City Council - Regular Meeting

Good morning, and welcome to the regular meeting of city council on Tuesday, 04/28/2026. Will the clerk please take the role?

Mister Charland? Here. Mister Coghill? Here. Miss Gross? Nelson. Alright. How you doing? Mister Mosley? Missus Salanetro? Here. Missus Strasburger?

Here.

Missus Warwick, mister Wilson, mister Lavelle president? Here. Five members present.

Thank you. For those who are able, please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Remain standing for a moment of silence. Thank you very much. Our next order of business is to amend the agenda. Is there a motion to amend? So moved. Second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Next order of business is proclamations. We'll begin with councilman Cockill.

Thank you.

Thank you, mister president. Would Ronnie Dunlap and Charlotte and the immediate family come up, please? And we're gonna have the rest of you join us up here for pictures later. You too, judge Watsnik.

Come on, chief.

On, chief. Got your dress blues on. You look good, buddy. Good. Does he get to keep the uniforms? He does.

Does he? Okay. Good. Good deal. Good deal. Good

deal. Yeah. We like them. Come on. Come on, kids. Come on up here. You like it? Yeah. Right. You can get it. You can't get angry. You can't get out.

Right? Yeah.

Yeah. Right. So so

we're here today to honor Ronnie Dunlap. Ronnie and I go way back and his wife, Charlotte, who's from Beachview with me. But Ronnie has a distinguished service with the firefighters. How many years?

Thirty three.

Thirty three years. And then we're gonna hear from judge Mosik and some others after we're done reading the proclamation. But just let me tell you, it's a great honor. I really appreciate what you and the firefighters do always. Saved many of people in my family's lives, and Ronnie's a lifelong Brookliner. So both hail from the district, and it is my honor to give you this proclamation today, Ronnie. So let me put my glasses on. No. I'm good. Whereas Ronnie, r d Dunlap, first started in the Fire Academy on April 1993.

He graduated from the academy on 08/21/1993 and officially became a City of Pittsburgh fireman. Ronnie's wife, Charlotte, newborn daughter, Alyssa, and family watched as he got his badge pinned on. And whereas Ronnie was stationed at Number 13 in Hazelwood, where he stayed for ten years under the watchful eye of his mentor, Walter Halaja. Okay. During this during his time at Station 13, Ronnie became a driver.

And whereas Ronnie was promoted to lieutenant on 04/19/2004 and moved firehouses. On 06/15/2017, Ron got to welcome another family member to the city of Pittsburgh fire department, his brother-in-law, Patrick Fields, whom he got to pin his badge on. And Ronnie continued to climb the ranks and was promoted to captain in 2012 and battalion chief in 2016. His three children, Alyssa, Lisa, and Ronnie, grew up proud of their their firefighter father. Since then, Ronnie has welcomed two grandchildren, JT and Charlotte, who love to visit him at the firehouse.

And whereas during Ronnie's free time, he is not only a member of the Fire and Iron Station six motorcycle club. Fire and Iron is made up of the city Pittsburgh firefighters, volunteers from the surrounding areas, and their families. Ronnie is also their president. The club has donated over $236,000 in the past sixteen years and is still going strong each year. All money raised is split between Mercy Hospital burn unit and West Penn Hospital summer camp for burn injured children, great causes.

And whereas on 04/30/2026, Ronnie will officially retire from the fire department after thirty three years of service to the city. His wife, children, and entire extended family are so proud of him and his career with the Pittsburgh fire department. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Ronnie Dunlap for his years of service to the residents of the City Of Pittsburgh and all his efforts helping burn children in the Pittsburgh area. And be it further resolved that the Council of City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, 04/28/2026 to be Ronnie r d Dunlap in the City Of Pittsburgh.

May I have a motion to approve?

So moved.

Second. All in favor say

aye. Aye.

Chief, come on up here and say a few words, please.

Yeah. As I stated earlier, we are going to miss chief Dunlap. I want to publicly thank his family for allowing him to serve us for the last thirty three years. I was just talking to his wife, and I was telling us, I guess he was pushing the buttons that it was time for him to get out of there. And she said, oh, yeah. It's my turn now. And I have to agree with that. Chief, it's been

an honor and a pleasure.

We've had some good times. We've been in some tight spots, and I've always been able to depend on you. Your skills, your leadership is second to none. Thank you very much.

Our next speaker is no stranger to chambers here. As a matter of fact, he's kinda running a show since he's been here. I think he still belongs here, and he knows how the how the ropes. I'm proud to call him a friend. Jimmy serves as our judge now in the 19th Ward, but he served the city well for twelve, ten years? Twelve. Twelve years on city council going back sixteen years ago. So it's an he swore me in at my first election, so I'm forever grateful for that, and I really appreciate our friendship. And with that, judge Wozniak.

Yep. Wanna thank the council president for allowing us this opportunity and the city clerk. Where's she at? She's one of the best. Where is she? Behind me. She's been here forever. She's one of the best. I wanna I wanna recognize my good friend, Ronnie Dunlap. Charlotte wanted me to call him Ron, but we call him Ronnie.

There's we've been together forever since we were kids. He's dedicated thirty three years to the city of Pittsburgh to the fire department. He's he's a wonderful person. He has this motorcycle gang that they're they're they're sweethearts if when you get to know them and they raise money for burned kids. Hundreds of thousands of dollars just because they want to. They're great people. And this is our story. He stayed in the neighborhood we grew up and so did I, and Anthony's still in Beechview. It's it's a Pittsburgh story, and it's it's wonderful to see that people stay here and realize there's no better place to go. I wanna congratulate him on his on his retirement.

There's there's no truth to the rumors that he used to carry the barrels of beer in the woods behind wasn't there. I just heard the stories. But I wanna say congratulations. Join me in congratulating. And he loves he's a great speaker. He loves crowds and to talk. Ronnie Dunlap. Thank

you. That last part wasn't true. But I'd like to thank Jimmy, chief Jones, earlier the mayor, council members. This is an honor. It has been a long time. Like I said, it's been my identity for thirty three years. It's gonna be a tough transition, but I got a great support system that's gonna help me into that. And it was an honor to work for it's the best damn fire department and great leaders, and I just appreciate this today. Thank you.

Would everybody who came here to for Ronnie's proclamation please come up? We get you in a picture. Okay? I think yeah. We off come on. Matt, Brian. Alright, Ryan. Here's the deal. You're gonna hold that like that. New folders. No more falling. Did you notice that?

Thank you for coming down. Congratulations.

And councilman Charlotte.

Come on up.

