2026-09-23 - City Council - Standing Committees

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00:18Good morning and welcome to the standing

00:20committee's meeting for Wednesday,

00:21September 23rd, 2026.

00:24All council meetings will be livereamed

00:27on the city's website. And for guest

00:28speakers, please do not turn off your

00:30microphones. Our first order of business

00:32is roll call. Will the clerk please take

00:34the role?

00:34>> Mr. Charland

00:36>> here.

00:36>> Mr. Cogill

00:37>> here.

00:37>> Miss Gross. Mr. Lavell. Mr. Mosley. Miss

00:41Salonetra

00:42>> here.

00:43>> Miss Warwick

00:44>> here.

00:45>> Mr. Wilson. Miss Strawber chair

00:47>> here.

00:48>> Five members present.

00:49>> Thank you. Our next order of business is

00:52to amend the agenda. Is there a motion

00:54to amend?

00:56>> So moved.

00:57Second discussion. All in favor, please

01:01say I.

01:01>> I. I.

01:03>> Agenda is amended. Our next order of

01:05business is public comment. I would like

01:07to remind all speakers that the rules of

01:09council state that comments are limited

01:11to matters of concern, official action,

01:13or deliberation, which are or may be

01:15before city council. Profanity will not

01:18be permitted. Please state your name and

01:20neighborhood for the record. And you

01:21will have three minutes to speak. Our

01:24first registered speaker is Matthew

01:26King.

01:39My name is Matthew King. I'm from

01:40Dormmont Burough.

01:44Here I am. I pay attention to what's

01:46happening here in the city of

01:47Pittsburgh. And there's a lot worth

01:49being proud of. We have new leadership

01:50in Pittsburgh, a new police chief and a

01:52new director of public safety. I've

01:54watched the city invest in neighborhoods

01:56and make take on major projects and

01:58events. I believe in recognizing

02:00progress when I see it because I care

02:02about this region. I also believe we

02:04have to look honestly at the things that

02:06aren't working. And I know some of you

02:08may be wondering why someone who lives

02:10in Dormmont is standing here before

02:12Pittsburgh City Council. I'll come back

02:15to that in a future appearance. So, I'm

02:17going to be completely honest about who

02:19I am. I'm a convicted felon. My original

02:22charges date back to the early 2000s. I

02:25was very young when I entered the adult

02:26system. They were non-violent drug

02:28offenses involving marijuana. I made

02:30mistakes. I accept responsibility for

02:32them, and I accepted the consequences. I

02:35completed three years of adult

02:36probation, including regular reporting

02:38and court-ordered mandates, without a

02:40single violation. But I didn't let those

02:43mistakes redefine the rest of my life. I

02:45left Pittsburgh. I built a career. I

02:48became a head sier. Then in the summer

02:51of 2024, I came home to Pittsburgh to

02:54help my mother. And I ended up back in

02:56the Pittsburgh system. For nearly two

02:59years, I've gone through police

03:00departments, court records,

03:01administrative processes, and government

03:03offices trying to get answers. I've been

03:05through the system. I know what it looks

03:07like from the inside. And I've learned

03:08that getting accountability from the

03:10system and going through the system are

03:12two very different things. I'm not here

03:15to tell you my entire story. 3 minutes

03:17isn't enough. Not enough for anybody.

03:19I'm here to tell you I have

03:20documentation. I have police reports. I

03:23have court transcripts. I have 911

03:26recordings. And ultimately, this isn't

03:28just about what happened to me. It's

03:30about what happens when a citizen raises

03:32a documented concern and asked whether

03:34the policies and procedures governing

03:36our police department are actually

03:37working the way they should. because of

03:39navigating the system is difficult for

03:41someone willing and able to spend nearly

03:43two years asking questions. What happens

03:46to someone who can't?

03:48I don't I also want to put another

03:50public safety issue on council's radar.

03:52I want to recognize the new department

03:54of public safety for something they have

03:56already done to make our city safer. I

03:58observed that pills with 70 have been

04:02removed from gas stations and shelves,

04:05but there is still a liquid crowd

04:07product available that is labeled adults

04:1021 and over and it has the chemicals in

04:13it that are being banned across the

04:15United States. Pennsylvania is

04:17considering statewide age labeling and

04:19safety requirements. I believe

04:21Pittsburgh should examine this issue now

04:23rather than waiting to continually catch

04:26up with changing products as we saw with

04:28synthetic cannabonoids in 2011 when they

04:30were banned. I am not here to burn a

04:34bridge with this council. Pittsburgh's

04:35the city of building bridges. I want to

04:37build a working history with you. One

04:39appearance, one document, one question

04:42at a time. May I add these for May I add

04:45these for the record? The police

04:47reports. Can you make copies and give

04:48them back to me, please? Thank you

04:50kindly.

04:52>> Those records will be distributed to

04:53council members.

04:55>> Yes. Uh I was just asking if they would

04:57make copies. Would you like that? Would

04:58you like to see this as well?

04:59>> Thank you.

05:00>> Thank you.

05:00>> Thank you very much.

05:04>> Our next speaker is Chief Ikahana

05:06Helmakina.

05:21Greetings and good day. My title is

05:23Chief Ekahana Hal Mina. I'm the Grand

05:27Inca of the Arop Confederacy of

05:29Aboriginal American people.

05:35The United States and its subsidiaries

05:39have committed crimes against humanity

05:41for centuries.

05:43sanctioned murders, even lynchings,

05:47medical malpractice,

05:49miseducation,

05:51discrimination of all sorts, even

05:54bombing of our neighborhoods that were

05:58once were a thriving town

06:00only to later look down on us for living

06:03in poverty after you systematically took

06:07everything we had away.

06:11This country's so-called founding

06:13fathers wrote and left behind the

06:16Declaration of Independence and other

06:18documents that support and show a

06:22pathway the peaceful existence with one

06:26another, living in harmony with one

06:29another.

06:30Their words were clear and clearly

06:33stated that all men, not some men, were

06:38created equal.

06:42Yet and still

06:45the equality eludes us. Discrimination

06:49is rampant.

06:51Injustice

06:53is prevailing.

06:56People are being slain, murdered, killed

06:58and hung still today.

07:05What will be done to rectify these

07:09injustices?

07:11People are in need of simple and basic

07:15necessities,

07:16food, shelter, and clothing.

07:24You, city council, approve every dollar

07:26that is spent in this city.

07:30Let's not get away from that. Let's put

07:33that on display that you control every

07:36dollar.

07:38When Terresa Kell Smith was in city

07:40council, she urged city council to do

07:44something about the process of

07:46corruption

07:48and misuse of funds. Those PE cards have

07:52been an issue for a long time.

07:56It can't be business as usual. Something

07:59more must be done. The res resources are

08:03available. They're just being

08:05mishandled.

08:07Enough is enough. The people want

08:10accountability.

08:12You all need to have an audit of the

08:15funds that come through the hand of city

08:18council

08:20and you need to have oversight of funds

08:23that you disperse to different agencies.

08:28That needs to happen right away. You

08:31need to take a rigorous approach to

08:34making sure the funds are not being

08:36misappropriated

08:38because they are there. The city

08:40received over 5 years ago under five

08:43years.

08:46Thank you very much.

