Good morning and welcome to the regular meeting of city council on Tuesday, April 28th, 2026. Will the clerk please take the role? >> Mr. Charlotte >> here. >> Mr. Mr. Cogill >> here. >> Miss Gross. >> Councilman. Hi. How you doing? >> Mr. Mosley. Mrs. Salenro >> here. >> Mr. Strawber >> here. >> Mrs. Warwick. Mr. Wilson. >> Mr. Lavell President >> here. >> Five members present. >> Thank you. For those who are able, please rise for the pledge of allegiance. Remain standing for a moment of silence. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you very much. Our next order of business is to amend the agenda. Is there a motion to amend? >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Our next order of business is proclamations. We'll begin with Councilman Carill. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, uh, Mr. President. Would, uh, Ronnie Dunlap and Charlotte and the immediate family come up, please? And, uh, we're going to have the rest of you join us up here for pictures later. You, too, Judge Matznik. Chief, >> come on, Chief. Got your dress blues on. You look good, buddy. Look good. Does he get to keep the uniforms? >> Does he? Okay, good. Good deal. Good deal. Good deal. Um >> Yeah. >> Come on. Come on, kids. Come on up here. >> Yeah. Right. You can get You can get in. You can't get out. Right. Yeah. Right. So, so we're here today to honor Ronnie Dunlap. Ronnie and I go way back and his wife Charlotte, uh, who's from Beach View with me. But, uh, Ronnie has a distinguished service with the firefighters. How many years? >> 33. >> 33 years. And then we're going to hear from Judge Mik and some others after we're done reading the proclamation. But just let me tell you, it's a great honor. Uh, I really appreciate what you and the firefighters do always. um saved many of people in my family's lives and Ronnie's a lifelong Brooklyner. So both hail from the district and uh it is my honor to give you this proclamation today, Ronnie. So put my glasses on. No, I'm good. Whereas Ronnie RD Dunlap first started in the fire academy on April 26th, 199 1993. He graduated from the academy on August 21st, 1993 and officially became a city of Pittsburgh fireman. Ronnie's wife Charlotte, newborn daughter, Alyssa, and family watched as he got his badge pinned on. And whereas Ronnie was stationed at number 13 in Hazerwood, where he stayed for 10 years under the watchful eye of his mentor, Walter Halaja. Okay. Um during this during his time at station 13, Ronnie became a driver and whereas Ronnie was promoted to lieutenant on April 19th, 2004 and and moved firehouses. On June 15th, 2017, Ron got to welcome another family member to the city of Pittsburgh Fire Department, his brother-in-law Patrick Fields, whom he got to pin his badge on. and Ronnie continued to climb the ranks and was promoted to captain in 2012 and battalion chief in 2016. His three children, Alyssa, Lisa, and Ronnie, grew up proud of their their firefighter father. Since then, Ronnie has welcomed two grandchildren, JT and Charlotte, who love to visit him at the firehouse. And whereas during Ronnie's free time, he is not only a member of the fire and iron station 6 motorcycle club, fire and iron is made up of city Pittsburgh firefighters, volunteers from the surrounding areas, and their families. Ronnie is also their president. The club has donated over $236,000 in the past 16 years and is still going strong each year. All money raised is split between Mercy Hospital burn unit and Westpen Hospital summer camp for burn injured children. Great causes. And whereas on April 30th, 2026, Ronnie will officially retire from the fire department after 33 years of service to the city. His wife, children, and entire extended family are so proud of him and his career with the Pittsburgh Fire Department. Now therefore, be it resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Ronnie Dunlap for his years of service to the residents of the city of Pittsburgh and all his efforts helping burn children in the Pittsburgh area. And be it further resolved that the council of city of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 to be Ronnie RD Dunlap in the city of Pittsburgh. >> May we have a motion to approve? So move. >> Second. All >> in favor say I. I. I. Can I have Chief come on up here and say a few words, please. As I stated earlier, we are going to miss Chief Dunlap. I want to publicly thank his family for allowing him to serve us for the last 33 years. I was just talking to his wife and I was telling her, I says, "I guess you was pushing the buttons that it was time for him to get out of there." And she said, "Oh yeah, it's my turn now." And I have to agree with that. Chief, it's been an honor and a pleasure. We've had some good times. We've been in some tight spots and I've always been able to depend on you. Your skills, your leadership is second to none. Thank you very much. Uh, our next speaker is no stranger to Chambers here. U, as a matter of fact, he's kind of running a show since he's been here. I think he still belongs here and he knows how the how the ropes. I'm proud to call him a friend. Jimmy Msnik serves as our judge now in the 19th ward, but he served the city well for 12 10 years >> 12 years on city council going back 16 years ago. So, it's an he swore me in in my first election. So, I'm forever grateful for that and I really appreciate our friendship. And with that, Judge Matznik. Yeah. Uh, want to thank the council president for allowing us, uh, this opportunity. And, uh, the city clerk, where's she at? She's one of the best. Where is she? Behind me. She's been here forever. She's one of the best. I want to I want to recognize my good friend uh Ronnie Dunlap. Um Charlotte wanted me to call Ron, but we call him Ronnie. There's We've been together forever since we were kids. He's dedicated 33 years to the city of Pittsburgh, to the fire department. He's he's a wonderful person. He has this motorcycle gang that they're they're they're sweethearts if when you get to know them and they raise money for burned kids. Hundreds of thousands of dollars just because they want to. They're great people. And this is our story. He stayed in the neighborhood we grew up in. So did I. And Anony's still in Beachw. It's it's a Pittsburgh story. Um and it's it's wonderful to see that people stay here and realize there's no better place to go. Uh, I want to congratulate him on his on his uh, retirement. There's there's no truth to the rumors that he used to carry the barrels of beer in the woods behind Moore Park. I wasn't there. I just heard the stories. But I want to say congratulations. Join me in congratulating him. And he loves he's a great speaker. loves crowds and to talk. Ronnie Dunlap, thank you. Uh that last part wasn't true. But I'd like to thank Jimmy, Chief Jones, uh earlier, the mayor, uh council members. Uh this is an honor. It has been a long time. Uh like I said, it's been my identity for 33 years. It's going to be a tough transition, but uh I got a great support system that's going to help me into that. And uh it was an honor to work for this is the best damn fire department and uh great uh leaders and I just appreciate this today. Thank you. Uh would everybody who came here to for Ronnie's proclamation please come up and we get you in a picture. Okay. >> I think uh yeah the off Come on >> Matt Brian come up. All right, Ron. Here's the deal. You got to hold that right. >> New folders. No more falling. Did you notice that? You got it. Congratulations. Thank you for coming down. >> Congratulations. and Councilman Charlotte. Come on up. All right. So, I have the uh the Pittsburgh United Musicians Alliance, okay? Uh also known as Puma, um here today for a will of council. Um and if I can read this here, like a proclamation. So, whereas the city of Pittsburgh has taken steps to support local musicians through conducting research on the music industry, passing venue support proposals, and providing relief for artists during CO 19. And whereas the current streaming serruct streaming service structure has allowed for only the top tier percentage of streaming musicians to reap financial success. And whereas the inability to pay pay musicians adequately has had an adverse impact on regional economies resulting in musicians not being able to afford to tour or resulting in musicians not being able to afford to tour which has negatively impacted the touring industry. professionals and independent venues who cannot sustain premium guarantees to larger acts, recording studios and recording industry professionals. And whereas