Meeting

Standing Committees · Oct 16, 2024

9:30 AM · Council Chambers · 20 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12024-0987Notifies City Council of the appointment of Halena Procopio Ross as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire September 1, 2028.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
22024-1013Resolution transferring the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) within the 2024 Operating Budget from City Council Salaries & Wages, Regular to Council as a Body for the purpose of professional services.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32024-0776Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of The Department of Finance to suspend the City’s Side Yard Sale Program indefinitely.No matched discussionHeld in Committee on Finance and Law, due back by 10/23/2024Not recordedNot recorded
42024-1009Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking, Chapter 550: Mobility Enhancement District, Section 550.04-Pilot Program, in order to extend the pilot program to account for delays in implementation of the Mobility Enhancement District.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52024-1014Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the US Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program in the amount of Two Million Three Hundred Ninety Six Thousand Four Hundred and Six Dollars and Fifty One Cents ($2,396,406.51) dollars to support the City’s “Equitably Empowering EV Ownership in the City of Pittsburgh through Community Charging Infrastructure” project. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount of Thirty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars and Eight Cents ($38,997.08), The Pittsburgh Parking Authority in the amount of Ninety One Thousand Dollars ($91,000.00) and Duquesne Light in the amount of Four Hundred Seventy Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars ($470,600) for this stated purpose for a total project cost of TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY NINE CENTS ($2,997,003.59).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62024-1015Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing SOUTH SIDE SIGNALS (TIP) by Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($437,603.00), to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72024-1016Resolution 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 reducing BUS RAPID TRANSIT by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00) and increasing ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT (ATCMTD), administered as the SmartPGH project, by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82024-1017Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to the Department of City Planning to support work relating to transit-oriented development in Homewood.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92024-1018Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement with Carnegie Mellon University for a real estate subdivision and exchange involving two parcels having identification numbers 80-N-5-9 and 80-N-8 at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
10Item 0035-2024Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0035-2024.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
112024-0622Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article 1, Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding Chapter 619A entitled Quality of Life Violations. (Post Agenda held 10/1/24)No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
122024-1006Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into one-year reimbursement agreements with six local youth sports organizations at a total cost not to exceed NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($90,000.00) over one year.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132024-1007Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with 412PAW, LLC. for professional licensed veterinary services to the City's Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Animal Care & Control, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($124,000.00) over four years.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142024-1019Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the South Side Signals project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Seven Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($4,748,556.00), an increase of Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars ($437,603.00) from the previously passed authorization, reimbursable at one hundred percent.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152024-0221Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 902.03, Zoning Map, by changing From RM-H, Residential Multi-Unit - High Density to UNC - Urban Neighborhood Commercial, certain properties located on Shady Avenue in the 7th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh known in the Allegheny County Office of Deed Registry as Block and Lot Numbers: 84-G-239 and a portion of 84-G-258. (Sent to Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 3/15/24) (Report & Recommendation received 5/24/24) (Public Hearing held 10/10/24)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162024-0959Ordinance 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)No matched discussionHeld in Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 10/30/2024Not recordedNot recorded
172024-1010Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Esplanade project.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182024-1011Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the following addresses: 1007 McCartney Street; 1017 McCartney Street; 420 Greentree Road; 422 Greentree Road; and 434 Greentree Road.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192024-1012Resolution providing for a Cooperative Agreement or Agreements with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to reimburse expenses of UPMC incurred for public work at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and De Soto Street, related to the City’s SmartPGH project, performed in the course of the completion of UPMC Presbyterian Bed Tower, at an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202024-1024Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Director, Department of Finance to terminate the 1991 cooperation agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and County of Allegheny for the lease of the Municipal Courts Building, and further, forthwith, to grant and convey the Municipal Courts Building to the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to any other interested party.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedAye: 4Kail-Smith, Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Erika StrassburgerNo: 1Deb Gross
Order 12024-0987

