2026-10-20 - City Council - Regular Meeting

00:08[music]

00:18>> Good morning and welcome to the regular

00:19meeting of City Council on Tuesday,

00:21October 20th, 2026. Will clerk please

00:24take the roll?

00:24>> Mr. Sharlene.

00:26Mr. Coghill.

00:27>> Here.

00:28>> Ms. Gross.

00:30Mr. Mosley.

00:30>> Here.

00:32>> Ms. Salenucha.

00:33>> Here.

00:34>> This is um

00:35Strasburger.

00:36>> Here.

00:37>> Ms. Warwick.

00:39Mr. Wilson.

00:40Mr. Lovell, president.

00:42>> Here.

00:42>> Five members present.

00:44>> Thank you. For those who are able,

00:45please rise for the Pledge of

00:46Allegiance. Remain standing for a moment

00:47of silence.

00:50>> I pledge allegiance to the flag

00:52of the United States of America. To the

00:55republic for which it stands,

00:57one nation under God,

00:59indivisible,

00:59>> indivisible,

01:00>> with liberty and justice for all.

01:06>> Thank you very much. Our next order of

01:08business is to amend the agenda. Is

01:09there a motion to amend?

01:10>> So moved.

01:11>> Second.

01:12>> All in favor, say aye.

01:13>> Aye.

01:13>> The agenda has been amended. Our next

01:15order of business is proclamations.

01:17We'll begin with Councilman Coghill.

01:20>> Thank you, Mr. President.

01:29>> [clears throat]

01:29>> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh can I have

01:31Alicia and her guest up front with us,

01:34please?

01:42>> [snorts]

01:46>> Yeah. Come and sit right beside me.

01:59I have Alicia here with her steering

02:01committee.

02:03And I don't do a whole lot of procs. Uh,

02:05you know, um,

02:07only when they're very special

02:08occasions. I sought after Alicia to give

02:11her this proc and her committee, her

02:13steering committee, because

02:15I was so impressed with Pride Day up on

02:18Brookline Boulevard.

02:20And you know, when I came to visit that

02:22day,

02:23I was looking, you know, for your group

02:25or a group, but much to my disbelief,

02:29honestly, um, every business seemed to

02:31participate. Everybody seemed to

02:32participate. People were spilling out on

02:34the streets, and this is her first year

02:36at at organizing this. So, I can't wait

02:39to see next year. I hope it's going to

02:40be an annual event, but, um, I was just,

02:44uh,

02:44I was overjoyed with pride and and and,

02:47you know, just it was it was amazing. It

02:49really was. So, so I sought after Alicia

02:51to give her a proclamation. Very rarely

02:53do I seek anybody to give a

02:55proclamation, but, uh, I am so honored

02:57to do this today. So,

02:59thank [snorts] you, Alicia and steering

03:01committee.

03:02And we'll introduce you all in a little

03:04bit, okay?

03:05Whereas Brookline Pride is a grassroots

03:08community-led organization and

03:10celebration bringing residents, local

03:12businesses,

03:13organizations, artists, and visitors

03:16together in celebration of LGBTQIA

03:20I people and the diversity that

03:22strengthens the Brookline community.

03:24And whereas the inaugural Brookline

03:26Pride celebration was held on September

03:2812th, 2026,

03:30bringing pride to Brookline Boulevard

03:32with local business

03:34is and community partners creating

03:35opportunities for connection,

03:37celebration, visibility, and inclusion.

03:41And whereas Pride provides an

03:42opportunity to honor the contributions

03:45and resilience of LGBTQIA

03:48people while firming the importance of

03:50communities where everyone feels safe,

03:53respected, valued, and welcome.

03:56And Brookline Pride demonstrated the

03:58power of neighbors, businesses,

04:00organizations, and community members

04:02working together to foster belonging,

04:05support local businesses and artists,

04:07and strengthen neighborhood connections.

04:10And whereas many people from the

04:11Brookline community in Pittsburgh region

04:13came to the Boulevard provided proving

04:15pride as a home in Brookline.

04:18And whereas many people from the

04:20Brookline community in Pittsburgh region

04:22I just read that. Whereas the city of

04:23Pittsburgh is privileged to have an

04:25organization like Brookline Pride that

04:27brings together neighbors to share in

04:29community.

04:31And now therefore be resolved that the

04:33council of the city of Pittsburgh does

04:34hereby commend Brookline Pride and be a

04:37further resolved that the council of the

04:38city of Pittsburgh does hereby declare

04:40Saturday, September 12th, 2026 to be

04:44Brookline Pride Day in the city of

04:46Pittsburgh.

04:47>> May we have a motion to approve?

04:48>> So moved.

04:49>> Second.

04:50>> All in favor say I.

04:51>> I.

04:51>> CONGRATULATIONS.

04:59>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THIS SO

05:01MUCH. My name is Alicia. I'm the founder

05:02of Brookline Pride along with our

05:04steering committee members here. Thank

05:06you, sir. I got you.

05:08Um I'm a resident of Brookline. Um I

05:10love Brookline. I live there. I shop

05:11there. I eat there. Um

05:14we all make a commitment to making

05:15Brookline a much more inclusive um

05:18awesome space than it already is for

05:20everybody. And uh this type of

05:21recognition just helps

05:24with the solidification of that and the

05:25legitimacy of that. So really appreciate

05:27it very much. Thank you all.

05:29Thank you.

05:30>> [applause]

05:36>> I WILL TELL YOU I HAVE DON'T GO

05:37ANYWHERE, ALICIA. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE

05:38PICTURES.

05:40I will tell you also I couldn't find you

05:41that day. You know, I was looking for

05:43you everywhere. There was There was a

05:45thousands of people there in every

05:47operation, every store, every business.

05:49So I I really wanted to recognize you in

05:51person. So thank you all for coming

05:53down. And if I could ask other members

05:54to come up and we'll get couple

05:57pictures. Thanks.

06:02>> Sure.

06:46>> And next we have Councilman Mosley.

06:55>> Thank you, Mr. President. And uh and

06:57beyond organizing

06:59um incredible events in Brookline, I do

07:02also want to congratulate Alicia for the

07:03amazing work that she does around

07:05housing, particularly uh helping house

07:07the most vulnerable among us here in

07:10city of Pittsburgh and around Allegheny

07:11County. So, also congratulations for

07:13that and all the work you do.

07:15Uh particularly the work uh that you did

07:16around uh Vincenzina De Marillac um in

07:19in the area that borders District 7 and

07:21District 9. I would like to uh invite TJ

07:24and the folks that came with you.

07:27You don't have to like you came. Come

07:29on, join us.

07:30Um

07:32really honored uh to present uh that

07:33this proclamation as you know as someone

07:36who uh has known TJ for for many years

07:39and has been on the dance floor at many

07:41parties that you've DJ'd, but also um

07:45you know, I've gotten to know you in a

07:47whole different light over the last

07:48couple years since taking this position

07:51and really, you know, appreciate you

07:53know, what you did to archive the

07:55history of a very important uh media

07:57institution in our city, WAMO FM. And um

08:01so, congratulations for for the work

08:03that you did. And if you haven't seen

08:05the Sound of the Steel City, I don't

08:07know you know where it's available. When

08:09you have a chance to make some remarks,

08:10let people know how they can see

08:13uh uh the amazing documentary that you

08:15put together.

08:16So, whereas Tashi TJ Johnson is a

08:19Pittsburgh-based DJ, entrepreneur,

08:22filmmaker, and media executive best

08:24known for his long career at WAMO radio

08:28and production of the 2026 documentary,

08:31The Sound of the Steel City. And whereas

08:33TJ has been a prominent on-air

08:36personality in Pittsburgh's black media

08:38scene for nearly three decades, starting

08:40his career at WAMO in the late 1990s as

08:43one half of the Bad Boys duo.

08:46TJ was always destined for greatness.

08:48After WEMO ceased uh activity in 2009,

08:53he continued media and entertainment,

08:55later helping bring the station back on

08:57air in 2011 via Martz Communication and

09:00Audacy Odyssey.

