Meeting

Standing Committees · Jun 25, 2025

10:00 AM · Council Chambers · 17 itemsMinutes Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12025-1940Resolution amending Resolution No. 953 of 2024 which authorized Fifty-Two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide on-call professional services as needed by various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, with each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) annually for a Three (3) year term, by authorizing an additional Forty-One (41) Agreements for an updated total of Ninety-Three (93) Open-End Professional Service Agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22025-1941Resolution amending Resolution No. 954 of 2024 which authorized Fifty-Two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide on-call professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, with each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) annually for a Three (3) year term, by authorizing and additional Forty-One (41) Agreements for an updated total of Ninety- Three (93) Open-End Professional Service Agreements.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
3Item 0024-2025Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0024-2025.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
42025-1956Ordinance repealing and re-enacting the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal, Article Five, Special Funds, Chapter 237, Stop the Violence Fund, to restructure the Chapter, further set forth the Steering Committee, and to define Community-Based Organizations, Extreme-Need or High-Need Community and to establish guidelines for disbursement of funds.No matched discussionHeld in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness, due back by 7/2/2025Not recordedNot recorded
52025-1942Resolution amending Resolution No. 322 of 2025, effective May 29, 2025, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company for the installation and maintenance of one (1) pole and wires on and over City-owned parcel IDs 29-B-212 (ROMEO ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), 29-B-180 (ROMEO ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), 29-B-158 (BATES ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), and 29-B-157 (BATES ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3) at no cost to the City” by authorizing the installation and maintenance of four (4) poles, three (3) anchors, and wires on and over City-owned parcels at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
62025-1943Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Pennsylvania Strategic Investments To Enhance Sites Program to provide funding for planning around the Sheraden Bus Station. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
72025-1944Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Pennsylvania Strategic Investments To Enhance Sites Program to provide funding for planning around the South Hills Junction. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82025-1945Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Larson Design Group, Inc. for costs associated with Construction Inspection for the Liberty Avenue HSIP Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($1,476,674.46), reimbursable at eighty percent.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92025-1946Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Alfred Benesch & Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase of the Swinburne Bridge Replacement Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Eight Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Four Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($1,308,284.86) an increase of Four Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Twelve Dollars and Thirty-Nine Cents ($477,712.39) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at ninety-five percent.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102025-1947Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP for costs associated with Construction Inspection for the Penn Avenue Phase 2 Reconstruction Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Three Cents ($1,338,158.03), reimbursable at eighty percent.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112025-1948Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, and Amendments with Norfolk Southern Railway Company to allow positive train control equipment to remain at current location in Allegheny Commons Park. This agreement would supersede the September 19th, 2017 Temporary Right of Entry to install and Temporary License to maintain positive train control equipment in Allegheny Commons Park between the City of Pittsburgh and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122025-1851Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.64 to the Neighborhood Academy, property owner, for authorization to construct additions to a School, Elementary or Secondary (General) use at 709 N Aiken Avenue, Parcel 81-S-63, zoned “R1D-L”, Single-Unit Detached Residential, Low Density, 10th Ward, Council District No. 9. (Public Hearing held 6/24/25)No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132025-1938Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 50-F-260, 50-F-264, 50-F-265, 50-F- 266, 50-F-269, 50-F-270, 50-F-275, 50-F-276, 50-F-277, 50-F-278, 50-F-288, 50-F-289, and 50-B-1 from R1D-M (Single-Unit Detached Residential, Moderate Density) to P (Parks District), parcels 50-F- 190, and 50-F-191, and 50-F-213 from R1D-H (Single-Unit Detached Residential, High Density) to P (Parks District), and parcel 50-C-350 from RP (Residential Planned Unit Developments) to P (Parks District) in the Garfield neighborhood. (Sent to the Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received on 7/30/25) (Public Hearing held 10/14/25)No matched discussionReferred for Report and Recommendation to the Planning CommissionNot recordedNot recorded
142025-1949Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, as amended, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FAIR HOUSING by Eight Dollars and Eighty Cents ($8.80), reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars and Fifty-One Cents ($12,783.51), reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - CITY FACILITIES by Three Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Two Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($3,542.15), reducing COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS by One Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($100.00), and increasing CDBG PERSONNEL Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($16,434.46).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
152025-1963Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or a Memorandum of Understanding with the Logistics Management Institute d/b/a NobleReach Foundation for the purpose of receiving grant funds in an amount not to exceed Seventy-Eight Thousand Dollars ($78,000.00) to support one fellowship position in data science and one fellowship position in cyber security. A local match not to exceed One Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Dollars ($152,000.00) will bring the total project cost to an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($230,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
162025-1939Resolution amending Resolution 333 of 2024 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Starfire Corporation, for the display of a fireworks show in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s Independence Day Festival for a three-year term at a total amount not to exceed of Two Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($252,200.00) by modifying the code account to include payment from the general fund.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
172024-0959Ordinance 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: 7Bobby Wilson, Kail-Smith, Bob Charland, Anthony Coghill, Barb Warwick, Erika Strassburger, Khari MosleyNo: 0
Order 12025-1940