the the recorded music industry receives an estimated 84% of its revenue from digital streaming. And whereas many musicians are undervalued and receive fairly little compensation. And whereas the music industry ecosystem as of right now is unsustainable as musicians are unable to make a living wage. Whereas digital streaming music industry provides to the public, digital streaming music services provided to the public are afford affordable due to a tiered payment system which largely disenfranchises mid to lower tier musicians. And whereas in the year 2025, there has been legislation reintroduced and received in the House of Representatives by Representative Rashida Talib called the Living Wage for Musicians Act, which ensures that musicians receive 1 cent per stream instead of 0.003 cents or 133rd of a cent per stream. And now therefore, it be resolved that the Pittsburgh City Council affirms its support for musicians to receive a minimum of 1 cent per stream from digital streaming services as well as advocates for similar legislation that supports fair compensation for streaming only uh to applicable human creators. And be it further resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh hereby calls on Congress to act with urgency and pass the living wage for musicians act during the 2027 legislative house session. May >> we have a motion to approve? So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> The will council has been approved. >> Would you like to come up here and say a few words? >> First of all, thank you. Um, Council Person and your wonderful team and city council. Um, I'm just going to speak a little bit about why this is happening today. Um, I'm Jen Wartz. a musician, mostly known as an original and uh former member of Rusted Root, a multi-platinum selling Pittsburgh-based Roots rock band. I'm also co-founder of Puma, Pittsburgh United Musicians Alliance. We are an advocacy group for musicians here in southwestern Pennsylvania. Now, these days, you can enjoy any song in recorded history at your fingertips for just 10 to 12 a month. But what most people don't realize is the musicians we all love to stream are barely paid for their exposure on these streaming platforms. Historically, the music industry was one in which financial reward was commensurate with exposure. You made a song, got it played, then you would sell your physical media as a result of that exposure. In the early 2000s, however, the entire music industry was switched over to a digital system, leaving musicians with little to no physical product to sell. The streaming pay rate for musicians was negotiated behind closed doors between record label execs and big tech execs. And without the consent of musicians, present, future, or past, they came up with an arbitrary pay rate of 0.00 003 cents per stream, which is one 333rd of 1 cent, which means presently 25,000 streams results in a whopping 47 to $60 net for the artist. As you can see, exposure no longer results in meaningful financial benefit for working musicians, but the streaming services are booming. billion dollar industry. The entire middle to lower class of musicians in the music industry are facing an economic and cultural crisis. Without physical product or fair streaming pay, musicians cannot generate a living wage. Regionally, less and less Pittsburgh musicians are able to break out and tour as cultural ambassadors for our region, as my band Rusted Brute once did, as M. Miller once did. We're asking Pittsburgh City Council to support fair streaming pay for musicians and to support any federal legislation to this end. And we're grateful for you to listen to us today and to support this federal legislation. Thank you. Me would members like to come up and and take a picture. I also as you're doing that want to acknowledge uh Alina in my office has been working on this. This was kind of her final project. She's been our office for two semesters um and will be leaving us unfortunately. We will miss you but thank you for uh for your work here. Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> And next we have Councilman Mosley. >> Thank you, Council President. I'd like to ask uh those who came with Randy Franle and Squirrel Hill baseball to come up and join us. Jesus. So, as everybody uh comes up, uh this is a true joy to do this proclamation. Um I spent a many early morning and a mini late night with Randy uh coaching young people and what I still believe is is the greatest game humans have ever been in, which is the game of baseball. No disrespect to basketball. I want I won a state championship in basketball as a Perry Commodore. So basketball and we saw um how popular football is over over the last week. But but I still you know contend that uh that baseball is still the greatest game humans have ever invented and Pittsburgh has a rich history you know uh you know when it comes to baseball if I could take you know one minute to take a moment of privilege. You know one thing I think you know we need to do is really teach the history about baseball here in Pittsburgh. You know, we have a true rich history. Many people know about the great the great black baseball tradition, you know, and Pittsburgh is truly, you know, the mecca of black baseball o over the decades. Uh, you know, you know, starting with uh giants like Cumberland Posey, who is the only man in the baseball hall of fame and the basketball hall of fame. Um, but you know, we know about Josh Gibson and the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the Homestead Grays. But what a lot of people don't know also about the rich Jewish baseball history we have um in the city of Pittsburgh. That's why for me it was so special to be a part of Squirrel Hill baseball. Few people know about Barney Drifus who was the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates who bought the Pittsburgh Pirates I believe in in 1899 um and moved a team from Louisville to Pittsburgh and and stole Holus Wagner from Louisville and brought him back home and uh he was very uh active with Road F Shalom Temple and he invented the World Series. It was his idea. He was a a Jewish German brother who moved uh to America and fell in love with the game and invented modern baseball by creating the World Series. Came up with the idea and he built the first modern stadium in the world which was Forbes Field which Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium and Wrigley Field all stole that idea. So um you know rich rich baseball tradition that we have here. So it's truly an honor to honor my friend Randy Franco today. Um, so whereas Randy Franco has served as the dedicated director and heart of the Squirrel Hill Baseball Association for 38 remarkable years, fostering a love for the game in thousands of young athletes. And whereas his leadership has turned Stan Letterman Field into a cornerstone of the community where the sounds of the game echoed for nearly four decades under his stewardship. And whereas Ry's inclusive spirit ensured children of all walks of life, including the sons of Pittsburgh Steelers, future mayors, and local artists, found a mentor in him and a home on the diamond. I can attest to that because it was only a few summers ago when Mayor Cory O' Connor coached my son uh who was the star short stop and they won the championship. and always joke that the most popular uh Mosley for Cory O' Conor is my son Thaddius because he was the starshore stop on that team. And whereas his unwavering commitment to teaching sportsmanship, resilience, and the joy of the game has left an indelible mark on the Squirrel Hill neighborhood and the city of Pittsburgh. And whereas after 38 seasons of dedication, Randy Franco has announced his retirement, leaving behind a legacy of community service that will inspire future generations of players and coaches alike. Now therefore, it be it resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend Randy Franco for his extraordinary 38-year career with the Squirrel Hill Baseball Association. And be it further resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh does hereby declare today, Tuesday, April 28th, 2026 to be Randy Franle Day in the city of Pittsburgh. >> May we have a motion to approve? >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. I. I. >> Congratulations, Randy. Going to make this nice and short. Councilman Mosley, city council members, thank you so much for this honor. I want to thank my family for being here. My friends, some of them are here, some of them they're in that first row. Thank you all so much. You made it the most