09:02Whereas TJ is the president CEO of TJ

09:05Vision LLC, a Pittsburgh-based

09:06multimedia production company

09:08specializing in film and television. In

09:10addition, he is also the co-founder of

09:13the Urban Riding Collective Vision. With

09:15Vision,

09:16TJ has written, produced, and directed

09:18two short web films. And whereas TJ

09:21Vision LLC, along with TA Productions,

09:24produced the highly anticipated WAMO,

09:27The Sound of the Steel City documentary

09:30in 2026. The film features on-air

09:33voices, black Pittsburgh creatives,

09:35archival material aiming to preserve the

09:37station's legacy, and highlights WAMO's

09:40role in shaping Pittsburgh's music and

09:42cultural identity.

09:43And whereas TJ is best known as a multi-

09:47faceted media figure whose work spans

09:49radio, music, film, and community

09:51storytelling. When asked what his

09:54greatest accomplishment he replied

09:56simply being a loving and caring father

09:58to his daughter Ryan. Now, therefore, be

10:00it resolved that the Council of the City

10:02of Pittsburgh does hereby commend TJ

10:04Johnson for a job well done in

10:06communication arts and entertainment,

10:09and hereby declares October 20th, 2026

10:12to be TJ Johnson Day in the city of

10:14Pittsburgh.

10:14>> May we have a motion to approve?

10:16>> So moved.

10:17>> Second.

10:17>> All in favor say I.

10:18>> I.

10:18>> I.

10:19>> Congratulations.

10:19>> Congratulations.

10:20>> [applause]

10:29>> Thank you.

10:30>> [laughter]

10:31>> Um

10:32I definitely want to thank my team, you

10:34know, who's been a part of this. Uh Wemo

10:36was the start of, you know, my time here

10:39in Pittsburgh and is a major part of who

10:41I am. So, I want to thank my entire

10:43team, uh Allegra Battle, um Alan

10:46Lincoln,

10:47>> [clears throat]

10:48>> excuse me, um Brett Allen, and just the

10:50whole team. Obviously, you know, you two

10:52ladies, thank you so much, Leslie Carson

10:54and Tia. I appreciate you so much. Um I

10:57just I'm happy to have been the one to

11:00to document the legacy of Wemo. You can

11:03find it on my website at TJ Vision, t e

11:05j a y vision.com. Um and thank you,

11:09Pittsburgh. Appreciate it.

11:11>> [applause]

11:13>> I'd like to ask my colleagues to come up

11:14and take a photo.

11:21>> Can you get in there, please?

11:22>> I will say yes.

11:24Here, I'll take your photo.

11:29>> Can I get in there, too?

11:34>> I will question if you'll let me ask our

11:35first question.

11:37>> Come up here with me.

12:37>> Thank you. Okay.

12:45And now we have two proclamations to be

12:48read into the record.

12:50>> Councilman Kahari, Mosley, and

12:52Councilman Daniel Lavelle present. Now,

12:55therefore, be it resolved that the

12:56Council of the City of Pittsburgh does

12:58hereby honor and celebrate the

12:59remarkable life and the enduring legacy

13:02of Dr. Nancy Dacherry Washington. We

13:05extend our deepest condolences to her

13:07daughters, Linda and Laura, her family,

13:10and all who loved her, and urge all

13:12citizens to remember her warmth,

13:14visionary leadership, and profound

13:16contributions to the spirit and culture

13:18of our city.

13:22And Councilman Kahari Mosley also

13:23presents, now, therefore, be it resolved

13:26that the Council of the City of

13:27Pittsburgh does hereby congratulate St.

13:29James A.M.E. Church and Reverend William

13:32C. Roberts the second on the historic

13:34milestone of their 160th anniversary.

13:39>> May we have a motion to approve?

13:40>> So moved.

13:41>> Second.

13:42>> All those in favor say aye.

13:43>> Aye.

13:43>> Proclamations have been approved. We now

13:45have a will of council sponsored by

13:46Councilman Calkins.

13:49>> Councilman Anthony Calkins presents,

13:51now, therefore, be it resolved that the

13:53Council of the City of Pittsburgh calls

13:55on the County of Allegheny to partner

13:57with Pittsburgh on the maintenance and

13:59capital costs of the municipal courts

14:01building while discussions over the

14:03disposition of the building continue.

14:06>> May we have a motion to approve?

14:08>> So moved.

14:08>> Second.

14:09>> Any discussion?

14:10All those in favor say aye.

14:12>> Aye.

14:12>> Any opposed? The will of the has been

14:14approved. That takes us to public

14:16comment. I would like to remind everyone

14:17the rules of council state that comments

14:19are limited to matters of concern or

14:20official action or deliberation which

14:22may be before city council. Profanity

14:24would not be permitted. After you are

14:25called, please restate your name,

14:27provide your neighborhood for the

14:28record, and you will have 3 minutes to

14:30speak. Our first registered speaker is

14:32Nancy Bane.

14:54>> Yes, hello. Can you hear me?

14:56>> Yes, we can.

14:58>> Okay, my name is Nancy Bane. I live in

15:00the city of Pittsburgh in the Overbrook

15:03neighborhood.

15:05Um, I do what's called TNR, trap and

15:08release. It's a city program. I've done

15:10it for about 15 years.

15:13Um, I do it on a street called Valera.

15:17I am There's a gentleman on the street

15:20that does not like to see animals there.

15:22I get them all spayed, neutered.

15:25They're shots. I take care of them.

15:27There's a gentleman that doesn't like

15:28it.

15:29Um, he has a nephew that is a sergeant

15:32with the Pittsburgh Police

15:34um, the city of Pittsburgh Police

15:36Department has been harassing me for 3

15:40years now. I have literally been hit

15:42with a car on that street.

15:45I had a video of it. I called 911.

15:48Officers Shelton Priloeux came. When

15:51they found out it was me, they said,

15:53"Yep,

15:54we're not doing anything. We're not even

15:55looking at the video."

15:57So, I filed an OMI complaint on these

15:59two officers for not doing their job.

16:03A week and a half later, I got a

16:05criminal complaint in the mail, no legal

16:07purpose to be on the street.

16:09I went down, bought the the ticket, the

16:12criminal complaint,

16:14had Leah Duncan as a judge.

16:17Um, the girl that hit me with the car

16:20was there. She stood up in the courtroom

16:23and said, "Yeah, I hit her with the car

16:25and the next time I'm going to shoot

16:26her." Officer Short high-fived her in

16:29the courtroom and Leah Duncan laughed.

16:33Now, there's another girl on the street.

16:36I'm on private property with permission

16:38from the owner to be there. The girl

16:41throws bleach on me, on my car, on the

16:44cats food that's there. I call the

16:46police. When they come, they say, "I

16:48guess she's just cleaning up the

16:50neighborhood." And I have called Lander

16:53Abraham, I've called Chief Waldo, I've

16:56called

16:57um the public safety director Sheldon

17:00Williams, I've called Corey O'Connor. I

17:02had to fill out a form asking

17:05to have a meeting with him. They said 45

17:07minutes is the allowed two weeks. That

17:09was 7 months ago. Why do I have to come

17:12to a city council meeting just to talk

17:15about what's going on in the city?

17:21>> [applause]

17:22>> I guess that's all I'm going to have to

17:23say,

17:24but

17:25the city

17:27is harassing me and nobody in this city

17:30from the mayor on down will do anything

17:33about it and I would like to know why.

17:37Thank you.

17:39>> [applause]

17:42>> Thank you.

17:43Our next speaker is Dr. Ronald Miller.

17:50>> Uh Dr. Ronald N. Miller, United States,

17:52Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Allegheny

17:54County,

17:56um Knoxville neighborhood, which is near

17:57the council

17:59of Three Rivers Native American Center,

18:02USA Jim Thorpe,

18:04Pennsylvania Carlisle County, Jim Thorpe

18:08City.

18:09This is the death lock of Jim Thorpe,

18:12the indigenous US American Wa Tho Hook.

18:17Um

18:18his greatest uh athlete and all round

18:21athlete in US American history.

18:24He is the first president actually of uh

18:27the National Football League.

