Meeting

Standing Committees · Mar 12, 2025

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 20 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12025-1571Resolution amending Resolution 841 of 2024 authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Agreement or amendments thereto, with Partners for Public Good to receive technical assistance to use procurement as a lever for inclusive workforce development, job quality, and local economic empowerment at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22025-1572Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to accept the sum of THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($316,367.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 24- 004792, involving the Finland Street Pedestrian Bridge. (Executive Session held 3/4/25)No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 3/19/2025Not recordedNot recorded
3Item 0009-2025Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0009-2025.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
42025-1531Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Clinical Affiliation Agreement with Community College of Allegheny County to enact a precepting program, allowing students to learn professional skills from City employees in the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services for training and educational purposes, at zero cost to the City.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness, due back by 3/26/2025Not recordedNot recorded
52025-1567Resolution 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 Department of Drugs and Alcohol Programs for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Substance Use Disorder Drop in Center in the amount not to exceed ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($1,875,000.00) dollars for a new drop in center to provide social services for people in crisis.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62025-1573Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, Utility Coordination, Right of Way, and Construction phases of the Penn Ave Phase 2 project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Twelve Million Two Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($12,275,000.00), an increase of Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,200,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Sixty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($68,400.00), an increase of Fifty Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($50,400.00) from the previously executed agreement.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
72025-1574Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, and Construction phases of the demolition of the Bridge over RT 51 Near Woodruff Street, also referred to as the Parking Lot Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Three Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Three Cents ($4,377,305.53), an increase of Three Million Seven Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Three Cents ($3,752,305.53) 100% Commonwealth Incurred Costs, from the previously executed agreement; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Thirty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars and Ninety- Five Cents ($36,673.95), an increase of Seven Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($7,423.95) - from the previously executed agreement as previously authorized by Resolution 73 of 2024.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82025-1575Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Michael Baker International, Inc. for costs associated with the Manchester ReUnited State Route 65 Planning Study, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars and Twenty-One Cents ($1,356,447.21).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92025-1579Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article Two, Base Zoning Districts, Chapter 903, Residential Zoning Districts, to reduce required minimum lot sizes. (Public Hearing held 4/23/25)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
102025-1568Resolution amending Resolution #287 of 2024, which added funding for maintenance services related to the FalconRed document scanning station, by authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to extend the agreement with OPEX Corporation for equipment, maintenance services and associated software licenses at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine- Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Zero Cents ($29,941.00) for a new total not to exceed One-Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Six-Hundred Seventy-One Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($136,671.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112025-1590Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a temporary construction easement agreement, and/or any related agreements or amendments, with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) for the purpose of allowing the URA and its contractors and subcontractors to access City-owned property at Nine Mile Run in Swisshelm Park during the URA’s slag heap remediation project, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122025-1591Resolution 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-B, Lot 46 (0 Lincoln Avenue - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132025-1592Resolution 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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 77-N, Lot 321 (115 Hawkins Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
142025-1593Resolution 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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-G, Lot 206 (435 E Burgess Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152025-1594Resolution 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 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-R, Lot 109 (1907 Meadville Street - Council District No. 1), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162025-1595Resolution 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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-K, Lots 129 and 130 (2314 and 2316 Perrysville Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172025-1596Resolution 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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-G, Lots 41 and 42 (2417 and 0 Osgood Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
182025-1597Resolution 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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-B, Lot 90 (2526 Perrysville Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192025-1569Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Sports and Exhibition Authority (“SEA”) for dedication to the City of street improvements along Penn Avenue, Fort Duquesne Boulevard, and 11th Street, surrounding the David L. Lawrence Convention Center; and providing for the payment costs thereof, not to exceed Zero Dollars ($0.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202025-1570Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) to recoup yearly costs associated with the City’s participation and attendance in the Member Planning Agency Participation Services, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12025-1571

