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A
Hello
and
welcome
to
Pittsburgh
City
Council
standing
committees,
meeting
for
Wednesday
October
30th
2019.
My
name
is
Kim
Clark,
Baskin
and
I
am
the
deputy
city
clerk
with
us.
Today
we
have
our
sign
language
interpreter
Sean,
Graham,
due
to
the
length
of
today's
agenda.
Please
go
to
the
legislative
Information
Center
via
the
City
Council
website,
to
read
the
bills
that
are
up
for
preliminary
approval.
Today,
you
can
find
the
link
in
the
business
drop-down
on
the
city's
pittsburgh
PA
gov
website.
A
Please
click
the
legislative
information
center
from
there.
You
will
click
the
red
launch
button.
This
will
take
you
to
the
council
meeting
calendar.
You
will
look
for
today's
date
and
click
on
the
agenda.
The
meeting
agenda
will
populate
with
all
the
bills
that
are
up
for
discussion
and
preliminary
approval
today.
Thank
you
for
your
patience
and
understanding
and
have
a
wonderful
day.
B
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
Pittsburgh
City
Council
Standing
Committee
meeting
of
Wednesday
October
30th
2019,
our
first
order
of
business
is
public
comment.
Members
of
the
public.
Please
come
forward,
you'll
be
giving
three
minutes
start
off
with
your
name,
either
address
or
neighborhood
I
would
like
to
choose
this
up
with
the
green
light
means
the
start
of
three
minutes.
The
yellow
light
means
you
have
one
minute
to
summarize.
The
red
light
means
your
time
has
expired.
B
Relinquish
the
podium
I'd
like
to
use
this
time
to
remind
everyone
that
the
rules
of
council
state
that
comment
is
limited
to
matters
of
concerned.
Official
action
or
deliberation
which
are
or
may
be
for
counsel
profanity
will
not
be
permitted
in
order
will
be
maintained
at
all
times.
First
speaker,
please.
C
First
I
want
to
send
a
message
to
Eric
on
roses:
mother,
father,
family
and
friends:
no,
not
not
no
amount
of
money
who
bring
him
back
but
be
glad
because
the
money
that
they're
giving
to
the
family
is
saying
that
he
is
of
some
value
understand.
He
was
also
valued,
unlike
my
son,
when
my
son
I
couldn't
get
an
inquest
I
asked
mr.
Burgess
to
please
write
a
letter.
C
He
tells
me
to
ask
Sean,
but
he
went
to
different
executives
and
told
them
when
he
got
elected
I'm
here,
for
you
do
you
understand
I
believe
I've
got
no
help
with
my
son,
because
you
had
a
black
politician
who
you
say
that
we
should
hire
them
police.
My
son,
no
questions
I
want
to
do
is
be
able
to
ask
questions.
That's
all
that's
the
only
way
you
can
get
answered,
but
the
black
man,
a
reverend,
can
make
a
decision.
C
Then
my
son
wasn't
even
worth
him
speaking
to
me
or
even
writing
to
the
Justice
Department.
As
I
said.
Another
thing
I
want
you
to
understand
that
he's
very
vindictive
he's
just
showing
this
and
I'll
tell
you
why
all
these
papers
be
here
for
years,
I
started
passing
my
cuz.
We
were
throwing
them
away.
The
one
lady
came
I
said
you're
speaking,
she
said
no,
she
says
I'm
part
of
her
organization,
I'm
getting
a
proclamation.
C
Okay,
so
I
said
well,
you
were
being
here
and
when
she
ran
it,
she's
a
dark,
complected
woman,
but
I
could
see
the
color
left
her
face.
She
said
why
that
dirty
dog
do
you
know,
even
though
she
was
part
of
the
organization
he
made
sure
her
name
was
not
on
there.
She
said:
I
took
classes
with
him.
I
argued
with
him.
You
can't
argue
with
this
man.
Another
thing
I
want
Shawn
to
take
a
lie-detector
test
cuz.
When
his
window
broke,
he
was
sitting
in
something
broke
the
window
and
put
it
on
Shawn.
C
This
is
a
minister.
Do
you
understand
a
minister's
trust
to
be
a
man
of
God,
I
went
to
different
ministries,
say
come
down
here.
You
need
to
straighten
him
out.
You
know
what
the
one
man
said
if
he
walked.
One
minister
said:
if
he
won't
listen
to
you,
mr.
Brown,
what
makes
you
think
you
listen
to
me
I
said,
but
you
are
men
of
God,
your
men
of
God
say
you
are
before
you,
sir.
C
If
anybody
out
there
in
Homewood,
that's
better
vote
for
him.
Please
think
about
Randall.
Taylor
I
met
him
last
night
and
he
was
explained
to
me
how
cops
put
him
out.
He
said
no
warning.
He
said
I've
looked
in
any
head
to
search
him
or
me
can't
get
over
him.
He
said
I
got
put
out
like
a
criminal
I,
don't
know
what's
happening
down
there
when
I
try
to
ask
they
don't
tell
you
just
say:
get
him
out.
C
D
What
a
cushy
wah,
hey
sue,
dr.
Ronald
and
Miller
Oakland
American
Physical,
Society
Division
of
nuclear
physics.
I
have
an
m.div
summa
laude
from
Pittsburgh
Theological
Seminary
G
is
candidate
for
president
2020
global
intelligence
Society
or
I
created
the
CGS.
I
library
and
we
have
collections
of
the
works.
Complete
works
of
Washington
George,
Washington,
Thomas,
Jefferson,
Dwight
Eisenhower,
among
others,
and
Albert
Einstein
in
German,
and
in
English
it's
open
to
the
public
and
no
Co
P
branch,
including
Lawrenceville
home,
would
have
these
collections
altered
states.