18:29Uh I and Global Intelligence Society

18:31proclaim 20 October 2026 to be

18:35Jim Thorpe Day in the city of

18:37Pittsburgh. The home rule charter allows

18:39this to occur.

18:40Um I'm the Global Intelligence Society

18:43candidate for president 2028 ACE.

18:47Um and all government advocate of a

18:50member of the American Physical Society

18:52American

18:53Society for Microbiology and the

18:55American Chemical Society. A concern of

18:57Council of Sports. One out of 10 of the

19:00now 1174

19:02uh counselor claim and proc 2020 2010 to

19:072026 involve sport.

19:10A concern that I have is sport in the

19:11child via initiatives three and and

19:14four.

19:15Um and sport uh via the University of

19:18Pittsburgh faculty. I taught uh theory

19:21of of sport there.

19:22Um I invented it. Um and it is why I

19:26created and copyrighted um

19:28this year the Pittsburgh City Sport

19:31Network, the US American Country Sport

19:34Network, and the World's Sport Network.

19:37The CGSI proc

19:39um file on counselor claim and Corey

19:42Mosley now at 41 out of 1174

19:46uh

19:47there are eight that we count uh out of

19:4941

19:51um

19:51that involve um

19:53a focus on sport, but I think the focus

19:56is more on on the athletics than the

19:58academics. And I think that is a

19:59problem. Um do the high school uh

20:02wrestlers honored by Mosley proc

20:0520260602

20:09uh know that the top of Mr. Lovell's

20:11head is aging faster than the bottom of

20:14his feet? This is an application of

20:16physics theory of general relativity. It

20:20goes on through um baseballers and

20:22basketballers, but the one that I find

20:24uh extremely troubling is the one which

20:27Mosley shared with Lavelle and Gainey,

20:30Proc 20262666,

20:33but that offers to the footballers that

20:36are supposedly being offered honored no

20:40information about the current

20:42information about the development of

20:44CTE.

20:45One out of four NFL players

20:48calculated to get this.

20:53>> Thank you.

20:54>> [applause]

20:55>> Our next speaker is Elizabeth

20:57Schlaudner.

21:14>> Hello. I am Elizabeth Schlaudner

21:17and a resident of the North Side near

21:19the former Roots location.

21:21I am very disturbed by closing of the

21:24Roots office on the North Side.

21:26This was funded by money allocated by

21:28the county.

21:30The owner of the property was willing to

21:32renew the lease.

21:33And a public source reporter found no

21:36one willing to say they had a problem

21:38with the Roots office.

21:40If people are whispering about our

21:42neighbors who need services based on

21:44stereotypes,

21:46but not willing to speak publicly so we

21:49can address any real issues

21:52and dismiss any issues that are not

21:54based on fact,

21:56this is a problem.

21:59The prejudices of people who do not

22:01speak up should not block us from

22:03providing the services that our

22:06neighbors need. Mailboxes, hot coffee on

22:09a cold morning, and a place to charge a

22:11phone, and people with internet

22:13connectivity to work on getting key

22:15documents among the services difficult

22:18to provide without a permanent location.

22:20Please work on getting the the North

22:22Side

22:23Roots office reinstated.

22:26I'm also very concerned that the Housing

22:28Opportunity Fund is being reduced by $10

22:30million in the new budget. Even though

22:33it's funded by the realty transfer tax.

22:36We need to help people before they

22:38become desperate and we need to help

22:40when they need a hand establishing

22:42permanent housing.

22:44Finally, the reduction of the Stop the

22:47Violence Fund by $10 million is a

22:50mistake.

22:51Efforts like this are essential to

22:53changing how people mature into

22:55responsible citizens and addressing the

22:58issues that our society creates that

23:01reinforce violence.

23:03Please fully fund both of these

23:06important efforts and reopen the

23:09Northside Roots office.

23:12Thank you.

23:14>> [applause]

23:18>> Thank you. Our next speaker is Ava

23:21Meadows.

23:35>> All right. Good morning, council

23:37members. Good morning to those watching

23:39online.

23:41My name is

23:43Ava and I live in the Northside. Roots

23:46closed down on October 2nd. Uh-oh.

23:50Can I restart?

23:53Okay, now. Roots closed down on October

23:552nd and the mayor and offices community

23:57health and safety have yet to replace

23:59the community resource center that help

24:00people get health care, EBT, IDs, etc.

24:04with comparable resources for the people

24:05who need it. It's getting colder

24:07outside.

24:08There was an $800,000 back in fund for

24:11street level teams, but every day I'm

24:13outside where Roots was is another day I

24:15have yet to see anyone from the city

24:17actually helping.

24:19There's no lack of people who care. I

24:21volunteer at the Independent Resource

24:23Center QMY

24:25community on 525 East Ohio Street, which

24:28is next door to where Roots was. We have

24:30a food pantry, um community closet. We

24:33offer emergency short-term housing for

24:35queer people and trans youth. We serve

24:37the community. We need some of that

24:39$800,000.

24:40Uh $800,000 up in the air, invisible

24:43services, um unquantifiable impact, and

24:46hidden abuses of power. Small print,

24:49hard to read, and um hard to find,

24:52quickly glossed over as if the abuse

24:54happens every day here. Um as if you're

24:56so sensitized like someone who feels

24:59stuck in an abusive relationship. Um

25:03so to get a little more personal

25:04quickly,

25:05I just had all four of my wisdom teeth

25:07removed Friday at the same time, um free

25:10of cost at the David Warren Convention

25:11Center. I was extremely lucky. I had the

25:14president and co-founder of Mission of

25:15Mercy, Dr. Daniel Petuk, um and his

25:18assistant Mia operate on me. It was

25:20under local anesthesia. I was awake the

25:22whole time. I was aware and um

25:25it was intense. I cried the whole time.

25:27Um

25:28I didn't cry because it hurt. I cried

25:30because I was so grateful for this free

25:32and accessible service that I needed. Um

25:34and also because it was traumatic and

25:36brutal. Um the whole event was

25:38volunteer-run, um and that's what the

25:40city has to come to in order to serve

25:42our people.

25:44Um we don't get paid. We do it because

25:46people deserve care. If the city gave us

25:48more funding, we could help more. But

25:49helping doesn't make profit. Um at least

25:52it makes good karma, which is real, by

25:55the way. Um no matter what you think

25:58about homeless people, drug addicts,

25:59prostitutes, or the underbelly of the

26:01city, we all deserve care, respect, and

26:03dignity. Um I don't have insurance, but

26:06even when I had Medicaid, it never

26:08covered extractions that weren't deemed

26:10up to standard. I'm sure you all know

26:12what I mean by that. [clears throat]

26:14Um

26:15maybe I'll quickly be able to get in

26:17this poem. Um I'm not sure if you'll

26:18ever be morally reimbursed. Thousands of

26:21dollars and some change, yet the issues

26:23remain the same. This is my third week

26:25on shame, directed at the audience. It's

26:28not about fame. I love my neighbors. Can

26:31you say the same? You're complicit in

26:32murder even if the blood doesn't stain.

26:35I'm sure that millions of dollars will

26:36muffle your ears while my friends are

26:38screaming in pain.

26:40>> [clears throat]

26:42[applause]

26:44>> Our last registered speaker is Lindsey

26:46Sickler.

26:56>> Hello. Uh my name is Lindsey Sickler. My

26:58pronouns are they/them. I am a resident

27:01of Beechview. I spend a significant

27:02amount of my time in the North Side on

27:04East Ohio at community. Um I've been

27:07here for the last couple weeks and one

27:09of the things I was thinking about is

27:12one of the other speakers last week said

27:14they had had a conversation with Corey

27:16O'Connor and he said absolutely

27:19unequivocally uh Roots will not be back

27:22on East Ohio. So, I started thinking

27:23about that and then I started thinking

27:25about the conversation that I had with

27:26my landlord, if you will remember, the

27:28same person that is the landlord for

27:29Roots.

27:31And what he said to me is this.

27:33He has actually gotten calls from other

27:35investors on East Ohio yelling at him

27:38about renting to us.

