Standing Committees
Council Chambers
Agenda — 78 items
- 1 STANDING COMMITTEES AGENDA
- 2 ROLL CALL
- 3 PUBLIC COMMENT
- 4 FINANCE AND LAW COMMITTEE, MRS. STRASSBURGER, CHAIR
- 5 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 6 Resolution amending Resolution 523 of 2024, which reappropriated federal American Rescue Plan funding, by updating the approved projects as outlined in Exhibit A, version 9. (Public Hearing held 12/9/24)
- 7 Resolution amending Resolution 525 of 2024, which authorized an American Rescue Plan Act Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Parking Authority (“PPA”), by updating the approved projects lines at no additional cost.
- 8 Resolution authorizing and directing the Controller to encumber funds budgeted in the 2024 Operating Budget for a disparity study, for subsequent expenditure once the procurement process is complete, Council authorizes the execution of an agreement and said agreement is duly executed and countersigned.
- 8 Resolution authorizing and directing the Controller to encumber funds budgeted in the 2024 Operating Budget for a disparity study, for subsequent expenditure once the procurement process is complete, Council authorizes the execution of an agreement and said agreement is duly executed and countersigned.
- 9 Resolution amending and supplementing Resolution Number 777 of 2016, effective December 29, 2016, entitled, “Resolution providing for the creation of a trust fund for the South Side Parking Enhancement District Trust Fund and setting conditions for the deposit and expenditure of such funds. This fund is for the exclusive use of funding public safety, maintenance, and parking enforcement for the South Side Parking Flats Enhancement District as shown in Exhibit A.” by adding additional permitted uses for Trust Fund dollars.
- 10 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 11 Resolution amending Resolution No. 237 of 2021 to provide for the extension of a professional services agreement through June 30, 2026 with Zeo Technologies for costs associated with the provision of web hosting services for the City Controller’s Office at a total cost not to exceed Twenty Six-Thousand Two-Hundred and Fifty dollars and no cents ($26,250.00).
- 12 NEW PAPERS
- 13 Resolution amending Resolution No. 277 of 2023 which authorized a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) extension with B2GNow, by increasing the total spend by Seventy-One Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($71,000.00) for a new not to exceed amount of Two Hundred Thirty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($232,243.00).
- 14 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Agreement or amendments thereto, with the President and Fellows of Harvard College acting through the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at the Harvard Kennedy School 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.
- 15 Resolution amending Resolution 39 of 2024, which authorized an Agreement or Agreements and Lease or Leases by and between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and First Vehicle Services, a TransDev Company (“First Vehicle”) to manage and maintain the City’s Vehicle Fleet, by increasing the authorized spend by Five Hundred Thousand Dollars for a new amount not to exceed Seventy-Eight Million Eight Hundred Forty-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Three Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($78,849,343.75) over a six (6) year period.
