City Council - Regular Meeting

Good morning and welcome to the regular meeting of City Council on Tuesday July 21st, 2026. Will the clerk please take the roll.

Mr. Sharland. Mr. Coghill. Ms. Gross. Mr. Mosley. Here. Mrs. Salinetro. Here. Mrs. Strasburger. Here. Mrs. Warwick. Here. Mr. Wilson. Mr. Lavelle, President.

Here.

Five members present.

Thank you. For those who are able, please rise for the pleasure of allegiance. Remain standing for a moment of silence. Thank you. Our next order business is too many agendas are most of them in. Some of the second all they say I I didn't has been a minute or next or business is proclamations begin with come forward.

Anyone come up who's here for Tony Chaffee?

Thank you all for coming. So I'll read the proclamation, and then anyone who wants to say a few words is welcome to say a few words, OK?

Well, I'll just say quickly to start off, you know, right away with the Glenn Hazel properties, I started working with Tony immediately when I came on council and I just just such a joy to work with. Right. So responsive care so much about the residents in the communities. And it's just been a great a great partner, right, with my team and working to just, you know, make the apartments better and also bring in new management. I mean, just the whole A to Z, right? Just really, I'm so grateful. So anyway, I'll read this.

All right. Whereas Anthony Chaffee is the Senior Director of Asset Management.

Oh, Councilman, you wanna come up? So this is, we put this together, together, the two of us, so yeah.

So whereas Anthony Chaffee is the Senior Director of Asset Management for the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, HACP, and after dedicating 15 years to public service with HACP, will be transitioning into a new opportunity. And whereas Anthony's leadership in overseeing one of Pennsylvania's largest affordable housing portfolios has strengthened property operations, resident services, and organizational effectiveness, and whereas Anthony has built meaningful partnerships among neighborhood organizations, public agencies, and elected officials to strengthen Pittsburgh neighborhoods, and whereas included in those partnerships is collaborating to establish a working relationship between Calgary Plaza residents and hilltop community organizations, helping to create a foundation of trust and mutual respect among residents and community partners. And whereas Anthony is also a problem solver who supported the Fresh Start program in Glen Hazel, a program which prevented the displacement of dozens of families. And whereas Anthony's ability to build relationships, listen to residents, and create partnerships among various stakeholders has had a lasting impact on HACP communities. His ability to connect people, find common ground, and move initiatives forward has been one of his greatest strengths during his time with HACP. And whereas Anthony is a lifelong resident of Lawrenceville, who has followed the legacy of his grandparents, Anthony and Mary Ann Chaffee, and his father, the Honorable District Judge Tony Chaffee, to be an active, engaged resident in his community, and whereas Anthony is as devoted to his family as his work, including his daughters Gabriella and Avelina, and whereas Pittsburgh City Council wishes Anthony well as he will continue his commitment to community development and affordable housing in this transition to Senior Director of Property Operations with TREC Development Group, now, therefore be it resolved, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, July 21st to be Anthony Chaffee Day in the City of Pittsburgh.

May we have a motion to approve? Second. Second. All right.

Thank you, Councilwoman. Thank you, Tony. You know, I am relatively new on council, but I've been in this building for, I think, nine years now. And at some point, you've got people that are coworkers and employees that become friends. And you are one of those people. I can't tell you how great it is to have someone that I can text and just say, hey, I'm hearing something about housing choice vouchers in my district, even though that's not your portfolio. And I know that you're gonna look into it and get back to me. And you will be greatly missed in the Housing Authority. You've got big shoes to fill, or someone has big shoes to... Just to fill your big shoes. But, you know, having, you know, having those partnerships and a quick story that hopefully no one, no one hears about as I talk in the microphone and it's televised here. It was, I think, two years ago at Morse Gardens, which is a building that always had a very strong community group. They I came in and I said, I really need a tenants council here. And you worked really hard to make sure that that was built and that they had a strong president. And I got a text from you one morning and you found a Christmas tree and got it set up in their lobby and told them it was from me. I had, I had nothing to do with it, but the residents like all come up and thank me for it. And, and like, that's, that's the kind of guy that you are and, and the kind of partnership that we had. Um, and I will, I will greatly, greatly miss you there. And, uh, hopefully we can continue to work together in the future at track.

Absolutely.

Thank you. Awesome. Thank you so much.

Good morning. I'm Cass DeBenio, Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. This is a sad moment and a happy moment at the same time. I've been working with Tony for 15 years. Now, the thing that's special, everybody talk about if you work hard, you will move up. He came to the Housing Authority in the entry level position and worked his way all the way up to senior position that he's at now. because he was able to build relationships. Like the councilman said, you can trust him. He make things happen, and he understand the business. And the things that I gotta do, I do not have to worry about it, because when I give him a mission, I just keep on walking, because you know what? When I turn my back, the mission already accomplished in my mind. He's a dedicated person to the community and also to the city of Pittsburgh. where he's going now he still would be working affordable housing and still working housing authority in a different way but to take his talent and take it to the well i say the other side of affordable housing is really going to have impact on the city because we do have a lots of mixed finance business in the city especially with track and to have him in that camp and also to give him this great opportunity I'm sad to see him go, but at the same time, he needs to go to the next level, and I believe he will be back at the House of 30 a couple years later, because he loves the place. Thank you. Don't cry. Don't cry.

