City Council - Regular Meeting

Good morning and welcome to the regular meeting of City Council on Tuesday, September 1st, 2026. Will the clerk please take the roll?

Mr. Sharlin. Mr. Coghill. Ms. Gross. Here. Mr. Mosley.

Here.

Mrs. Salinitro. Here. Mrs. Strasburger. Here. Mrs. Warwick. Mr. Wilson. Mr. LaBelle President.

Here.

Mr. Sharlin. Here.

Here.

Six members present.

Thank you. For those who are able.

I'm here as well. Thank you.

Seven members present.

Seven members present.

Thank you. For those who are able, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. Remain standing for a moment of silence.

Pledge of Allegiance.

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.

The agenda has been amended. Our next order of business is proclamations. We'll begin with Councilwoman Gross.

Thank you, Mr. President. Councilwoman Warwick isn't here yet.

to wait yeah would you mind if we actually went second i'll give councilman warwick a chance with co-sponsoring that thank you okay good morning everyone i'd like to ask the folks uh who are here for mr allen to come up and join me Thank you for coming here, and good to see former Representative Covington in the house. Always good to see you, brother. Thank you so much for being here. You know, we're here to honor a legend from the East End community who's an educator, community servant, and I'm truly honored to read this proclamation. So whereas William Carey Allen was an outstanding educator, community servant, and beloved figure whose work deeply impacted Pittsburgh's East End, particularly the students, families, and school communities of Pittsburgh's District 9. His service earned him recognition as a community champion by the Homewood Children's Village and a school garden hero by Grove Pittsburgh. He was a proud member of the Iota Phi chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, and whereas Mr. Allen was born on August 25th, 1968 in Pittsburgh and passed away on July 19th, 2025. He attended St. Pete Elementary School and graduated from Central Catholic High School in 1986 before continuing his education at the historic Hampton University in Virginia. Following his graduation from Hampton, he attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Education where he earned his elementary education teaching certificate and a master's equivalency in education. His professional career began as a teacher at Belmar Elementary School in Homewood and later as an administrator at leamington elementary school in lincoln leamington he taught at fazon elementary school in homewood including working with their tier 3 behavioral support students in the academy before continuing his service at lincoln elementary school where he remained until his retirement in 2024 whereas william affectionately known as carrie by his family and friends was a devoted husband to his wife and fellow educator, Doreen Allen, and a loving father to his son, CJ Donovan, and daughter, Ari. His family was central to his life, and he spoke about them often. To know Mr. Allen was to know how deeply he loved and valued his family. And whereas Mr. Allen dedicated 33 years of his life to educating children in Pittsburgh's East End, his legacy cannot be measured by the number of years he served, but by the countless lives he touched. He helped shape students, supported families, encouraged colleagues, and provided Pittsburgh's East End with a powerful example of a committed black male leader in education. Now, therefore, be it proclaimed that the city of Pittsburgh hereby honors the life and legacy of Mr. William Carey Allen and his enduring impact on our community. May his memory forever be a blessing, his spirit continue to inspire, and his legacy remain alive in the hearts of all who knew him. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh here by honor and commend william carey allen for a job one well done and incredible and his incredible legacy and now september 1st 2026 will be william carey allen day in the city of pittsburgh i just want to say thank you so much um i am his oldest sister charita

And he's my baby brother, and he is so missed. But he was a wonderful person and did so much in the community because he just loved the East End and everything there, all the children and everybody. And he will be missed. We hope that his legacy continues. I hear that there are people still taking the kids out fishing and the things that he did. And we really appreciate the proclamation and our family is blessed. Thank you.

I would like to invite my colleagues to come up and take a photo.

And now we'll have Councilman Gross and Councilman Warwick.

All righty. Can we have everyone who's here for Hunger Action Month? Alrighty. I want to thank Alex Rose for bringing this proclamation to us.

And thank you, Colleen, and the Food Bank for being here.

