Meeting

Standing Committees · May 27, 2026

1:30 PM · Council Chambers · 23 itemsMinutes Video Details

Legislation Items

Agenda or minutes items connected to this meeting fixture.

OrderFileTitleDiscussionVoteVotes ForVotes Against
12026-0536Resolution amending Resolution No. 840 of 2024, which authorized a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) extension with B2GNow, for the purpose of amending account codes at no additional cost to the city.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
22026-0509Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 218: Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Plan, to clarify language to better align with budgetary practices.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
32026-0510Resolution authorizing the City to quit-claim any right, title and interest it may have in and to the property identified as 6491 Stanton Avenue (L&B 124-B-25) in the 11th Ward to Grace S & Chibuikem Ironnah for $200.00 (Two Hundred Dollars) relating to the full and final resolution of a longstanding scrivener’s error in the chain of title.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
42026-0511Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Omar Cardenas in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,600.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
52026-0515Resolution amending Resolution No. 747 of 2025, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to extend a Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services, by exercising the contract option to extend the term for 6 months and by increasing the total spend by $75,000 for a new not to exceed amount of Seven Hundred Seventy- Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and No Cents ($778,976.00).No matched discussionAMENDEDNot recordedNot recorded
6Item 0020-2026Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0020-2026.No matched discussionApprovedNot recordedNot recorded
72026-0499Authorizes a City warrant payment to Common Plea Catering in an amount not to exceed SIXTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($16,450.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
82026-0500Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Institutional Review Board Authorization Agreement with the University of Pittsburgh, allowing the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board to provide oversight of research conducted by the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
92026-0501Resolution adopting the Allegheny County Hazard Mitigation plan as the official hazard mitigation plan of the City of Pittsburgh.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
102026-0300Authorizes a City warrant payment to A.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
112026-0507Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program in the amount not to exceed ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN ($1,666,217.00) dollars to revamp our curbside yard waste collection program.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
122026-0508Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the West End Trolley Trail Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
132026-0516Requests a City Council public hearing on maintaining Serpentine Drive, in Schenley Park, as a pedestrian and bike only throughway.No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
142026-0544Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven, Business Licensing, Article Nine, Amusement Businesses with a new Chapter, Chapter 774: Mechanical Amusement Devices Tax and Licenses.No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
152025-1993Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels [56-N-300, 56-N-410,] 56-J-325-0-3, 56-N-96, 56-N-97-A, 56-N-97, 56-N-98-A, 56-N-98-B, 56-N-98-C, 56-N-99, 56-N-99-B, 56-N-95, 56-N- 52, 56-N-93, 56-N-91, 56-N-90, 56-N-88, 57-A-8, 57-B-350, 57-S-50, 57-S-100, 57-S-30, 57-S-89, 57- S-92, 57-S-40, 57-S-6, 57-S-12, 92-D-60, 92-D-50, 92-D-10-1, and 92-D-20 from the RIV-GI (Riverfront General Industrial Subdistrict) to RIV-IMU (Riverfront Industrial Mixed-Use Subdistrict) in the Hazelwood neighborhood of the 15th Ward, and in the 31st Ward. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report and Recommendation on 7/14/25) (Report and Recommendation received on 11/20/25) (Public Hearing held 3/6/26)No matched discussionAMENDED BY SUBSTITUTENot recordedNot recorded
162026-0513Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 125-G-13, 125-G-14, 125-G-15 from Residential Single Unit Detached - Low Density (R1D-L) to Urban Industrial (UI) in the Homewood West neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 7/9/26)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
172026-0518Ordinance establishing an East Carson Street Improvement District for the area shown on “Exhibit “A” at the behest of the East Carson Street Business District Advisory Committee, property owners and business owners to be benefited with specific improvements to be undertaken including, but not limited to, financing of said improvements, method of assessing specific properties to be benefited, establishing a Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association to conduct administrative procedures for the Neighborhood Improvement District, providing for the establishment of a separate account for deposit and withdrawal of project funds, and providing the cost thereof. (Public Hearing held 7/8/26) (2nd Public Hearing scheduled for 9/2/26)No matched discussionHeld for Cablecast Public HearingNot recordedNot recorded
182026-0512Resolution amending Resolution 388 of 2025, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with Starfire Corporation, for an enhanced fireworks show held in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of Independence Day, by modifying the code account to include grant funding, and by increasing the amount by Two Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($261,800) for a new total cost not to exceed Five Hundred Fourteen Thousand Dollars ($514,000.00) over three years.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
192026-0502Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Bloomberg Philanthropies for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Youth Climate Action Fund in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars to strengthen how cities partner with young people to develop local climate solutions.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
202026-0503Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Economic Development Initiative - Community Project Funding in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) to recreate community at the Thaddeus Stevens Recreation Center.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
212026-0504Resolution authorizing the issuance of three warrants payable in favor of CONNECT Congress of Neighboring Communities, for one year membership dues for all three branches of government in an amount not to exceed TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($27,563.00).No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
222026-0505Resolution amending Resolution No. 680 of 2020, 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 of up to ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($1,500,000) for the Former Homewood School project. (Council District 9)” to increase the total grant award, adjust the match, and assign an additional job number.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
232026-0506Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 2200 Railroad Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.No matched discussionAffirmatively RecommendedNot recordedNot recorded
Order 12026-0536