Alright. So I have the, the Pittsburgh United Musicians Alliance. Okay. Also known as Puma. Here today for a will of counsel, and if I can read this here like a proclamation.

So whereas the city of Pittsburgh has taken steps to support local musicians through conducting research on the music industry, passing venue support proposals, and providing relief for artists during COVID nineteen, and whereas the current streaming sir struck streaming service structure has allowed for only the top tier percentage of streaming musicians to reap financial success, and where is the inability to pay pay musicians adequately has had an adverse impact on regional economies resulting in musicians not being able to afford to tour or resulting in musicians not being able to afford to tour, which negatively impacted the touring industry professionals and independent venues who cannot sustain premium guarantees to larger acts, recording studios, and recording industry professionals. And whereas the recorded music industry receives an estimated 84% of its revenue from digital streaming, and whereas many musicians are undervalued and receive fairly little competition, and whereas the music industry ecosystem as of right now is unsustainable as musicians are unable to make a living wage. Whereas digital streaming music industry provides to the public digital streaming music services provided to the public are afford affordable due to a tiered payment system, which largely disenfranchises mid to lower tier musicians.

And whereas in the year 2025, there's been legislation reintroduced and received in the house of representatives by representative Rashida Tlaib called the Living Wage for Musicians Act, which ensures that musicians receive 1¢ per stream instead of 0.003¢ or $1,330 third of a cent per stream. And now, therefore, it be resolved that the Pittsburgh City Council affirms its support for musicians to receive a minimum of 1¢ per stream from digital streaming services as well as advocates for similar legislation that supports fair compensation for streaming only, to applicable human creators and be it further resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh hereby calls on congress to act with urgency and pass the living wage for musicians act during the twenty twenty seven legislative house session.

May we have a motion to approve? So move.

Second.

All in favor, say aye. Aye. The will council has been approved.

Who's going to come up here and say a few words? First

of all, thank you, council person Charlyn, and your wonderful team and city council. I'm just gonna speak a little bit about why this is happening today. I'm Jen Wertz. I'm a musician, mostly known as an original and former member of Rusted Root, a multi platinum selling Pittsburgh based roots rock band. I'm also cofounder of PUMA, Pittsburgh United Musicians Alliance.

We are an advocacy group for musicians here in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Now these days, you can enjoy any song in recorded history at your fingertips for just ten to twelve dollars a month. But what most people don't realize is the musicians we all love to stream are barely paid for their exposure on these streaming platforms. Historically, the music industry was one in which financial reward was commensurate with exposure. You made a song, got it played, then you would sell your physical media as a result of that exposure.

In the early two thousands, however, the entire music industry was switched over to a digital system, leaving musicians with little to no physical product to sell. The streaming pay rate for musicians was negotiated behind closed doors between record label execs and big tech execs and without the consent of musicians, present, future, or past. They came up with an arbitrary pay rate of 0.003¢ per stream, which is $1,330 third of one set, which means presently 25,000 streams results in a whopping 47 to $60 net for the artist. As you can see, exposure no longer results in meaningful financial benefit for working musicians, but the streaming services are booming. Billion dollar industry.

The entire middle to lower class of musicians in the music industry are facing an economic and cultural crisis. Without physical product or fair streaming pay, musicians cannot generate a living wage. Regionally, less and less Pittsburgh musicians are able to break out and tour as cultural ambassadors for our region as my band Rusted Root once did, as Mac Miller once did. We're asking Pittsburgh City Council to support fair streaming pay for musicians and to support any federal legislation to this end, and we're grateful for you to listen to us today and to support this federal legislation. Thank you.

Would members like to come up and and take a picture? I also as you're doing that, wanna acknowledge, Alina in my office has been working on this. This was kind of her final project. She's been in our office for two semesters, and will be leaving us, unfortunately. We will miss you, but thank you for,

for your work here.

Thank you. And next, we have councilman Mosley.

Thank you, council president. I'd like to ask, those who came with Randy Frankel and Squirrel Hill Baseball to come up and join us. So as everybody, comes up, this is a a true joy to do this proclamation. I spent a a many early morning and a many late night with Randy, a coach of young people, and what I still believe is is the greatest game humans have ever been at, which is the game of baseball. No disrespect to basketball.

I want I I won a state championship, and basketball is a Perry Commodore for basketball, and we saw, how popular football is over over the last week, but but I still, you know, contend that, that baseball is still the greatest game humans have ever invented. And Pittsburgh has a rich history. You know, well, you know, when it comes to baseball, I could take, you know, one minute take a moment of privilege. You know, one thing I think, you know, we need to do is really teach the history about baseball here in Pittsburgh. You know, we have a true rich history.

Many people know about the the great black baseball tradition, you know, and Pittsburgh is truly, you know, the mecca of black baseball over the decades, you know, you know, starting with, giants like Cumberland Posey, who is the only man in the baseball hall of fame and the basketball hall of fame. But, know, we know about Josh Gibson and the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Graves, but what a lot of people don't know also about the rich Jewish baseball history we have, in the city of Pittsburgh. That's why for me, it was so special to be a part of Squirrel Hill Baseball. Few people know about Barney Dreyfus, who was the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who bought the Pittsburgh Pirates, I believe, in in 1899, and moved a a team from Louisville to Pittsburgh and and stole a harness wagger from Louisville and brought him back home. And, he's very, active with Road F Shalom Temple, and he invented the World Series.

It was his idea. He was a Jewish German brother who moved, to America and fell in love with the game and invented modern baseball by creating the World Series, came up with the idea, and he built the first modern stadium in the world, which was Forest Field, which Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field all stole that idea. So, you know, rich, rich baseball tradition that we have here, so it's truly an honor to honor my friend Randy Frankel today. So whereas Randy Frankel has served as the dedicated director and heart of the Square Hill Baseball Association for thirty eight remarkable years, fostering a love for the game and thousands of young athletes, and whereas his leadership has turned Stan Letterman Field into a cornerstone of the community where the sounds of the game echoed for nearly four decades under his stewardship. And whereas Randy's inclusive spirit ensured children of all walks of life, including the sons of Pittsburgh Steelers, future mayors, and local artists, found a mentor in him and a home on the diamond.

And I can attest to that because it was only a few summers ago when mayor Corey O'Connor coached my son, who was the star shortstop, and they won the championship. And I always joke that the most popular, Mosley for Corey O'Connor is my son Thaddeus because he was the star short stop on that team. And whereas his unwavering commitment to teaching sportsmanship, resilience, and the joy of the game has left an indelible mark on the Squirrel Hill neighborhood and the city of Pittsburgh. And whereas after thirty eight seasons of dedication, Randy Franco has announced his retirement, leaving behind a legacy of community service that will inspire future generations of players and coaches alike. Now therefore, be it resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend Randy Franco for his extraordinary thirty eight year career with the Squirrel Hill Baseball Association and be it further resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh is hereby declared today, Tuesday, 04/28/2026 to be Randy Frankel Day in the city of Pittsburgh.

