City Council

Council Chambers

Agenda — 67 items

1. 1 ROLL CALL
2. 2 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. 3 MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
4. 4 PROCLAMATIONS
5. 5 WILLS OF COUNCIL
6. 6 WHEREAS, autonomous or “driverless” vehicles are expanding rapidly in cities across the United States, with multiple companies now operating or testing commercial robotaxi services in dense urban environments; and, 2026-0291 Adopted Pass
7. 7 PUBLIC COMMENTS
8. 8 PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
9. 9 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS:
10. 10 Resolution amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, entitled "Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program" by transferring one hundred thirty-four thousand, eight hundred thirty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($134,831.25) from NEIGHBORHOOD INITIATIVES FUND to SLOPE FAILURE REMEDIATION. 2026-0297 Read and referred
11. 11 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (“HACP”) in order for the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) to have access to parcel 50-C-350 behind former Fort Pitt Elementary School in relation to a redevelopment project known as the Fort Pitt Park Master Plan, at no cost to the City. 2026-0298 Read and referred
12. 12 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 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 173-A, Lot 206 (1365 Paulson Avenue - Council District No. 9), Block 173-A, Lot 207 (1367 Paulson Avenue - Council District No. 9), Block 173-E, Lot 287 (7117 Lemington Avenue- Council District No. 9), Block 173-L, Lot 17 (7305 Lemington Avenue - Council District No. 9), Block 173-F, Lot 246 (1556-1558 Broadhead Street - Council District No. 9), and Block 173-A, Lot 32 (7112 Wiltsie Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City. 2026-0307 Read and referred
13. 13 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 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-H, Lot 142 (0 N Murtland Street - Council District No. 9), Lot 144 (0 Fielding Way- Council District No. 9), Lot 163 (0 Fielding Way- Council District No. 9), Lot 164 (0 Fielding Way- Council District No. 9), Lot 166 (7001 Idlewild Street - Council District No. 9), Lot 167 (0 Idlewild Street - Council District No. 9), Lot 168 (0 Idlewild Street - Council District No. 9), Lot 168-A (0 Fielding Way- Council District No. 9), Lot 169 (0 Idlewild Street - Council District No. 9), Lot 170 (0 Fielding Way- Council District No. 9), Block 125-D, Lot 69 (0 Monticello Street - Council District No. 9), Lot 71 (0 Monticello Street - Council District No. 9), Lot 71-1 (0 Monticello Street - Council District No. 9), Lot 71-2 (0 Monticello Street - Council District No. 9), and Lot 71-3 (0 Monticello Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City. 2026-0308 Read and referred
14. 14 COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS:
15. 15 Resolution amending Resolution 657 of 2025 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Tree Pittsburgh for a restoration project known as “Rising Main 3” consisting of a deforested corridor in Highland Park, at a City cost not to exceed Two Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars and Four Cents ($275,257.04) over a period of five (5) years, by revising the payment schedule over a period of four (4) years. 2026-0299 Read and referred
16. 16 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of A. Folino Construction, Inc., in the amount of Four Hundred Eighty-One Thousand, Three Hundred Twenty Dollars ($481,320.00), for the purpose of Emergency Snow Removal at various locations; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, over one year. 2026-0300 Read and referred
17. 17 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with TRC Engineers, Inc. for costs associated with Construction Inspection and Contract Administration for the Pittsburgh City Steps project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Nine Dollars and Forty-Two Cents ($1,448,949.42), reimbursable at eighty percent. 2026-0301 Read and referred
18. 18 Resolution providing for a supplemental agreement or agreements with MS Consultants, Inc. for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering and Final Design phases of the California Avenue Bridge project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Two Million Two Hundred Five Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Two Dollars and Ninety-Six Cents ($2,205,692.96), an increase of One Million Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($1,360,896.95) from the previously authorized agreement, reimbursable at 100%. 2026-0302 Read and referred
19. 19 COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS:
20. 20 Resolution amending Resolution 741 of 2025, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Block & Associates for legal services in connection with a current City construction project and other legal services, by increasing the contract amount by Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) for a new not to exceed amount of One Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($120,000) over two (2) years. 2026-0303 Read and referred
21. 21 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Comber Miller LLC. for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:25-cv-1303 for an amount not to exceed SEVENTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR DOLLARS AND SIXTEEN CENTS ($17,844.16) over one year. (Executive Session held 3/31/26) 2026-0304 Read and referred
