Legislation

Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for June 11, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for June 11, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for June 11, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for June 11, 2025 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the importance of dementia and risk reduction awareness; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby declares June as Alzheimer's & Brain Awareness Month here in the City of Pittsburgh.

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 50-F-260, 50-F-264, 50-F-265, 50-F-266, 50-F-269, 50-F-270, 50-F-275, 50-F-276, 50-F-277, 50-F-278, 50-F-288, 50-F-289, and 50-B-1 from R1D-M (Single-Unit Detached Residential, Moderate Density) to P (Parks District), parcels 50-F-190, and 50-F-191, and 50-F-213 from R1D-H (Single-Unit Detached Residential, High Density) to P (Parks District), and parcel 50-C-350 from RP (Residential Planned Unit Developments) to P (Parks District) in the Garfield neighborhood. (Sent to the Planning Commission for Report & Recommendation on 6/27/25) (Report and Recommendation received on 7/30/25) (Public Hearing held 10/14/25)

Resolution amending Resolution 333 of 2024 authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into a professional services agreement with Starfire Corporation, for the display of a fireworks show in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s Independence Day Festival for a three-year term at a total amount not to exceed of Two Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($252,200.00) by modifying the code account to include payment from the general fund.

Resolution amending Resolution No. 953 of 2024 which authorized Fifty-Two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide on-call professional services as needed by various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, with each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed One Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000) annually for a Three (3) year term, by authorizing an additional Forty-One (41) Agreements for an updated total of Ninety-Three (93) Open-End Professional Service Agreements.

Resolution amending Resolution No. 954 of 2024 which authorized Fifty-Two (52) Open-End Professional Services Agreements with multiple vendors to provide on-call professional services as needed by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh, with each Agreement being at an amount not-to-exceed Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000) annually for a Three (3) year term, by authorizing and additional Forty-One (41) Agreements for an updated total of Ninety-Three (93) Open-End Professional Service Agreements.

Resolution amending Resolution No. 322 of 2025, effective May 29, 2025, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Finance 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 IDs 29-B-212 (ROMEO ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), 29-B-180 (ROMEO ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), 29-B-158 (BATES ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3), and 29-B-157 (BATES ST PITTSBURGH, PA 15213; Council District 3) at no cost to the City” by authorizing the installation and maintenance of four (4) poles, three (3) anchors, and wires on and over City-owned parcels at no cost to the City.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Pennsylvania Strategic Investments To Enhance Sites Program to provide funding for planning around the Sheraden Bus Station. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of City Planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Pennsylvania Strategic Investments To Enhance Sites Program to provide funding for planning around the South Hills Junction. The grant proposal includes an ask of TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose.

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Larson Design Group, Inc. for costs associated with Construction Inspection for the Liberty Avenue HSIP Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Four Hundred Seventy-Six Thousand Six Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($1,476,674.46), reimbursable at eighty percent.

Resolution providing for a Supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Alfred Benesch & Company for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering Phase of the Swinburne Bridge Replacement Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Eight Thousand Two Hundred Eighty-Four Dollars and Eighty-Six Cents ($1,308,284.86) an increase of Four Hundred Seventy-Seven Thousand Seven Hundred Twelve Dollars and Thirty-Nine Cents ($477,712.39) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at ninety-five percent.

Resolution providing for an Agreement or Agreements with Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP for costs associated with Construction Inspection for the Penn Avenue Phase 2 Reconstruction Project; providing for the payment of the costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Thirty-Eight Thousand One Hundred Fifty-Eight Dollars and Three Cents ($1,338,158.03), reimbursable at eighty percent.

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, and Amendments with Norfolk Southern Railway Company to allow positive train control equipment to remain at current location in Allegheny Commons Park. This agreement would supersede the September 19th, 2017 Temporary Right of Entry to install and Temporary License to maintain positive train control equipment in Allegheny Commons Park between the City of Pittsburgh and Norfolk Southern Railway Company, at no cost to the City.

