0:53 Also, God is not a problem, but Well, it's not so many debates yet, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, Good morning and welcome to the regular meeting of City Council on Tuesday, May twelfth, two thousand twenty six.
25:53 Would a clerk please take the role.
26:20 Five members present.
26:21 For those who are able, please rise for the pleasure of allegiance, remain standing for a moment of silence.
27:00 You have one to present.
27:10 Can I get the folks up here for Koanas?
27:35 Whereas, chartered by Kawanas International on May 10th, 1951, the Kawanas Club of Sheridan in Pittsburgh has continuously served children and the Sheridan West uh West Pittsburgh communities for 75 years.
27:50 Its members are residents, former residents, and friends from across PA.
27:55 Each year, the Kawanas Club of Sheridan contributes thousands of volunteer hours.
28:00 Annual events include Easter egg hunt, a health, safety, and fun fair, and a scholarship for community-minded local high school seniors.
28:09 The club also maintains the Sheridan Bulletin Board, neighborhood portal signs, and the American flags and other seasonal flag displays, and oversees the Kawanis Quarter Shelter located at the intersection of Hillsboro and Sheridan Boulevard for community events.
28:25 Whereas the Kawanis Club of Sheridan sponsors five service leadership programs, Action Club with City Connections programs for young adults with intellectual and non-visible disabilities, Builders Club at Langley Pre-Kay and the Pittsburgh Classical Academy, the Key Club at the Upper St.
28:43 Clair High School, and Circle K at Carnegie Millen University, each offering students a community service opportunities and leadership development.
28:52 Whereas major fundraisers include the annual Pancake Breakfast and the Spring Costa dinner offering affordable food and fellowship.
29:00 The Kawanis Classic Golf Outing, featuring a round of golf, appreciation lunch, and prizes and awards.
29:08 And whereas, in celebration of its 75 years of service, the Kawanas Club of Sheridan will commemorate its milestone with a formal anniversary dinner on May 14th at the Lamont Restaurant atop Mount Washington.
29:22 Now, therefore, be it resolved that the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize the Kawanas Club of Sheridan and congratulate them on their 75 years of service.
29:30 And be it further resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare a Sunday, May 10th, 2026, to be Kawanis Club of Sheridan Day in the City of Pittsburgh.
29:40 May we have a motion to approve.
29:44 All in favor say aye.
29:51 This club does so much for the community.
29:54 They volunteer, they help our kids out.
29:57 They are uh irreplaceable in the community, and there's so many good people involved.
30:02 Um does anybody want to speak?
30:04 I want to give this to you.
30:14 Thank you, President of Council, Council members, thank you, guests.
30:18 Um, we have served the community for 75 years, and um I'm a 35-year member myself, so um, it's a great honor to be here.
30:28 Great honor to be recognized by the city council, and uh we appreciate all you do as well.
30:41 Can we get the rest of council up to um for a picture?
31:53 And we have one to be read into the record.
31:56 Councilmember Strasberger presents, be it further resolved that the council of the city of Pittsburgh extends to Mr.
32:03 Hahn its profound gratitude and warmest wishes for a richly deserved next chapter.
32:10 Maybe have a motion to approve.
32:15 Proclamation has been approved.
32:17 The next order of business is public comment.
32:19 I would like to remind everyone of the rules of Council of State that comments are limited to massive concern, official accent or deliberation, which may be for city council.
32:27 Profanity would not be permitted after you were called.
32:29 Please restate your name, provide your neighborhood for the record.
32:32 You'll be given three minutes to speak.
32:34 Our first registered speaker is Farouk al-Say.
32:42 Is Farooq al-Sai with us?
32:45 If not, our next registered speaker.
32:50 Oh no, what's the data?
32:56 Our next registered speaker is Donna Ray Schilling.
33:03 Is Donna Ray Schilling with us?
33:08 If not, our next register of speaker, Dr.
33:20 Ronaldin Miller, United States.
33:23 Knoxville, neighborhood.
33:41 The Laos National University Department of Anthropology.
33:49 The Laos UNY mission.
33:55 Email is Lao.pr.ny at gmail.com.
34:06 Both the city, Vientiane, and the neighborhood are in the Pittsburgh City Ally neighborhood on the one hand, and the Pittsburgh City Neighborhood Network on the other hand, which I founded in 2025.
34:20 And the Global Intelligence Society candidate president, 2028 ACE, and 2428 AB, that's after Buddha.
34:37 The uh American Academy of Religion, the American Anthropological Association, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
34:49 I became a member in the early 2000s, so it's been 20 years.
35:00 In the ethnicity and religiosity of Pittsburgh.
35:18 Claims scientificity of a biogenetic foundation for race.
35:26 Indigenous Americans.
35:36 There is a parallel in Laotia in Laos in Laotians.
35:40 The genetic codiversity of Laotians is multi-African, Asian, European, regional, inclusive, and it's surpassed by no other that uh we're aware of, except for possibly uh Brazilians.
35:56 Um, this means that the the of the genetics of both uh indigenous Americans and Laotians uh renders classifications such as black race, white race, scientifically baseless, ludicrous.
36:15 Um, and both um are evidence of the evolution of the universal human genome, which is present in this city.
36:25 Our next speaker is Bethany Cameron.
36:35 Good morning, council members.
36:26 I am Bethany Cameron.
36:29 I still live in Overbrook, and I'm here again representing InformUp.org, a local news nonprofit which reports weekly on public meetings, uh, and asks readers to weigh in on what matters to them, then delivers that feedback to their elected officials like you.
36:51 Our community survey ran from May 9th through 12th.
36:55 156 readers responded, and all nine council districts were represented.