27:41And us being caregivers, us us being

27:44community-centered folks because they

27:46want to make East Ohio into Restaurant

27:48Row. I don't have any problem with that.

27:50What I have a problem with is the the

27:53absolute

27:55crap of not noticing that you're

27:58impacting your neighbors. And these

28:00aren't just street homeless folks. I'd

28:02like you to remember that there are four

28:04different low-income housing areas right

28:07around East Ohio.

28:08And I can also tell you that on Monday

28:11we run through all of our food in 1

28:13hour.

28:151 hour.

28:16And I just want you to realize that it's

28:19not just street homeless people. It is

28:21people in low income. It is people that

28:23you don't otherwise see.

28:26And they are in need of these services.

28:29They're in need of them.

28:31And I again I say, I know that poverty

28:34is inconvenient. It's uncomfortable to

28:37look at,

28:38but they're not going away.

28:40We're not going away.

28:42And we need something on East Ohio. We

28:46need support. Community cannot handle

28:51the overflow that is now occurring

28:53because of this decision and because of

28:56lack of transparency and because of lack

28:58of movement

28:59for your own constituents.

29:02That's all I have for you today. Thank

29:04you.

29:05>> [applause]

29:09>> That exhausts our list of registered

29:10speakers. If there's anyone in chambers

29:12wishing to speak, please come forward at

29:13this time. Also, provide your name and

29:15neighborhood for the record.

29:24>> Uh good morning. Uh present name Jacob

29:26Pool, previous name Zoltan Zsolt Jakob.

29:29Uh I have multiple names because I was

29:32brought to the Pittsburgh area from

29:33Eastern European child slave trading

29:36camps America built next to Ukraine

29:39during the Soviet Union collapse and

29:40Yugoslav wars 30 years ago.

29:42And uh I've been all over Pittsburgh,

29:44Greenfield, University of Pittsburgh

29:46campuses for enslavement captivity,

29:48Giant Eagle, all enslavement captivity

29:51while held captive in apartment

29:53buildings designed for human trafficking

29:55cuz Pittsburgh is Pittsburgh area is

29:57number nine in human trafficking.

29:59And I'm part of that world from Eastern

30:01Europe. And I'm actually part of 100,000

30:03people

30:05that live in the Pittsburgh metro area,

30:07commute to Pittsburgh, and uh all about

30:09here like me from Eastern Europe using

30:11camps built next to war zones where

30:13American slave traders flocked there,

30:16created camps, separated kids from

30:18families. I was separated from my family

30:20and brought to the Pittsburgh area by

30:21myself as a kid after being in a camp

30:24for 5 to 6 7 years in Eastern Europe

30:27being processed for slave trading to

30:28America.

30:30And I'm part of 100,000 people in the

30:32Pittsburgh metro, all as a secret shadow

30:35society like working in basements at

30:37night University of Pittsburgh campuses,

30:39janitors, silent people. Not allowed in

30:43public.

30:44All church connected

30:47slave trading on church properties.

30:49There's 100 Eastern European churches in

30:50Pittsburgh area now connected to

30:52apartment buildings, compounds, private

30:54properties, all on private property. So

30:57if if there's 100,000 people in

30:59Pittsburgh metro working as a secret

31:01slave society like me brought in from

31:03Eastern Europe using military force next

31:05to war zone slave trading camps,

31:07eugenics child slave trading camps, why

31:10isn't there 100,000 people lined up here

31:13saying we're immigrants from Eastern

31:15Europe.

31:17And this is our story because we're not

31:18allowed in public. Every time I go on

31:20the public

31:22people track me down and harass me.

31:24We are a controlled secret society in

31:26the Pittsburgh area of 100,000 people.

31:28If you visit any of the Eastern European

31:30churches long enough

31:32you start seeing thousands of people

31:35on compounds, private properties.

31:39Nervous.

31:40Somebody new walks in the door,

31:42everybody's trembling.

31:43And this is how we live.

31:46Not able to go to police, not at not no

31:48safety, forced marriages, forced labor

31:51on private properties and compounds, sex

31:54slavery, everything. 100,000 people from

31:57Eastern Europe are alive in the

31:58Pittsburgh metro.

32:00We and our children

32:02in forced labor captivity,

32:04human violations, violations of

32:07international law. And there's nobody

32:09lined up here. I'm the only one that

32:10comes here of the 100,000 people saying

32:13our story.

32:16Why? Because we're not allowed to.

32:18People hurt us if we go in public.

32:21But there's 100,000 of me in the

32:22Pittsburgh metro.

32:24How scary is that?

32:27Thank you.

32:28>> [applause]

32:29>> Next speaker, please.

32:43>> Good morning, children.

32:46My name is Unique Brown.

32:50And today, our lesson will be on

32:55a thing called civil rights.

32:59Not the versions you keep posting and

33:02your proclamations.

33:04And not the versions in the history

33:06books, either.

33:08We're going to talk about the real

33:10thing.

33:11Because I know personally,

33:14in Pittsburgh, civil rights is just a

33:17vocabulary word

33:19instead of a real responsibility.

33:23You give proc-

33:25proclamations every week celebrating

33:28people and places

33:31that have some type of fight in the

33:33civil rights movement.

33:35But still, nothing has changed.

33:39You hold ceremonies about justice

33:42while avoiding conversations about

33:45injustice.

33:48The marching,

33:49>> [sighs]

33:51>> the changing of the laws, the speeches

33:55are not the point or the solution.

33:59Dignity, access, and equal treatment is

34:04the only thing we want.

34:06We should not have to beg the government

34:09for rights

34:10we should already possess.

34:13That is what civil rights means. Civil

34:17rights is the reason you two

34:21have your seats.

34:23Yet, we still talk about civil rights as

34:26if it's some ancient achievement locked

34:29away in a museum.

34:31As if we're not still fighting every day

34:34for it.

34:36Civil rights

34:38aren't important because racism exists.

34:43Civil rights are important because power

34:47still exists.

34:49And where power exists,

34:51accountability must exist.

34:54That's why the laws have been written in

34:57the first place.

34:59Not because the people in power were

35:02doing the right thing.

35:05You can't praise the courage of

35:07yesterday

35:08while becoming uncomfortable with the

35:10advocacy of today.

35:15The rights that are in speeches,

35:18brochures, proclamations

35:21are not just rights.

35:25Or that's basically the only place they

35:27exist.

35:29But

35:30the people before us didn't want to just

35:33be remembered.

35:35They wanted it to be continued.

35:38And if you truly respect their

35:40sacrifice,

35:44then you will stop reading about civil

35:46rights and recognize them, protect them,

35:50and start upholding them.

35:52>> Thank you.

35:55>> Next speaker, please.

36:07>> My name [snorts] is Yevonne F. Brown. I

36:09live at 715 Mercer Street. That's the

36:12high-rise at the top of Bedford with 190

36:16apartments.

36:18Um

36:20this

36:21weekend I went to

36:24Oh, first I wanted to tell citizen,

36:26remember October the 23rd

36:30up at Miller School on Bedford. We're

36:33going to be marching.

36:36They're talking about

36:38closing the schools the middle schools.

36:41Now, years ago I fought when we had the

36:45school board was getting ready to build

36:48the middle school,

36:50South Hills Middle School. And they were

36:52getting ready to to tear down houses to

36:56make a parking lot. I fought against

36:59that.

37:00The parking lot for the kids, and you're

37:02going to tear down homes?

37:04Plus also, you spent two, and I believe

37:07it's 2.5 million dollars for that

37:10school. $10,000 for top chat for tack

37:15board and chalk. When in Homewood and

37:18Bellmore,

37:20our children, babies in the

37:23um um kindergarten, had to wear coats.

37:27You understand that? They had to wear

37:29coats. So, when you started talking

37:30about this public board that we had,

37:34some of them had GEDs and was uh had

37:37millions of dollars. So, you spend it in

37:40your neighborhood and close down our

37:42schools. Cuz you may not remember it,

37:45but

37:46m- m- um

37:48there was Madison and Van was

37:52one of the top 10 student top 10 schools

37:56in the United States of America. But

37:58they disbanded and busted our children

38:02and made a school you 2.5 million

38:06dollars for a school and we in Homewood,

38:09the kids had to wear coats. The same way

38:12in the war,

38:14they the soldiers,

38:16they had a camp where the families would

38:19be.

