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A
A
B
Afternoon
everybody,
Kevin
aklan,
Tamara,
produtos,
chief
of
staff,
and
very
pleased
to
be
with
you
all
today.
Really
today
is
really
not
about
us.
It's
really
about
the
community
of
East
Liberty
in
general,
specifically
penn
plaza,
and
you
know
I
think,
back
to
one
night
in
july
of
last
year,
I
got
a
call
from
at
gainey
who
said:
hey,
look.
We
got
an
issue.
B
There
have
been
a
number
of
notices
issued
to
a
whole
group
of
folks
that
they're
going
to
be
evicted
from
their
home
and
we
really
had
a
crisis
underway,
and
so
what
happened
was
the
mayor?
The
county
executive,
Reverend,
Burgess,
represented
Gainey,
all
got
together,
went
out
to
the
community,
had
a
meeting
and
then,
as
a
result
of
that
meeting,
some
people
step
forward.
In
leaders
we
had
a
tenant
Council
that
came
together.
B
We
SAT
around
this
table
for
about
nine
weeks
every
Friday
afternoon
for
hours
upon
hours
negotiating
directly
with
the
owner
a
private
owner
by
the
way
who
had
every
legal
right.
You
know
to
whether
or
not
it
was
morally
the
right
thing
to
do
to
evict
folks
from
their
homes.
Most
of
these
folks
were
on
month
a
month
leases,
so
they
had
very
little
legal
protection,
but
under
the
mayor's
leadership
we
told
them
that
that's
not
how
we
do
business
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
to
their
credit
they
agreed.
B
So
ultimately,
around
this
table
we
negotiated
an
agreement
there
provided
for
some
time
some
phasing
of
the
development
for
also
for
relocation,
expenses
to
be
paid
and
in
services
to
be
provided.
We
think
that's
the
first
time.
That's
ever
happened
for
a
private
development.
You
history
of
this
city
and
in
the
past,
where
you've
had
public
housing.
It
happens
quite
a
bit
if
you
remember
the
towers
at
East
Liberty
coming
down,
but
this
is.
B
This
is
really
we
held
a
private
developer
accountable
and
to
their
credit,
they
stepped
up
and
came
to
the
table
so
for
today,
what
we
wanted
to
do
was
to
bring
everybody
together,
not
to
claim
victory,
but
to
really
talk
about
where
we
are
in
this
process.
We
think
we've
made
a
lot
of
progress
due
to
the
hard
work
of
the
folks
in
this
in
this
room,
and
it
really
was
a
collaboration
of
stakeholders.
B
B
C
Very
honored
to
be
here
this
morning
and
as
Kevin
mentioned,
my
name
is
Presley
Gillespie
I'm,
the
president
of
neighborhood
allies
and
the
key
word
being
a
lie.
The
neighborhood
allies
was
an
organization
that
was
recently
relaunched
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
to
really
focus
on
a
commitment
to
rebuild
the
both
the
social
and
economic
infrastructure
in
our
neighborhoods.
We
are
an
organization
that
will
do
things
at
a
different
manner.
We
consider
ourselves
very
unique
in
the
community
of
elements
sector
in
Pittsburgh,
and
that
is
will
do
multiple
things
simultaneously.
C
You
know
we
are
here
to
help
residents.
We
are
here
to
help
businesses.
We
are
here
to
help
make
sure
that
our
neighborhoods
are
no
longer
left
behind
and
we're
honored
to
work
with
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
the
mayor's
office
Kevin
acklin,
as
Kevin
mentioned,
we
were
called
in
to
this
crisis
just
really
a
little
over
three
months
ago,
and
you
know
we
thought
at
that
time.
Wow.
This
is
a
very
tough
issue.
C
This
is
an
issue
that
would
require
a
lot
of
heavy
lifting
on
our
part,
but
we
say
this
is
exactly
the
type
of
issue
that
we
need
to
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
get
involved
in.
These
are
the
points
and
moments
in
time
in
Pittsburgh,
where
we
can't
just
wait
for
someone
else
to
come
to
our
rescue
or
wait
for
someone
else
to
do
it,
whether
that's
other
nonprofits,
whether
that's
government.
So
we
really
rolled
up
our
sleeves
and
we
got
involved.
We
learned
so
much
along
the
way.
C
We
cannot
be
more
thankful
for
the
partnerships
that
we
built
and
what
we've
what
we've
done
is.
We've
really
worked
with
the
mayor's
office
work
with
the
URA
work,
with
the
Department
of
Human
Services
action,
housing,
the
Urban
League,
the
housing
authority.
Many
many
folks
have
stepped
up
to
work
with
us
to
help
solve
this
Crouch
crisis
but,
more
importantly,
look
at
the
longer
term
bigger
picture,
as
Kevin
mentioned,
we're
not
claiming
victory.