37:00 We covered three issues: immigration enforcement uh rule oversight, teen restrictions in public spaces, and recycling service.
37:08 Uh number one, regarding enforcing immigration rules.
37:12 We told readers that the mayor's office would be responsible for enforcing the new immigration enforcement rules.
37:18 So we asked how confident readers were that violations would be consistently reported and acted on.
37:24 37% of respondents were not sure or needed more information.
37:29 31% were confident that violations would be acting on, and 32% were not confident they would be.
37:36 Number two, regarding factors for teen restrictions in public spaces.
37:41 We asked readers to rank which factors the city should consider when deciding whether to keep, change, or remove restrictions for teens in public spaces.
37:50 Sixty-five percent of readers chose input from community members, 58% chose crime statistics by age and location.
37:58 54% 54% chose input from businesses, 53% chose observations from police, and 30% chose input from teenagers themselves.
38:08 The comments on this question were unusually polarized.
38:12 A resident from the central north side said on weekdays they have no choice but to wait for their bus transfers downtown because there are no dedicated school buses.
38:21 The teens have to be there and should have appealing places to go, not rules about where they cannot go.
38:27 A resident from Manchester said these kids are assaulting random people just walking through downtown, even senior citizens.
38:34 They need to be arrested.
38:36 A resident from Southside Slopes said crime data regarding teens downtown is a futile look downstream of the problem.
38:44 Work upstream with the teens and community stakeholders instead.
38:47 And a resident from Stan Heights said we need more safe and supportive spaces created for young people by young people.
38:55 Number three, regarding recycling service priorities.
38:58 We asked readers, what problem with Pittsburgh's recycling service would you most like the new routing software to fix?
39:04 37% of respondents said the current system works fine for them.
39:08 28% wanted increased pickup frequency, and 15% reported uh their recycling is sometimes missed entirely.
39:16 A resident from Greenfield said garbage and recycling pickup are two of the most needed and appreciated services that the city offers.
39:22 Kudos to those hard workers.
39:25 As always, we will send the full report to your offices later today.
39:29 Thank you for considering this feedback.
39:32 Thank you very much.
39:34 Um next registered speaker is Chief Akahanaha Malkina.
39:50 Uh Chief Akahana, you need to come off the mute.
39:54 If you're with us, I will come back to her.
40:04 Our next speaker is Jasmine Green.
40:16 I'm here just in time.
40:18 Um, hi, my name is Jasmine Green.
40:20 I'm the creative director at OneHood Media.
40:22 Um I just wanted to extend an invitation.
40:24 Uh I was here back in December, inviting everyone to our first youth forum.
40:30 Um, these are conversations that we have with our community safety group, uh, which is youth between the ages of 16 and 26.
40:37 Um, this group is you uh We Keep Us Safe.
40:39 Um, I know a few of you actually joined us to have conversations with the youth and have really engaging conversations, um, things that the youth were uh really impacted by.
40:47 So I just wanted to thank you again if you did have an opportunity to come speak with them.
40:51 Um, but yeah, uh we've been having a lot of conversations in the city around safety, um, but a lot of these conversations aren't really centering the youth voices themselves.
41:01 It's tends to be a lot of adults talking over youth or kind of like talking to them about the issues that are most impactful for them.
41:08 Um, and so just want to give them a space to uh speak for themselves, to center themselves in that conversation, and so that we as adults can uh take what they give us and then make the policies that are actually going to make them uh feel safer.
41:20 Uh so yeah, I just wanted to give that invitation.
41:22 It's gonna be this Saturday um at 2 p.m.
41:25 at our black box theater, which is located at 460 Melwood Avenue.
41:29 Um, again running from two to four.
41:30 It's gonna be two panels um with the kids.
41:32 It's gonna be a great time.
41:33 Uh so yeah, I just want to extend that invitation to everyone.
41:40 I want to go back to Farouk Al-Say.
41:52 Um, just as Jasmine said, I just want to extend the invitation um for the uh for the youth forum that we're having.
41:59 Um I think the biggest part is I want to extend the thanks to city council members that have come and talked to the young people and those who haven't.
42:07 Still uh still an open doors, but open invitation.
42:10 We would love to have you um just have some authentic dialogue with the young people in your respective districts.
42:15 Um, one of the things that of course everybody is talking about right now is the curfew and all of the legislation that could possibly come from this or the press that's been happening, and I think that's the biggest thing right now is just getting young people not just engaged in the uh the city process, but seeing the ramifications of media and how negative press can really impact young people's perspective and how they shape the city going forth.
42:40 Um, pretty much for the rest of their lives.
42:43 If we want to keep young people in Pittsburgh, um we really have to centralize and show them the importance of their you know, their value, their input, and just their existence in our communal spaces.
42:54 Um one thing that I would also like to highlight is that the young people that we have been engaging with have just the they're so they're so blind brilliant, right?
43:01 Um they are aware of the language and the rhetoric that's being used by some of the developers down here, and they are asking me questions about what defense looks like for young people in spaces that they aren't welcome to.
43:15 Um they've come up with amazing questions, they've come up with amazing suggestions that they wish that they were included in uh at the very beginning of a lot of these processes.
43:24 And I'm not blaming anybody on council, and that's not the time for this.
43:27 Um, but I really hope that you know, knowing this bit of information and those of you who are engaged with the young people that um could potentially be voting for you in a few years, that you have the ability to come out and and hear them speak, uh talk to them and in very authentic and holistic ways, um, because they are just very concerned citizens.
43:48 Um I think that we don't think about young people in Pittsburgh as citizens if they're not voting agent, and that's exactly what they are.
