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Pittsburgh City Council accepts UPMC $10M donation, advances transportation reimbursements and grants
Summary
On Feb. 4 the council announced a $10 million donation from UPMC for EMS vehicles, and approved committee reports advancing multiple state‑reimbursable transportation projects and grants; recorded roll calls show unanimous or near‑unanimous passage on reported items.
Council members on Feb. 4 presented and advanced a package of bills that includes a $10 million donation from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, multimodal transportation grant applications and state reimbursement agreements for several road and bridge projects.
Councilman Coghill presented Bill 72, a resolution authorizing the mayor and the director of the Office of Management and Budget to accept a $10,000,000 donation from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for the purchase of emergency medical service vehicles and equipment.
Councilman Moseley presented a set of cooperation agreements, including Bill 73, authorizing transfers not to exceed $20,188,019 to the City of Pittsburgh Equipment Leasing Authority to purchase and lease vehicles, equipment and related services. Moseley also presented several payments‑in‑lieu‑of‑taxes (PILOT) cooperation agreements with the NCSC USA Housing Development Corporation for multiple housing projects in several council districts and a resolution authorizing the Pittsburgh Land Bank to acquire specified city lots at no cost (Bill 77).
Councilwoman Sala Netro outlined grant amendments and new grant applications: an amended DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Program grant with a city match ($250,844.42) for a $500,844.42 total project (Bill 78), Multimodal Transportation Fund requests for Liberty Avenue/Main Street and Bloomfield Bridge intersection planning (Bill 79) and for Lincoln Avenue multimodal safety and accessibility improvements with requested awards noted in the bills (Bill 80). Councilwoman Sala Netro also presented Bill 81, authorizing an agreement with the PNC Foundation to receive $2,000,000 for the purchase of snow removal equipment; members voted to waive rule 8 to place Bill 81 on the afternoon standing committee agenda.
In committee report final actions, Councilwoman Sala Netro reported an affirmative committee recommendation on a package that included the East Liberty–Negley construction reimbursement not to exceed $2,571,661 (Bill 43); an Allegheny Valley Railroad preliminary engineering reimbursement not to exceed $10,000 (Bill 44); the Brownsville Road Safety Improvement Project with a total cost not to exceed $4,504,368 and a municipal share not to exceed $26,000 (Bill 45); and an amended reimbursement increasing the Heron Avenue engineering authorization by $800,000 to total $1,521,000 (Bill 46). The committee report passed final action by roll call, 9 ayes, 0 nos.
Council also passed, by roll call, a Parks & Recreation vendors authorization (Bill 47) for contracts of $10,000 or less (8 ayes, 0 nos) and a sewage facilities plan amendment for 824 James Street (Bill 42) (9 ayes, 0 nos).
Most of the items presented were referred to standing committee agendas for further consideration or placed on the afternoon committee calendar; several grants and agreements were described as requiring subsequent project‑specific service agreements.
The meeting transcript does not record implementation timelines or departmental execution details for the projects; council members noted the grants and reimbursements will be processed through the Office of Management and Budget and related departments as required.