Good morning. They're making me do this because I'm the water head. So I have known him since forever. I've been at the HACP for 37 years. He came in in the occupancy department, and the first thing that he said After he was there, I'm getting out of here. I got to get out of here. And he did. And I watched him make his way through every aspect. This guy is a walking book as it relates to public housing, housing and urban development in Washington, DC. They know his name. And he knows the rules and the regulations. If you ask him, 24 CFR something, He can tell you exactly where it is. He's a walking book. I'm going to miss him. I'm not going to say a whole lot, because I can feel myself getting ready to start crying. And this is a happy and sad occasion. So congratulations. You will do well, and you will be missed. Thank you.

They're forcing me to talk.

I could say a lot.

Where do I start? I'm a Housing Authority resident as well. And when Anthony came in into his position that he climbed the ladder so well to get to, me and him start hitting it off right away. And the first thing I do want to recognize is that During COVID, everyone knows that was a hard time for us all and our families. And me and Anthony, we built this bond during COVID to stabilize families' homes that lived within the Housing Authority properties. And we have actually stabilized thousands of homes together and have brought in millions of dollars to the Housing Authority for our families. so Mr. Binion I do want to say this to you you have not gotten all the headaches because I have always taken them to Anthony but Anthony now I don't just see him as you know one of the staff at the housing authority I see him as a friend and a brother as well and we will continue our relationship as he moves on the track and I love you and you're a great guy

So I just want to recognize, well, Nino's who's dear to my heart as my nephew, but as a city forester, how we work together with the Housing Authority to plant trees across the many communities, the orchards, the tree tender training programs and new projects that we have coming down the pike to help with natural spaces. We just executed an agreement with the Housing Authority for that. So things that we would have never been able to accomplish. So I'm really proud of you today. Sad day that I won't be able to work with you in the future, but I'm really glad for the opportunity that we got to work together to make a difference for the city.

JUST TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY'S TIME, THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MY YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BINION AND THE ENTIRE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND MY COLLEAGUES WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT US TODAY OR SUPPORT ME TODAY, I GUESS. I'M NOT USED TO IT BEING ABOUT ME. AND ALSO MY FAMILY. WHEN I STARTED AT THE HOUSING AUTHORITY 15 YEARS AGO, I INTERVIEWED WITH MR. BINION AND HE SAID, HEY, know you can really make a career out of this if you want to and you work hard um and at the time you know i was 24 i wasn't thinking much of it um but he was right and it was a and has been a career that i never could have imagined it's given me an opportunity to give back to the city that i love to my neighbors across pittsburgh and most importantly i would just like to thank the thousands of residents that i've had the opportunity to serve it's been an honor of a lifetime and uh They have certainly given me way more than I could ever give back to them. So thank you guys. Thank all of you for your support and love, and looking forward to continuing our partnership in this next chapter.

All right.

and now if we could have miss yvonne f brown please come forward unique also certainly come forward As she comes forward, what I will simply say is, and this often happens around election time, and I think most of my colleagues have experienced this, where people in the community will say, oh, well, I only see you around election time. I only see you when it's time to campaign or get reelected. And my response is normally, well, did you ever call my office? Did you ever come to a meeting? Did you ever come downtown? Did you ever get engaged? Because democracy requires a two-way street. Once we're in office, it's still the people's job to hold us accountable and to stand with us and to come check us and to hold us accountable to what we said we were going to try to campaign on. And that's what Yvonne has been doing for decades. Every time when she shows up here on a Tuesday or Wednesday, she's showing up, whether we agree or disagree, with the best intentions in her heart, and that's to hold us accountable. And so we just wanted to take a moment to thank her and acknowledge that and acknowledge that in many ways she is what the majority of citizens in the city should actually be doing. Whereas Ms. Siobhan F. Brown has dedicated nearly eight decades to serve others, a journey defined by compassion, courage, and unwavering belief that every person deserves to be heard, respected, and given an opportunity to thrive. Whereas born on July 20th of 1946 to parents Carrie Wade and Harry Wade, Ms. Brown spent the first five years of her life in Pittsburgh's historic Hill District before moving to Penn Hills, returning to the Hill in her senior year to graduate from Fifth Avenue High School in 1965. Whereas Ms. Brown is the proud mother of children Anthony C. Johnson, born in 1966, Latrice Johnson, born in 1971, Yvonne O. Brown, born in 1983, and Unique Brown, born in 1984. Whereas Ms. Brown began her long and storied career working as a receptionist at Neighborhood Legal Services in 1971, while she also attended Duff's Business Institute at Knight, and would eventually move to California in 1976 to begin working for the Department of Human Services in Compton, California. Whereas returning to Pittsburgh in 1981, Ms. Brown began working at the Hill House as a recreation aide under the leadership of Jim Henry, whose confidence in her advocacy helped strengthen her commitment to serving those in need. Whereas around 1988, Ms. Brown began working for the Department of Public Welfare in Pittsburgh before transferring to the LIHEAP program, where she became known for treating every person with kindness and dignity. as she recognized that behind every application was a family facing difficult circumstances. Whereas other accomplishments at the time included attending Carlow College and volunteering at the American Red Cross, where she traveled to elementary schools in Pittsburgh's low-income neighborhoods to teach children about fire safety and emergency preparedness, and also working for the Honorable Kathleen Mulligan. And whereas throughout the 1990s, Ms. Brown witnessed several school closures in the Hill District, which prompted her to begin attending school board meetings to speak up and advocate on behalf of Hill District children and families, and inspired the creation of her newsletter, The Concerned Parent, to keep families informed on those issues. Whereas following the heartbreaking loss of her son, Anthony C. Johnson, Ms. Brown turned her pain into purpose, and she began to attend city council and county council meetings, a dedication and commitment to showing up that has continued to this very day and been attending for over 20 years. whereas yvonne f brown's legacy is not only the work she has done but the people she has inspired such as her daughter unique brown who has continued her commitment to attend city and council meetings to advocate for city for justice equity and the people whose voices are overlooked and now therefore be it resolved that the council of the city of pittsburgh does hereby declare july 21st 2026 to be yvonne f brown day in the city of pittsburgh and we have a motion so moved all in favor aye

