Meeting

Standing Committees · Oct 30, 2024

9:30 AM · Council Chambers · 24 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12024-0991Notifies City Council of the appointment of Allysa Eberhardt as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire September 1, 2028.No matched discussionNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
22024-1039Resolution 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).No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 11/20/2024Not recordedNot recorded
32024-1067Authorizes a City warrant payment to Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42024-1069Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to extend existing contracts with financial institutions designated by Council to act as depositories for the City of Pittsburgh in 2024 by extending the contracts by one (1) additional year through 2025 as permitted by Chapter 221.09 of the City Code at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
5Item 0036-2024Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0036-2024.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
62024-1058Resolution 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 Commission on Crime and Delinquency for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the COVID-SFR Local Law Enforcement Support in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for Records Management System software and training and data integration.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72024-1070Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into certain temporary construction easements on certain properties in the 2nd Ward of the City in order to advance the Smithfield Street Project. Costs for these temporary construction easements shall not exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00), reimbursable at 80%.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82024-1071Authorizes a City warrant payment to M.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92024-0959Ordinance 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 to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 11/20/2024Not recordedNot recorded
102024-1072Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2024 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,195,104.00-One Million, One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand, One Hundred Four Dollars.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112024-1073Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to provide administration and operating expenses, housing and housing-related supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, at a total cost not to exceed $1,409,836.00-One Million, Four Hundred Thousand, Eight Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122024-1074Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with the Urban League of Pittsburgh, for the implementation/administration of the Housing Counseling Program, and related costs, in the amount not to exceed $100,000.00-One Hundred Thousand Dollars.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132024-1075Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with various community-based organizations for the implementation of the 2024 Neighborhood Economic Development program and to provide for the payment of the costs thereof, at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142024-1076Resolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” so as to grant Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) to specific Public Service Grant projects and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 11/4/2024Not recordedNot recorded
152024-1077Resolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing CDBG PERSONNEL by One Hundred Two Thousand Ten Dollars and Zero Cents ($102,010), decreasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by Four Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($4,896), increasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by Three Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($309,836), and decreasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by Five Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Zero Cents ($504,431). These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162024-1084Resolution authorizing renaming REAM Recreation Center to The Dunlap Family Center. (Public Hearing held 11/18/24)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings and PolicyNot recordedNot recorded
172024-1059Resolution amending Resolution 850 of 2021 which authorized the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement with Maalka to provide a Building Benchmarking Management Platform Software Solution by adding funding for contract year 2024 and increasing the total cost by Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($11,250) dollars for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($91,250) dollars.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182024-1060Resolution amending Resolution of 777 of 2023, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Risk Factor, LLC for a subscription to Risk Factor database for all data and hazard layers for all perils and all parcels in the City of Pittsburgh, enabling support of City departments in planning for weather related hazards, by increasing the approved amount by Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for an amended total cost not-to- exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) over two years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192024-1061Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $6,241,000.00-Six Million, Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand Dollars (Council Districts: All).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202024-1062Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh designating URA as the City’s agent for administration of the 2024-2025 HOME Investments Partnership Program at a cost not to exceed $1,995,569.00-One Million, Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars. (Council Districts: All)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
212024-1063Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand and Eight Hundred and Seventy Dollars and Zero Cents ($29,870.00) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles for use by the Office of Community Health and Safety. This expenditure is associated with grant funds that the City will receive from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Grant FundsNo matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
222024-1064Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 23-F, Lots 198 and 199, in the 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Carrington Street and Alpine Avenue - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
232024-1065Resolution 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 1st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 11-K, Lots 271-3 and 271-10 (2013 and 2005 Boulevard of the Allies - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
242024-1066Resolution 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-M, Lot 297 (Hamilton Avenue - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12024-0991

Notifies City Council of the appointment of Allysa Eberhardt 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 22024-1039

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).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 11/20/2024
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32024-1067

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, LLP.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42024-1069