- 16 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank for professional services to address food insecurity, at a cost not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
- 17 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Ko-Hsin Chu in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,425.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (22C-0163) for damage to his parked vehicle from a City ES-Recycling vehicle on April 1, 2022. (Executive Session held 11/19/24)
- 18 Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to participate in applicable cooperative purchasing agreements for goods, materials, equipment, supplies, services, or construction, as authorized by the Commonwealth Procurement Code and the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Law for the 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 19 Resolution providing for the letting of contracts and for the use of existing contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment for City Departments, and the maintenance, repair, rental and/or leasing, rehabilitation, renovation, inspection or servicing of City buildings and facilities, and for any miscellaneous services in and for any City Departments, and providing for the payment of the costs thereof for the 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 20 Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 21 Resolution making appropriations to pay the expenses of conducting the public business of the City of Pittsburgh and for meeting the debt charges thereof for the Fiscal Year beginning January 1, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12/12/24)
- 22 Resolution fixing the number of officers and employees of the City of Pittsburgh for the 2025 fiscal year, and the rate of compensation thereof, and setting maximum levels for designated positions. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 23 Resolution authorizing City Council to approve intra-departmental transfers throughout the 2025 Fiscal Year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 24 Resolution authorizing appropriations and salaries of the Stop the Violence Fund for the 2025 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 25 Resolution authorizing appropriations, salaries, and capital expenditures of the Parks Trust Fund for the 2025 Fiscal Year, beginning January 1, 2025. (Public Hearing held 12/12/24)
- 26 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) for the administration of certain 2025 PAYGO-funded projects and programs, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof at a not to exceed One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00). (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 27 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 245: Earned Income Tax, Section 245.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Earned Income Tax for the year 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 28 Resolution authorizing all City departments, in conjunction with the Department of Finance, to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a facilities usage agreement or agreements during the 2025 calendar year for the purpose of permitting groups to rent City-owned facilities for recreational and community focused activities, in individual amounts not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 29 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article VII: Business Related Taxes, Chapter 246: Home Rule Tax, Section 246.03: Declaration and Payment of Tax, at subsection (d) so as to fix the rate of interest on delinquent Home Rule Tax for the year 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 30 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemptions, Section 263.02: Payment Options, Discount and Delinquency Penalty, so as to set the payment, discount, and delinquent dates for the 2025 fiscal year. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 31 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code at Title Two: Fiscal, Article IX: Property Taxes, Chapter 263: Real Property Tax and Exemption, by fixing the rate of real estate taxation for 2025. (Public Hearing held 12-12-24)
- 32 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 November 20th, 2024 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 Hollinger Metal Edge Inc – archival supplies 2,302.78 Emma Munson Foundation – event donation (Dist. 1) 250.00 Win-Char Civic – rent/utility payment donation (Dist. 2) 1,800.00 Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Chapel – event donation (Dist. 5) 150.00 Stanton Heights Neighborhood Association – event donation (Dist. 7) 200.00 Bezner, Saul – GIS project (Dist. 7) 1,612.50 DEPT OF CITY PLANNING Rakus, Kate – American Planning Association membership 711.00 DEPT OF PERMITS, LICENSES, & INSPECTIONS Green, Dave – PA Dept of Labor & Industry certification (Minton, Shaffer, Speakman) 484.48 Green, Dave - PA Dept of Labor & Industry certification (Weisensee, Henderson) 242.24 BUREAU OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Oklahoma Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (Don Toliver) 413.01 Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co #4 – coverage reimbursement (Ken Carson, Steelers, Pitt football) 1,719.34 Butler Ambulance Service – coverage reimbursement (Pitt football, Steelers) 889.56 Rostraver/West Newton EMS – coverage reimbursement (Pitt football, Steelers) 2,849.34 Phillips, Frank – coverage reimbursement (Pitt football, ATA National Tournament, Steelers) 1,334.34 Kirwan Heights VFA EMS – coverage reimbursement (Steelers) 949.78 Ford City Hose Co #1 – coverage reimbursement (Pitt football, Lainey