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Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 9/30/2025 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
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2025-2282 1 ProclamationNOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and honor the life of Darren Morris, commending his lifelong dedication to service, community, and family; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare September 22, 2025 to be “Darren Morris Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2283 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Bishop Emeritus David A. Zubik for his decades of faithful service and his enduring commitment to the mission of the Church; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, September 30, 2025 to be “Bishop Emeritus David A. Zubik Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2284 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Bishop Mark A. Eckman for his unwavering dedication to the Gospel, his pastoral heart, and his vision for a Church united in love and service; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, September 30, 2025 to be “Bishop Mark A Eckman Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2285 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare September 27, 2025 to be “Fifth Avenue High Class of 1965 Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2286 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare the September 29th, 2025 to be “Cheri Smith Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2287 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares September 30, 2025 “Women in Bio (WIB) Day of P.O.W.E.R.”AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2288 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does commend the Fineview Citizens Council and the community of Fineview for thirty years of dedication and spirit through the Step Challenge; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare, Saturday, October 4, 2025, to be “Fineview Step Challenge Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2289 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does commend Reel Q for forty years of extraordinary contributions to cinema, culture, and LGBTQ+ visibility; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare, Friday, October 3, 2025, to be “Reel Q Film Festival Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2312 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh recognizes Patricia Szczepanski for her twenty years of dedicated service and commitment to lifelong learning, mentorship, and community engagement be recognized and celebrated as a lasting legacy of excellence at OLLI at Pitt; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the October 6, 2025, as “Patricia Szczepanski Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2313 1 ProclamationNOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that we seek to recognize September as Suicide Prevention Month, elevate our local organizations reducing stigma around suicide and mental health and disparate outcomes for marginalized communities, and to develop and implement strategies to increase access to and the delivery of quality mental health, substance use, and suicide prevention crisis care and treatment and recovery services; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize September as “Suicide Prevention Month” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2315 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council urges all residents to remain vigilant and practice safe conduct near rail crossings and rights-of-way, and to actively support initiatives that maintain the safety, efficiency, and economic importance of Pittsburgh’s rail network within our regional transportation system; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby proclaim the month of September, 2025 to be “Rail Safety Month” in the City of Pittsburgh.AdoptedPass Action details Video Video
2025-2292 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 5804 Bryant Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206 at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2301 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing execution of a Deed, pursuant to the Summerset Cooperation Agreement of 2002, by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh for the sale of seven (7) parcels located in the 14 Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 088-L, Lot 150, Block 088-M, Lot 200, Block 088-H, Lot 161, Block 128-R, Lot 100, Block 128-R, Lot 200, Block 129-A, Lot 160, and Block 129-N, Lot 040 (Council District 5), at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2302 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing execution of a Deed, by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh, for the sale of 21 parcels in the 10th, 14th, 16th, and 24th Wards of the City of Pittsburgh (Council Districts 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9) to be dedicated as public greenspace at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2314 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing Council’s consent to an extension, pursuant to § 922.05.D of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances (the “Zoning Code”), of the deadline for the Planning Commission to act on Council Bill #2025-1925 and #2025-1926.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2290 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Sol Engineering Solutions, LLC, for expert witness services in connection with a litigation matter filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G. D. 23-000081 for an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS ($6,569.60) over one year. (Executive Session scheduled for 9/30/25)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2291 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Navada Burwell in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,475.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (22C-0258) for damage to her parked vehicle from an accident with a City PW vehicle on January 19, 2022. (Executive Session held 9/30/25)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2293 1 ResolutionResolution further amending Resolution No. 857 of 2023, effective December 27, 2023, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2024 Capital Budget, the proposed 2024 Community Development Program, and the 2024 through 2029 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing BRIDGE PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION FUND (TIP) by Fifty Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($50,000.00), increasing BRIDGE UPGRADES by Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($10,750.00), and increasing SWINDELL BRIDGE (TIP) by Seven Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($785,000.00), Seven Hundred Forty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars and Zero Cents ($745,750.00) of which is reimbursable by the Federal Highway Administration and Pennsylvania Department of Transportation at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2306 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements Clark Hill to serve as Bond Counsel for the purpose of rendering any and all opinions with respect to the Bonds and preparing such additional documents as may be necessary. Total costs shall not exceed One Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents ($133,000.00) over a three-year period with two one-year options to extend the contract and shall be paid using proceeds from the debt issuance.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2307 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with RT Lawrence Corporation for the provision of a remittance processing system. The cost of the remittance processing solution over three years shall not exceed Forty-Five Thousand Four Hundred Seven Dollars and Twenty-Six Cents ($45,407.26). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2297 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a supplemental agreement or agreements with HDR Engineering, Inc. for costs associated with Final Design of the Swindell Bridge Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Three Million Six Hundred Eighteen Thousand Eighty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Eight Cents ($3,618,085,38), an increase of Two Million Four Hundred Forty-Four Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars and Eighty-One Cents ($2,444,157.81), reimbursable at 95%.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2298 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 309 of 2024, which provided for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design, Final Design, & Right of Way phases of the Swindell Bridge construction project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Four Million Five Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($4,585,000.00), an increase of Seven Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Dollars ($785,000.00) from the previously executed agreement (54006.2); reimbursable at ninety five percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs not to exceed Seven Thousand Dollars ($7,000.00), no increase from the previously executed agreement (54006.2).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2299 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Agreement for Construction services with Power Contracting Company for the CBD Phase 4 project at a cost thereof, not to exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Nine Thousand Four Hundred Ten Dollars and Four Cents ($3,829,410.04), an increase of Seven Thousand Two Hundred Eight Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents ($7,208.84) from the previously legislated contract authorization (610 of 2022);Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2300 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh of the dedication of 35 parcels to the public right of way in the 1st, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 21st, and 22nd Wards of the City of Pittsburgh (Council Districts 1, 6, 7, 8 & 9) at no cost to the City.