D
We
have
a
problem,
I
think
with
corruption
increase
in
wrong
acts
and
decrease
in
right
acts.
A
concern
of
this
council
is
the
linkage
of
religious
and
political
institutions
and
individuals
in
Pittsburgh.
I.
Think
that's
wrong.
Rupture
I
do
not
share
this
concern,
but
it's
opposite
the
D
linkage
of
religion
and
politics
and
our
city
and
country
rapture.
From
my
point
of
view,
the
right
thing,
a
few
facts:
one
science
is
atheistic.
The
variable
variable
of
religion
or
theta
for
God
appears
nowhere
in
science
equations.
Where
is
religion
in
equals,
mc-squared?
D
Nowhere
for,
among
hundreds
of
other
equations
for
these
equations
to
work,
religion
and
God
are
irrelevant.
Theism
irrelevant
in
this
sense,
are
our
children
learning
science
require
it
requires
that
they
function
as
atheists,
so
it
must
be
a
plus,
since
you
all
think
that
the
stem
is
really
important
and
second
atheists
produce
only
a
tiny
minority
of
child
abusers
and
theists,
especially
Roman
Catholic
priests,
the
majority.
Yet
you
people
on
this
council
do
not
praise
atheists
for
valuing
the
sexual
sanctity
of
our
kids,
and
you
do
not
pulverize
this
who
destroy
devalue
our
children.
D
Why
I'll
tell
you
why
I
think,
because
you
democratic
party
people
need
the
white
Christian
religious
votes
in
certain
districts
and
you
need
the
Roman
Catholic,
especially,
and
you
need
the
black
Christian
non-roma
Catholic
votes
in
other
districts
to
deliver
the
vote
for
Democratic
Party
candidates
in
the
wards.
The
wards
are
not
neighbourhoods.
The
wards
are
not
the
people
who
are
officials
in
the
wards
are
not
elected
by
the
people.
D
E
E
E
E
So
we
come
down
to
two
minutes
to
reflect
and
ask
ourselves
the
question:
are
we
going
to
just
get
up
and
go
and
vote
Republican
because
dad
did?
Where
are
we
going
to
look
at
life
and
look
at
our
grandchildren
and
what
they're
going
to
inherit?
God
forbid?
If
this
man
becomes
the
president
a
second
time,
it's
that
dangerous?
Is
it
going
to
be
a
funeral,
or
is
it
going
to
be
a
victory
for
democracy,
at
least
the
form
that
we've
known
it
and
it
needs
improvements
as
well
I.
E
F
Good
morning
my
name
is
Jennifer:
Haven
I
live
at
2:05,
South
Pacific
Avenue
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
I'm.
Here
on
my
own
behalf
today,
on
October
23rd
I
came
before
you
and
asked
that
you
not
vote
to
approve
the
city's
easement
on
Eva
Street.
Until
you
see
the
language
of
that
easement
I
also
asked
that
the
public
be
able
to
see
the
easement
and
have
an
opportunity
to
review
and
comment
at
the
public
hearing
on
Monday.
These
things
did
not
occur
and
you
voted
anyways.
At
that
time.
F
Councilmember
juices
staff
stated
that
the
easement
would
be
attached
prior
to
the
public
hearing
and
councilmember
just
stated
specifically
when
asked
by
Councilwoman
Harris
and
Kael
Smith,
whether
council
and
the
people
living
around
the
area
would
have
these
documents
and
anything
having
to
do
with
this
legislation,
including
any
attachments
in
time
to
read
before
the
public
hearing
he
stated.
Yes,
this
was
false.
We
received
the
exhibit
a
five
minutes
before
the
hearing
and
it
didn't
actually
contain
the
easement
itself.
The
purpose
of
the
easement-
and
this
is
an
easement-
that
the
city
administration
required.
F
That
was
not
the
intervenors
it's
to
protect
the
public
access
to
the
park.
There's
no
paranoia
that
the
park
will
not
be
public.
In
fact,
the
city
contracted
to
sell
this
very
park
with
the
same
developer
in
2015.
If
the
FC
G,
the
BG,
C
and
E
PNA,
all
community
organizations
in
district
9
would
not
have
intervened
in
the
city's
lawsuit
with
the
developer,
it
may
have
well
been
sold.
The
easement
that
I
requested
still
today
doesn't
exist.
F
I
met
personally
with
the
Enright
coalition,
the
attorney
for
the
developer
and
the
city
solicitor
yesterday
afternoon
for
two
hours
in
this
very
building.
We
made
great
progress,
but
the
easement
is
not
yet
resolved.
What
else
is
not
yet
resolved?
Is
the
orphans
court
case
that
council
member
just
falsely
stated
on
October
23rd
was
final.
In
fact,
it's
not
final.
Until
next
month,
30
days
after
its
filing
most
likely,
one
party
or
another
is
going
to
file
an
appeal
of
that
order
and
you've
you
were
harried
and
misinformed.
F
Passing
of
the
legislation
is
not
going
to
be
of
any
consequence
and
that's
really
a
shame.
I
am
NOT
opposed
to
this
development.
My
group
is
not
opposed
to
this
development
I'm
not
opposed
to
this
developer.
In
fact,
we
worked
very
closely
with
this
developer
directly
across
the
street
from
this
project
at
the
corner
of
Negley
and
penn
to
have
the
zoning
and
DPW
passed
the
necessary
approvals.
We
met
with
the
mayor
personally
on
that
corner
and
begged
him
to
approve
that
caught
to
approve
those
permits.
F
B
G
B
You
very
much
on
request
of
the
public
safety
officials
who
are
in
the
room.