43:55 So we're just like the further extended invitation that uh that Jasmine did to put up on the Saturday if you're available inshallah, we'll be here from two to four at our space uh and also before and after for public comment.
44:07 Um thank you so much.
44:12 Our next speaker is Donna Ray Schilling.
44:26 Um, spey on my control, but I think the problem is with our youth.
44:33 I did speak on this in 2011 about censors being removed.
44:38 So our children are desensitized by all the violence and vulgarity that they're able to see, which we weren't allowed to see when we were younger.
44:45 Um do we think that the board of education and uh the bus service and the school should work together.
44:53 Maybe the school issue bus passes in uh limit weekend or evening, and then I do believe that the most deterrent that we have against this is parent involvement.
45:04 I've seen the dad style town, the mad dads.
45:08 They can't be everywhere, but where they are, they are protecting our children and our citizens.
45:13 So I think if we are able to get bus passes that are extra given to the schools, that they can be given to parents.
45:21 If parents receiving a free bus pass can arrive, or stand downtown and make sure some youths, or um, just know that they're present and know that you know they'll be identified if anything's going on.
45:34 When I was a little before, um I was told that it was a um board of education issue, and then I was told, you know, the support authority issue, and now two years later, it's a whole city issue.
45:47 Um that's all I just wanted to give some possible solutions and then also remind us that a lot of these children are victims of violence.
45:56 Not only are they desensitized by what they see.
45:59 A lot of their parents, peers, friends, aunts off, were killed.
46:05 So it's our responsibility to step up and you know just try to help them and at least, you know, offer some solutions that's not criminalizing them.
46:22 And now, Chief Icahana Hal Malkina.
46:35 Greetings and good day.
46:36 My title is Chief Ikahana, how makema and the Grand Infant, the Arabic Confederacy of Aboriginal American people.
46:55 Um meetups and you know, things that are happening egregiously in regards to not having anything for the youth to do.
47:06 This is something that I speak on very consistently and city council for the past several years.
47:12 I've been addressing this as a need, and now it's come full circle where these youth are getting older and have nothing to do.
47:22 The playground is not the fight.
47:24 And so where exactly do you want them to go, and what exactly do you want them to do with their time if you're not getting the meaningful program that they can utilize to enhance the skill set that they can then turn around and use it as a career path?
47:42 You've closed um most of the trees that they would be able to, you know, learn and gain skill.
47:52 You know, you claim Conley, only to open it as an energy innovation center for adults on Connelly Tech taught technical skills to youth.
48:02 And so again, I urge you to rethink and reimagine a city that is truly for all that includes our youth.
48:14 They have not been included in the plan.
48:18 They are not expendable.
48:20 These youth are talented and gifted.
48:23 We just need to harness and hone in on their gifts and their skills and listen to them.
48:28 So I I would encourage everyone at City Council to take a good list and to attend the panel that's happening this Saturday come to the floor at one who had black box theater.
48:40 I would encourage you to engage the youth instead of arresting them and penalizing them.
48:47 We have no business charging youth as adults, or things that we already know juvenile sometimes find themselves engaged in.
48:58 Um historically, we've never done that.
49:08 It's charged as an adult, but even that's questionable.
49:11 So how have we moved from addressing the youth as brains that are not fully developed, right?
49:23 You want to charge them as an adult, and they are not capable of making adult decisions.
49:28 So I think we need to rethink how we engage and address our youth in this city.
49:33 Thank you for your time.
49:40 That exhaust on this of registered speakers.
49:43 If there's anyone in chambers wishing to speak, please come forward at this time.
49:46 Also provide your name and your neighborhood for the record.
49:50 I am Bernadette from Beach View, and I have witnessed both sides of the Market Square kerfuffles with these kids trying to make competing TikTok videos to up the other towns that are making them, and that's what it's boiling down to.
50:10 Um I was there on Saturday and Sunday.
50:16 I had my son was worried about me going down here.
50:19 He worked at the one restaurant by Market Square, and he was worried about me coming down.
50:24 I said, No, I'm going.
50:49 I wasn't sure if this market square thing was gonna work.
50:55 And it was very nice, and it was very refreshing to see all these families come together, and I don't know what we're gonna do with the youth.
51:05 I do notice the uptick now that they can't do market square, now they're getting on the buses and on the trolleys, and they're they're I don't I don't even know what you want to call it, what they're doing to the people.
51:21 Um but there's cameras.
51:24 Having said that, the open house at the Beachview Healthy Active Living Center yesterday was fantastic.
51:32 Great job, great team they have right now, and it's just Melinda, Abby, and Gina are just like they're the amazing triple.
51:46 They're just they're just the best, they look out for all of us.
52:15 My name is Unique Brown.
52:17 First off, I made a post on Black Pittsburgh about us getting together, all the people, all the adults with skills and teaching these skills kids something in some type of space area that we don't have to depend on y'all for because y'all are not gonna do it.
52:36 But I've already said it to people.
52:39 People I have saw other posts of people trying to do it too, so whoever can get it done, please get it done.
52:44 I'm not trying to do it on my own.
52:47 But um, I'm here for the unheard crash of black mothers.
52:56 The women who carry this city while they're silly, while this city barely carries them.
53:03 I stand here today as a black daughter raised by a black mother who spent over 20 years fighting injustice in Pittsburgh.
53:12 And somewhere along the way, I realized something that broke my heart.
53:16 No matter how hard I tried to be different from my mother, I became her.
53:26 Avoid standing in rooms begging people in power to care about all communities.
53:32 I told myself I wouldn't inherit her exhaustion, but I did because black women in this city don't just inherit recipes and family stories.
53:41 We inherit survival.
53:43 We inherit struggle, we inherit the responsibility of fixing problems we did not create.