May we

have a motion to approve?

So moved. Second.

All those in favor, say aye.

Aye. Congratulations, Randy.

Gonna make this nice and short. Councilman Mosley, city council members, thank you so much for this honor. I wanna thank my family for being here. My friends, some of them are here. Some of them are in that first row. Thank you all so much. You made it the most meaningful thirty eight years. Really appreciate it. Thank you.

I'd like to ask my colleagues to come up and take a group photo.

Now if all those here for take your father to school day would please come forward.

Is that Sean?

Oh, I'm sorry. Hi, sweetheart. Didn't see you there.

Wherever you would like. K. Why don't you come over here, miss Brown? So I will present the proclamation, then I'll turn it over to mister Lee for whatever may follow. But what I wanna first do is just say thank you.

The fact that you've continued this over, I believe, it's twenty eight years now Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Is a testament to your commitment to our children, to our schools. And I also want to thank PPS. We have a number of board directors here for their commitment to continue to embrace this this long honored tradition.

Whereas Friday, 05/15/2026 has been designated as the twenty eighth annual take a father to school day in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. Whereas this event involves every branch of school district and consistently draws the participation of thousands of fathers and male guardians annually, with attendance exceeding 7,000 participants. Whereas the goal of a take a father to school day under the guidance of founder Mark Brintley senior and the committee is to bring men into the school building to establish better communication with schools, understand that they are welcome in schools, and explore opportunities for volunteering and becoming more involved in their child's education. Whereas the two thousand twenty six celebration theme, NFL knee needs for learning, father scoring big for student success, highlights the power of education and connection and driving student achievement. We encourage fathers and male role models to step into the game, engage with and inspire students, and build meaningful connections that support learning, strengthen confidence, and lead students to a winning path of success and achievement.

Whereas this year's partners are the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Cayman Science Center, as well as a variety of other organizations that have continued to support the success of Take a Father to School Day initiative over the years. Now therefore, be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend the thousands who participate and urges the entire Pittsburgh school district community to actively actively participate in this worthwhile event. And be it further resolved that the council has hit the city of Pittsburgh does hereby declare 04/20/2025 to be take a father to school date in the city of Pittsburgh. May we have a motion to approve?

So moved.

All in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. Congratulations.

Thank you, mister president, and thank you members of council. Once again, we're here, and if you've noticed, we are simply trying to continue to just plug at it and plug at it in terms of what we have to do as men to stand up, get up, and get out for our children. And it's not always easy, but we have to be consistent. So what you see here is consistency. We have a couple of folks who wanna say a few words, but I wanna also take a second to apologize because early on, many of you know that we had a date posted months ago, and we did not reach out to everybody to let them know that we that it was been changed.

And so to those who are watching, I do apologize, and we're still here, still going strong. Secondly, the men that you see in these shirts, the gold shirt, and and committee, just throw your hands up. Just just throw your hands up. Those are are the men we meet four to six times a year. We're all volunteers, and we simply sit there with our pen and pad and scratch our heads, we say, can we do this year to make it better and to make it being cool, to be an active father, and being involved with your children.

So to the committee members who are here in the gold shirt, we say thank you. And we, of course, we're still at colors. You know, we're trying to get down like that too. And so we're excited, but the the the most important thing to remember is the success of this program is only because we have a school district who has been outstanding with stepping up and really getting involved, and we always acknowledge that. And we first wanna start this proclamation off with chief of staff, Blackwell. If you could share some words, please. Good morning. Good morning.

On behalf of Pittsburgh Public Schools, it is truly an honor to stand with you as we proclaim the twenty eighth annual Take A Father to School Day. My name is Lamar Blackwell, and I proudly serve as the chief of staff for Pittsburgh Public Schools. I would like to first acknowledge our superintendent, doctor Wayne n Walters, for his unapologetic commitment to student success and community partnership. He could not be here with us today as he is celebrating with our seniors who are preparing to graduate. I also would like to acknowledge our PPS board members in attendance, board president Jean Walker, board director Dwayne Barker, and board director Devin Talaferro.

And to the visionary behind this movement, mister Mark Brintley senior. Yes. Sir. Sir, we thank you for reminding us that when fathers show up, schools are stronger and students truly thrive. We understand that students don't care how much you know until they truly know how much you care, and this very event perpetuates the fact that there are men who care and are deeply invested in building the leaders of tomorrow.

And to the women who helped carry this work forward behind the scenes, miss Erica Gandhi and director Mercedes Williams, your leadership, coordination, and dedication ensure that this initiative continues to grow and impact lives across our district. Let's give them a round of applause. This year's theme, NFL needs for learning, father scoring big for student success is more than just simply a slogan. It's a continued call to action to the men stepping up to be present, to continue to lead, and to engage. Because when fathers and father figures are in the game, our students win academically, socially, and emotionally.

And I recognize that this work doesn't always come with a visit visual act of appreciation, but I need you to realize your impact does not go unnoticed. And those seeds of confidence, love, motivation, and unmitigated guidance that you sow into our children will show itself as our children navigate the crushing of life to become the beacon of light for tomorrow. So with that, let today's proclamation not just mark the beginning, but ignite a movement across our 54 schools. And on behalf of Pittsburgh Public Schools, I declare that take a father to school day will live on forever. We'll see you all on May 15 ready to show up and make a difference. Thank you. Thank

you, chief of staff Blackwell. We really appreciate the the words, and I'm glad you mentioned one thing. And I also wanna take a moment to say something else about the women and the mothers in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. And I say it each and every opportunity that I get, this particular day is not to out shine. It is not anti women, anti it is nothing. It is simply a call to order call to work. Get up, men. For many, many years, our mothers and our wives have been taking care of this school district. Our PTOs, PTAs, PSCCs, all are run by our mothers. Then they have to go home and do have a full time job or a part time job, then they have to be mothers, and they have to take care of the home.

And we just simply have to step up. Okay? So that's what this day is about. So we once again want to acknowledge the work that was already put in. We're just catching up. Okay? Next, I'd like to have director Barker who's gonna help identify some of the individuals that we have here. Followed by director Barker will be the litany of commitment, which is a commitment that we do every year. And for those who are in the viewing audience, we publicly have to say our commitment to children. We just was able to do it last week for the Steelers, right?

