Good morning and welcome to the regular meeting of the city council on Tuesday, July fourteenth, two thousand twenty six.

Mr.

Charlotte.

Mr.

Cod Hill.

Gross, Mr.

Mosley.

Here.

Mrs.

Salonetro.

Mrs.

Strasberger.

Here.

Mrs.

Warwick.

Here.

Mr.

Wilson.

Mr.

Lavelle President.

Here.

Six members present.

Thank you.

For those who were able, please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Remain standing for a moment of silence.

Thank you.

Our next order of business is to amend the agendas or a motion to amend.

So move.

Second.

Second.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Our next order of business is proclamations.

We'll begin with Council Mosley.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr.

Council President.

I would like to invite uh all the folks who came with uh Jonathan and uh Dream Shots to come and join us up front.

Come all the way up here.

Join me up here.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for uh joining us today.

It's always nice to see large representation.

Really honored um to do this proclamation and learn more about the incredible work that Jonathan does highlighting uh you know the incredible achievements of young people.

I think it's really important.

Um, you know, uh we always talk about you know uh you know giving flowers, you know, particularly uh to folks who have uh some experience and have grown long in the tooth, but I think it's very much important and maybe even more important to give flowers to our young people and make sure that they know um that they're being recognized for their achievements.

So with no further ado, is it Mollette or Mollet?

Mollette and whereas Jonathan Millett is the founder and creative mind behind Dream Shots Media and has made a major impact on the community.

He has hosted youth football leagues and organized youth all-star games, bringing together top athletes from different neighborhoods and backgrounds throughout our region.

And whereas Jonathan was born in Pittsburgh in 1997 and raised in District Nines Homewood, he discovered his passion for graphic design in 2012 and spent his high school years teaching himself and growing his creative skills.

After graduating from Woodland Hills High School, he earned that pat he turned that passion into a purpose by creating his own media company.

And whereas Dreamshots Media will celebrate its 10th anniversary on July 15th, 2026 through tireless effort and diligence.

Uh-huh.

I ain't even a talker.

I appreciate everybody that been supporting me from the start.

Appreciate my family for being here behind the scenes with everything.

Awesome.

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

Come on up.

Well, I think we have one final speaker.

Sorry about that.

And see the indicating uh it started out as dream something bigger when he was in high school.

It transitioned into DSB, then it came into Dream Shot Media.

So with his own stuff.

It was his dream, and he grew with his dream.

With the love and grace of God, we are where we are at.

And our prayers is that he continued to grow.

He continued to expose the youth, not only in football, but he also does track, basketball, all sports to expose the children.

He's really impacted the youth in the city of Pittsburgh.

And as one of his family members, we are extremely proud and grateful.

Thank you.

Now my uh colleagues can join us.

Thank you.

Absolutely.

Make your way up here.

Yeah, please, everybody, everyone who's here, you can come and just gather right here.

Uh she uh enters into her next career chapter um after 36 years at Quantum Theater.

So you can come up right next to me.

Um just an amazing, amazing uh career that we want to honor today.

So, whereas Ms.

Carla Booz grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia, graduated from the University of Pittsburgh, and went on to earn her Master of Fine Arts degree from the California Institute of for the Arts.

And whereas Ms.

Booz founded Quantum Theater in 1990 to bring a version of the experimental theater she brought to life during her time in Los Angeles to the City of Pittsburgh's art ecosystem.

And whereas Quantum Theater's first production was a low budget staging of Harold Pinter's The Collection at the Artery, then a gallery and music venue in Shady Side that is now the home of the restaurant Soba.

And whereas during its early years, Quantum Theater produced one or two shows a season, many of which were staged at the old Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, now known as the Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media, and whereas Quantum Theater stages its productions environmentally, bringing the works out of the typical theater setting and into a variety of locations, such as one Oxford Center, downtown Pittsburgh, the swimming pool under Braddock Library, the historic Carey Blast Furtas site, which is where their production of The Tempest is currently being staged, Pittsburgh Zoo, abandoned buildings in Lawrenceville, Mellon Park, to name a few.

I know I went to see one in Allegheny Cemetery, at an old FUDRUCKERS and Homestead, you name it.

Whereas Carla Boos has produced all 106 of Quantum Theater's works, directed 33, acted in 17, and wrote or adapted nine original productions of Quantum's 26 world premieres.