53:50 My mother spent years fighting for people, helping people, standing up when nobody else would.
53:56 And now here I am, standing in front of you, carrying the same burden and even worse burdens than she carried.
54:04 And honestly, it's heartbreaking.
54:06 Because our daughter should not be growing up preparing for battle.
54:09 They should be growing up feeling protected.
54:12 But black mothers in this cities are forced to scream just to be acknowledged.
54:17 And what hurts the most is I sat in these rooms and watched the difference with my own eyes.
54:24 I still didn't get 20 dollars for lunch either.
54:27 When white mothers cry for help, their children, people move, calls get made, weight forces appear, unjustly suddenly exist.
54:29 Compassion suddenly exists.
54:29 But but black mothers cry.
54:43 We get patients, we get wait lists, we get excuses, we get told to hold on a little longer while our children are already drowning.
54:53 But my mom thought for over 20 years.
54:55 Now I'm standing here doing the same thing.
54:58 And that should break everybody's heart in this way.
55:00 Because our daughter should be inheriting peace, not protests.
55:04 But I'm sure y'all wouldn't care about that.
55:12 Next speaker, please.
55:24 I'm Jacob Poole, present name, previous name is Zoltan Joel Kiacov.
55:28 I have a lot of names because I'm brought to the Pittsburgh area from by American military and paramilitary organizations operating in Europe and Eastern Europe, creating camps, children's camps, in which I was for a number of years, a thousand children being processed to be slave traded to America to the Pittsburgh area.
55:47 And I'm here because I lived in the Squirrel Hill area for over 15 years, being forced to attend the University of Pittsburgh in slavery conditions, alone isolated in a controlled environment, using my Eastern European identity and names as a form of diversity.
56:05 And I'm part of at least 100,000 people like me in the Pittsburgh metro area who are brought here under the same conditions as I was using force, paramilitary organizations, slave training organizations, operating in Europe and Eastern Europe, near conflict zones, gathering people up using force, putting putting us into camps and bringing us here, using falsified documents, medical documents, police records, anything at all.
56:34 And we're kept in a controlled environment in Pittsburgh area, being held in places where we're intensely made of terrified of police, going to the police.
56:42 In fact, I've been to six police stations in the last five years in Pittsburgh area from zone one through zone six, and they all sort of laughed at me and harassed me out of the police station.
56:54 I'm giving out 80,000 flyers in the Pittsburgh area, trying to tell people, go to CrimeWatch.net, go to Pittsburgh 311, file police reports online because you're being held captive.
57:05 You know, you're in a controlled environment.
57:07 There are over 50 Eastern European churches in the Pittsburgh area where slavers establish themselves, waiting for people like me to show up.
57:16 Because I can't go to Korea learning to get a job.
57:18 They left me out of their house.
57:20 But if I go to an Eastern European church, Ukrainian church, Hungarian church, a Polish church, ten people approach me trying to offer me jobs, construction jobs, under the table jobs.
57:31 It's all around Pittsburgh.
57:33 This is how it works.
57:34 So get out of 80,000 flyers in the Pittsburgh area.
57:38 Time to go to Pittsburgh 311, go to CrimeWatch.net, file police reports, document every single person that's around you, forcing you to do things, and then go to international police, go to Europol, file international criminal criminal law complaints, and bring them here so they can document these things.
57:58 There are a hundred thousand people in the Pittsburgh Metro like me.
58:01 Medical devices forced to forge medical documents held in camps in eastern Europe for years until we forgot who we were and then brought here for slavery.
58:14 And this is actively going on.
58:17 Go to CrimeWatch.net, Pittsburgh 311, file police support safely online, because this is an international criminal law violation.
58:29 Next speaker, please.
58:33 Mosley represents me in my district.
58:35 My name is Mark McHugh.
58:37 You know, I grew up doing legalized segregation in Jim Crow.
58:41 But my family instilled responsibility in us.
58:48 And when I heard Ms.
58:50 Rossberger on television the other day talking about what's happening with youth, and it's that they're coming from poor conditions or poverty.
58:59 Ma'am, some of these people have thousand-dollar phones in their pockets.
59:06 My grandmother always told me you don't equate someone's actions with how much money they have.
59:12 So you grow up in that environment.
59:14 We grew up with nothing.
59:15 My grandfather was one of the first black police officers in Pittsburgh, but we had to stand in line to get government cheese, to get government powdered milk.
59:25 Being a responsible human being, you don't put monetary value to that.
59:31 And I get tired of sometimes hearing the uh limousine liberal concept of how people should act.
59:38 There should be responsibilities for your actions.
59:40 When we used to go downtown, we were told don't uh destroy our names by your actions.
59:48 So we we knew how to act to keep blaming it on society for people's how their actions is wrong.
59:57 You know, when I grew up, you got in trouble.
59:59 There was Morganza, Thornhill, and 3333 Forbes Avenue, Juvenile Court.
1:00:05 And you and you, and they did not play in those days.
1:00:09 And I grew up, I am 70 years old.
1:00:11 I grew up, I have I'm married with four grown men.
1:00:15 And how did I keep them alive?
1:00:17 Because they saw their father go to work every morning.
1:00:19 I had a job since every year since 1972.
1:00:23 That's how I instilled values into my children.
1:00:26 And I, and they were growing up during the gang problems when we lived in Larmor.
1:00:31 But my children were untouched because they had a father and a parent who took care of them, and that's the problem in this city.
1:00:37 So please save your limousine liberal nonsense for somewhere else.
1:00:45 Next speaker, please.
1:01:00 I live at 715 Mercer Street in the KD wherever's tires.
1:01:05 I'm gonna start off today because yesterday I had to go to the foot doctor in um UPMC Shady Side.