Well, this is a surprise, but I do want to say that I put this on my head. I was going to say to City Council, the members, it's been a whole year and you just got to start treating me better. But it's a surprise that Mr. DeVille, which I want to say something about him. He is brilliant and he can speak very well. He didn't speak too well to me. Once my children started going to the after-school program with his children, they were saying that his children were smart, but very kind to every child there was. I couldn't believe it, but I said, well, there's something good in him, and I made him the father of the year, so you know it had to be something. But I want to tell you something, that I come down, because there's so many that can't speak for themselves. Now, I want to say to Special Agent, I give you much respect. She has been coming for years, for at least a year straight. Every meeting, carrying all her belongings to come to speak to you, to tell you about the other homeless people, too. Dr. Miller, he is my friend, even though we're having a little problem now. And Mr. Binion, I wanted to smile at him. because I think I offended him, because I was saying to Mr. Coffey, but I didn't know that was him. I said, you know, I had told him, I'm telling Mr. Burgess, and I said, oh, so I said, no, I said, Mr. Burgess ain't no good, and he looked, and he said, well, that's my boss. I answered to him, so I said, oh, yeah, I seen you shaking. So when I said that today, I said, you know you was shaking. He said, I was not. I said, I know people when they shake how they look, because when I said it, I'm gonna tell Mr. Burgess something. And he was saying, that's my boss. But only thing I want you to remember, because I'm starting to get a little teary, because I can't believe it. I want you to remember that I come down here not for me. I'm coming down here for people that cannot come down. There's some that can come, some that wanna come. And I was told once by a woman that came, her and her husband came from out of town on Northside. She was having a problem. She would not speak to her husband. But this one day I went to speak and she pushed me out the way. And she came down and she was saying, that she came to speak because it was because of racism. This was the white woman speaking about this. But after she left, I was waiting for her to come to the meeting, but she had wrote a letter. She told me to keep coming and speaking. Henry, Jim Henry told me to speak. August Wilson said, Yvonne, you come down and you tell your story, otherwise history. You have to understand history, his story. You need to hear the poor people. You're making decisions for them. If you're making decisions for people, you need to know what they're going through. Don't sit there and think you're making all this money, which you know I have a thing about that. Two days a week and making that much money. I told you I would come down and give me 20,000, not 92. And I said before that I didn't think we need Nine of you, all we needed was five, one for to break the tie. But I was talking to the one fellow back there, the one coming from the south side, and he was saying, no, Ms. Brown, we really do need that many because we do have so many neighborhoods. But I'm just asking you, please, when we come down here, please act like we're in the room. Don't act like we're just somebody's, you're in your living room and we're visiting you. This is our room. This is City Hall. They made this room for the people to come and tell you so you can learn. You don't know everything, and I don't either. But I've learned a lot because on my birthday yesterday, I was 80 years old. You know, I used to think 50. I used to think 50 was old. No, that you're just at your prime at 50. Because 80, I feel pretty good. But I thank you. It's really a surprise. And I do thank you. Even though I fuss, I do thank you.

One day I was walking down the hill, and I was telling my daughter, I said, I've been telling her I'm tired.

I said, Nikki, I am getting tired. I said, I think I'm going to stop coming because you fuss enough for both of us. She does. And I didn't teach her that. I mean, I don't know where she got all this from. But... Please listen to the people. Please, please, that's all I'm asking. That's your job. You said you took an oath to it. Remember that? You took an oath that you would do for the interest of the people, not your community, everybody's community. But I thank you. Thank you. I'm gonna get off. I'll keep saying it.

If all members could come up for the picture.

He wasn't as much trouble as you are.

Everybody right here.

Our next order business is public comment I would like to remind everyone the rules of Council state the comments are limited to massive concern official action or liberation which may be before City Council profanity will 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 is Dr. Ronald Lynn Miller.