C
We
know
there's
a
number
of
folks
that
still
need
to
be
helped
at
penn,
plaza
and
there's
a
number
of
folks
throughout
our
city
in
our
region
that
need
to
be
helped,
as
we
think,
about
affordable
housing
issues,
as
we
think
about
gentrification,
as
we
think
about
making
sure
no
neighborhoods
and
the
people
that
live
in
those
neighborhoods
are
left
behind.
So
this
is
exactly
what
neighborhood
allies
is
all
about.
I
want
to
thank
you
know
Zach
Thomas
from
our
team,
who
did
a
tremendous
amount
of
heavy
lifting
Talia
Piazza
shad
Henderson.
C
You
know
Donny
Crawford.
Some
of
our
team
are
not
here
today,
but,
most
importantly,
the
partners
that
came
together
to
really
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
literally
and
physically
literally
and
figuratively,
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
get
dirty.
And
that's
what
we
did.
You
know
this
kind
of
work.
You
know
we
really
need
it.
You
know
soldiers
and
I'm
thankful
that
we've
developed
a
partnership
with
the
Mission
Continues,
which
is
an
organization
of
veterans
organization.
C
We
all
know
that
we
have
a
tremendous
number
of
veterans
returning
to
our
community
over
the
next
several
years
and
what
better
group
to
understand
trauma
crisis
in
a
community
than
veterans
and
I
want
to
bring
up
Matt
Landers,
who
stepped
up
to
the
plate
and
really
brought
out
the
soldiers
to
help
our
residents
move
unpack.
You
know
unpack
furniture
and
the
things
that
they've
done,
which
no
one
else
could
do
so
I
want
to
think
I
want
to
bring
up.
Matt,
Landis
and
I
want
to
think
again.
C
D
Like
you
said,
I'm
not
used
to
as
a
service
member
at
the
end
of
a
mission,
given
a
press
conference,
that's
not
typically
what
we
do.
We
we
look
for
the
next
mission
and
I
would
suggest
that
that's
what
we
will
continue
to
do
now.
D
So
we've
ended
one
type
of
service
and
begun
another,
and
that
we'd
like
to
to
continue
to
build
that
relationship
and
be
a
tool
for
the
city
and
an
asset,
a
resource
for
them
to
use
for
these
tough
jobs.
The
toughest
jobs
as
they
come
up
so
I
appreciate
them.
Giving
us
the
opportunity
and
I
hope
that
we
can
continue
to
see
those.
B
Thank
you,
Presley
Matt,
before
I
introduce
the
residents
the
tenant
council
I
do
want
to
just
give
an
update,
for
today's
purposes
is
to
just
show
you
how
difficult
of
the
situation
we
were
looking
at
when
we
started
this
process
soon
after
we
sign
the
MOU
in
September
of
2015.
Just
with
this
one
building
5704
Penn
Avenue,
there
were
115
occupied
units.
As
of
today,
all
the
two
individuals
have
found
new
homes.
75
are
already
confirmed,
moved
out,
20
have
transferred
over
to
5600
pet
Avenue.
B
That
was
the
work
that
was
part
of
the
agreement
that
the
residents
really
looked
at
the
situation's
of
those
residents
and
made
sure
that
those
most
in
need
had
that
homes
available
at
5600
the
I
made
by
the
the
owner
of
the
building
to
get
those
those
units
up
to
speed.
Eight
are
currently
pending
transfers
to
5600
penn
avenue
one.
Is
it
an
extended
occupancy
for
a
brief
period?
We're
waiting
a
section
8
voucher
transfer,
two
are
being
extended:
occupancies
they're,
moving
to
penn
matilda
again
through
the
good
work
of
zack
and
presley.
B
Those
transfers
were
negotiated.
One
unfortunately
passed
away
in
that
period
of
time
and
two
individuals
do
mostly
the
personal
circumstances
that
we're
working
with
remain
uncertain.
All
of
those
individuals
signed
agreements
all
but
six
of
those
residents
of
the
115.
These
are
in
the
fact
sheet
that
we
gave
you
so
really
since
September
to
hear
almost
the
end
of
februari.
The
last
day
of
februari.
B
We
were
able
to
systematically
work
through
each
individual
to
treat
them
as
a
human
being
and
I
can
tell
you
that
the
weekly
calls
and
discussions
we've
been
having
with
the
tenant
Council
in
Zach.
None
of
this
would
have
happened
with
with,
without
the
hard
work
of
the
folks
who
worked
hard
to
get
to
an
agreement
right
and
then
also
worked
hard
over
the
last
few
months
to
actually
make
sure
that
that
agreement
was
was
was
materialized
and
into
making
sure
that
each
of
these
residents
are
treated
fairly.
