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Meeting date/time: 7/22/2025 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
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2025-2089 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Amazon PIT5 and the Warriors Affinity Group and the pride they give to veterans and military spouses across the country; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Wednesday, July 23, 2025 to be “Amazon PIT5 and Warriors Affinity Group Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.  
2025-2090 1 ProclamationNOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend Marion Reynolds for her years of dedicated service to Allegheny County and congratulates her on her well-earned retirement; and extends heartfelt wishes for continued health, and many more joyful birthdays to come; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, August 2, 2025 to be “Marion Romaine Reynolds Day” in the City of Pittsburgh.  
2025-2091 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of receiving grant funds for the Urban Search and Rescue Task Force grant in an amount not to exceed SIX MILLION DOLLARS ($6,000,000.00) for equipment, equipment storage, training, and related expenses necessary for the urban search and rescue task force to meet or exceed the minimum requirements of a Type 3 urban search and rescue task force. (Waiver of Rule 8 Requested)  
2025-2093 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Proengin in an amount not to exceed SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN DOLLARS AND NO CENTS ($6,997.00), for calibration and repairs of hazardous materials detectors. (Waiver of Rule 8 Requested)  
2025-2094 1 ResolutionResolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 933 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the city.  
2025-2095 1 ResolutionResolution repealing Resolution 623 of 2021, effective September 30, 2021, which authorized the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned Properties in the 4th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 11-K, Lots 78 and 78-2 (2 and 3 Seneca Street - Council District 6), and further authorizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to these parcels at no cost to the city.  
2025-2096 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions, and Authorities, Chapter 178A: Youth Commission and Youth Council; by strengthening the Commission’s alignment with the City of Pittsburgh’s structure to ensure that it reflects the diversity of young people across all neighborhoods and communities thus prioritizing the lived experiences of Pittsburgh’s youth to inform the decisions of the City’s elected leadership.  
2025-2097 1 OrdinanceOrdinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title One: Administrative, Article IX: Boards, Commissions, and Authorities, Chapter 179G: LGBTQIA+ Commission; to strengthen the work of the Commission by ensuring a dedicated staffer will oversee the Commission’s recruitment, budget, recommendations and event planning.  
2025-2098 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through N: A: 3300 Webster Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT 6), B: 5500 Camelia Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 7), C: 0 Deary Street (COUNCIL DISTRICT: 9), D: 0 Lincoln Avenue (Council District 9), E: 2 Oakwood Place (Council District 9), F: 1617 Sterling Street (Council District 3), G: 1109 Brabec Street (Council District 1), H: 0 Eggers Street (Council District 1), I: 1136 South Side Avenue (COUNCIL DISTRICT 1), J: 0 Mcclure Ave (COUNCIL DISTRICT 1), K: 3302 Fleming Avenue (Council District 1), L: 3300 Fleming Avenue (Council District 1), M: 1117 Acacia Lane (Council District 1), N: 0 Charles Street (Council District 3).  
2025-2099 1 ResolutionResolution repealing an item in Resolution Number 675 of 2022, effective date December 2, 2022, in order to rescind the sale.  
2025-2100 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance to accept deeds conveying all right, title, and interest in parcels 46-E-44 and 46-E-46, located along Charles Street in Perry South in the 26th Ward to the City of Pittsburgh to advance the Fowler Park Master Plan and authorizing the payment of One Dollar ($1) in exchange for the parcels.  
