2026-09-30 - City Council - Standing Committees

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00:18Good morning and welcome to the standing

00:20committees meeting for Wednesday,

00:21September 30th, 2026. All council

00:24meetings will be livereamed on the

00:26city's website. And for guest speakers,

00:27please do not turn off your microphones.

00:29Our first order of business is roll

00:31call. Will the clerk please take the

00:32role?

00:33>> Mr. Charlotte, Mr. Cogill, Ms. Gross,

00:38Mr. Lavell, Mr. Mosley

00:41>> here,

00:41>> Mrs. Salinitro

00:43>> here,

00:44>> Mrs. Warwick

00:45>> here,

00:46>> Mr. Wilson,

00:55>> Mr. Wilson,

01:05>> I'm here. I'm not sure what's going on,

01:07but looks like it freezed.

01:08>> We can hear you now. Thank you.

01:10>> Mrs. Strawberger, chair

01:12>> here. Five members present.

01:14>> Thank you. Our next order of business is

01:16to amend the agenda. Can I have a motion

01:18to amend?

01:19>> So move.

01:20>> Second. All in favor?

01:22>> I.

01:22>> I. Agenda has been amended. Our next

01:24order of business is public comment. I

01:27would like to remind all speakers that

01:28the rules of council state that comments

01:30are limited to matters of concern,

01:32official action, or deliberation which

01:34are or may be before city council and

01:36profanity will not be permitted. Please

01:38state your name and neighborhood for the

01:40record. You will have three minutes to

01:41speak. Our first registered speaker is

01:44Matthew King.

02:19My name is Matthew King and I'm a

02:21resident of Dormmont Burough.

02:24the record, evidence, policy, and

02:26practice. Good morning, president and

02:28council members. I want to answer a

02:30simple question. Why is a resident of

02:32Dormmont standing here before Pittsburgh

02:34city council? I'm asking the council to

02:37build a bridge between a resident of a

02:40neighboring municipality

02:42and a city whose policies and procedures

02:45are part of what I'm asking you to

02:46examine. Pittsburgh is the city of

02:48bridges. We don't bridges don't erase

02:51the difference between two sides. They

02:53connect them. And that's what I'm asking

02:55this council to do. I'm asking this

02:58matter come before the public safety and

03:00wellness committee and that that council

03:02consider a post meeting agenda. Post

03:05agenda meeting. I'm asking for an

03:06information gathering discussion with

03:08the appropriate city officials and

03:10representatives to examine the records,

03:13the policy, and whether documented

03:15practice matches those policies. Let me

03:18explain why I'm asking. This began on

03:21October 29th, 2024. That night, I was

03:25[snorts] walking my two dogs, Bandit and

03:26Barkley. Bandit is my service animal.

03:29Before the physical encounter, I was

03:31already on a 911 call when I was

03:33encountered by an offduty Leale Burrow

03:37police officer. I have contemporaneous

03:40recording from that night. I want you to

03:42hear a brief portion of it.

03:46He said there weren't any complications

03:48or nothing though. Okay. He was just

03:50>> My apologies.

03:53>> Hold on just a moment. Come here. Here

03:55he comes. Come here. He's He's coming

03:58outside. Come here. He's coming outside.

04:01I'm not I'm not on his property, sir.

04:04I'm not I'm not on his property. He's

04:06grabbing. SIR, HE'S SIR, he's grabbing

04:09me, sir. He's grabbing me. He's grabbing

04:12and he has he served. Sir

04:16>> I have I have

04:18I have

04:19>> he has his hands on me right now.

04:24>> As a police officer I told you to be

04:26detained

04:29>> as a police officer. He detained me.

04:33That recording was being made in real

04:35time. Afterward, I continued speaking

04:37with responding Pittsburgh police

04:39officers and described what had

04:40happened, including that my phone had

04:42been taken from me and thrown while I

04:43was trying to record the officer. This

04:45is one piece of a much larger record. On

04:47June 9th, another incident occurred.