Dr. Ronald and or USA. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, downtown neighborhood, USA, California, Pittsburgh without the H downtown neighborhood, Canada, Ontario, Pittsburgh again without the H center neighborhood, all of these are in the Pittsburgh city ally network in Pittsburgh city neighborhood network now 150 compared with your 16. It dwarfs what you are doing all copyright By me, 2025. Global Intelligence Society candidate I am for President of the United States, 2028, ACE, Global Information Intelligence Network dot net. A council and an RLM concern. that I do through Initiative 3 is local government, primacy, and laws. Consider the following statement from a core public city of Pittsburgh law document. Quote, every elected official may be impeached and removed from office in the event of mental incapacity, incompetency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, mismanagement, or for any corrupt act. We can't think of any? Is this statement specifying these six impeachment acts, is it misinformation, a lie, or is it information, anti-lie, or the truth, verification? The Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter, Article 8, Section 806. I, the CGSII, and the Global Intelligence Society, which I have founded, require a minimum of three verification sources for the HRC. V, Source 1, is offline printed paper version. There is an online WWW of a World Wide Web version. And there is a version that is held, this is V Source 3, by the law department and the Office of Solicitor. Is it possible that no counselor claimant has since 2016 committed an impeachable act on the issue of the neglect of duty I view the actions of I think brilliant district 7 counselor claimant Deborah grows to be temporarily flawed between 2024 2024 and 2026 the meeting absence and meeting presence after the start of a meeting is at 30% that means that there is 60% that she is available I'm glad she's available this morning

But that means F that means that is an impeachable offense and we will pursue this unless you contact me Our next speaker is Hollis Quinn Jensen Is Hollis Quinn Jensen with us if not our next speaker is Rosalyn Tosh I

Hello, my name is Rosalyn. I am a resident of Bloomfield and a CMU student. I'd like to comment on how Pittsburgh is treating its youth population. As a college student, I don't really have a direct stake in this, but I've been watching the news and hearing secondhand how high schoolers and teenagers have been treated when they try to seek some autonomy or just like have some community space here in the city. I saw a few months ago that Market Square was closed to people under 18 after 3 p.m. I've seen the hostile response from police that people have gotten during the so-called teen takeovers. And while there has been some rowdiness and some... That's what I'm looking for. Some like... There's been a bit of chaos with the teen takeovers, of course. That is organizing. That takes work. And as someone who does a lot of community organizing at the college scale, it's kind of impressive to see that they're able to put that together, even if there are some flaws with their approach. And I've seen the hostility coming from community members toward third spaces intended for young people, like the Oakland's DIY skate park, which every time I bike by it, it just brings a smile to my face seeing that there is a space that the young people in our city have autonomy in and where they're able to really express themselves and make the sort of reckless mistakes that teenagers should as a part of their development. I think that in a lot of these cases, we have seen the force of policing used against these young people. Even for a full-grown adult, that can be uncomfortable and even traumatizing to have that used against you. I've experienced that. I know people who have experienced that. And when someone is young and when especially they have other factors contributing to their vulnerability, whether that's race, socioeconomic status, gender identity, that can affect someone's life in pretty major ways and their sense of security in their own community. Um, the price of community is inconvenience, and I feel like Pittsburgh's approach right now is to cut down on inconvenience in any way it can. And with that community is going. It feels like they're just trying to raise rent prices for walnut capital at the cost of, like, the sound of kids playing in the street. I know that there has been some disorder relating to how, um. young people have engaged with our public spaces. But the solution is not policing. The solution is not to use the force of law to restrict where our young people can go. To address young people using public spaces in the way that they have, in the way that Pittsburgh has, is grossly and manifestly unjust, in my opinion. And I urge you all to do something about it that is more restorative than using police against people who are under 18. Thank you.

Thank you. Our last registered speaker is Bethany Cameron.

Good morning Council members. My name is Bethany Cameron and I'm live in Overbrook. I'm here on behalf of Inform Up Pittsburgh, which is a nonprofit providing weekly reporting on City Council. They include a survey with each article so they can communicate readers preferences directly to Council members. Last week, 76 readers completed their survey and six Council districts were represented. number one when asked how large events like the nfl draft and major concerts affect residents 43 of readers said the events create a mix of both positive and negative impacts 23 said impacts are mostly negative such as crowds traffic noise or other disruption 21 so they don't notice much either way and about 13 said mostly positive citing more business energy or things to do A reader from Spring Hill in District one said, I run a small service based business in the north side and the NFL draft absolutely decimated business for us. I hope we don't host that ever again. A reader from central north side said there are some pluses to large events, but too many are oversold and too much of the cost is borne by everyone, while relatively few local people participate or benefit. Some events deserve significant expense, but not many. Number two, on how often residents feel unsafe crossing the street or walking near traffic. 59% of respondents feel unsafe often or every day. Half said often, the other half said every day there are specific spots that feel dangerous. 34% said they rarely feel in danger and 7% said never. A reader from Squirrel Hill South in District 5 said, for six years I've contacted the city and my council member about extremely dangerous intersections for absolutely nothing to be done. There are periods when I'm almost hit trying to cross the street every time I leave my home. Another reader from Hazelwood in District 5 pointed to a specific corridor saying, I've nearly been hit on Second Avenue multiple times as both a cyclist and a pedestrian. There needs to be significant traffic calming from Greenfield Avenue to the Glenwood Bridge. Drivers regularly hit 50 to 70 miles per hour in a 25 mile per hour zone. Other residents flagged at the intersection off the Bloomfield Bridge and Beachwood Boulevard as specific danger spots. The complete survey results from Inform Up will be sent to council members and staff by email. Thank you.

Thank you. But exhaust a list of registered speakers that there's anyone in chambers wish to speak please come forward at this time also provide your name and they vote for the record.

