Please note: this meeting's minutes have not been finalized yet. Actions taken on legislation and their results are not available. Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 2/11/2025 10:01 AM Minutes status: Draft   Meeting location: Council Chambers Published agenda: Published minutes:   Meeting video:   Meeting Items (22) 22 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: Legislation only Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Agenda # Type Title Action Result Action Details Video 2025-1420 1   Proclamation NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby acknowledges and commends Brother Mel for his unwavering commitment to community development, his passion for creating social impact, and his dedication to making a positive difference in the lives of others; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare, Wednesday, January 22, 2025 to be “Brother Mel Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.     2025-1421 1   Proclamation NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh recognizes and commends the Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Pittsburgh for their commitment to nurturing the minds, hearts, and spirits of their students, empowering them to lead with faith and purpose; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare, January 26 to February 1, 2025, “Catholic Schools Week” in the City of Pittsburgh.     2025-1478 1   Report Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for February 5, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1409 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 547 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Futures for professional services relating to leadership development training, by increasing the authorized spend by Seventy-Six Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($76,800.00) for services in 2025 for a new total cost not to exceed of Three Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Thirty-Six Dollars and Zero Cents ($338,136.00) over four years.     2025-1410 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into a License Agreement with The Pittsburgh Steelers LLC to allow for the use of the City Seal on official Steelers-branded merchandise, at zero cost to the City.     2025-1437 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 316 of 2022, which provided for an Agreement or Agreements with Center for Hearing & Deaf Services, Inc. and Global Wordsmiths, by increasing the authorized spend for Global Wordsmiths by Thirty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($38,000.00) for services in 2025, for a new total cost not to exceed Ninety-Eight Thousand Dollars ($98,000.00) over four years.     2025-1438 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of James Sheehan, Laureen O’Neill Sheehan and their attorneys, Goodrich and Geist, P.C., for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($150,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 22-001137.     2025-1439 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Shavontay Glover, and her attorneys, Allegheny Law Group LLC, for a single payment in 2025 in an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($8,500.00), in full and final settlement of litigation, filed in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Civil Division, at No. AR 24-000023.     2025-1440 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing COMPLETE STREETS by Two Hundred Twenty One Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($221,600) to account for additional Federal Highway Administration funding being received by the City of Pittsburgh.     2025-1441 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with Merante Contracting Incorporated to provide access to City of Pittsburgh-owned parcels 26-E-301, 26-E-302, 26-E-303, 26-E-304, and 26-E-305 to support the replacement and rehabilitation of portions of the existing retaining wall supporting Ruthven Street above the Pittsburgh Regional Transit Martin Luther King Busway and to replace various sewer infrastructure in the vicinity, at no cost to the City.     2025-1479 1   Report Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for February 5, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1433 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 134 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership to provide an ambassador program to assist police with non-criminal matters in the Central Business District, by increasing the approved amount by $1,200,000 for an amended total cost not to exceed TWO MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($2,400,000) over four years.     2025-1480 1   Report Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for February 5, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1412 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the taking, appropriating, and condemning by the City of Pittsburgh of certain easements necessary for the completion of temporary construction work for sidewalk construction and associated miscellaneous work for public transportation purposes through eminent domain and further authorizing the payment of just compensation and necessary and incidental acquisition costs related thereto at an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000), reimbursable at eighty percent.     2025-1442 1   Resolution Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction Phase of the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Eight Hundred Nine Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-Five Dollars ($1,809,585.00), an increase of Two Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Dollars ($277,000.00) from the previously executed agreement (835 of 2023);     2025-1443 1   Resolution Resolution agreement amending Resolution No. 172 of 2020, allowing for compensation paid to PennDOT of the local costs associated with the East Carson Street Supplemental Improvement Project being undertaken by PennDOT, and further providing for payment of the cost not to exceed Nine Hundred Forty-Two Thousand One Dollars and Eleven Cents ($942,001.11), an increase of Fifty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Thirty-Eight Dollars and Twelve Cents ($55,838.12) from the previously executed agreement.     2025-1481 1   Report Report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for February 5, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1436 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with America250PA for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Semiquincentennial Grant in the amount not to exceed TWENTY THOUSAND ($20,000.00) dollars for City’s Independence Day Celebration.     2025-1482 1   Report Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for February 5, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1434 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 649-2022, 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 and amendments thereto with Foster & Foster Consulting Actuaries, Inc., for a municipal pension contribution data system by increasing the approved amount by Three Hundred Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000) for an amended total cost not-to-exceed Six Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($625,000) over five years.     2025-1483 1   Report Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for February 5, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1435 1   Resolution Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 938 & 940 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City.