08:49[applause]

08:50There being no further registered

08:52speakers, we will now take comments from

08:54those in the audience wishing to speak.

08:59Good morning, Carlino Jump Polo, Panther

09:02Hollow. My testimony yesterday was met

09:05with silence. Here it is once again.

09:09Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty

09:12Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's

09:14horses and all the king's men couldn't

09:17put Humpty together again.

09:19That riddle is as appropriate today for

09:21the illegal Oakland do-it-yourself skate

09:24park in Panther Hollow as when it first

09:26appeared hundreds of years ago. Everyone

09:29has their own interpretation of the

09:31riddle and the many possible

09:32applications. To me, for this issue, the

09:36riddle warns of self- sabotage.

09:39Politicians who arrogantly refuse to

09:42recognize and acknowledge their

09:43wrongdoings in supporting this illegal

09:45skate park should heed it as a warning.

09:49It is also a warning for any others in

09:51authority who know this issue is an

09:53injustice against our community but have

09:55taken no action to undo it.

09:58Many of my nearly 40 testimonies have

10:01been directed to council members Robert

10:02Warwick and Bob Charland because they

10:05have been the public voices of the

10:07illegal skate park. My words are not a

10:10judgment of their moral character, but

10:13rather observations about this issue.

10:17Those observations warn that they have

10:19broken the trust and faith of good

10:21people.

10:23Many skateboarders have already

10:25acknowledged their own dignity,

10:28abandoned these council members, and

10:30chosen not to return to the illegal

10:32Oakland do-it-yourself skate park.

10:35Whether the council members recognize

10:37and acknowledge their own wrongdoings

10:39and then forgive themselves and change

10:42or fall off the metaphorical wall

10:44instead is their choice.

10:48One politician who did fall off the wall

10:50was former mayor Bill Paduto. His chief

10:53of staff was Dan Gilman. That fall had

10:56many causes, but one cause was not

10:58heeding the warnings from good people

11:01against the ill-conceived Monopoland

11:04connector roadway project. The issue of

11:07the illconceived

11:09illegal Oakland do-it-yourself skate

11:12park has now been passed on to Mayor

11:15Corey O' Conor. His chief of staff is

11:18Dan Gilman. They have arrogantly refused

11:22to take action to undo this injustice.

11:26They have become complacent because the

11:28local media is protecting them from any

11:31ongoing in-depth investigation.

11:35However, that may change

11:38whether the mayor heeds the warnings

11:41from good people to shut down the

11:44illegal skate park or falls off the

11:48metaphorical wall is his choice.

11:53We sincerely hope he heeds the warnings.

11:56We sincerely hope he heeds the warnings.

12:01Thank you.

12:03>> Thank you. Next speaker, please.

12:16Good morning, children.

12:18My name is Unique Brown, but Miss Brown

12:22to y'all. And the lesson today really

12:26wasn't for y'all. It's for, you know,

12:30the black skin white people in the

12:33class. So, I actually give y'all

12:35permission to scroll y'all phones or do

12:38whatever y'all want to do cuz it really

12:40don't pertain to y'all. But y'all can

12:42listen if y'all want.

12:44So

12:46the students,

12:50like I said, this is for the students,

12:53the ones who have been out here

12:55performing, pretending, shape-shifting,

12:59switching lanes so hard they forgot

13:03which lane they started in.

13:06Let me ask you a question, children.

13:09How does it feel?

13:12No, seriously. How does it feel now that

13:16the spotlight is finally on you? How

13:19does it feel to realize that all that

13:22were part of something big energy was

13:25just a membership cord to a club that

13:29actually never really respected you.

13:33Y'all was in the inner circle, a secret

13:36society. Y'all thought y'all were in the

13:39VIP section of whatever little cultlike

13:43click y'all got going on, but guess

13:46what?

13:49You're still being treated like the

13:51extras in the movie. Not the stars,

13:55background characters, seat fillers,

13:59hardly even be here. Now look at the

14:02news.

14:03It's calling this the most historic

14:06investigation

14:08Pixburg ever had. Historic

14:12recordbreaking.

14:14A whole Netflix documentary waiting to

14:17happen.

14:19But let's guess what mayor is under.

14:24You know, y'all don't have to guess. The

14:26irony. A black one. The absolute comedy

14:31of it all. How does it feel to think you

14:35were a part of a class that only

14:37realized you were just being used to

14:40decorate it? Now you're the ones being

14:43watched. You're the ones being

14:45questioned. You're the ones being

14:47examined under a microscope so strong it

14:51can see your intentions, your choices,

14:54your mistakes, and your loyalty or lack

14:58thereof.

15:00I hope you're taking notes, children.

15:02When you sign up to be a part of

15:04something that never respected you or

15:07anybody your color, don't be shocked

15:11when they treat you exactly how they

15:14always plan to. Class dismissed.

15:20[applause]

15:23Thank you. Next speaker, please.

15:35Good morning. Good [clears throat]

15:36morning. My name is Javon F. Brown. I

15:39live at 7:15 Mercer Street. That's the

15:42high-rise up in Beth at the top of

15:45Befort. [clears throat]

15:48I attended the um common council meeting

15:53last night.

15:56Um,

15:58I spoke

16:00at county council.

16:03I spoke about one of the councilmen,

16:08Dwight Watson,

16:10who came to my building and screamed and

16:14hollered at me that he put my ass out of

16:18county council.

16:20Okay. I have went to county council to

16:23ask them because I want a letter

16:28individually or collectively

16:31stating the date and the time. That's

16:34all I want. I want that letter. And if

16:38they don't have a date and time, all

16:40they have to do is say we don't recall.

16:43Any of us don't recall. But they won't

16:45give me the letter.

16:48Uh my my um councilman is not here today

16:52because I had some words for him. So if

16:55you're at home watching, Mr. Leave,

16:58if I have to take what I'm saying

17:01further and go to court to make this

17:05councilman,

17:07county councilman,

17:09respect me and leave me alone. Because

17:12that's not the first time he ran back

17:15and screamed and hollered at me after

17:18they had council member council meeting

17:20was over because of what I said.

17:23I was told by you councilman Leavell if

17:28I wanted to know about getting a bus

17:30from the top of Befford to Mercy

17:32Hospital for the seniors I had to go to

17:35county council. I did as you said when I

17:38did it he screamed and hollered. Can't

17:40nobody come and tell him about the

17:42neighborhood he lives in. We need no

17:44bus. We need security. See, I'm coming

17:46to tell Yens because you are the elected

17:49official. The elected official told me

17:52go to another elected official and he

17:54says no that I can't come and tell him

17:57what I need because I live in the

17:59neighborhood too. He lives across the

18:01street and he knows what we need. I keep

18:05coming because I'm trying to tell you

18:06what we need to save lives.

18:10to save lives, to save lawsuits, to save

18:15people hurting, to save grief that gent

18:20prevent.

18:21You can pre prevent it, but you don't

18:25try. You pick and you choose. Now,

18:27people don't people don't really

18:30understand why Miss Gross with that one.

18:33To me, she is gross. She's the one that

18:35said that the police didn't have to come

18:37up in the her and Padutoo didn't have to

18:39come in our neighborhood and they

18:41didn't. They came back to harass us.