We
have
the
chief
here
and
the
director
of
folk
safety
here
we're
going
to
start
with
Public
Safety
Services
Committee
on
page
12
in
your
packet
on
page
12
in
your
pocket.
We
will
start
with
that
committee
first
chair
by
Councilman
Lavelle.
We
have
a
new
paper,
the.
G
Old
2202
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
Director
of
Public
Safety
to
enter
into
a
grant
agreement
with
FEMA
Department
of
Homeland
Security
to
receive
a
FY
2018
assistance
of
firefighters
grant
and
further
providing
for
an
agreement
for
the
purchase
of
hallo
escaped
systems
and
subsequent
training
for
fire
Bureau
personnel.
The.
B
J
I
G
B
G
22:04
resolution
authorizing
the
mere
and
director
of
Public
Safety
to
enter
on
behalf
of
the
city
into
a
professional
services
agreement
with
accion
Enterprise
Inc
to
provide
body-worn
cameras
and
tasers
to
the
Bureau
of
police,
as
well
as
additional
related
goods
and
services
in
an
overall
cost.
Ten
million
nine
hundred
ten
thousand
five
hundred
seventy
nine
dollars
over
the
course
of
set
agreement
need.
H
L
H
J
What
you
capture,
what
individuals
capture
on
a
cell
phone
may
only
be
a
small
snippet
of
what
actually
happened
and
with
this
new
technology
will
be
activated
if
they
pull
their
weapon.
If
they
pull
the
Taser,
if
they
activate
the
emergency
lights
in
times
of
stress,
sometimes
the
officer
is
thinking
about
focused
on
the
threat.
Does
not
have
the
opportunity
to
activate
the
body-worn
camera
or
may
not
be
may
not
think
about
it.
The
new
technology
will
allow
that
to
be
basically
automatic
if
they
feel
in
danger
for
their
lives.
If.
M
B
L
M
N
You
actually
I
just
want
to
note
that
we
should
follow
up,
probably
at
another
time
when
we
started
this
budgeting
and
adopting
the
body
cameras.
We
had
several
concerns
at
Council
and
I
feel
like
the
we
and
the
public
should
get
updated,
but
not
today
we
were
worried
about
the
storage
data
storage
capacity
and
the
cost
we're
worried
about
kind
of
the
policies
around
how
long
we
keep
those
footage
and
again
the
kind
of
capacity
and
the
cost,
and
also
about
the
kind
of
cybersecurity
aspects.
I
think
that's
what
I'm
recalling
is.
N
We
were
kind
of
sitting
here
in
budget
hearing,
so
maybe
maybe
an
upcoming
council
briefing
or
in
budget
hearings.
It
would
be
good
to
get
an
update
on
now
that
we've
had
it
in
place
for
some
time
are
there
places
where
you
are
concerned
about
it?
If
it's
there
are
obstacles
or
burdens.
I
think
counsel
would
be
interested
in
hearing
about
themselves.
Councilwoman.
J
J
N
J
J
Technology
is
being
developed
and
I,
don't
know
if
that's
in
the
contract
or
not,
but
we
are
with
this
contract
all
the
officers,
including
the
k-9
officers,
not
the
canines
themselves,
we'll
have
the
camera,
and
that
is
very
important,
but
the
new
technology
is
cameras
for
canines
and
we
are
looking
into
that.
There
are
some
concerns
on
that
as
well.
I
mean
it's
a
it's
Councilwoman
grouse
mentioned.
B
B
H
M
Couldn't
have
said
it
better
and
I
wanted
to
thank
our
president,
councilman
Krause
and
Councilwoman
Teresa
kill
Smith
for
working
on
this.
This
was
really
important.
I
mean
this
house
sat
right
in
the
middle
of
the
development
was,
and
there
was
the
option
that
kind
of
built
around
it
which
we
were
going
to
do
reflect.
M
B
O
Councilman
Coghill
in
councilman
cross
on
their
work
on
this
and
with
the
administration,
because
really
this
was
something
that
you
really
went
in
and
you
wanted
to
make
sure
this
happened.
I
was
supportive
because
it
was,
it
was
really
affecting
district
2
and
division
5
and
the
5th
division,
and
so
we
can't
wait
for
it
to
be
open
so
that
everything
go
back
to
at
least
some
sense
of
normality.
B
G
G
2193
resolution
amending
resolution
879,
which
authorizes
director
of
finance
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
city
source
associates
for
groundskeeping
and
land
maintenance
services
for
properties
owned
by
the
three
taxing
bodies.
By
exercising
the
right
to
renew
for
one
year
at
an
additional
cost
of
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to.
G
Resolution
amending
resolution
497,
which
provided
for
a
professional
services
agreement,
would
collect
our
solutions
now
NCR
corporation,
to
provide
citywide
credit
debit
and
a
check
payment
services
for
the
collections
of
various
program
and
permitting
fees
for
the
city.
By
exercising
the
option
to
extend
the
term
of
the
agreement
for
one
year
in
additional
costs.
Past
the
original
not
to
exceed
$30,000
and
updating
the
name
of
the
vendor.
G
P
I
I
B
G
P
B
G
2198
resolution
authorizing
the
issuance
of
a
warrant
in
the
amount
of
25,000
200
$12.50
to
Conn
ferry
for
professional
services
rendered
in
connection
with
labor
arbitrations
bill
number
21
99
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
the
city
solicitor
to
inventory
professional
service
agreement
with
Segal
waters,
consulting
for
professional
services
rendered
in
connection
with
labor
arbitration
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
50
2530
$8.75.
There's.