And whereas Quantum Theater has become a fixture of Pittsburgh's art scene and has been recognized nationally and internationally for its innovative work.

And whereas Carla is a member of the National Theatre Conference and the International Women's Forum, the recipient of the Carol R.

Brown Award for Established Artist, as well as its predecessor, the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's Creative Achievement Award for Emerging Artist.

And whereas the theater continues to support young playwrights, actors, and directors from the region and around the world.

And whereas Carla will retire in December of 2026 after directing her final production for Quantum Theater, William Shakespeare's final play, The Tempest, at the Kerry Blast Furnaces, running from July 17th through August 23rd, 2026.

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize Miss Carl Boos for her outstanding 36 year tenure with Quantum Theater and thanks her and her staff for providing innovative works to enrich Pittsburgh's art scene as well as well as their willingness to help and mold upcoming artists within and beyond Pittsburgh.

Be it further resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare August 23rd, 2026, Carla Boost Day in the City of Pittsburgh.

May we have a motion to appear.

Hi.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Please.

I've enjoyed working with you any time I could, and uh love the connection between civic life and the arts in Pittsburgh.

May it continue to thrive and be a part of our future.

Thank you.

And we have two to be read into the record.

Councilman Coghill presents.

Now therefore be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend Serbian National Federation in celebrating their 125th anniversary.

And be it further resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, July eighteenth, 2026, to be Serbian National Federation Day in the City of Pittsburgh.

And Councilperson Gross presents, now therefore be it resolved that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare July nineteenth, two thousand twenty-six to be Chuck Zeboy Zabinsky's Day in the City of Pittsburgh.

May you have a motion to approve.

All favor say aye.

Proclamations have been approved.

Our next order of business is public comment.

I would like to remind everyone that the rules of Council of State that comments are limited amounts of concern, official action or deliberation, which may be before city council profanity will not be permitted.

Once you were called, 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 and Miller.

United States, Houston, Downtown Neighborhood, La Rene and Associates there.

Liberia Monrovia, Center Neighborhood, Liberty and Justice Garment Factory, there.

A concern that I have via Initiative Six, L City and Cities, and Initiative for Neighborhoods.

A Kimberly Crenshaw corollary, RS intersection in the United States is something that falls less heavily on females of light-skinned European descent.

Against, quote, what black women say that they want, overgeneralizes, implying an all for WW and BW, whose probability is close to zero, and under specifies providing zero um TAD for month and day.

Brilliant BW have combated uh RC uh intersection is devastating, including the clerk in this room, brilliant number one.

In Charles City County, Virginia, where black household media median uh annual income exceeds that of white HMAI.

The BW in PCs are not begging to use UB's expression uh for support.

Brilliant number two.

I strongly urge this council to consult um thank you.

Renee uh associates in thank you.

Our next speaker is Joanna Paul.

Is Joanna Paul with us?

If not, then our next speaker is Bethany Cameron.

Good morning, Council members.

My name is Bethany Cameron.

I still live in Overbrook, and I'm here on behalf of InformUp.org, a nonprofit which reports weekly on City Council.

Uh with each article, a survey is included to report readers' preferences back to their elected officials.

This week we asked about funding for recreation centers and how the city should handle technical work.

Forty-four readers completed our survey, eight council districts are represented.

Uh number one, we asked readers where should the city get the money to keep after school programs running, like uh at the REC centers like Glenn Hazel's.

34% said the stop the violence fund since it's meant for youth in high need areas.

17% said the city's regular budget, the way it funds other rec centers.

Uh nine percent pointed to grants and private donations, 40% said a mix of funding sources.

A resident from Central Northside and District 1 said stop the violence needs full financing to support all programs, after school, weekend, holidays, and summer in all city neighborhoods that need them, as well as programs and re-entry programs for young adults.

A district three resident from Bell Super said you need places for kids.

When I grew up, the schools and churches were open at night.

Number two, we asked readers when it comes to technical work like running its computer network, what that should the city aim for.

Forty-three percent said to build up its own in-house staff, even if it costs more upfront.

Thirty-one percent favored partnering with city universities to provide services at reduced costs while creating job training for students.

Twenty-three percent favored a mix depending on the task.