04:49Dormant officers were the first to

04:50respond. I have their BWC and incident

04:52documentation. Pittsburgh officers

04:55became involved afterwards. The October

04:5729th events resulted in a trespass

04:59citation. Later, additional charges from

05:01the June 9th incident. Those proceedings

05:04had real consequences for me. They

05:06affected my life, my reputation, my

05:09time, and required me to defend myself

05:11through the criminal justice systems.

05:13Despite requests made through my

05:16attorneys, neither I nor my council

05:19received Pittsburgh police bodywn camera

05:22footage.

05:25I'll be back next week.

05:27>> Thank you.

05:28>> I've been here every week. I'm going to

05:29be back next week. Examine the record,

05:31please. I want a post agenda meeting.

05:34It's in council's best interest.

05:39>> Thank you. Next, our next speaker is Dr.

05:41Ronald Lynn Miller.

05:48>> Dr. Ronald Miller, United States,

05:50Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Hayes

05:52neighborhood, the prospective site for

05:55district 5 quantum computation,

05:58supercomputation and superhuman

06:00intelligence information optimization

06:03center and factory. Hayes uh decimated

06:06economically needs it. Oakland Central

06:08does not. USAND

06:11Grand Forks UND neighborhood

06:14ultra diversity

06:17hassleless focus of University of North

06:20Dakota President Dr. Andrew Armicost,

06:23highly recommended. Morocco, Casablanca,

06:27uh, great Hassanu mosque neighborhood.

06:31Uh, architectural masterpiece,

06:33University of Casablanca.

06:36Hassan 2 AI center and factory, which is

06:40a dark side of the Hayes. Global

06:42Intelligence Society candidate for

06:43president of the United States. 1448 AHL

06:46ALT government advocate 247. All three

06:50of these uh allies cities and and

06:53neighbor neighborhoods are in the

06:55Pittsburgh city ally neighborhood uh

06:58network um which I founded in in 2025.

07:02Uh concerns of council include local

07:04diversity and um universities with

07:07specific reference now especially to

07:10artificial intelligence. I have these

07:12concerns that are expressed especially

07:14in my local government primacy uh

07:17initiative three uh with focus again on

07:21um diversity and university artificial

07:24intelligence work. I created and

07:26copyrighted the in 2025 a citywide

07:30university network, a countrywide

07:32university network and a worldwide

07:34university network. 40 out of 1,000

07:36counselor claimment proclamations 2010

07:39to 2026 involve universities. Uh pro

07:43concern um for university shows up in

07:47eight proclamations for Carnegie Melon

07:49University. Uh former counselor

07:52claimment district 2 Terresa Kale Smith

07:55proc 2023 2110731

07:59October uh 23 on Dr. Farnum Jahanian.

08:04Quote, "President Farnum Jahanian has

08:07spearheaded efforts to enhance a diverse

08:10climate. Dr. Diversity uh Janian at $2

08:15million a year annually salary um

08:18responsible for CMU's undergraduate uh

08:21um population. Um oversees a current

08:25anti-diversity 5% for African descent

08:28people and 30% for Asian. This is an

08:31undergraduate body distortion. Um it

08:34means that um this scientist, the

08:37military provider, Dr. F. Jahanian fails

08:40as a university diversity leader.

08:45Consider that.

08:51>> Thank you. Our next speaker

08:54is Paul Canoni.

09:04Don't see them here or online. We will

09:06move on to Kit Knight.

09:11Is Kit Knight with us? Do not see them

09:14here or online. We will move on to Chief

09:17Ikahana Helmakina.

09:22And we do not see them online or in

09:24person. So, we'll move on to David

09:26Fischer.

09:29Is David Fischer with us?

09:33Okay, not seeing them and having

09:35exhausted are uh there being no further

09:37registered speakers, we will move on to

09:39those in the audience wishing to speak.