And we stood down there without lawn chairs or folding chairs, we did it and stood for them. Now it's time to stand for our children. So please get ready behind him. We will have, of course, leading it off will be the river. Mike.

Good morning, everyone. I'm a try to go as quick as possible because we understand time is money. Let me first start off by echoing what brother Mark saying is saying. Can we really just give a round of applause? A strong round of applause for these amazing women

that have been the trailblazers?

Also, I wanna really quickly thank president Lavelle as well as every single councilman and councilwoman for really opening the doors and embracing this movement. Without further ado, I'm gonna just shout out a couple people and as well as a couple organizations. So we we wanna shout our reach. We wanna shout our reading is fundamental. Father Collaborative Council, 100 black men of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Big Brothers Big Sisters, BAM, Youth Guidance, One Nation North Mentoring, the the National Center of Urban Solutions and Powerhouse, Move Vision Sports, Omega Sapphire Fraternity, Steel City Squad Center, Tim Stevens with BPEP, George Flemings with the Father's Touch, Keith Murphy, Healthville Healthy Village Project, pastor Courtney Meadows, Central Baptist Church.

Also wanna shout out again our partners, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Paris, Pittsburgh Steelers, and KMSA Center. And, of course, we wanna most definitely give a huge shout out to the Pittsburgh public and early childhood students, families, and staff, as well as chief for that amazing speech. PPS, president, director Walker, director Tyler Farrow, as well as doctor Walters, our superintendent, and all of the board directors that most definitely put the work in for the families of Pittsburgh Public Schools. And we also would like to give a shout out to former state representative Montell Covington. Thank you all.

Thank you, director Barker. And the those of you who have copies of the litany, you know how to respond, how we work. They'll say the few words. It will be your brother Tim and brother Mike will speak, and then there's a response. And then we all speak agree at the end. So if you can, gentlemen.

Good morning, everybody.

Good morning.

Wanna hear it nice and loud. Wake up. We dedicate the February involvement of fathers and father figures in the education of their children and to the collaborative support of educators of our stock stakeholders. We rejoice that fathers and father figures, students, educators, and supporters are assembled under the banner of the Pittsburgh public schools take a father to school day. And we ask for gods as we grow in our development concerning the importance and impact of fathers and father figures.

And on our knees to embrace relationships and resources for the benefit of our children, we love and challenge daily to the honor of our community and to all of those who share a responsibility in raising our youth, to the administrators, teachers, parents, and community leaders who are responsible for the equality of education for our children.

We like to overcome the low levels of performance and the need for us to visualize, actualize, internalize, conceptualize, and realize that we are a critical piece in a child's physical, social, and emotional, artistic, and cognitive development.

To the call for new and extended independent initiatives in education where fathers and father figures can be regularly seen, hear, and represented throughout the educational experience.

Thank you, gentlemen. What we'd like to do is just we're gonna get ready to close out. We're gonna do our father's cheer, but I wanna remind folks, as usual, we will have T shirts downstairs. We will also have some lunches and men are are asked to stick around and fellowship if you like. And then we have a couple of things we're just gonna raffle off.

So we're just gonna enjoy ourselves. Once again, this is a kickoff to prepare for the fifteenth. And to those of you who are not familiar with it, the fifteenth is the actual day. You can go to any one of the Pittsburgh Public Schools, and there's a set of activities designed to attract and invite men into that building, and we're asking men and fathers to participate. We wanna put out a special thank you to all of our teachers because they are super creative with some of the activities with doughnuts for dads. Perry High School is gonna have a basketball game. I think dads against fathers, Dwayne.

Fathers men against the students.

Men against students. There are special performances as some of the other schools, so there's a variety of activities. There is a directory that you can get access to on the Pittsburgh Public Schools website to find out the different activities, and we also want you to remember that in this in this great United States, the Pittsburgh, we are the lead city in activities in terms of getting men involved with the the their school system. So we won award in 2,012, and we're pretty excited about that. What I'd like to do before we do our cheer, I believe our president is here and if the honorable president of the Pittsburgh School Board, mister Gene Walker, you would give us some comments, we appreciate it.

Thank you, mister Brintley. Thank you, president. Thank you, Pittsburgh City Council. On behalf of the board of directors for Pittsburgh Public Schools, it is our honor to reaffirm our commitment to Take Your Father to School Day and hope that one day it becomes every day that fathers are engaging in a high level with their young people as they go through school, both visibly and behind the scenes like so many of us are. And so with that, we continue with our commitment to making sure that our schools are open, safe, and welcoming for all of our friends and families to come with our students. So thank you very much.

Thank you, mister president. Well, in closing, remember, it's the hardest thing sometimes for fathers to get up and get out. You gotta take off if you're working. You gotta set things aside, and you have to make sure that you go, and you also try to take another father with you. So we are determined. We just simply put our fist in the ear. Gentlemen, in your right arm, right hand, and we just do the Pittsburgh cheer. When I say Pittsburgh, you say fathers, and we do it three time each time we go louder. Pittsburgh.

Fathers. Pittsburgh. Fathers. Pittsburgh. Fathers.

Thank you, members of council. Thank you very much.

I'm good. How are you? Good.

And I believe we have one proclamation to be read into the record.

Council member Coghill presents, be it further resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, 05/02/2026 to be Richard Steigerwald Day in the city of Pittsburgh.

May I have a motion to approve?

So moved. Second.

All in favor, say aye. Aye. Proclamation has been approved. Our next order of business is public comment. I would like to remind everyone that the rules of council state that comments are limited in matters of concern, official action, or deliberation, which may be before city council. Would not be permitted. After you recall, please restate your name, provide your neighborhood for the record. You'll be given three minutes to speak. Our first registered speaker, doctor Ronald Miller. Doctor Miller?

Doctor Ronald Miller, United States, Pittsburgh, Homewood North neighborhood. Space upstairs, jazz place. Mister Mosley, you've been there? Algeria, Algiers, Kosba neighborhood, Rye, Jazz. Algiers is in the Pittsburgh City Ally Network that I have created, and the Kosovo neighborhood in the PCNN Pittsburgh City Neighborhood Network, which I also created 2025.

I'm a Global Intelligence Society candidate for president 2028 ACE and one four four eight a h, that is an Arabic Islamic reference, global information intelligence network dot net. Concern of this council is to offer fact over fiction to us through the offices of consul mayor of OSCM and through intelligence information, and it is clearly a concern of mine. Here's a claim. The NFL for Pittsburgh and The USA is a plus. F Mendoza, dad stood up when Mendoza was chosen number one.