A district seven resident from Highland Park said, if something takes more than say five thousand hours a year of contracting time, it's just better to hire a few city employees uh to handle the task longer term.

Contracting is great for something short-term or one-off, but for things we need forever, stop paying the managers of a contracting company a mint.

As always, we will share the complete survey results via email to members and staff.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

That exhaust on list of registered speakers.

If there's anyone in the Oh, uh I did not, I apologize.

Our next register speaker is Rolf Williams.

Mr.

Williams, I think you're logged in on two devices.

It'd be helpful if you close one of them so you're not echoing.

All right, all right.

All right, we will come back to you, Mr.

Williams.

We'll now take comment from those in chambers.

Please provide your name and neighborhood for the record.

Good morning.

Carlino Giumpolo.

Last week on July 7th, I testified that council members Barbara Warwick and Bob Charling are fully aware of the vulgar graffiti inside the skate park that encourages underage drinking and recreational drug use, and that they have not renounced this shameful and harmful message to our youth.

I went on to say that council members Warwick and Charling are in breach of the Pittsburgh Code of Conduct.

Later that week, I called the City of Pittsburgh Ethics Hearing Board that enforces the city's ethic code.

Incredibly, I was told that the council member support for a skate park with graffiti that encourages underage drinking and recreational drug use does not conflict with the Pittsburgh Code of Conduct.

I then informed the ethics officer and attorney that I filed separate right to know requests to council members Warwick and Charling for information in their possession concerning the Oakland Do It Yourself skate park.

I am still awaiting the information from both of their offices.

I asked that if they were dishonest in their answers to these requests.

Would that lack of integrity conflict with the Pittsburgh Code of Conduct?

Again, incredibly, the answer was that it would not conflict with the Pittsburgh Code of Conduct.

When Council members Warwick and Charling can silently support the shameful and harmful message to our youth of encouraging underage drinking and recreational drug use and possibly be dishonest in their replies to a right to know request.

One of two solutions need to be implemented.

One, expand the Pittsburgh Code of Conduct that makes the actions and planned actions of these two council members as described above, a violation of the Pittsburgh Code of Conduct.

Or two, have Pittsburgh City Council create their own morality code of conduct that sets the standards of what is expected of the dignity of all council members.

Council members Warwick and Charlie are undermining the efforts of the director of public safety, the chief of police, and the men and women of our police force who make Pittsburgh a safer place to live.

Must either recognize and acknowledge their wrongdoings in their support of the Oakland Do-It-Yourself skate park or face an update set of ethical standards that will remove them from office.

Thank you for that respect.

And thank all of you for your respect.

Thank you.

I'm down here again about uh the situation of my son Patrick Robertson Jr.

of the UPMC death of my son Patrick Robertson Jr.

Also about his legacy.

This right here had been a consent uh continuing on ongoing back and forth.

So right now I'm here downtown to let you all know.

I'm just tired of it.

My kid died.

There's another twin that's alive, that's passion.

She's five years old.

She just turned five years old, June 5th.

UPMC breached a contract with me.

I've been going to counseling every Tuesday.

After I leave here, I'm going to counseling again, therapy.

They owe me 130,000.

I've did everything in the book to go to lawyers that went to every service, every resources y'all gave me.

Nobody wanted to tackle them.

I sued them by myself.

I'm the one that protests right downstairs in front of y'all City Hall of the discrimination of the police pulling guns out on me after the other twin was born.

Then a nurse threw something on passion the next day.

They'll go all cover it up.

All this been going on with Passion Mother.

She's been in a shelter for eight months for with eight kids.

They've been targeting her.

This gotta stop.

So what I did, I went outside the box, went to the Department of Justice.

I went to Washington, D.C.

with this, because every time I come down here, it's like, how must the Robinson call this lawyer right here?

How must Robinson be quiet?

Don't say nothing.

You know, these people's down here, they tied in with UPMC.

So how do we target the death of a child that they actually covered up, went upstairs, commission, human relations department?

They got a lot of trash with them also because every time I came down, I came down to this commission.

Hey, Mr.

Robson, you can't come up here and explain about the plaque.

I'm the one that was given a plaque for no reason.

They don't deal with medical mailprax, they deal with discrimination.

So why would you tie in the murder of my child with this with this discrimination?

So, Mr.