09:44>> Good morning, Carino John Paulo, Panther

09:47Hollow. Yesterday's testimony at the

09:49regular meeting was met with silence. I

09:52will I will present it again. I would

09:55like to make four points. One, in a

09:57previous testimony now on the website

09:59pantherhollowplayground.com,

10:02I said, quote, "Shame that is mass

10:04denied or ignored, will continue to

10:07grow." End of quote. For example,

10:10change.org, the world's largest petition

10:12platform, somehow heard about the

10:15illegal Oakland do-it-yourself skate

10:16park in our small community and offered

10:19assistance to end this injustice. Mayor

10:22Corer Connor has chosen to take no

10:25action. If that continues, we will move

10:27forward to take this issue on a

10:30nationwide and global platform. Two, in

10:33another testimony, I mentioned the story

10:35of a young skateboarder, a former drug

10:37addict who understood that this issue is

10:39an injustice against our community and

10:42has decided not to return. Other

10:45skateboarders have made the same

10:46decision. In addition, others have asked

10:49the question, quote, why hasn't the

10:51mayor shut down the skate park? End of

10:54quote. Perception is one's functional

10:56reality. The mayor is perceived as

10:59protecting the wrongdoings of others

11:01with his inaction.

11:03Three, in a response I received from my

11:06right to know request, a council member

11:09who never has spoken to me about this

11:11issue said this in an email to a staff

11:13member. Quote, "When Carino tried to

11:16organize on the topic last year,

11:19threatening to sue the city, etc., It

11:22backfired because the do-it-yourself

11:24group and their supporters turned out in

11:26droves for a two-hour meeting comment

11:30period before council one meeting.

11:32Whereas Carino only had one to two

11:35supporters. To that council member, I

11:38will paraphrase Mahatma Gandhi. Quote,

11:42even if you are a minority of one or

11:45three, the truth is the truth. End of

11:49quote. We will continue to pursue the

11:52truth. For in a previous testimony, I

11:56said that to respect the dignity of

11:57another requires first a respect for

12:00one's own dignity. When council members

12:03Barbara Tro Warick and Bob Triland

12:07scroll on their phones while the public

12:09comes here to speak, they are respecting

12:12neither their own personal dignity nor

12:15the dignity of another who stands before

12:18this podium.

12:21A message to council members. Awaken

12:24your dignity

12:26and ban the use of cell phones during

12:30public comments.

12:32A message to Mayor Corey O' Conor.

12:36Awaken your dignity and shut down the

12:40illegal Oakland do-it-yourself

12:44skate park.

12:47Thank you.

12:49>> Thank you.

12:51Next speaker, please.

13:06Good morning, Mr. President and members

13:09of Pittsburgh City Council. Picking up

13:11from where I left off yesterday with

13:14regards to Project Prosper, building a

13:16perpetual economic engine for the city

13:19of Pittsburgh, a revolutionary public

13:21philanthropic entrepreneurial

13:23collaboration.

13:25So when both companies ultimately reach

13:28$1 billion valuations, the collective

13:30equity represented by their proposed 10%

13:33positions in each company will be

13:35approximately $200 million for the

13:37foundations as a group. For the city of

13:39Pittsburgh, a 10% position in each

13:41company would similarly represent

13:43approximately $200 million across both

13:46at those estimated valuations. These are

13:49realistically feasible estimated

13:50projections, not guarantees, but they

13:53demonstrate the enormous potential

13:55economic scale of what we are proposing.

13:57At this extremely low valuation, the

13:59grant-making contributors will

14:01effectively receive their initial

14:03investments back with any and all

14:05additional proceeds being constant and

14:07consistent profits forever. The city of

14:10Pittsburgh likewise receives $200

14:12million annually perpetually in economic

14:15value and eventually its equivalent and

14:18direct monetary assets for simply

14:20facilitating the connection. Everyone

14:22wins enormously. And this is at just a

14:25$1 billion valuation for each company.

14:28At a $10 billion valuation for each

14:30company, the financial benefits comp

14:32compound exponentially with the 10

14:34foundations in the city each gaining

14:36access to $2 billion in equity value.

14:40And at a and at a $100 billion

14:42valuation, each receives $20 billion in

14:45equity and potential profits every year.

14:48For the 10 foundations at this level,

14:50they will now have a return on their

14:51investment of approximately $19.8

14:54billion for just $200 million. What

14:57could this city of Pittsburgh do with

15:00$20 billion in essentially free money

15:03every year? So, what exactly is Project

15:05Prosper? The concept is to transform

15:07philanthropy into an economic engine.