38:19They busted the black children out in

38:22the country where they had out houses

38:25for their for their schools. But they

38:27had schools on the base for the white

38:29kids. So, they have been doing this for

38:32a long time. You have

38:34taken and telling us that we're nothing.

38:36But let me tell you something, we're

38:38still here. All of the things that have

38:40been done in slavery when they beat us

38:42and hung us and we couldn't even wasn't

38:45allowed to read

38:47because they thought we would would kill

38:49them I guess if we read. But I I want

38:51you to understand you need to think

38:53about what's happening in this world and

38:55this president we have that's getting

38:57ready to do a uh

38:59golf uh club. What I mean he's going to

39:02tear up the the White House. Already

39:04done tore up. Oh, how are you going to

39:07let him I'm How's he able to do this? I

39:09think they say he don't sleep at night.

39:11So he just just can't think.

39:13>> Thank you.

39:15Next speaker, please.

39:26>> Good morning, Special Agent Sunshine.

39:28Lord, thank you for using me as a vessel

39:31to do your will and not mine.

39:32The title [snorts] of my message is the

39:34work of the believer. God gave each of

39:37us unique gifts for a sheer purpose to

39:40serve others and glorify him. When I

39:42went to the health fair this past

39:44weekend, I was denied access to make an

39:47appointment for vision, which was on

39:49Sunday. Friday and Saturday, it was for

39:53um

39:54ear and

39:55teeth.

39:57The reason I was denied access is

39:59because they wouldn't let me in with my

40:00suitcase. Yet I can come in this

40:02building with my suitcase. Make it make

40:05sense. Thank you, Jesus, for my glasses

40:08that I have on right now that I got from

40:10that same health fair 2 to 3 years ago.

40:15So you didn't block anything if anybody

40:17orchestrated that blockage. Also, what

40:20people need to know and understand about

40:22that health fair is the form that you

40:24signed for the assistance that was

40:27so-called free. There's nothing free in

40:29this life. It's always a back door that

40:32somebody is getting paid from.

40:35Right here it says in the fine print

40:39that you have to they hereby waive the

40:42right to bring any suit or claim against

40:45them. Meaning if they

40:47pull your teeth and you have heart

40:49attack and die, your family can't sue

40:52them. Um, I hereby grant a eight card of

40:56caring corporate MLM Pittsburgh and the

40:59STM the right to use my void picture,

41:01voice and other reproductions of my

41:04physical likeness in connection with

41:06advertising and publicizing MLM

41:09Pittsburgh and STM services and their

41:12activities in all forms of media and

41:16perpetuity

41:17perpetuity.

41:20What that means is they're using your

41:21face and your voice

41:23to advertise their stuff and they're

41:25getting paid to do that. While we're

41:28left out here on the street and they

41:30have no idea. They just sign it and

41:32think because that service is free that,

41:35you know, they're

41:36benefiting when really they're losing.

41:39The wisdom for today comes from Proverbs

41:4129:26. It says, "Many seek an audience

41:44with a ruler, but it's from the Lord

41:46that man gets justice." Lavelle Mosley.

41:50You will not continue to come in this

41:52council and steal money from the city

41:55and

41:56live in a la la vita. You will not go to

41:59the beach anymore

42:01doing that.

42:03Blockages are coming for you guys. I

42:06return to sender all negative energy

42:08being sent [clears throat] towards me,

42:09Lavelle, and every voodoo hex and curse

42:11you send up here, I'm going to return it

42:13to sender with a nut tsunami force in

42:15Jesus' name. Luke [snorts] 6:31 says,

42:18"Do to others as you would have them do

42:20to you." Stop doing voodoo on people.

42:24You can't send it to everybody.

42:26If you can't handle the backfire,

42:30you will perish.

42:32>> Thank you. Next speaker, please.

42:41>> Council members, good morning. My name

42:43is J. E. Bolton. Though many of you just

42:46know me as Jason, uh

42:48I've worked with a number of you

42:49organizing on all sorts of stuff in the

42:51past, so

42:52Uh today I come to you, however, uh with

42:54a different hat. Um I'm the founder of

42:57Invariant Universal Company Limited.

43:00This is a deep tech research and

43:02development firm that has been quietly

43:03operating and has now decided to put our

43:06footprint firmly down here in Pittsburgh

43:08officially.

43:10Uh we're engaging in foundational work

43:12in the edge tech space.

43:14Work we believe matters well beyond this

43:16city.

43:18Within the next week or so, we expect to

43:20make an announcement. Uh first of its

43:22kind methodology addressing the serious

43:25problems many of you are hearing right

43:26now

43:28facing the AI industry.

43:30We believe it has real potential to put

43:32the focus technologically back on

43:34Pittsburgh and perhaps to add the city's

43:37name once again to the list of places

43:39where foundational discoveries happen.

43:43Of particular interest, both the

43:44discoveries at root of this work

43:46happened right here in Pittsburgh. In

43:48fact, one in Councilman Mosley's

43:50district, which I've mentioned I think

43:51in passing before, and one in Council um

43:55Councilwoman's uh Gross's district. Uh

43:57only in Pittsburgh, right? Um we're

44:00proud to be doing this work here. I've

44:02mentioned this was coming to a couple of

44:04council members in passing. I think it

44:05was just the timing of it. Uh

44:08while the work remains a quiet effort

44:10for now, the time is right.

44:12If any of you as leaders and members of

44:15council want to be briefed on what's

44:16coming, I'm certainly available to

44:17arrange that. Uh we believe this has

44:20significant economic potential for

44:22Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.

44:25Significant.

44:26Uh for now, you're welcome to visit us

44:28at www.invariant-universal.com.

44:32And beyond that, uh stay tuned. But as a

44:35quick closing, I want to say that over

44:36the last year, some of you know I've had

44:39some issues, a variety of issues with

44:40the city, and I was hoping for a

44:41resolution. I want to share with you

44:42that cities make a difference.

44:44Whether it's asking for community

44:46assistance or filing your registration

44:48at the city, you name it. And all of you

44:50make a difference. The mayor makes a

44:52difference. President of the council,

44:54you make a difference. The controller

44:55makes a difference. Every member of city

44:58staff and down to the labor. Cities

45:00matter. Municipalism makes a difference

45:02and it turns all sorts of things around

45:04to make things work, sometimes for the

45:06greater good.

45:07It can be the difference that makes a

45:08difference. And uh

45:11that happens here in Pittsburgh.

45:13So, if you'll excuse me, actually I

45:15actually had to make an interrupt an

45:16interruption. I have to run cuz we have

45:18some business to handle, but I I want to

45:19say much obliged and we will see you

45:21soon.

45:23>> Thank you.

45:25Next speaker, please.

45:28Next speaker, please.

45:30Seeing no further speakers, we'll move

45:32on to the presentation of papers

45:33beginning with Councilman Charleton,

45:35Sheriff of Human Resources.

45:37>> Good morning, Mr. President.

45:38>> Good morning.

45:40Thank you, Councilman.

45:53>> Councilman Charleton presents bill

45:55number 1017, resolution transferring the

45:58amount of $3,000 within the 2026

46:02operating budget from a city council

46:04salaries and wages regular to the office

46:07of the city clerk for the purpose of

46:08professional services and bill 1023,

46:12ordinance amending and supplementing the

46:14Pittsburgh code of ordinances title four

46:16public places and property article seven

46:19city realty with the new chapter chapter

46:21457 city of Pittsburgh side yard sale

46:25program.

46:27>> And Councilman Kail, chair of Public

46:29Safety and Wellness.

46:30>> Thank you, Mr. President.

46:32Uh I'm sorry.

46:33>> That's your Yeah.

46:34Thank you. Councilwoman Gross, chair of

46:36Innovation Performance, Asset Management

46:38and Technology.

