Meeting

Standing Committees · Apr 30, 2025

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 14 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12025-1675Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, in the 23rd Ward, in the First (1st) Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sale.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22025-1748Authorizes a City warrant payment to the New Pittsburgh Courier, doing business as Real Times, Inc.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32025-1749Resolution authorizing eleven (11) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with five vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to special events services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not -to-exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof,No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42025-1772Resolution amending and supplementing the Rules of Council to provide for contingent presiding officers over regular meetings of Council in the event of absences.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
5Item 0016-2025Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0016-2025.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
62025-1531Resolution 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 5/28/2025Not recordedNot recorded
72025-1750Resolution authorizing the Directors of the Departments of Finance and Mobility and Infrastructure to take actions necessary for recordation of temporary construction easements over certain City-owned parcels in order to advance a project for rehabilitation, reconstruction, and repair of Smithfield Street in the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82025-1751Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with Riverlife for the purpose of allowing access to the Riverlife Barge from the Allegheny Landing Dock, at no cost to the City.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 in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back on 5/14/2025Aye: 4R. Daniel Lavelle, Barb Warwick, Deb Gross, Khari MosleyNo: 5Bobby Wilson, Kail-Smith, Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Erika Strassburger
102025-1752Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain Structure known as Donny’s Place, located at 1226 Herron Avenue (26-Q- 189), in the Polish Hill Neighborhood, in the 5th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property does not support the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 7/10/25)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on HearingsNot recordedNot recorded
112025-1753Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with the Museum of Contemporary Art (“MOCA”), for the purpose of loaning the City-owned Stephen Foster Statue to MOCA, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122025-1770Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 609: Weeds and Grass, by creating a new Section 609.08: Managed Natural Landscapes to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 5/14/2025Not recordedNot recorded
132025-1771Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 10: Building, Chapter 1004: International Property Maintenance Code Adoption, Section 1004.02: Changes Specified to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.No matched discussionHeld in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 5/14/2025Not recordedNot recorded
142025-1747Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 7415 Hermitage Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12025-1675

Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, in the 23rd Ward, in the First (1st) Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sale.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22025-1748

Authorizes a City warrant payment to the New Pittsburgh Courier, doing business as Real Times, Inc.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32025-1749

Resolution authorizing eleven (11) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with five vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to special events services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not -to-exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof,

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42025-1772

Resolution amending and supplementing the Rules of Council to provide for contingent presiding officers over regular meetings of Council in the event of absences.

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

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0016-2025.

Discussion
No matched discussion
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Approved
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Order 62025-1531

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 5/28/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72025-1750

Resolution authorizing the Directors of the Departments of Finance and Mobility and Infrastructure to take actions necessary for recordation of temporary construction easements over certain City-owned parcels in order to advance a project for rehabilitation, reconstruction, and repair of Smithfield Street in the City of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82025-1751

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works and/or the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with Riverlife for the purpose of allowing access to the Riverlife Barge from the Allegheny Landing Dock, at no cost to the City.

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 in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back on 5/14/2025
Order 102025-1752

Resolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain Structure known as Donny’s Place, located at 1226 Herron Avenue (26-Q- 189), in the Polish Hill Neighborhood, in the 5th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property does not support the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 7/10/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing to the Committee on Hearings
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112025-1753

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with the Museum of Contemporary Art (“MOCA”), for the purpose of loaning the City-owned Stephen Foster Statue to MOCA, at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122025-1770

Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 609: Weeds and Grass, by creating a new Section 609.08: Managed Natural Landscapes to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 5/14/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132025-1771

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 10: Building, Chapter 1004: International Property Maintenance Code Adoption, Section 1004.02: Changes Specified to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development, due back by 5/14/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142025-1747

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 7415 Hermitage Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208.

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