18:44>> Thank you.

18:46Next speaker, please.

18:52>> Good morning, Special Agent Sunshine.

18:55[snorts]

18:56>> [sighs and gasps]

18:56>> Lord,

18:58as Stephen cried out in Acts 7:60,

19:02[snorts] Lord, do not hold this sin

19:04against them. The sin of identity theft,

19:08fraud, embezzlement,

19:12stealing,

19:16[sighs]

19:16trust fund money, inheritance from

19:19children.

19:21Do not hold this against them. In

19:23[snorts] Jesus name I pray. Amen. The

19:25first thing Jesus spoke to me before I

19:29came in here had to do with

19:33[sighs]

19:35love.

19:37A [snorts] new command John 13:14 says,

19:40"I give you, love one another as I have

19:43loved you, so you must love one

19:45another."

19:46You can't love anybody if you force them

19:49to be homeless because you've stolen

19:51their book, two of their houses that

19:53they were inherited from their ancestors

19:56as a child.

19:57How can you love anybody with that kind

20:00of heart? You cannot.

20:03But I forgive you. I can stand here and

20:05say I forgive you cuz I'm still here to

20:09forgive you in Jesus name.

20:13>> [sighs]

20:13>> Psalm 37:39 says, "The salvation of the

20:17righteous is of the Lord. He is their

20:19strength in time of trouble. Without

20:22him, I don't know where I'd be. I don't

20:25know where I'd be if I didn't pray and

20:27cry out to the Lord to help me

20:31to endure this trial that you guys have

20:34me going through." [gasps]

20:381 Thessalonians 3:12 says, [snorts] "May

20:41the Lord make your love increase and

20:45overflow for each other and for everyone

20:48else just as ours does for you.

20:55Today's message

20:58is probably all wrong.

21:01You have to treat people the way you

21:03want to be treated. YOU CANNOT FORCE

21:05NOBODY to be homeless unless you want to

21:08be homeless, too. YOU CAN'T PUT HITS OUT

21:10ON PEOPLE TO KILL THEM, TO KEEP WHAT

21:13belongs to them unless you're ready to

21:15go.

21:17That energy will return and has been

21:19returning to a lot of people that are no

21:22longer here today.

21:25[snorts]

21:25As we yield to the Holy Spirit, we come

21:28more like be we become more like Christ.

21:32He [snorts] turned the other cheek. He

21:34went ON THE CROSS LIKE HIS FATHER TOLD

21:37HIM TO. He didn't retaliate. Neither am

21:40I. Not retaliating against anybody

21:43trying to take me out cuz I'm still here

21:46in Jesus name. Lord, thank you for using

21:48me as a vessel to do your will, not

21:51mine. [snorts]

21:53Lord have mercy on them.

21:59>> Thank you.

22:01>> Are there any further speakers?

22:06Seeing no further speakers, we will move

22:08on to the standing committee's agenda.

22:12>> Return home.

22:13>> And our first committee is the finance

22:15and law committee. Bill 897.

22:19Bill 897, resolution amending resolution

22:22214 of 2026,

22:25which reappropriated federal American

22:27Rescue Plan funding by updating the

22:30approved projects as out outlined in

22:32exhibit A version 11.

22:35>> Motion approved.

22:38>> Second.

22:38>> Discussion. I would like to call our

22:42acting OM director up to the table to

22:44answer some questions about this.

22:59Welcome. If you can state your name and

23:02neighbor or name for the record, name

23:03and position for the record.

23:05>> Thank you. Uh my name is Ria Price and I

23:08am the current acting director of the

23:10Office of Management and Budget.

23:11>> Thank you. So I, you know, I have the

23:14attachment here in front of me and have

23:17read through it. Um but I know that

23:19anything having to do with American

23:21Rescue Planned dollars is there always

23:24questions about it. If you can outline

23:25what we're doing here for the uh members

23:27of council and the public, that would be

23:29helpful. Um yeah. So um

23:33this piece is related to um

23:3789 8.98 and 8.99.

23:40So um but

23:44as far as uh the ARPA piece uh the Excel

23:48attachment that uh is with this, it's a

23:51little confusing and I want to be

23:54completely transparent about this. So,

23:57um, the last time that we amended the

23:59ARPA plan, we had moved $500,000

24:04from the street light line item to

24:07paving. And so, whenever you look at

24:10this tach attachment, it is a little

24:11confusing because it doesn't line up

24:14completely with these with um

24:18with 8.98 and 899. And that's because

24:22it's correcting that whenever I went

24:24back to DOI after we' moved that

24:26$500,000,

24:28it turned out that they still needed um

24:31most of that. So in this attachment,

24:34basically

24:36what you're seeing um that 350

24:41uh 3,000 that corrects that mistake. So

24:47I hope that's helpful and you can

24:50understand that.

24:51>> Sure. So this is a correction. Yes.

24:53>> And then just the overall question of um

24:58you know from all of our understanding

25:002026 was the end of any most of the

25:03projects having to do with ARPA. Can you

25:05just help us remind us and the public

25:07where where we are with you know sort of

25:09like there are some projects that were

25:10encumbered and so therefore had the

25:12until the end of another year to be able

25:15to move things around and finish up

25:17fully. So yeah just this the status

25:19there and the um and the mechanics of

25:22how it's all working.

25:23>> Okay. Yes. Um yes. So, um, as um, most

25:28of you already know, all ARPA funds must

25:31be out of the door, um, by December

25:3431st. And, um, I do expect to amend the

25:39ARPA plan at least one more time by the

25:43end of this year. Um, we can only at

25:46this point we can only move funds to uh

25:50projects that were already approved uh

25:52by Treasury and um the only way that we

25:56could quickly get these funds out of the

25:58door is basically um by moving anything

26:01unspent to paving. Uh otherwise uh we

26:04will likely have to give any unspent

26:06funds back to uh the federal government.

26:10>> Thank you. So 2026 is the final final.

26:14>> Absolutely.

26:14>> Not just encumbered, not just committed,

26:16but like final spot.

26:17>> Correct.

26:18>> Thank you.

26:19>> Um any further, Council Member Warwick?

26:21>> So sorry, just so so I'm clear. So in um

26:27898, that's increasing paving by

26:30200,000.

26:32That's coming out of street lights.

26:35>> Um no, there was originally $500,000

26:38that was coming out of street lights.

26:40that was in the last uh amendment to the

26:43ARPA plan. So um so it

26:47so those two pieces 8.98 and 8.99 don't

26:51completely line up with the attachment

26:54that you're seeing in 897

26:58because it's correcting for that. I

27:00guess I'm stunned. So, so in 8.99 it

27:03looks like this is CDBG money, right?

27:07Taking 146.

27:09>> No, this is all ARPA money.

27:16>> Oh, okay.

27:20So the the the CIP is is titled in such

27:26a way. Um so it it sometimes it kind of

27:29looks like we're taking it from CDBG but

27:33um no the

27:36so it says the 20 the sorry the 22 and

27:402027 capital improvement program. Sorry

27:44let me see.

27:46So you're just saying this was ARPA

27:48money as well?

27:48>> It is ARPA money.

27:50>> Okay. So So this is 146

27:53taken out of paving or sorry taken out

27:56of lights put into paving,

27:58>> correct? Yes.