Okay, so. Whereas hunger is a vital concern in the city of Pittsburgh, where 19.4% of people experience food insecurity, and whereas every person deserves access to the food and resources they need to live a full, healthy life, yet millions of people in the U.S. experience food insecurity, and when people don't have enough to eat, it impacts their health, education, and future opportunities, And whereas the City of Pittsburgh is committed to taking steps to combat hunger in every part of our community and to provide additional resources that are needed. And whereas the City of Pittsburgh is committed to working with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Feeding Pennsylvania, Feeding America, and all anti-hunger organizations nationwide to educate the community about the continued existence of hunger and to ensure neighbors facing hunger have access to the food and resources they need to thrive. And whereas the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank distributes more than 48 million meals to households across southwestern Pennsylvania each year through a network of agency partners, food pantries, meal programs, and other community organizations, including to many families in Pittsburgh, And whereas the month of September has been designated Hunger Action Month to bring communities together to elevate the voices of people who experience food insecurity and inspire everyone to take renewed action in the fight to end hunger. And whereas food banks across the country, including the Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, will host numerous events throughout the month of September to bring awareness and help end hunger in their local community. now therefore be it resolved that the council of the city of pittsburgh joins with communities across america and does hereby declare september 2026 to be hunger action month in the city of pittsburgh and calls this observance to the attention of our citizens may we have a motion to approve so move second all those in favor say aye aye congratulations great thank you And I will just quickly say, just, you know, the food bank, you all do such an amazing job. I mean, I remember last year when, you know, one sponsor pulled out of our food pantry, you know, our monthly food pantry in Hazelwood. I mean, I think it was like a Sunday or a Saturday afternoon that we found that out. And I called Colleen, called Fishes and Loaves. Like, the food bank got it figured out literally within the week. So there was no, you know, it was a smooth transition, you know, to the new provider. And I just really appreciate that. That's just one of many, many, many wonderful interactions with Colleen and the food bank and her team. And, of course, Councilwoman Gross is our food provider. food and hunger champion, so I'll let you say a few words, please.

Thank you, Councilwoman Warwick, for also tackling this issue, because it's a huge issue that we continue to work on, and yet we continue to fall short. So we're so grateful for our partners at the food bank and for supporting, if you didn't know, so many, I'm going to let them say how many, dozens and dozens of hyperlocal neighborhood food banks, which is how the system is set up, which I so much appreciate. So there's opportunities to participate. There's opportunities to benefit. If you need resources, you can reach out to the Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank. So again, thank you everybody for all your work. Thank you.

Good morning, everyone. I'm Colleen Young, Director of Government Affairs at Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Just really appreciate the honor today of being able to elevate the concerns that we have around food insecurity and hunger across the city and across our region as the councilwomen said we do serve a very large population. We actually serve 11 counties and in this past year distributed 53 million meals across southwestern Pennsylvania. More and more people in the city of Pittsburgh and in the region are coming to us because the cost of food and other basic costs of living, utilities, housing, healthcare have all skyrocketed. And in addition to that, many people are losing access to food resources that they once had before. So we've had significant cuts in the amount of food being purchased by the USDA, but then also now over 200,000 Pennsylvanians have lost access to SNAP in the last year, including 19,000 folks right here in Allegheny County. So we're serving more people with less food and less resources. So Hunger Action Month is really just a great opportunity for us as a community to come together to take any number of actions. There's no action that's too small. You can go to our website, pittsburghfoodbank.org, slash advocate, and you can take action to protect SNAP. It's currently being debated right now. in the U.S. Senate, and so this is an important time to take that action. You can volunteer with us or any of our local food pantries. You can donate and become a monthly giver or just a one-time giver. There's any number of things you can do. And you can just share the message out with your own community and tell folks how important it is and how many of our neighbors are struggling. We know that beyond the official food insecurity numbers, Almost 40% of people in this area don't have enough resources for a basic cost of living through the United Way ALICE data. So there's a lot of folks who don't qualify for SNAP who are still struggling. And so this is a huge problem. It affects all of our neighbors and all of our communities. And just very appreciative of this opportunity to highlight Hunger Action Month today. Thank you very much. Oh, sorry.

Our next order of business will be public comment. There being no registered speakers, we'll now take comment from those in chambers wishing to speak. Please come forward, provide your name and neighborhood for the record. You'll have three minutes to speak.