15:10Instead of philanthropic dollars simply

15:12being spent and eventually needing to be

15:14raised again, Project Prosper proposes

15:16using an initial $200 million investment

15:18to create businesses capable capable of

15:21generating substantial economic value

15:23and then connecting those businesses

15:25directly to community development.

15:27Approximately $90 million will be will

15:29support the research and development of

15:31hypernova energy systems. An advanced

15:34energy technology company envisioned to

15:36develop next generation energy systems

15:38capable of serving applications ranging

15:40from electronics and electric

15:42transportation to distributed energy and

15:44aerospace technologies. For example,

15:46imagine a battery that enables a

15:49smartphone to only need to be charged

15:51once a year and it recharges as

15:54wirelessly is Wi-Fi.

15:57Another $90 million will support

15:58Luminina Bofusion Technologies, a

16:01revolutionary biomedical technology

16:03venture focused on developing advanced

16:05therapeutic technologies. Thank you.

16:10[applause]

16:11>> Thank you. Next speaker, please.

16:15Are there any further speakers?

16:26All right. I was trying to Good morning,

16:30children. I was trying to write my

16:33speech out, but I'll try to speak from

16:36my heart as much as I can. When I first

16:40came here,

16:42[snorts] scared and confused, asking for

16:45help, not demanding it, not being mean

16:49to y'all,

16:52I said I was homeless. And a lot of you

16:55acted like I announced I was contagious.

16:58You didn't care what happened. You

17:01didn't ask what led to it. You didn't

17:04care to listen what I said. I had to

17:07survive.

17:11But since most of you need things

17:13spelled out in bold, underlined,

17:15highlighted, and repeated slowly, I'm

17:18here today. Let's go back to that day

17:21cuz I will never be untraumatized from

17:24that day

17:26that I brought the woman with the same

17:28circumstances. I didn't. My mom told me

17:31it was going to happen, but I didn't

17:33believe it. I just told her she was

17:35crying. Maybe city council can help.

17:39Maybe something can happen. They never

17:41helped me, but maybe. But y'all showed

17:44y'all ass that day. That was ridiculous.

17:48Y'all ran to her like she was the queen

17:50of England. Before she got back there,

17:53she had a resource packet. Before she

17:56walked out the door, y'all asked her,

17:58"Can she not leave? There's two people

18:01coming down here to see her to ask her

18:04what happened with her circumstance.

18:07Still never happened with me. I had to

18:09piggy back off of her people. And y'all

18:13better be glad whoever I think it might

18:15have been you that sent the people cuz

18:17the guard a council member had somebody

18:20to come down and talk to you. Who is

18:21these magic fairies that I've been

18:23asking for for all this time? All I

18:25wanted was accountability. All I wanted

18:27was why can CEOs lie on me when all I

18:31did was make a phone call and ask for

18:32help from domestic violence agencies.

18:36Now I'm categorized as homeless and I'm

18:40fighting for homeless too. But now it's

18:42going to be homeless and domestic

18:44violence because y'all do all of us beg.

18:47If you can get into domestic violence

18:49then you're nice and cushy. supposed to

18:51shut up and get a little bit of help

18:52until something happens and it really

18:55there's not no help. So, I'm going to

18:56change this with all the lawsuits that I

18:59got going on downstairs. I'm going to

19:01change Pixburg as best as I can. And

19:04what's funny is after I took it out on

19:06y'all, my uh email got hacked. So, I

19:11kind of believe what she said. Y'all can

19:12go through people's stuff. My email

19:14hasn't been hacked in years on my own

19:17accord cuz I let somebody in. But all of

19:20a sudden it was hacked at 3:00 in the

19:21morning. Somebody trying to look at

19:23something. Y'all can look at whatever

19:24y'all want. All my all my stuff is

19:27is going to be good. So I don't care

19:29what y'all trying to do. It's going to

19:31get done in Pixburg this this year.

19:36>> Thank you. Next speaker, please.

19:40>> Are there any further speakers?

