Meeting

Standing Committees · Jan 29, 2025

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 22 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12025-1452Ordinance, entitled “Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter be amended and supplemented by adding a new Article 11: RIGHT TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS, WASTEWATER SYSTEM, AND STORM SEWER SYSTEMS, which restricts the lease and/or sale of the City’s water and sewer system to private entities?” (Public Hearing held 2/3/25)No matched discussionAMENDED BY SUBSTITUTENot recordedNot recorded
22025-1407Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Mary Ann Stang, and her attorneys, Ainsman Levine, LLC.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32025-1408Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Noel Phillips, and her attorneys, Mills & Henry, Attorneys at Law.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42025-1409Resolution amending Resolution 547 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Futures for professional services relating to leadership development training, by increasing the authorized spend by Seventy-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($76,800.00) for services in 2025 for a new total cost not to exceed of Three Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($338,136.00) over four years.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 2/5/2025Not recordedNot recorded
52025-1410Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a License Agreement with The Pittsburgh Steelers LLC to allow for the use of the City Seal on official Steelers-branded merchandise, at zero cost to the City.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 2/5/2025Not recordedNot recorded
62025-1424Resolution amending Resolution No. 293 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services, by exercising the contract option to extend the term for 1 year and by increasing the total spend by $150,000, for a new not to exceed amount of Six Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and No Cents ($628,976.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72025-1425Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article One, Home Rule Powers - Definitions, be supplemented by adding a new Section, “105. Local Governance”, by prohibiting the discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or expression, disability, place of birth, national origin or association or affiliation with any nation or foreign state in conducting business of the City?” (Public Hearing held 2/3/25)No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
82025-1426Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article One, Home Rule Powers - Definitions, be supplemented by adding a new section, “104. Amendments to Charter”, by prohibiting the use of the Home Rule Charter Amendment process to add duties or obligations beyond the lawful scope of the city’s authority." (Public Hearing held 2/3/25)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
9Item 0003-2025Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0003-2025.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
102025-1423Resolution amending and supplementing the Rules of Council, by adding Rule XIII, “Hearings for Appointments of Heads of Administrative Units.”No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112025-1411Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Toole Design, LLC for costs associated with the West Pittsburgh REACH Neighborhood Mobility Plan, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($104,274.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122025-1412Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh of certain easements necessary for the completion of temporary construction work for sidewalk construction and associated miscellaneous work 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 Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), reimbursable at eighty percent.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure, due back by 2/5/2025Not recordedNot recorded
132025-1413Resolution 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 Seven Hundred Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars and Seventy -Three Cents ($3,711,256.73), a net increase of Zero Dollars ($0.00), reimbursable at 95%.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142024-1141Resolution 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.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152024-0959Ordinance 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 discussionAMENDED BY SUBSTITUTEAye: 8Bobby Wilson, Kail-Smith, Anthony Coghill, R. Daniel Lavelle, Barb Warwick, Deb Gross, Erika Strassburger, Khari MosleyNo: 0
162025-1406Resolution 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; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing THE OPEN DOOR by eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500.00) and increasing CRAFTON HEIGHS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH dba THE OPEN DOOR YOUTH OUTREACH by eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500.00), and authorize subsequent agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172025-1414Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with Clio Consulting, for a Historic Survey of the Beechview District and related costs, in the amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182025-1415Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with Ground Technology, Inc. , d/b/a D'Appolonia “D’appolonia” geotechnical professional service that include assessments, evaluations, land remediation plans, and expert testimony of properties subject to active life safety code enforcement violations, for a total cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($300,000.00) over three years.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192025-1416Authorizes a City warrant payment to the International Code Council (ICC).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202025-1417Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 45-A-166 and 45-E-43 from R1D-H (Single Unit Detached Residential, High Density) to UC-MU (Urban Center Mixed Use). (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 1/29/25) (Report & Recommendation received on 8/1/25) (Public Hearing held 10/16/25)No matched discussionReferred for Report and Recommendation to the Planning CommissionNot recordedNot recorded
212025-1404Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 2310 West Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15226.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
222025-1405Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a liquor license, License No. R- 7710, from Los Patrones, Inc., located at 1138-1141 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 to the Applicant, REVA HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, INC. D/B/A REVA MODERN INDIAN CUISINE located at 220 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 2/11/25)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12025-1452