22. 22 Resolution authorizing the execution of quitclaim deeds conveying all of the City's right, title and interest in and to the City-owned property located at 708 North Pacific Avenue in the 10th Ward of the City and designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block & Lot: 50-G-345, to Mary Sauer, relating to the full and final settlement of a case filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at GD 19-017927. (Executive Session held 3/31/26) 2026-0305 Read and referred
23. 23 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Karen Williams in an amount not to exceed SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-SIX DOLLARS AND SIXTY-THREE CENTS ($7,496.63) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (2025-CLAIM-0108) for damage to her parked vehicle on Beacon Street near Wightman Street from a City ES vehicle on April 1, 2025. (Executive Session held 3/31/26) 2026-0306 Read and referred
24. 24 COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS:
25. 25 Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of 7th Street, from Fort Duquesne Boulevard to Liberty Avenue be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. 2026-0310 Read and referred
26. 26 Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of 9th Street, from Fort Duquesne Boulevard to Penn Avenue (heading North towards the Northside) be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. 2026-0311 Read and referred
27. 27 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Five, Traffic, Article Seven, Parking, Chapter 543, Parking Meters and Chapter 549, Residential Parking Permit Program, to implement temporary enforcement and penalty provisions for specified areas during the NFL Draft. 2026-0312 Waived under Rule 8 Pass
28. 28 COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS:
29. 28 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Five, Traffic, Article Seven, Parking, Chapter 543, Parking Meters and Chapter 549, Residential Parking Permit Program, to implement temporary enforcement and penalty provisions for specified areas during the NFL Draft. 2026-0312 Read and referred
30. 29 Communication from Rea Price, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended March 27, 2026. 2026-0309 Read, Received and Filed Pass
31. 30 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
32. 31 Resolution appointing John McClory as the Director of the Department of Public Works. 2026-0230 Approved Pass
33. 32 Resolution appointing Jeff Skalican as the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure. 2026-0231 Approved Pass
34. 33 Resolution appointing Helen Cestra as a Member of the Historic Review Commission for a term to expire January 1, 2028. 2026-0233 Approved Pass
35. 34 REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
36. 35 COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS
37. 36 Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for March 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2026-0292 Read, Received and Filed Pass
38. 37 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Agreement or Agreements with North Star Leadership LLC, for Police supervisor development and training, at a total cost not to exceed TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000.00), over one year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) 2026-0252 Passed Finally Pass
39. 38 Resolution authorizing the Citizen Police Review Board to enter into an Agreement(s) or Contract(s) with Attorney Alec B. Wright of O’Brien Coleman & Wright, LLC, for professional services to assist in the legal representation of the Citizen Police Review Board for a period of three years. Said Agreement(s) or Contract(s) shall not exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) per year for 2026, 2027, and 2028; subject to the annual allocation by City Council. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) 2026-0253 Passed Finally Pass
40. 39 COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
41. 40 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for March 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2026-0293 Read, Received and Filed Pass
42. 41 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 Nine Hundred Thousand Four Hundred Sixty-Three Dollars and Nineteen Cents ($3,900,463.19), an increase of One Hundred Twenty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-One Dollars and Ninety-Nine Cents ($121,861.99), reimbursable at various rates. 2026-0258 Passed Finally Pass
43. 42 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 Trans Associates Engineering Consultants, Inc. for Services During Construction for the Penn Ave Phase 2 Reconstruction Project at a cost thereof, not to exceed One Million Seven Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Three Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Six Cents ($1,743,305.56), an increase of One Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty-Nine Dollars and Eleven Cents ($178,939.11) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 80%. 2026-0259 Passed Finally Pass
44. 43 Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh of certain easements necessary for the completion of repair and support of Andover Terrace, in the Fifth Ward, 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 Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00). 2026-0260 Passed Finally Pass