Notifies City Council of the appointment of Halena Procopio Ross as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire September 1, 2028.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Not recorded
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22024-1013

Resolution transferring the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) within the 2024 Operating Budget from City Council Salaries & Wages, Regular to Council as a Body for the purpose of professional services.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32024-0776

Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of The Department of Finance to suspend the City’s Side Yard Sale Program indefinitely.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee on Finance and Law, due back by 10/23/2024
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42024-1009

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 5, Traffic; Article VII, Parking, Chapter 550: Mobility Enhancement District, Section 550.04-Pilot Program, in order to extend the pilot program to account for delays in implementation of the Mobility Enhancement District.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52024-1014

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the US Department of Transportation for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure program in the amount of Two Million Three Hundred Ninety Six Thousand Four Hundred and Six Dollars and Fifty One Cents ($2,396,406.51) dollars to support the City’s “Equitably Empowering EV Ownership in the City of Pittsburgh through Community Charging Infrastructure” project. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount of Thirty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars and Eight Cents ($38,997.08), The Pittsburgh Parking Authority in the amount of Ninety One Thousand Dollars ($91,000.00) and Duquesne Light in the amount of Four Hundred Seventy Thousand and Six Hundred Dollars ($470,600) for this stated purpose for a total project cost of TWO MILLION NINE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN THOUSAND THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY NINE CENTS ($2,997,003.59).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62024-1015

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing SOUTH SIDE SIGNALS (TIP) by Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($437,603.00), to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72024-1016

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 reducing BUS RAPID TRANSIT by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00) and increasing ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT (ATCMTD), administered as the SmartPGH project, by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82024-1017

Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to the Department of City Planning to support work relating to transit-oriented development in Homewood.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92024-1018

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement with Carnegie Mellon University for a real estate subdivision and exchange involving two parcels having identification numbers 80-N-5-9 and 80-N-8 at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0035-2024.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112024-0622

Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six, Conduct, Article 1, Regulated Rights and Actions, by adding Chapter 619A entitled Quality of Life Violations. (Post Agenda held 10/1/24)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122024-1006

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into one-year reimbursement agreements with six local youth sports organizations at a total cost not to exceed NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($90,000.00) over one year.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132024-1007

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with 412PAW, LLC. for professional licensed veterinary services to the City's Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Animal Care & Control, at an overall cost to the City not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($124,000.00) over four years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142024-1019

Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the South Side Signals project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Seven Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($4,748,556.00), an increase of Four Hundred Thirty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Three Dollars ($437,603.00) from the previously passed authorization, reimbursable at one hundred percent.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152024-0221

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article 902.03, Zoning Map, by changing From RM-H, Residential Multi-Unit - High Density to UNC - Urban Neighborhood Commercial, certain properties located on Shady Avenue in the 7th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh known in the Allegheny County Office of Deed Registry as Block and Lot Numbers: 84-G-239 and a portion of 84-G-258. (Sent to Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 3/15/24) (Report & Recommendation received 5/24/24) (Public Hearing held 10/10/24)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162024-0959

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)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 10/30/2024
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172024-1010

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the Esplanade project.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182024-1011

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for the following addresses: 1007 McCartney Street; 1017 McCartney Street; 420 Greentree Road; 422 Greentree Road; and 434 Greentree Road.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192024-1012

Resolution providing for a Cooperative Agreement or Agreements with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to reimburse expenses of UPMC incurred for public work at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and De Soto Street, related to the City’s SmartPGH project, performed in the course of the completion of UPMC Presbyterian Bed Tower, at an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202024-1024

Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Director, Department of Finance to terminate the 1991 cooperation agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and County of Allegheny for the lease of the Municipal Courts Building, and further, forthwith, to grant and convey the Municipal Courts Building to the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or to any other interested party.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Aye: 4Kail-Smith, Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Erika Strassburger
Votes Against
No: 1Deb Gross