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City Council (Pittsburgh) meeting minutes — May 12, 2026: ordinances on city spaces and multiple public‑works and contract approvals

PittsburghMay 12, 20266 min read

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Council met with eight members present (Council Member Wilson absent). Proclamations honoring Christopher Hahn and the Kiwanis Club of Sheraden were adopted. Several resolutions and ordinances were passed (including new chapters prohibiting immigration enforcement in city‑owned/operated spaces and protecting community spaces), a requirement for quarterly, disaggregated violent‑crime reporting was passed as amended, and a range of public‑works contracts, amendments, reimbursements, and warrants were approved or referred to committees. Multiple items were read and referred for committee review, including a Johns Hopkins data‑sharing agreement (waiver of Rule 8).

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Adopted proclamations honoring Christopher Hahn (Pittsburgh Opera) and declaring May 10, 2026 as Kiwanis Club of Sheraden Day.
Waived Rule 8 and read/referred a data‑sharing agreement with Johns Hopkins University (Data Science for Social Good program) to the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology.
Passed ordinances adding Chapter 495 (Prohibiting Immigration Enforcement in City‑Owned or Operated Spaces) and Chapter 496 (Protecting Community Spaces) to the Pittsburgh Code; passed finally.
Passed, as amended, a resolution directing the Department of Public Safety and the Chief, Bureau of Police, to provide quarterly, disaggregated violent‑crime data reports to Council.
Approved multiple public‑works contract actions and amendments, including: Homewood Park (Studio Zewde increase to a new not‑to‑exceed $2,137,082.30), Smithfield Street Reconstruction (A. Merante contract, not to exceed $6,672,202.56), Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path supplemental agreement (A. Liberoni, net increase $139,306.84, new not‑to‑exceed $1,871,810.97), and acceptance of ROW for North Avenue/ Brighton Road bridge reconstruction.
Read and referred cooperation/reimbursement items for POGOH (Bike Share Pittsburgh) Expansion Phase 3 (local match/in‑kind support $800,000) and a PennDOT reimbursement resolution for Phase 3 preliminary design (not to exceed $4,000,000, reimbursable at 80%).
Authorized reimbursement arrangements with Pittsburgh Water for RAISE Grant‑related costs (Pittsburgh Water responsible for up to $50,000) and amended reimbursement for Smithfield Street Phase 1 (Pittsburgh Water to pay up to $123,000).
Authorized a $250,000 warrant in favor of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy for horticultural and forestry work in multiple city parks; approved other warrants and settlement payments as noted.
Approved technology and operational amendments: RouteSmart routing software increase ($113,280 increase; new not‑to‑exceed $360,407) and enacted a Housing Data Dashboard chapter renumbering (to 162A).
Authorized the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire designated publicly‑owned parcels in the 15th Ward at no cost to the City.

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