Good morning. Carlino John Polo, Panther Hollow. My testimony last week about the illegal Oakland DIY skate park is on the website, pantherhollowplayground.com. One action I took was to file open records requests to Council Members Barbara Warwick and Bob Charlin concerning correspondence sent and received about this issue. Council Member Warwick provided numerous text messages between herself and the Pitt student, who is the leader of the skateboarders. In one text, the student said that he had hired a cement truck and wanted to continue expanding the illegal construction of the skate park. Council Member Warwick encouraged him to do so and said, quote, Gary has your back, end of quote. Gary Shuley was a Parks Maintenance Manager for the Department of Public Works. He did not have the authority to allow construction or expansion of a skate park inside our community organization. Not even the Director of Public Works has that unilateral authority. The actions of Councilmember Warwick are totally unconscionable, for they have brought further pain and harm to our community. They emboldened the Pitt student to continue with construction and then expansion. He then arrogantly told our community that he doesn't have to listen to us because he has the support of these two council members. Also, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article titled, quote, Recreation Debate, Pittsburgh Skate Park Gains Popularity But Draws Pushback, end of quote. This student dishonestly told the reporters he had a permit for the cement truck. I verified that no permits were issued for any construction there at any time, none. In the article, Councilmember Warwick also said that the Department of Public Works ensures the park is constructed safely. That is false. The Department of Permits, Licenses, and Inspections makes that determination, and they have never inspected this skate park. Further in that article, Council Member Charlin continued his baseless justification for the skate park by saying that it is, quote, very, very, very underutilized, end of quote. However, from the very beginning, the question should have been asked first, quote, what is the will of the community, end of quote. The residents of every neighborhood in the city have the right to self-determination and the right to have their voices heard as to how they want to live. Councilmember Warwick and Charlin refused to recognize and acknowledge their wrongdoing. They have brought harm to our community and shame to this council, the city administration, and the city of Pittsburgh.

Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Good morning, special agent sunshine. Thank you, Lord, for who you've created me to be. I'll never want to be a copycat or somebody else. I like what you got me down here doing. It's crazy, but just know, with all you have chosen me to, and sent me here to say and do, just know you're not exempt from the whooping that you will be receiving when I get up there. In Jesus' name, amen. I return the sender. Back any witchcraft you send me, you send towards me 100 trillion fold. Lord, whoever is sending it, throw them into a lake of fire. 100 trillion degrees in Jesus' name. Amen. Y'all still doing witchcraft, huh? It's a lot. I feel it, but it's returning the sender. If you sending death rituals towards me, somebody's going to die. Because guess what? I'm still here. Praise God. The title of my message today is Understanding God's Promises. Every trial carries the potential for the Lord to teach us something new. And I hope and pray that when I come up here, you learn something new. Especially you, Mosley. 1 Peter 2, verse 15 says, for it is God's will that by doing good, you should silence the ignorance, the ignorant talk of foolish people. A lot of people say that, you know, in the Bible it says this, in the Bible it says, you know, God said, you can't come here to me with that unless you really know what he said, who he was talking to, and what he was talking about. Otherwise, I'll check you. In Jesus' name. Jeremiah 17.9 says, The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? When someone tells you I love you with all of my heart and then stabs you in the back, that's deceitfulness all day. I got attacked by two pastors last week. One was a pick me. Look at me. This is what I'm doing. The other one stood in front of their church with their arm folded and an accomplice and screamed, I'm the pastor and said, we don't have anything else. That was the pet food pantry for last week. Really? If you're a pastor and you don't have anything else and you're standing in front of your church oppressing anybody from eating, please go to the CVS, get five loaves of bread, and have a peanut butter and jelly campaign right on the steps. And I'll help you, I promise, with all of my heart. It's a problem. It's a problem for the homeless. It's not food. We're not hungry out here. There's a lot of places to go and eat. But some of those places where we go and eat, the people that work there are stealing our resources. In Jesus' name, I love y'all.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Dr. Ronald M. Miller, United States, Pittsburgh, Larimer, United States, Laramie, Wyoming, Nigeria, La Mordaise. All these are in the Pittsburgh City Ally Network, which I created in 2025 and copyrighted. Global Intelligence Society candidate for President of the United States, 2028 ACE. Alt-gov advocate, 412-969-7997-247. My PC focus today is council concerns are expressed in more than 500 proclamations in city council meetings between 2010 and 2026. I was in person present for these proclamations. and I have print copies of more than 500 of those proclamations. The total number of pages is now over 1,000. No other citizen that we know of can so claim, and I have presented more than 500 print public comments. Proc. concern regarding allied sister cities. 18 flags of Pittsburgh allied sister cities hang in the fifth floor CCB hallway. 20 flags Ms. Gross claims for 20 sisters and focused on Matanzas, Cuba, but without verification for those 20. ABD Deborah L. Gross, District 7, Counselor, claimant, Proclamation 1, August 2023. This is one out of 40 in print, offline Gross proclamations, 2012 to 2026, that are available. Here they are. You can have them if you make the request. There are problems with this proclamation from 2023. There are no references for law establishing the Pittsburgh sister cities. That's a minus two devalue. None verifying past or future Matanzas interactions, minus two. No Matanzas contact information, tel-text, email, or street addresses. Another minus two. So on a zero to ten scale of low-high info-intel quality for that proclamation, we have a four out of ten, and we draw the line at five for incompetent, and therefore we view this as an impeachable process. The Saitama connection with Nihon has been emphasized over time, including 30 June 2026, and yet Wuhan, Zhongwu, there are no Info-Intel connections 2010 to 2026, and none for any city or country in Africa. We view this as extremely problematic.