B
E
We
are
all
residents
of
actual
5704
penn
plaza
and
it
we
were
sort
of
thrust
into
a
crisis
situation,
as
we
were
unaware
of
what
the
owners
intended
to
do
with
the
building
at
the
aid
of
my
mother,
reaching
out
to
representative
it
Gainey,
a
meeting
was
quickly
formed
with
the
city,
responding
with
mayor
Peduto
himself,
showing
with
the
county,
executive
or
representative
Gainey
city
council,
member
jizz
and
countless
others
came
in,
and
the
community
actually
rallied
behind
us,
as
they
all
knew
that
this
was
a
crisis
not
only
for
us
but
for
housing
and
the
Greater
East
Liberty
area
so
say
all
that
to
say
is
that
we
had
to
quickly
mobilize
a
tenant
Council
which
we
did
mayor
peduto's
was
so
gracious
in
that
he'll
end
it
time
meeting
after
meeting
every
Friday
for
about
nine
weeks,
we
met
in
this
room
and
negotiate
it
with
the
owner
at
first.
E
We
understood
that
this
was
an
illegal
issue.
Legally,
they
could
evict
us.
This
is
a
private
landlord
that
we
were
dealing
with.
So
what
we
did
was
appealed
to
their
heart.
In
which
they
did
respond,
we
negotiated
MOU,
which
was
published
and,
after
that
they
actually
held
up
to
the
end
of
the
MOU
even
pushing
past
the
the
requirements
and
the
deadlines
allowing
people
to
still
sign
agreements
after
December.
E
First
I
believe
it
was
to
make
sure
that
every
resident
could
receive
income
to
help
with
their
transfer
and
their
move
at
the
heart
of
this
was
people
human
beings
being
displaced,
but
we
try
to
make
it
as
easy
as
possible
and
as
fair
as
possible.
Given
our
situation,
because
once
again,
we
had
no
legal
leg
to
stand
on.
E
So
I
would
like
to
say
that
the
end
result,
though
it
this
situation
started
in
a
crisis.
It
end
up
working
out
in
that
we
were
able
to
extend
time
on
another
building,
to
help
those
people
to
hopefully
bring
on
more
affordable
housing.
So
that
way
they
can
still
be
placed
in
the
neighborhood,
as
well
as
for
those
people
who
would
be
hard
to
place
if
they
wanted
to
move
to
give
them
more
time
to
find
adequate
and
safe
housing.
F
They
came
to
the
plate
and
they
gave
us
almost
everything
that
we
wanted,
and
only
thing
I
have
to
say,
is
I
mayor,
Peduto
I.
Thank
you
very
much
I.
Thank
you
very
much
and
join
out
because
I've
been
Kevin
out
because
I.
Thank
you
very
much
because
of
all
the
things
that
you
have
done
for
us
and
we're
still
meeting
we're
still
meeting,
because
we
have
to
meet
for
5600
to
get
that
process
started
for
the
people,
but
we're
going
to
take
a
breather,
we're
going
to
take
about
a
mother
to
breather.
A
The
rehash
with
the
first
two
said
we
all
came
together
and
through
the
help
of
the
mayor's
office,
we
put
in
a
lot
of
work
that
mediated
and
facilitated
this
process.
You
know
to
me:
we
got
the
first
phase
done
now,
we're
looking
forward
to
going
through
the
second
phase
and
also
brought
to
light
the
need
and
a
commitment
for
affordable
housing
funds.
A
You
know
I
mean
which
of
the
mayor's
office
was
essential
in
that
there
we
had
a
lot
of
help
from
the
relocation
office
and
in
the
Mission
Continues,
and
it's
like
everybody
just
pulled
together.
You
know
everybody
has
pulled
together,
it
wasn't
it
wasn't
easy,
it
wasn't
easy.
You
know
me
but,
like
we've
met
every
we've
met
every
week
and
we
continue
to
meet
them
and,
like,
like
Gale,
said,
the
owners
even
went
outside
the
agreement
in
certain
situations
to
help
to
help
tenants.
You
know
to
me
so
I
like
we're.
A
You
know
we're
happy
about
the
way
this
process
is
going.
You
know,
hopefully
we
can
keep
going
in
a
positive,
but
people
really
need
to
recognize
how
the
des
meeres
office
came
together
with
us.
You
know
the
mean
was
our
strongest
ally.
You
know,
and
people
really
need
to
recognize
that.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
all,
and
just
to
as
a
testament
to
the
city's
commitment
to
the
tenant
council.
Many
of
you
have
heard
about
the
you
Ras
RFP,
that's
outstanding
for
melon
orchard,
which
is
another
site
just
down
the
street,
where
we're
looking
to
build,
affordable
housing.
Members
of
the
tenant
council
were
actually
on
that
RFP
committee
and
we
really
wanted
this
to
be
about
rebuilding
East
Liberty
in
a
way
that
is
engaged
in
empowering
the
people
that
live
there,
who
lived
through
the
hard
times
and
need
to
be
part
of
the
good
times.
G
So
the
mayor
and
I
are
united
on
the
goal
to
make
Pittsburgh
a
city
for
all
that
is,
we
are
striving
to
make
Pittsburgh
livable
and
livable
and
affordable
for
everyone.
What
you
saw
first
of
all,
this
pin
Plaza
situation
was
the
power
of
this
private
public
partnership
that
the
mayor
and
kevin
aiklen
LED,
and
so
you
saw
neighborhood
allies.
You
saw
the
gun
birds.