Fact or false? It's false. His dad did not stand up, but this got a lot of play in this city and across the country. But we did have a lot of obscene beefcake images. We had man muscle analytics, but there were no measures for the skull, no measures for anterior cortical cushioning.

I find this very, very troubling, but I think we can turn, we ought to turn, from this brain body blast to African buto and Algerian jazz rye. Khaled Ibrahim is one of the most outstanding performers in Algerian jazz. Jazz is not just a black thing or apologies for people who are dark skinned of African descent. Wolfgang Mozart was known for improvisation. If improvisation is the core of jazz, which I think it is, what he would do in a lot of public performances, he would say, give me three notes.

Three notes, and he would create something right on the spot. Miles Davis was famous for a lot of things, and one of them was, what do you do? And he said, I play what isn't there. Exactly.

Thank you. Our next registered speaker is Bethany Cameron.

Good morning, council members. My name is Bethany Cameron. I live in Overbrook, and I'm here again representing informup.org, a local news nonprofit which reports weekly on public meetings, asks readers to weigh in on what matters to them, and delivers that feedback to elected officials. Our community survey ran from April 24 through twenty twenty eighth, and a 104 readers responded. Eight of nine districts were represented.

I'll cover three issues today, large event outcomes, the PIP grant, and youth athletic fields. Number one, regarding priorities for large city events. We asked when the city hosts large events like the NFL draft, which outcome matters most to you? 43% of respondents prioritized boosting Pittsburgh's national reputation. 22% prioritized minimizing disruption to residents.

15% focused on recovering the full cost of city services, and 14%, wanted to see generating immediate neighborhood revenue. Number two, regarding the University of Pittsburgh grant spending. We told readers, the city has flexibility in how it spends the University of Pittsburgh grant. Which of the following should be the top priority? 21% prioritized parks repairs, 13% selected small business support through main street programs, 10% wanted to see public safety facility upgrades, 9% selected improvements near Pitt's campus, and 40% of respondents favored spreading the funds equally across all categories.

A resident from Bloomfield said, I am wary of the acceptance of Pitt's $5,000,000 donation spread across five years. This is only $1,000,000 per year, which is certainly lower, than what they would contribute to the city in taxes. Lastly, regarding youth athletic field funding, we asked readers, do you think the city should dedicate a portion of its annual budget specifically to maintaining youth athletic fields? 76% of respondents somewhat somewhat or strongly supported dedicated funding for youth athletic fields, 10% somewhat or strongly opposed. A resident from Squirrel Hill said, as someone whose child played baseball in the city proper, it was painfully obvious how poor the options for fields were.

As always, we will send the full report to you later today. Thank you for considering this feedback.

Thank you. Our last registered speaker is Jennifer Wirtz. Is Jennifer Wertz with us? If not, that exhausts our list of registered speakers. If there's anyone in chambers wishing to speak, please come forward at this time. Provide your name and your neighborhood for the record.

Good morning. The missing child, Therese Taylor, special agent Sunshine. Lord, thank you for everybody who plays a part in this identity theft fraud slash RICO case. I forgive them all for this injustice, but whatever your wrath slash judgment is for them, bring it like a force of nature in Jesus' name. The title of my message today is the will of God.

Lord, whatever your will is for my life, your will be done. In Jesus' name, amen. First Thessalonians five sixteen and seven through 18 I'm the name music. I'm a a female vocalist, and I can't praise god in the chamber. That's gonna change, I promise you, like a force of nature, Lavelle.

The wisdom for the day comes from Proverbs eleven twenty nine. He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise, mostly. Jeremiah forty nine thirty six says, I will bring against Elam the four winds for the four quarters from the four quarters of heaven. I will stand them to the four winds, and there will not be a nation where Elam's exiles do not go. I must be a exile.

There will be no nations I will not go. Hallelujah. Ecclesiastes seven twenty seven through 28 says, look, says the teacher, this is what I discovered, adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things. While I was still searching but not found a finding, I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all. City clerk.

It's amazing how they just come out like that. Philippians two four says, each of you should look not only to your own interest, but also to the interest of others. Like, some of us would like to perform at some of these venues that you have. But because of who I am, I'm being blocked on every level, in every way, but you will never block the will of god from my life ever. He's opening doors you'll never be able to shut.

The contemporary Amos version of that scripture says, care about them as much as you care about yourselves. Really? One person gave me a gift, but it was to me, you know, I I was kinda like, really, y'all stole a millions from me, but you give me a $100. Okay? Billions you've taken from me. Thank you for the gift. In Jesus' name, I will continue to pray for your health and strength. Amen.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Good

morning, Council of Selective Action, Council of Convenience, Council of Look Away Leadership. My name is Unique Brown, and I was just in Washington DC last week, and I went to the National Museum of African American History and the US Holocaust Museum. And I didn't just walk through history. I felt it. I saw what happens when people in power stay comfortable while others suffer.

I saw what silence caused. I saw what delay destroys. And then to come back here to this city, and it feels way too familiar. I have a simple question. What did they fight for if I'm still standing here and have to fight just to be heard, just to get a question answered?

Because we're not gonna play confused in this room. I brought my issues to you over and over while they got worse. Well, I told you how they got worse. I was asking for help. And before y'all even tried to understand me, before y'all tried to help me, y'all ran to the white woman that I brought here.

Not me. Y'all asked her what she needed, how y'all can help her. Nobody asked me anything. But so no one can ever ask me why I feel white people are favorite over black people. I have the memory of what y'all did in this room. That wasn't history. That was y'all. And that's the problem. Y'all love to honor history when it's behind glass, but when it's in front of you speaking, breathing, hurting, you hesitate. You delay.

You look for someone else to validate it. That's not leadership. That's avoidance. And I'm tired tired of watching my community and me be treated like a afterthought, tired of the solutions moving slower than the problems, tired of being expected to be calm while I'm being dismissed. I'll say this clearly. I don't need you to be comfortable. I don't care if I'm comfortable. I need y'all to for some accountability. Because history doesn't just remember the people who did wrong, it remembers the people who had the power to do right but didn't.

Next speaker, please.

Good morning. My name is Jafon f Brown. I live at 715 Mercer Street. That's in Katyworth Terrace. The tall building up the top of Bedford, the real tall building is a 190 apartments in that building. Now I keep I come come before you, and, lately, my daughter has been coming. Now her she you know, she's a grown woman. She's speaking how she feels,

and I haven't

been saying anything about her situation. But today, I feel that I should. She's coming down and telling you the problems that she's having. But what bothers me is my grandchildren

have to get up at 05:30 in the morning to be able to get to school here in Pittsburgh. It's hurting because they're children. They have to stand out in the cold. The and then they come to my building, and because they come to my building because of the time, I get papers that I'm gonna be evicted. Well, that's been straightened out.