Resolution amending Resolution No. 953 of 2024 which authorized Fifty-Two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide on-call professional services as needed by various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, with each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) annually for a Three (3) year term, by authorizing an additional Forty-One (41) Agreements for an updated total of Ninety-Three (93) Open-End Professional Service Agreements.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22025-1941

Resolution amending Resolution No. 954 of 2024 which authorized Fifty-Two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide on-call professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, with each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) annually for a Three (3) year term, by authorizing and additional Forty-One (41) Agreements for an updated total of Ninety- Three (93) Open-End Professional Service Agreements.

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

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0024-2025.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42025-1956

Ordinance repealing and re-enacting the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal, Article Five, Special Funds, Chapter 237, Stop the Violence Fund, to restructure the Chapter, further set forth the Steering Committee, and to define Community-Based Organizations, Extreme-Need or High-Need Community and to establish guidelines for disbursement of funds.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held in Committee to the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness, due back by 7/2/2025
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52025-1942

Resolution amending Resolution No. 322 of 2025, effective May 29, 2025, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company for the installation and maintenance of one (1) pole and wires on and over City-owned parcel IDs 29-B-212 (ROMEO ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), 29-B-180 (ROMEO ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), 29-B-158 (BATES ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), and 29-B-157 (BATES ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3) at no cost to the City” by authorizing the installation and maintenance of four (4) poles, three (3) anchors, and wires on and over City-owned parcels at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 62025-1943

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Pennsylvania Strategic Investments To Enhance Sites Program to provide funding for planning around the Sheraden Bus Station. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72025-1944

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Pennsylvania Strategic Investments To Enhance Sites Program to provide funding for planning around the South Hills Junction. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82025-1945

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Larson Design Group, Inc. for costs associated with Construction Inspection for the Liberty Avenue HSIP Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($1,476,674.46), reimbursable at eighty percent.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92025-1946

Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Alfred Benesch & Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase of the Swinburne Bridge Replacement Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Eight Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Four Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($1,308,284.86) an increase of Four Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Twelve Dollars and Thirty-Nine Cents ($477,712.39) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at ninety-five percent.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102025-1947

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP for costs associated with Construction Inspection for the Penn Avenue Phase 2 Reconstruction Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Three Cents ($1,338,158.03), reimbursable at eighty percent.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112025-1948

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, and Amendments with Norfolk Southern Railway Company to allow positive train control equipment to remain at current location in Allegheny Commons Park. This agreement would supersede the September 19th, 2017 Temporary Right of Entry to install and Temporary License to maintain positive train control equipment in Allegheny Commons Park between the City of Pittsburgh and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122025-1851

Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article V, Chapter 911, Section 911.04.A.64 to the Neighborhood Academy, property owner, for authorization to construct additions to a School, Elementary or Secondary (General) use at 709 N Aiken Avenue, Parcel 81-S-63, zoned “R1D-L”, Single-Unit Detached Residential, Low Density, 10th Ward, Council District No. 9. (Public Hearing held 6/24/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132025-1938

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 50-F-260, 50-F-264, 50-F-265, 50-F- 266, 50-F-269, 50-F-270, 50-F-275, 50-F-276, 50-F-277, 50-F-278, 50-F-288, 50-F-289, and 50-B-1 from R1D-M (Single-Unit Detached Residential, Moderate Density) to P (Parks District), parcels 50-F- 190, and 50-F-191, and 50-F-213 from R1D-H (Single-Unit Detached Residential, High Density) to P (Parks District), and parcel 50-C-350 from RP (Residential Planned Unit Developments) to P (Parks District) in the Garfield neighborhood. (Sent to the Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received on 7/30/25) (Public Hearing held 10/14/25)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Referred for Report and Recommendation to the Planning Commission
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142025-1949

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, as amended, effective December 28, 2017, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing FAIR HOUSING by Eight Dollars and Eighty Cents ($8.80), reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars and Fifty-One Cents ($12,783.51), reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - CITY FACILITIES by Three Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Two Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($3,542.15), reducing COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS by One Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($100.00), and increasing CDBG PERSONNEL Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($16,434.46).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152025-1963

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or a Memorandum of Understanding with the Logistics Management Institute d/b/a NobleReach Foundation for the purpose of receiving grant funds in an amount not to exceed Seventy-Eight Thousand Dollars ($78,000.00) to support one fellowship position in data science and one fellowship position in cyber security. A local match not to exceed One Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Dollars ($152,000.00) will bring the total project cost to an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($230,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162025-1939

Resolution amending Resolution 333 of 2024 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Starfire Corporation, for the display of a fireworks show in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s Independence Day Festival for a three-year term at a total amount not to exceed of Two Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($252,200.00) by modifying the code account to include payment from the general fund.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172024-0959

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