19:53My name is Devon F. Brown. I live at 715

19:56Merch Street. That's at the top of the

19:58hill. It's K. Leewood Tires.

20:02Now,

20:06I have a paper. We just had a meeting up

20:09in our building at Katie Bus Tires. At

20:14that time, Mr. Watson, who is the county

20:18council? Dwit Walton. Walton, I'm sorry.

20:22Dwit, he's our county councilman. Now,

20:25when when our president told me to go

20:28over to county council and asked about

20:30the bus, he responded, "Can't nobody

20:34come down and tell him what we need." He

20:36didn't cross the street. And he knows

20:40that we needed uh security. We didn't

20:44need a bus.

20:46Um, as I was going over some papers and

20:49I had put it aside when they were having

20:52us to be able to speak before

20:55Port Authority, there was a paper that

20:58they had two pages about K. Leroy.

21:04K.

21:05Wras

21:06was a black man, a legislator, but at

21:11first he was a black man with two

21:14master's degrees. He was the first black

21:18district attorney here in the city of

21:21Pittsburgh. In Harrisburg, they had

21:24buildings they've named after this man.

21:26He was also the first black speaker of

21:29the house. So, you see why I'm fighting

21:31for this for the citizens? This man

21:34fought to get that building. I lived

21:37across the street. His his main aid,

21:40Mrs. Harbin. She said how he fought. And

21:43this is another thing. We got you new

21:47politicians. New Y. But them old

21:51politicians that knew K. Lero will be

21:54fighting with me too. Yins don't. But I

21:58do want this letter, Mr. uh president

22:02from you stating when you told me to go

22:06or if you don't even have the date but

22:08tell them that you told me to come cuz

22:10when I went you got the elected

22:12officials saying I can't come down and

22:13tell them what's wrong with this is this

22:17is democracy IS THIS I GO TO MY

22:20REPRESENTATIVE AND SAY WE need help and

22:22he says no I know what you need you

22:25don't need I I told him before you

22:27remember I was up when he came up here I

22:29told him I If you own a car, we ride the

22:32bus. You own a home, we rent. You

22:35remember he said that he speaks harshly.

22:37He still does it. He still speaks

22:40out of his split tongue cuz it's it's

22:43he's talking out one side of his mouth.

22:46One way he says one way. See, cuz I

22:48thought the representative was supposed

22:50to represent the people, not how he

22:53felt.

22:55>> [applause]

22:59>> Thank you. Next speaker, please. And

23:00then we will move back to Chief Ikahana

23:03online.

23:04Good morning, Special Agent Sunshine.

23:06How y'all doing? [clears throat]

23:08Lord, thank you for another beautiful

23:10day. Thank you for another day of life.

23:14In Jesus name I pray. Amen. Today's

23:16message is titled Faithful with What

23:19He's Given. Being a good steward means

23:23taking what God has given you and

23:25investing it in his kingdom.

23:28Thank you Lord for putting me on this

23:30podium to invest in the world what you

23:34said.

23:36The wisdom for today comes from Proverbs

23:3928:10.

23:41He who leads the upright along an evil

23:44path will fall into his own trap, but

23:46the blameless will receive a good

23:48inheritance. Mosley, you're not

23:52blameless. None of you are. You will not

23:55receive another dime of my money to

23:58steal

23:59from the poor. Really, that's how y'all

24:02live. Off our plunder, off our resources

24:06and force us to be homeless on the

24:08street. I was born with the favor of God

24:10on my life. And I stand on all his

24:13promises. The main one is he promised to

24:16supply me with all of my needs through

24:18his riches and glory. in Christ, never

24:21yours. Y'all are getting ready to be out

24:23here on the street. Get ready for it in

24:25Jesus name. Proverbs 29:26, it says,

24:29"Many seek an audience with a ruler. But

24:32it is from the Lord that man gets

24:35justice." This is a heinous injustice

24:38y'all did to me. HEINOUS. YOU STILL

24:41TRYING TO TAKE ME OUT. LAVEL, y'all

24:44still putting hits out on me. ED GAYY,

24:47REALLY? ARE YOU MY POWER OF ATTORNEY GY?

24:51I have several questions for you.