This is concerning tomorrow the vote of this bill. Anytime a bill tries to get pushed through as quickly as that. stinks in may a favorite ura go-to pi company sold that big new building tower 260 at market square for over 60 million dollars to a texas company but today when i looked into the deed books one dollar we know what they were up to they don't want to pay taxes Another tax break for the millionaires, but that Pyatt deal keeps Pyatt in a 60-year control over the building and the leases. Rich getting richer. I am so sick of this city, their giveaways of millions and billions of breaks to the wealthiest, the King Trumplepervs, United Kingdom of Pittsburgh, the land developers, They are the lords and the noblemen collecting, living off the people's backs and taxes. We need home repairs, roofs, honest help, simple help for our teens. My God, we need places for the kids to go to. The build tomorrow needs to be put off. You need a database of the developer's LLC list. Oh, let's get scared. We've got to tell them all our different LLC names. It's a lot. Yes, every single LLC name a developer must make public. Simple little database. Transparency, this cannot be pushed or voted on tomorrow. This needs transparency and not the URA's version of transparency. If you vote and pass this bill tomorrow, you will give 40 years of our taxes to billionaire developers. Why do they deserve the breaks? We need fire trucks. We need ambulances. Do you ever come up and look at the roads in Beachview and in some of the other neighborhoods? It's bad. No offense. We need help, not the developers. If you are a Democrat who votes yes tomorrow, you've been federized, and you belong to King Trumplepurve's minion group.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Good morning. Special Agent Sunshine, the missing child Cerise Taylor. Lord, thank you for the orchestrated traffic stop today, almost preventing me from getting here. LaVell, you're doing way too much to block me from being seen. Let me tell you what God says about it. Proverbs 21.30, it says, there's no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord. You try to block God again, you really better stop. Today's message is titled, Faithful Through It All. I mentioned last time I spoke, or the time before that, I had two scriptures on oppression. I read one. Here's the other one. Isaiah 3.14, it says, The Lord comes forward to pronounce judgment on the elders and rulers of his people. You have ruined Israel, my vineyard. Your houses are filled with things stolen from the poor. Confirmation of that is the money that comes through this building, this room. Here's how this is being done, Internal Affairs. Federal funding. Let's look at this. Right here in front of me, I have Compass Natural Gas for professional service related to leasing and maintenance of a mobile CNG fueling station. $126 million for a new cost not to exceed $8,882 million. Really? Let me read that again. $126 million to $882 million. Really? That is an example of the federal funding that is traffic of currency, this illegal movement of money. That's a lot of money you're moving, Lavelle, keeping people out here on the street. You're moving that kind of money. Really. Here's another example of money that's being illegally moved. For what? We're going to find out. Anderson Bridge Project, $4,077,687 to an increase of $250,837.47. That's a lot. We'll continue this message tomorrow in Jesus' name. Amen.

Thank you next speaker, please.

Good morning, Council. My name is Unique Brown. And the last time I was here, I talked about your $92,000 salaries and your petty expense receipts. Today, I want to talk about what you are doing or not doing with the power you hold. I live in a shelter with my 20-year-old and my two young children. I know what it means to not have a home. I know exactly what this city does to people without one. You call Pittsburgh affordable. Affordable for who? The Pittsburgh Foundation says the city is short 11,000 affordable housing units for the people who need the most. Your Housing Opportunity Fund gets $10 million a year. And last year it created 129 units. 129. At that rate, my children will be senior citizens before the city houses the people sleeping on the streets today. And what do you do to those people? You sweep them. You post signs saying that there are shelters when there's not. y'all throw them in overflow shelters, that makes it harder for us, because I was in one of them, and we can't wash our clothes, we can't make it anywhere outside of the shelter. Hundreds of people are still unsheltered right now. and I'm unhoused right now. Your solution is not to build. Your solution is to make them invisible. And while you erase the homeless, you cut food from the hungry. In April, this council slashed the Food Justice Fund in half. $250,000 gone from a program feeding people in food deserts, right in the middle of a $40 million hole you all created. You cut food for the poor, you sweep the tents of the homeless, and then you put $600 on a catering bill for a funeral. I make 12,000 a year. You make 92,000. You have the power to fix this. And I'm not going to remain invisible. I'm going to keep coming until something is changed and done. Because this city is ridiculous what y'all doing.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Good morning. My name is Yvonne F. Brown. I live at 715 Mercer Street. That's the high rise at the top of Bedford with 192 apartments. When I came today, I was surprised that I was given these roses, because yesterday was my birthday. And I think I'm almost at loss for words, and that's kind of hard for me. But I do want to say that all these years that I've been coming down, I've been feeling really bad about councils these last, last couple years, but today, you've really changed the way I feel about you. I still think what you do, some of the things you've done is wrong, but it's not you as a person, it's what you're doing. Please understand, I'm not taking and just actually picking at different ones, but if you're not doing what you should be doing, you should be held accountable. And that's what I call myself doing. I've been coming down here for years. And the main reason why I started coming is when the five cops in Wilkinsburg, PA, that my son died. My son was on the floor saying that he had one lung. He had went to the apartment where his girlfriend, he lived with that girl, and her and this man were smoking crack and drinking mad dog 2020 when my son knocked on the door he came and he was um saying who the f knocking on the door like you mfn cops well i was told my son said i live here man and turned his head he knocked my son out head butted him and he had butted him my son when the police came he was trying to explain he was saying if i could only breathe if i can only breathe so you know when i hear Floyd, he's begging. That man ended up crying for his mom. I noticed what my son was doing. But my son was explaining that he could not breathe. And he was saying he had one lung, but he had two. And you know something? My son knew he was going to die. He knew that his life was going to be at the end. He was crying. She told me he was crying to the cops and saying, man, I can't breathe, man. He was calling them men. And I look at it as being dogs. You let a man beg for his life and you left him there for his abuser to come back and kick my son to death. My son had blood around his spleen. Even the doctor said that that was horrible. But one thing I can say to you, coming down here, even though all these years I've been fussing, I have had some kind of peace speaking about it. Thank you.

