Notifies City Council of the appointment of Ronald Porter as a Member of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission with a term to expire November 1, 2028.
Legislation Items
Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.
| Order | File | Title | Discussion | Vote | Votes For | Votes Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024-1203 | Notifies City Council of the appointment of Ronald Porter as a Member of the Equal Opportunity Review Commission with a term to expire November 1, 2028. | Interview Held | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2024-1270 | Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing Sport Facilities by $100,000.00 and increasing Play Area Improvements by $100,000.00. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2024-1236 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Marya A. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2024-1237 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Cassandra Hoskey, and her attorney, Rabner Law Offices, P. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2024-1238 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Suad Ibrahim, and their attorneys, Kontos, Mengine, Killion & Hassen. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2024-1239 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Kush T. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2024-1240 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Iron City Ventures, LLC. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2024-1241 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Sarah Pratt, and her attorneys, HKM Employment Attorneys, LLP. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2024-1242 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Gordon M. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2024-1243 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Frost Brown Todd, LLC. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2024-1244 | Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Joanna Obuzor. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2024-1245 | Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through Q: A: 4331 Dakota Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), [B: 251 Brereton Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7) - DELETED], [C: 0 Brereton Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7) - DELETED], D: 5369 Warble Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), E: 5217 Natrona Way (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), F: 521 Kendall Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), G: 7053 Chaucer Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), H: 0 Bricelyn Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), I: 0 Bricelyn Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), J: 0 Millbridge Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3), K: 0 Millbridge Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3), L: 2929 Zephyr Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 2), [M: 0 Itin Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1) - DELETED], N: 239 E Jefferson Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), O: 1440 Sandusky Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), [P: 0 Sunset Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1) - DELETED], Q: 1637 Marylin Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 5). | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2024-1246 | Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 210 of the City Code (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”), the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to accept a donation from Varonis of professional services to conduct an assessment of data security risks to the City of Pittsburgh, at an estimated market value of $40,000; and further to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Varonis for such professional services. There is no cost to the City. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2024-1247 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Bloomberg Philanthropies for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities (BASC) Initiative in the amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND ($120,000.00) dollars for the City’s Innovation Team project. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | Item 0041-2024 | Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0041-2024. | Approved | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2024-1226 | 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 A Step Up Veterinary, Inc. 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 TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND FORTY-EIGHT CENTS ($292,390.48) over four years. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2024-1271 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, or Agreements, or the use of existing agreements, with the Pittsburgh Public Schools (“PPS”), for the purpose of renovating the playground on PPS-owned property known as Westwood Park where Westwood PreK-5 School resides, at a cost not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00). | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2024-1249 | Resolution providing for an amended Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers, Inc. for costs associated with the CBD Signals Phase 4 Project; providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($633,887.46), an increase of Fifty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($57,999.82) from the previously passed authorization (688 of 2024). | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2024-1251 | Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Facilities to the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Administration to pay for utility expenses. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 20 | 2024-1223 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement that will amend Resolution 97 of 2024, which authorized a Professional Services contract between the City of Pittsburgh and UPMC Benefit Management Services, Inc., d/b/a WorkPartners EAP Life Solutions for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Employee Assistance Program by extending the contract for one year, increasing the approved amount by Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($49,500.00), for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-Nine Thousand dollars ($99,000.00). | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2024-1224 | Resolution amending resolution No. 95 of 2024, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) with P&A Group for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) program by adding One Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000.00) and extending the contract for three (3) years, for a new total not to exceed One Hundred Eighty Thousand dollars ($180,000.00) over the course of four years. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 22 | 2024-1225 | Resolution providing for a Professional Agreement(s) with Lewis Neatrour Consulting to provide strategic planning and training to the Commission over one (1) year at a total cost not-to-exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000). (Waiver of Competitive Process Requested) | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 23 | 2024-0819 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 83-J-300, 83- K-104, and 83-K-102 from R2-M (Two-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) and parcels 83-J-301, 83-K-48, 83-K-60, and a portion of 83-K-61 from RM-M (Multi-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) in the East Liberty neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 10/23/24) | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 24 | 2024-1252 | Authorizes a City warrant payment to Ecotone in the amount of Thirteen Thousand ($13,000. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 25 | 2024-1268 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with four organizations to support large-scale investments in Pittsburgh’s food system as part of the “Food Justice initiatives” American Rescue Plan Act allocation, at a total cost not to exceed One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000) over two years. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2024-1229 | Resolution amending Resolution 341-2023, 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 and amendments thereto with Granicus, Inc. in a form approved by the City Solicitor for website content management, by increasing the approved amount by Two Hundred Eleven Thousand Six Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($211,613) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Four Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Six Hundred Eight Dollars ($495,608) over three years. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2024-1230 | Resolution 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 and amendments thereto with eDocs Technologies, LLC for the implementation of an enterprise-wide content management system (ECM), to serve as the central platform for managing all digital content across City departments. Total cost is not-to-exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) over one year. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2024-1215 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to document local cooperation and the Housing Authority’s agreement to make payments in lieu of taxes for Bedford Dwellings Phase II (which consists of Bedford Phases IIA, IIB and IIC) housing development. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 29 | 2024-1231 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with US Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($750,000.00) dollars for the purpose of supporting the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Homewood Avenue Revitalization Program. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 30 | 2024-1232 | Resolution authorizing the approval of the 2025 Housing Opportunity Fund Annual Allocation Plan (Council Districts All). | Held in Committee to the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs, due back by 12/11/2024 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 31 | 2024-1233 | Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and TREK Development, Inc., or a related entity, for the sale of a to-be-subdivided portion of Block 25-S, Lot 112, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (2829 Bedford Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 32 | 2024-1234 | Resolution authorizing the adoption of the Manchester-Chateau Transit Revitalization Investment District Phase 1 Implementation Plan and related agreements (Council District 6). (Public Hearing held 2/12/25) | Held for Cablecast Public Hearing | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 33 | 2024-1235 | Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Jamal McDonald for the sale of Block 174-B, Lot 202, in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Mount Vernon Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City. | Affirmatively Recommended | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing Sport Facilities by $100,000.00 and increasing Play Area Improvements by $100,000.00.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Marya A.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Cassandra Hoskey, and her attorney, Rabner Law Offices, P.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Suad Ibrahim, and their attorneys, Kontos, Mengine, Killion & Hassen.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Kush T.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Iron City Ventures, LLC.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Sarah Pratt, and her attorneys, HKM Employment Attorneys, LLP.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Gordon M.