You
saw
all
the
available
resources
being
brought
to
the
table
to
aid
these
residents.
These
are
not
just
my
constituents,
but
I
have
cousins
who
live
in
the
building.
G
I
have
church
members
who
live
in
the
building,
and
so
I
have
a
personal
stake
in
making
sure
that
their
future
is
secure
and
the
process
that
we
have
jointly
established
does
just
that.
But
as
Kevin
began
to
say,
if
left
up
to
to
its
own
devices,
the
market
will
continue
to
eat
up
the
east
and
the
Pittsburgh
and
we'll
see
this
over
and
over
and
over
again,
and
so
the
mayor
and
I
are
committed
to
not
let
this
happen.
G
This
way
again,
we're
not
going
to
just
react
to
situations,
but
we're
going
to
be
proactive.
It's
now
time
to
rebuild
the
East
End
of
Pittsburgh,
it's
time
to
take
these
neighborhoods
that
have
that
are
concentrated
poverty
and
rebirth
them
and
redevelop
them
into
mixed
income,
stable
communities,
and
so
the
mayor
and
I
are
working
on
initiative
to
do
just
that.
I'm
really
thankful
on
his
visionary
leadership.
G
His
willingness
to
partner
with
with
with
me
and
all
of
those
community
organizations
in
the
East
End
you'll
be
hearing
more
about
that,
hopefully
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
but
we
are
committed
to
making
Pittsburgh
a
place
where
everybody
can
live.
No
matter
your
income,
no
matter
your
situation
in
life,
you
deserve
clean,
decent,
affordable
housing.
You
deserve
a
living
wage
job.
You
deserve
safe
streets,
you
deserve
good
schools
and
so
we're
going
to
work
together
to
make
that
a
reality.
G
But
today
this
was
a
good
first
step
to
show
the
power
of
what
happens
when
the
city
comes
together
and
use
all
the
available
resources
to
protect
its
most
vulnerable
residents.
And
now
we
will
take
the
lessons
learned
from
lease
liberty
and
multiply
them
across
the
East
End
of
Pittsburgh,
and
not
just
my
my
pleasure
to
follow
and
to
partner
with
such
a
visionary
mayor,
along
with
a
very
able
chief
of
staff,
I,
look
forward
to
with
the
for
the
next
few
months
and
the
next
few
years
will
bring
to
the
east
end
of
Pittsburgh.
B
Thank
You
Reverend
Burgess
and
before
I
introduce
the
mayor
to
address
these
issues.
I
can
tell
you
that
you
know
lesser
able.
Politicians
would
have
run
from
this
thing.
This
is
a
private
development.
Why
get
involved
in
this
right
because
we
don't
have
the
legal
rights,
but
that's
not
Bill
Peduto
I
can
tell
you
from
the
first
conversation
we
had
about
this.
This
became
a
priority
of
this
office.
Kyle
gentle
op
e
sinto,
la
pelea
and
I
worked
very
hard.
B
Kyle
Kyle
has
worked
very
hard.
We
stole
him
from
the
URA
and
he's
not
getting
lit
back,
but
you
know
that
we
were
given
the
charge
to
get
this
done
and
do
whatever
it
takes
to
get
there
and
so
again
understanding
political
capital.
We
didn't
run
from
this
fire
we
jumped
into
it.
We
worked
with
the
community
leaders,
the
developer
council
representatives,
as
well
as
the
residents,
but
none
of
this
would
have
happened
without
the
leadership
of
the
mayor
mayor.
If
you
can
come
up
and
talk
to
the
public.
H
Kevin
and
your
team
Kyle
everyone
to
put
their
time
into
it,
grant
and
the
folks
from
community
affairs
just
being
able
to
treat
people
with
respect
I
think
was
the
baseline
and
then
being
able
to
try
to
find
a
new
solution
to
an
old
problem.
None
of
this
would
have
happened
without
the
tenant
council.
Any
other
type
of
tenant
council
would
have
pointed
out
the
problem
organized
protest,
but
not
roll
their
sleeves
up
and
said
hey
hand
us
the
ball.
H
Let
us
figure
out
a
way
that
we
can
do
this
and
then
give
us
a
little
bit
of
empowerment
to
make
it
happen,
and
you've
set
an
example
now,
because
every
private
developer
in
this
town
is
going
to
look
to
penn,
plaza
and
before
they
just
say.
90
days
and
you're
out
there
going
to
know
that,
there's
a
different
process
that
we're
going
to
take
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
Mission
Continues,
you
know
I
have
the
good
opportunity
to
work
with
them
down
in
hazelwood.
H
H
Some
are
coming
in
from
surrounding
counties
in
there,
helping
elderly
people
in
east
liberty,
picking
up
refrigerators
and
putting
them
in
the
back
of
trucks
in
helping
them
to
be
able
to
get
through
what
is
a
crisis
in
their
own
life,
and
it's
good
for
them
too,
because
there's
a
camaraderie
that
they
miss
that
they're
able
to
do
it
and
be
able
to
help
us
and
they're
helping
us
all
throughout
the
city.