But you just need to really think about the women when they have children because the children are suffering. And I you know, I used to be a school guard, so I know what they're going through to have to

stand out there in the cold. But that's not what I was gonna talk about. I and, you

know, when I think about the children, I do cry because they shouldn't have to go through this. They could've had other places to live if they

had just helped my daughter. Okay. And

I I I don't wanna talk about that anymore, but I wanted to say this. God is good. Because the day when they had those men

from take your fathers to school,

I was able to go to them and say about these kids out there fighting people on the buses in downtown that we need you men to go on the buses and take and also be downtown. If we can start maybe a list because the mothers could do it too. I'm willing to do it. I'm willing to take this on because the children, we have to be there. I believe if the children see the men there, you wouldn't have you wouldn't have the problem.

But God is good because the men said that they will talk to the children. They're gonna be in the school. Isn't that good? God is good. Just have a nice day.

Thank you. Next speaker, please. Next speaker, please. Seeing no further speakers, we'll move on to the presentation of papers beginning with councilman Charlton, Chair of Human Resources. Good morning, mister president. Good morning.

Councilperson Charlem presents bill number four twenty seven, ordinance amending ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh code of ordinances, title one administrative, article seven, procedures by adding a new chapter, chapter one seventy three a, housing data dashboard, by amending the chapter number to conform to the numbering in article seven of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. The new chapter shall be numbered one sixty two a.

And councilman Corkhill, chair of public safety and wellness.

No new papers, mister president.

Thank you. Councilman Gross, chair of innovation performance, asset management, and technology.

Thank you, mister president.

Councilwoman Gross presents bill number four zero eight, resolution amending resolution one nineteen of 2025, which authorized the mayor and the director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a professional service agreement or agreements with RockSmart Technologies Inc, which provides trash and recycling, routing optimization for the purchase and implementation of navigation software that will provide turn by turn directions to environmental service drivers through 11/30/2027 by increasing the total amount by $113,280 for new total cost not to exceed $360,407.

And council Mosley, chair of in government educational affairs. Thank

you, mister president.

Thank you.

Thank you,

madam clerk.

Councilman Mosley presents bill number four zero nine, resolution adopting plan revision to the city of Pittsburgh's official sewage facilities plan for 217 To 239 Helcich Street at no cost to the city. Bill four ten, resolution amending resolution five seventy one of 2021 in order to authorize the mayor and the director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure on behalf of the city of Pittsburgh to amend the cooperation agreement or agreements with the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy for maintenance of plantings and other planting related infrastructure in a public rights of way throughout the city of Pittsburgh at no cost to the city. Bill four eleven, resolution amending resolution two ninety seven of 2025, providing for reimbursement agreement or agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the Smithfield Street phase one project where Pittsburgh Water would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the agreement at an amount not to exceed $120,000 and further amending resolution nine twenty four of 2024 effective 12/18/2024 entitled resolution adopting and approving the 2025 capital budget, the proposed 2025 community development program, and the twenty twenty five through twenty thirty capital improvement program by increasing Smithfield Street phase one tip by $123,000.

Bill four twelve, resolution authorizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the city's right, title, and interest, if any, and into the publicly owned properties in the 12th Ward City Of Pittsburgh designated in the deed registry office of Allegheny County is Block 125 A, Lot 112, 113114115116117118, and 133. 0 Lincoln Avenue and 0 Mayflower Street, District 9 at no cost to the city. And bill four thirteen, resolution authorizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the city's right title and interest, if any, and into the publicly owned properties in the 15th Ward City Of Pittsburgh designated in the d registry office of Allegheny County as Block 55 P, Lot 150 Chatsworth Street, District 5, Lot 160 Chatsworth Street, District 5, Lot 450 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 570 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 580 Monongahela Street, District 5.

Lot 600 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 620 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 640 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 670 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 680 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 690 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 700 Monongahela Street, District 5. Lot 710 Monongahela Street, District 5. And Block 56 B, Lot 370 Burwick Street, District 5 at no cost to the city.

And councilman Sala Netra, chair of public works and infrastructure.

Thank you, council president.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Silenatra presents bill number four fourteen, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of finance on behalf of the city of Pittsburgh to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with various parties for the purpose of accessing city property while certain railroad crossing at Lockway East and Lockway West, Council District 7, are being upgraded or removed at no cost to the city. Bill four fifteen, resolution amending resolution eight sixty six of 2025, which authorized the mayor and the director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a professional service agreement between the city of Pittsburgh and Studio Zug for costs associated with the Homewood Park construction project, for the construction administration schedule extension and transfer of fee from reimbursable expenses by increasing the total spend by $48,000 for new not to exceed amount of $2,137,082.30. Bill four sixteen, resolution amending resolution number two zero one effective 05/14/2022 entitled authorizing the mayor and the director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement or agreements for use of existing agreements between the city of city of Pittsburgh and Clavaughan Design Associates Inc for the professional landscape architectural services for Sheridan Park one design.

The total cost not to exceed $300,000 by increasing the total allocation by amount of $10,945 for a new total of $310,945. Bill four seventeen, resolution providing for an agreement or agreements with a Morante Contracting Inc for cost associated with construction phase of the Smithfield Street reconstruction project providing for the payment cost not to exceed $6,672,202.56. Bill four eighteen, resolution accepting resolution authorizing acceptance by the city of Pittsburgh for dedication of certain right of way in and around North Avenue and brought Brighton Road in conjunction with the bridge reconstruction thereto at no cost to the city located in the 22nd Ward, City Of Pittsburgh.

And councilman Schroessberger, chair of finance and law. Thank you, mister president.

Councilperson Strasburger presents bill number four twenty. Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mary Ellen DeMarco Ruby for single payment in 2026 and an amount not to exceed $5,000 in full and final settlement of litigation filed in Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County.

And councilwoman Warwick, chair of recreation, youth, and senior services. Councilwoman Wilson. Thank you, mister president. Thank you.

Councilwoman Warwick presents bill number four nineteen. Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy located at 317 East Carson Street, West Tower, Suite 230 for reimbursement for horticultural and forestry work completed in Allegheny Commons, August Wilson, Emerald View, Highland, And Riverview Parks in the amount of $250,000.

Councilman Wilson, chair of Land Use Economy Development. Thank you, mister president. Thank you.