1:01:15 In that office, well, the first thing is I was talking to the lady to the nurse, and I said, Is he a nice doctor?
1:01:25 She said, Oh yes, he treats people nice.
1:01:27 I said, good, because he might have to operate on me.
1:01:30 So anyway, I go in, and he was very nice.
1:01:33 I might have have to have operation on both of my feet, but I left there smiling.
1:01:40 Can you believe that?
1:01:42 The way that I was treated by every person that dealt with me was with respect.
1:01:48 Well, I'm here to help you.
1:01:52 I have a job because of you.
1:01:54 This is the way they would treat me.
1:01:56 That's why I fuss when I come down here in City Council, because the disrespect.
1:02:01 Now, you're all looking now, but before most of the time they were on their computer, you did uh at their um, but busy not listening to us.
1:02:13 And I want to say something to the young fellas that are here.
1:02:16 Because we have a bunch of young men in here.
1:02:18 I want to say something to you.
1:02:20 You hear them talking about the kids down there at Marcus Square.
1:02:24 If you go down there, you can try and stop that.
1:02:29 I I hear that one hood is going, because when I heard that the police is making the curve for you and stuff, if you have to be 18, that means they're gonna have to confront one of those, they're gonna have to confront them boys.
1:02:42 They may kill them.
1:02:44 Do you understand that we need men?
1:02:48 And I had said one hood can do by itself, but we had the fathers that were going in school, take your father's to school day.
1:02:57 I talked to them and I was saying, can you ride the bus, as this lady said?
1:03:04 Can we make sure that the one who and the children know what they had?
1:03:10 They all have on a blue shirt or whatever, and you know it's one hood, and they can ride the buses.
1:03:17 So if that kid jump on someone, I seen a woman they had jumped on, they beat the man too.
1:03:24 If they do, we have them men and they know who we are, they can stop them.
1:03:29 And then their fathers, too.
1:03:31 Fathers may be able to help.
1:03:34 If uh, if we can start as a woman, I'll go down and try to talk to the whip to girls in there.
1:03:40 These are our future.
1:04:00 Somebody stop them, please.
1:04:10 Good morning, the missing child Cerese Taylor, special agent sunshine.
1:04:19 For everybody that's stalking me, following me, trying to set me on fire.
1:04:24 Thank you, Jesus.
1:04:26 That I'm still here standing.
1:04:29 Thank you for your faithfulness.
1:04:33 Thank you for every thief.
1:04:36 You see, stealing my energy slash work.
1:04:48 They're living off of my energy, yet I'm still homeless and they mock me.
1:04:54 But when you mock the poor, you are in contempt with your maker.
1:05:05 The title of my message is Transformed Minds.
1:05:09 Romans 12:2 says, do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be conf be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
1:05:19 Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is, his good, pleasing and perfect will.
1:05:25 The wisdom for today comes from Proverbs 29:12.
1:05:29 It says, young men, please listen.
1:05:32 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials become uh wicked.
1:05:40 All of his officials, if he listens to their lies.
1:05:43 All of his officials become wicked.
1:05:45 The reason I brought that message is because there are a lot of officials who have become wicked.
1:05:52 We're listening to lies.
1:05:54 Especially about me, Babel.
1:05:56 I'm not a prostitute.
1:05:58 I don't do drugs.
1:05:59 We all have a story.
1:06:01 Mine ain't pretty.
1:06:03 But when I was delivered and set free, I was delivered and set free.
1:06:10 There was an alcohol of a man getting on a bus with bed bugs all over him.
1:06:16 So now we talk about safety.
1:06:19 They're on the buses and trains.
1:06:21 I gave you this warning February before last.
1:06:25 When I left 2nd Avenue Shelter, January 31st.
1:06:29 February, I came right here on camera and told you if you did not get rid of those cloth seats on those buses and trains.
1:06:41 They're being transported by people from Second Avenue Shelter.
1:06:47 What you're gonna do?
1:06:48 Like, you don't think they'll come to you?
1:06:50 Because you are the CEO, they will.
1:06:53 God will direct them to you because you don't care about your workers getting their bugs, or people riding the buses and trains.
1:07:00 This is a uh stern warning.
1:07:04 Quick message uh if you did not go to the Greek festival this year for the gyros that were big as your head, and that backlog sundae, all of you deserve a whooping from this sunshine.
1:07:21 Next speaker, please.
1:07:28 Uh Rick Smith from North Oakland District 8.
1:07:32 Uh, in regards to resolution 472, the data sharing with Johns Hopkins to be introduced by Councilmember Gross later today.
1:07:39 Um, please make it easier for the public to understand what data is being shared and what the anticipated benefit to the city is.
1:07:52 Next speaker, please.
1:07:56 Next speaker, please.
1:07:58 Seeing no further speakers, we'll move on to the presentation of papers, beginning with Councilman Sharlin, Chair of Human Resources.
1:08:19 Councilperson Robert Sharland presents Bill 470.
1:08:23 Resolution amending Resolution 116 of 2024, authorizing the mayor and the director of the Commission on Human Relations on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a professional agreement and or contract with MBM Law LLP to provide legal representation as the solicitor of the Commission on Human Relations and providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed 125,000 for a new not to exceed amount of 165,000.
1:08:57 And Councilman Colkill, Chair of Public Safety and Wellness.
1:09:09 Councilman Anthony Cockheal presents Bill 471 resolution authorizing the mayor, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of Public Safety to enter into an agreement or agreements with the National Association of County and City Health Officials for the purpose of receiving grant funds from the post-overdose training in trauma-informed practices in the amount not to exceed $25,000 for training and support of the city's Office of Community Health and Safety.
