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From YouTube: Mayor William Peduto addresses City Council - 5/13/14
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Mayor Peduto discusses Act 47 and the city's budget during the City Council meeting on May 13, 2014. This originally aired LIVE on City Channel Pittsburgh (Comcast 13/Verizon 44).
A
A
Today
we
have
a
historic
opportunity:
we're
going
to
have
a
little
bit
of
a
look
at
what
the
financial
picture
is
within
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
in
its
vastly
different
than
what
we've
been
told,
and
in
fact
sort
of
this
is
the
way
that
we're
going
to
try
to
work
through
things.
What
I
consider
it
as
a
Pittsburgh
way.
You
know
back
ten
years
ago,
almost
ten
years
ago
to
the
date
I
SAT
right
there
and
I
had
to
take
the
most
difficult
vote
of
my
life,
a
vote
that
basically
came
down
to.
A
Should
we
continue
to
operate
under
the
status
quo
and
basically
see
this
city
at
the
verge
of
bankruptcy
in
potentially
in
bankruptcy.
Where
do
we
start
to
make
the
structural
changes
that
were
needed
to
be
able
to
understand
that
this
isn't
the
city
that
it
was
50
years
ago?
But
it
has
the
potential
to
be
a
fantastic
City
in
the
next
50
years
and
by
a
5-4
vote
that
vote
passed,
and
we
started
to
put
ourselves
on
the
road
to
recovery.
Now,
over
the
past
decade,
there
have
been
ups
and
downs
with
this
situation.
A
There
have
been
certainly
times
when
we
have
looked
at
the
the
problems
that
we
faced
and
we
looked
at
it
through
the
lens
of
politics
instead
of
looking
at
it
through
the
lens
of
the
reality
of
the
issues
before
us
and
again,
I
say
this:
this
is
the
Pittsburgh
way
of
dealing
with
things
we
address
things
head-on.
We
don't
hide
things
under
the
carpet.
A
So,
let's
begin
for
the
past
several
months
since
Governor
Corbett
has
given
us
the
permission
to
stay
under
act
47
through
the
Department
of
Community
and
Economic
Development,
we've
been
working
with
both
the
act,
47
team
and
the
IC
a
team
and
really
been
focusing
in
on
where
we
are
financially.
Where
are
the
numbers?
What
are
the
revenue
streams
that
are
coming
in?
What
are
our
expenses
that
are
expected
to
be
and
then
taking
it
in
a
much
more
holistic?
A
Look,
we
have
issues
that
are
before
us
that
we
have
never
been
able
to
address
issues
before
us
that
we've
basically
pushed
aside,
whether
it's
our
pension
obligations
or
our
capital
needs,
and
you
hear
it
from
the
community
on
a
daily
basis.
How
many
calls
do
you
get
a
day
about
the
condition
of
the
street
where
people
live
the
roads
and
when
is
my
street?
Can
it
be
paid?
I
can
tell
you
what
the
answer
is
under
the
present
situation.
A
Never
because
we
don't
have
enough
money
in
our
capital
budget
to
take
care
of
the
assets
that
we
control.
Our
pension
obligation
is
going
to
go
back
under
the
situation
where
the
state
may
be
considering
taking
it
over
again
because
we're
not
investing
what
we
need
to
invest
in
order
to
be
able
to
sufficiently
manage
it
right
now.
What
we're
facing
and
looking
at
is
for
the
next
year's
budget,
a
structural
deficit,
not
a
one-time
deficit,
but
a
structural
deficit
of
20
million
dollars.
A
A
Pension
and
benefit
costs
are
growing
the
sources,
the
unfunded
mandate
passed
by
the
pension
board
at
the
end
of
last
year,
new
obligations
on
a
pension
fund
that
never
came
up
with
a
source
of
revenue
to
pay
for
them
that,
for
the
next
year's
out,
we're
going
to
have
to
find
a
way
to
either
cut
services
or
raise
taxes
to
be
able
to
address
increasing
health
care
costs.
And
this
is
something
that
goes
across
the
board,
whether
you
work
in
government
or
private
industry,
and
those
are
the
issues
that
we
have
to
be
able.
A
Also
to
look
at.
We
already
have
some
of
the
highest
cost
per
worker
within
government
in
the
Allegheny
County
and
some
of
the
highest
co-pays
as
well.
