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: 7/8/2025 10:01 AM Minutes status: Draft   Meeting location: Council Chambers Published agenda: Published minutes:   Meeting video:   Meeting Items (52) 52 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 2025-2003 1   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution 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).     2025-2027 1   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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.     2025-2002 1   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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.     2025-2008 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 762 of 2005, effective December 21, 2005, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2006 Capital Budget and the 2006 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2006 through 2011 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2009 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 759 of 2006, effective January 1, 2007, as amended, entitled “Adopting and approving the 2007 Capital Budget and the 2007 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2007 through 2012 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2010 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 675 of 2008, effective January 29, 2009, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2009 Capital Budget and the 2009 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2009 through 2013 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2011 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 768 of 2009, effective December 31, 2009, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2010 Capital Budget and the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2010 through 2014 Capital Improvement Program, by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2010 Capital Budget amendments” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2012 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 908 of 2010, effective January 1, 2011, as amended, entitled “‘Adopting and approving the 2011 Capital Budget and the 2011 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2011 through 2016 Capital Improvement Program’ by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2011 Capital Budget amendments” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2013 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 855 of 2011, effective December 29, 2011, as amended, entitled “‘Resolution adopting and approving the 2012 Capital Budget and the 2012 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2012 through 2017 Capital Improvement Program’ by adjusting various line items in conformance with City Council's 2012 Capital Budget amendments” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2014 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2012, effective January 1, 2013, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2013 Capital Budget and the 2013 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2013 through 2018 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2015 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 796 of 2013, effective December 19, 2013, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2014 Capital Budget and the 2014 Community Development Block Grant Program; and approving the 2014 through 2019 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2016 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 858 of 2014, effective January 1, 2015, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2015 Capital Budget and the 2015 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2015 through 2020 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2017 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 816 of 2015, effective December 18, 2015, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2016 Capital Budget and the 2016 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2016 through 2021 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2018 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 772 of 2016, effective January 1, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2017 Capital Budget and the 2017 Community Development Block Grant Program; approving the 2017 through 2022 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2019 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, as amended, effective December 28, 2017, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2018 Capital Budget and the 2018 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2018 through 2023 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2020 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 863 of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 Capital Budget and the 2019 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2019 through 2024 Capital Improvement Program” by removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2021 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 647 of 2020, effective December 23, 2020, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2021 Capital Budget and the 2021 Community Development Block Grant Program, and the 2021 through 2026 Capital Improvement Program” by re-appropriating and re-allocating funds closed due to the requirements of Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2022 1   Resolution Resolution 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 removing unencumbered funds from projects pending closure pursuant to Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2023 1   Resolution Resolution further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by re-appropriating and re-allocating funds closed due to the requirements of Chapter 218 of the City Code.     2025-2024 1   Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of Finance, and the Director of Public Works to enter into an easement agreement or agreements with Duquesne Light Company for the installation and maintenance of one (1) pole and wires on and over City-owned parcel ID 80-R-100 (4600 BUTLER ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15201; Council District 7) at no cost to the City.     2025-2025 1   Resolution Resolution 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   Resolution Resolution 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.     2025-2004 1   Resolution Resolution 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.     2025-2038 1   Communication Communication 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 3, 2025.     2025-2039 1   Communication Communication from Susheela Nemani-Stanger, URA Executive Director, submitting the Housing Opportunity Fund 2024 Annual Report.     2025-1755 1   Appointment-Requiring Vote Resolution appointment of Terri Minor Spencer, as a Member of the Gender Equity Commission with a term to expire April 1, 2028.     2025-2040 1   Report Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for July 2, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1965 1   Resolution Resolution amending Resolution 932 of 2024, which authorized the fee schedule for 2025 pursuant to Chapter 170 of the City Code, by revising utility permit fees as recommended by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure at no cost to the City.     2025-1975 2   Ordinance Ordinance amending Title 6: Conduct, Article V: Discrimination, Chapter 651: Findings and Policy, and Chapter 659: Unlawful Practices to restrict discrimination in medical care on the basis of gender identity.     2025-1976 1   Ordinance Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article 1: Regulated Rights and Actions by adding a new section 629 providing for the assessment of a civil fine for engaging in sex work in the City of Pittsburgh.     2025-2041 1   Report Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for July 2, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1956 2   Ordinance Ordinance repealing and re-enacting the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal, Article Five, Special Funds, Chapter 237, Stop the Violence Fund, to restructure the Chapter, further set forth the Steering Committee, and to define Community-Based Organizations, Extreme-Need or High-Need Community and to establish guidelines for disbursement of funds.     2025-1974 1   Ordinance Ordinance amending Title 6: Conduct, Article 1: Regulated Rights and Actions by adding a new Chapter 630 Providing for the De-Prioritization of Enforcement of Crimes Based on Identity Rather Than Conduct.     2025-2042 1   Report Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for July 2, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.     2025-1966 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 for the Smithfield Street Reconstruction project at an amount not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), reimbursable at eighty percent.     2025-2043 1   Report Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for July 2, 2025 with a NEGATIVE Recommendation.     2024-1284 2   Ordinance Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Nine: Zoning, Article III: Overlay Zoning Districts, Chapter 907: Development Overlay Districts, to amend Section 907.04: IZ-O, Inclusionary Housing Overlay District; Article IV: Planning Districts, Chapter 910: Downtown Districts, to amend Section 910.01: GT, Golden Triangle District; Article V: Use Regulations, Chapter 911: Primary Uses, to amend Section 911.04: Use Standards; and Article VI: Development Standards, Chapter 915: Environmental Performance Standards, to amend Section 915.07: Performance Points System. (Sent to the Planning Commission for a Report & Recommendation on 12/18/24) (Report and Recommendation received 2/21/25) (Public Hearing held 6/18/25)     2025-1770 2   Ordinance Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 6: Conduct, Article I: Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 609: Weeds and Grass, by creating a new Section 609.08: Managed Natural Landscapes to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.     2025-1771 1   Ordinance Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 10: Building, Chapter 1004: International Property Maintenance Code Adoption, Section 1004.02: Changes Specified to allow for the planting and maintenance of managed natural landscapes by residents.