Major.
Thank
you
again
for
all
that
you've
done
in
teamwork
without
the
backing
of
councilman,
Burgess
and
representative.
H
This
wouldn't
have
happened.
In
any
other
scenario,
a
developer
would
look
to
divide
and
conquer
to
get
the
political
support
behind
just
allowing
the
process
to
continue.
That
didn't
happen,
because
there's
a
bond
now
within
the
East
End
about
an
understanding
of
seeing
all
the
good
things
that
are
happening.
All
the
different
shops
that
are
opening
in
the
apartment.
H
Buildings
and
the
tech
companies
but
understanding,
there's
a
whole
other
part
of
the
East
End
that
doesn't
have
a
connection
to
that
and
they
weathered
the
storm
in
the
80s
in
the
90s
in
the
2000s,
and
our
goal
is
to
make
sure
that
they
get
to
be
a
beneficiary
of
all
the
good
things
that
are
happening
now.
So
we're
not
here
to
celebrate.
H
Far
from
it,
we
were
able
to
dodge
a
bowline
and
there
will
be
probably
a
couple
others
that
will
happen,
but
in
this
process
of
these
past
nine
months
we
were
able
to
put
together
a
plan
to
be
able
to
help
all
but
two
out
of
115
peep
of
residents,
and
our
goal
will
be
in
the
future
to
be
able
to
help
all
Reverend
Burgess
mentioned.
The
initiative
will
be
coming.
I
B
Within
a
90-day
span,
yeah
I'll
turn
over
the
ref.
You
have
additional
comments,
but
Sheldon
you're
exactly
right.
You
know.
We
think
this
is
a
minimum
standard
that
was
part
of
the
negotiation
that
we
we
had
with.
Mr.
gumborg
and
I
see
Jonathan
caimans
here
representing
him.
Today
we
are
looking
as
part
of
our
affordable
housing
task
force
to
kind
of
understand
ways
to
prevent
this
type
of
at
least
to
get
some
more
leverage
on
the
table.
Some
of
that
may
take
changes
in
state
law,
but
again
going
back
to
the
beginning.
B
There
was
not
a
legal
basis
for
us
to
do
anything
and
I
think
that
that's
a
testament
to
the
team-
that's
here
at
the
table,
as
well
as
to
mr.
gumborg
and
his
team,
that
we're
willing
to
come
together
and
set
that
precedent,
and
that
is
a
precedent-
will
hold
other
developers
in
the
future
to
that
when
you're
coming
into
a
neighborhood
and
in
and
in
fact
you
know
attempting
to
displace
folks
we're
going
to
expect
that
certain
level
of
commitment,
financially
and
otherwise.
I
B
G
I'm
visit
I
think
it's
twofold,
I
think
I
think
there's
two
ways
to
do
this
you're
talking
about
legislation,
but
I
also
think
that
one
of
the
things
that
we've
been
doing
is
we've
been
strategically
looking,
at
least
in
the
east
end
of
what
the
future
problem
areas
may
be.
So
we
have
actually
categorized
all
of
the
at-risk
units
in
the
east
and
the
Pittsburgh,
and
so
as
part
of
the
solution
will
be
to
buy
them
and
to
lock
them
into
long-term
affordability.
G
J
A
result
of
your
own
policies
and
supportive
economic
development,
but
people
look
at
these
Liberty
from
looking
at
any
of
the
neighborhood
lawrenceville.
The
tremendous
changes
that
have
occurred
a
lot
of
it
changes
that
you
folks
it
advocated
for
isn't
this
just
a
consequence
of
the
very
policies
that
you're
advocating
well.
J
B
Been
here
for
a
long
time,
you
remember
what
Liberty
was
like
20
years
ago,
where
you
had
people
dying
in
the
streets
and
you
had
people
being
pushed
out
not
because
of
economic
growth,
but
because
of
disinvestment
because
of
crime.
You
know
and
that's
something
that
we're
looking
to
reverse
the
initiative
that
the
mayor
is
talking
about
with
Reverend
Burgess
is
about
investing
in
these
neighborhoods.
B
Some
of
these
neighborhoods
haven't
seen
investments
for
multi-generations,
and
so
you
know,
growth
is
not
a
bad
thing,
but
if
you,
if
there's
balance,
if
you're
not
only
just
growing
in
market
rate
development
but
you're
being
affirmative
lee
in
your
investment
in
affordable
housing,
then
that
that
creates
the
kind
of
synergy
that
the
people
can
continue
to
afford
to
live.
You
know:
cities
like
Boston
and
San
Francisco.
You
know
regular
people
can't
afford
to
live
in
the
city
proper.
H
Easily
well,
I,
don't
know
if
Google
izing
is
a
word
yet,
but
no
I
I
had
the
opportunity
back
in
the
90s
1996
1998
to
work
on
the
first
East
Liberty
development
plan.
It
was
a
master
plan
that
went
for
two
years
in
the
community
and
build
out
this
vision
of
where
than
what
the
neighbors
wanted
to
see.