Robinson, we gonna get up off this case because you're coming down here and they broke your plaque.

Hold up.

You told me to draw a plaque.

You didn't say that you wanted to buy this cheap plant in memory of Patrick Robertson.

So how do we come up with a law?

How can I get fundraising to actually bring the community outside so we can come downtown, protest about Patrick Robinson's legacy in this plaque that they put in the basement that they took off the wall that they broke in because I kept coming down here explaining to the city hall, to the county.

What we gonna do about this?

My kids' mom's been tackled ever since y'all been retaliating.

Not you all, they did.

Thank you.

What can we do about this?

Next speaker.

Hi, my name is David Fisher.

I'm from the East Hills.

This relates to the man from the Hill District and the man in Oakland State Park.

I proposed and advocated for over eight years.

I came in front of City Council about seven years ago and proposed solar energy garden parks or a variety of that area of a concept for the East Liberty area, the corner of Penn and Nagley, which is an urban wasteland.

It is uh East Liberty was voted one of the ten most redeveloped urban areas of a city uh in the United States, and figure how many different sections of cities, areas of cities there are in the entire United States.

Well, East Liberty was voted one of the ten most redeveloped urban areas of a city in the United States.

At least 10 to 12 years ago, the USA Today newspaper voted it that.

They had an in color in it in a pool on maybe even on the front page of one day of the USA Today newspaper.

I saw that article.

Uh, I haven't been advocating and uh proposing it to the legislators and others since I have taken breaks.

I've uh forgotten about it.

I did know it was a good idea, I guess, subconsciously.

And again, I'm at it trying to uh get solar energy garden parks at the corner of Penn and Nagley in East Liberty, so it can become even a further East Liberty and the surrounding areas there uh would become a better urban area.

The ecosystems of benefit and other aspects like that.

Ecology, I have contacted Chatham University in Gibsonia, the Eden Hall campus on this.

They have a fine agricultural program.

I've contacted uh Central Catholic High School to get high school students involved.

I've contacted Pittsburgh Public Schools with letters on in their Oakland office.

Months ago, uh months ago, I haven't gotten a response from them, any of them.

Sarah Catholic, Shady Side Academy, uh Swickley Academy, Mount Lebanon High School.

Pollinator friendly, solar energy, garden parks in East Liberty is something that the city should seriously look at.

It would possibly reduce what this gentleman talked about, graffiti and garbage and drug taking and uh illicits and uh murders and uh like that gentleman from the Hill District said so.

That's that's about all I can say today.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Good morning.

My name is Yvonne F.

Brown.

I live in the Hill District at 715 Mercer Street.

I have this sign here that I've been bringing bringing for years.

But I want you to pay attention to this sign that says breaking news, they don't care.

Do you know that on the radio?

I think this Mr.

Williams that is trying to get on now.

He's a host, and he was saying they don't care.

They said, he said it is about city council and county council that you don't care.

The man from Panzer Hall has been coming down over 25 times, but you don't care.

Everybody knows that this is breaking news.

The city council don't care.

When you hear someone that has come down here, as he said over 25 times, and you don't care.

I know you don't care.

He's coming more than that.

I have come.

You don't care what I say.

But I do want you to understand.

You made a promise to him.

You said if they had any vulgar writing or any kind of disturbance that that skating park would be closed down, that you put there without the people even knowing it.

Do you know he says that there's a house that has on the top of it?

1919 is when the house was built.

These are uh uh a community of Italian citizens that have been living in that hollow for years, and you decide that they could make a skating park.

I told you when I lived in California, their skating parks make a lot of noise.

They were not allowed to skate in certain parts of the city.

Do you imagine that he says you could be sleeping at six o'clock in the morning if they come to skate and you hear that falling and a crash?

Do you understand that those marks, those parks are very bad?

And I stand, I give him praise and honor.

He keeps coming.

You keep ignoring him.

But everybody knows that you don't care now.

Mr.

Williams, we all agree that they don't care.

Also, County Council, like he said, Sarah Atorado don't know how to beat her way out of a paper bag.

Now that's what he said.

I don't know about the paper bag.

I know that um County Council is not as good as I thought they were at one time.

County council acts like you, but they do sit and watch.

They don't play with your phones, they're not on the computers, they're not doing all that that gents do.

You act like you're in a different room.

