2023, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with CORE Business Technologies for software, equipment, and services related to payment processing and cashiering systems for the Department of Finance and the Bureau of Police, by extending the contract by one (1) year and increasing the approved amount by NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED, FIFTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($98,955.00) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SIX THOUSAND, FIFTY-SIX DOLLARS AND 60 CENTS ($396,056.60). 2025-1377 Passed Finally Pass
  48. 48 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
  49. 49 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for January 15, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2025-1403 Read, Received and Filed Pass
  50. 50 Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Seven Million Nine Hundred Six Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen Dollars and Thirty-Seven Cents ($7,906,319.37) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase and leasing of vehicles, equipment and accessories, equipment support infrastructure, and professional services for use by City of Pittsburgh Departments. 2025-1378 Passed Finally Pass
  51. 51 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
  52. 52 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
  53. 53 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
  54. 54 ADJOURNMENT