A
lot
of
it
was
based
on
primarily
the
threat
of
violent
crime.
When
kevin
says
people
are
dying
in
the
street
that
was
literally
happening
on
Broad
Street.
We
had
a
heroin
epidemic.
H
It
was
on
top
of
the
crack
epidemic
that
was
happening
in
the
90s
and
places
like
Walsh's
bar
were
used
as
distributions
point,
but
you
also
had
at
the
same
time
all
of
the
businesses
leaving.
So
there
was
a
plan
to
bring
in
new
businesses
as
well,
and
it
wasn't
for
several
years
later
that
you
first
saw
Whole
Foods
move
in
and
when
Whole
Foods
moved
in
it
moved
into
an
area
that
was
abandoned,
parking
lot,
an
abandoned
taxicab
company
and
an
active
car
wash.
H
So
there
was
no
displacement
people
weren't
being
pushed
out
for
Whole
Foods
to
move
in
and
in
fact
the
development
where
Mercedes
is
doing
now
was
an
indoor
tennis
facility
that
was
used
mainly
before
people
from
fox
chapel
and
squirrel
hill
and
shady
side.
So
you
weren't
pushing
people
out
where
you
start
to
see.
The
pressure
now
is
that
with
the
market,
raising
the
rates,
people
who
rent
in
places
like
East,
Liberty
and
in
garfield
and
soon
and
larimer,
are
going
to
start
to
see
their
rents
go
up.
H
H
J
H
I
just
want
to
mention
one
last
thing,
because
I
get
this
and
you'll
read
it
in
the
comments
section
in
every
post
and
Facebook.
Yes,
he
keeps
telling
me,
but
it's
it's
not
government's
job.
This
isn't
government's
job.
This
is
a
private
landowner
who
can
do
whatever
they
want
with
it?
They
can
demolish
it.
They
can
build
on
top
of
it.
They
can
make
it
a
parking
lot.
They
can
make
it
the
big
world's
biggest
Arby's.
H
H
We're
going
to
connect
that
park
all
the
way
to
target
and
give
East
Liberty
something
it
hasn't
seen
in
the
past
green.
Instead
of
all
the
concrete
in
making
that
community
one
that's
connected
all
the
way
through
and
seamless,
when
I
was
on
council,
there
was
no
bridge
between
east
liberty
and
shady
side.
H
C
B
One
thing
is
we:
we
haven't
stopped,
so
we've
been
working
already
with
a
number
of
those
residents.
We
we
in
effect
bought
time
for
that
building
through
negotiation
with
the
owner.
We
have
a
little
more
time
here
than
we
did
with
this
first
building,
and
so
just
like
the
commitment
we
had
to
the
residents
of
5704
the
residence
of
5,600,
no
one
will
fall
through
the
cracks
and
the
same
process
in
the
same
level
of
detail
in
a
Zach.
If
you
can
hold
up
you
I'm
sure
you
have
your
chart
there
as
a
bigger
chart.
D
B
A
J
A
Jamison
tenant
council
yeah
through
the
negotiation
of
the
second
building
right
as
a
now
that
gives
you
extra
Lisa
extra
year
in
a
month
to
look
for
I
place.
The
state
which
you
know
in
that
relocation
office
right.
They
work
five
days
a
week.
They
work
five
days
a
week.
We
go
through
every
day
and
check
on
them
and
they're
continuously
trying
to
find
people
places
to
stay,
but
extra
extra
year
and
a
half
is
a
big
difference
from
having
90
days
to
find
a
place.
A
J
J
A
I
can't
give
you
exact
date
on
that.
You
know
to
me
because
I'm
not
in
control
of
that,
but
like
the
owner,
the
owners
have
like
I
said
when,
outside
to
agreement
to
like
make
it
easy
for
a
couple
of
tenants.
You
know
to
transfer
over
to
another
option.
You
know
what
I
mean
they
went
outside
to
agreement.
To
do
that,
you
know
they
went
outside
to
greatness
I.
B
Can
add
to
that?
Well,
first
to
your
question
about
5600
another
thing
that
the
relocation
folks
are
offering
and
zach
just
reminded
me:
this
is
an
opportunity
to
the
next
year
to
improve
credit,
so
there's
credit
counseling
to
enable
residents
to
avail
themselves
of
other.
You
know
rental
situation
so
again.
This
is
a
holistic
approach
that
we
took
here
in
terms
of
you
know,
working
with
with
Presley
and
his
team
and
Zack
and
others
to
make
sure
again.
B
It's
not
just
about
hey
here
are
some
places
you
can
go
live
it's
really
staying
in
touch
with
with
folks
and
making
sure
that
they're,
actually,
you
know
going
to
be
in
a
position
to
take
advantage
of
those
opportunities
with
respect
to
the
current
situation
with
5704
as
I
understand.
Right
now
there
are
about
13
residents
who
are
still
in
the
building.
Today
there
are
eight
that
eight
or
nine
I
believe
that
are
being
transferred
over
to
5602
a
I'm,
sorry
aight
that
are
pending
transfers
to
5600.