2025-2101 1 ResolutionResolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Mackin Engineering Company for costs associated with Construction Inspection for the Sylvan SMART Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Five Hundred Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Eight Dollars and Forty Cents ($519,998.40), an increase of Twenty-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty Dollars ($28,950.00) from the previously executed agreement as previously authorized by Resolution 37 of 2025, reimbursable at 80%. (Waiver of Rule 8 Requested)  
2025-2102 1 ResolutionResolution granting unto MDK HOLDINGS LLC, their successors and assigns, the privilege and license to construct, maintain and use at their own cost and expense, at no cost to the City, (2) two 233' subterranean private water laterals with valves and meters in Comrie Way serving property at 4842 Penn Avenue, in the 8th Ward, 7th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Waiver of Rule 8 Requested)  
2025-2103 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 103 of 2025, which authorized an amended Agreement or Agreements with Studio Zewde for costs associated with the Homewood Park - Construction Project, by amending JDE account information and by increasing the total spend by One Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand, Six Hundred Nine Dollars and Sixty Cents ($176,609.60) for a new not to exceed amount of Two Million, Forty-One Thousand, Eighty-Two Dollars and Thirty Cents ($2,041,082.30). (Waiver of Rule 8 Requested)  
2025-2105 1 Appointment-InformingResolution informing Council of the appointment of Elizabeth Cercone, as “Assistant Director - Operating and Special Revenue” in the Office of Management and Budget.  
2025-2106 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 July 18, 2025.  
2025-2107 1 CommunicationCommunication from City Controller Rachael Heisler submitting a Special Report on the 2025 Update on City Water Fountains, dated July 2025.  
2025-2083 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Finance and Law for July 16, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-2002 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 119 of 2024, which authorized the Mayor and the City Solicitor, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional consultation services agreement with Albert Risk Management Consultants for insurance consulting services, by updating the legal vendor name to Artex Risk Solutions, and to extend the term of the agreement by one (1) year, at no additional cost to the City. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)  
2025-2005 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 273 of 2025, effective May 7 2025, entitled “Resolution authorizing eleven (11) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with five vendors to provide professional services on an on-call basis as required related to special events services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) annually for a three-year term, and providing for funding of the costs thereof,” by authorizing an additional eight (8) Professional Services Agreements with five (5) additional vendors for a total of nineteen (19) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with ten (10) vendors.  
2025-2007 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 increasing MAPLE AVENUE BRIDGE (TIP) by One Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($127,500.00) to account for Federal Highway Administration funding being received at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh.  
2025-2084 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for July 16, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-2025 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Design Final Design, and Right of Way phases of the Maple Avenue Bridge Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,100,000.00), an increase of Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($650,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 100%. This resolution serves to authorize only the amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements, at no cost to the City of Pittsburgh. Future Resolutions will authorize the project specific service agreements.  
2025-2026 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Cosmos Technologies, Inc., for professional services related to the renovation of Kennard Park, at City cost not-to-exceed Five Hundred Eighty-Two Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Six Dollars and Eighty Cents ($582,946.80) over a period of one (1) year.  
2025-2049 1 ResolutionResolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Second Avenue from Bates Street to Brady Street be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.  
2025-2088 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for July 16, 2025 with a NEGATIVE Recommendation.  
2025-1752 1 ResolutionResolution providing for the designation as a Historic Structure under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain Structure known as Donny’s Place, located at 1226 Herron Avenue (26-Q-189), in the Polish Hill Neighborhood, in the 5th Ward, City of Pittsburgh. The owner of the property does not support the nomination and there is no cost to the City. (Public Hearing held 7/10/25)  
2025-2085 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for July 16, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2023-1698 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 909.01.P, “SP- 9 Bakery Square”, amending the certain provisions of Chapter 909.01.P and by the addition of a new Sections 909.01.P.1(c)-(g). (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 7/6/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 1/24/25) (Public Hearing held 7/8/25)  
2023-1723 2 OrdinanceOrdinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from HC, Highway Commercial District to SP-9/Bakery Square District, certain property roughly bounded by Penn Avenue, East Liberty Boulevard and the Pittsburgh Regional Transit East Busway, all in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 11th Ward; and by changing from UI, Urban Industrial District to SP-9/Bakery Square District, that certain property roughly bounded by Penn Avenue and the existing easternmost boundary of the SP-9/Bakery Square District; in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 12th Ward; and by changing from HC, Highway Commercial District to UI, Urban Industrial District, that certain property roughly bounded by the northwestern boundary of the SP-9/Bakery Square District and Norfolk Southern Rail line, in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System, 11th Ward. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a report and recommendation on 7/12/23) (Report and Recommendation received on 1/24/25) (Public Hearing held 7/8/25)  
2025-2004 1 ResolutionResolution providing for an amended Agreement or Agreements with Action Housing, Inc. for costs associated with the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP 1); providing for payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Fifteen Million Nine Hundred Forty Thousand One Hundred Four Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents ($15,940,104.35), an increase of Twelve Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-Six Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents ($12,686.35) from the previously executed Agreement.  