Resolution amending Resolution 841 of 2024 authorizing the Mayor to enter into an Agreement or amendments thereto, with Partners for Public Good to receive technical assistance to use procurement as a lever for inclusive workforce development, job quality, and local economic empowerment at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22025-1572

Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to accept the sum of THREE HUNDRED SIXTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($316,367.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 24- 004792, involving the Finland Street Pedestrian Bridge. (Executive Session held 3/4/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Finance and Law , due back by 3/19/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0009-2025.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42025-1531

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a Clinical Affiliation Agreement with Community College of Allegheny County to enact a precepting program, allowing students to learn professional skills from City employees in the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services for training and educational purposes, at zero cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness, due back by 3/26/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52025-1567

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 Department of Drugs and Alcohol Programs for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Substance Use Disorder Drop in Center in the amount not to exceed ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($1,875,000.00) dollars for a new drop in center to provide social services for people in crisis.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62025-1573

Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, Utility Coordination, Right of Way, and Construction phases of the Penn Ave Phase 2 project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Twelve Million Two Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($12,275,000.00), an increase of Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,200,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Sixty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($68,400.00), an increase of Fifty Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($50,400.00) from the previously executed agreement.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72025-1574

Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design, and Construction phases of the demolition of the Bridge over RT 51 Near Woodruff Street, also referred to as the Parking Lot Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Three Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Three Cents ($4,377,305.53), an increase of Three Million Seven Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Five Dollars and Fifty-Three Cents ($3,752,305.53) 100% Commonwealth Incurred Costs, from the previously executed agreement; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Thirty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Three Dollars and Ninety- Five Cents ($36,673.95), an increase of Seven Thousand Four Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars and Ninety-Five Cents ($7,423.95) - from the previously executed agreement as previously authorized by Resolution 73 of 2024.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82025-1575

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning and/or the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) with Michael Baker International, Inc. for costs associated with the Manchester ReUnited State Route 65 Planning Study, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Four Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars and Twenty-One Cents ($1,356,447.21).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92025-1579

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine, Zoning, Article Two, Base Zoning Districts, Chapter 903, Residential Zoning Districts, to reduce required minimum lot sizes. (Public Hearing held 4/23/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102025-1568

Resolution amending Resolution #287 of 2024, which added funding for maintenance services related to the FalconRed document scanning station, by authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to extend the agreement with OPEX Corporation for equipment, maintenance services and associated software licenses at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand Nine- Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Zero Cents ($29,941.00) for a new total not to exceed One-Hundred Thirty-Six Thousand Six-Hundred Seventy-One Dollars and Sixty-Nine Cents ($136,671.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112025-1590

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a temporary construction easement agreement, and/or any related agreements or amendments, with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (“URA”) for the purpose of allowing the URA and its contractors and subcontractors to access City-owned property at Nine Mile Run in Swisshelm Park during the URA’s slag heap remediation project, at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122025-1591

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-B, Lot 46 (0 Lincoln 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
Order 132025-1592

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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 77-N, Lot 321 (115 Hawkins Avenue - 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 142025-1593

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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-G, Lot 206 (435 E Burgess Street - 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 152025-1594

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 25th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-R, Lot 109 (1907 Meadville Street - 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 162025-1595

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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-K, Lots 129 and 130 (2314 and 2316 Perrysville Avenue - 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 172025-1596

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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-G, Lots 41 and 42 (2417 and 0 Osgood Street - 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 182025-1597

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 26th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 46-B, Lot 90 (2526 Perrysville Avenue - 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 192025-1569

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 cooperation agreement with the Sports and Exhibition Authority (“SEA”) for dedication to the City of street improvements along Penn Avenue, Fort Duquesne Boulevard, and 11th Street, surrounding the David L. Lawrence Convention Center; and providing for the payment costs thereof, not to exceed Zero Dollars ($0.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202025-1570

Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) to recoup yearly costs associated with the City’s participation and attendance in the Member Planning Agency Participation Services, at no cost to the City.

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