B
So
that's
just
across
the
way
to
our
extended
occupancies
to
move
by
April.
First,
the
pen
matilda,
which
is
another
affordable
housing
unit
nearby.
One
is
extended,
occupancy
we're
waiting,
a
transfer
of
a
section,
8
voucher
and
then
the
two
other
individuals
whose
status
is
uncertain.
One
has
significant
payment
of
rent
issues
that
individual
has
been
offered.
Full
services
has
signed.
B
The
agreement
that
was
offered
to
everybody
and
I
believe
has
received
payment,
for
that
agreement
has
been
provided,
options
to
be
relocated
and
just
hasn't
availed
themselves
of
that
of
that
opportunity,
and
the
other
gentleman
has
very
significant
health
issues
and
we
are
working
with
his
granddaughter
in
particular
and
his
family
to
make
sure
that
he
is
placed
into
a
housing
situation
that
is
suitable
for
that.
For
that
health
condition.
J
B
B
The
extent
that
development
results
in
displacement
potential
displacement
of
residents
of
the
city,
as
the
mayor
said,
we
feel
that
we
have
the
moral
obligation
to
defend
them
and
to
make
sure
that
they're,
being
you
know,
treated
fairly
and
again,
I
can
recall
our
first
discussion
with
the
gum.
Berg's
I
mean,
like
anything
you
there,
two
paths
here
right.
We
can
work
together
to
do
the
right
thing
and
ultimately
treat
people
with
respect
or
we
can
go
to
war
and
I.
B
Think
that,
ultimately,
you
know
throughout
the
time
of
this
discussion,
you
know
we
all
collectively
went
down
that
path
together
toward
a
collaboration
not
just
between
a
developer
in
the
city,
but
amongst
all
the
stakeholders
of
that
community
and
again
this
is
hard
work.
It's,
but
it's
just
begun.
You
know,
and
so
this
is
a
model
that
you
know.
We
want
to
make
sure
that,
to
the
extent
whether
or
not
it
in
sconces
itself
in
legislation
of
the
city
is
definitely
the
approach
that
we're
going
to
take
for
four
years
into
the
future.
Yes,.
K
K
B
B
That's
being
discussed
right
now
for
them
to
do
something
a
little
bit
more
interesting
for
that
community.
So
no
there's
this
is
no.
This
is
not
a
quid
pro
quo
situation,
in
fact,
again
I
think
it
was
an
opportunity
for
a
developer
to
do
the
right
thing
and
from
from
our
perspective,
that's
that's
the
path
that
they
chose.
B
That's
not
the
case,
I
mean
as
I
understand
and
I'm
speaking
secondhand
from
understand.
A
lot
of
those
units
had
been
decommissioned
over
the
years
above
and
beyond.
I
believe
the
MOU
only
called
for
ten
units
to
be
available.
20
units
I'm,
sorry
20
units
to
be
available.
I
apologize
for
that
and
again
some
of
those
transfers
required.
Significant
investment
buy
them
to
get
those
units
up
up
to
the
bar.
K
Good
afternoon,
Jon
Kaiman
I'm,
the
attorney
for
the
developers
and
in
what
I
would
say
is
that
this
has
really
been
a
very
transformational
experience,
I
think
for
her,
my
client
for
myself
and
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
really
to
thank
the
mayor,
kevin
and
kyle
and
the
tenant
council.
We
sat
down
in
this
room.
You
know
every
week
every
friday
afternoon
and
really
try
to
understand
each
other
and
to
try
understand
what
each
other's
goals
were
and
work
through.
Those
goals
is
a
way
that
we
could
accomplish
it.
K
What
did
we
get
out
of
it?
Well,
you
know
we.
We
certainly
could
have
gotten
more
when
we
certainly
could
have
I
think
reach
further,
but
I
think
my
client
recognize
that
that
these
are
real
people,
and
these
are
not
just
real
people,
but
good
people
who
were
here
packing
their
families,
their
friends,
their
homes
and
with
the
cooperation
of
the
city,
the
mayor
and
Kevin.
We
decided
to
you
know:
maybe
not
do
the
most
advantageous
development,
but
to
do
what's
really
best
for
Pittsburgh,
so
I
think
that's
the
story.
K
That's
significant
about
this
and
again
I
can't
thank
enough
at
the
time
that
everybody
has
put
in.
You
know
no
on
a
weekly
basis,
they've
come
down,
we've
met,
we
talked
on
the
phone,
we
email
and
you
know,
as
you
go
through
the
list,
that
Kevin
had
every
one
of
us
knows
every
person
on
that
list
in
their
situation.
So
it's
it's
remarkable
and
again,
I
can't
thank
the
city
enough
and
the
tenant
council
enough
for
their
resources.
Now,
if.
B
I
can
just
add
to
that
John.
There
are
no
praises
being
sung
today.
This
is
hard
work
and
again
this
is
not
a
celebration.
You
know
we
had
an
option.