27:59>> And that is that 146 is part of this

28:03200k on the previous bill.

28:05>> Um no, there's an additional $200,000

28:08that's moving to paving and that's from

28:10the mobile uh restroom uh project.

28:13>> That's what I was Okay. So this so so

28:168.98 is from mobile restrooms

28:19>> correct

28:20>> 200k to paving and then the other bill

28:22is 146 from lights to paving

28:27>> correct

28:27>> also ARPA dollars.

28:29>> Yes,

28:30>> but it doesn't say that in that bill.

28:32>> I mean it's okay. I'm just clarifying.

28:34>> Okay. Yeah. Okay.

28:35>> That's it. Thank you.

28:38>> Thank you Councilman Cogill.

28:40>> Thank you Madam Chair. So, I guess uh my

28:43question is how much can we anticipate?

28:45Do you have a figure as to money that

28:47we're going to need to transfer before

28:492026?

28:50>> Um I I don't have that figure right now.

28:53Um I have um notified all the

28:56stakeholders um that anything that has

28:59not been spent by September 30th um I

29:02will likely take those funds and uh

29:05direct those towards paving.

29:06>> I think paving is a a good place to put

29:09it. It's the safest, most sure way that

29:11we'll we'll utilize it.

29:13>> Yeah, I agree 100%.

29:14>> Okay.

29:15>> Um Okay. But you don't have any idea

29:17millions or

29:19>> Oh, it's not going to be millions. No.

29:22>> Right. Okay.

29:24Anything that we can't get started

29:26before the end date of 2026, we have to

29:30move into paving. Is that correct?

29:34>> Yeah. We we can't start any the there

29:37there's absolutely no ability to start

29:39anything new because everything already

29:41had to be um obligated under like an

29:44existing uh project.

29:45>> And this money is obligated. We just

29:47don't feel like we're going to use it.

29:48Like for instance, for the lighting,

29:51>> correct? Yes.

29:52>> Okay. So, we're going to be moving funds

29:54in the near future here from projects

29:57that we anticipate aren't going to we're

29:59not going to get to and we're going to

30:00move it into pave.

30:01>> Correct. Yes.

30:02>> Good deal. Okay. Thank you.

30:04Thank you. Second round, Council Member

30:06Warwick.

30:06>> Yeah. So, will that, and this may be a

30:08domy question that I can ask later, but

30:11um will that mean an overall increase in

30:14our paving budget? Because, you know, we

30:16all got our lists and I know I mean it's

30:18always nice to get a few extra streets.

30:21So, is that going to be like an increase

30:22in our paving budgets

30:26>> compared to what was I mean, you know,

30:28like the paving list comes out like this

30:30is the list. This is what we're doing.

30:32>> Yeah. I don't want to speak to that.

30:33That's that's domey. So yeah, I don't

30:36want to um say anything that

30:38>> may be incorrect.

30:39>> Okay.

30:40>> I can ask director skallin later.

30:42>> Okay. [laughter]

30:45>> Further discussion.

30:47>> Seeing none, all those in favor of bill

30:49897, please say I.

30:51>> I.

30:51>> I. I.

30:53>> Affirmative recommendation bill 898.

30:57Resolution further amending resolution

30:59857 of 2023 effective December 27th,

31:032023 as amended entitled Resolution

31:06adopting and approving the 2024 capital

31:09budget, the proposed 2024 community

31:11development program and the 2024 through

31:142029 capital improvement program by

31:17increasing street resurfacing by

31:19$200,000 to align with the most recent

31:22American Rescue Plan Act allocation.

31:28Motion to approve.

31:31>> Discussion.

31:33Seeing none. All in favor of bill 898,

31:36please say I.

31:36>> I.

31:37>> I.

31:37>> I.

31:38>> Affirmative recommendation bill 899.

31:41>> Resolution further amending resolution

31:438.86 86 of 2021 effective December 27th,

31:462021 as amended entitled resolution

31:49adopting and approving the 2022 capital

31:51budget and the 2022 community

31:53development block grant program and the

31:562022 through 2027 capital improvement

31:58program by reducing LED street light

32:01upgrade by $146,683

32:05and increasing street resurfacing by

32:07$146,683

32:10to align with the most recent American

32:12Rescue Rescue Plan Act allocation.

32:15>> Motion approve. Second

32:17>> discussion.

32:21>> Seeing none. All in favor of bill 899,

32:23please say I.

32:24>> I.

32:24>> I. Department of recommendation.

32:27>> Thank you, director. [clears throat]

32:29Deferred papers. Bill 847.

32:31>> Resolution authorizing the issuance of a

32:33warrant payable in favor of Vibrant

32:35Pittsburgh for one-year membership dues

32:37and an amount not to exceed $50,000.

32:42Motion to approve. It's the same as last

32:44last

32:51>> second.

32:52>> Discussion.

32:52>> Discussion.

32:54>> And we have um we have Mr. Singer here

32:56to answer any questions about our

32:58memberships. But discussion uh

33:01>> I think I saw council member Warwick

33:03call for discussion.

33:04>> I I think we all have the same question.

33:05So

33:06>> great. Okay. Whoever wants the floor.

33:09>> Uh sure. Would you like to come join us?

33:27>> Morning members. Uh Matt Singer, deputy

33:29chief of staff in the mayor's office.

33:31>> Elizabeth Circon, assistant director of

33:33operating special revenue.

33:36>> Um I guess I I will take it. Uh so last

33:39week we held this bill because we

33:40weren't sure how often we take advantage

33:43of this and why we're paying for it. Um

33:45and we also asked for a um you know a

33:49list of all the memberships that we

33:51have. Have we received that?

33:58>> Can this also be emailed to us?

34:00>> Yes.

34:01>> This shows all memberships that have

34:04been paid to date. um for this year

34:09they're highlighted in yellow

34:12broken down by department.

34:15>> So this is I mean I'm just looking at it

34:17real quickly. These are like

34:20I don't have a I mean I'm listed here.

34:22Anony's listed here. I don't have a

34:23membership to myself. What what is this

34:26list that we're looking at? So, this is

34:28a poll from JD Edwards for um the

34:34um account 353301

34:39which is administrative fees where most

34:41of the city's memberships are budgeted.

34:44I cannot go into the system and look for

34:48what is titled as memberships. So, I

34:50just did a full pull and the

34:52highlighting is my personal assumption

34:55for what flags as a potential

34:57membership.

34:58>> Okay.

34:58>> So, you're on here potentially for a

35:01reimbursement or you know other admin

35:03fees.

35:05>> Okay. Um well, let's get to Vibrant

35:06Pittsburgh. What What do they do? What

35:09do we get out of them? Why are we

35:11spending 50,000 on them?

35:13>> Yes. So, we we've not used Vibrant

35:15Pittsburgh services yet this year.