24:54[gasps]

24:54When

24:57did the deficit become the the budget

25:00become deficit? Was it 10 years ago? 20

25:04years ago, 30 years ago, this case 40

25:07years old. When did the budget become

25:10deficit? Wasn't just yesterday. It

25:13surely was not.

25:15Leave the vell

25:17again. I will ask you, are you my

25:19brother?

25:22Who is Kathleen Schroeder?

25:25That's your sister? Cuz online y'all can

25:28make stuff look the way you want it to,

25:30but you will never trick the most high

25:32God. Is Kathleen Schroeder my real name?

25:36Who's my power of attorney? Is it Ed

25:38Gayy? I really want answers to these

25:41questions. And to the person who came in

25:43here yesterday and said he should come

25:45in here and address, you know, anything

25:48that we talking about, yes, he should.

25:50He should get 20 minutes, not three.

26:02Who had me chipped in Jesus name? We

26:05going to find out. Thank you, Lord, for

26:08loving me.

26:10>> Thank you. Now moving back online, we

26:13understand Chief Ekahana Helmakina has

26:15joined us

26:17and can um proceed.

26:27>> Greetings and good day. My title is

26:30Chief Iana Halo Matina and the grand

26:34confederacy of Aborigan people.

26:40Today I would like to speak on

26:44the state

26:46of affairs for Pittsburgh.

26:52The brown people in Pittsburgh have been

26:54ostracized,

26:56marginalized,

26:58and villainize

27:01in the media

27:03when it comes to the equitable

27:05distribution

27:07of resources,

27:11development, and beyond.

27:15I am calling for city council,

27:18the mayor,

27:21federal partners, governor,

27:26city council members

27:28as well

27:31to do a better job

27:33at representing

27:35the people that you have a fiduciary

27:38responsibility

27:40over.

27:42I've often listened quietly in city

27:46councils

27:49that past and present council members

27:52articulate

27:55the governance that they have over the

27:58people. It is your responsibility

28:02when people bring their issues to

28:04council

28:06for you to take action because you

28:09represent the people

28:12and you were elected to do a job for the

28:15people.

28:17This city has a problem. It's had a race

28:20problem for a long time.

28:25That statue of Christopher Columbus has

28:27been uncovered with this new

28:29administration. That says a lot. Those

28:32leaflets distributed through Edgewood

28:36and Regent Square where I do

28:38volunteerism

28:40says a lot about the state of affairs in

28:45this city. The city is ill. The European

28:50people in this city,

28:55are spreading a message of hate. Not

28:58all, but some.

29:01And I won't sit idly by

29:05that hate is spread throughout this

29:09city. We can't ignore it. It's not going

29:11away.

29:13and how it shows up

29:17is getting even more bold.

29:20Something must be done. I call you all

29:23to form a task force to ensure that the

29:27brown people in this city are safe.

29:30We will not be intimidated.

29:33We will not be driven out

29:36by overpriced apartments and houses.

29:40do something about the state.

29:47>> Thank you.

29:49Are there any further speakers?

29:52Any further speakers?

29:54Seeing none, we will move on to our

29:55standing committee's agenda. Our first

29:58committee is the finance and law

30:00committee and we have one recommitted

30:01paper. Bill 847,

30:04resolution authorizing the issuance of a

30:06warrant payable in favor of Vibrant

30:09Pittsburgh for one-year membership dues

30:11in an amount not to exceed $50,000.

30:17>> Motion to approve. Second.

30:21>> Thank you. I would like to um ask

30:24someone to make a motion to hold for 3

30:27weeks. We have briefings that we're

30:29setting up with Vibrant Pittsburgh as

30:32soon as possible and um that will allow

30:35them to further elaborate on the written

30:39materials that they provided us as to

30:41the service they provide to the city and

30:43to allow council members to ask

30:45questions and fully understand it before

30:46so we can make an informed vote.

30:48>> Uh motion to hold for three weeks.

30:50>> Second

30:52>> discussion

30:54seeing none. All in favor of a

30:56three-week hold, please say I.

30:58>> I.

30:58>> I.