Ordinance, entitled “Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter be amended and supplemented by adding a new Article 11: RIGHT TO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEMS, WASTEWATER SYSTEM, AND STORM SEWER SYSTEMS, which restricts the lease and/or sale of the City’s water and sewer system to private entities?” (Public Hearing held 2/3/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22025-1407

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Mary Ann Stang, and her attorneys, Ainsman Levine, LLC.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32025-1408

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Noel Phillips, and her attorneys, Mills & Henry, Attorneys at Law.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42025-1409

Resolution amending Resolution 547 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Futures for professional services relating to leadership development training, by increasing the authorized spend by Seventy-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($76,800.00) for services in 2025 for a new total cost not to exceed of Three Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($338,136.00) over four years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 2/5/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52025-1410

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a License Agreement with The Pittsburgh Steelers LLC to allow for the use of the City Seal on official Steelers-branded merchandise, at zero cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 2/5/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62025-1424

Resolution amending Resolution No. 293 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services, by exercising the contract option to extend the term for 1 year and by increasing the total spend by $150,000, for a new not to exceed amount of Six Hundred Twenty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and No Cents ($628,976.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72025-1425

Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, “Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article One, Home Rule Powers - Definitions, be supplemented by adding a new Section, “105. Local Governance”, by prohibiting the discrimination on the basis of race, religion, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or expression, disability, place of birth, national origin or association or affiliation with any nation or foreign state in conducting business of the City?” (Public Hearing held 2/3/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82025-1426

Ordinance Directing the Allegheny County Board of Elections to place before the qualified voters of the City of Pittsburgh at the 2025 May Primary Election a referendum question, "Shall the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article One, Home Rule Powers - Definitions, be supplemented by adding a new section, “104. Amendments to Charter”, by prohibiting the use of the Home Rule Charter Amendment process to add duties or obligations beyond the lawful scope of the city’s authority." (Public Hearing held 2/3/25)

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

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0003-2025.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102025-1423

Resolution amending and supplementing the Rules of Council, by adding Rule XIII, “Hearings for Appointments of Heads of Administrative Units.”

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112025-1411

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Toole Design, LLC for costs associated with the West Pittsburgh REACH Neighborhood Mobility Plan, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($104,274.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122025-1412

Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh of certain easements necessary for the completion of temporary construction work for sidewalk construction and associated miscellaneous work 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 Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), reimbursable at eighty percent.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure, due back by 2/5/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132025-1413

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 Seven Hundred Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars and Seventy -Three Cents ($3,711,256.73), a net increase of Zero Dollars ($0.00), reimbursable at 95%.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142024-1141

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.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152024-0959

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
AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE
Votes Against
No: 0
Order 162025-1406

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; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing THE OPEN DOOR by eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500.00) and increasing CRAFTON HEIGHS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH dba THE OPEN DOOR YOUTH OUTREACH by eight thousand five hundred dollars ($8,500.00), and authorize subsequent agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172025-1414

Resolution providing for an Agreement, or Agreements with Clio Consulting, for a Historic Survey of the Beechview District and related costs, in the amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182025-1415

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with Ground Technology, Inc. , d/b/a D'Appolonia “D’appolonia” geotechnical professional service that include assessments, evaluations, land remediation plans, and expert testimony of properties subject to active life safety code enforcement violations, for a total cost not to exceed THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($300,000.00) over three years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192025-1416

Authorizes a City warrant payment to the International Code Council (ICC).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202025-1417

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 45-A-166 and 45-E-43 from R1D-H (Single Unit Detached Residential, High Density) to UC-MU (Urban Center Mixed Use). (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 1/29/25) (Report & Recommendation received on 8/1/25) (Public Hearing held 10/16/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Referred for Report and Recommendation to the Planning Commission
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 212025-1404

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 2310 West Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15226.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 222025-1405

Resolution requesting the approval of an inter-municipal transfer of a liquor license, License No. R- 7710, from Los Patrones, Inc., located at 1138-1141 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238 to the Applicant, REVA HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT, INC. D/B/A REVA MODERN INDIAN CUISINE located at 220 N. Highland Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, pursuant to amended Pennsylvania Liquor Code, §4-461. (Public Hearing held 2/11/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded