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| 1 | 2025-2395 | WHEREAS, Apostle Dr. Jermaine Horne is the oldest of six children and a native of Pittsburgh PA. He is the Senior Pastor of Breath of Life Church and Chief Apostle of Kingdom Dominion Global Fellowship. He is a preacher, prophet, singer, musician, as well as an author and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 2 | 2025-2396 | WHEREAS, the Three Rivers Rowing Association (TRRA) was founded in October 1984 as a membership-based nonprofit organization with the mission of providing rowing and dragon boating programs for adults, youth, and adaptive athletes; and | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 3 | 2025-2403 | WHEREAS, Gregory Sullivan Kottler, a resident of Crafton Heights, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps during his junior year of high school and began recruit training at Parris Island in April 1996. Following his graduation in June 1996, he was assigned as an infantry rifleman to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment at Twentynine Palms, California, having also served as his platoon’s Catholic lay reader; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 4 | 2025-2404 | WHEREAS, Teri Grendzinski began her career with the National Aviary on August 4, 1993 as an Animal Care Keeper, providing daily care for nearly 400 birds and successfully hand-rearing numerous species including Red-fronted Macaws and Superb Starlings, quickly becoming a valued team member; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 5 | 2025-2405 | WHEREAS, Terry Lundsford grew up in Pittsburgh and graduated from Perry Traditional Academy. After graduation she attended Community College of Allegheny County; and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 6 | 2025-2417 | WHEREAS, The Federation of War Veterans Societies of Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh will hold its 106th Annual Veterans Day Parade, the longest continuously running Veterans Day Parade in the United States, on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:30AM beginning at the intersection of 10th St and Liberty Avenue, celebrating Vietnam Veterans with the theme of Welcome Home! and, | Adopted | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 7 | 2025-2406 | 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 Allegheny County to receive funding for hazardous material incident response in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000) over two years. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 8 | 2025-2407 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Sublicense Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania State Police, to allow Public Safety personnel to utilize Traffic and Criminal Software (TraCS), at no cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 9 | 2025-2408 | Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2025-2026 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $5,775,000.00-Five Million, Seven Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars (Council Districts: All). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 10 | 2025-2409 | Resolution amending Resolution 298 of 2025, providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the Penn Avenue Phase 2 project where Pittsburgh Water would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the Agreement(s), at an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Dollars ($227,520.00) and further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing Penn Avenue Phase 2 (TIP) by Two Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Dollars ($227,520.00). | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 11 | 2025-2410 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny Cleanways in order for Allegheny Cleanways to lend cameras to the City of Pittsburgh to be utilized for monitoring and investigating illegal dumping in the city, at no cost to the City. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 12 | 2025-2411 | Resolution providing for a supplemental Agreement or Agreements with H.W. Lochner, Inc. for costs associated with the Final Design Phase for the Pittsburgh City Steps project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Thirty -One Dollars and Thirty Cents ($1,375,031.30), an increase of Seven Hundred Five Thousand One Hundred Eighty Dollars and Fifty-Two Cents ($705,180.52) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at eighty (80%) percent. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 13 | 2025-2412 | 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 Thirteen Million Four Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($13,428,757.50), an increase of One Million One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($1,153,757.50) 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 Zero Dollars ($0.00) from the previously executed agreement. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 14 | 2025-2413 | Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Gulisek Construction LLC for costs associated with the Construction Phase of the Penn Avenue Phase 2 project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Nine Million Five Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($9,554,500.24), reimbursable at 80%. | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 15 | 2025-2414 | Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended October 24, 2025. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 16 | 2025-2415 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an amended and restated Community Collaboration and Implementation Plan for the Lower Hill Redevelopment, at no cost to the City. | Waived under Rule 8 | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 17 | 2025-2416 | Files a communication from Rachael Heisler about a summary worksheet highlighting Overtime and Premium Pay budget use in the third quarter of 2025, dated October 24, 2025. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 18 | 2025-2397 | Records the Finance and Law committee report for October 22, 2025. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 19 | 2025-2357 | Resolution transferring the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) within the 2025 Operating Budget from City Council Salaries & Wages, Regular to the Office of the City Clerk for the purpose of professional services. | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 20 | 2025-2398 | Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for October 22, 2025. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 21 | 2025-2347 | Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the McArdle Roadway Reconstruction Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000.00) reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00). | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 22 | 2025-2348 | 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 maintenance agreement with Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership for the Pittsburgh Pedestrian Wayfinding Project, at no cost to the City. | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 23 | 2025-2349 | Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh, for public roadway purposes certain property in the 20th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, owned by John & Gayle Elstner, located along Herndon Street, and authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto, in the amount not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00). | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 24 | 2025-2384 | Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company, LLC, for consolidated payment of any and all account billing obligations in arrears on city held meters, in the not to exceed amount of Two Hundred Four Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents ($204,750.33) over a period of one (1) year. | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 25 | 2025-2399 | Records the Human Resources committee report for October 22, 2025. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 26 | 2025-2359 | Ordinance amending supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Chapters 651: Findings and Policy, 653: Human Relations Commission, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Civil Rights Practices by simplifying language to offer clarity, defining terms specific to the enforcement of antidiscrimination provisions within City Code, and preserving the antidiscrimination enforcement power of the City in the wake of federal changes. | RECOMMITTED to the Committee on Human Resources | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 27 | 2025-2400 | Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for October 22, 2025. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 28 | 2025-1417 | 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) | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 29 | 2025-2354 | Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Chapter 174A: The Pittsburgh Land Bank, by amending Section 174A.13: Policies and Procedures, Strategic Plan, and Annual Report, to modify the Pittsburgh Land Bank’s annual reporting deadline from December 31 of each year to 120 days following the end of the fiscal year. | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 30 | 2025-2401 | Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology committee report for October 22, 2025. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 31 | 2025-2345 | Resolution amending Resolution 798-2023, 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 or amendments thereto with Change Agents Training for access to their Learning Management System and consultative assistance to adapt the City of Pittsburgh Gold Belt Workshop for e-Learning, by increasing the approved amount by Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000) over five (5) years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received) | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 | |
| 32 | 2025-2402 | Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for October 22, 2025. | Read, Received and Filed | Not recorded | Not recorded | |
| 33 | 2025-2346 | Resolution amending Resolution No. 697 of 2023, entitled “Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center in the amount of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($2,229,987.00) and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose,” to increase the grant award amount by FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) to TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($2,729,987.00). | Passed Finally | Aye: 7Bob Charland, Deb Gross, R. Daniel Lavelle, Kail-Smith, Erika Strassburger, Barb Warwick, Bobby Wilson | No: 0 |
WHEREAS, Apostle Dr. Jermaine Horne is the oldest of six children and a native of Pittsburgh PA. He is the Senior Pastor of Breath of Life Church and Chief Apostle of Kingdom Dominion Global Fellowship. He is a preacher, prophet, singer, musician, as well as an author and,
WHEREAS, the Three Rivers Rowing Association (TRRA) was founded in October 1984 as a membership-based nonprofit organization with the mission of providing rowing and dragon boating programs for adults, youth, and adaptive athletes; and
WHEREAS, Gregory Sullivan Kottler, a resident of Crafton Heights, enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps during his junior year of high school and began recruit training at Parris Island in April 1996. Following his graduation in June 1996, he was assigned as an infantry rifleman to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment at Twentynine Palms, California, having also served as his platoon’s Catholic lay reader; and,
WHEREAS, Teri Grendzinski began her career with the National Aviary on August 4, 1993 as an Animal Care Keeper, providing daily care for nearly 400 birds and successfully hand-rearing numerous species including Red-fronted Macaws and Superb Starlings, quickly becoming a valued team member; and,
WHEREAS, Terry Lundsford grew up in Pittsburgh and graduated from Perry Traditional Academy. After graduation she attended Community College of Allegheny County; and,
WHEREAS, The Federation of War Veterans Societies of Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh will hold its 106th Annual Veterans Day Parade, the longest continuously running Veterans Day Parade in the United States, on Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 10:30AM beginning at the intersection of 10th St and Liberty Avenue, celebrating Vietnam Veterans with the theme of Welcome Home! and,
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 Allegheny County to receive funding for hazardous material incident response in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000) over two years.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Sublicense Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania State Police, to allow Public Safety personnel to utilize Traffic and Criminal Software (TraCS), at no cost to the City.