You
know
if
we
had
a
developer
who
pursue
your
lawyer
like
I,
am
who
pursued
their
legal
rights.
You
know
we
would
have
been
a
much
much
more
difficult
situation
with
over
200
individuals
being
dumped
out
into
the
streets,
overwhelming
the
the
housing
of
the
East
End
right
now.
So
again,
this
was
a
negotiation.
B
It
was
a
good
faith
negotiation
that
we
could
not
have
gotten
here
without
the
tenant
counsel,
who
really
again
just
stepped
up.
So
you
know
that
this
is
not
a
sort
of
a
claiming
of
victory.
I
think
it's
an
acknowledgement
of
what
can
be
done
when
you
have
stakeholders
who
come
together,
all
of
which
we
want
to
do
the
right
thing
and
that's
where
we
are
and
again
you
know
we
have
a
lot
of
hard
work
ahead
of
us.
We
have
another
building
with
people
who
are
living
there.
B
You
know
we're
moving
forward
with
with
Reverend,
Burgess
and
others
towards
you
know
an
investment
throughout
several
neighborhoods
in
the
East
End
and
that's
the
kind
of
work
we
came
here
to
do.
I
know:
that's
why
you
ran
for
office.
That's
for
those
of
us
who
came
to
work
in
this
mayor's
office.
It
wasn't
to
do
the
the
easy
stuff
it
was.
Do
the
hard
work
and
it's
the
most,
it's
the
more
fulfilling
work
that
that
again,
I
think
we're
starting
to
accomplish
here
together
as
a
city.
I
B
So
what
are
actual
our
receptionist
out
front
is
in
his
example.
She
was
a
penn
plaza
resident.
She
came
in
here
for
a
fair.
She
recently
moved
over
a
job,
fair
kind
of
came
up
to
drop
off
a
résumé,
and
we
hired
her
I
didn't
know
until
after
that
she
was
a
penn
plaza
resident
one
example:
she
moved
over
to
the
north
side
to
jeremy
Pharos
development.
There
I
do
have
some
numbers
on
that
of
the
112
households
that
have
have
moved
68
of
those
remain
in
the
sixth
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
with
54.
B
Is
this
all
some
of
these
are
on
your
notes.
There
54
in
the
East
End
in
14
and
other
areas,
23,
have
moved
outside
of
the
city
with
16
in
the
first
ring
suburbs,
five
in
the
Pittsburgh
metro
region
and
two
outside
the
region.
I
think
both
were
family
related
and
then
20.
We
don't
have
their
final
addresses
yet,
but
my
sense
is
again
Zack.
Maybe
you
can
speak
to
this.
You
know
comparable
rent
was
obviously
affordability
was,
was
the
most
significant
factor
as
well,
as
you
know,
living
close
to
where
they
are
in?
H
B
So,
on
top
of
that,
the
mayor
reminds
me:
the
melon
orchard
are
deep
levels
of
commitments
to
the.
You
are
a
property
that
we
assembled
there
for
affordable
housing,
there's
also
a
commitment
that
residents
of
penn
plaza
have
priority
once
those
units
are
are
built.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that,
even
if
they
were
temporarily,
you
know
moved
out
of
the
stand
or
out
of
East
Liberty
proper,
that
they
had
a
home
down
the
street
that
was
all
negotiated
as
part
of
this
development
and
again
that
that's
a
credit
to
the
residents,
the
tenant
council.
B
You
know,
on
top
of
that,
our
creation
of
the
affordable
housing
fund
that
we
launched
at
you
are
a
within
the
trade
which
is
going
to
generate
dollars,
and
we
think
that's
the
first
phase
working
very
closely
with
Reverend
Burgess
in
the
affordable
housing
task
force.
You
know
to
really
have
a
larger
source
of
capital
to
invest
in
affordable
housing
in
the
city.
J
B
Sure,
yet
we
have
an
RFP
out,
that's
currently
being
evaluated.
I
think
we
have
five
responses,
some
really
great
responses.
We
don't
is,
you
know,
I've
served
the
mayor's
board
chair
of
the
URA
I,
don't
get
involved
in
the
RFP
process,
we're
going
to
let
that
bubble
up
through
the
the
staff
and
ultimately
be
presented
to
the
board,
but
from
what
I've
heard
we're
very
encouraged,
and
it's
an
example
for
those
who
say
there
are
some
developers
out
there
who
believe
that
market
rate
is
the
only
way
to
go.
B
This
is
a
situation
where
we
did
put
commitments
to
deep
levels
of
affordability
on
melon
orchard,
and
we
got.
We
got
a
really
robust
response
by
market
rate
developers
as
well
as
by
you
know,
nonprofit
type
developers
like
action
housing
who
do
this
for
a
living
and
so
again
that's
another
example
of
the
type
of
offensive
type
development
that
our
rfps
are
not
just
going
to
be
hey.
What
can
you
build
here,
but
this
is
what
we
want
to
see
happen
here
in
this
community,
and
the
response
thus
far
has
been
pretty
pretty
positive.