You know, there's one woman said, I can she came to me, she said, you know, Miss Brown, I hear you fussing all the time.

He said, she said, but I watch them.

They come in, they're meandering around, you're walking around talking to each other, they're acting like we're not even here.

Do you understand?

We we take time to come down here.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Council of Selective Tears, Council of Empty Chairs, Council of Full Pockets.

My name is Unique Brown, and I want to say this respectfully, but not really, because y'all don't respect me.

I came here begging y'all to help me.

Calm.

And y'all looked right through me.

I really just want to know was it because I didn't cry like the other will did.

But let's be honest.

My tears are not gonna look the same as hers in this room.

And we can say that out loud.

Same story, different skin, and suddenly the attention appeared.

So now I'm done asking.

I'm coming here with facts and demands, just like the white residents who get hurt.

I make roughly 1,200 a month.

That's roughly 12,000 a year.

I'm raising two young children and my 20-year-old, all by living in the homeless shelter.

I made sacrifice.

I live it every day.

You all make 92,000 a year.

And you gave yourselves a 22% raise without a public debate.

Do you know what $90,000 meant to me?

That was a home loan.

A once and a lifetime chance to stop surviving and start living.

This city took it away.

You make it in one year, what some of us get in one lifetime.

What we can't get now.

For a phone call.

$54 for cleaning supplies.

$147 for a rug.

Parks and recreation spent $25 in April.

That's less than to take the gas.

Animal control spent $37 or supplies.

What?

One bag of dog food?

Public works built, the same exact $55 two months in a row.

The civilian review board, $78 a month, $78 in April, and $61 a May.

This stuff can pay like a break for me.

Every month, like cockwork.

And the presidents spent $600 on chicken tenders and wraps for a funeral.

Y'all could all put that money together and donate that.

Donates.

Stop buying stuff that y'all spent in bills.

The control even said it was wrong.

But you still say it's okay.

Y'all get reimbursed for lunch and retirement gifts.

Like we have to pay for stuff like that.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Next speaker, please.

Good morning.

My name is William Soderway.

I'm from Lincoln Lemonston, 600 Township 15206.

Last time I came down, I just talked about the city steps are terrible.

You're missing steps.

And that's like an emergency.

And I was I talked to some of my mentors, and they said, this is just the way it is.

They just don't do it.

One guy told me, he said, it's been like this since 1974.

So I'm really not talking to the city administration.

I'm talking to the administration from years ago.

And now, so I told to Lincoln Lemon, I go through Homewood, go to your slumber, but to Lincoln Lemon Homewood, there are stop zones being covered by trees.

You can't see the south and this on the go to.

I mean, I just told everybody when I ran my own copy.

I'm 62 now.

Just do your job.

That's it.

Nothing more.

Nothing less just do your job.

It will get done.

So that's it.

That's how I can see.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Good morning.

Special agent sunshine, the missing child, Ceres Taylor.

Wow.

I can't believe I'm still doing this.

Lord, thank you for seeing every witch wizard and warlock in the church and in this building in Jesus' name.

Here in Chambers, right here in this room.

I curse to death.

Every saber bully and monitoring spirit in the world, especially within a 100-mile radius of me right now.

If y'all don't stop monitoring me and tracking me online, I promise you, the 100 trillion bucks of lightning that I will continue to pray for to strike everybody down doing that.

Will come.

And if you feel lucky, please keep doing it.

Please keep following me.

Paying people to monitor me and record me and make money off of what come out of my mouth and my face.

Really?

Stop.

You've been warning last time.

The title of this message today is the purpose of adversity.

Imagine that.

The adversity I'm dealing with, Lavelle, is your oppression of this whole city.

Oppressing me.

Those kids came in here last week, though.

They said they ain't had nothing to do.

I said, bring them over to Northside.

I'm singing and I'm over there.

I'm looking for dancing background dancers.

I'm the CCAC 1981 dance instructor.

I'm not getting no flowers for that.

They wouldn't even let me use the dance studio to work on the things that I'm doing right now because I'm homeless, being oppressed by this counsel.

Because I'm homeless, being oppressed by this council.

Please stop.

Here's two scriptures.

One, I'll read one, I'll read the other one tomorrow.

On oppression.

The first one comes from Isaiah 312.