Thank you. Next speaker, please. Next speaker, please. Seeing no further speakers will move on to the presentation of papers beginning with councilman Charlotte shared human resources. New papers and president. Thank you counseling called future public safety and wellness. Thank you Mister president.

Councilman cock Hill presents bill number 7.44. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND CIVIL SERVICE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENTS WITH THE ROSS AND CAROL NESE FOUNDATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION TO HIRE A HEAD OF TALENT ACQUISITION, PUBLIC SAFETY, TO FURTHER THE CITY'S EFFORTS IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF.

AND COUNCILWOMAN GROSS, CHAIR OF INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND TECHNOLOGY.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU.

Councilwoman Gross presents bill number 745. Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Musco Sports Lighting in the amount of $73,050 for the purpose of the software package for the digital control of lighting in all ball fields and parks and providing for the payment of the cost thereof. Bill 768. Resolution further amending resolution 840 of 2019 effective January 1st, 2020 as amended entitled Resolution adopting and approving the 2020 capital budget and the 2020 community development block grant program and the 2020 through 2025 capital improvement program by reducing various organizations by adjusting various line items funded by the community development block grant in program year 2020 and authorized subsequent agreements. and bill 7.69 resolution further amending resolution 6.47 of 2020 effective December 23rd 2020 as amended entitled resolution adopting and approving the 2021 capital budget and the 2021 community development block grant program and the 2021 through 2026 capital improvement program so as to identify specific public service grant projects and City Council district 7. and authorize a subsequent agreement or agreements for operation, administrative expenses, maintenance, purchase of equipment, and or rehabilitation of neighborhood facilities on behalf of the residents of the city of Pittsburgh.

And Councilman Mosley, Chair of Intergovernmental Educational Affairs.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you.

Councilman Mosley presents bill number 746, Resolution providing for professional services agreement and or contract with Buchanan Ingersoll and Rooney PC for professional consulting services for federal government affairs and legislative services and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $302,400 over 4 years bill 747 resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the office of management and budget on behalf of the city of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with Allegheny County Economic Development, Allegheny County Department of Human Services, and the URA to collaboratively manage coordinated entry services related to the home ARP program at no cost to the city. Bill 748, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission for the first of two installments for the 2026 annual membership dues in the amount not to exceed $64,000 $373.50. Bill 749, resolution adopting plan revision to the city of Pittsburgh's official sewage facilities plan for 2039 Broadhead-Forting Road at no cost to the city. Bill 750, resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement or agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the RAISE grant project where Pittsburgh Water will be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses Involved a certain work to be described in the agreements at an amount not to exceed $100,000 an increase of $50,000 from the previously authorized agreement and bill 7.51 resolution approving execution of a contract for disposition by sale of land between the URA of Pittsburgh and MK Liberty partners LLC or related entity. For the sale of Block 1D, Lot 183, Second Ward, City of Pittsburgh, 604 Liberty Avenue, Council District Number 1, at no cost to the city.

And Councilwoman Salinetro, Chair of Public Works and Infrastructure.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Salinetro presents Bill Number 752, Resolution providing for supplemental agreement or agreement with Michael Baker international Inc for costs associated with the construction phase of the Charles Anderson bridge project providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed 4 million 77,000 $687.40 an increase of 250,000 $837.47 from the previously legislated contract authorization reimbursable at 100%. Bill 753 Resolution authorizing the director of the Department of Finance and the director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure on behalf of the city of Pittsburgh to enter into an amended agreement of sale with various property owners in 17th Ward of the city in order to advance the Newton Street project providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $1,124,727 an increase of $20,070 from the previous authorization bill 754 Resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the Department of mobility and infrastructure on behalf of the city of Pittsburgh to enter into a supplemental agreement or agreement with Johnson murmuring in Thompson for costs associated with the final design phase of the West Carson Street bridge project providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed 1 million 378 thousand 913 dollars and 21 sent an increase of $790,914.71 from the previously authorized agreement, reimbursable at 95%, and Bill 755, resolution authorizing the mayor, director of the Department of Public Works, and the director of the Department of Finance to enter into an agreement or agreements with Piat Companies for the purpose of reconstructing a portion of the city of Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Heritage Trail for an esplanade road development project at no cost to the city.

And Councilwoman Schatzberger, chair of Finance and Law.

Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.

Thank you.