Thank you. Next speaker, please.

Good morning. My name is Yvonne F. Brown. I live at 715 Mercer Street. That's the high rise up on the top of Bedford. There's 190 apartments in the building. I have been coming down for years. I have been coming because of the problems that we have in the building, especially at KB Real Urban. Just last week, as I was sweeping down in the cellar, a woman walks past me and I look and this is a woman named Rosita McKinley who has been banned since 2020. She had beaten a mother and a daughter with a hammer. The mother died. My neighbor lived next door to me, 83-year-old man. She stole his money order. She beat another woman, Ernestine. She beat her, tore her clothes off of her. When her granddaughters went to confront that woman in the elevator, she cut one of them. When I went to the... I want you to understand that I just didn't come down here to tell you about what was happening there. I went to our council in the building, our council, and I said to them, what can I do about this woman that is chasing me, that is threatening me? He said, okay, we ain't got nothing to do with that, nothing to do with that. So that's when I started coming down here to tell you that we live in the building, that we have a terroristic, we have a, A terrorist, a domestic terrorist, that's what I meant to say. Do you understand that she came to the building and grabbed the manager by her neck and was choking her? When the man, when I went to the manager and I said that I'm being, fear warning, I am in clear and present danger. She told me, oh, she don't talk to me like that. I left the room. Well, talk to you, she wasn't even allowed in the building since 2020. Now her mother's moved and she's back in the building. Do you understand? When the police, when I called the police, when she said, Yes, Ms. Brown, call your daughter. Tell her to call the police. And I called the police. You know what he said? He said, it's Arbor, Petit, the district attorney, and management that is dropping the ball. Do you understand? If we call the police and they come, and she can still come, Her mother moved out the building and she's back threatening. She was arguing with the big tall black man that tells, we have some characters that live in the building. We have a black man that tells the women to suck his penis and all kinds of stuff. He's hollering. If you ask the little old ladies, they say, oh, that nasty talking one.

Thank you. Next speaker, please. Next speaker, please. Seeing no further speakers, we'll move on to the presentation of papers, beginning with Councilman Sharland, Chair of Human Resources. New papers, Mr. President. Thank you. Councilman Kalko, Chair of Public Safety and Wellness.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Councilman Anthony Coghill presents Bill 816, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Bucks County Community College in an amount not to exceed $31,705 for rescue certification and training for the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.

And Councilwoman Gross, Chair of Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology.

None of the papers, Mr. President.

Thank you. Councilman Mosley, Chair of Intergovernmental Educational Affairs. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.

Councilman Kahari Mosley presents. Bill 817, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Allegheny League of Municipalities for one year membership dues in an amount not to exceed $9,000.00. Bill 818, resolution adopting plan revision to the city of Pittsburgh's official sewage facilities plan for 6212 Walnut Street at no cost to the city. Bill 819, resolution adopting plan revision to the city of Pittsburgh's official sewage facilities plan for 2225 Smallman Street at no cost to the city. Bill 820, resolution adopting plan revision to the city of Pittsburgh's official sewage facilities plan for 132 through 134 Prospect Street at no cost to the city. And Bill 821, Resolution Adopting Plan Revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 630 North Aiken Avenue at No Cost to the City.