46:44She has no new papers.

46:46That'll take us to Councilman Mosley,

46:48chair of Intergovernmental and

46:49Educational Affairs.

46:50>> Thank you, Mr. President.

46:51>> Thank you.

46:56>> [snorts]

46:57>> Councilman Mosley presents bill number

46:591000, resolution adopting plan revision

47:02to the city of Pittsburgh's official

47:03sewage facilities plan for 139 North

47:06Craig Street at no cost to the city.

47:10>> And Councilwoman Sala Natali, chair of

47:11public works and infrastructure.

47:13>> Thank you, Mr. President.

47:14>> Thank you.

47:14>> [snorts]

47:22>> Councilwoman Sala Natali presents bill

47:24number 1001,

47:25resolution authorizing the mayor, the

47:28director of the office of management and

47:30budget, and the director of the

47:31Department of Mobility and

47:32Infrastructure to enter into an

47:34agreement or agreements with the

47:36Pennsylvania Department of

47:37Transportation's Multimodal

47:38Transportation Fund for the purpose of

47:40receiving grant funds in any amount not

47:42to exceed $739,007

47:46for the North Shore Overhead Lane Use

47:47Control Upgrade and Expansion Project at

47:50no cost to the city. Bill 1002,

47:53resolution amending resolution 244 of

47:562026 entitled resolution authorizing the

47:59mayor, the director of the office of

48:01management and budget, and the director

48:03of the Department of Public Works to

48:05apply for grant funding from the

48:06Pennsylvania Department of Conservation

48:08and Natural Resources Community

48:09Conservation Partnerships Program to

48:12provide funding for the renovation of

48:13Fort Pitt Park. The grant proposal

48:16includes an ask of $500,000

48:18with a match not to exceed $500,000 from

48:21the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget

48:23for a total project cost not to exceed

48:25$1 million for this stated purpose. To

48:28accept the grant and authorize necessary

48:30expenditures. Bill 1003,

48:33resolution amending resolution 251 of

48:362026 entitled resolution authorizing the

48:39mayor, the director of the office of

48:41management and budget, and the director

48:43of the Department of City Planning to

48:45apply for grant funding from the

48:46Pennsylvania Department of Conservation

48:48and Natural Resources Community

48:50Conservation Partnership Program to

48:53provide funding for the Allegheny

48:54Riverfront Connectivity Planning

48:56Project. The grant proposal includes an

48:59ask of $50,000 with the match not to

49:02exceed $50,000 from the city of

49:04Pittsburgh's capital budget for a total

49:07project cost not to exceed $100,000 for

49:10this stated purpose. To accept the grant

49:12and authorize necessary expenditures.

49:15Bill 1004, resolution authorizing the

49:18directors of the departments of finance

49:20and mobility and infrastructure to take

49:22actions necessary for recordation of

49:25rights-of-way and temporary construction

49:27easements over certain city-owned

49:29parcels in order to advance a project

49:31for the rehabilitation of the Swindell

49:32Bridge in the city of Pittsburgh at no

49:34cost to the city. And Bill 1005,

49:38resolution submitting the recommendation

49:40of the Commission on Naming Public

49:41Properties to rename Wabash Park to

49:44Randy C. Martini Park and Wabash Field

49:47located in Wabash Park to Randy C.

49:50Martini Field.

49:53>> And that moves us to Councilwoman

49:55Strassburger, chair of Finance and Law.

49:58>> Thank you, Mr. President.

50:09>> Councilperson Strassburger presents Bill

50:11number 1006,

50:13resolution realigning a total of

50:15$1,953,807

50:19between various accounts within the 2026

50:22operating budget. This transfer is

50:24necessary for the 2026 close in order to

50:27meet expenditures for the remainder of

50:30the fiscal year. Bill 1007,

50:33resolution authorizing the mayor and the

50:35city solicitor to enter into a

50:36professional services agreement with Del

50:39Sole Cavanaugh & Astroid LLC for legal

50:42services in connection with a litigation

50:44matter filed at the Court of Common

50:46Pleas of Allegheny County and other

50:48legal services for a not to exceed

50:50amount of $30,000 payable over 1 year.

50:54Bill 1008, resolution authorizing the

50:57issuance of a warrant in favor of Clark

50:59Hill PLC for expert witness services for

51:03litigation filed in the common pleas

51:04court of Allegheny County for an amount

51:07not to exceed $11,099.24

51:10over 1 year. And bill 1009, resolution

51:14authorizing the mayor and the city

51:16solicitor to enter into a professional

51:19services agreement with West Group Law

51:21PLLC

51:23for legal consultation on pre-litigation

51:25and regulatory infrastructure matters

51:28and related services for not to exceed

51:30amount of $25,000

51:32payable over 1 year.

51:36>> And Councilwoman Warwick, chair of

51:38recreation, youth, and senior services.

51:40>> Thank you, Mr. President.

51:41>> Thank you.

51:51>> Councilwoman Warwick presents bill

51:53number 1010, resolution authorizing the

51:55mayor and the director of parks and

51:57recreation to enter into an agreement or

51:59agreements with various organizations as

52:02part of the food justice program grants

52:04program at a total cost not to exceed

52:06$250,000.

52:09>> And Councilman Wilson, chair of land use

52:10and economic development.

52:12>> Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.

52:25>> Councilman Wilson presents bill number

52:271011, ordinance amending the Pittsburgh

52:29bill title nine zoning code article one

52:32introduction and establishment section

52:3490203 zoning map to rezone 1070

52:38Banksville Avenue parcel 0016E00025

52:44from NDI neighborhood industrial

52:47district and P parks to entirely NDI

52:51neighborhood industrial district in the

52:53Banksville neighborhood. And bill 1012,

52:56resolution authorizing the mayor and

52:57director of the department of city

52:59planning to enter into an agreement with

53:01Mid-Atlantic Solid Waste Consultants to

53:04complete work as part of Soil Mill PGH's

53:08Our Common Ground Initiative in an

53:09amount not to exceed Wait, excuse me, in

53:11an amount not to exceed $124,000.

53:15>> Mr. President.

53:16>> Yes.

53:17>> Um, I'd like to make a motion to waive

53:19rule eight on bill 2026-1011.

53:24>> Second.

53:24>> there a second?

53:25>> Second.

53:26>> All those in favor say I.

53:28>> I.

53:28>> Any opposed?

53:30Bill Say the bill number again for me. I

53:31apologize.

53:32>> Uh,

53:332026-1011.

53:35>> 1011. Bill 1011 will be on tomorrow's

53:37standing committee agenda.

53:40Uh, with that, for myself,

53:43we could first do the uh, two

53:45appointments requiring a interview.

53:47>> Council President Lavelle presents bill

53:49number 1013, resolution informing City

53:53Council of the appointment of Maura

53:55Egler as Assistant Director of Planning

53:57and Development Review of the Department

53:59of Mobility and Infrastructure, and bill

54:011014, resolution informing City Council

54:04of the appointment of Katherine Wedek as

54:06Assistant Director of Policy and

54:08Permitting of the Department of Mobility

54:09and Infrastructure.

54:11>> Uh, need a motion to interview.

54:14>> So moved.

54:17>> Is there a second?

54:18>> Second.

54:18>> All in favor say I.

54:19>> I.

54:20>> We'll work with the clerk to get those

54:21scheduled, and we have two

54:22communications.

54:23>> Bill 1015, communication from Rhea

54:26Price, Acting Director of the Office of

54:28Management and Budget, submitting to

54:30City Council the attached status update

54:32from the Grants Office for the week

54:33ended October 16th, 2026,

54:37and bill 1016, communication from Rhea

54:40Price, Acting Director of the Office of

54:42Management and Budget, submitting an

54:44acting pay request on behalf of the

54:46Office of Management and Budget for

54:47Kathleen Codom.

54:50>> Need a motion to re-receive and file.

54:52>> So moved.

54:53>> Second.

54:54>> All in favor say I.

54:55>> I.

54:55>> Bills are re-received and filed.

