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Meeting date/time: 2/25/2025 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
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2025-1420 1 ProclamationNOW, 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.  
2025-1555 1 ProclamationNOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, in recognition of the social impact of Maria DeSimone Prascak and Maria’s Ideas for the residents of Pittsburgh, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare February 25th, 2025, to be "Maria's Ideas Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.  
2025-1529 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution Number 655 of 2023, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with Pittsburgh Event Childcare for professional services in connection with onsite childcare being provided to City of Pittsburgh employees during the days that school is not in session. Additionally, offsite childcare will be provided for those attending community events sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services, and providing for payment of the cost thereof.” By increasing the total amount not to exceed by Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000.00) For a new total cost not to exceed Ninety Thousand Dollars ($90,000.00), and extending the program for an additional year.  
2025-1530 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the County of Allegheny and Partner4Work for the shared operation and administration of the Learn and Earn Summer Youth Employment Program for calendar years 2025-2027, at no additional cost to the City.  
2025-1531 1 ResolutionResolution 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.  
2025-1532 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 603 of 2024, authorizing the Mayor and the City Solicitor to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Fisher Phillips LLP for legal services in connection with issues involving labor disputes, by increasing the cost by ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000) for a new not to exceed amount of TWO HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($210,000) and adding one year for a new contract term of TWO (2) years. (Executive Session scheduled for 2/25/25) (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)  
2025-1533 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-1567 for an amount not to exceed FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND EIGHTY-TWO DOLLARS AND NINETY CENTS ($54,082.90) over one year. (Executive Session scheduled for 2/25/25)  
2025-1534 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Comber Miller, LLC for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-1567 for an amount not to exceed THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED NINE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($35,109.00) over one year. (Executive Session scheduled for 2/25/25)  
2025-1535 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Summers, McDonnell, Hudock, Guthrie & Rauch, P.C. for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-1567 for an amount not to exceed FORTY-ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($41,590.00) over one year. (Executive Session scheduled for 2/25/25)  
2025-1536 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Major Cities Chiefs Association in an amount not to exceed SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($7,500.00), for payment of annual member dues.  
2025-1537 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the U.S. Marshals Service in an amount not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($8,900.00), to return seized funds in accordance with case 2:17cr304, filed in the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. (Executive Session scheduled for 2/25/25)  
2025-1538 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms in an amount not to exceed NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($9,220.00), to return seized funds in accordance with case 2:21cr328, filed in the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. (Executive Session scheduled for 2/25/25)  
2025-1539 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the U.S. Marshals Service in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($6,428.00), to return seized funds in accordance with case 2:19cr255, filed in the United States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. (Executive Session scheduled for 2/25/25)  
2025-1540 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh, the Director of Public Works, and the Director of Finance, to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company to provide, install, use, own, operate, maintain, repair, renew, and finally remove eight (8) anchors; fifteen (15) poles; one transformer; and associated wires (the “DLC Assets”), located upon City-owned property containing the Pittsburgh Zoo (Parcel ID 82-H-1-0-2), along with vegetation clearing rights within the vicinity of the DLC Assets, at no cost to the City.  
2025-1541 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the City Code at Title Four: Public Places and Property, Article I: Public Right-of-Way, Chapter 417, to permanently adopt the Sidewalk and Curb Repair Program to provide assistance to eligible property owners.  
2025-1542 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement, Agreements, and/or Amendments with the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) for the purpose of geophysical surveying by the USACE at Arsenal Park, at no cost to the City.  
2025-1543 1 OrdinanceOrdinance accepting five new street names, COAL SEAM STREET, DARBY STREET, LUCAS COURT, LUCAS STREET and PITRELL STREET in the Fifth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street names were approved by CPAC in January 2025. The names listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.  
2025-1544 1 OrdinanceOrdinance accepting a new street name, RILEY STREET in the Sixteenth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh as per recommendation by the City of Pittsburgh Addressing Committee (CPAC). The following street name was approved by CPAC in January 2025. The name listed in this ordinance shall be made official in accordance with the Pittsburgh Code, Title Four, Public Places and Property, Chapter 420 Uniform Street Naming and Addressing.  
2025-1546 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointment of Emily Embrey as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2029.  
2025-1547 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution reappointment of Anna Bagwell as a Member of the Clean Pittsburgh Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2029.  
2025-1548 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointment of Julian McClain as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2028.  
2025-1549 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointment of Isabel Ruiz-Flint as a Member of the Human Relations Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2029.  
2025-1550 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointment of Councilmember Deborah Gross, as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2028.  
2025-1551 1 Appointment-Requiring VoteResolution appointment of Richard Morris as a Member of the Human Relations Commission with a term to expire February 1, 2029.  
2025-1552 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended February 21, 2025.  