And Councilwoman Stella Netro, Chair of Public Works and Infrastructure.

Thank you, Council President.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Kim Selenetra presents Bill 805, Resolution Transferring the Amount of $200,000 to the Department of Parks and Recreation from the Stop the Violence Trust Fund for Staffing and Supplies to Support Out-of-School Time Services and Programming at the Dunlap Family Center. bill 822 resolution authorizing the mayor of the city of pittsburgh and the offices of management and budget to apply for a grant from pennsylvania department of economic development's multimodal transportation fund for the renovation of the boulevard of the allies in the central business district the grant proposal includes an ask not to exceed three million dollars for this stated purpose Bill 823, resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh and the Office of Management and Budget to apply for a grant from Pennsylvania Department of Economic Development's Multimodal Transportation Fund for the Sheridan Station Plaza Intersection Safety Improvement and the Wabash Street Community Connector Projects. The grant proposal includes an ask not to exceed $1,122,996 for this stated purpose. Bill 824, resolution approving the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Fern Hill Avenue from Bellbrook Street to Elm Bank Street should be paved with asphalt in accordance with Section 417.06 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. Bill 825, resolution providing for an amended agreement with CSXT Transportation, Inc. for preliminary engineering work on the Fraser Street Swinburne Bridge replacement project and providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed $32,780, an increase of $12,760 from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 95%. Bill 826, 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 agreements with CDR McGuire Inc. for project design management services and reviews in connection with various City of Pittsburgh projects to add funding for the preliminary engineering phase, increasing the total not to exceed to $3,960,237.13, a net increase of $67,773.94, reimbursable at various rates. Bill 827, 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 agreements with CDR McGuire Inc. for project design management services and reviews in connection with various City of Pittsburgh projects. to add funding for the preliminary engineering and final design phases, increasing the total not to exceed to $4,064,876.91, an increase of $0 from the previously authorized agreement, reimbursable at 100%. And Bill 828, resolution providing for an amended agreement with CSXT Transportation Inc. for preliminary engineering work on the West Carson Street Bridge project and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $28,600, an increase of $12,320 from the previously executed agreement, reimbursable at 95%. And Councilwoman Strasburger, Chair of Finance and Law.

Mr. President.

Thank you.

Councilperson Erika Strasburger presents Bill 806, Ordinance Amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title VI, Conduct Article I, Regulated Rights and Actions, Chapter 625, Red Light Enforcement Systems. Bill 829, resolution further amending resolution number 886 of 2021, effective December 27th, 2021, as amended and titled. Resolution adopting and approving the 2022 capital budget and the 2022 community development block grant program and the 2022 through 2027 capital improvement program by reducing park reconstruction parks TA by $10,000 and increasing sports facilities by $10,000. Bill 830, resolution amending 741 of 2025, which amended resolution 413 of 2025, which authorized the mayor and the city solicitor to enter into a professional services agreement with Block and Associates for legal services in connection with a current city construction project. by further authorizing an amendment to said professional services agreement to amend the scope of work and allocate additional funding for a new not-to-exceed cost of $135,000 over two years. And Bill 831, resolution amending Resolution 78 of 2026, which authorized the mayor and the city solicitor to enter into a professional services agreement with Fisher Phillips LLP for legal consulting services in connection with labor disputes to amend the scope of work Adjust hourly rates, extend the term, and allocate additional funding in an amount not to exceed $1,010,400 over three years.

And Council Member Warwick, Chair of Recreation Youth and Senior Services.

No new papers, Mr. President.

And Council Member Wilson, Chair of Land Use Economic Development. All right. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you.