Councilman Wilson presents bill number four twenty six, ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh code title two fiscal article nine property taxes by creating a new chapter two sixty nine real estate tax exemptions for construction or adaptive reuse of buildings on Pittsburgh's North Side.

And for myself?

Council president Lavelle presents four twenty one communication from Rhea Price, acting director of the office of management and budget, submitting to city council the attached status update from the grant's office for the week ended 04/24/2026.

I need a motion to read, receive, and file.

So moved.

Second. All those in favor,

say aye.

Aye. Bills have been read, received, and filed. Our next order of business is reports of committee for final action, beginning with council person Erica Schrosperger the committee of finance and law. Thank you, mister president.

Councilperson Strasburger presents bill number four zero two, reported a committee on finance and law for 04/20/2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill three sixty one, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Joseph Nitz and their legal counsel, Bordes and Bordes p LLC for a single payment in 2026 in an amount not to exceed $85,000 in full and final settlement of litigation in the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny County, bill three sixty two. Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Foster and Foster for payment for professional services rendered in the act one eleven interest arbitration between the city of Pittsburgh and a fraternal order of police for an amount not to exceed $17,850 over one year. Bill three sixty three, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of sergeant's court reporting service for legal transcript services for an amount not to exceed $11,078.50 over one year. Bill three sixty four, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Ronald Talarico, Esquire for arbitration services for an amount not to exceed $17,726 over one year.

And bill three seventy, resolution further amending resolution eight forty of 2019, effective 12/23/2019 entitled resolution adopting and approving the twenty twenty capital budget and the 2020 community development block grant program the twenty twenty through twenty twenty five capital improvement program by reducing facility improvements, city facilities by $50,000, and increasing lower HEF's run by $50,000.

You've heard the reading and title of the bill. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action. All in favor to pass the bill will vote aye when your name is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the correct please take the roll.

Mister Charland? Aye. Mister Coghill? Aye. Miss Gross? Aye. Mister Mosley? Aye. Missus Salanetra? Aye. Missus Strasburger? Aye. Missus Warwick? Aye. Mister Wilson? Aye. Mister Lavelle, president? Aye. Nine ayes, zero nos.

The bill will received the legal required number of votes. It is passed finally. That moves us to councilman Kim Celanestro, presenting the Committee of Public Works and Infrastructure.

Thank you, mister president.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Silane Nietro presents bill number four zero three, reported a committee on public works and infrastructure for 04/20/2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill three thirty five, ordinance amending the Pittsburgh code of ordinances, title one administrative article seven procedures. Chapter one seventy four, right of way. Accessibility needs inventory by updating the chapter number to one sixty two b, bill three fifty four. Resolution authorizing pursuant to chapter two ten acceptance of gifts to the city of the city code, the mayor, and the director of the Department of Public Works to accept a donation from Laborers District Council in the amount of $300,000 for the purchase and installation of scoreboards that fields use for youth sports in the city.

Bill three fifty five, resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget, and the director of the department of public works to enter into an agreement or agreements with pirate charities for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of $300,000 to provide upgrades to youth baseball and softball fields. Bill three fifty six. Resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget, and a director of the department of public works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships program to provide funding for the Emerald View Park tree implementation project. The grant proposal includes an ask not to exceed $250,000 with the match not to exceed $250,000 from the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget for total project cost not to exceed $500,000 for this stated purpose. Bill three fifty seven, resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget, and the director of the department of mobility and infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships program to provide funding for repaving a portion of the 3 Rivers Heritage Trail.

The grant proposal includes an ask of $250,000 with the match not to exceed $250,000 from the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget for total project cost not to exceed $500,000 for this stated purpose. Bill three fifty eight, resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget, and a director of the department of public works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships program to provide funding for the renovation of Fort Pitt Park. The grant proposal includes an ask not to exceed $500,000 with the match not to exceed $500,000 from the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget for a total project cost not to exceed $1,000,000 for this stated purpose. Bill three fifty nine, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the office of management and budget to enter into an agreement or agreements with the University of Pittsburgh for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount not to exceed $5,000,000 to be used for parks, capital improvements, URA main street programs, public safety facilities, equipment, fleet, or special initiatives. Bill three sixty, resolution providing for agreement or agreements with Johnson, Marmarin, and Thompson Inc.

For cost associated with construction inspection and contract administration for the RAISE grant project providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $1,116,034.87 reimbursable at 80%. Bill three sixty nine, resolution authorizing the mayor, director of the office of management and budget, and the director of the department of city planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships program to provide funding for the Allegheny Riverfront Trail Connectivity Planning Project. Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $50,000 with the match not to exceed $50,000 from the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget for a total project not to exceed $100,000 for this stated purpose. And bill three eighty eight, resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement or agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the preliminary design, final design, right of way, and construction phases of the Smithfield Street reconstruction project and provided for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $10,126,000, an increase of $236,000 from the previous revolution, reimbursable at 80% and the municipal share of commonwealth incur cost not to exceed $45,000, a $0 increase from the previous resolution 72 of 2026.

You've heard the reading and title of the bills. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, bill the is not ready for final action. All in favor to pass the bill will vote aye. Your name is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the roll?

Mister Charland? Aye. Mister Coghill? Aye. Miss Gross? Aye. Mister Mosley? Aye. Missus Salanetro? Aye. Missus Strasburger? Aye. Missus Warwick? Aye. Mister Wilson? Aye. Mister LaVelle, president? Aye. Nine ayes. Zero nos.

Bill haven't received the legal prior number of votes is passed finally. That moves us to councilperson Robert Charlem presenting the committee of human resources.

Councilperson Charlem presents bill number four zero four, reported to committee on human resources for 04/20/2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill three forty seven, resolution providing the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies to provide job development and employment services, wages and fringe benefits for supervisor, staff, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, vocational skills training, and on the job training, outreach, recruitment costs, and administrative expenditures necessary to implement the 2025 Pittsburgh partnership employment program and providing the periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2025 Pittsburgh partnership employment program and for the payment of the cost of the revenue to exceed $320,000. Bill three forty eight, resolution providing for the filing of applications by the Commonwealth of PA Department of Human Services for grants in connection with the Joint Jobs Initiatives program employment advancement and retention network and providing for the authorization to earn to enter into agreements with various agencies and to pay for expenditures for cost to support, implement, and administer the program, cost not to exceed $3,828,594.

You've heard the reading and title of the bill. Is there any discussion on the bill? Seeing none, the bill is not ready for final action. All in favor to pass the bill before aye, my name is is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the roll?