It says, tell this leaders, oppressing my people, and women rule over them.

That's why my identity is stolen, the veil.

You know what did they know who I really am?

When they found out, I promise you, whatever kind of authority that I had, I'm going to use it with force in Jesus' name.

Oh, my people.

Your leaders mislead you.

They send you down the wrong road.

They showed you.

Of oppression.

That's the road this city is on.

Oppression, oppressing people who are gifted.

I'm a female votefulness.

I'm being blocked from singing in this chamber.

I want to praise God.

You supposed to be a man and God, Lapelle.

How do you block the town of God who wants to praise his name in your chambers?

Them two don't go together.

In Jesus' name, Lord, thank you for using me as a vessel.

The illegal tracking, tracking that you're doing online and paying people to do it.

They're saying now.

Thank you, special forces, for being behind me and seeing this oppression that's being done in this chamber.

People are being paid to do it.

I rebuke it in Jesus' name.

Amen.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Next speaker, please.

I want to try to return to Ralph Williams.

All right, is this better?

Yes, sir.

All right, thank you.

Thank you, President Lavelle, members of council.

It's been a while.

All right, how is everybody?

That's great.

Miss Brown, first of all, I want to thank you for tuning in to my radio show, which is on Saturdays from 7 a.m.

to or 8 a.m.

to 9 a.m.

Excuse me, on 1250 a.m.

The answer.

I really appreciate that, Miss Brown.

Thank you.

And uh I thank you for the kind words as well.

Now today I'm here and I have a piece of paper towel in my hand because I couldn't find a towel, an actual bath towel.

So I'll hold here, it's too big, but I have some paper towel in my hand because I want everybody here in this council to wipe the egg off their face because you know why?

I told everybody I've been on this zoo and I've been in chambers about Castor Binion and the housing authority city of Pittsburgh two, three weeks ago.

Somebody came down here and spoke about Castor Binion, and he hasn't been fired.

Okay.

Now you've got a woman up at Arlington Heights sleeping in a tent with her kid because there's mold in her apartment in Arlington Heights.

There's criminal activity going on in her building.

I moved out of Calatry Plaza.

You know why?

Because I had to.

You know why?

Because nothing was done to fire Castor Benion or Anthony Chaffee.

Because those are the guys, Anthony Chaffee is in charge of the executive branch of the properties that are managed by the Housing Authority City of Pittsburgh.

I will run and I will do everything I can to get Castor Binion fired because that man cannot run that organization.

And you know it and I know it.

Number two, I want to talk about backbone.

You know what a backbone is?

Yeah, that's right.

Backbone.

You have no backbone for team takeovers.

Every plan you come up with stinks.

I came up with a plan.

I have property in Ocean City, Maryland.

I go down there every every now and again to visit or to get away from the city's uh activities here.

And uh I go down there, and guess what?

I gave him a proposal on how to deal with the team takeover.

Part of it's a secret, so I'm not gonna give it here.

All right, but I have given it to Maryland Corner and Mayor Mehan down in Ocean City, and guess what?

Mayor Me had to have a meeting to discuss my plan.

Because you know why?

It works.

Okay?

That's why.

Every plan you come up with doesn't work.

Lavelle.

You know what?

You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Even these retires, they have no air conditioning.

Miss Brown comes down here every week and talks about the uh Cayley Royal or Sairise.

You know what?

Shame on you.

I've come the Ebenezer Tires doesn't have any air conditioning.

Why are you not up for doing something about my disabled brethren up there?

Because I'm in a wheelchair, and also those senior citizens that live in the building in that building up there.

Shame on you for that.

All right.

That as well.

All right.

And the youth programs.

When I hear people coming down here to City Council to talk about youth programs not getting any funding.

Come on.

Really?

Is that so?

And the gentleman from Panther Hall, I cheer you on, because you know what?

It's sad that this council doesn't care.

I'm not going to go on about that because Ms.

Brown and the gentleman.

Thank you.

With that, we'll now move on to the presentation of the papers.

Beginning with Councilman Sherlin, Church of Human Resources.

Thank you.

Councilman Collinkill, Chair of Public Safety and Wellness.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Councilman Carhill presents bill number 722.