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 797 of 2017, as amended, effective December 28, 2017, 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 reducing FAIR HOUSING by Eight Dollars and Eighty Cents ($8.80), reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars and Fifty-One Cents ($12,783.51), reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - CITY FACILITIES by Three Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Two Dollars and Fifteen Cents ($3,542.15), reducing COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS by One Hundred Dollars and Zero Cents ($100.00), and increasing CDBG PERSONNEL Sixteen Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-Four Dollars and Forty-Six Cents ($16,434.46).

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 June 13, 2025.

Communication from Jake Pawlak, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting an acting pay request on behalf of the Department of Mobility & Infrastructure for Daniel Rodriguez, per the Acting Pay Policy revised in June 2018.

Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council relative to Council Bill 2025-1752, as it relates to the designation of a Historic 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 Petition is invalid due to the time requirements in accordance with Section 320(a) of the Home Rule Charter.

Dept/ Agency: Engineering Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Support Resolution Purpose: Adopts Newark’s Procedures for Administration and Inspection of Federal Aid Highway Projects as required by the New Jersey Department of Transportation Location: Federal Aid Highway Projects where implemented Additional Information: This resolution adopts/affirms procedures for the administration and inspection of Federal Aid Highway Projects.

Dept./ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Bid Contract(s) Purpose: To provide supply and delivery of water purification chemicals for the City of Newark’s Pequannock Water Treatment Plant - Contract# 12-WS2025 Entity Name(s)/Address(s): 1. Carmeuse Lime, Inc., 11 Stanwix Street, 21st Floor, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 2. Shannon Chemical Company 602 Jeffers Circle, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341 3. Chemtrade Chemicals US LLC, 90 East Halsey Road, Suite 200, Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 4. Holland Company, Inc., 153 Howland Avenue, Adams, Massachusetts 01220-1199 5. JCI Jones Chemicals, Inc., 103 River Street, Warwick, N.Y. 10990 6. Polydyne, Inc., One Chemical Plant Road, Riceboro, Georgia 31323 7. Usalco, LLC, 2601 Cannery Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21226 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $2,400,000.00 Funding Source: 2025 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities/NW037-750-7502-83230-B2025 Contract Period: Two (2) years from the date of the written Notice to Proceed Contract Basis: ( X ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: This contract will provide for the supply and delivery of water purification chemicals for the City’s Pequannock Water Treatment Plant under the direction of the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities. Bids Solicited: Eighteen (18) Bids Received: Eleven (11)

Dept/ Agency: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Tax Collector to issue estimated tax bills, for the Third Quarter 2025 Estimated Tax Levy: $519,500,070.47 Estimated Tax Rate: $4.068 Additional Information: Resolution authorizing the Tax Collector to issue estimated tax bills for the Third Quarter of 2025. Estimated tax bills are needed until the 2025 Budget is adopted.

Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing Action: ( ) Ratifying ( X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Use of State Contract(s) T1956 LED Signal Indications and Warning Devices, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) #24-FOOD-71856, 24-FOOD-71857, 24-FOOD-71858 and authorized distributors Purpose: To acquire LED Signal Indication and Warning Devices Entity Name(s)/Address(s): 1. Signal Control Products LLC: 199 Evans Way, Branchburg, NJ 08876-4600 2. Intelligent Traffic Supply Products LLC, 3005 Hadley Road, Suite 5, South Plainfield, NJ 07080 3. General Highway Products Inc., PO Box 596, 878 Sussex Blvd., Broomall, PA 19008 Contract Amount: Not to Exceed $150,000.00 Yearly Funding Source: 2025 Budget/Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals NW011-110-1107-83750-B2025 Contract Period: Upon approval by the Municipal Council, through April 14, 2027, inclusive of any extensions by the State Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( X ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: This State Contract will provide LED Signal Indications and Warning Devices for the City of Newark, Department of Engineering, Division of Traffic and Signals