2025-1553 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting the City of Pittsburgh Quarterly Financial and Performance Report for the period ending December 31, 2024.  
2025-1554 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting a donation to the Department of Public Safety from the Pittsburgh Public Safety Supply Inc. in the form of donated t-shirts to be worn at the Polar Plunge valued at a price not to exceed SIX HUNDRED ($600.00) dollars.  
2025-1556 1 CommunicationCommunication from Kimberly Lucas, Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, submitting a report on the Sidewalk and Curb Repair Pilot Program, dated February 21, 2025.  
2025-1523 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for February 19, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-1489 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of James E. DePasquale for plaintiff counsel fees and costs pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988 in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-SIX CENTS ($123,873.76) over one year. (Executive Session held 2/11/25)  
2025-1490 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC for expert legal services in connection with a litigation matter in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania filed at 2:18-cv-01567 for an amount not to exceed TWENTY-SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS AND FOUR CENTS ($26,406.04) over one year. (Executive Session held 2/11/25)  
2025-1491 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing STREET RESURFACING by Forty Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) to account for the payment for a surety bond made to the City of Pittsburgh.  
2025-1492 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Euna Solutions, Inc for one year subscription in an amount not to exceed EIGHTEEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($18,500.00).  
2025-1493 1 ResolutionResolution to authorize and direct the incurring of Non-Electoral Debt through the issuance of a series of General Obligation Bonds of the City of Pittsburgh, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of Sixty-Seven Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($67,550,000.00).  
2025-1524 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for February 19, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-1485 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Center for Employment Opportunities to clean and revitalize community spaces, for a sum not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand, Twenty-two Dollars ($456,022.00) over one year.  
2025-1525 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for February 19, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-1494 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Preemption Interconnection Construction and Maintenance Agreement between CSXT and the City of Pittsburgh for construction and maintenance of highway rail grade crossing warning devices, consisting of automatic flashing lights and gates, at the grade crossings of Tecumseh Street and Hazelwood Avenue; and providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Zero Dollars ($0.00).  
2025-1495 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 466 of 2020, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with Studio Zewde for professional landscape architectural services for Homewood Park Infrastructure Upgrades, by increasing the overall cost by One Hundred Seventy Six Thousand, Six Hundred and Nine Dollars, and Sixty Cents ($176,609.60) for a new City cost not to exceed Two Million Forty One Thousand, and Eighty Two Dollars, and Thirty Cents ($2,041,082.30) over one (1) year.  
2025-1496 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2024, effective December 27, 2023, as entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program,” to decrease Sport Facilities by One Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy Dollars ($115,170.00), and increase Park Reconstruction by One Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, One Hundred and Seventy Dollars ($115,170.00).  
2025-1497 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 291 of 2024 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to execute an agreement(s) with the Pennsylvania Resources Council (PRC) in order to continue providing electronic waste collection and recycling services for City residents, by extending PRC’s services for one (1) year to December 31, 2025 and increasing the authorized spend by Seventy-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($78,750.00) for a new total amount not to exceed Three Hundred Ninety-Three Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($393,750.00).  
2025-1526 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for February 19, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-1484 1 ResolutionResolution providing that the City of Pittsburgh enter into a Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with consultants and/or service providers for professional services in connection with Civil Service and MPOETC required assessment and evaluation of Public Safety candidates, and providing for payment of the cost thereof. Cost not to exceed Ninety Five Thousand Dollars ($95,000.00).  
2025-1527 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for February 19, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-1498 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 562 of 2024, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand ($25,000) dollars to develop revised historic guidelines in the Mexican War Streets historic district. The grant requires a match from the City of Pittsburgh in the amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred ($12,500) dollars for this stated purpose for a total project cost of Thirty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($37,500) dollars” to include the Manchester District.  
2025-1528 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for February 19, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2024-1234 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the adoption of the Manchester-Chateau Transit Revitalization Investment District Phase 1 Implementation Plan and related agreements (Council District 6). (Public Hearing held 2/12/25)  
2025-1486 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of The United States Conference of Mayors for one year membership dues in an amount not to exceed NINETEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($19,840.00).  
2025-1487 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Allegheny League of Municipalities for one year membership dues in an amount not to exceed NINE THOUSAND, DOLLARS and ZERO CENTS ($9,000.00).  
2025-1488 1 OrdinanceOrdinance authorizing the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) to enter into an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Borough of Wilkinsburg (“Borough”) for providing fire and emergency management services to the Borough pursuant to the General Local Government Code, 53 Pa. C.S. §§2301 et seq., and the Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa. C.S. §§7501 et seq, at a total cost not to exceed ELEVEN MILLION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO DOLLARS ($11,933,932) over five years.  
2025-1557 1 Will of CouncilNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare its support for the naming of a terminal at the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU), in Puerto Rico, as Terminal 21 Roberto Clemente in honor of Roberto Clemente.