54:57Our next order of business is reports of

54:59committee for final action beginning

55:00with Councilperson Erika Strassburger

55:02presenting the Committee of Finance and

55:03Law.

55:04>> Thank you, Mr. President.

55:15>> Council person Strassburger presents

55:17bill number 996, reported to committee

55:19on finance and law for October 14th,

55:212026 with an affirmative recommendation.

55:24Bill 954, resolution authorizing the

55:27issuance of a warrant in favor of

55:28Barbara Klein and her legal counsel

55:30Berger and Green PC in an amount not to

55:33exceed $25,000 in full and final

55:35settlement of litigation filed in the

55:37Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas

55:39payable over 1 year.

55:41>> You've heard the reading and title of

55:42the bill. Is there any discussion?

55:44Seeing none, the bill is now ready for

55:45final action. All in favor of passage of

55:47the bill will vote aye when your name is

55:48called. Those opposed will vote no. Will

55:50the clerk please take the roll?

55:51>> Mr. Charleton?

55:53>> Aye.

55:54>> Yes.

55:55Mr. Coghill?

55:56>> Aye.

55:58>> Ms. Gross?

55:58>> Aye.

56:00>> Mr. Mosley?

56:01>> Aye.

56:02>> Ms. Salinetro?

56:03>> Aye.

56:05>> Ms. Strassburger?

56:06>> Aye.

56:07>> Ms. Warwick?

56:08>> Aye.

56:10>> Mr. Wilson?

56:11>> Aye.

56:12>> Mr. Lavelle, President?

56:13>> Aye.

56:14>> Nine ayes.

56:15>> The bill having received the legally

56:16required number of votes is passed

56:18finally. That takes us to Councilman

56:19Anthony Coghill presenting the Committee

56:20of Public Safety and Wellness.

56:22>> Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.

56:32>> Councilman Coghill presents bill number

56:33997, reported to committee on public

56:36safety and wellness for October 14th,

56:382026 with an affirmative recommendation.

56:41Bill 945, resolution authorizing the

56:43mayor and the director of the Department

56:45of Public Safety to enter on behalf of

56:47the City of Pittsburgh into a

56:48professional services agreement or

56:50agreements with the Center for Emergency

56:52Medicine of Western Pennsylvania for the

56:54provision of medical direction services

56:56at a cost not to exceed 50,000 $50 over

56:595 years.

57:01>> You've heard the reading and title of

57:02the bill. Is there any discussion?

57:04Seeing none, the bill is now ready for

57:05final action. All in favor of passage of

57:07the bill will vote aye when their name

57:09is called. Those opposed will vote no.

57:10Would the clerk, please take the roll?

57:12>> Mr. Charlien?

57:14>> I.

57:15>> Mr. Coghill?

57:15>> I.

57:17>> Ms. Gross?

57:17>> I.

57:19>> Mr. Mosley?

57:20>> I.

57:21>> Ms. Sanitro?

57:22>> I.

57:23>> Ms. Strassburger?

57:24>> I.

57:25>> Ms. Warwick?

57:26>> I.

57:27>> Mr. Wilson?

57:28>> I.

57:29>> Mr. Lavelle, President?

57:30>> I.

57:31>> Nine eyes.

57:32>> The bill, having received the legal

57:33legally required number of votes, is

57:34passed finally. That moves us to

57:36Councilwoman Kim Shaler Matthews

57:37representing the Committee of Public

57:39Works and Infrastructure.

57:39>> Thank you, Mr. President.

57:41>> Thank you.

57:49>> Councilwoman Sanitro presents Bill

57:51number 998, reported to Committee on

57:53Public Works and Infrastructure for

57:54October 14th, 2026 with an affirmative

57:57recommendation. Bill 951, resolution

58:00amending resolution 284 of 2026, which

58:04authorized the mayor and director of the

58:05Department of Public Works to enter into

58:07a professional service agreement or

58:08agreements or amended agreements with

58:11Studio Zoo for costs associated with the

58:13Homewood Park construction project for

58:15the construction administration schedule

58:17extension by increasing the total spend

58:19by $25,678.75

58:23for new not to exceed amount of

58:25$2,162,761.05.

58:30Bill 952, resolution amending resolution

58:33152 of 2024, which provided for an

58:36agreement or agreements with S A I

58:38Consulting Engineers for costs

58:39associated with the construction

58:41management and construction inspection

58:43phases for the Charles Anderson Bridge

58:45project, providing for the payment of

58:47the costs thereof not to exceed

58:48$3,204,206.96,

58:53an increase of $350,020.85,

58:57federally reimbursable at 100%.

59:00And Bill 953, resolution providing for

59:03an amended reimbursement agreement or

59:04agreements with the Pennsylvania

59:06Department of Transportation for costs

59:08associated with the construction phase

59:09of the City Steps project and providing

59:11for the payment of the cost thereof not

59:13to exceed $8,217,000,

59:16a decrease of $1,653,000

59:20from the previously executed agreement

59:22reimbursable at 100% and a municipal

59:25share of Commonwealth incurred costs at

59:27a cost to the city of Pittsburgh not to

59:29exceed $20,000, a decrease of $26,000

59:33from the previously executed agreement.

59:35And bill number 980, resolution

59:37providing for the issuance of a warrant

59:39in favor of P P W Industrial in the

59:41amount of $8,946.90

59:45to purchase equipment for use in

59:46remediation of graffiti across the city.

59:50>> You've heard the reading of the entire

59:51of the bill. Is there any discussion?

59:53Seeing none, the bill is now ready for

59:54final action. All in the favor of the

59:56passage of the bill will vote I when

59:57your name is called. Those opposed will

59:59vote no. Would the clerk please take the

1:00:00roll?

1:00:01>> Mr. Strachan

1:00:02>> I.

1:00:04>> Mr. Coghill

1:00:04>> I.

1:00:06>> Ms. Kraus

1:00:06>> I.

1:00:08>> Mr. Mosley

1:00:08>> I.

1:00:10>> Ms. Cona Etcho

1:00:10>> I.

1:00:12>> Ms. Stadtlander Berger

1:00:13>> I.

1:00:14>> Ms. Warwick

1:00:15>> I.

1:00:16>> Mr. Wilson

1:00:17>> I.

1:00:18>> Mr. Lavelle, President

1:00:19>> I.

1:00:19>> Nine eyes.

1:00:20>> The bill having received the legal

1:00:22number of votes is passed finally and

1:00:23finally Councilman Kail Mosley

1:00:25presenting the Committee on

1:00:26Intergovernmental and Educational

1:00:28Affairs.

1:00:28>> Thank you, Mr. President.

1:00:29>> Thank you.

1:00:36>> Councilman Mosley presents bill number

1:00:37999 reported to Committee on

1:00:40Intergovernmental and Educational

1:00:41Affairs for October 14th, 2026 with an

1:00:44affirmative recommendation. Bill 946,

1:00:47resolution authorizing the mayor,

1:00:49director of the Office of Management and

1:00:51Budget and the Director of the

1:00:52Department of Public Safety to enter

1:00:54into an agreement or agreements with the

1:00:56Department of Homeland Security for the

1:00:57purpose of receiving grant funds from

1:01:00the Assistance to Firefighters Grant in

1:01:02the amount not to exceed $715,909.09

1:01:07for fire apparatus, vehicle training,

1:01:09and backfill salaries. The grant

1:01:11requires a match from the city of

1:01:12Pittsburgh and mount not to exceed

1:01:14$71,590.91

1:01:18for this stated purpose for a total

1:01:19project cost not to exceed $787,500.

1:01:24Bill 947, resolution authorizing the

1:01:27mayor, the director of the office of

1:01:29management and budget, and the director

1:01:30of the Department of Public Safety to

1:01:32enter into an agreement or agreements

1:01:34with the Department of Homeland Security

1:01:35for the purpose of receiving grant funds

1:01:38for the purp-

1:01:40funds from the Assistance to

1:01:41Firefighters Grant in the amount not to

1:01:43exceed $153,590.90

1:01:47to purchase immediate dangers to life or

1:01:49health monitors. The grant requires a

1:01:51match from the city of Pittsburgh in the

1:01:53amount not to exceed $15,359.10

1:01:57for this stated purpose for a total

1:01:59project cost not to exceed $168,950.

