City Council meeting summary

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA

PROCLAMATIONS

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the Department of Public Works and the substantial contributions they make to protecting our national health, safety and advancing quality of life for all; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare the week of May 17 through May 23 2026 to be “National Public Works Week” in the City of Pittsburgh.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and honor “UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY FLOTILLA TWO PITTSBURGH (082-07-02)” for its outstanding volunteer service and unwavering commitment to the safety of Pittsburgh’s waterways and all who depend upon them; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh calls upon all residents to wear life jackets, take the necessary precautions to ensure a safe and enjoyable boating season, and does hereby declare May 16-22, 2026 as SAFE BOATING WEEK in the City of Pittsburgh.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

PRESENTATION OF PAPERS

COUNCILPERSON ROBERT CHARLAND PRESENTS:

Ordinance establishing an East Carson Street Improvement District for the area shown on “Exhibit “A” at the behest of the East Carson Street Business District Advisory Committee, property owners and business owners to be benefited with specific improvements to be undertaken including, but not limited to, financing of said improvements, method of assessing specific properties to be benefited, establishing a Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association to conduct administrative procedures for the Neighborhood Improvement District, providing for the establishment of a separate account for deposit and withdrawal of project funds, and providing the cost thereof. (Public Hearing Scheduled for 7/8/26)

COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS:

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Common Plea Catering in an amount not to exceed SIXTEEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($16,450.00), for catering services during the NFL draft operational period.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of Public Safety, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, to enter into an Institutional Review Board Authorization Agreement with the University of Pittsburgh, allowing the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board to provide oversight of research conducted by the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services in partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, at no cost to the City.

Resolution adopting the Allegheny County Hazard Mitigation plan as the official hazard mitigation plan of the City of Pittsburgh.

COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS:

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Bloomberg Philanthropies for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Youth Climate Action Fund in the amount of FIFTY THOUSAND ($50,000.00) dollars to strengthen how cities partner with young people to develop local climate solutions.

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 #2026-0009.

COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS:

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Economic Development Initiative - Community Project Funding in the amount not to exceed TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND ($250,000.00) to recreate community at the Thaddeus Stevens Recreation Center.

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).

Resolution amending Resolution No. 680 of 2020, entitled “Resolution authorizing a Cooperation Agreement or Agreements with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh in connection with the URA’s application for a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program grant of up to ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ($1,500,000) for the Former Homewood School project. (Council District 9)” to increase the total grant award, adjust the match, and assign an additional job number.

Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2200 Railroad Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, at no cost to the City.

COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS:

Resolution authorizing the Mayor, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Environmental Protection Agency for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Grant Program in the amount not to exceed ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN ($1,666,217.00) dollars to revamp our curbside yard waste collection program.

Resolution providing for a Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Construction phase of the West End Trolley Trail Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) reimbursable at eighty percent; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00).

COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS:

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title Two: Fiscal, Article I: Administration, Chapter 218: Capital Budget and Capital Improvement Plan, to clarify language to better align with budgetary practices.

Resolution authorizing the City to quit-claim any right, title and interest it may have in and to the property identified as 6491 Stanton Avenue (L&B 124-B-25) in the 11th Ward to Grace S & Chibuikem Ironnah for $200.00 (Two Hundred Dollars) relating to the full and final resolution of a longstanding scrivener’s error in the chain of title.

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Omar Cardenas in an amount not to exceed THREE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($3,600.00) over one year, in full and final settlement of a claim (2026-CLAIM-0106) for damage to his vehicle on Eiler Street from an accident with a City Police vehicle on March 17, 2026. (Executive Session held 5/18/26)

Resolution amending Resolution No. 747 of 2025, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of City Planning to extend a Professional Services Agreement with Bromberg & Associates LLC for effective communication services, by exercising the contract option to extend the term for 6 months and by increasing the total spend by $75,000 for a new not to exceed amount of Seven Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Six Dollars and No Cents ($778,976.00).

COUNCILWOMAN BARBARA WARWICK PRESENTS:

Resolution amending Resolution 388 of 2025, authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with Starfire Corporation, for an enhanced fireworks show held in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of Independence Day, by modifying the code account to include grant funding, and by increasing the amount by Two Hundred Sixty-One Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars ($261,800) for a new total cost not to exceed Five Hundred Fourteen Thousand Dollars ($514,000.00) over three years.

COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS:

Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 902.03, Zoning Map, to rezone parcels 125-G-13, 125-G-14, 125-G-15 from Residential Single Unit Detached - Low Density (R1D-L) to Urban Industrial (UI) in the Homewood West neighborhood. (Needs to be held for a Public Hearing)

COUNCILMAN R. DANIEL LAVELLE PRESENTS:

Communication from Rea Price, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from the Grants Office for the week ended May 15, 2026.

Petition from the residents of the City of Pittsburgh requesting a Public Hearing before City Council regarding maintaining Serpentine Drive, in Schenley Park, as a pedestrian and bike only throughway. The Petition is valid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

REPORTS OF COMMITTEE - FINAL ACTION

COUNCILWOMAN ERIKA STRASSBURGER PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND LAW

Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for May 13, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution amending resolution No. 712 of 2025, entitled “Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance to submit a Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund Grant Application to the Pennsylvania Office of Commonwealth Libraries for the replacement of the Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and roofing systems at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill Branch in an amount not to exceed FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND ($400,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose,” to accept the grant and authorize necessary expenditures.

Resolution further amending Resolution No. 723 of 2022, effective December 27, 2022, as amended, entitled “Resolution adopting and approving the 2023 Capital Budget, the 2023 Community Development Program, and the 2023 through 2028 Capital Improvement Program” by reducing PARK RECONSTRUCTION by One Hundred Forty-Three Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Twelve Cents ($143,966.12), reducing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - RECREATION AND SENIOR CENTERS by Eighty-Two Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Five Dollars and Sixty-Six Cents ($82,175.66), and increasing FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS - SPORTS FACILITIES by Two Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand One Hundred Forty-One Dollars and Seventy-Eight Cents ($226,141.78).

COUNCILMAN ANTHONY COGHILL PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELLNESS

Report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for May 13, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a professional services agreement or agreements with Leidos Security Detection & Automation, Inc. for equipment maintenance services for the City’s x-ray security systems at an overall cost not to exceed SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($69,000) over five years. (Waiver of Competitive Process Received)

COUNCILWOMAN KIM SALINETRO PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for May 13, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution providing for a supplemental Agreement or Agreements with Toole Design, LLC for costs associated with Phase 2 of the West Pittsburgh REACH Neighborhood Mobility Plan, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Two Hundred Four Thousand Two Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars ($204,274.00), an increase of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) from the previously executed agreement.

Resolution providing for an amended Reimbursement Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the Preliminary Engineering, Final Design and Construction phases of the City Steps Project, and providing for the payment of costs thereof, not to exceed Nine Million Eight Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($9,870,000.00), a net increase of Seven Million Two Hundred Twenty Thousand Dollars ($7,220,000.00) from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 80%; and the municipal share of Commonwealth Incurred Costs at a cost to the City of Pittsburgh not to exceed Forty-Six Thousand Dollars ($46,000.00), a net increase of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) from the previously executed agreement.

COUNCILMAN BOBBY WILSON PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON LAND USE & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for May 13, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand dollars ($25,000) to conduct a City of Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ Context Statement.

COUNCILWOMAN DEBORAH L. GROSS PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY

Report of the Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for May 13, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution amending Resolution 345 of 2025, which authorized a contract renewal with Euna Solutions, Inc. to provide a subscription-based budgeting and performance management system, by extending the term for three (3) years, and increasing the approved amount by Two Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty-Nine Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($286,739.58) for a new total cost not to exceed Seven Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred Sixty-Four Dollars and Fifty-Eight Cents ($785,864.58) over nine (9) years.

Resolution amending Resolution 682 of 2022, which authorized the Mayor and the Director of the Office of Management & Budget to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Healthy Outcomes Inc., now Policy Confluence, Inc., DBA Balancing Act for a suite of online tools to educate and engage citizens on budget priorities, by extending the term for one year for an additional Thirteen Thousand Dollars ($13,000) for a new total not to exceed of Fifty-Two Thousand Dollars ($52,000.00) over four years.

Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Euna Solutions, Inc for a one-year subscription in an amount not to exceed Nineteen Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars and Zero Cents ($19,980.00).

Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Innovation & Performance to enter into on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh a data sharing agreement or agreements and amendments thereto with Johns Hopkins University as part of the Data Science for Social Good program at no cost to the City over three (3) years

COUNCILMAN KHARI MOSLEY PRESENTS COMMITTEE ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS

Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for May 13, 2026 with an Affirmative Recommendation.

Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 7606-7610 Tioga St., Pittsburgh, PA 15208, at no cost to the City.

Resolution adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh’s Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 2695 Winchester Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, at no cost to the City.

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS

EXCUSE ABSENT MEMBERS

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

ADJOURNMENT