1:09:43 And Councilman McGross, Chair of Innovation Performance, Asset Management and Technology.
1:09:55 Councilwoman Deborah L.
1:09:56 Gross presents Bill 472, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the Department of Innovation and Performance to enter into on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh a data sharing agreement or agreements and amendments thereto with Johns Hopkins University as part of the data science for social good program at no cost to the city over three years.
1:10:23 Do you wish to waive roulette?
1:10:25 You know what, Mr.
1:10:26 President, thank you for asking.
1:10:38 That moves us to Councilman Mosley, Chairman Government Educational Affairs.
1:10:49 Councilman Kahari Mosley presents Bill 473.
1:10:54 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant payable in favor of Pennsylvania Municipal League for one year subscription in an amount not to exceed $52,962.24 cents.
1:11:10 Resolution providing for a reimbursement agreement or agreements with Pittsburgh Water for costs associated with the RAISE Grant 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 $50,000.
1:11:34 Resolution authorizing the mayor and director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with Bike Share Pittsburgh to provide in-kind services and cash support totaling $800,000 as the local match for a city of Pittsburgh congestion mitigation and air quality program grant for POGO expansion phase three, all at no cost to the city.
1:12:03 And Councilwoman Salonetro to Public Works and Infrastructure.
1:12:06 Thank you, Council President.
1:12:15 Councilwoman Kim Salonetro presents Bill 475 resolution authorizing the mayor and director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a cooperation agreement with Friends of the Riverfront for the repaving of Hazelwood Trail located between Blair Street and the hot metal bridge.
1:12:29 The estimated cost of preparation and completion of work is $125,000.
1:12:46 Resolution granting unto HG Blair LLC their successors and assigns the privilege and license to construct, maintain, and use at their own cost and expense, new foundation footings below the sidewalk that will extend into the right of way at no cost to the city in the fifth ward, 6th council district of the city of Pittsburgh.
1:13:10 Bill 477, resolution granting unto Almano LP, their successors and assigns the privilege and license to construct, maintain, and use at their own cost and expense four new balconies that will extend into the right of way at no cost to the city in the 15th ward, 5th Council District of the City of Pittsburgh.
1:13:32 And Bill 482, resolution providing for a reimbursement agreement or agreements with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for costs associated with the preliminary design phase of the POGO expansion phase three project and providing for the payment of the costs thereof not to exceed $4 million, reimbursable at 80%, with Bike Share Pittsburgh providing $800,000 at no cost to the city, and the municipal share of Commonwealth incurred costs at a cost to the city of Pittsburgh not to exceed zero dollars.
1:14:21 Councilperson Erica Strasberger presents resolution authorizing the mayor, Bill 478.
1:14:27 Resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement or agreement with the Richard King Mellon Foundation for the purpose of receiving grant funds in an amount not to exceed $25,000 for the economic development marketing by the mayor and the economic development team in Bill 479.
1:14:50 Resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Meyer, Uncovit and Scott for Expert Legal Services for litigation filed in the Common Police Court of Allegheny County for an amount not to exceed $18,420 over one year.
1:15:22 Councilwoman Barbara Warwick presents Bill 459 resolution providing the recommendation made by the Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure that the concrete portion of Elwell Street from Mir Street to Pittsburgh city limits be paved with asphalt in accordance with section 417.06 of the City Code of Ordinances.
1:16:25 Councilman Bobby Wilson presents Bill 481.
1:16:29 Resolution approving a conditional use application under the Pittsburgh Code Title IX Zoning, Article 5, Chapter 911, Section 91104A 64, to Passport Academy Charter School applicant for authorization to operate a school, elementary or secondary, general use at 1835 Forbes Avenue, Block and Lot 11 J 56, zoned uptown public realm, District B, First Ward, Council District Number Six.
1:17:12 Councilman Ardaniel Lavelle presents Bill 486, resolution informing City Council of the appointment of Rhonda Sherrill as Assistant Director, Secretary, and Chief Examiner of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service.
1:17:27 Need a motion to either interview or to approve.
1:17:34 All those in favor say aye.
1:17:36 Any opposed, the appointment has been approved.
1:17:38 Next we have two communications.
1:17:40 Bill 484 communication from Rhea Price, Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
1:17:46 Submitting to City Council the attached status update from the grant's office for the weekended May 8th, 2026.
1:17:54 And Bill 485 communication from Rachel Heisler, City Controller, submitting a summary worksheet highlighting overtime and premium paid budget use in first quarter of 2026, dated May 6, 2026.
1:18:10 And we need a motion to re-receive and file.
1:18:14 All those in favor say aye.
1:18:16 Bills have been received and will be filed.
1:18:18 Our next is our legislation.
1:18:21 Petition from the residents of the city of Pittsburgh requesting a public hearing before City Council regarding reopening Serpentine Drive in Shenley Park to cars.
1:18:32 The Squirrel Hill Historical Society Board and the people signing this petition feel that this road was intended for vehicular traffic, including bikes but not trucks, and not intended for pedestrians who have many nearby trails to walk on that go to the same places.
1:18:49 Serpentine Drive is the only road on the eastern side of Shenley Park that keeps traffic inside the park instead of sending it on long hazardous detours on nearby residential streets, including one that has no sidewalks.
1:19:03 Except for the Panther Hollow Bridge, it is the only road that connects the north side of the park with the south side without forcing traffic to leave the park.
1:19:11 It is also a safer connecting road to Oakland from the Greenfield Bridge.
1:19:16 The petition is valid in accordance with Home Rule Charter with the Home Rule Charter.