Resolution authorizing pursuant to chapter 210 of the city code, the mayor and the director of the Department of Management and Budget to accept a donation from High Mark Health in the amount of four million dollars for the next five years for a total of 20 million dollars to purchase resources that medical first responders need with a primary initial focus on Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire Vehicles.

And Bill 723.

Resolution authorizing pursuant to Chapter 210 of the City Code, the mayor and director of the Department of Management and Budget to accept a donation from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the amount of five million dollars per year for the next five years for a total of $25 million for emergency medical service vehicles and equipment.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Councilman Mosley presents bill number 724.

Resolution adopting plan revision to the City of Pittsburgh's official sewage facilities plan for 217 Beachnut Drive at no cost to the city.

Bill 725.

Resolution approving execution of a contract for disposition by sale of land between the URA of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Land Bank for the sale of block 10, lot 345, Fifth Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.

Zero Grove Street District 6 at no cost to the city.

Bill 726.

Resolution amending resolution 619 of 2018.

Effective September 20th, 2018, entitled Resolution Authorizing the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh to acquire all the city's right title and interest, if any, in into the publicly owned properties in the 12th Ward City of Pittsburgh, designated in the D Registry Office of Allegheny County is block 124 in lots 199, 197, 196, 15, 34, 32, 29, 36, 28, 14, 12, and block 125A.

Lots 371, 375, and block 83S.

Lots 296 and 301, Council District 9.

Site Assemblage for Future Redevelopment.

159, 163, 165, Carver Street, 118, 121, 125, 130, 133, 138, 146, 149, 150, 154, 163, and 165 and 169, Auburn Street.

Bill 727, resolution amending resolution 384 of 2020, effective July 31, 2020, entitled Resolution authorizing the URA of Pittsburgh to acquire all of the city's right title and interest, if any, and into the publicly owned properties in the 12th Horde City of Pittsburgh, designated in the D Registry Office of Allegheny County is Block 125 G, lots 42, 43, 51, and 64, located at the north side of Kelly Street between Fifth Avenue in the West and the Railroad right of way on the east and the south side of Frankstown Avenue, also between Fifth Avenue on the West and Railroad, right of way on the east, Council District 9.

Bill 728.

Resolution approving execution of a contract for disposition by sale of land between the URA of Pittsburgh and Hilltop Villas, LLC for the sale of block 70J, Lot 126, 28th Ward, City of Pittsburgh, 2039, Broadhead, Fording Road, Council District 2, at no cost to the city, and Bill 729.

Resolution authorizing pursuant to Chapter 210 of the City Code, the mayor and the director of the Department of Management and Budget to accept a donation from Carnegie Mellon University in the amount of three million dollars split over the next five years for education and infrastructure initiatives.

And Councilwoman Salonetro, Chair of Public Works and Infrastructure.

No new papers.

Thank you.

Councilwoman Strasberger, Chair of Finance and Law.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Councilperson Tilonetro presents bill number 730, resolution amending resolution 124 of 2023, which authorized the mayor and director of the Office of Management and Budget to enter into an agreement or agreements with Compass Natural Gas for professional services relating to the leasing and maintenance of a mobile CNG fueling station by extending the time through September 30, 2026, and not to exceed amount by 126,000 for new costs not to exceed $882,000.

And Bill 731 resolution authorizing the issuance of a warrant in favor of James Heber and his attorneys Og Murphy and Perkowski, PC, in full and final settlement of a litigation matter in the Allegheny County Court of Common Please for an amount not to exceed $100,000 over one year.

Councilwoman Schrosburger, I believe it was a request from the administration to wave.

Yes.

Uh I'd like to make a motion to waive the rule waive rule eight on bill seven thirty so that this bill appears on tomorrow's standing committee agenda.

Second.

Second.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Aye.

Bill 730 will be on tomorrow's standing committee agenda.

That moves us to Councilman Warburg, Chair of Recreation Youth and Senior Services.

Thank you.

Councilman Wilson, Chair of Land Use Economic Development.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Councilman Wilson presents bill number 732.

Resolution providing for the designation as a historic site under Title 11 of the Code of Ordinances that certain site known as Allegheny Arsenal Officers Quarters and Wall Segments located on multiple parcels.

49E128, 49E136, 49E132, 49A3, 49A5, 49E124, 49E120, 49A1, in the lower Lawrenceville neighborhood, 6 Ward, City of Pittsburgh.