Councilperson Solonetro presents bill number 756, resolution repealing items in Resolution 363, effective May 30th, 2024, in order to rescind the sale. Bill 757. Resolution providing for the sell of certain property acquired by the city of Pittsburgh at tax sales items a through 5.39 Robert Street district 6, 5.39 Robert Street district 6, 8.05 Clarissa Street district 6, 0 Rosetta Street district 9, 10.62 Premier Street district 7, 69.41 Mount Vernon Street district 9, 0 Mertland Street district 9, 706 Brushton Avenue, District 9. 1408 Beachview Avenue, District 4. 0 Coast Avenue, District 4. 952 Iton Street, District 1. 1457 Firth Street, District 1. 0 Brighton Place, District 6. 2316 North Charles Street, District 6. 2651 Perrysville Avenue, District 6. Bill 758, resolution authorizing the execution of a quick claim deed conveying all of the city's right, title, and interests, if any, and into the property located at 7217 Monticello Street in the 13th wards of the city and designated in the deed registry office of Allegheny County as block on lot 50174F136 to Marvin Miller for $3,000 relating to the full and final settlement of the case filed against the city. and Bill 759, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Brian and Donna Albert for a single payment in 2026 in an amount not to exceed $515,000 in full and final settlement of litigation filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.

And Councilwoman Warwick, Chair of Recreation Youth and Senior Services.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Councilwoman Warwick presents bill number 760 resolution further mending resolution 840 of 2019 effective January 1 2020 is amended entitled resolution adopting and approving the 2020 capital budget and the 2020 community development block grant program approving the 2020 through 2025 capital improvement program by reducing 31st Ward community action group by $468.49 in increasing Lincoln Place Presbyterian Church by $468.49 and authorizes subsequent agreement or agreements. And Bill 761. Resolution, further amending Resolution 857 of 2023, effective December 27th, 2023, as amended, entitled, RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE 2024 CAPITAL BUDGET, THE PROPOSED 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND THE 2024 THROUGH 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BY REDUCING 31ST WARD COMMUNITY ACTION GROUP BY $10,000 AND INCREASING LINCOLN PLACE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BY $10,000 AND AUTHORIZE A SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENT OR AGREEMENTS.

AND COUNCILMAN WILSON, CHAIRMAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you.

Councilman Wilson presents Bill number 762. Resolution amending Resolution 863, effective January 1, 2019, 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 amending various line items in anticipation of the pending eight-year U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funding clawback deadline, Bill 763. Resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement or agreements with agencies to provide supportive services related to the home AARP program for a total not to exceed $105,820.37 over four years. Bill 770. resolution further mending resolution 855 of 2011 effective december 29 2011 as amended entitled resolution adopting and approving the 2011 capital budget and the 2011 community development block grant program and the 2011 through 2016 capital improvement program by reducing district 1 neighborhood needs by 55 000 in increasing park reconstruction by 55 000 and bill 771 Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title V, Traffic, Article VII, Parking, Chapter 541, General Parking Regulations, Section 54102, prohibitions in specified places to remove language, providing an exception to parking prohibitions for the protection of a vehicle.

I have two.

Council President LaVelle presents Bill number 764, communication from rea price acting director of the office of management and budget submitting to city council the attached status update from the grants office for the week ended july 17 2026 and bill 765 communication from rea price acting director of the office of management and budget submitting an acting pay request on behalf of the bureau of fire for james dolan i need a motion to read receiving file to move

Second all those there say aye. I mean post bill has received for our next of the board, our next order businesses reports of committee for final action beginning with Councilwoman Erica shots for the committee of finance law.

You can Mister president, thank you.

Councilperson Strasburger presents bill number 739, reported a committee on finance and law for July 15th, 2026 with affirmative recommendation. Bill 705, resolution further amending resolution 797 of 2017, effective December 28th, 2017 as amended entitled resolution adopting and approving the 2018 capital budget and the 2018 community development block grant program and the 2018 through 2023 capital improvement program by reducing swimming pool maintenance by $52,854.68 and increasing play area improvements by $52,854.68. Bill 706. Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Comer Miller LLC for expert legal services for litigation filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania for an amount not to exceed $20,197.71 over one year. Bill 707. Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of medical legal Inc for expert witness services in connection with the litigation matter file in the Allegheny County court of common pleas for an amount not to exceed $6,200 over one year. And bill 730 resolution amending resolution 124 of 2023. which authorized the mayor and director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement or agreement with Compass Natural Gas for professional services relating to the leasing and maintenance of a mobile CNG fueling station by extending the term through September 30th, 2026, and not to an exceed amount of $126,000 for a new cost not to exceed $882,000. You've heard the reading of the entire bill. Is there any discussion on the bill?

If none, the bill is not ready for final action. All in favor of the passage of the bill will vote aye when her name is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the roll?

Mr. Sharland. Aye. Mr. Coghill. Aye. Ms. Gross.

No on Bill 730, 20-26-0730. Aye on all other bills. Mm-hmm.

Mr. Mosley. Aye. Mrs. Salinetro. Aye. Mrs. Strasburger.

Aye.

Mrs. Warwick.

Aye.

Mr. Wilson.

Aye.

Mr. LaVelle President.

Aye.

9 eyes on bills, 7, 0, 5, 7, 0, 6, and 7, 0, 7, and 8 eyes, 1, no on bill 7, 30.

We also have received a legal quadrant votes is passed. Finally, that moves us to councilman Kim selling extra was in the committee of public works and infrastructure.

Thank you. Council president.