Mister Charland? Aye. Mister Coghill? Aye. Miss Gross? Aye. Mister Mosley? Aye. Missus Salvinetra? Aye. Missus Strasburger? Aye. Missus Wirwick? Aye. Mister Wilson? Aye. Mister Lavelle, president? Aye. Nine ayes, zero nos.

The bill haven't received the the legally required number of votes is passed. Finally, that moves us to councilman Bobby Wilson, president of the committee of land use economic development. Thank you, mister president.

Thank you.

Councilman Wilson presents bill number four zero five. Reported a committee on land use and economic development for 04/20/2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill three twenty, resolution further amending resolution eight sixty three of 2018, effective 01/01/2019 as amended entitled. Resolution adopting and approving the 2019 capital budget and the 2019 community development block grant program and the 2019 through 2024 capital improvement program by reducing facility improvements, recreation, and senior centers by $400,000 and increasing remediation of condemned buildings by $400,000.

Before the reading and title of the bills, is there any

discussion? Discussion? Yes. Yes. Councilor Council Member McGrath. Gross.

Thank you, mister president. So I mentioned this last week, and just as a reminder, so these funds of $400,000 have been allocated to projects in Bloomfield for a number of years. And, the original project was really to do a master plan that could have paid for, multiple corridors, in Bloomfield and its boundary neighborhoods. So the Penn Avenue corridor with Garfield, the Baum Center corridor with Shadyside, the the Penn And Maine corridor with Lawrenceville, well as a master plan in Bloomfield, again, which is a very large and densely populated city neighborhood, that has a a variety of pressures on it. And, when that was unable to be execute or wasn't executed by several mayoral administrations.

The neighborhood built consensus around allocating these funds to the Bloomfield, Rec and Senior Center at the Bloomfield Park, which has been closed for decades. And, again, that park is pretty tight footprint that gets a lot of use from a lot of different kinds of users, including the Bloomfield Pool, which is, I think, our second highest attending city pool even though it's not very big and, from you know, really gets users and kids from many different neighborhoods because it's such a centrally located park. And so as a reminder, there is a second budget line that is still ex in existence that is, a contract that's underway to do planning for stabilizing this structure that is the rec center at about a $180,000. It is very heartbreaking for Bloomfield to see these funds being moved to other districts and to demolitions in other districts. So, however, we do acknowledge that the source of the funds, these these federal funds, these are federal funds, the Community Development Block Grant funds that have a ticking timer on them that is coming to an end.

They have to be used immediately or we will lose these funds. But it's our goal as a neighborhood to find and restore, the $400,000 from other parts of the city budget. So I will be talking more about this with the administration and my colleagues here at council. So I cannot vote yes on this. I do wanna acknowledge that something has these funds have to move somewhere, because they can't be used, for this use immediately, and they need to be used immediately. Thank you, mister president.

Thank you. Any further discussion? Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action. All in favor to pass this up to bill will vote aye when their name is called. Those opposed will vote no. But the clerk please take the role.

Mister Charland? Mister Coghill. Aye. Miss Gross. No. Mister Mosley. Aye. Missus Salanetro. Aye. Missus Strasburger. Aye. Missus Warwick. Aye. Mister Wilson? Aye. Mister Lavelle president?

Aye.

Eight ayes, one no.

The bill having received the legally required number votes is passed finally. That moves Us councilwoman Deborah Gross presenting the committee of innovation performance, asset management, and technology.

Thank you, mister president.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Gross presents bill number four zero six, reported to committee on innovation performance, asset management, and technology for 04/20/2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill three forty nine, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Insight Software LLC for one time auditing and accounting technology services for an amount not to exceed $5,499.90 over one year.

You have heard the rating and title of the bill. Is there any discussion on the bill? Seeing none, the bill is not ready for final action. All in favor of the passage of the bill will vote aye if your name is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the roll?

Mister Charland? Aye. Mister Coghill? Aye. Miss Gross? Aye. Mister Mosley? Missus Salinatro. Aye. Missus Strasburger. Aye. Missus Warwick. Aye. Mister Wilson. Aye. Mister Lavelle, president. Aye. Nine ayes. Zero nos.

The bill haven't received the legally required number of votes is passed finally. And finally, councilman Karimozi, presenting committee of intergovernmental educational affairs. Thank you, mister president. Thank you.

Councilman Mosley presents bill number four zero seven. Reported a committee on intergovernmental and educational affairs for 04/20/2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill three fifty, resolution amending resolution six sixty two of 2024, entitled resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the office of management and budget to enter into an NFL draft funding agreement or agreements with the Greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. Doing business as visit Pittsburgh for the coordination of municipal, governmental, and other services required for the two thousand twenty six NFL draft at a cost not to exceed $1,000,000 over three years, plus the value of various in kind city services to provide authorization for an amendment granting receipt by the city for an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 from Visit Pittsburgh for reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by the city as a result of the two thousand and twenty six NFL draft. Bill three fifty one, resolution authorizing the acceptance of a deed by the city of Pittsburgh for a parcel of rural property from Pittsburgh Regional Transit for the purpose of dedicating the property as public park space to be incorporated into Brookline Memorial Park at no cost to the city.

Bill three fifty two, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement or agreements with the housing authority of the city of Pittsburgh for the city of Pittsburgh to access the housing authority of the city of Pittsburgh's land for tree planting and trail establishment cost not to exceed $1 for the duration of the project. And bill three fifty three, resolution approving execution of a contract for disposition by sale of land between the URA of Pittsburgh and Gaia Space LLC or a related entity for the sale of Block 50 F, Lots 147 And 148, 10th Ward City Of Pittsburgh, Rosetta Street, District 9 at no cost to the city.

You have heard the reading and time of the bill. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the bill is not ready for final action. All in favor to pass the bill will vote aye or a name as called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the roll?

Mister Charland? Aye. Mister Coghill? Aye. Miss Gross? Aye. Mister Mosley? Aye. Missus Salonetro? Aye. Missus Strasburger? Aye. Missus Warwick? Aye. Mister Wilson.

Aye.

Mister Lavelle, president.

Aye.

Nine ayes, zero nos.

The bill having received the legal required number of votes is passed finally. That takes us to motions and resolutions. Is there anything from members? If not, we have meeting announcements this afternoon at 01:00. Council will hold an executive session for bill four twenty as relates to litigation. And tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29 at 10AM, council will hold our standing committee meeting. Speaker registration will close at nine. To register to speak at this meeting, please hold the sign up form on the council meeting webpage or court clerk's office at (412) 255-2138. With that, all were present. Need a motion to approve the minutes and adjourn the meeting. So moved. Second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. We are adjourned.

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