1:02:03Bill 948, resolution adopting plan

1:02:06revision to the city of Pittsburgh's

1:02:07official sewage facilities plan for

1:02:09property on the 3100 block of Smallman

1:02:11Street at no cost to the city.

1:02:13And Bill 949, resolution adopting plan

1:02:16revision to the city of Pittsburgh's

1:02:17official sewage facilities plan for 733

1:02:20North Highland Avenue at no cost to the

1:02:22city.

1:02:24>> You've heard the reading in title of the

1:02:25bill. Is there any discussion?

1:02:27Seeing none, the bill is now ready for

1:02:28final action. All in favor of the

1:02:29passage of the bill will vote aye during

1:02:31the roll call. Those opposed will vote

1:02:32no. Will the clerk please take the roll?

1:02:34>> Mr. Charleton?

1:02:36>> Aye.

1:02:38>> Mr. Coghill?

1:02:38>> Aye.

1:02:39>> Ms. Gross?

1:02:41>> Aye.

1:02:43>> Mr. Mosley?

1:02:44>> Aye.

1:02:45>> Ms. Allenetcho?

1:02:46>> Aye.

1:02:47>> Ms. Strassburger?

1:02:48>> Aye.

1:02:50>> Ms. Warwick?

1:02:51>> Aye.

1:02:52>> Mr. Wilson?

1:02:53>> Aye.

1:02:54>> Mr. Lavelle President?

1:02:55>> Aye.

1:02:55>> Nine ayes.

1:02:57>> The bill having received the legally

1:02:58required number of votes is passed

1:02:59finally. That takes us to motions and

1:03:01resolutions. Are there any things from

1:03:03members?

1:03:04I saw three hands go up. Start with

1:03:06Councilman Coghill.

1:03:07>> Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President.

1:03:10I just wanted to comment on the

1:03:11Municipal Courts building bill, Council.

1:03:14I want to thank members for

1:03:15signing on to that.

1:03:18Originally put forward a couple years

1:03:19ago. We've had no movement. I reached

1:03:22out to the county.

1:03:24Um, you know, I don't think there's much

1:03:26interest of having any movement in that.

1:03:28Uh, I have a typed out written expense

1:03:32future expense report, whether it's the

1:03:34HVAC, the roof,

1:03:36electric. I mean, we can go on and on.

1:03:38This building is getting to the point

1:03:40where it's

1:03:4130 31 years old, I believe. All these

1:03:44things are going to come to fruition.

1:03:45Um, you know, all these expenses are are

1:03:48going to come up down the road, and

1:03:49they're going to be millions of dollars.

1:03:51So, besides spending

1:03:53hundreds of thousands of dollars a year

1:03:54in maintenance,

1:03:56uh, you know, we have some major

1:03:58expenses that are going to come about, I

1:03:59think, in the near future.

1:04:02And the place is deplorable. I've been

1:04:03through it. Um, you know, it's uh, it's

1:04:06really a disgrace, and no judges should

1:04:08be working out of there, and no inmates

1:04:10should have to go through uh, the

1:04:12conditions there. So, so it's going to

1:04:14require large expense. There's not too

1:04:17much that we as council can do about it,

1:04:20um, but I am calling on the county to

1:04:22uh, at least get a understanding as to

1:04:24who's going to take care of these

1:04:25expenses in the in the future,

1:04:28besides us being kind of roped into the

1:04:31maintenance of it every year. We have a

1:04:32small footprint of employees there

1:04:35that we can easily relocate. We've got

1:04:37ample space in other areas that we can

1:04:40move our employees out of there, but the

1:04:42majority of employees are are county.

1:04:44So, uh,

1:04:45so I just want to bring it to the

1:04:46attention again. Um, you know, I would

1:04:50like for the county to accept ownership

1:04:52of it. I think that's the rightful thing

1:04:53to do.

1:04:54Um, I don't think there's uh, much will

1:04:57for the city to sell the place. It

1:04:59doesn't really make sense as to who

1:05:01would buy it. Maybe some big corporation

1:05:03might buy it, and then lease it to the

1:05:05county, but but I think we need to um,

1:05:08you know, I I think we need to recognize

1:05:10this. I think we need to move on it.

1:05:13And I'm just throwing this out there

1:05:15again. Two years ago I put the Will

1:05:16County out there. I'm putting it out

1:05:19there again just to show recognition

1:05:21that we recognize the expenses that are

1:05:23coming down the road and that we,

1:05:25meaning the city of Pittsburgh, should

1:05:27be responsible for any major major

1:05:31expenses that that come

1:05:33that are shortly to come. So,

1:05:36um that's it. Again, thank you. I

1:05:38appreciate other members signing on and

1:05:40I hope we can resolve this in within the

1:05:43next year, I hope at the very least. So,

1:05:46thanks.

1:05:46>> Thank you, Councilman Mosley.

1:05:48>> Uh yeah, I just wanted to take a moment

1:05:50to reflect on the life of uh Dr. Na-

1:05:52Nancy Washington. Thank

1:05:54Council President Lavelle for

1:05:55co-sponsoring a proclamation in her

1:05:58honor that was delivered to the family

1:06:00at her homegoing ceremony yesterday at

1:06:02Calvary Church, which was a very

1:06:04beautiful uh outpouring of hundreds of

1:06:06Pittsburghers from every walk of life.

1:06:08She touched folks from social services

1:06:11to housing to the arts and and

1:06:13everything in between. So, again, I want

1:06:16to thank her her daughter, Linda and

1:06:18Laura, for their warmth

1:06:20and hospitality, the you know, welcoming

1:06:24uh me and allowing me to present the

1:06:25proclamation to the family um you know,

1:06:27at such a difficult time. Um she was

1:06:29also a dear friend to my father and uh

1:06:33and and at and at and at the funeral,

1:06:34they uh

1:06:36they they had uh one of the more

1:06:37memorable pictures that they took uh

1:06:39several years ago and um she was one of

1:06:42his early supporters uh as he began his

1:06:44art career. So, um it's very, you know,

1:06:46personal thing for me, but also someone

1:06:49who has touched, you know, thousands and

1:06:51thousands of people here in Pittsburgh.

1:06:52So, I just wanted to take a moment um to

1:06:55to reflect on the life of, you know, one

1:06:57of the true giants uh of Pittsburgh, Dr.

1:06:59Nancy Washington.

1:07:01>> Thank you, Councilman Mitchell.

1:07:03>> I'd like to call for a cable cast public

1:07:06hearing for bill 2026-1011.

1:07:11And I also want to call for a

1:07:13cable cast public hearing on bill

1:07:162026-1005.

1:07:20>> Is there a second?

1:07:21>> Second.

1:07:23>> All those in say I.

1:07:24>> I.

1:07:25>> Any opposed? We'll work with the clerk

1:07:26in your office to get those scheduled.

1:07:29Anything else from members?

1:07:31If not, we have meeting announcements

1:07:32this afternoon with sessions at 12:00

1:07:34and 12:30. Council will hold a briefing

1:07:37on the creation of the Bridge Authority.

1:07:39Also this afternoon at 1:00 Council will

1:07:41hold an executive session on bills 107,

1:07:44108, and 109 as relates to litigation.

1:07:47Personnel will also be discussed at the

1:07:49executive session. Tomorrow, Wednesday,

1:07:51October 21st at 9:30 Council will hold a

1:07:53pre-agenda interview for the Housing

1:07:56Opportunity Fund followed by the

1:07:57standing committee meeting at 10:00 a.m.

1:07:58Speaker registration will close at 9:00.

1:08:00To register to speak at these meetings,

1:08:02please fill out the sign-up form on the

1:08:03Council meeting webpage or call the

1:08:04clerk's office at 412-255-2138.

1:08:08With that, need a motion to approve the

1:08:10minutes of the general meeting.

1:08:12>> So moved.

1:08:12>> Second.

1:08:13>> All in favor say I.

1:08:14>> I.

1:08:14>> We are adjourned.

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