45. 44 Ordinance amending Ordinance 223 of 1911 in order to grant the City’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure limited authority to permit installation of overhead wires or poles on certain portions of Kinsman Road and on Worth Street located in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh. 2026-0261 Passed Finally Pass
46. 45 Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mele Landscape Contractors, Inc., in the amount of One Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($109,847.58), for the purpose of Emergency Snow Removal at various location; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof over one year. 2026-0262 Passed Finally Pass
47. 46 COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES
48. 47 Report of the Committee on Human Resources for March 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2026-0294 Read, Received and Filed Pass
49. 48 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Municipal Investigations (OMI) to enter into a Software Maintenance Agreement or Agreements with Versaterm to extend the current agreement for OMI’s electronic case-management system, IA Pro, for a period of three (3) years, in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Three Thousand Four Hundred Thirteen Dollars and Forty-Eight Cents ($23,413.48). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) 2026-0250 Passed Finally Pass
50. 49 Resolution providing for a Professional Service Agreement or Agreements with Fair Housing Partnership of Greater Pittsburgh to provide fair housing testing, housing analysis, and technical assistance to the Commission on Human Relations at a cost not-to-exceed Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) over one (1) year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) 2026-0251 Passed Finally Pass
51. 50 COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON RECREATION, YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
52. 51 Report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for March 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2026-0295 Read, Received and Filed Pass
53. 52 Resolution providing for the designation and transfer of certain public properties within the Upper Lawrenceville neighborhood to become permanent, public, passive open space, included in the Allegheny River Greenway as part of the Greenways for Pittsburgh program. 2026-0268 Passed Finally Pass
54. 53 COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
55. 54 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for March 25, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation. 2026-0296 Read, Received and Filed Pass
56. 55 Resolution amending Resolution 930 of 2024, which authorized 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 2025 PAYGO-funded projects and programs, by adding the “Land Bank Personnel” deliverable and increasing the total not to exceed amount by One Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($157,175) to One Million Two Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars ($1,257,175.00). 2026-0254 Passed Finally Pass
57. 56 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 120 Cecil Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City. 2026-0255 Passed Finally Pass
58. 57 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 403, 407, and 413 Chalfont Street, at no cost to the City. 2026-0256 Passed Finally Pass
59. 58 Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Margaret Elizabeth Graham for the sale of Block 50-F, Lot 144, in the 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Rosetta Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City. 2026-0257 Passed Finally Pass
60. 59 Resolution amending Resolution No. 352 of 2025, which authorized a Professional Service Agreement(s) and or Contract(s) with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC for consulting services for federal government affairs and legislative services, by extending the term through the second quarter of 2026, and increasing the approved amount by Fifteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($15,500) for a new total cost not to exceed of Five Hundred Eighty-Nine Thousand Dollars ($589,000) over ten (10) years. 2026-0274 Passed Finally Pass
61. 60 Resolution amending Resolution No. 353 of 2025, which authorized a Professional Service Agreement(s) and or Contract(s) with Malady & Wooten, Inc. for consulting services for state government affairs and legislative services, by extending the term through the second quarter of 2026, and increasing the approved amount by Sixteen Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($16,500) for a new total cost not to exceed Six Hundred Twenty Seven Thousand Dollars ($627,000) over ten (10) years and three (3) months. 2026-0275 Passed Finally Pass
62. 61 Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into intergovernmental cooperation agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and various government agencies and municipalities for the purpose of cooperative police and public services during the 2026 National Football League Draft. 2026-0290 Passed Finally, As Amended Pass
63. 62 MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
64. 62 Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into intergovernmental cooperation agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and various government agencies and municipalities for the purpose of cooperative police and public services during the 2026 National Football League Draft. 2026-0290 AMENDED Pass
65. 63 EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
66. 64 APPROVAL OF MINUTES
67. 65 ADJOURNMENT

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