meaningful 38 years. Really appreciate it. Thank you. I'd like to ask my colleagues to come up and take a group photo. They don't fall out of it. All right. Okay. I don't know how Congratulations. Now if all Those here for take your father to school day would please come forward. Is that Sean? Oh, I'm sorry. Hi, sweetheart. Didn't see you there. >> A lot of us. >> Uh, wherever you would like. Here. Why don't you come over here? So, I will present the proclamation, then I'll turn over to Mr. Brenley for whatever may follow. But what I want to first do is just say thank you. Um, the fact that you've continued this over, I believe it's 28 years now. >> Yes, sir. um is a testament to your commitment to our children, to our schools, and I also want to thank PPS. We have a number of board directors here um for their commitment to continue to embrace this um this long honored tradition. Whereas, Friday, May 15th, 2026 has been designated as the 28th annual Take a Father to School Day in the Pittsburgh public schools. Whereas this event involves every branch of school district and consistently draws the participation of thousands of fathers and male guardians annually with attendance exceeding 7,000 participants. Whereas the goal of a take a father to school day under the guidance of founder Mark Brenley senior and the committee is to bring men into the school building to establish better communication with schools, understand that they are welcome in schools and explore opportunities for volunteering and becoming more involved in their child's education. Whereas the 2026 celebration theme NFL need needs for learning, fathers scoring big for student success highlights the power of education and connection and driving student achievement. We encourage fathers and male role models to step into the game, engage with and inspire students and build meaningful connections that support learning, strengthen confidence and lead students to a winning path of success and achievement. And whereas this year's partners are the Carnegi Library of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Cayman Science Center, as well as a variety of other organizations that have continued to support the success of Take a Father to School Day initiative over the years. Now, therefore, be it resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh does hereby commend the thousands who participate and urges the entire Pittsburgh school district community to actively participate in this worthwhile event. And be it further resolved that the council of the city of city of Pittsburgh does hereby declare April 20th, 2025 to be take a father to school date in the city of Pittsburgh. May we have a motion to approve? >> So move. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> I. Congratulations. >> Thank you, Mr. President, and thank you members of council. Uh once again, we're here and if you've noticed, we are simply trying to continue to just plug at it and plug at it in terms of what we have to do as men to stand up, get up, and get out for our children. And it's not always easy, but we have to be consistent. So, what you see here is consistency. Uh we have a couple of folks who want to say a few words, but I want to also take a second to apologize. Uh because early on, many of you know that we had a date posted months ago and we did not reach out to everybody to let them know that we ch that it was been changed. And so to those who are watching, I do apologize. And uh we're still here, still going strong. Secondly, the men that you see in these shirts, the gold shirt and and committee, just throw your hands up. Just just throw your hands up. Uh those are these are the men we meet four to six times a year. We're all volunteers and we simply sit there with our pen and pad and scratch our heads and we say, "What can we do this year to make it better and to make it being cool to be an active father and being involved with your children?" So to the committee members who are here in the gold shirts, we say thank you. And we of course we're still our colors, you know, we're trying to get down like that, too. And so we're excited. But the ex the the most important thing to remember is the success of this program is only because we have a school district who has been outstanding with stepping up and really getting involved. And uh we always acknowledge that and we first want to start this proclamation off with the chief of staff uh Blackwell. If you can share some words please. Good morning. >> On behalf of Pittsburgh Public Schools, it is truly an honor to stand with you as we proclaim the 28th annual Take a Father to School Day. My name is Lamar Blackwell and I proudly serve as the chief of staff for Pittsburgh Public Schools. I would like to first acknowledge our superintendent, Dr. Wayne N. Walters for his unapologetic commitment to student success and community partnership. He could not be here with us today as he is celebrating with our seniors who are preparing to graduate. I also would like to acknowledge our PPS board members in attendance, board president Gene Walker, board director Dwayne Barker, and board director Devin Taliferoh. And to the visionary behind this movement, Mr. Mark Brenley, Senior. >> Yes, >> sir. Sir, we thank you for reminding us that when fathers show up, schools are stronger and students truly thrive. We understand that students don't care how much you know until they truly know how much you care. And this very event perpetuates the fact that there are men who care and are deeply invested in building the leaders of tomorrow. And to the women who helped carry this work forward behind the scenes, Miss Erica Gandandy and Director Mercedes Williams, your leadership, coordination, and dedication ensure that this initiative continues to grow and impact lives across our district. Let's give them a ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THIS YEAR'S THEME, NFL needs for learning, fathers scoring big for student success, is more than just simply a slogan. It's a continued call to action to the men stepping up to be present, to continue to lead, and to engage. Because when fathers and father figures are in the game, our students win academically, socially, and emotionally. And I recognize that this work doesn't always come with a vis visual act of appreciation. But I need you to realize that your impact does not go unnoticed. And those seeds of confidence, love, motivation, and unmitigated guidance that you sew into our children will show itself as our children navigate the crushing of life to become the beacon of light for tomorrow. So with that, let today's proclamation not just mark the beginning, but ignite a movement across our 54 schools. And on behalf of Pittsburgh Public Schools, I declare that Take a Father to School Day will live on forever. We'll see you all on May 15th, ready to show up and make a difference. Thank you. Thank you, Chief of Staff Black. Well, we really appreciate the the words and I'm glad you mentioned one thing and I also want to take a moment to say something else about the women and the mothers in the Pittsburgh public schools. And I say it each and every opportunity that I get. This particular day is not to outshine. It is not anti-women, anti. It is nothing. It is simply a call to or call to work. Get up men. For many, many years, our mothers and our wives have been taking care of this school district. Our PTO's, PTAs, PSC's, all are run by our mothers. Then they have to go home and do have a full-time job or a part-time job. Then they have to be mothers. and they have to take care of the home and we just simply have to step up. Okay, so that's what this day is about. So we once again want to acknowledge the work that was already put in. We're just catching up. Okay. Uh next I'd like to have director Barker who is going to help identify some of the individuals uh that we have here. Followed by director Barker uh will be u the litany of commitment which is a commitment that we do every year. And for those who are in the viewing audience, we publicly have to say uh our commitment uh to children. We just was able to do it last week for the Steelers, right? And we stood down there without lawn chairs or folding chairs and we did it and stood for them. Now it's time to stand for our children. So please get ready. Behind him, we will have of course leading it off will be the Reverend >> Mike. Uh good morning everyone. I'm going try to go as quick as possible because we understand time is money. Um let me first start off by echoing what uh brother Mark Senior said. Uh