City Council

Agenda

1. ROLL CALL
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA
4. PROCLAMATIONS
5. 2026-0459 Resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Elwell Street from Mere Street to Pittsburgh City Limits be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances.
   Resolution
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
7. PRESENTATION OF PAPERS
8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
9. REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION
10. COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW
11. 2026-0463 Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for May 6, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
12. Pittsburgh, PA May 12, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Finance and Law respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mrs. Strassburger, Chair
13. 2026-0420 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mary Ellen DeMarco-Ruby, for a single payment in 2026 in an amount not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), in full and final settlement of litigation filed in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, at No. GD 25-004124. (Executive Session held 4/28/26)
    Resolution
14. 2026-0450 Resolution amending Resolution No. 79 of 2026, to increase the maximum principal reimbursement amount of the approved issuance of General Obligation Bonds while maintaining the approved maximum aggregate principal amount.
    Resolution
15. COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE
16. 2026-0464 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for May 6, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
17. Pittsburgh, PA May 12, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mrs. Salinetro, Chair
18. 2026-0415 Resolution amending Resolution 866 of 2025, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Service Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and Studio Zewde for costs associated with the Homewood Park - Construction Project for the Construction Administration schedule extension and transfer of fee from reimbursable expenses; by increasing the total spend by Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($48,000.00) for a new not to exceed amount of Two Million, One Hundred and Thirty-Seven Thousand, Eighty-Two Dollars and Thirty Cents ($2,137,082.30).
    Resolution
19. 2026-0416 Resolution amending Resolution No. 201, effective May 14, 2022, entitled “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 Klavon Design Associates, Inc. for the professional landscape architectural services for Sheraden Park I Design. The total cost not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00),” by increasing the total allocation by the amount of Ten Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Five Dollars ($10,945.00) for a new total of Three Hundred Ten Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Five Dollars ($310,945.00).
    Resolution
20. 2026-0417 Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with A. Merante Contracting Inc. for costs associated with the Construction phase of the Smithfield Street Reconstruction project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed Six Million Six Hundred Seventy-Two Thousand Two Hundred Two Dollars and Fifty-Six Cents ($6,672,202.56).
    Resolution
21. 2026-0418 Resolution authorizing acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh for dedication of certain right-of-way in and around North Avenue and Brighton Road in conjunction with the bridge reconstruction thereto at no cost to the City, located in the 22nd Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.
    Resolution
22. 2026-0447 Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreements with A. Liberoni Inc., for costs associated with construction for the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Eight Hundred Seventy-One Thousand Eight Hundred Ten Dollars and Ninety-Seven Cents ($1,871,810.97) a net increase of One Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand Three Hundred Six Dollars and Eighty-Four Cents ($139,306.84), reimbursable at various rates.
    Resolution
23. COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON RECREATION, YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES
24. 2026-0465 Report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for May 6, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
25. Pittsburgh, PA May 12, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Recreation, Youth and Senior Services respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, _______________________________________ Mrs. Warwick, Chair
26. 2026-0419 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, located at 317 East Carson Street, West Tower, Suite 230, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 for the reimbursement for horticultural and forestry work completed in Allegheny Commons, August Wilson, Emerald View, Highland and Riverview Parks in the amount of TWO HUNDRED, FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS and NO CENTS ($250,000.00).
    Resolution
27. COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY
28. 2026-0466 Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for May 6, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
29. Pittsburgh, PA May 12, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Ms. Gross, Chair
30. 2026-0408 Resolution amending Resolution 119 of 2025, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with RouteSmart Technologies, Inc., which provides trash and recycling routing optimization, for the purchase and implementation of navigation software that will provide turn-by-turn directions to Environmental Service Drivers through November 30, 2027, by increasing the total amount by One Hundred Thirteen Thousand Two Hundred Eighty Dollars ($113,280.00) for a new total not to exceed Three Hundred Sixty Thousand Four Hundred Seven Dollars ($360,407.00).
    Resolution
31. 2026-0427 Ordinance amending “Ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title I, Administrative, Article VII, Procedures, by adding a new Chapter, ‘Chapter 173A: Housing Data Dashboard’.” by amending the Chapter number to conform to the numbering in Article Seven of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. The new Chapter shall be numbered “162A.”
    Ordinance
32. COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS
33. 2026-0467 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for May 6, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.
    Report
34. Pittsburgh, PA May 12, 2026 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL Gentlemen and Madame: Your Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs respectfully returns herewith the following Resolutions and/or Ordinances with an affirmative recommendation. Respectfully Submitted, ______________________________________ Mr. Mosley, Chair
35. 2026-0409 Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 217 - 239 Halket Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
36. 2026-0410 Resolution amending Resolution 571 of 2021 in order to authorize the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to amend a cooperation agreement or agreements with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for maintenance of plantings and other planting related infrastructure in the public rights of way throughout the City of Pittsburgh at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
37. 2026-0411 Resolution amending Resolution 297 of 2025, providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the Smithfield Street Phase 1 project where Pittsburgh Water would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the Agreement(s), at an amount not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Three Thousand Dollars ($123,000.00) and further amending Resolution No. 924 of 2024, effective December 18, 2024, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2025 Capital Budget, the proposed 2025 Community Development Program, and the 2025 through 2030 Capital Improvement Program” by increasing Smithfield Street Phase 1 (TIP) by One Hundred Twenty-Three Dollars ($123,000.00).
    Resolution
38. 2026-0413 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 15th Ward of the City of Pittsburgh designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 55-P, Lots 15 (0 Chatsworth Avenue - Council District No. 5), Lot 16 (0 Chatsworth Avenue - Council District No. 5), Lot 45 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 57 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 58 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 60 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 62 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 64 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 67 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 68 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 69 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 70 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), Lot 71 (0 Monongahela Street - Council District No. 5), and Block 56-B, Lot 37 (0 Berwick Street - Council District No. 5), at no cost to the City.
    Resolution
39. MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS
40. EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS
41. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
42. ADJOURNMENT