Wilson, Disney on Ice, Steelers) 2,728.90 Quality Emergency Medical Services – coverage reimbursement (Steelers) 735.00 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH & SAFETY McKesson Medical-Surgical Govt Solutions – healing ointments and gauze 626.11 DEPT OF PARKS & RECREATION Gluzman, Benji – tennis clinic instruction 55.50 Haffner, Mark – tennis clinic instruction 247.50 James B Marcus – tennis clinic instruction 900.00 Jermon Drake – tennis clinic instruction 555.00 Kilpatrick, Spencer – tennis clinic instruction 202.50 Lacaria, Aldene – tennis clinic instruction 400.00 Nigam, Kamal – tennis court fee refund 1,660.00 Parks, Richard – tennis clinic instruction 1,117.89 Paull, Mark J – tennis clinic instruction 953.27 Plantscape Inc – snow blankets and glitter 2,897.00 DEPT OF MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCTURE PA One Call System – alerting system 4,307.40 Path Master Inc – sign brackets 3,440.00 CITIZEN POLICE REVIEW BOARD Associated Investors Inc – monthly cleaning service 475.00
- 33 INTRA DEPARTMENTAL TRANSFERS To: The Honorable President and Members of Council From: Office of Management and Budget Date: 11/15/2024 Re: Intradepartmental transfer --- Dear President and Members of Council: Per Resolution 860 of 2023, which authorizes City Council to approve intradepartmental transfers throughout the 2024 Fiscal Year, the Office of Management and Budget would like to make the following transfer(s):--- Council as a Body Amount from: $10,000.00 from 101200.53517 – legal fees Amount to: $10,000.00 to 101200.56101 – office supplies This transfer is to correct overages caused by unplanned purchases for mailer supplies. Department of Public Safety – Bureau of Police Amount from: $5,000.00 from 230000.54101 Cleaning Amount to: $5,000.00 to 230000.55201 Telephone This transfer is to cover costs of the Bureau’s monthly phone expenses. Department of Finance Amount from: $125,000 from 107000.82101 Interest Expense - Bonds Amount to: $125,000 to 107000.54105 Landscaping This transfer is to cover the Department’s land care maintenance overage. Department of Law Amount from: $1,400 from 108000.56151 Operational Supplies Amount to: $1,400 to 108000.55301 Advertising-Employment Related This transfer is to cover employment advertisements in the Lawyers Journal,
- 34 P-CARD APPROVALS
- 35 P-Cards
- 36 PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS COMMITTEE, MR. COGHILL, CHAIR
- 37 NEW PAPERS
- 38 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh for services related to the City's Spay and Neuter Program for Community Cats, at a total cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($105,000.00) over three years.
- 39 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh for services related to the City's Spay and Neuter Program for Pets, at a total cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($105,000.00) over three years.
- 40 PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, MRS. WARWICK, CHAIR
- 41 SUPPLEMENTAL - NEW PAPERS
- 42 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Hill Community Development Corporation for costs associated with RAISE Hill District Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00), reimbursable at eighty percent.
- 43 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Larson Design Group Inc. for costs associated with RAISE Hill District Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00), reimbursable at eighty percent.
- 44 NEW PAPERS
- 45 Resolution amending resolution No. 56 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the Smallman Complete Street Project” to accept the grant, decrease the award amount to NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE ($999,999.00), and authorize necessary expenditures.
- 46 Resolution amending resolution No. 14 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the purchase of vehicles for the Pittsburgh Park Rangers” to accept the grant, decrease the award amount to EIGHTY THOUSAND ($80,000.00) dollars, and authorize necessary expenditures.
- 46 Resolution amending resolution No. 56 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the Smallman Complete Street Project” to accept the grant, decrease the award amount to NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY NINE ($999,999.00), and authorize necessary expenditures.
- 47 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Five: Traffic, Article VII: Parking, Chapter 541: General Parking Regulations, by amending Section 541.04B, entitled Smart Loading Zones, to remove the pilot sunset date and clarify revenue sharing procedures.
- 48 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with property owners of 2401 - 2413 Beechwood Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA, 15217 (“Premises”), for the purpose of accessing their private driveway to help facilitate City waste collection services at the Premises, at no cost to the City.
- 48 Resolution amending resolution No. 14 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Office of Management and Budget to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s (DCED) Local Share Account Statewide to provide funding for the purchase of vehicles for the Pittsburgh Park Rangers” to accept the grant, decrease the award amount to EIGHTY THOUSAND ($80,000.00) dollars, and authorize necessary expenditures.
- 49 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with Antonio Jimenez, property owner of 4026 Ohio River Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15212 (“Premises”), for the purpose of accessing their private driveway to help facilitate City waste collection services at the Premises, at no cost to the City.