can we really just give a round of applause, a strong round of applause for these amazing women that have been the trailblazers. Also want to really quickly thank um President Lavell um as well as every single councilman and council woman uh for really uh opening the doors and embracing uh this movement. Without further ado, I'm going to just shout out a couple people as well as a couple organizations. So uh we we want to shout out Reach. We want to shout out Reading is fundamental father collaborative council 100 black men of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Big Brothers, Big Sisters, BAM Youth Guidance, One Nation North, uh Mentoring, uh the N the National Center of Urban Solutions, Empowerhouse, New Vision Sports, Omega Safety, Steel City Squash Center, Tim Stevens with BP, George Flemings with the uh Father's Touch, Keith Murphy, Healthy Village Project, Pastor Courtney Meadows, Central Baptist Church. Also want to shout out again our partners Carnegie Library of uh Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Parrick, Pittsburgh Stillers and Cayman Sand Center. And of course we want to most definitely give a huge shout out to the Pittsburgh public and early childhood students, families and staff as well as Chief Blackwell for that amazing speech. Uh PPS uh President Director Walker uh director Taliferoh um as well as uh Dr. Walters, our um superintendent and all of the board directors. uh that most definitely put the work in for the uh families of Pittsburgh public schools. And we also would like to give a shout out to former state representative uh Montel Coington. Thank you all. >> Thank you, Director Barker. Uh and th those of you who have copies of the litany, you know how this respond uh how we work. Uh they'll say the few words. It will be brother Tim and brother uh Mike will speak and then there is a response and then we all speak agree at the end. So if you can gentlemen >> good morning everybody >> want to hear it nice and loud wake up. We dedicate the 2026 Take Your Father to School Day involvement of fathers and father figures in the education of their children and to the collaborative support of educators of our stakeholders. We rejoice that farmers and farmer figures, students, educators, and supporters are assembled under the better of the Pittsburgh public schools take a father to school day. And we ask for guidance as we grow in our development concerning the importance and impact of fathers AND FATHER FIGURES. And in our needs to embrace relationships and resources for the benefit of our children we love and cherish dearly. TO IN THE honor of our community and to all of those who share A RESPONSIBILITY IN RAISING OUR YOUTH. TO the administrators, teachers, parents, and community leaders who are RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EQUALITY of education for our children. We like to overcome the low levels of performance and the need for us to visualize, actualize, internalize, conceptualize, and realize that we are a critical piece in a child's physical, social, and emotional, artistic, and cognitive development. We raise our collective voices with a sense of urgency to say, feel to all we are here. We are proud and we are committed. to the call for new and extended independent initiatives in education where fathers and former figures can be regularly seen here and represented throughout the educational experience. >> We pledge our father and father to do what is necessary for ourselves, our children and our future as we understand we need to do ourselves. >> Weather shed blood usful for this opportunity. We dedicate ourselves to our children and the future by continually serving as positive representation of fathers and father figures in firm. We both children in the life of God. >> Thank you. >> Thank you, gentlemen. Uh what we'd like to do is just we're going to get ready to close out. We're going to do our father's cheer, but I want to remind folks uh as usual, we will have uh t-shirts downstairs. We will also have some lunches and men are or asked to stick around and fellowship if you like and then we have a couple things we're just going to raffle off. So, um we're just going to enjoy ourselves. And once again, this is a kickoff to prepare for the 15th. And to those of you who are not familiar with it, the 15th is the actual day. uh you can go to any one of the Pittsburgh public schools and there is a set of activities designed to attract and invite men into that building and we're asking men and fathers to participate. We want to put out a special thank you to all of our teachers because they are super creative with some of the activities with donuts for dads. Perry High School is going to have a um basketball game, I think. Dads against fathers, Dwayne, >> fathers, men against the students, >> men against students. Uh there are special performances of some of the other schools. So, there's a variety of activities. Uh there is a directory that you can get access to on the Pittsburgh public schools website to find out the different activities. And uh we also want you to remember that in this in this great United States, the Pittsburgh, we are the lead city in activities in terms of getting men involved with uh the pit their school system. So we won award in 2012 and we're pretty excited about that. What I'd like to do before we do our cheer, I believe our president is here and if the honorable president of the Pittsburgh school board, Mr. Gene Walker, if you would give us some comments, we appreciate it. >> Thank you, Mr. Brentley. Uh, thank you, President Lavell. Thank you, Pittsburgh City Council. On behalf of the board of directors for Pittsburgh public schools, it is our honor to reaffirm our commitment to take your father to school day uh and hope that one day it becomes every day that fathers are engaging uh in a high level with their young people as they go through school uh both visibly and behind the scenes like so many of us are. Uh and so with that, we continue uh with our commitment to making sure that our schools are open, safe, and welcoming for all of our friends and families to come with our students. So, thank you very much. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Well, in closing, remember it's the hardest thing sometimes for fathers to get up and get out. You got to take off if you're working. You got to set things aside. You have to make sure that you go and you also try to take another father with you. So we are determined. We just simply put our fist in the air. Gentlemen in your right arm, right hand and we just do the Pittsburgh cheer. When I say Pittsburgh, you say fathers. And we do it three time each time WE GO LOUDER. PITTSBURGH >> FATHERS. >> PITTSBURGH. >> FATHERS. >> PITTSBURGH. >> FATHERS. >> Thank you members of council. Thank you very much. Take a picture. What's up, man? How you doing? >> I've been doing good. How about you? >> I see that. >> Good for you. >> I'll be doing this show myself. Should I bring How are you? >> I'm good. How are you? >> And I believe we have one proclamation to be read into the record. Council member Cogill presents. Be it further resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday May 2nd 2026 to be Richard Stigerwald Day in the city of Pittsburgh. >> Maybe have a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All in favor say I. >> I. >> Proclamation has been approved. Our next order of business is public comment. I would like to remind everyone that the rules of council state that comments are limited to matters of concern, official action or deliberation 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 Lin Miller. >> Dr. Miller, uh Dr. Ronald and Miller, United States Pittsburgh, Homewood North neighborhood. Um the space upstairs Jazz place um Mr. Mosley you've been there. Um, Algeria, Elers's Kazba neighborhood, Rye Jazz. Um, Alers is in the Pittsburgh City Ally network that I have created and the, um, Kazba neighborhood in the PC NN Pittsburgh city neighborhood network, which I've also created 2025. Um I'm a global intelligence society candidate for president 2028 ACE and 1448 ah that is an Arabic Islamic reference uh global information intelligence network.net net. Uh concern of this council is to offer fact over fiction to us through the offices of council and mayor of OSCM uh in through uh intelligence information. Um and it is clearly a concern of mine. Um here's a claim. The NFL uh for Pittsburgh and the USA is a plus. Um F. Mendoza dad stood up when Mendoza was chosen number one. Um fact or false? It's false. His dad did