K
K
B
H
B
K
Q
Q
I
K
B
P
G
G
22:33
resolution
amending
resolution
665
providing
for
an
agreement
associated
with
the
East
Carson
Street
supplemental
improvement
project
by
providing
for
certain
contributions
to
be
made
by
the
city
through
separate
legislative
appropriations
in
a
subsequent
year
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
eight
hundred.
Eighty
six
thousand
one
hundred
sixty
two
dollars
in
ninety
nine
cents.
A.
B
O
K
K
O
B
K
B
O
H
We've
been
delayed
a
couple
times
now
about
two
years
ago,
maybe
a
little
bit
less.
This
council
approved
the
additional
funds
needed
to
make
certain
that
all
of
the
traffic
signals
and
the
new
lights
and
the
highway
signage
was
elevated
to
a
higher
standard
that
they
weren't
the
galvanized,
but
that
they
were
the
black
director.
Are
you
here
for
this
no
Ben
dot
and
so
Carson
Street
there's
been
a
minor
cost
overrun
it's
gone
back
and
forth
to
attorneys
a
bunch
of
different
times.
It
has
finally
been
settled.
H
R
So
Karina
Rex
the
director
of
the
Department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure.
So
this
is
the
routine
agreement
that
we
have
with
PennDOT
for
reimbursement
agreements.
So
as
the
project
proceeds,
we
get
better
and
better
estimates
of
the
local
contribution
costs,
and
this
will
would
cover
those
local
contribution
costs
that
are
necessary
for
the
project
right.
H
R
H
B
R
Example,
to
bring
a
TA,
accessible
ramps
back
to
current
standards.
That's
a
local
contribution
cost
that's
necessary
on
our
side
to
ensure
that
the
that
the
signals
are
powder-coated
black
so
that
they
fit
in
with
the
context
of
the
city.
That's
something
that
is
a
is
a
cost
that
we
need
to
cover,
because
the
the
PennDOT
typical
arrangement
is
just
the
gunmetal
steel
that
you
find,
in
other
places,
pedestrian
to
have
the
pedestrian
push
buttons
in
the
appropriate
places
again
for
a
DA
accessibility.
R
K
B
I
N
N
To
you
know
the
residents
and
prolonged
and
involved
people
suing
each
other
and
was
not
fun,
so
hopefully
that
won't
happen
and
then
secondly,
the
not
reconstruction
but
really
even
just
repaving
on
Butler
Street,
which
evolved.
Also,
some
new
traffic
signal,
ization
left
residents
very
unhappy.
We
had
to
we
really
struggled.
It
sounds
like
you're
doing
upfront
what
we
ended
up
doing
after
the
fact,
because
PennDOT
didn't
give
us
warning.
N
So
it
was
almost
impossible
to
access
the
ramp
and
then
the
robotic
control
signalization
that
went
along
with
it.
These
boxes
aren't
little
boxes,
I
mean
the
boxes
are
like
as
big
as
me,
and
it
was
first
placed
in
front
of
again
a
shop
front
door,
so
we
had
to
have
it
moved
across
the
street.
So
the
whole
thing
is
quite
the
rigmarole:
can
you
speaking
especially
to
these?
What
I
consider
highway
sized
poles
with
their
robotic
boxes
so.
R
R
Are
larger
and
those
boxes
are
quite
full
of
equipment
so,
with
more
and
more
technology,
with
more
and
more
utility
that
we're
putting
on
our
traffic
poles,
we
are
seeing
more
and
more
needing
to
be
fit
into
those
traffic
control
boxes.
So
they
are
sizable,
they're
they're
the
size
of
a
of
a
refrigerator
out
yeah
on
the
sidewalk,
but
they
are
necessary
to
do
everything
that
we
call
on
from
our
traffic
signals
and
from
the
other
controls
and
then.
R
That
you
have
that's
correct
and
the
councilman
may
be
mentioned
or
didn't
mention
that
curb
extensions
are
occurring
at
a
great
number
of
the
intersections
on
Carson
Street.
Obviously,
Carson
Street
is
a
highly
pedestrianised
area,
and
so
putting
those
curb
extensions
should
enable
us
to
get
those
poles
out
of
the
of
traffic
so
that
the
pedestrian
clear
zone
remains
clear.
These
traffic
poles
are
hefty
they
size,
for
you
don't
make
night.
R
This
is
a
state
standard
that
has
to
do
with
the
wind
loads
and
steel
fatigue
and
a
number
of
other
factors
that
go
into
making
sure
that
those
poles
meet
the
the
statewide
standards.
We
are
working
with
PennDOT
and
I
and
I
do
think
that
pendant
deserves
a
vote
of
confidence
from
us
that
they
have
really
at
our
urging
in
part
because
of
what
happened
on
Butler
Street
PennDOT
is
working
with
us
to
adapt
their
standard.
I
N
Absolutely
I
mean
to
sit
with
PennDOT
officials,
some
of
whom
are
lovely
people,
but
have
them
oh
wait,
but
to
have
them
referred
to
Butler
Street
as
a
highway
30
times
in
a
meeting.
It's
just
distressing
right,
and
so
we
really
need
to
and
I've
questioned
before
and
council
members
will
remember,
be
questioning
why
we
dedicate
roads
to
PennDOT
and
we've
had
this
discussion
offline,
so
I
won't
bring
it
up
today,
but
I
wish
you
well
councilman
make.
H
N
N
I
R
That's
something
that
we
may
need
to
do
over
and
over
again,
as
you
all
know-
and
we
all
know
too
well
as
events
of
late
there's,
a
lot
of
utilities
under
our
streets
and
so
finding
enough
clear
space
for
the
foundations
which
are
quite
large,
yeah,
the
Butler
Street.