- 50 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) for the purpose of a land survey and stream gauge installation by the USACE at Frick Park, at no cost to the City.
- 51 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, or Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and D'Appolonia, for professional design services for Cowley-Goettman Recreation Center’s reconstruction, at a City cost not to exceed Six-Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand, Six-Hundred Ninety Dollars and Sixty-Eight Cents ($675,690.68).
- 52 HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE, MR. CHARLAND, CHAIR
- 53 NEW PAPERS
- 54 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Human Resources, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny to support children, youth, and family programs administered by the Department of Human Services, at a cost not to exceed Four Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,200,000.00) for a one-year pilot agreement.
- 55 LAND USE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. WILSON, CHAIR
- 56 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 57 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from R1A-VH, Residential Single-Unit Attached, Very High-Density District to LNC, Local Neighborhood Commercial, on property roughly bounded by Hamilton Avenue, Dunfermline Street, Tioga Street, Cinibar Way and Zenith Way; all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 13th Ward. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 6/7/24) (Report and recommendation received 7/26/24) (Public Hearing held 11/14/24)
- 58 Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as Pittsburgh Stained Glass Studio, located at 160 Warden Street (19-M-17 and 19), in the West End, in the 20th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 11/18/24)
- 59 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article VI, Chapter 919, Signs, to create and establish the North Shore Entertainment District and set forth regulations for Neighborhood or District Gateway signs. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 1/29/25) (Resent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received 11/20/25) (Public Hearing held 1/20/26)
- 60 NEW PAPERS
- 61 Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Creative Communities Program in an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($100,000.00) dollars to hire an artist in residence at the City. The grant requires an in-kind match of TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) dollars for a total project cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND ($110,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.
- 62 RECREATION, YOUTH, AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMITTEE, MRS. KAIL-SMITH, CHAIR
- 63 DEFERRED PAPERS
- 64 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Paramount Pursuits to provide technical assistance to applicants and awardees of projects from the City of Pittsburgh's Food Justice Fund, for a sum not to exceed TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($200,000.00) over two years.
- 65 Resolution authorizing renaming REAM Recreation Center to The Dunlap Family Center. (Public Hearing held 11/18/24)
- 66 NEW PAPERS
- 67 Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 173 of the Pittsburgh City Code, the naming of the Gym in the REAM Rec Center to the “Macellaro Gym” in recognition of the Macellaro family: John Macellaro for the work he has done in keeping the Recreation Center open, his father John Macellaro Sr and Grandfather Moe Macellaro. (Public Hearing held 12/6/24)
- 68 INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, MR. MOSLEY, CHAIR
- 69 NEW PAPERS
- 70 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or amendments thereto with the County of Allegheny, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, the Stadium Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Water, and the Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh to govern the processes associated with the facilitation of a Pittsburgh Regional Disparity Study at no cost to the City.
- 71 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or amendments thereto, with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to ensure equity contracting program requirements for both job quality and diverse workforce participation standards on construction projects at no cost to the City.
- 72 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Amended and Restated Cooperation and Support Agreement with the Allegheny Regional Asset District for the period from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2029, at no cost to the City.
- 73 Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (PWSA) for costs associated with the Braywood Way project where the PWSA is overseeing the design and construction of the storm water management components as well as the roadway replacement and rehabilitation and has or will retain the services of a Design Consultant, Construction Management/Inspection Consultant, and Construction Contractor for the project. The City will reimburse the PWSA for this work at a cost to the City not to exceed Three Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Seventy-Two Dollars and Nine Cents ($324,072.09).
- 73 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or amendments thereto with the County of Allegheny, the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, the Stadium Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Water, and the Public Parking Authority of Pittsburgh to govern the processes associated with the facilitation of a Pittsburgh Regional Disparity Study at no cost to the City.
- 75 Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or amendments thereto, with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to ensure equity contracting program requirements for both job quality and diverse workforce participation standards on construction projects at no cost to the City.