Councilman Bobby Wilson presents Bill 832, Resolution Authorizing the Office of the Mayor on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into two-year reimbursement agreements for the 2026 Love Your Block Program at a cost not to exceed $20,000. Bill 833. Resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of permits, licenses, and inspections for the insurance of a warrant in favor of the Building and Fire Code Academy to provide a two-day legal aspects of code enforcement training for all PLI staff that are required to have International Code Council certifications as part of their job description at a cost not to exceed $7,000. Bill 834, Ordinance Amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title IX, Zoning Code. Article 1, Introduction and Establishment, Chapter 901, General Provisions, Chapter 902, Zoning Districts in General. Article 2, Base Zoning District, Chapter 903, Residential Zoning Districts. Chapter 904, mixed-use zoning districts. Chapter 905, special purpose districts. Article 3, overlay zoning districts. Chapter 906, environmental overlay districts. Chapter 907, development overlay districts. Article 4, planning districts. Chapter 908, public realm districts. Districts chapter 909 planned development districts chapter 910 downtown districts article 5 use regulations chapter 911 primary uses chapter 912 accessory uses and structures chapter 913 use exceptions and conditions not listed in use table. Article IV, Development Standards Chapter 915, Environmental Performance Standards Chapter 916, Residential Compatibility Standards Chapter 918, Landscaping and Screening Standards Chapter 919, signs. Chapter 920, childcare regulations. Article 7, nonconformities. Chapter 921, nonconformities. Article 8, review and enforcement. Chapter 922, development review procedures. Article 9, measurements and definitions. Chapter 925, measurements. Chapter 926, definitions.

For myself?

Councilman R. Daniel Lavelle presents Bill 813, Communication from Rhea Price, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting to City Council the attached status update from Grant's office for the week ended August 28, 2026. Bill 814, communication from Rhea Price, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting an acting pay request on behalf of the Office of Management and Budget for Kathleen Cottom and the Department of Innovation and Performance for Alexis Barone-Katz. Bill 815, communication from Rhea Price, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, submitting the quarterly financial and performance report for the period ending June 30th, 2026. Bill 807, communication from Rachel Heisler, City Controller, submitting a summary worksheet highlighting overtime and premium pay budget use in the second quarter of 2026, dated August 2026. Bill 808, communication from Rachel Heisler, City Controller, submitting a fiscal audit of the American Rescue Plan Trust Fund, dated August 2026. Bill 812, communication from City Controller Rachel Heisler submitting a special report on the 2026 update on city water fountains dated August 2026. Bill 809, petition received in the city clerk's office requesting a public hearing before city council relative to the procurement call for design of a Department of Public Works Schenley Division facility, including buildings, garages, and storage warehouses on Prospect Drive in Schenley Park. This facility would cause light pollution, sound pollution, create impact, pervious surface and runoff, remove trees, disrupt trails, and remove forest land from a historical landmark and protected park in our city. The petition is valid in accordance with the Home Rule Charter. Bill 811 resolution further amending and supplementing resolution 362 of 2025 as amended entitled resolution further amending and supplementing resolution 539 of 2016 as amended entitled authorizing the mayor city clerk and director of the Department of innovation and performance to enter into a contract or contracts or agreements or agreements with Granicus, Inc. for software upgrades serving hosting services and annual maintenance of Legistar agenda management and video streaming in order to extend the contract an additional 12 months for an additional cost of $64,087.63 for a total cost not to exceed $562,175.70 in order to extend the contract an additional three years for an additional cost of $233,343.04 for a new total cost not to exceed $795,518.74.

And for bills 813, 814, 815, 807, 808, and 812, I need a motion to read, receive, and file. So moved. Second. All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Bill is to read, receive, and file. There are no reports of committee for final action, so that takes us to motions and resolutions. Is there anything for members? Councilman Warwick.

Yeah, thank you. So just a couple things. One, just very quickly to correct the record from the public comment with regard to the right to know requests and the text messages about the skate park. I just want to read the actual text message that I sent. So, yes, I, you know, the... the young man who sort of organizes the skate park did text me and say they had some cement coming in and I asked if DPW would be supervising the work and he said no and so I said, quote, If you don't have any permits, I would hold off, and we can coordinate with DPW when the superintendent is back. If you have permits, there should be no issue. So I just wanted to correct the record on that.

So thank you.

