Legislation

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter into a License Agreement or Agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and Plaza at Grandview Owner’s Association at a cost not to exceed ONE HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS ($105,600) over five years.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with RollKall Technologies, LLC, for a web-based secondary employment scheduling system in an amount not-to-exceed EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED NINETY-TWO DOLLARS AND TWELVE CENTS ($85,392.12) over five years.

Resolution authorizing, pursuant to Ch. 210 (“Acceptance of Gifts to City”) of the City Code, the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to accept a donation from Community Family Advocates in the amount of Four Hundred Eighty-Three Thousand Three Hundred dollars ($483,300.00) to support the City of Pittsburgh’s co-response and downtown policing programs.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Western Pennsylvania Regional Urban Search & Technical Rescue Team to administer the Type III Urban Search & Rescue Task Force established in Pennsylvania Act 113 of 2024, for a total not-to-exceed amount of FOUR MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN DOLLARS ($4,480,727). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into an agreement or agreements with Allegheny County, Department of Human Services, for the City’s operation of its Senior Community Centers. Said agreement or agreement shall be for a term of one year at no cost to the City with compensation to the City not to exceed SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE DOLLARS ($785,709.00).

Resolution amending Resolution 32, effective January 29, 2025, which authorized the Mayor and Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, to enter into agreements in individual amounts of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or less with performers, instructors, artists, referees, and persons with specialized skills in connection with the Departments’ recreational and instructional programs and special events services, by clarifying the payment methods that may be used for said expenses.

Resolution amending Resolution 489 of 2024 which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement(s) with Information Age Technologies, Inc. for the CoPilot Annual Subscription Fee for the Healthy Active Living Senior Center’s Software, by including the negotiated fee amounts for years two (2) and three (3) of the three (3) year term, and increasing the cost by Fifty Two Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Dollars ($52,690) for a new cost not to exceed Seventy Three Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Dollars ($73,690). (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education for the purpose of providing meals in connection with the 2025-2026 Food Service Program. The total cost shall not exceed SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($750,000.00) over one (1) year.

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 August 29, 2025.

Resolution authorizing the reappointment of Kimberly D. Clark-Baskin as City Clerk of the City of Pittsburgh, for a three year term to expire September 6, 2028.

Resolution 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)

Resolution submitting the recommendation of the Commission on Naming Public Properties to rename Herschel Field to “Bessy Miller Field” (Public Hearing held 9/17/25)

Resolution 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)

Resolution 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.

Dept/ Agency: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying    (X) Authorizing    (   ) Amending Type of Service:  Alternate Method of Calculating the Reserve for Uncollected Taxes Purpose:  RESOLUTION COMPUTING 2025 RESERVE FOR UNCOLLECTED TAXES PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:4-41c(2) Program Period: Budget Year 2025 Additional Information: A certified copy of this resolution must be submitted to the Division of Local Government Services.

Dept/ Agency: Law Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( X ) Amending Type of Service: Professional Services Contract Purpose: First Amendment to the Agreement to provide legal services concerning Civil Litigation Matters Entity Name: Florio, Kenny, Raval LLP Entity Address: 125 Chubb Avenue, Suite 310-N, Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071 Contract Amount: Not to exceed $300,000.00 Additional Contract Amount: $175,000.00 Funding Source: 2025 Budget/Law Department Contract Period: January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS ( ) Fair & Open (X) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ ( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a Additional Information: Resolution 7R6-i adopted on March 19, 2025, awarded a contract for the period of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025 for a contract amount not to exceed $125,000.00. This First Amendment will increase the contract amount by $175,000.00, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $300,000.00

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TWENTY-TWO (22) YEAR LONG TERM TAX ABATEMENT TO GOMES GENERATION URBAN RENEWAL, LLC, 34-40 HUDSON STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07103 FOR A PROJECT, LOCATED IN THE CENTRAL WARD AT 34 HUDSON STREET, NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07103 AND IDENTIFIED AS BLOCK 2850, LOT 36 ON THE TAX MAP OF THE CITY (THE “PROPERTY”), TO CONSTRUCT A NEW FIVE (5) STORY BUILDING WITH FIFTY-FIVE (55) RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS CONSISTING OF FORTY-FOUR (44) MARKET RATE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS (THIRTY-SEVEN (37) ONE-BEDROOM UNITS, SIX (6) TWO-BEDROOM UNITS, AND ONE (1) THREE-BEDROOM UNIT), (THE “MARKET RATE UNITS”), ELEVEN (11) AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL UNITS OF WHICH TWO (2) ONE-BEDROOM UNITS AND ONE (1) TWO-BEDROOM UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 40% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME (“AMI”), TWO (2) ONE-BEDROOM UNITS AND ONE (1) TWO-BEDROOM UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 60% OF AMI, AND FIVE (5) ONE-BEDROOM UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 80% OF AMI (THE “INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS”), 1,002 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR (THE “RETAIL”), AND TWENTY-FOUR (24) RENTAL PARKING SPACES (COLLECTIVELY, THE “PROJECT”) (CENTRAL WARD). Deferred 6PSF-e 102225

Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation Honoree: Verdell Eure Date(s): October 4, 2025 Official Street Name(s): Intersection of Warren Street and Norfolk Street Ceremonial Intersection Name: “Verdell ‘Nana” Eure Way” Sponsor: Luis A. Quintana, Council Member-at-Large Additional Information: Ceremonial Street Dedication is to be determined, at the corner of Warren Street and Norfolk Street

AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEAR LONG TERM TAX ABATEMENT TO 1213-1221 ON BROAD URBAN RENEWAL, LLC, 36 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS BOULEVARD, JACKSON, NEW JERSEY 08527 FOR A PROJECT, LOCATED IN THE EAST WARD AT 1213 MAYOR KENNETH A. GIBSON BLVD., 1215-21 MAYOR KENNETH A. GIBSON BLVD., AND 124 MILLER ST., NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07114 AND IDENTIFIED AS BLOCK 2797, LOTS 4, 5, AND 9 ON THE TAX MAP OF THE CITY (THE “PROPERTY”), TO CONSTRUCT A NEW 5 STORY BUILDING WITH SIXTY (60) RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS CONSISTING OF FORTY-EIGHT (48) MARKET RATE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS (SIX (6) STUDIO UNITS, FORTY-ONE (41) ONE-BEDROOM UNITS, AND ONE (1) TWO-BEDROOM UNITS), (THE “MARKET RATE UNITS”), AND TWELVE (12) AFFORDABLE HOUSING RENTAL UNITS, OF WHICH THREE (3) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 40% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME (“AMI”), CONSISTING OF TWO (2) STUDIO UNITS AND ONE (1) ONE-BEDROOM UNIT, THREE (3) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 60% OF AMI, CONSISTING OF THREE (3) ONE-BEDROOM UNITS, AND SIX (6) UNITS SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO TENANTS AT 80% OF AMI, CONSISTING OF THREE (3) ONE-BEDROOM UNITS, AND THREE (3) TWO-BEDROOM UNITS (THE “INCOME RESTRICTED UNITS”), FORTY-TWO (42) MONTHLY RENTAL PARKING SPACES, A GYM, AND ONE (1) ELEVATOR (COLLECTIVELY, THE “PROJECT”) (EAST WARD) Deferred 6PSF-g 120325

To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into contract with Claire Weisz Architects LLP DBA WXY Architecture + Urban Design for the Linden Green Line Project; to authorize the transfer of $508,000.00 between the General Fund Income Tax Set Aside Subfund and the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund; to authorize the appropriation of $508,000.00 in the Income Tax Set Aside Subfund and Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $900,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund and Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($900,000.00)

To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to modify an existing contract with O.A. Spencer, INC. for the North Star Playground Project to additional funding and extend the contract term; to authorize the transfer of $150,000.00 between the General Fund Income Tax Set Aside Subfund and the Recreation and Parks Bond Fund; to authorize the appropriation of $150,000.00 in the Income Tax Set Aside Subfund and Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $150,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Voted Bond Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000.00)

To approve Memorandum of Understanding #2025-06 executed between representatives of the City of Columbus and the Communications Workers of America, (CWA) Local 4502 to amend Appendix B (classification listing) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, dated April 24, 2023 through April 23, 2026, by creating and assigning pay to the Therapeutic Recreation Assistant Manager, Food Program Manager and Food Program Specialist in the Department of Recreation and Parks; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)

To authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into contract with Morpho USA DBA Idemia Identity & Security USA, LLC., to continue payments for the upgraded Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) for the Division of Police in accordance with the sole source provisions of Columbus City Code; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $512,270.00 within the Income Tax Set Aside Fund; and to authorize an expenditure of $512,270.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,024,540.00)

To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a non-profit service contract with the Center for Employment Opportunities, Inc. for litter abatement work; to authorize the transfer of $250,000.00 within the General Fund Citywide Account to the Department of Neighborhoods; to authorize the total expenditure of $450,000.00 from the Department of Neighborhoods' General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($450,000.00)