2025-2086 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for July 16, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-2051 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution No. 568 of 2024, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with New Sun Rising for the management and disbursement of grassroots and small-scale investments for the City of Pittsburgh's Food Justice Fund, by naming grant recipients and award amounts, as selected by the Food Justice Fund Governance Committee. The not to exceed amount remains One Million Six Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($1,650,000.00).  
2025-2087 1 ReportReport of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for July 16, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.  
2025-2003 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with Allegheny County Economic Development to collaboratively manage non-congregate shelter services related to the HOME-ARP program, at no cost to the City.  
2025-2006 1 ResolutionResolution 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).  
2025-2027 1 ResolutionResolution repealing Resolution 617 of 2018, effective September 20, 2018, authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-A, Lot 277 (0 Auburn Street - Council District No. 9) at no cost to the City.  
2025-2028 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 10-N, Lot 344, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (403 Grove Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.  
2025-2029 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 623 of 2020, effective December 9, 2020, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the following Publicly-Owned properties in the 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 50-E, Lot 21, Block 50-F, Lots 101 and 130, and Block 50-K, Lots 89 and 94, located at 424 N. Mathilda Street, 4938 and 5120 Rosetta Street, and 4921 and 5001 Broad Street, respectively (Council District No. 9),” by removing Block 50-K, Lot 94 (5001 Broad Street - Council District No. 9) at no cost to the City.  
2025-2030 1 ResolutionResolution Approving Execution of a Deed by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh, for the sale of Block 128-R, Lot 200, in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Commercial Avenue Frick Park Expansion - Council District No. 5) at no cost to the City.  
2025-2031 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 9-S, Lots 181 and 187, in the 3rd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (220 and 221 Hillside Drive - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.  
2025-2032 1 ResolutionResolution approving execution of a Contract for Disposition by Sale of Land between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and The Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of Block 26-N, Lots 51, 52, 53, and 54, in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (Milwaukee Street - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.  
2025-2033 1 ResolutionResolution approving Execution of a Deed by and between the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and the City of Pittsburgh, for the sale of Block 88-M, Lot 200, in the 14th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh (1614-1680 Parkview Boulevard - Council District No. 5) at no cost to the City.  
2025-2034 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 12th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125-A, Lot 277 (0 Auburn Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.  
2025-2035 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 30th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 14-R, Lot 78, Block 14-L, Lot 94, and Block 33-A, Lot 349 (63 Amanda Avenue, 103 Jucunda Street, and 408 Moore Avenue - Council District No. 3), at no cost to the City.  
2025-2036 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 30th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 33-F, Lot 13 (236 Moore Avenue - Council District No. 3), at no cost to the City.  
2025-2037 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned property in the 10th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 50-K, Lot 94 (5001 Broad Street - Council District No. 9), at no cost to the City.  
2025-2059 1 ResolutionResolution amending Resolution 475 of 2024, which authorized an amended Agreement or Agreements with AE7 Pittsburgh LLC for costs associated with the 412 Boulevard of the Allies Project, by amending JDE account information and by increasing the total spend by Twenty-Seven Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dollars and Forty-Four Cents ($27,650.44) for a new not to exceed amount of Six Hundred Two Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Dollars and Seventy-Five Cents ($602,390.75).  
2025-2080 1 ResolutionResolution authorizing The Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the City's Right, Title and Interest, if any, in and to the Publicly-Owned properties in the 5th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 27-B, Lot 365, Block 10-D, Lot 381, and Block 25-S, Lot 204 (749 Shawnee Street, 2926 Webster Avenue, and 2905 Bedford Avenue - Council District No. 6), at no cost to the City.