Also,
these
are
old,
hard-working
streets
and
the
hard-working
infrastructure
underneath
them
do
introduce
additional
constraints
in
the
location
of
the
poll.
So
as
we
go
as
PennDOT,
this
is
a
that
project
as
PennDOT
goes
to
each
and
every
intersection
they
will.
H
A
G
B
G
H
H
I
B
G
2200
resolution
providing
for
the
authorization
to
make
all
legitimate
expenditures
for
payments
and
agreements
with
various
agencies
for
job
development
and
employment
services
necessary
to
implement
the
2019
neighborhood
employment
program
and
providing
the
periodic
transfer
of
funds
to
be
used
in
the
2019
neighborhood
employment
program
for
payment
of
cost
not
to
exceed
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
Read.
G
2201
resolution
providing
the
authorization
to
make
all
legitimate
expenditures
for
payments
and
agreement
with
various
agencies
to
provide
job
development
and
employment,
services,
wages
and
friends,
fringe
benefits
for
supervisors,
staff
workers,
compensation,
unemployment,
compensation,
vocational
skills,
training
and
on-the-job
training,
outreach,
recruitment
costs
and
administrative
expenditures
necessary
to
implement
the
2019
Pittsburgh
partnership
employment
program
and
providing
the
periodic
transfer
of
funds
to
be
used
in
the
2019
Pittsburgh
partnership,
Employment
Program
and
for
payment,
of
course
thereof
not
to
exceed
one
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars.
The.
O
O
S
O
You
I
just
want
to
first
thank
Deidre
she's,
been
amazing,
trying
to
help
us
get
our
employments
that
are
back
up
and
running
and
on
our
side
of
town
and
we've
had
one
hurdle
after
another,
but
I
want
to
know.
So.
We
have
not
spent
our
money
for
two
years
on
our
employment
center
and
I.
Wonder
what
happens
to
that
funding
because
it
should.
It
was
allocated
for
our
area
and
since
it
wasn't
utilized
for
our
area,
I
mean,
does
it
state?
S
O
A
O
S
S
O
What
if
we
could
use
the
police
foundation
for
something
like
this,
so
maybe
we
can
talk
about
that,
because
I
just
want
to
get
it
up
and
running
I
mean
we've
been
trying
to
get
it
up
and
running
for
a
couple
years
now
and
it's
it's
been
a
battle.
One
thing
after
another
and
I
mean
I,
never
thought
the
politics
played
so
much
into
employment
centers,
but
it
obviously
did
but
I
want
to.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your.
B
These
annual
bills
is
there
any
more
conversation,
if
not
all,
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye
opposed,
there's,
nay,
that
exhausts
that
committee
I'm
gonna
go
back
now.
Thank
you
very
much
to
the
finance
law
committee
and
have
a
conversation.
There
are
three
bills
underneath
that
left
in
that
2013
2014
2015
bill.
G
T
B
A
second
second,
if
you
defer
I,
want
to
begin
that
have
this
conversation
in
a
very
public
way
after
this
I'm
going
to
let
other
members
of
council
share
and
then
we
will
hold.
My
intention
is
to
hold
for
probably
a
post
agenda
and
public
hearing,
but
I
want
to
lay
out
if
you
would
indulge
me
my
thoughts
on
this
issue
and
share
with
Council
some
of
the
research
we
have
done
so
at
least
we
can
begin.
B
The
conversation
right
and
from
the
outside
I
am
I,
am
grateful
for
my
partnership
on
council
and
council
president
Herrick
president
Cross's
rather
wouldest
to
co-sponsor
with
me
and
Councilman
LaBelle
and
so
I'll
share.
You
won't
I'll
share
with
you
sort
of
my
views.
I
was
born
and
raised
here
in
Pittsburgh
I
spent
all
my
professional
life
working
as
a
pastor,
professor
and
politician
here
in
my
home
town
I
was
married
here.
They've
raised
my
children
here.
I
am
a
Pittsburgher
through
and
through
I
believe
black
and
gold.
B
Yet
numerous
reports
have
documented
the
fact
that
Pittsburgh
has
a
problem
with
institutional
racism
and
it's
devastating
effects
upon
its
african-american
residents.
Despite
this
fact,
I
still
love.
My
city
I
also
believe
with
all
my
heart
that
Pittsburgh
is
greater
than
racism
in
order
to
gain
clarity.
First,
we
need
an
accurate
understanding
of
racism.
Racism
is
often
viewed
as
an
action
performed
by
individuals.
B
Even
if
we
got
rid
of
all
of
America's
prejudiced
individuals,
racism
would
still
exist
in
the
systems
they
built.
Systemic
racism,
writer,
janay,
desmond
harris
explains,
refers
to
how
racial
disparities
operate
in
major
parts
of
u.s.
society,
the
economy,
politics,
education
and
more
racism,
in
other
words,
isn't
just
someone
using
a
racial
slur.
It's
also
the
poor
schooling
and
predominantly
black
and
brown
neighborhoods,
the
racial
wealth
gap,
housing
discrimination,
mass
incarceration,
police,
killing
of
unarmed
black
and
brown
people,
higher
infant
mortality
rates
for
people
of
color
and
unequal
access
to
health
care.
B
It's
becoming
apparent
that
racism
is
a
health
crisis
in
the
United
States
systemic
racism
is
embedded
in
society
and
has
a
detrimental
effect
on
the
lives
and
health
outcomes
of
people
of
color.
Those
who
experience
racial
discrimination
are
more
likely
to
suffer
from
chronic
diseases
in
premature
death.
These
health
related
issues
interact
with
and
are
reinforced
by
other
products
of
systematic
racism,
such
as
income,
inequality,
educational
disparities,
housing
discrimination,
mass
incarceration,
violence
and
unequal
access
to
health
care.