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to extend existing contracts with financial institutions designated by Council to act as depositories for the City of Pittsburgh in 2024 by extending the contracts by one (1) additional year through 2025 as permitted by Chapter 221.09 of the City Code 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 0036-2024.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62024-1058

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 Commission on Crime and Delinquency for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the COVID-SFR Local Law Enforcement Support in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND ($200,000.00) dollars for Records Management System software and training and data integration.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72024-1070

Resolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into certain temporary construction easements on certain properties in the 2nd Ward of the City in order to advance the Smithfield Street Project. Costs for these temporary construction easements shall not exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00), reimbursable at 80%.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82024-1071

Authorizes a City warrant payment to M.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92024-0959

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 to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 11/20/2024
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102024-1072

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with agencies to provide emergency shelter services, street outreach services, rental assistance and housing relocation and stabilization services, and/or data collection activities, as associated with 2024 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds at a cost not to exceed $1,195,104.00-One Million, One Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand, One Hundred Four Dollars.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112024-1073

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with the Jewish Healthcare Foundation to provide administration and operating expenses, housing and housing-related supportive services to persons with HIV/AIDS and their families, at a total cost not to exceed $1,409,836.00-One Million, Four Hundred Thousand, Eight Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122024-1074

Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with the Urban League of Pittsburgh, for the implementation/administration of the Housing Counseling Program, and related costs, in the amount not to exceed $100,000.00-One Hundred Thousand Dollars.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132024-1075

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreement(s) with various community-based organizations for the implementation of the 2024 Neighborhood Economic Development program and to provide for the payment of the costs thereof, at a cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($720,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142024-1076

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” so as to grant Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($550,000) to specific Public Service Grant projects and authorize a subsequent Agreement or Agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 11/4/2024
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152024-1077

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by decreasing CDBG PERSONNEL by One Hundred Two Thousand Ten Dollars and Zero Cents ($102,010), decreasing EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT by Four Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($4,896), increasing HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS by Three Hundred Nine Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($309,836), and decreasing HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM by Five Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-One Dollars and Zero Cents ($504,431). These changes are made in response to program allocations by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and come at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162024-1084

Resolution authorizing renaming REAM Recreation Center to The Dunlap Family Center. (Public Hearing held 11/18/24)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings and Policy
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172024-1059

Resolution amending Resolution 850 of 2021 which authorized the City of Pittsburgh and the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement with Maalka to provide a Building Benchmarking Management Platform Software Solution by adding funding for contract year 2024 and increasing the total cost by Eleven Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($11,250) dollars for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($91,250) dollars.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182024-1060

Resolution amending Resolution of 777 of 2023, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Risk Factor, LLC for a subscription to Risk Factor database for all data and hazard layers for all perils and all parcels in the City of Pittsburgh, enabling support of City departments in planning for weather related hazards, by increasing the approved amount by Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for an amended total cost not-to- exceed Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) over two years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192024-1061

Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $6,241,000.00-Six Million, Two Hundred Forty-One Thousand Dollars (Council Districts: All).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202024-1062

Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh designating URA as the City’s agent for administration of the 2024-2025 HOME Investments Partnership Program at a cost not to exceed $1,995,569.00-One Million, Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand, Five Hundred Sixty-Nine Dollars. (Council Districts: All)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 212024-1063

Resolution authorizing a cooperation agreement or agreements providing for the transfer of funds not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand and Eight Hundred and Seventy Dollars and Zero Cents ($29,870.00) to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority for the purchase of vehicles for use by the Office of Community Health and Safety. This expenditure is associated with grant funds that the City will receive from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Grant Funds

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 222024-1064

Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 23-F, Lots 198 and 199, in the 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Carrington Street and Alpine Avenue - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 232024-1065

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 1st Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 11-K, Lots 271-3 and 271-10 (2013 and 2005 Boulevard of the Allies - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 242024-1066

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-M, Lot 297 (Hamilton Avenue - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.

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