1:19:21 Bill 489, ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title I, Administrative, Article 9, Boards Commissions, and Authorities, Chapter 179D, Records Management Advisory Commission by repealing Chapter 179D in its entirety.
1:19:38 And Bill 490, ordinance amending the Pittsburgh City Code, Title 1, Administrative, Article 5 Legislation, Chapter 154 Records Management Division by adding a new section 154.03 records retention schedules.
1:20:03 Councilwoman Gross.
1:20:05 Again, I shout out to um I think assistant chief of staff, Matt Singer, who is always quick to reply, even when we're in live session.
1:20:16 So the program is that is referenced in bill 2026 0472 is the um analysis of our permitting data by Johns Hopkins University.
1:20:30 Um my briefing on it is scheduled for two o'clock this afternoon.
1:20:34 Um so if council is um willing, we could still put it on tomorrow's standing committee agenda, and if there are any concerns about it, it has a it's not a situation where we're going to lose any funding without moving quickly.
1:20:51 We won't lose a contract if we don't move quickly.
1:20:55 Um it's just there still needs to be reviewed by the law department.
1:21:00 So we'll can find out more information between today and tomorrow, and if there's any um discomfort on council or um the public, we can discuss that tomorrow.
1:21:10 So I'll have more information by the end of the day.
1:21:12 Um so I'm comfortable um motioning to waive rule eight so that bill zero four seven two can appear on tomorrow's standing committee agenda.
1:21:20 All those in favor say aye.
1:21:23 Bill 472 will be on tomorrow's standing committee agenda.
1:21:26 Thank you, Councilwoman.
1:21:27 Now, next order business is report subcommittee for final action, beginning with Councilperson Erica Strassberger, presenting the committee of finance and law.
1:21:42 Councilperson Erica Strasberger presents Bill 463, report of the committee on finance and law for May 6th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation.
1:21:52 Bill 420 resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of Mary Ellen 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 the common police court of Allegheny County.
1:22:13 Resolution amending resolution number 79 of 2026 to increase the maximum principal reimbursement amount of the approved issuance of general obligation bonds while maintaining the approved maximum aggregate principal amount.
1:22:31 You've heard the reading and tell the bills or any discussion on the bill.
1:22:34 Seeing none, the bill is not ready for final action.
1:22:36 All in favor of the passage of the bill will vote on the name is called.
1:22:39 Those opposed will vote no with a clerk, please take the roll.
1:23:04 Leville President.
1:23:07 Aye seven, no zero.
1:23:08 The bill haven't received the legal requirement of vote.
1:23:11 It's passed finally.
1:23:12 That takes us to Councilman Anthony Cockhouse, presenting the committee of public safety and wellness.
1:23:25 Councilman Anthony Coghill presents Bill 488 report of the Committee on Public Safety and Wellness for May 6th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation.
1:23:55 Ordinance amending and supplementing the Pittsburgh Code, Title IV, Public Places and Property by adding Article 9, use of city owned or operated spaces, Chapter 496, protecting community spaces.
1:24:10 And Bill 462 resolution directing the director of the Department of Public Safety and the Chief Bureau of Police pursuant to statute 211 of the Pittsburgh Home Rule Charter to provide council with a report detailing data on violent crimes committed in the city of Pittsburgh.
1:24:41 You've heard the reading and title of the bill.
1:24:43 Is there any discussion on the bill?
1:24:44 Councilman Warwick.
1:25:02 Oh sorry, Councilman Gross, excuse me.
1:25:04 Yeah, um to add gender and area of residence of perpetrator.
1:25:12 Councilman Gross?
1:25:14 Yes, thank you, Councilwoman Warwick and your staff for following up on these two items.
1:25:19 It's, I think, gonna be illustrative for us to look through a gendered lens.
1:25:28 We have been called to do for nearly 10 years now by our gender equity commission.
1:25:34 So if we're gonna be digging into data, we don't want to lump um data together when we could be, you know, it's it's a basic demographic category.
1:25:45 Um so it's it's great that it's named and included here.
1:25:49 And similarly, the area of residence.
1:25:52 Um we're just curious because we don't know.
1:25:55 We have uh members of the public saying that the um some of the rabble rousers, the people causing trouble in our public spaces are not city residents.
1:26:07 Some are saying they are.
1:26:08 Um, and so if we're again, if we're going to be looking at information, um I think it's an important um question to ask um so that we can see the answer.
1:26:18 Any further discussion on the amendment?
1:26:21 If not, all those in favor say aye.
1:26:25 The bill has been amended.
1:26:26 Is there any further discussion on the bills?
1:26:29 If not, the bill is not ready for final action.
1:26:32 All in favor to pass the bill will vote iron name is called.
1:26:34 Those opposed will vote no.
1:26:35 Or clerk, please take the roll.
1:26:56 Lavelle President.
1:27:00 The bill having received the legal requirement of votes is passed.
1:27:03 Finally, that moves us to Councilman Kim Salonetro.
1:27:06 Presenting the committee of public works and infrastructure.
1:27:17 Councilman Kim Salonetro presents Bill 464.
1:27:21 Report of the Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure for May 6, 2026, with an affirmative recommendation.
1:27:30 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 Zood for costs associated with the Homewood Park construction project for the construction administration schedule extension and transfer of fee from reimbursable expenses by increasing the total spend by 48,000 for a new not to exceed amount of 2,137,082.30 cents.
1:28:06 Bill 416 resolution amending resolution number 201, effective May 14th, 2022, entitled authorizing the mayor and the director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an agreement or agreements or the use of existing agreements between the City of Pittsburgh and Clavon Design Associates, Inc.
1:28:28 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 the amount of $10,945 for a new total of $310,000 nine hundred forty-five dollars.