Resolution providing for the execution of a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh for the performance of certain work in connection with the 2025-2026 Community Development Block Grant Program, and providing for the payment of the cost thereof, not to exceed $5,775,000.00-Five Million, Seven Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars (Council Districts: All).
Resolution amending Resolution 298 of 2025, providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the Penn Avenue Phase 2 project where Pittsburgh Water would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the Agreement(s), at an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Dollars ($227,520.00) and further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing Penn Avenue Phase 2 (TIP) by Two Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Twenty Dollars ($227,520.00).
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny Cleanways in order for Allegheny Cleanways to lend cameras to the City of Pittsburgh to be utilized for monitoring and investigating illegal dumping in the city, at no cost to the City.
Resolution providing for a supplemental Agreement or Agreements with H.W. Lochner, Inc. for costs associated with the Final Design Phase for the Pittsburgh City Steps project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Thirty -One Dollars and Thirty Cents ($1,375,031.30), an increase of Seven Hundred Five Thousand One Hundred Eighty Dollars and Fifty-Two Cents ($705,180.52) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at eighty (80%) percent.
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 Thirteen Million Four Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($13,428,757.50), an increase of One Million One Hundred Fifty-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars and Fifty Cents ($1,153,757.50) 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 Zero Dollars ($0.00) from the previously executed agreement.
Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Gulisek Construction LLC for costs associated with the Construction Phase of the Penn Avenue Phase 2 project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Nine Million Five Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Twenty-Four Cents ($9,554,500.24), reimbursable at 80%.
Files a communication from Jake Pawlak about status update from the Grants Office for the week ended October 24, 2025.
Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an amended and restated Community Collaboration and Implementation Plan for the Lower Hill Redevelopment, at no cost to the City.
Files a communication from Rachael Heisler about a summary worksheet highlighting Overtime and Premium Pay budget use in the third quarter of 2025, dated October 24, 2025.
Records the Finance and Law committee report for October 22, 2025.
Resolution transferring the amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) within the 2025 Operating Budget from City Council Salaries & Wages, Regular to the Office of the City Clerk for the purpose of professional services.
Records the Public Works and Infrastructure committee report for October 22, 2025.
Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design phase of the McArdle Roadway Reconstruction Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000.00) reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00).
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 maintenance agreement with Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership for the Pittsburgh Pedestrian Wayfinding Project, at no cost to the City.
Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh, for public roadway purposes certain property in the 20th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh, owned by John & Gayle Elstner, located along Herndon Street, and authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto, in the amount not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00).
Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company, LLC, for consolidated payment of any and all account billing obligations in arrears on city held meters, in the not to exceed amount of Two Hundred Four Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents ($204,750.33) over a period of one (1) year.
Records the Human Resources committee report for October 22, 2025.
Ordinance amending supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six: Conduct, Chapters 651: Findings and Policy, 653: Human Relations Commission, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Civil Rights Practices by simplifying language to offer clarity, defining terms specific to the enforcement of antidiscrimination provisions within City Code, and preserving the antidiscrimination enforcement power of the City in the wake of federal changes.
Records the Land Use and Economic Development committee report for October 22, 2025.
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)
Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title One: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions and Authorities, Chapter 174A: The Pittsburgh Land Bank, by amending Section 174A.13: Policies and Procedures, Strategic Plan, and Annual Report, to modify the Pittsburgh Land Bank’s annual reporting deadline from December 31 of each year to 120 days following the end of the fiscal year.
Records the Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology committee report for October 22, 2025.
Resolution amending Resolution 798-2023, 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 or amendments thereto with Change Agents Training for access to their Learning Management System and consultative assistance to adapt the City of Pittsburgh Gold Belt Workshop for e-Learning, by increasing the approved amount by Eighteen Thousand Dollars ($18,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000) over five (5) years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
Records the Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs committee report for October 22, 2025.
Resolution amending Resolution No. 697 of 2023, entitled “Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant for the Brighton Heights Healthy Active Living Center in the amount of TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($2,229,987.00) and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose,” to increase the grant award amount by FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.00) to TWO MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE THOUSAND NINE HUDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($2,729,987.00).