30:59>> Uh, bill be held for three weeks.

31:01Deferred papers bill 39.

31:04Ordinance directing the Alageney County

31:06Board of Elections to place before the

31:08qualified voters of the city of

31:10Pittsburgh at the 2026 May primary

31:13election. A referendum question. Shall

31:16the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter Article

31:18Three Legislative Branch be amended by

31:21changing the budget approval rules to

31:24ensure timely passage at the end of

31:26legislative sessions?

31:28>> Motion to hold four weeks.

31:30>> Second

31:31>> discussion.

31:32Seeing none, all in favor of a four-week

31:34hold, please say I.

31:36>> I.

31:38>> Bill be held four weeks. New papers bill

31:40895.

31:42Resolution authorizing the issuance of a

31:45warrant in favor of Gerald S. Forsman in

31:49an amount not to exceed 6,19748

31:54over one year in full and final

31:56settlement of a claim for damage to his

31:59parked vehicle near 259 Simple Street

32:02from a city ES vehicle on December 2nd,

32:062025.

32:10>> Motion to approve. Second

32:12>> discussion.

32:14Seeing none, all in favor of bill 895,

32:17please say I. I.

32:19>> I.

32:19>> Affirmative recommendation. Bill 896.

32:23Resolution authorizing the issuance of a

32:25warrant in favor of Sage Melody Groden

32:28in an amount not to exceed $3,726.40

32:3340 cents over one year in full and final

32:36settlement of a claim for damage to her

32:39parked vehicle from failed branches from

32:42a city ro tree near 1307 Bennington

32:47Avenue on June 25th or 26th 2026.

32:52>> Motion to approve.

32:53>> Second

32:54>> discussion.

32:56Seeing none, all in favor of bill 896,

32:59please say I.

33:01>> I.

33:01>> I. Affirmative recommendation. That

33:03takes us to invoices. Is there a motion

33:05on invoices?

33:07>> So moved. I'm sorry. Motion to approve.

33:10>> Second.

33:10>> Discussion.

33:13>> Seeing none, all in favor of invoices,

33:16please say I.

33:17>> I.

33:17>> I.

33:18>> I. Invoices are approved. That takes us

33:21to pecard approvals. Is there a motion

33:23on PECards?

33:24>> Motion to approve.

33:26>> Second

33:27>> discussion.

33:30Seeing none, all in favor of pecards,

33:33please say I.

33:35>> I.

33:36>> Pecards are approved. That takes us to

33:38public works and infrastructure

33:39committee chaired by Councilwoman

33:40Salinro.

33:42Supplemental new papers bill 920

33:45resolution authorizing the mayor and the

33:47director of the office of management and

33:49budget on behalf of the city of

33:51Pittsburgh to enter into a license

33:53agreement or agreements with the buncher

33:55company for temporary placement of city

33:58vehicles onto property in the sixth ward

34:01of Pittsburgh and designated in the deed

34:03registry office of Alageney County as

34:05block and lot 25 L26

34:09at no cost to the city in order to allow

34:12necessary resurfacing work to occur at

34:14the city's environmental services center

34:17at 3301

34:19Railroad Street.

34:21>> Motion to approve.

34:22>> Second

34:22>> discussion.

34:24Seeing none, all in favor of bill 920,

34:27please say I.

34:28>> I.

34:29>> Affirmative recommendation bill 921.

34:32resolution authorizing the mayor and

34:34director of the department of public

34:35works on behalf of the city of

34:37Pittsburgh to enter into a license

34:39agreement with friends of Southside Park

34:42to plant native trees, shrubs, and

34:45herbaceous perennials in Southside Park

34:48if the community group is awarded a

34:50grant from the United

34:52States Department of Agriculture at no

34:55cost to the city.

34:56>> Motion to approve.

34:57>> Second

34:58>> discussion.

35:00Seeing none, all in favor of bill 921,

35:03please say I.

35:04>> I.

35:05>> I.

35:06>> Affirmative recommendation. New papers.