35:17Huffer Vibrant Pittsburgh has kept on

35:18retainer. um whether the issue stems in

35:20HR, whether any other departments want

35:22to use it. It gives us the ability to

35:23host trainings um on various workplace

35:26issues uh whether that's bullying,

35:29harassment, aggression, anything like

35:31that. Vibrant Piter is an option that we

35:33can also use in conjunction with things

35:34like performance improvement plans. If

35:36departments just generally want to learn

35:38more about workplace interactions, uh

35:40multiculturalism, anti-racism,

35:43antib-bias training, um I know they they

35:46have a similar contract with Alageney

35:48County. Um, from personal experience

35:49when I was preceding with the county

35:51controllers's office, we had a similar

35:52contract. We made use of that contract

35:54as well. Um, and I bring that up just

35:56note that something even though the

35:58contract may be held civically with HR,

36:00it's services are available to council

36:03as much so as are available to do or or

36:06PLI.

36:08So, this isn't as much a I mean, I guess

36:10we're calling it a membership, but it's

36:11more of a

36:13uh a contract with a consulting firm

36:17that could step in in these HR specific

36:21situations.

36:22>> Yeah. And again, doesn't necessarily

36:23have to be that something bad happened

36:25for us to use them. It can also be

36:26proactive or folks just want to learn

36:28more as well.

36:29>> But we spend 50,000 just

36:32>> correct

36:33>> to to give it to them and we have not

36:35taken advantage of it yet this year.

36:36Correct.

36:38>> Have we taken advantage of it in the

36:39past?

36:41>> Um I do not know the last time we have

36:44used it. I just know that this year we

36:45have not.

36:46>> So we just give them 50,000 and just

36:48like just in in case

36:52>> if it's there and someone wants to use

36:53it. I don't

36:56>> I'm not as good at legally to be able to

36:58say that. But it's similar to like a

36:59retainer. We have those services

37:00available to us. So, we pay but then if

37:03we like you know as opposed to like a um

37:07when we have like a you know a contract

37:10that we have with one of the legal firms

37:12like just in case we're going to need

37:14them for employment disputes.

37:18>> This is inclusive of their services.

37:19>> We just pay them 50,000 every year and

37:22then like we use it. It's not like a use

37:25it or lose it situation. It's not like

37:26there's money sitting in the account.

37:28Mhm.

37:29>> I mean, I I can't support that.

37:31>> Mhm.

37:32>> So,

37:34if this was something where it's like we

37:36spend 50,000 and we draw down on that

37:3850,000 depending on how much we use it,

37:39I I would feel much I'd feel differently

37:41about it. But 50,000 just because it's

37:46the end of September and we haven't

37:48used the services yet, it just seems

37:51like we're spending 50,000 to spend

37:5250,000.

37:53>> Mhm.

37:54Um,

37:56I think that that's all for me. I we'll

37:58probably come back for a second round.

38:00[snorts]

38:01>> As member Warwick, um,

38:04yeah, I think I concur with Councilman

38:07Charlotte. Uh,

38:11I also think it's So I I assume that

38:14Vibrant Pittsburgh is Do we have anybody

38:17here from Vibrant Pittsburgh today?

38:20>> We do not.

38:20>> Okay. So again, and this is a pit

38:23presumably a Pittsburgh organization,

38:25>> correct?

38:25>> With a Pittsburgh office.

38:28>> Um, were they aware that we were that we

38:31held this and we're going to have a

38:34discussion about it this week? I mean,

38:36I'm just

38:38for

38:41I would have I would have wanted to come

38:43and sort of make my case for why, you

38:46know what I mean? Why the the Pittsburgh

38:48taxpayers should

38:52>> put forward.

38:53>> I apologize for No, no, it's not

38:55>> on my part. My my understanding had been

38:57that council's questions were

39:00although it was payment for the civic

39:02membership but the council's questions

39:03were about memberships and what we do

39:05and how we pay for them generally. So I

39:07I misunderstood so that's an oversight

39:08on my part.

39:10>> Yeah. So I do and just to clarify I know

39:12councilman just asked but so we pay this

39:15whether we use the services or not.

39:17>> Correct.

39:18>> And we have not used the services

39:21>> to date in 2026.

39:23>> Correct. But we're not sure if we've

39:24used the services in prior years.

39:27>> Correct. I apologize. I was not able to

39:29time.

39:30>> Do we know um how long we've held this

39:33membership? Is that

39:35>> I can look into that while we keep

39:37discussing. Okay. Anyway, I I I'm I'm

39:41with Councilman Charlotte on this.

39:44Not ready to support. Thanks.

39:50>> Further discussion. First round.

39:54I wanted to pivot because the other one

39:55that's sort of comparable in price that

39:58I um see here or in cost is Pennsylvania

40:02Municipal League. Um

40:05I know that there are opportunities to

40:07be involved. I know they have offered

40:09their services when it comes to say like

40:11when we had our visit to Harrisburg if

40:13we wanted to align any of the lobbying

40:15that we did with bills they're working

40:17on. But um we didn't take advantage of

40:21it. we sort of did our did our own

40:23thing. Um, are you in a position today

40:26to speak to what we that other

40:30departments might take advantage of

40:32membership with the Pennsylvania League

40:35of Municipalities?

40:36>> Uh, for Pennsylvania League, I'm I'm not

40:39sure how the departments can best make

40:40use of it. I I will say for departments

40:42at large, especially now as we're

40:44entering budget season and getting ready

40:46to present the preliminary budget to

40:47council, non-personnel expenses,

40:49including memberships are something that

40:50we've been closely evaluating so that

40:52when we go into 2027 and we generally

40:54have to do, I hate to use a the word the

40:57term belt tightening, but is we

40:58generally have to do that across

41:00departments citywide. That has been

41:01something that's been part of those

41:02deliberations.

41:06>> Thank you.

41:10Generally, I would say that for for some

41:12of these not I mean it is difficult to

41:15sort of distinguish between the ones

41:16that you know all of the ones that are

41:18um that are highlighted and Mr. Mr. Con,

41:21I I understand that you kind of just did

41:24the best with the information that you

41:25had, but there are certain categories of

41:27these where each year when I I'm with

41:31council member Warwick each year when we

41:33are contemplating a renewal of

41:34membership or what, however we end up

41:36structuring it that

41:39you know connect

41:42National League of Cities,

41:45Municipal League, Conference of Mayors

41:48that either

41:50someone from the organization

41:54is here present to answer our questions

41:58to share with us the ways that we could

42:00potentially take advantage of these

42:02memberships.

42:03Um or at the very least in the case of

42:07say National League of Cities like sent

42:08us an email saying as a reminder here

42:11are all the different ways that we would

42:12invite you. In fact, we would love to

42:13have a council member join our

42:15committees etc etc. I know that they're

42:16interested in that, but it seems like

42:18the time to do that would be when we're

42:20contemplating renewing a membership. So

42:22maybe that's something we can put into

42:24practice as well. Um I'm happy to

42:27continue discussing the bill before us

42:29today, but wanted to just say that. Is

42:32there anyone else for second round or

42:33first round? Okay.

42:34>> Yeah. Thank you, madam.

42:35>> Councilman Co.

42:36>> Madam Chair, um yeah, I I guess we got

42:39to be careful which ones are useful to

42:40us and which ones are not.

42:42>> [clears throat]

42:42>> uh being that we can't we don't even

42:44have a record as to the city of

42:47Pittsburgh or any of our employees using

42:49this current one that's in front of us

42:51today. I mean tells me that it's

42:53probably not that valuable and I along

42:55with my colleagues to my right I think

42:58well uh I can't support this

43:02just I've never heard of it. Um you know

43:04my office has never leaned into it and I

43:06don't know anybody in city government

43:08who has. So, it's 25. Was it $50,000 for

43:12this?