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2303 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Tree Pittsburgh to conduct urban forestry programming in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2304 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Landforce to conduct urban forestry programming in an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2305 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements, or the use of existing Agreements, between the City of Pittsburgh and Pashek + MTR, for the professional landscape architectural services for Ammon Park, at a cost not to exceed Three Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand, Eight hundred and Fifteen Dollars ($327,815.00).Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2311 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing an extension of the term of the Acting Director of Mobility and Infrastructure for one hundred and nineteen (119) additional days, to run through February 1, 2026.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2294 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter into, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Evolve Environment: Architecture, to provide services to create historic district design guidelines for the Mexican War Streets and the Manchester Historic Districts, at a total cost not to exceed Thirty Seven Thousand Five Hundred ($37,500) dollars.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2295 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with Practical Preservation, LLC., to provide historic preservation services to complete an updated architectural inventory and National Register assessment of Civil Rights History for the Manchester Historic District and to revise the National Register form, at a total cost not to exceed Forty Thousand ($40,000) dollars.Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2296 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Site under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as Westinghouse Park, located at 320 North Murtland Street (125-S-174), in the Point Breeze North neighborhood, in the 14th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property supports the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)Read and referred  Action details Video Video
2025-2308 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended September 26, 2025.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2309 1 CommunicationCommunication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting acting pay requests on behalf of the Mayor’s Office for Paul Scott & Cydney Cooper, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2310 1 PetitionPetition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to passing Sanctuary City legislation for Pittsburgh to make the City a truly welcoming City for all by codifying in law that all City public services should be made accessible to everyone regardless of immigration status, origin, color of skin, sexual orientation, religion or language. The legislation should make it illegal for all City agencies, Pittsburgh City Police to collaborate with the Immigration Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) and to disclose information about the immigration status of any person. Similar to Sanctuary City legislation passed by Cities such as Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and others, the proposed legislation is intended to help all immigrants and all vulnerable communities feel welcome and safe in Pittsburgh. The Petition is valid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)Held for Cablecast Public HearingPass Action details Video Video
2025-2274 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for September 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2241 1 ResolutionResolution further 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 decreasing Facility Improvements - Sports Facilities by One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00) and increasing Facility Improvements - Recreation and Senior Centers by One Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($180,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2245 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to enter into, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, a lease agreement or agreements with Bike Share Pittsburgh, Inc., to utilize a portion of that certain City-owned parcel no. 29-M-151-0-2, 4th Ward, City of Pittsburgh (90 WORMSER WAY, COUNCIL DISTRICT 3), for the purpose of placing and maintaining a shipping container to be used for storage of equipment, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2246 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh to document local cooperation and the Housing Authority’s agreement to make payments in lieu of taxes for Bedford Dwellings Phase III housing development.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2275 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for September 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2238 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Brawner Group K-9 Services LLC in an amount not to exceed NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($9,500.00), for payment of one K-9 unit.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2239 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an Agreement or Agreements with KILO III Consulting Agency, LLC., for trainer-led on-site K-9 training, at a cost not to exceed EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($8,500.00) over one year. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2276 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for September 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2243 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Director of the Department of Finance and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into certain temporary construction easements in order to advance the Frazier Street Steps replacement project, at no cost to the City.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2244 1 ResolutionResolution amending resolution 562 of 2019 which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Services Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and ATC Group Services LLC (ATC), for architectural and engineering design services related to the stormwater management and renovation of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Firing Range, by increasing the total spend by Three Hundred Eighty Thousand Seven Hundred Forty Dollars ($380,740.00), for a new not to exceed amount of Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00).Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2277 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Human Resources for September 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2242 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Six Conduct, Article V, Chapter 651.04 by adding the definition for the protected class of “housing status,” amending 659.03 to include “past or present housing status” as a class protected from housing discrimination as well as simplifying 659.03 by not listing each protected class in each subsection.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2280 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for September 26, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2194 1 ResolutionResolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to name the playground within Townsend Park the “Bill Coleman Memorial Playground” (Public Hearing held 9/17/25)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2195 1 ResolutionResolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to rename Herschel Field to “Bessy Miller Field” (Public Hearing held 9/17/25)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2196 1 ResolutionResolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to rename the Baseball/Softball field at Banksville Park from “Tower Field” to “Bill Mullen Field” (Public Hearing held 9/17/25)Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2281 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for September 30, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2058 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 877-2024, authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance, and the Office of the Mayor, to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with Incapsulate, now doing business as Accenture, to upgrade the City’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and our related capabilities and processes, by increasing the approved amount by Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) for a total cost not-to-exceed One Million One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Five Dollars and Thirty-Three Cents ($1,125,755.33) over three (3) years, subject to appropriation by City Council in future budget years.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video
2025-2279 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for September 22, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.Read, Received and FiledPass Action details Video Video
2025-2173 1 ResolutionResolution amending resolution No. 543 of 2022, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a cooperation agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority, in order to receive a grant from the Pennsylvania Budget Office Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, for the renovation of Warrington Recreation Center in the amount of ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($1,500,000.00) dollars, and authorizing expenditures for this stated purpose,” to update accounting information for the local capital match.Passed FinallyPass Action details Video Video