We're
going
to
have
to
find
new
creative
ways
in
order
to
be
able
to
address
that
increasing
MMO
payments.
In
a
revised
actual
projections,
real
estate
tax
was
slashed
back
in
twenty
thousand
and
ten
it
was
slashed
too
far.
What
that's
done
is
created
an
additional
whole
structurally
in
our
budget
that
we
also
have
to
be
able
to
address
our
real
estate.
A
Taxes
should
be
increasing
every
year,
the
price
of
properties
are
going
up,
the
number
of
homes
being
sold
the
number
of
people
moving
in,
but
in
our
budget
our
revenues
are
going
down,
and
this
is
our
major
source
of
revenue.
This
is
the
source
of
revenue
that
funds
almost
twenty
five
percent
of
all
the
operations
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
capital
needs
far
outpaced
the
the
funding.
We
are
on
a
path
and
we
have
been
on
a
path
to
spend
around
40
million
dollars
per
year
in
our
capital
budget.
A
A
It's
going
to
take
a
prolonged
approach
in
a
capital
budget
that
basically
puts
together
the
funds
that
are
needed
in
order
to
be
able
to
get
to
where
we
need
to
get
to
with
the
assets
we
own.
The
60
million
dollar
shortfall
basically
comes
down
to
those
three
things:
the
the
capital
funding
that
hasn't
been
addressed,
the
pension
obligations
that
we
owe
that
we
aren't
paying
in
a
structural
deficit.
A
There's
no
conditions
on
the
issues
to
be
brought
up
any
ideas
or
welcome.
The
plan
is
still
fluid
in
allowing
ideas
and
different
concepts
and
in
different
solutions
to
be
a
part
of
it.
City
Council
will
hold
the
hearings
on
the
details
of
the
plan
throughout
May
and
June.
State
law
requires
that
we
must
have
an
approved
plan
by
june
thirtieth.
The
new
plan
will
become
our
roadmap
to
stronger
city
and
here's
the
honest
part
of
it.
It's
not
going
to
be
easy
and
it
wasn't
easy
10
years
ago
either.
A
But
this
is
what
is
absolutely
critical
for
Pittsburgh.
You
know
I'm
49
years
old,
I,
remember
very
well
when
the
mills
closed
I,
remember
watching
my
friends
that
I
went
to
high
school
with
in
1979,
not
being
there
in
1983
for
graduation,
because
their
dads
lost
their
jobs.
Chartiers
Valley,
our
dads
worked,
our
mom
stayed
at
home
and
worked
at
home,
but
I
can
tell
you
this
that
nobody
had
a
solution
for
this
city.
There
was
no
plan
coming
out
of
Washington
DC
to
say
here's
your
bailout
plan.
A
There
is
no
plan
coming
out
of
Harrisburg
to
say
here's
how
Pittsburgh's
economic
development
will
come
back.
Pittsburgh
did
what
Pittsburgh
knows
how
to
do.
It
brushed
itself
off
it
reinvented
itself,
and
that's
where
we
are
today.
The
last
part
of
Pittsburgh
coming
back
is
this
city
government
in
this
city
and
government
has
to
learn
that
we
have
to
reinvent
ourselves
and
to
become
what
Pittsburgh's
future
will
be
and
make
sure
that
we
do
so
in
a
way
that
isn't
reliant
upon
others
to
solve
our
problems.
A
For
us,
that's
not
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
is
about
self
responsibility.
It's
about
addressing
issues
head-on.
It's
about
showing
daylight
on
the
problems
that
are
there
and
then
finding
real
solutions
to
solve
them.
It's
about
working
together
in
a
common
good,
instead
of
dividing
us
ourselves
apart
in
ways
that
are
more
for
political
game.
This
is
the
situation
that
we're
facing.
We
owe
it
to
our
citizens
to
be
responsible
in
the
way
that
we
deal
with
it.
We've
got
the
next
two
months
to
solve
the
problems
of
the
last
50
years.
A
We've
got
the
next
two
months
to
create
a
city
that
will
be
that
city
for
the
next
50
years.
We
have
the
next
two
months
to
make
sure
that
Pittsburgh's
financial
situation
is
in
a
place
where
it
helps
to
make
all
these
other
wonderful
things
happen
in
the
city.
It's
not
going
to
be
easy
folks,
but
we'll
work
through
it
together.
Thank.