not stand up. But this got a lot of play in this city and across the country. But we did have uh a lot of obscene beefcake images. We had man muscle uh analytics but there were no no measures for the skull, no measures for interior cortical uh cushioning. Um I find this very very troubling. Um, but I think we can turn, we ought to turn from this brain body blast to uh African uh BH and Algerian jazz uh rye. Uh, Khaled Ibraim is one of the most outstanding uh performers in Algerian jazz. Jazz is not just u a black thing or apologies for people who are dark-kinned of African descent. Wolfgong Mosart was known for improvisation. If improvisation is the core of jazz, which I think it is, um, what he would do in a lot of public performances, he would say, "Give me three notes. Three notes." And he would create something right on the spot. Miles Davis was famous for a lot of things. And one of them was, "What do you do?" And he said, "I play what isn't there." Exactly. >> Thank you. Our next registered speaker is Bethany Cameron. >> Good morning, council members. My name is Bethany Cameron. I live in Overbrook and I'm here again representing informup.org, a local news nonprofit which reports weekly on public meetings, asks readers to weigh in on what matters to them and delivers that feedback to elected officials. Our community survey ran from April 24th through 20 28th and 104 readers responded. Eight of nine districts were represented. I'll cover three issues today. Large event outcomes, the PIT grant, and youth athletic fields. Uh number one, regarding priorities for large city events. We asked when the city hosts large events like the NFL draft, which outcome matters most to you? 43% of respondents prioritized boosting Pittsburgh's national reputation. 22% prioritized minimizing disruption to residents, 15% focused on recovering the full cost of city services. And 14% uh wanted to see generating immediate neighborhood revenue. Number two, regarding the University of Pittsburgh grant spending, we told readers, "The city has flexibility in how it spends the University of Pittsburgh grant. Which of the following should be the top priority? 21% prioritized parks repairs. 13% selected small business support through main street programs. 10% wanted to see public safety facility upgrades. 9% selected improvements near Pit's campus. And 40% of respondents favored spreading the funds equally across all categories. A resident from Bloomfield said, "I am wary of the acceptance of Pit's $5 million donation spread across 5 years. This is only $1 million per year, which is certainly lower uh than what they would contribute to the city in taxes. Lastly, regarding youth athletic field funding, we asked readers, "Do you think the city should dedicate a portion of its annual budget specifically to maintaining youth athletic fields?" 76% of respondents somewhat or strongly supported dedicated funding for youth athletic fields. 10% somewhat or strongly opposed. A resident from Squirrel Hill said, "As someone whose child played baseball in the city proper, it was painfully obvious how poor the options for fields were." As always, we will send the full report to you later today. Thank you for considering this feedback. >> Thank you. Our last register speaker is Jennifer Wartz. Is Jennifer Wartz with us? If not, that exhausts our list of registered speakers. If there's anyone in chambers wishing to speak, please come forward at this time. Provide your name and your neighborhood for the record. >> Good morning. The missing child, Sice Taylor, Special Agent Sunshine. Lord, thank you for everybody who plays a part in this identity theft fraud/ Rico case. I forgive them all for this injustice. But whatever your wrath slashjudgment is for them, bring it like a force of nature in Jesus' name. The title of my message today is the will of God. Lord, whatever your will is for my life, your will be done in Jesus name. Amen. First Thessalonians 5:16 and 7 through 18 says, "Be joyful always. Pray continually. Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. I give thanks in song, music. I'm a female vocalist and I can't praise God in this chamber. That's going to change. I promise you like a force of nature. Leave. The wisdom for today comes from Proverbs 11:29. He who brings trouble on his family will inherit only wind and the fool will be servant to the wise. Mosley Jeremiah 49:36 says, "I will bring against Elon the four winds for the four quarters from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter them to the four winds and there will not be a nation where Elam's exiles do not go. I must be an exile. There will be no nations I will not go. Hallelujah. Ecclesiastes 7:27-28 says, "Look, says the teacher, this is what I have discovered, adding one thing to another to discover the scheme of things. While I was still searching but not founding finding, I found one upright man among a thousand, but not one upright woman among them all. city clerk. It's amazing how they just come out like that. Philippians 2:4 says, "Each of you should look not only to your own interest, but also to the interests of others." Like some of us would like to perform at some of these venues that you have. But because of who I am, I'm being blocked on every level in every way. But you will never block the will of God from my life ever. He's opening doors you'll never be able to shut. The contemporary English version of that scripture says, "Care care about them as much as you care about yourselves." Really? One person gave me a gift. But it was to me, you know, I I was kind of like, really, y'all stolen millions from me, but you give me a $100, okay? Billions you've taken from me. Thank you for the gift in Jesus name. I will continue to pray for your health and strength. Amen. >> Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good morning. Council of Selective Action, Council of Convenience, Council of Look Leadership. My name is Unique Brown and I was just in Washington DC last week and I went to the National Museum of African-American History and the US Holocaust Museum. And I didn't just walk through history. I felt it. I saw what happens when people in power stay comfortable while others suffer. I saw what silence cost. I saw what delay destroys. And then to come back here to this city and it feels way too familiar. I have a simple question. What did they fight for if I'm still standing here and have to fight just to be heard, just to get a question answered? Because we're not going to play confused in this room. I brought my issues to you over and over while they got worse. While I told you how they got worse, I was asking for help. And before y'all even tried to understand me, before y'all tried to help me, y'all ran to the white woman that I brought here, not me. Y'all asked her what she needed, how y'all can help her. Nobody asked me anything. But um so no one can ever ask me why I feel white people are favored over black people. I have the memory of what y'all did in this room. That wasn't history. That was y'all. And that's the problem. Y'all love to honor history when it's behind glass. But when it's in front of you speaking, breathing, hurting, you hesitate. You delay. You look for someone else to validate it. That's not leadership. That's avoidance. And I'm tired. Tired of watching my community and me be treated like an afterthought. Tired of the solutions moving slower than the problems. tired of being expected to be calm while I'm being dismissed. I'll say this clearly. I don't need you to be comfortable. Y'all don't care if I'm comfortable. I need y'all to for some accountability. Because history doesn't just remember the people who did wrong. It remembers the people who had the power to do right but didn't. Next speaker, please. Good morning. My name is Javon F. Brown. I live at 715 Mercer Street. That's in Katy Were Tyres. The tall building up of the top of Befort. The real tall building. It's 190 apartments in that uh building. No, I keep I come come come before you and lately my daughter has been coming. Now her she um you know she's a grown woman. She's speaking how she feels and I haven't been saying anything about her situation, but today I feel that I should. Um, she's coming down and telling you the problems that she's having. But what bothers me is my grandchildren have to get up at 5:30 in the morning to be able to get to school here in Pittsburgh. It's hurting because they're children. They have to stand out in the cold. that if they come to my building and because they come to my building because of the time I get papers that I'm going to be evicted. Well, that's been straightened out. But you just need to really think about the women when they have children cuz the children are suffering and I you know how I used to be a school guard so I know what they're going through to have to stand out there in the cold. But that's not what I was going to talk about. I and you know when I think about the children I do cry because they shouldn't have to go through this. They could have had other places to live if they had just helped my daughter. Okay? And I I I don't want to talk about that anymore, but I wanted to say this. God is good. Cuz the day when they had those men from Take Your Fathers to School, I was able to go to them and say about these kids, how they're fighting people on the buses in downtown that we need you men to go on the buses and take and also be downtown. if we can start maybe a list because the mothers could do it too. I'm willing to do it. I'm willing to take this on because there children we have to be there. I believe if the children see the men there, you wouldn't have you wouldn't have the problem. But God is good because the men said that they will talk to the children. They're going to be in the school. Isn't that good? God is good. You just have a nice day. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Next speaker, please. Seeing no further speakers, we'll move on to the presentation of papers, beginning with Councilman Charlotte, Chair of Human Resources. >> Good morning, Mr. President. >> Morning. Council Person Charlotte presents bill number 427, ordinance amending ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article 7, Procedures, by adding a new chapter, chapter 173A, Housing Data Dashboard, by amending the chapter number to conform to the numbering in Article 7 of the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances. The new chapter shall be numbered 162A. >> And Councilman Carill, chair of public safety and wellness. >> No new papers, Mr. President. >> Thank you. Councilwoman Gross, chair of innovation, performance, asset management, and technology. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you. Councilwoman Gross presents bill number 408, resolution amending resolution 119 of 2025, which authorized the mayor and the director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a professional services agreement or agreements with Route Smart Technologies, Inc., which provides trash and recycling routing optimization for the purchase and implementation of navigation software that will provide turnbyturn directions to environmental service drivers through November 30 of 2027 by increasing the total amount by $113,280 for a new total cost not to exceed $360,47 >> and Councilman Mosie, chair of intergovernmental educational affairs. >> Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. >> Councilman Mosley presents bill number 409, resolution adopting plan revision to the city of Pittsburgh's official sewage facilities plan for 217 to 239 Hulkage Street at no cost to the city. Bill 410, resolution amending resolution 571 of 2021 in order to authorize the mayor and the director of the department of mobility and infrastructure on behalf of the city of Pittsburgh to amend a cooperation agreement or agreements with the western Pennsylvania conservancy for maintenance of plantings and other planting related infrastructure in the public rights of way throughout the city of Pittsburgh at no cost to the city. Bill 411, resolution amending resolution 297 of 2025 providing for a reimbursement agreement or agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the Smithfield Street phase 1 project where Pittsburgh Water would be responsible for paying 100% of the actual expenses involved in certain work to be described in the agreement at an amount not to exceed $123,000 and further amending resolution 924 of 2024 effective December 18th. 2024 entitled resolution adopting and approving the 2025 capital budget, the proposed 2025 community development program, and the 2025 through 2030 capital improvement program by increasing Smithfield Street phase 1 tip by $123,000. Bill 412 resolution authorizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the city's right title and interest if any and into the publicly owned properties in the 12th ward city of Pittsburgh designated in the deed registry office of Alageney County is block 125A lot 112 113 114 115 116 11718 and 133 zero Lincoln Avenue and zero Mayflower Street District 9 at no cost to the city and bill 43 13 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 15th for City of Pittsburgh designated in the deed registry office of Alageney County as block 55P, lots 15, zero Chatzsworth Street, District 5, lot 16, 0 Chadzsworth Street, District 5. Lot 45, 0 Manonga Street, District 5. Lot 570 Manonga Street District 5. Lot 580 Mananga Street District 5. Lot 60 Mananga Street District 5. Lot 62 0 Manonga Street District 5. Lot 64 0 Manonga Street District 5. Lot 670 Manonga Street District 5. Lot 680 Managa Street District 5. Lot 690 Manonga Street District 5. Lot 70 Manonga Street District 5. Lot 71 0 Manonga Street District 5. And block 56B, lot 370, Burwick Street, District 5, at no cost to the city. >> And Councilwoman Salonra, chair of public works and infrastructure. >> Thank you, Council President. >> Thank you. Councilwoman Silentro presents bill number 414, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of finance on behalf of the city of Pittsburgh to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with various parties for the purpose of accessing city property while certain railroad crossing at Lockway East and Lockway West Council District 7 are being upgraded or removed at no cost to the city. Bill 415, resolution amending resolution 866 of 2025, which authorized the mayor and the director of the department of public works to enter into a professional service agreement between the city of Pittsburgh and Studio Zoo for costs associated with the Homewood Park construction project for the construction administration schedule extension and transfer of fee from reimburseable expenses by increasing the total spend by $48,000 for new not to exceed amount of 2 million. 137,82.30. Bill 416, resolution amending resolution number 2011, effective May 14, 2022, entitled authorizing the mayor and the director of the department of public works to enter into an agreement or agreements or use of existing agreements between the city of city of Pittsburgh and Clayon Design Associates, Inc. for the professional landscape architectural services for Sheridan Park one design. the total cost not to exceed $300,000 by increasing the total allocation by amount of $10,945 for a new total of $310,945. Bill 417 resolution providing for an agreement or agreements with a Moronte Contracting Inc. for costs associated with the construction phase of the Smithfield Street reconstruction project providing for the payment costs not to exceed 6,672,2256. Bill 418, resolution accepting resolution authorizing acceptance by the city of Pittsburgh for dedication of certain right ofway in and around North Avenue and Brighton Road in conjunction with the bridge reconstruction thereto at no cost to the city located in the 22nd ward city of Pittsburgh and Counciloman Schberger chair of finance and law. >> Thank you Mr. President. Council person Strawber presents bill number 420, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mary Alan DeMarco Ruby for a single payment in 2026 in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in full and final settlement of litigation filed in common please court of Alageney County >> and Council Warick chair of recreation Youth and Senior Services. Councilman Wilson. >> Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you. Councilwoman Warwick presents bill number 419, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy located at 317 East Carson Street, West Tower, Sweet 230 for the reimbursement for horicultural and forestry work completed in Alageney Commons, August Wilson, Emerald View, Highland and Riverview Parks in the amount of $250,000. Councilman Wilson, chair of land use economic development. >> Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you. Councilman Wilson presents bill number 426, ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title 2, Fiscal Article 9 Property Taxes by creating a new chapter 269 real estate tax exemptions for construction or adaptive reuse of buildings on Pittsburgh's north side. and for myself. >> Council President Lavell presents 421 communication from Ria 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 April 24th, 2026. >> I need a motion to receive and file. >> So moved. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Bills have been read, received, and filed. Our next order of business is reports of the committee for final action beginning with council person Erica Strawber the committee of finance and law. >> Thank you Mr. President. >> Council person Strawber presents bill number 402 reported to committee on finance and law for April 20th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 361, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Joseph Nits and their legal council Bordis and Bordis PLLC for a single payment in 2026 in an amount not to exceed $85,000 in full and final settlement of litigation in the common please court of Alageney County. Bill 362, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of foster and foster for payment for professional services rendered in the act 111 interest arbitration between the city of Pittsburgh and a Fraternal Order of Police for an amount not to exceed $17,850 over one year. Bill 363, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Sergeant Court Reporting Service for Legal Transcript Services for an amount not to exceed $11,78.50 over one year. Bill 364, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Ronald Talerico, Esquire for arbitration services for an amount not to exceed $17,726 over one year. and Bill 370, resolution further amending resolution 840 of 2019 effective December 23rd, 2019 entitled resolution adopting and approving the 2020 capital budget and a 2020 community development block grant program in the 2020 through 2025 capital improvement program by reducing facility improvements city facilities by $50,000 and increasing lower He's run by $50,000. >> You've heard the reading of the bill. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action. All in favor of the passage of the bill will vote I name is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the role? >> Mr. Charland, >> I. >> Mr. Cogill, >> I. >> Miss Gross. >> I. >> Mr. Mosley. >> I. >> Mrs. Salinetra. >> I. >> Mrs. Strawber. >> I. >> Mrs. Warwick. >> I. >> Mr. Wilson. >> I. >> Mr. Lavell. President. >> I. >> Nine eyes's zero nos. The bill having received the legal required number of votes is passed. Finally, that moves us to Councilwoman Kim Selinro presenting the committee of public works and infrastructure. >> Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you. >> Councilwoman Silent Metro presents bill number 403 reported to committee on public works and infrastructure for April 20th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 335, Ordinance Amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title One, Administrative, Article 7, Procedures, Chapter 174, Right of Way, Accessibility Needs Inventory by updating the chapter number to 162B, bill 354, resolution authorizing, pursuant to chapter 210, acceptance of gifts to the city of the city code, the mayor and the director of the Department of Public Works to accept a donation from Laborers District Council in the amount of $300,000. for the purchase and installation of scoreboards at fields used for youth sports in the city. Bill 355, resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget, and the director of the department of public works to enter into an agreement or agreements with pirate charities for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount of $300,000 to provide upgrades to youth baseball and softball fields. Bill 356, resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget and a director of the department of public works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for the Emer Park Tree Implementation Project. The grant proposal includes an ask not to exceed $250,000 with a match not to exceed $250,000 from the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget for a total project cost not to exceed $500,000 for this stated purpose. Bill 357, resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget, and the director of the department of mobility and infrastructure to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for repaving a portion of the Three Rivers Heritage Trail. The grant proposal includes an ask of $250,000 with the match not to exceed $250,000 from the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget for a total project cost not to exceed $500,000 for this stated purpose. Bill 358, resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget and a director of the department of public works to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for the renovation of Fort Pit Park. The grant proposal includes an ask not to exceed $500,000 with the match not to exceed $500,000 from the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget for a total project cost not to exceed $1 million for this stated purpose. Bill 359, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the office of management and budget to enter into an agreement or agreements with the University of Pittsburgh for the purpose of receiving grant funds in the amount not to exceed $5 million to be used for parks, capital improvements, URA, Main Street programs, public safety facilities, equipment, fleet, or special initiatives. Bill 360, resolution providing for an agreement or agreements with Johnson, Mermarin, and Thompson, Inc. for costs associated with construction inspection and contract administration for the raise grant project providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed 1,116,3487 reimburseable at 80%. Bill 369, resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the office of management and budget and a director of the department of city planning to apply for grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships Program to provide funding for the Alageney Riverfront Drail Connectivity Planning Project. The grant proposal includes an ask of $50,000 with a match not to exceed $50,000 from the city of Pittsburgh's capital budget for a total project not to exceed $100,000 for this stated purpose. and bill 388 resolution providing for an amended reimbursement agreement or agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the preliminary design final design right-of-way and construction phases of the Smithfield Street reconstruction project and providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $10,126,000 an increase of $236,000 from the previous resol resolution reimburseable at 80% and the municipal share of Commonwealth incur cost not to exceed $45,000, a $0 increase from the previous resolution 72 of 2026. >> You've heard the reading and title of the bill. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action. All in favor of passage of the bill. We vote I name is called. Those opposed will vote no. The clerk please take the role. >> Mr. Charlotte, >> I. >> Mr. Cogill, >> I. >> Miss Gross. >> I. >> Mr. Mosley. >> I. >> Mrs. Salenro. >> I. >> Mrs. Strawber. I >> Mrs. Warwick >> I >> Mr. Wilson >> I >> Mr. Lavell President >> I. >> Nine eyes's zero nos. The >> bill having received the legal required number of votes is passed finally. That moves us to council person Robert Charlotte presenting the committee of human resources. >> Council person Charlotte presents bill number 404 reported to committee on human resources for April 20th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 347, resolution providing the authorization to make all legitimate expenditures for payments and agreements or agreements with various agencies to provide job development and employment services, wages and fringe benefits for supervisor staff, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, vocational skills training, and on the job training, outreach, recruitment costs, and administrative expenditures necessary to implement the 2025 Pittsburgh Partnership employment program and providing the period periodic transfer of funds to be used in the 2025 Pittsburgh Partnership Employment Program and for the payment of the cost of revenue not to exceed $320,000. Bill 348, resolution providing for the filing of applications by the Commonwealth of PA, Department of Human Services for grants and connection with the Joint Jobs Initiatives Program Employment Advancement and Retention Network and providing for the authorization to earn to enter into agreements with various agencies and to pay for expenditures for cost to support, implement, and administer the program. cost not to exceed $3,828,594. You >> refer to