43:13>> I thought there was 25 last week when we

43:15were talking about it's $50,000 to be a

43:17member.

43:17>> Inflation will get you.

43:19>> Yeah.

43:19>> Fast.

43:20>> It's oil. Um,

43:23okay. So, um, yeah, that's entirely too

43:25much money to not know what we're

43:27getting for it. I'll say that. Um, and

43:29I'm looking at other things like I know

43:30the shorts valley district flooding. I

43:33think that's valuable. I think we had

43:35them at the table before. Um, I agree

43:37with Councilwoman Warick. If you're

43:39being questioned as to, you know, the

43:41amount, I I would hope that they would

43:43be following it and being like, hey, did

43:44it pass? And, you know, want to be here

43:47to sell their program and tell us the

43:51benefits about it, but without anybody

43:52here and, you know, without any

43:54knowledge of anybody using it, um, it's

43:56an easy one not to support for me. And

43:59I'm looking at the police bureau,

44:02my committee, and we have three

44:04different ones totaling up to $11,100.

44:08Um, in Pennsylvania Chiefs, oh, I don't

44:11know what that is. International

44:12Association of Chiefs,

44:14Major Cities Chiefs Association.

44:18I I know it's, you know, it's hip to be

44:22part of all these organizations, but I

44:24would like to talk to Chief Lando about

44:26this one and see if is it useful. I

44:28mean, have they been using it? Have they

44:31benefit from any services that they

44:34might provide? Or is it just a meeting

44:37up in Harrisburg once every year and,

44:39you know, u just hobnobbing around with

44:42other chiefs? So, uh, so yeah, I think

44:44there's a lot to look at here. Why are

44:46the ones highlighted highlighted? Those

44:48were as I pulled from a single object

44:52account in our financial system. Those

44:54were what I could easily identify as a

44:56membership or subscription. There are

44:59other things in here. Um

45:00>> Okay. Yeah. These other things um

45:03Okay. These are strictly memberships and

45:06subscriptions.

45:07>> What I highlighted is easily

45:09identifiable as strictly.

45:10>> Got it. I'm glad you did that. Yeah. So,

45:12um

45:13>> Okay. Okay. Yeah, there's a lot on here

45:14and I guess we'll deal with them as they

45:17come, as the memberships come up and

45:19decide then whether they're worth

45:21joining or not. But, uh, yeah, this one

45:24today I can't support $50,000. So,

45:26thanks.

45:28>> Second round.

45:29>> Just a council person Charlie.

45:31>> Do we know was this bid out? Do

45:36I mean there are other organizations

45:39that do this type of work? Did was this

45:42competitively bid?

45:44>> I can't answer that at the moment.

45:47>> All right. Well, I'm glad we caught it.

45:52>> Thank you.

45:54>> Thank you. Um, I just had a quick

45:56question about the wording of So,

45:57Southwestern Pennsylvania Corp listed

45:59here and it's just cut off. Is that the

46:01same as the South Western Pennsylvania

46:03Commission?

46:05Do we know? Um

46:09I am not positive the way that JD lists

46:13things does I think it has a character

46:16limit. Um we can look into

46:18>> okay I know sometimes there are

46:19different names different entities that

46:21like official names but then the the

46:23colloquial names and so I just wanted to

46:25check.

46:25>> I want to say no but I'm not sure.

46:27>> Okay. I'd be interested in what what

46:29that one was as well. Um Southwestern

46:30Pennsylvania corp versus commission.

46:33>> Okay. Thank you. Any further discussion?

46:38>> I did find the answer if you would. We

46:41paid them from 2013 to 2018 and then

46:44paused until 2023.

46:53>> I think we're ready for a vote. Madame

46:55Clerk, can we please do a roll call

46:57vote?

46:59>> Mr. Charlyn,

47:00>> no.

47:01>> Mr. Cogill,

47:02>> no.

47:03>> Miss Gross. Mr. The bell Mr. Mosley Main

47:12>> Miss Salonetra

47:14>> no

47:16>> Miss Warwick

47:17>> no

47:18>> Mr. Wilson.

47:20Miss Strawberger, chair.

47:21>> No.

47:23>> Five nos, one abstension.

47:25>> Motion fails. Thank you all for joining

47:28us today.

47:28>> Thank you.

47:30>> That leads us to new papers bill 879.

47:35Resolution amending resolution 77 of

47:382026, which authorized the mayor and the

47:41city solicitor to enter into a

47:42professional service agreement with

47:44Fiser Phillips LLP for legal consulting

47:47services in connection with labor

47:48disputes to extend the term, expand the

47:50scope of work, and allocate additional

47:52funding in an amount not to exceed

47:54$150,000

47:56over one year.

47:58>> Motion to approve.

48:00Second

48:01>> discussion.

48:03Seeing none, all in favor of bill 879,

48:06please say I.

48:07>> I.

48:08>> I.

48:09>> Affirmative recommendation.

48:12>> That moves us to invoices. Is there a

48:14motion on invoices?

48:17>> Motion to approve.

48:18>> Second

48:19>> discussion.

48:22Seeing none, all in favor of invoices,

48:24please say I.

48:25>> I.

48:26>> I. Affirmative. Affirmative

48:29recommendation

48:30moves us to transfers. Is there a motion

48:32on transfers

48:33>> items here?

48:34>> Second.

48:35>> I think some people like that, but

48:37>> was there a motion? I didn't hear the

48:39mo.

48:39>> Oh,

48:40>> motion on transfers.

48:41>> So moved.

48:41>> So moved. Is there a second

48:43>> discussion?

48:45That's

48:45>> Seeing none. All in favor of interdep

48:47departmental transfers, please say I.

48:50>> I.

48:51>> I.

48:52>> Transfers are approved. That moves us to

48:54PE cards. Is there a motion on PE cards?

48:58>> Motion to approve.

49:00Second

49:00>> discussion.

49:02>> I just wanted to note that the the

49:04printed version in front of us has a

49:06little like maybe not wide enough column

49:10for the item total. So I'm going to go

49:12through each of them just

49:14>> ensure to ensure everyone see knows what

49:16we're seeing here and say that um

49:22let's see. I mean I I can attest that

49:24none of none of these exceed $5,000. So,

49:29the uh domey concrete

49:33about $4,100

49:36is $4,125. Um the one below that, the

49:40champion container, that's about $1836.

49:45Um and then the innovation performance

49:51digert is 4,188.

49:55below that. That's 5,000 on the dot.

49:59Um

50:02down to

50:05Pro knitwear for parks and wreck, that's

50:07$2,54.

50:10And then down to Koli Glass Corporation,

50:14that is $4,989.

50:17And then

50:19the

50:20petroleum pipe and steel that is

50:23$4,99898.

50:25And then the very last one, Tri-State

50:28Hose and Supply, uh, $1,85. So just so

50:31we have that fully fully [cough]

50:36transparent here.

50:38Further discussion.

50:41Seeing none,

50:44all those in favor, excuse me, of

50:47pecards, please say I.

50:49>> I.