And then second, just with regard to the public hearing around Prospect Drive, I've spent many, many, many, many hours at this point, you know, with constituents and also with the administration and our DPW team on this issue. I've actually personally looked, me personally, at numerous other sites. I have called folks with private property, right? I have, you know, so... and I work closely with the Shenley Division crew on all sorts of things, obviously, having to do with Shenley Park and other parks. So, but what I will say is, you know, in the scheduling of this public hearing, I think that it is, and I will also just add, personally, I feel like the original location by the first T maintenance facility at the golf course, by the old 14th hole, would probably be the better place, right? Just in terms of impact on the park, because that Prospect Drive space is very beautiful and peaceful, and it also is a historic site for the LGBTQ community. I recognize that there may be some cost differences and such between those two locations, but All of that aside, what I really think, before we schedule this public hearing, I really feel that we do owe the community at large a public meeting where we come as the city, where our DPW folks come as the city and explain, A, what is this facility? What is it going to be? And what is it not going to be? to have our superintendent explain how the Shenley Division works in the park, so what their needs are in order to maintain the park, which include not having to drive 10 or 15 minutes in order to get to the park, so the need for this to be close, if not in the park. And then also for folks, a detailed list of all the other places that we have looked at, because I know there are many, and the reasoning behind why this one or that one isn't feasible, and also to understand why it is that we're looking at this prospect location now. I really think that just for everyone's clarity to kind of get the facts on the table and also hear from community members, right, about their concerns, because I absolutely understand, you know, our parks are precious assets and there's, you know, very little green space in urban areas like Pittsburgh and we want to do everything we can to preserve it, but we also need to be able to maintain it. So it's a very tricky issue. But at any rate, so that is, you know, I And I hope to work with the administration and the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition to get a public meeting set up for everybody soon so that we can get all that information out to people so that then when they come to a public hearing, they have the information that we are providing as the city. So I'll leave it at that. Thank you.

Thank you. Councilwoman Schwarzenegger.

Thank you, Mr. President. And so just on that topic, I wanted to also underscore that whatever happens, like the current situation is not tenable. Our Shenley Division DPW workers are working out of temporary trailers that need generators to power their electricity and their cooling and heating. It's far from an ideal situation, so I'm certainly going to take the council members' lead on this, although there are some concerned residents in the part of Squirrel Hill that I represent. It's squarely in District 5, so I'll stay involved, but the current situation cannot stay as is. It's just not fair to our workers. They deserve much, much better, and it's not even in Genley Park. They're currently having to risk... um getting rear-ended as they pull into the shenley division temporary lot which is off of the 376 on-ramp in squirrel hill so whatever happens cannot stay the way it is and i'll follow the council members lead along with the administration's lead on this Second, I just wanted to highlight that out of all the different communications from the controller through August that we just accepted today, one is really positive news on drinking fountains. A couple years ago, it was big, big topic of conversation that our drinking fountains mostly weren't working. 56% were operating of the sample size and now it's up to 77 which is certainly not perfect but huge strides made in the last couple of years and thanks in part to councilman wilson's legislation to allow for some flexibility with who we work with to get our drinking fountains on but huge credit going to our plumbing division within public works to ensure that we have the staff to On days like this and the next few days where drinking fountains and water is sort of like this public right that we should be, you know, in public service that we should be offering the public on very, very warm days that many more of our drinking fountains are actually operating. So congratulations to those and more work to be done.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you. I would like to call for a post agenda on permit reform. This was one of Mayor O'Connor's first executive order on this process. And I think, you know, there's been, I believe, a lot of success already. If I understand correctly, don't quote me on this, residential permits have have reduced their time by 50% so far, but there's a lot of other reforms to be made, and we would like to, you know, I would like to learn more about the work that's being done and how that process is going. Yeah, so I'd like to call for a first agenda. Second.

All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? We'll work with your office and the clerk to get that scheduled. Anything else for members? If not, we have meeting announcements this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Council will hold an executive session on Bills 830 and 831 as they relate to litigation. Also this afternoon at 1.30, Council will hold a cablecast public hearing on Bill 606 pertaining to a liquor license transfer for Silver Acid Hospitality Group. Speaker registration will close at 11.30. And this afternoon at 2 o'clock, Council will hold a cablecast post-agenda discussion on the 2026 Second Quarter Financial and Performance Report shared by Councilperson Strasburger. And tomorrow, Wednesday, September 2nd, council will hold our state and community meeting at 10 a.m. Speaker registration will close at 9. The 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. All were present, so we need a motion to approve the minutes and adjourn the meeting.

I move. Second.

All those in favor say aye. Aye. We are adjourned.