B
Racism
is
a
public
health
crisis
because
it
risks
the
health
and
well-being
of
all
citizens
and
causes
destruction
at
a
social
and
economic
level.
National
publications
are
now
documenting
the
danger
of
racism,
the
southern
Paul
law,
the
Southern
Poverty
Law
Center
in
an
article
of
July,
19th
2019
entitled
racism
as
killing
African
American
state
racism
affects
every
aspect
of
American
life,
none
more
so
than
our
medical
system.
Numerous
studies
over
the
years
have
laid
bare
the
gap
in
health
outcomes
between
minority
groups
in
white
Americans
African
Americans
have
a
lower
life
expectancy
than
white
people.
B
They
are
more
likely
to
suffer
and
die
from
chronic
conditions
like
cardiovascular
and
lung
diseases.
Black
children
are
more
likely
to
suffer
from
asthma
and
have
more
severe
symptoms
than
white
children.
The
infant
mortality
rate
is
more
than
twice
as
high
for
black
children
than
for
white
children.
A
disparity
that's
wider
today
that
it
was
in
1850
when
the
majority
of
African
Americans
were
still
enslaved
and
one
that
is
not
related
to
the
economic
or
educational
status
of
the
mother.
B
These
persistence,
disparities
and
health
outcomes
are
not
due
to
genetic
or
biological
differences
between
the
races,
but
to
entrench
racism
in
American
society.
In
addition,
the
Center
for
American
Progress
in
an
article
April
18th
2018,
titled
racism,
the
Evergreen
toxin,
killing
black
mothers,
an
infant
state,
racism,
an
evergreen
toxin
in
American
society,
has
long
served
as
a
primary
ingredient
of
racial
inequality.
This
year
marks
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Kerner
commission
by
partying
partisan
group,
created
by
former
president
lyndon
b
johnson
to
investigate
the
country's
seamless,
endless
civil
and
arrests.
B
The
Commission's
final
report
identified
white
racism
as
the
main
source
of
unrest
in
communities
across
the
country.
Their
Commission
stated
in
no
uncertain
terms
that
our
nation
is
moving
toward
two
societies:
one
black
one
white
separate
and
unequal.
Fifty
years
later,
the
United
States
has
yet
to
sufficiently
take
on
the
toxin
of
racism.
Current
data
reveal
that
it
not
only
continues
to
divide
communities
and
promote
arrests,
but
the
daily
to
exposure.
Racism
is
literally
killing
black
women
and
infants.
B
According
to
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
in
August
of
this
year,
racism
has
a
devastating
effects
on
the
children's
health.
The
nation's
largest
group
of
pediatricians
warned
this
week
that
racism
can
have
a
devastating
long-term
effect
on
children's
health,
a
policy
statement
from
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
as
the
first
in
its
issue
to
his
members
on
the
dangers
of
racism.
Doctors
involved
in
the
report
said.
The
current
political
and
cultural
atmosphere
makes
the
work
more
urgent,
pediatricians
welcome.
B
The
report
was
due
on
180
key
studies
and
specific
recommendations
said
the
danger
to
the
patients
has
become
acute.
There
was
a
time
not
too
long
ago
under
a
different
president.
What
I
think
we
as
a
society
were
talking
about
living
in
a
post-racial
age?
That's
changed
pretty
dramatically
said:
Nyjah
J
heard
Garris
a
pediatrician
at
Northwestern
University,
it's
a
new
age
to
racism.
B
Finally,
racism
as
killing
African
Americans
here
in
Pittsburgh
and
as
an
immediate
public
health
crisis.
America's
most
livable
city
is
also
the
least
livable
city
for
African
Americans
America's,
most
livable
city
is
simultaneously
the
least
livable
city
for
African
Americans.
Recently,
the
city's
pittsburgh
gender
equity
commission
issued
a
report
titled
pittsburgh
inequality
across
gender
and
race.
According
to
his
findings,
pittsburgh
black
residents
can
move
to
almost
any
other
US
city
of
comparable
size
and
have
a
better
quality
of
life.
B
The
report
found
that
compared
to
those
in
similar
cities,
black
women
in
Pittsburgh
faced
higher
rates
of
maternal
mortality
and
poverty,
along
with
lower
rates
of
employment
and
college
readiness.
Black
men
face
higher
rates
of
occupational
segregation,
homicides
cancer
and
cardiovascular
disease
in
subsequent
interviews,
Juanita
Howell,
a
University
of
Pittsburgh
sociologists,
who
worked
on
a
report,
said
I
report
empirically
validated
that
Pittsburgh's
racism
is
not
only
alive
and
well,
but
more
extreme
than
most
other
cities.
B
Earlier
this
year,
I'm
proud
that
this
city
of
Pittsburgh,
along
with
this
council,
passed
legislation
declaring
itself
an
all
in
city
department.
Heads
were
soon
enough
to
submit
reports
detailing
how
their
budgetary
decisions
further
equity
within
city
government
and
internal
equity
implementation
team
is
being
established.
Moreover,
city
council
has
now
created
and
filled
a
full-time
equity
policy.
Analyst
position
Kerry
where
C
Byrne
who's
helped
me
today
who
helps
to
Shepherd
this
work
throughout
city
government
and
also
engages
with
the
public,
including
the
auyan
coalition.
B
This
work
is
being
fast-tracked
as
the
city
is
not
receiving
training
from
Gare
government
Alliance
on
race
and
equity
to
better
embed
racial
equity
within
city
government
operations
and
decision-making
as
a
non
city.
We
city
council
in
the
mayor's
office
will
continue
the
work
of
racial
justice,
equity
and
inclusion.