The owner of the property supports the nomination, and there is no cost to the city.

And for myself.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Bills were received and file.

And Bill 735, resolution transferring the amount of $20,793 and 73 cents within the 2026 operating budget from City Council District Supplies postage to the Department of Finance Supplies postage to account for the cost of postage meter usage and stamps for the months of January through June.

Thank you.

Our next order business is report subcommittee for finance for final action, excuse me, beginning with Councilwoman Barbara Ward, presenting the committee of recreation youth and senior services.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Councilwoman Warwick presents Bill 718.

Report of the committee on recreation youth and senior services for July 8th, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation.

Bill 687, resolution authorizing the mayor on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments there too with LA 28 for coordination of events related to the LA 28 Olympic and Paralympic Games at no cost to the city.

You've heard the reading inside of the bills.

Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action.

All in favor of the passage of the bill will vote aye.

No name is called.

Those opposed will vote no.

Mr.

Shadow.

Aye.

Mr.

Clockhill.

Aye.

Ms.

Gross.

Mr.

Mosley.

Aye.

Mrs.

Salonetro.

Aye.

Mrs.

Strassberger.

Aye.

Mrs.

Warwick.

Aye.

Mr.

Wilson.

Aye.

Mr.

Lavelle President.

Aye.

Eight eyes, zero no's.

The bill having received the legal requirement of the votes is passed finally.

That moves us to Councilwoman Double Gross, presenting the Committee of Innovation Performance, Asset Management and Technology.

Thank you, Councilman.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Councilwoman Gross presents bill number 719.

Report of the Committee on Innovation Performance Asset Management and Technology for July 8, 2026, with an affirmative recommendation.

Bill 682, resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the Department of Innovation and Performance on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an agreement or agreements or amendments thereto with EPLES Technology Inc.

for the purpose of general networking and IT support to augment the existing internal team at a cost not to exceed $95,440 over one year.

Bill 683.

Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in favor of Dell Financial Services in an amount of $58,283.18 cent to pay the remaining balance owed to this vendor for electronic devices with installation and support services.

Bill 684.

Resolution amending resolution 762 of 2025, which authorized the mayor and director of public safety to enter into an amended agreement or agreements with Gulata for software subscription-based client relations management services by increasing the total not to exceed amount by $520 for a new total not to exceed amount of $276,000, $44.72 over four years.

Aye.

Mrs.

Strasburger.

Aye.

Mrs.

Warwick.

Aye.

Mr.

Wilson.

Aye.

Mr.

Lavell President.

Aye.

Eight eyes, zero no's.

The bill have received a legal cardinal revolt.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Thank you.

Councilman Mosley presents Bill No.

720 reported a committee on Intergovernmental and Educational Affairs for July 8, 2026 with an affirmative recommendation.

Bill 685.

Resolution providing for a professional services agreement and or contracts with Milady and Wooton Inc.

for professional consulting services for state government affairs and legislative services and providing for the payment at a cost not to exceed $264,000 over four years.

And Bill 686.

Resolution granting unto Alcassan, their successors and assigns the privilege and license to construct, maintain, and use at their own costs and expense.

Two new below grade diversion structures at no cost to the city.

Excuse me.

Seeing none, the bill is now ready for final action.

All in favor of the pass of the bill will vote.

Mr.

Sharland.

Aye.

Mr.

Coghills.

Aye.

Ms.

Gross.

Mr.

Mosley.

Aye.

Mrs.

Salonetro.

Aye.

Mrs.

Strasberger.

Aye.

Mrs.

Warwick.

Aye.

Mr.

Wilson.

Aye.

Mr.

Lavell President.

Aye.

Eight ayes, zero no's.

The bill having received the legal requirement of votes is passed finally.

That takes us to Moses and resolutions.

Is there anything for members?

If not, meeting announcements.

This afternoon at 1 o'clock, Council will hold an executive session on Bill 731 as it relates to litigation.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15th at 10 a.m.

Council will hold our standard committee meeting.

Speaker 1 close at 9.

To register to speak at any of these meetings, please complete the sign-up form on the Council meeting webpage or call the clerk's office at 412-255-2138 by the applicable registration deadline.

With that, we need a motion to excuse the absolute member and approve the minutes and adjourn the meeting.

So move.

Second.

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

We all adjourned.