50:49>> I.

50:50>> I.

50:50>> I. Pecards are approved. That moves us

50:53to public safety and wellness committee

50:55chaired by Councilman Cogill. Bill 873,

50:58resolution authorizing, pursuant to

51:00chapter 210 of the city code, the mayor

51:02and the director of the department of

51:04public safety to accept a donation from

51:06save station of an outdoor AED cabinet

51:09and a ZOOL 3 AED valued at $8,399

51:13to be installed in a public area.

51:16>> Motion to approve.

51:18>> Second.

51:19>> Discussion.

51:22Seeing none, all in favor of bill 873,

51:25please say I.

51:26>> I.

51:27>> I.

51:27>> I.

51:28>> Affirmative recommendation.

51:31>> Bill 874.

51:32>> Resolution authorizing the mayor and

51:34director of public safety to enter into

51:36a lease agreement or agreements between

51:38the city of Pittsburgh and East End

51:40Cooperative Ministries for space rental

51:42for the office of community health and

51:44safety at a cost not to exceed $23,745

51:48over two years.

51:50>> Motion to approve. Uh second brief

51:52discussion

51:53>> discussion. Councilman Mosley.

51:54>> Yeah. Just wanted to uh thank uh public

51:57safety as well as the office of

51:59community health and safety and the east

52:01cooperative min ministries for this

52:03partnership um and making uh this happen

52:06to have a a location

52:09uh primarily for the social workers um

52:12and the folks uh from the roots program

52:14um to actually have a brickandmortar

52:16headquarters um on on the east end uh

52:19where where sorely needed where uh uh

52:22their their their work is is incredibly

52:24valuable. people, they've been working

52:25out of their cars up to this point,

52:28which is extremely difficult of not

52:30having um actual brick and mortar

52:32headquarters uh to work out to address

52:34the challenges uh that we have uh in in

52:36the east end. So I just wanted to take a

52:38moment uh to thank uh public safety,

52:41East Cooperative Minies and the Office

52:43of Community Health and Safety for

52:44making this happen and giving uh the the

52:47very valued workers uh who are doing

52:49incredible work uh on the ground in in

52:52the communities of brick and mortar

52:53place so they can even be more effective

52:56doing the work that's sorely needed.

53:01>> Thank you. Any further discussion?

53:04Seeing none, all in favor of bill 874,

53:08please say I.

53:09>> I.

53:09>> I.

53:11>> Affirmative recommendation that moves us

53:13to public works and infrastructure

53:14committee chaired by Councilwoman

53:15Salenro. Bill, excuse [clears throat]

53:17me. Bill number 876, resolution

53:20authorizing the mayor, the director of

53:22the office of management and budget, the

53:23director of the department of public

53:25works, and the director of the

53:26department of city planning to enter

53:28into an agreement or agreements with the

53:30Pennsylvania Department of Community and

53:32Economic Development for the purpose of

53:34receiving grant funds from the community

53:36and economic assistance program in an

53:38amount not to exceed $200,000 for

53:41upgrades at farmhouse field in Holland

53:43Park, New Water Fountains, and the

53:45Alagany River Trough Connectivity Plant.

53:48ing project.

53:50>> Motion to approve.

53:51>> Second. Discussion.

53:56Seeing none.

53:58All in favor of bill 876, please say I.

54:01>> I.

54:02>> I.

54:03>> Affirmative recommendation.

54:05Bill 877. Resolution authorizing the

54:08mayor, the director of the office of

54:10management and budget, and the

54:11department of mobility and

54:13infrastructure to enter into an

54:15agreement or agreements with the

54:16Pennsylvania Department of

54:17Transportation for the purpose of

54:19receiving grant funds from the

54:20multimmoal transportation fund in an

54:22amount of $3 million for the renovation

54:24of the Boulevard of the Allies in the

54:26Central Business District and the city

54:28of Pittsburgh between Commonwealth and

54:30Grant Street. The grant requires a match

54:33from the city of Pittsburgh in the

54:34amount not to exceed $900,000 for this

54:37stated purpose for a total project cost

54:39under this grant not to exceed

54:41$3,900,000.

54:45>> Motion to approve.

54:47>> Second.

54:47>> Second.

54:48>> Discussion.

54:49Council member Warwick. Um I just have

54:52one question of whether there'll be uh

54:55dedicated bike lanes on this project,

54:58but I don't know if they need to come

55:00doy wants to come to the table for that.

55:02Yeah.

55:12>> Hi, Eric Setler, chief engineer with the

55:14department of mobility and

55:15infrastructure. Um

55:18so the uh the thought here is to include

55:23median planter islands kind of raised

55:25perhaps um to provide some greenery,

55:28some green space on the corridor, make

55:29it seem less like a highway. Um bike

55:33lanes are not anticipated as part of the

55:35project. Uh, I know with this being a

55:38state route, you know, it's a balancing

55:40act, but Pendot is definitely, you know,

55:42looking, this is a this is the detour

55:44route for the bathtub whenever that, you

55:47know, has issues either flooding or

55:50crashes or things like that. So, um, you

55:54know, there's definitely a balancing act

55:55to give some improvements, but make sure

55:57that the the vehicle capacity is still

55:59there.

56:01>> Okay. I'm just wondering because of the

56:02multimodal that is for the from the

56:05multimodal transportation fund

56:08um if there were any way to put because

56:10that intersection of Allies and Grant

56:13Street, right? Like that's a really bad

56:15intersection if you're trying and if

56:17you're coming off the Eliza Furnace

56:18Trail, right? Yeah.

56:20>> That's like not a great it could use

56:23some improvement. I mean, if we're if

56:25we're putting almost a million dollars

56:28into it

56:29>> and um you know, I think one of the

56:32goals of this

56:34>> of the the the center dividers too for

56:36some greenery. That sounds nice.

56:38>> Yeah. And I think um you know, while

56:40it's not having specific bike

56:42facilities, I think from the pedestrian

56:44standpoint, it'll make a big improvement

56:46>> for the pedestrian experience. And I

56:48think that's, you know, one of the

56:49reasons why the the multimodal

56:51transportation fund, you know, it was a

56:54a good match for that grant program.

56:56>> Do we have a design already for this?

56:59>> We do not. We have some conceptual

57:01sketches of the things that we're trying

57:03to do, but no design work has started

57:05yet.

57:05>> Yeah. I mean, even just I I don't know

57:07what Bike Pittsburgh's take on this

57:09corridor is, but even if if we're doing

57:12something down the middle, if that

57:13middle could include I mean, maybe that

57:15could be a bike lane with sort of

57:17greenery on either side. I don't know.

57:18Just

57:20>> Yeah, it's it's something that we should

57:22uh take back and look into. I think that

57:26we have um

57:28Oh, now I'm blanking it. Third Avenue, I

57:30think, that we have. Is it Third or

57:33fourth? I think it's third that we have

57:34bike facilities on, but it's kind of a

57:35parallel route.

57:39>> Are those in both directions though?

57:42>> It's a

57:44it's a dedicated

57:45>> It's dedicated

57:46>> contraflow lane coming like up towards

57:48us, right?

57:49>> I think it's shared going down

57:50>> and it's shared going down.

57:51>> Yeah. Going down.