Again,
I
am
proud
of
our
work
at
Council.
B
We
will
continue
to
coordinate
government
activities
as
the
city
and
its
authorities
implement
the
five-point
agenda
in
the
equitable
development,
the
path
to
an
all
in
pittsburg
report
five
strategies,
one
raised
the
bar
for
new
development
to
make
all
neighborhoods
healthy
communities
of
opportunity.
Three
expand:
employment
and
business
opportunities
for
embed
racial
equity
throughout
Pittsburgh's
institution
and
businesses.
Five
build
community
power
of
voice
and
capacity,
but
for
Pittsburgh
to
be
a
livable
city
for
everybody.
We
must
come
together
and
continue
to
prioritize
racial
justice
and
racial
reconciliation.
B
So
today
we
begin
the
conversation
about
three
more
additional
pieces
of
racial
justice
legislation
as
part
of
the
all
in
city's
ledges
in
Genda.
They
are
one
declaring
a
racism,
a
public
health
crisis
here
in
Pittsburgh,
two
establishing
an
all
in
cities,
Leadership
Council,
to
coordinate
the
city's
response
to
this
crisis.
Three
establish
an
all
in
city's
capital
fund
to
reduce
racism,
harmful
effect
in
Pittsburgh's
african-american
communities.
Its.
B
In
conclusion,
it's
clear
that
racism
is
a
public
health
crisis
in
the
United
States
and
an
immediate
and
urgent
crisis
here
in
Pittsburgh,
but
I
believe
our
country
is
greater
than
racism.
I
believe
our
city
is
greater
than
racism,
I,
believe
this
city,
council
and
our
mayor
for
sure
is
greater
than
racism.
So,
following
the
lead
of
Milwaukee
and
mist
in
Madison
Wisconsin,
we
can
become
one
of
the
first
cities
in
the
country
to
declare
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis.
B
With
the
passage
eventually
of
these
proposed
legislation,
we
will
continue
to
publicly
confront
racism
as
a
public
health
crisis,
coordinate
the
city's
responses
to
the
problem
of
racism
and
commit
sufficient
resources
to
arkett
to
eradicate
racism.
We
as
a
council
have
been
progressive.
We
have
sustained
I
believe
that
our
mayor
head
and
this
council
has
done
everything
we
can,
but
as
the
Reverend
dr.
Martin,
Luther
King
jr.
said,
the
prescription
for
the
Cure
rests
with
an
accurate
diagnosis
of
the
disease
and
so
I
believe
by
making
this
Proclamation
a
lot
of
valera
to
learn.
B
The
living
experiences
of
African
Americans
in
our
city
becomes
validated
and
and
worth
and
so
I
will
I
would
stop
talking
chatting
at
the
end
of
this
conversation,
though
I
will
hold
I
want
the
public
to
weigh
in
have
an
opportunity
to
react,
but
I
wanted
to
and
I.
Thank
you
for
your
indulgence.
I
simply
want
to
lay
down
a
sort
of
academic
and
and
and
thought-provoking
understanding
of
what
we're
talking
about,
and
we
talk
about
modern-day
racism.
Conversation
miss
gross.
N
Make
sure
Council
members,
why
not
and
I've
gotten
the
written
copy
of
the
gender
equity
Commission
so
I'll
try
to
make
sure
that
you
get
the
written
copy.
It
says
well,
I've
spoken
to
it,
many
of
you
about
it
and
certainly
I'm
sure
you've
seen
the
media
and
know
that
we're
continuing
deep
conversations,
especially
with
african-american
women
leadership
in
the
city,
we've
had
a
number
of
meetings
convened
by
community
members.
N
We've
gone
out
to
homeland
several
times,
Larimer
I
think
as
well
and
New
Voices
pittsburgh
has
been
a
good
organizer
around
pulling
in
a
lot
of
community
participants
into
the
conversation.
There
was
I
think
some
concern.
There
was
some
some
strong
concern
that
the
project
not
end
with
just
a
litany
of
symptoms,
as
you
were
saying
right
that
we
move
towards
policy
and
action
and
I
believe
the
time
for
action
is
now
and
so
I
want
to
say.
N
We
need
to
be
sure
that
the
thing
that
we
do,
every
of
the
things
all
of
the
things
that
we
do,
each
of
the
things
that
we
do
here
in
council
are
not
exacerbating
this
problem.
So
every
budget
line
every
kind
of
operation
that
we
do.
We
can
at
least
make
sure
that
we're
not
doing
more
harm,
because
what
we're
doing
is
is
clearly
been
I've,
been
here
five
years
now,
we've
it
doesn't
seem
like
we've
made
it
better,
so
we
continue
to
strive
and
struggle,
but
we
really
do
need
our
citizens
input
to
to.
N
O
Just
want
to
say
pretty
much
what
councilman
Gross
had
said
that
we're
making
sure
that
we
include
not
just
the
leadership
in
the
african-american
community
of
the
female
community,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're,
including
all
people
that
they
all
have
a
chance,
especially
the
african-american
females
in
the
city,
because
there's
the
oftentimes.
The
reason
why
they're
experiencing
some
of
the
things
they're
experiencing
is
because
somebody
in
a
leadership
role
made
some
decision
or
determine
something
that
maybe
that's
not
exactly
just
like.
O
We
don't
as
white
women,
we
don't
all
have
one
leader
or
one
person.
We
can
all
speak
for
ourselves.
I
feel
like
African
American.
Women
would
like
to
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
for
themselves
as
well
and
I
mean
collectively
and
individually,
and
so
I
just
think
make
sure
we
have
make
that
opportunity
available
for
everyone.
That's
all
thank.