Council on the silent Metro presents bill number 7, 40. Reported a Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for July 15th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 704, resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure to enter into a license and maintenance agreement For limited term public art with Larmer Consensus Group, a non-profit corporation, having a mailing address at 200 Larmer Avenue and the City of Pittsburgh, a municipal corporation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, having a mailing address of the City-County Building, 414 Grant Street.

We've heard the reading inside the bill. Is there any discussion on the bill? Councilman Mosley.

Yeah, I just want to thank all those who were involved with Bill 704, the Larmer Consensus Group, as well as the Black Equity Coalition, as well as the amazing artists that all came together to do a truly grassroots-led traffic calming project in an area of Larmer that sorely needs it, but to be able to bring the intersection of community engagement infrastructure as well as art all together and the renderings that I've seen of this really innovative and imaginative traffic calming project is really beautiful I look forward to seeing it come to fruition but I want to thank all those who were involved and reached out to me so that I was able to be involved as well I truly appreciate it and look forward to seeing this when it's actually installed Thank you. Thank you.

Any further discussion? If none, then the bill 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?

Mr. Sharland. Aye. Mr. Coghill. Aye. Ms. Gross. Aye. Mr. Mosley. Aye. Mrs. Salinetro. Aye. Mrs. Strasburger. Aye. Mrs. Warwick. Aye. Mr. Wilson.

Aye.

Mr. Lavelle, President.

Aye. 9 ayes, 0 noes. The bill, having received the legally required number of votes, is passed finally. That moves us to Councilman Bobby Wilson, presenting the Committee of Land Use and Economic Development.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Councilman Wilson presents bill number 741. Reporter to Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for July 15th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 513, Ordinance Amending the Pittsburgh Code Title IX Zoning Code, Article I, Introduction and Establishment, Section 90203 Zoning Map to Rezone Parcels 125G13, 125G14, and 125G15 from Residential Single Unit Detached Low Density to Urban Industrial in the Homewood West Neighborhood.

We've heard the reading and tie of the bills. 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. Running is called. Those opposed will vote no. Would the clerk please take the roll?

Mr. Sharland. Aye. Mr. Coghill. Aye. Ms. Gross. Aye. Mr. Mosley. Aye. Mrs. Salinetro. Aye. Mrs. Strasburger. Aye. Mrs. Warwick. Aye. Mr. Wilson.

Aye.

Mr. Lavelle, President. Aye. 9 ayes, 0 noes.

The bill, having received the legally required votes, is passed. Finally, that moves us to Councilman Deborah Gross, presenting the Committee of Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Gross presents Bill number 742, reported a Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management and Technology, for July 15th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 700, resolution authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $76,601.25 from Computer Maintenance Bureau of Police to Computer Maintenance Department of Innovation and Performance and authorizing an interdepartmental transfer in the amount of $1,080 from Computer Maintenance Department of Finance to Computer Maintenance Department of Innovation and Performance to consolidate remaining police and finance funding in the contract under IMP software maintenance associated with the B3 developed police and finance applications retirement and migration to new modern solutions through June, 2027.

We'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 of the passage of the bill before either name is called, those opposed will vote no. Would the first please take the roll?

Mr. Sharland.

Aye.

Mr. Coghill. Aye. Ms. Gross. Aye. Mr. Mosley. Aye. Mrs. Salinetro. Aye. Mrs. Strasburger. Aye. Mrs. Warwick. Aye. Mr. Wilson.

Aye.

Mister Lavelle president. 9 eyes, 0 nose.

The bill having received a legally required votes is passed finally and finally Councilman Kari Moseley presenting committee of intergovernmental and educational affairs. Thank you Mister president.

Councilman Moseley presents bill number 7, 43. Reported a Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for July 15th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 701. Resolution authorizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the city's right, title, and interests, if any, and into the publicly owned properties in the 13th Ward City of Pittsburgh designated in the D Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 174P, Lot 284, Zero Kelly Street, District 9 at no cost to the city. And Bill 702. Resolution authorizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the city's rights, title, and interests, if any, and into the publicly owned properties in the 12th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, designated in the Deed Registry Office of Allegheny County as Block 125B, Lot 274, 0 Lincoln Avenue, Council District No. 9, at no cost to the city.

You've heard the reading inside the bills and discussion. Seeing none, the bill is not ready for final action. All in favor of the passage of the bill will vote aye. Rename is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the roll?

Mr. Sharland.

Aye.

Mr. Coghill. Aye. Ms. Gross. Aye. Mr. Mosley.

Aye.

Mrs. Salinetro. Aye. Mrs. Strasburger. Aye. Mrs. Warwick. Aye. Mr. Wilson.

Aye.

Mr. Lavelle, President.

Aye.

9 eyes 0 knows.

The bill haven't received a legal court votes is passed finally that takes us to motions resolutions is there anything for members. If not meeting announcements this afternoon at one o'clock Council hold an executive session on bill 731, 758 and 759 as they relate to litigation. Tomorrow, July 2nd at 10 a.m. Council hold our standing community meeting. Speaker registration will close at 9. To register to speak at any of these meetings, please fill out the sign-up form on the Council meeting webpage or call the Clerk's Office at 412-255-2138. Also, tomorrow afternoon at 1.30, Council will hold a cablecast post-agenda discussion on a controller's audit of code enforcement shared by Councilperson Sharlin. With that, everyone was here. Motion to approve the meeting. So moved. Second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned.

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