57:52>> Yeah. Um, but I think between that

57:56facility and then just actually, you

57:57know, along the riverfront probably are

57:59the two primary

58:00>> facilities at this point for kind of

58:01that east west movement through downtown

58:04at this point.

58:05>> Yeah. Anyway, just a thought. So,

58:07>> okay.

58:07>> Yep. Thanks.

58:09>> Thank you. Further discussion.

58:12Seeing none, all in favor of bill 877,

58:16please say I.

58:17>> I.

58:17>> I.

58:18>> I.

58:18>> Affirmative recommendation bill 878.

58:21Resolution authorizing the mayor,

58:23director or the excuse me, director of

58:25the office of management and budget the

58:27department of mobility and

58:29infrastructure to enter into an

58:30agreement or agreements with the

58:32Pennsylvania Department of

58:33Transportation's green light go program

58:35for the purpose of receiving grant funds

58:37in the amount of 1,533,31569

58:42for intersection upgrades at Bingham

58:44Street and Tim Street, Butler Street and

58:47Main Street, East Liberty Boulevard in

58:49Lmer Avenue in the City of Pittsburgh.

58:52The grant requires a match from the city

58:53of Pittsburgh in the amount of

58:55$257,988.99

58:59and pending grant transfers from local

59:02organizations in the amount of

59:03$125,39.94

59:07for a total project cost of

59:09$1,916,64462.

59:15>> Motion to approve.

59:16>> Second

59:17>> discussion.

59:19I just wanted to congratulate the

59:21department on this award. I mean, it is

59:23such a laborious and difficult process

59:27to get the funding to be able to upgrade

59:30or add brand new traffic signals. We

59:33can't do it without state support. And

59:35so getting the green light go, which is

59:36a matching program, you know, even this

59:39is just going to get to three

59:40intersections and that's amazing. And we

59:42have like hundreds more to get to. And

59:45so I just want to applaud you for um and

59:48the department for for winning this

59:49award and getting to these really

59:50critical intersections.

59:52>> Thank you. Yeah. Uh the green light go

59:55grant program through the state has been

59:57really a great program for us. It's it's

59:59it's allowed us to do a lot of work and

1:00:02um certainly got to give the credit to

1:00:04our traffic bureau and and Mike Mock for

1:00:06making that happen.

1:00:07>> Absolutely. Further discussion?

1:00:10>> Seeing none, all in favor of bill 878,

1:00:13please say I.

1:00:13>> I. I

1:00:15>> affirmative recommendation. Thank you.

1:00:17>> Make your book like that.

1:00:20>> Yeah.

1:00:21>> Uh it moves us on to human resources

1:00:23committee chair by council person

1:00:24Charlotte. Bill 872, resolution amending

1:00:27resolution 760 of 2025, which authorized

1:00:30the mayor and director of the department

1:00:32of human resources and civil service to

1:00:34enter into an agreement with dayforce

1:00:36for services relating to the

1:00:38administration of the city of

1:00:39Pittsburgh's human capital management

1:00:41system, which includes payroll and

1:00:43benefits by increasing the approved

1:00:44amount by $677,790

1:00:48for a new total cost not to exceed

1:00:50$6,218,540

1:00:53over 12 years.

1:00:55Motion to approve.

1:00:56>> Second

1:00:57>> discussion.

1:01:00Seeing none, all those in favor of bill

1:01:04872, please say I.

1:01:06>> I.

1:01:06>> I.

1:01:07>> Affirmative recommendation.

1:01:09That moves us to land use and economic

1:01:11development committee chaired by

1:01:12Councilman Wilson.

1:01:13>> Deferred papers bill 2025 22224.

1:01:17Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code,

1:01:19Title 9 Zoning Code, Article One,

1:01:21Introduction and Establishment, Section

1:01:2390203, Zoning Map to Reszone Parcels

1:01:2736K30, 36K90, and 36K941

1:01:31from RMM, residential multi-unit

1:01:35moderate density, P Park and R1DL,

1:01:38residential single unit detach, low

1:01:41density to RP, residential plan unit

1:01:44development in the Banksville

1:01:45neighborhood.

1:01:48Motion to approve.

1:01:50>> Second

1:01:51>> discussion.

1:01:53>> Brief discussion.

1:01:54>> Yes.

1:01:56>> I just want the the public to know that

1:01:58this is uh simply taking these three

1:02:01parcels and reszoning them into a

1:02:03residential planned unit development for

1:02:06uh what we all call Marian Manor uh will

1:02:09now be called uh Golden Horizons. And

1:02:12this is a highly anticipated project in

1:02:15my district and we are uh you know glad

1:02:17to see it come to fruition. That's it.

1:02:21>> Thank you. Further discussion.

1:02:25>> Seeing none, all in favor of bill

1:02:282025-224,

1:02:31please say I.

1:02:32>> I.

1:02:32>> I.

1:02:33>> I.

1:02:34>> Affirmative recommendation

1:02:37and congratulations, Councilwoman, on

1:02:39completing this long process.

1:02:42Thank you.

1:02:44>> That moves us to our uh oops, excuse me.

1:02:48That moves us to bill 732

1:02:52>> resolution providing for the designation

1:02:54as a historic site under title 11 of the

1:02:56code of ordinances. That certain site

1:02:59known as Alagany Arsenal Officer

1:03:01Quarters and wall segments located on

1:03:03multiple parcels. 49E128,

1:03:0649E136,

1:03:0849E132,

1:03:1049 A3, 49 A5, 49E 124, 49E120,

1:03:1749A1 in the lower Lawrenville

1:03:19neighborhood, six ward, city of

1:03:21Pittsburgh. The owner of the property

1:03:23supports the nomination and there is no

1:03:25cost to the city.

1:03:28Is there a motion?

1:03:30>> Motion to approve.

1:03:31>> Second.

1:03:31>> Discussion.

1:03:34>> Seeing none. All in favor of bill 732,

1:03:37please say I.

1:03:39>> I.

1:03:40>> Affirmative recommendation

1:03:42that exhausts our standing committee's

1:03:43agenda. We do have meeting

1:03:46announcements. This afternoon at 1:30

1:03:48p.m., council will hold a cablecast

1:03:49public hearing on bill 2025-1545

1:03:54as it relates to inclusionary zoning and

1:03:56parking minimums and I'll add ADUs.

1:04:00Speaker registration will close at 11:30

1:04:02this morning. Next week, council will

1:04:05hold their regular meeting on Tuesday,

1:04:06September 29th, and their standing

1:04:08committees meeting on Wednesday,

1:04:10September 30th, both at 10:00 a.m.

1:04:12Speaker registration will close at 9:00

1:04:14a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. To

1:04:16register to speak at these meetings,

1:04:18please complete the sign up form on the

1:04:19council meeting webpage or contact the

1:04:21clerk's office at 4122552138

1:04:252138 by the applicable registration

1:04:28deadlines. Is there anything from

1:04:30members?

1:04:33Seeing none, I will take a motion to

1:04:35excuse the absent members, approve the

1:04:36minutes, and adjourn the meeting.

1:04:38>> So moved.

1:04:38>> Second.

1:04:39>> All in favor? I I [clears throat]

1:04:41>> Meeting is adjourned.

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