1:28:59 For costs associated with the construction phase of the Smithfield Street Reconstruction Project, providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed $6,672,202.56.
1:29:15 Bill 418, resolution authorizing the acceptance by the City of Pittsburgh for dedication of certain right-of-way in and around North Avenue and Brighton Road in conjunction with the bridge reconstruction there too at no cost to the city, located in the 22nd ward of the City of Pittsburgh.
1:29:35 And Bill 447, 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 A.
1:29:48 for costs associated with construction for the Sylvan Avenue Multimodal Path Project, providing for the payment of the cost thereof not to exceed 1,871,810.97 cents, a net increase of 139,306 and 84 cents, reimbursable at various rates.
1:30:13 You have heard the reading and title of the bill.
1:30:15 Is there any discussion?
1:30:16 Seeing none, the bill is not ready for final action.
1:30:19 All in favor to pass the bill, I renew is called, those opposed will vote no.
1:30:22 Would a clerk please take the roll?
1:30:42 Lavelle, President.
1:30:46 The bill having received the legal crowd of votes.
1:30:48 Is passed finally.
1:30:49 That moves us to Councilman Barbara Ward, presenting the committee of recreation, youth and senior services.
1:31:04 Councilwoman Barbara Warwick presents Bill 465, report of the Committee on Recreation, Youth, and Senior Services for May 6th, 2026, with an affirmative recommendation.
1:31:17 Bill 419, resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, located at 317 East Carson Street, West Tower, Suite 230, Pittsburgh 15219 for the reimbursement for horticultural and forestry work completed in Allegheny Commons, August Wilson, Emerald View, Highland, and Riverview Parks in the amount of $250,000.
1:31:47 You've heard the reading and time of the bills.
1:31:50 Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action.
1:31:52 All in favor of the passage of the bill will vote aye for name is called.
1:31:55 Those opposed will vote no.
1:31:56 Would the clerk please take the roll?
1:32:15 Lavell, President.
1:32:19 The bill received the legal card number of goals is passed finally.
1:32:22 That takes us to Councilwoman Double Gross, presenting the Committee of Innovation, Performance, Asset Management, and Technology.
1:32:34 Councilwoman Deborah L.
1:32:35 Gross presents Bill 466 report of the Committee on Innovation Performance Asset Management and Technology from May 6, 2026, with an affirmative recommendation.
1:32:47 Bill 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 turn-by-turn directions to environmental service drivers through November 30th, 2027, by increasing the total amount by 113,280 for a new total not to exceed of 360,407.
1:33:32 Ordnance amending ordinance supplementing the Pittsburgh Code of Ordinances, Title 1, 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.
1:33:52 The new chapter shall be numbered 162A.
1:33:56 You've heard the reading and title of the bills.
1:34:00 Saying none, the bill is not ready for final action.
1:34:02 All in favor to pass it of the bill will vote aye on the call.
1:34:05 Those opposed will vote no.
1:34:06 Will the clerk please take the roll?
1:34:26 Lavelle, President.
1:34:28 Ayes eight, no zero.
1:34:30 And finally, Councilman Carly Mosley, presenting the Committee of Intergovernmental Educational Affairs.
1:34:42 Councilman Kahari Mosley presents Bill 467.
1:34:45 Report of the Committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs from May 6th, 2026, with an affirmative recommendation.
1:34:55 Resolution adopting plan revision to the City of Pittsburgh's Official Sewage Facilities Plan for 217 through 239 Halkett Street, Pittsburgh 15213 at no cost to the city.
1:35:38 Resolution amending resolution 297 of 2025.
1:36:00 At an amount not to exceed 123,000.
1:36:11 Entitled Resolution Adopting and Approving the 2025 Capital Budget.
1:36:17 The proposed 2025 Community Development Program and the 2025 through 2030 capital improvement program by increasing Smithfield Street Phase 1 by 123,000.
1:36:33 Resolution authorizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire all the city's right, title, and interest, if any, in and to the publicly owned properties in the 15th ward of the City of Pittsburgh, designated in the deed registry office of Alligating County as Block 55 P, Lots 15 and 16, 0 Chatsworth Avenue, Council District Number 5, Lot 45, 57, 58, 60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, and 71, 0, Monongahela Street, Council District No.
1:37:11 5, and Block 56B, lot 37, 0 Berwick Street, Council District No.
1:37:16 5 at no cost to the city.
1:37:19 You've heard the reading and titled the bills.
1:37:21 Any discussion on the bill?
1:37:22 Seeing none, the bill is not ready for final action.
1:37:25 All in favor to pass the bill, we'll vote aye on her name is called.
1:37:27 Those opposed will vote no with a clerk, please take the roll.
1:37:50 Leville, President.
1:37:54 The bill can receive the legal current number of votes.
1:37:56 Is passed finally.
1:37:57 That takes us to motions and resolutions.
1:37:59 Is there anything from members?
1:38:02 If not, I just want to give a quick shout out and congratulate our Sergeant of Arms, Ivor Lewis, for recently completing his master's degree in psychology from Point Park University.
1:38:17 That will take us to our meeting announcements.
1:38:20 This afternoon at 1 o'clock, Council will hold an executive session on litigation.
1:38:23 Tomorrow morning at 10, Council will hold our standard committee meeting.
1:38:27 Speaker Registration will close at 9 a.m.
1:38:29 tomorrow morning.
1:38:29 To register to speak at this meeting, please hold the sign up form on the council meeting webpage or call the clerk's office at 412-255-2138 by the deadline.
1:38:39 With that, we need a motion to excuse the absent member, approve the minutes and adjourn the meeting.
1:38:48 All favor say aye.
1:38:50 We are adjourned.