Resolution amending Resolution No. 840 of 2024, which authorized a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contract(s) extension with B2GNow, for the purpose of amending account codes at no additional cost to the city.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 22026-0509

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 218: Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Plan, to clarify language to better align with budgetary practices.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 32026-0510

Resolution authorizing the City to quit-claim any right, title and interest it may have in and to the property identified as 6491 Stanton Avenue (L&B 124-B-25) in the 11th Ward to Grace S & Chibuikem Ironnah for $200.00 (Two Hundred Dollars) relating to the full and final resolution of a longstanding scrivener’s error in the chain of title.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 42026-0511

Authorizes a legal-settlement payment to Omar Cardenas in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,600.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 52026-0515

Resolution amending Resolution No. 747 of 2025, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to extend a Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services, by exercising the contract option to extend the term for 6 months and by increasing the total spend by $75,000 for a new not to exceed amount of Seven Hundred Seventy- Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and No Cents ($778,976.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded

Approves the P-Card purchases listed in Item 0020-2026.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Approved
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 72026-0499

Authorizes a City warrant payment to Common Plea Catering in an amount not to exceed SIXTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($16,450.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 82026-0500

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Institutional Review Board Authorization Agreement with the University of Pittsburgh, allowing the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board to provide oversight of research conducted by the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 92026-0501

Resolution adopting the Allegheny County Hazard Mitigation plan as the official hazard mitigation plan of the City of Pittsburgh.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 102026-0300

Authorizes a City warrant payment to A.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 112026-0507

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program in the amount not to exceed ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN ($1,666,217.00) dollars to revamp our curbside yard waste collection program.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 122026-0508

Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the West End Trolley Trail Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 132026-0516

Requests a City Council public hearing on maintaining Serpentine Drive, in Schenley Park, as a pedestrian and bike only throughway.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 142026-0544

Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Seven, Business Licensing, Article Nine, Amusement Businesses with a new Chapter, Chapter 774: Mechanical Amusement Devices Tax and Licenses.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 152025-1993

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels [56-N-300, 56-N-410,] 56-J-325-0-3, 56-N-96, 56-N-97-A, 56-N-97, 56-N-98-A, 56-N-98-B, 56-N-98-C, 56-N-99, 56-N-99-B, 56-N-95, 56-N- 52, 56-N-93, 56-N-91, 56-N-90, 56-N-88, 57-A-8, 57-B-350, 57-S-50, 57-S-100, 57-S-30, 57-S-89, 57- S-92, 57-S-40, 57-S-6, 57-S-12, 92-D-60, 92-D-50, 92-D-10-1, and 92-D-20 from the RIV-GI (Riverfront General Industrial Subdistrict) to RIV-IMU (Riverfront Industrial Mixed-Use Subdistrict) in the Hazelwood neighborhood of the 15th Ward, and in the 31st Ward. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report and Recommendation on 7/14/25) (Report and Recommendation received on 11/20/25) (Public Hearing held 3/6/26)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
AMENDED BY SUBSTITUTE
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 162026-0513

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 125-G-13, 125-G-14, 125-G-15 from Residential Single Unit Detached - Low Density (R1D-L) to Urban Industrial (UI) in the Homewood West neighborhood. (Public Hearing held 7/9/26)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 172026-0518

Ordinance establishing an East Carson Street Improvement District for the area shown on “Exhibit “A” at the behest of the East Carson Street Business District Advisory Committee, property owners and business owners to be benefited with specific improvements to be undertaken including, but not limited to, financing of said improvements, method of assessing specific properties to be benefited, establishing a Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association to conduct administrative procedures for the Neighborhood Improvement District, providing for the establishment of a separate account for deposit and withdrawal of project funds, and providing the cost thereof. (Public Hearing held 7/8/26) (2nd Public Hearing scheduled for 9/2/26)

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Held for Cablecast Public Hearing
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 182026-0512

Resolution amending Resolution 388 of 2025, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with Starfire Corporation, for an enhanced fireworks show held in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of Independence Day, by modifying the code account to include grant funding, and by increasing the amount by Two Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($261,800) for a new total cost not to exceed Five Hundred Fourteen Thousand Dollars ($514,000.00) over three years.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 192026-0502

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Bloomberg Philanthropies for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Youth Climate Action Fund in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars to strengthen how cities partner with young people to develop local climate solutions.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 202026-0503

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Economic Development Initiative - Community Project Funding in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) to recreate community at the Thaddeus Stevens Recreation Center.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 212026-0504

Resolution authorizing the issuance of three warrants payable in favor of CONNECT Congress of Neighboring Communities, for one year membership dues for all three branches of government in an amount not to exceed TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($27,563.00).

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 222026-0505

Resolution amending Resolution No. 680 of 2020, 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 of up to ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($1,500,000) for the Former Homewood School project. (Council District 9)” to increase the total grant award, adjust the match, and assign an additional job number.

Discussion
No matched discussion
Vote
Affirmatively Recommended
Votes For
Not recorded
Votes Against
Not recorded
Order 232026-0506

Updates Pittsburgh's sewage facilities plan for 2200 Railroad Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.

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