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Frost Brown Todd, LLC.
Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Joanna Obuzor.
Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through Q: A: 4331 Dakota Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), [B: 251 Brereton Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7) - DELETED], [C: 0 Brereton Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7) - DELETED], D: 5369 Warble Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), E: 5217 Natrona Way (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), F: 521 Kendall Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), G: 7053 Chaucer Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), H: 0 Bricelyn Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), I: 0 Bricelyn Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), J: 0 Millbridge Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3), K: 0 Millbridge Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 3), L: 2929 Zephyr Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 2), [M: 0 Itin Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1) - DELETED], N: 239 E Jefferson Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), O: 1440 Sandusky Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 6), [P: 0 Sunset Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 1) - DELETED], Q: 1637 Marylin Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 5).
Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Chapter 210 of the City Code (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”), the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to accept a donation from Varonis of professional services to conduct an assessment of data security risks to the City of Pittsburgh, at an estimated market value of $40,000; and further to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Varonis for such professional services. There is no cost to the City.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Bloomberg Philanthropies for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Bloomberg American Sustainable Cities (BASC) Initiative in the amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND ($120,000.00) dollars for the City’s Innovation Team project.
Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0041-2024.
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 A Step Up Veterinary, Inc. 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 TWO HUNDRED NINETY-TWO THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND FORTY-EIGHT CENTS ($292,390.48) over four years.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, or Agreements, or the use of existing agreements, with the Pittsburgh Public Schools (“PPS”), for the purpose of renovating the playground on PPS-owned property known as Westwood Park where Westwood PreK-5 School resides, at a cost not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
Resolution providing for an amended Agreement or Agreements with SAI Consulting Engineers, Inc. for costs associated with the CBD Signals Phase 4 Project; providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-Seven Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($633,887.46), an increase of Fifty-Seven Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Nine Dollars and Eighty-Two Cents ($57,999.82) from the previously passed authorization (688 of 2024).
Resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Facilities to the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Administration to pay for utility expenses.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an agreement that will amend Resolution 97 of 2024, which authorized a Professional Services contract between the City of Pittsburgh and UPMC Benefit Management Services, Inc., d/b/a WorkPartners EAP Life Solutions for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Employee Assistance Program by extending the contract for one year, increasing the approved amount by Forty-Nine Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($49,500.00), for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-Nine Thousand dollars ($99,000.00).
Resolution amending resolution No. 95 of 2024, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) with P&A Group for services relating to the administration of the City of Pittsburgh’s Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) program by adding One Hundred and Sixty-Five Thousand Dollars ($165,000.00) and extending the contract for three (3) years, for a new total not to exceed One Hundred Eighty Thousand dollars ($180,000.00) over the course of four years.
Resolution providing for a Professional Agreement(s) with Lewis Neatrour Consulting to provide strategic planning and training to the Commission over one (1) year at a total cost not-to-exceed Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000). (Waiver of Competitive Process Requested)
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 83-J-300, 83- K-104, and 83-K-102 from R2-M (Two-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) and parcels 83-J-301, 83-K-48, 83-K-60, and a portion of 83-K-61 from RM-M (Multi-Unit Residential, Moderate Density) to RM-VH (Multi-Unit Residential, Very High Density) in the East Liberty neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 10/23/24)
Authorizes a City warrant payment to Ecotone in the amount of Thirteen Thousand ($13,000.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with four organizations to support large-scale investments in Pittsburgh’s food system as part of the “Food Justice initiatives” American Rescue Plan Act allocation, at a total cost not to exceed One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000) over two years.
Resolution amending Resolution 341-2023, 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 and amendments thereto with Granicus, Inc. in a form approved by the City Solicitor for website content management, by increasing the approved amount by Two Hundred Eleven Thousand Six Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($211,613) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Four Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Six Hundred Eight Dollars ($495,608) over three years.
Resolution 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 and amendments thereto with eDocs Technologies, LLC for the implementation of an enterprise-wide content management system (ECM), to serve as the central platform for managing all digital content across City departments. Total cost is not-to-exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) over one year.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to document local cooperation and the Housing Authority’s agreement to make payments in lieu of taxes for Bedford Dwellings Phase II (which consists of Bedford Phases IIA, IIB and IIC) housing development.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with US Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($750,000.00) dollars for the purpose of supporting the Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Homewood Avenue Revitalization Program.
Resolution authorizing the approval of the 2025 Housing Opportunity Fund Annual Allocation Plan (Council Districts All).
Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and TREK Development, Inc., or a related entity, for the sale of a to-be-subdivided portion of Block 25-S, Lot 112, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (2829 Bedford Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.
Resolution authorizing the adoption of the Manchester-Chateau Transit Revitalization Investment District Phase 1 Implementation Plan and related agreements (Council District 6). (Public Hearing held 2/12/25)
Resolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and Jamal McDonald for the sale of Block 174-B, Lot 202, in the 13th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Mount Vernon Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.