35:09Bill 893. resolution authorizing the

35:12director of the department of finance

35:14and the director of the department of

35:15mobility and infrastructure on behalf of

35:18the city of Pittsburgh to enter into

35:20certain temporary construction

35:22easements, aerial easements, and

35:24permanent right-of-way

35:26acquisitions on certain properties in

35:28the 26th ward of the city in order to

35:31advance the Swindell Bridge project.

35:34Costs for these temporary construction

35:36easements, aerial easements, and

35:38right-of-way acquisitions shall not

35:40exceed $90,000 reimburseable at 95%.

35:45>> Motion to approve.

35:46>> Second

35:47>> discussion.

35:50Seeing none, all in favor of bill 893,

35:52please say I.

35:54>> I.

35:54>> I. Affirmative recommendation bill 894.

35:58resolution authorizing the mayor, the

36:00director of the office of management and

36:02budget, and the director of the

36:04department of mobility and

36:05infrastructure to close out a department

36:08of conservation and natural resources

36:11community conservation partnerships

36:13program grant agreement which provided

36:17funding to help develop the trail

36:19maintenance master plan at no cost to

36:21the city.

36:22>> Motion to approve.

36:23>> Second

36:24>> discussion.

36:27Seeing none, all in favor of bill 894,

36:29please say I. I.

36:31>> I. Affirmative recommendation that moves

36:33us to land use and economic development

36:34committee chaired by Councilman Wilson.

36:37>> Deferred papers bill 714

36:40ordinance amending and supplementing the

36:41Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances Title 9

36:44Zoning Code, Article 5, Use Regulations.

36:47Chapter 911, Primary Uses, Section

36:50911.04, 04 use standards subsection

36:54A41B6 [clears throat]

36:57multiseuite residential general in the

37:01UCE district is hereby amended to add a

37:04new subsection A41B6C

37:09>> motion to hold for cablecast public

37:11hearing

37:12>> second

37:12>> discussion

37:14seeing none all in favor of holding bill

37:17714 for a cablecast public hearing

37:19please say I I bill beheld. That moves

37:22us to innovation performance asset

37:24management and technology committee

37:26chair by councilwoman Gross.

37:27>> New papers bill 891 resolution

37:30authorizing the mayor and the director

37:32of the department of innovation and

37:34performance on behalf of the city of

37:36Pittsburgh to enter into an agreement or

37:39agreements or amendments thereto with E+

37:42Technology Inc. for professional

37:44services for firewall upgrade at a cost

37:47not to exceed $47,800

37:51over one year.

37:52>> Motion to approve.

37:54>> Second

37:55>> discussion.

37:57Seeing none, all in favor of bill 891,

38:00please say I.

38:01>> I.

38:02>> I.

38:02>> Affirmative recommendation. That moves

38:04us to our last committee of the day,

38:06Intergovernmental and Educational

38:08Affairs Committee, chaired by Councilman

38:10Mosley. New papers. Bill 892,

38:13resolution adopting plan revision to the

38:15city of Pittsburgh's official sewage

38:17facilities plan for 929 Liberty Avenue

38:21at no cost to the city.

38:23>> Motion to approve.

38:25>> Second.

38:26>> Discussion.

38:28Seeing none, all in favor of bill 892,

38:30please say I. I.

38:32>> I.

38:33>> Affirmative recommendation.

38:37That takes us to motions and resol uh

38:40let's see that takes us to meeting

38:42announcements. This afternoon at 1:30,

38:45council will hold a pre-agenda

38:47interviews for the housing opportunity

38:49fund advisory board. Next week, council

38:52will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday,

38:54October 6th, and standing committees

38:56meeting on Wednesday, October 7th, both

38:58at 10:00 a.m. Speaker registration will

39:00close at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday

39:02mornings. To register to speak at these

39:04meetings, please complete the sign up

39:05form on the council meeting web page or

39:07contact the clerk's office at 4122552138

39:12by the applicable registration

39:13deadlines. Is there anything from

39:15members?

39:17All right, seeing none, I will take a

39:19motion to excuse the absent member,

39:21approve the minutes, and adjourn the

39:22meeting. So

39:22>> move second.

39:24>> All in favor? I

39:25>> I meeting is adjourned.

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