reading and title of the bill. Is there any discussion on the bill? >> Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action. All in favor to pass the bill before I name is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the role? >> Mr. Charland, >> I. >> Mr. Cogill, >> I. >> Miss Gross, >> I. >> Mr. Mosley, >> I. >> Mrs. Salinetro, >> I. >> Mrs. Strawber, >> I >> Mrs. Warwick >> I >> Mr. Wilson >> I >> Mr. Lavell President >> I >> nine eyes's zero nos >> the bill having received the legally required number of votes is passed finally that moves us to Councilman Bobby Wilson present the committee of land use economic development >> thank you Mr. President, >> thank you. >> Councilman Wilson presents bill number 405 reported to committee on land use and economic development for April 20 of 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 320, resolution further amending resolution 863 of 2018 effective January 1, 2019 as amended, entitled resolution adopting and approving the 2019 capital budget and the 2019 community development block grant program and the 2019 through 2024 capital improvement program by reducing facility improvements, recreation, and senior centers by $400,000 and increasing remediation of condemned buildings by $400,000. You've heard the reading and title of the bill. Is there any discussion? >> Yes. >> Council Gross. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Um, so I mentioned this last week and just as a reminder um so these funds of $400,000 have been allocated to projects in Bloomfield for a number of years. And um the original project was really to do a master plan that could have paid for um multiple corridors um in Bloomfield and its boundary neighborhoods. So the Penn Avenue corridor with Garfield, the Balm Center corridor with Shady Side, the the Penn and Main corridor with Lawrenceville, as well as a master plan in Bloomfield, again, which is a very large and densely populated city neighborhood um that has a variety of pressures on it. And um when that was unable to be executed or wasn't executed by several mayoral administrations, um the neighborhood built consensus around allocating these funds to the Bloomfield um recreck and senior center at the Bloomfield Park, which has been closed for decades. Um, and again, that park is a pretty tight footprint that gets a lot of use from a lot of different kinds of users, including the Bloomfield pool, which is, I think, our second highest attendant um, city pool, even though it's not very big. And, um, from, you know, really gets users and kids from many different neighborhoods because it's such a centrallylo park. Um and so as a reminder, there is a second budget line that is still ex in existence. That is um a contract that's underway to do planning for stabilizing the structure that is the rec center at about $180,000. Um it is very heartbreaking for Bloomfield to see these funds being moved to other districts um and to demolitions in other districts. So um however we do acknowledge that the source of the funds these these federal funds these are federal funds the community development block grant funds that have a ticking timer on them that is coming to an end. they have to be used immediately or we will lose these funds. Um but it's our goal as a neighborhood to um find and restore um the $400,000 from other parts of the city budget. So I will be talking more about this with the administration and my colleagues here at council. So I cannot vote yes on this. I do want to acknowledge that something has these funds have to move somewhere um because they can't be used um for this use immediately and they need to be used immediately. Thank you, Mr. President. >> Thank you. Any further discussion? Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action. All in favor of passage of the bill will vote I when their name is called. Those opposed will vote no. The clerk please take the role. >> Mr. Charlotte >> I. >> Mr. Cogill >> I. >> Miss Gross. >> No. >> Mr. Mosley. I >> Mrs. Salenro >> I >> Mrs. Strawber >> I >> Mrs. Warwick >> I >> Mr. Wilson >> I >> Mr. Lavell President >> I >> eight I's one no >> the bill having received the legally required number of votes is passed finally that moves us to Councilwoman Deborah Gross presenting the committee of innovation performance asset management and technology >> thank you Mr. President. >> Thank you. >> Councilwoman Gross presents bill number 406 reported to Committee on Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology for April 20th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 349, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Insight Software LLC for one-time auditing and accounting technology services for an amount not to exceed $5,499.90 over one year. You >> have heard the reading and title of the bill. Is there any discussion on the bill? Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action. All in favor of passage of the bill I name is called. Those opposed will vote no. Will the clerk please take the role? >> Mr. Charlotte, >> I. >> Mr. Mr. Cogill. >> I >> Miss Gross. >> I >> Mr. Mosley. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Salenro. >> I >> Mrs. Strawber. >> I >> Mrs. Warwick. >> I >> Mr. Wilson. >> I >> Mr. Lavel, President >> I. >> Nine eyes's zero nos. >> The bill having received a legally required number of votes is passed finally. And finally, Councilman Kar Mosi presented Committee of Intergovernmental Educational Affairs. Thank you, Mr. President. You >> Councilman Mosley presents bill number 407 reported to committee on intergovernmental and educational affairs for April 20th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation. Bill 350, resolution amending resolution 662 of 2024 entitled resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the office of management and budget to enter into an NFL draft funding agreement or agreements with the greater Pittsburgh Convention and Visitors Bureau, Inc. doing business as visit Pittsburgh for the coordination of municipal, governmental, and other services required for the 2026 NFL draft at a cost not to exceed $1 million over three years, plus the value of various inind city services to provide authorization for an amendment granting receipt by the city for an amount not to exceed $2 million from Visit Pittsburgh for reimbursement of certain expenses incurred by the city as a result of the 2026 NFL draft. Bill 351, resolution authorizing the acceptance of a deed by the city of Pittsburgh for a parcel of rural property from Pittsburgh Regional Transit for the purpose of dedicating the property as public park space to be incorporated into Brooklyn Memorial Park at no cost to the city. Bill 352, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the department of public works to enter into an agreement or agreements with the housing authority of the city of Pittsburgh for the city of Pittsburgh to access the housing authority of the city of Pittsburgh's land for tree planting and trail establishment cost not to exceed $1 for the duration of the project. and bill 353 resolution approving execution of a contract for disposition by sale of land between the URA of Pittsburgh and Gaia Space LLC or a related entity for the sale of block 50F lots 147 and 148 10th Ward City of Pittsburgh Rosetta Street District 9 at no cost to the city. >> You have heard the reading and title of the bill. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action. All in favor of passing the bill will vote or name is called. Those opposed will vote no clerk, please take the role. >> Mr. Charlotte, >> I. >> Mr. Cogill, >> I. >> Miss Gross, >> I. >> Mr. Mosley, >> I. >> Mrs. Salenro, >> I. >> Mrs. Strawber, >> I. >> Mrs. Warwick. >> I, >> Mr. Wilson. >> I, >> Mr. Lavell, President. >> I, >> nine eyes, zero nos. The bill having received a legally required number of votes is passed finally. That takes us to uh motions and resolutions. Is there anything for members? If not, we have meeting announcements. This afternoon at 1:00, council will hold an executive session for bill 420 as relates to litigation. And tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29th at 10 a.m., council will hold our standing committee meeting. Speak registration will close at 9:00. to register to speak at this meeting. Please fill the signup form on the council meeting web page or call our clerk's office at 4122552138. With that, all were present. Need a motion to approve the minutes and adjourn the meeting. >> So move. >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> We are adjourned.