K
K
E
A
K
B
Conversations,
the
thought
was
really
to
do
two
differing
things
one
is,
there
is
no.
There
is
no
place
in
city
government
that
kind
of
oversees
this
work.
We
have
it
in
pockets
right
the
gender
and
equity
Commission.
Does
we
have
the
office
of
the
office
of
neighborhood
equity?
Then
the
office
of
eight
of
equity-
that's
part
of
it.
Council
does
part
of
it.
The
other
city
authorities
all
do
part
of
it,
but
there's
no
there's
no
one
place
right.
B
So
the
whole
idea
is
to
bring
together
at
least
some
experts
leaders
to
come
together
and
overarching
Lee
have
some
conversations,
but
then
link
to
individual
community-based
organizations
and
individual
people
so
that
there
is
a
structure
and
we
have
not
fleshed
out
the
structure.
Honestly
we're
working
on
that
now
and
I'd
like
I'd.
Like
your
help
with
that,
because
you
know
you
will
not
chat
offline,
you
know
we
would
not
chat
about
shared
experiences.
I
think
I.
Think
I.
Think
two
things
are
true:
I
don't
want
to
be
emotional,
but.
B
He
bought
his
house
in
Homewood
because
it's
the
only
place
he
could
buy
a
house.
The
banks
would
not
give
him
a
mortgage,
even
though
he
was
he
was
he
was.
He
was
working
every
day.
He
had
two
children.
He
had
a
good
job,
stable
job.
He
could
not
get
the
banks
to
give
him
a
mortgage.
The
only
place
he
could
buy
a
house
was
in
Homewood
and
the
only
reason
he
could
buy
a
house
in
Homewood
is
because
the
person
who
owned
the
house
herself
fitted
the
mortgage
right
that
the
banks
weren't
involved.
B
He
had
a
little
book
and
he
sent
her
a
check
every
month.
Right
and
so
in
my
house
we
lived
on
the
first
floor
in
four
rooms.
It
was
the
living
room,
my
parents
bedroom,
my
me
and
brothers
shared
half
of
a
room
because
there
was
a
petition,
so
you
could
walk
through
and
get
to
the
kitchen.
I
grew
up
there
and
I
was
in
eighth
and
ninth
grade.
Then
we
had
a
family.
On
the
second
floor
that
lived
there,
we
had
an
apartment
on
the
third
floor,
a
bachelor
apartment.
B
So
we
had
two
families
that
live
with
us:
that's
how
they
paid
the
mortgage
right,
so
he
bought
it
in
1957
for
I
believe
it
was
$15,000
right
in
1957,
my
father
bought
a
house
for
I
I,
think
30
years
right
and
he
made
that
he
never
missed
the
payment
right,
never
missed
a
payment
paid
it
off
house
in
Homewood
when
he
died.
He
died.
Father
died
a
few
years
ago,
a
couple
years
before
he
died.
It
is
a.
It
is
a
five-bedroom
three-bathroom,
two
kitchen
house
in
Homewood
and
a
few
years
before
he
died.
B
B
If
he
that
same
house
had
been
in
Carrick
in
Beach
through
the
Long
Point
Breeze
Shea's
side,
salsa
flats,
you
know
that
same
house
would
have
been
350
$400,000
those
structures
of
discrimination
enough
redlining,
that
none
of
us
were
a
party
but
happened
in
1938
in
1942
and
1955
up
until
1968,
probably
those
those
structures
forced
african-americans,
not
to
get
intergenerational
wealth
right.
That's
three
and
$50,000
or
$500,000
that
my
father
couldn't
pass
on
to
me
and
my
brother
our
to
me
to
my
children
right,
and
he
cried
about
that.
B
He
said:
I
did
everything
right,
I
did
everything
right
I
raised,
my
kids
I
was
never
in
jail
and
we
talked
about
that
toward
the
end
of
his
life.
He
said
I
don't
understand,
I
did
everything
right,
yeah,
I
paid
off
a
house
and
when
your
mothers
died,
it
was
nothing
for
me
to
do
with
it
right.
You
know,
and
so
that's
an
accessible
example
right,
but
I've
lived.
This
I
lived
these
things
I
understand,
although
I've
rarely
talked
about
it.
I
do
understand,
because
I
think
it's
not
helpful.
Simply
talking
about
our
past
pain.
B
B
We
move
this.
How
do
we
move
move
the
needle
forward
so
in
the
work
is
hard
right.
It's
uncomfortable
having
these
conversations
are
hard.
Iii,
don't
want
to
push
back
too
hard,
but
being
poor
is
not
the
same
as
being
african-american
because
being
african-american,
usually
as
being
african-american
and
poor
right.
That's
the
that's.
The
majority
experience
70
percent
of
Americans
of
Pittsburgh
or
poor,
and
you
know
being
poor,
is
bad.
The
being
african-american
in
poor
is
quadruple
bad.
B
It's
not
the
same
experience
because
in
part
because
it's
the
neighborhoods
are
not
saying
if
you're,
poor
and
black
you
live
in
a
poor
black.
Probably
you
live
in
a
poor
black
neighborhood.
If
you're
poor,
a
nut
block,
you
tend
not
to
live
in
a
poor
in
a
poor
area.
So
you're,
not
you
know,
you're,
not
you
don't
worry
about
getting
your
kids
getting
shot.
Would
they
leave
the
house
every
day.
P
B
So
so,
anyway,
those
are
my
kids
in
the
church.
So
my
point
is
that
it
is
a
it
is
a
difficult
conversation,
but
that
report
says
we
have
to
have
a
conversation
today.
This
is
the
time
to
have
the
conversation
to
work
together
to
change
the
structure,
to
the
kids
instant.
We
can
to
provide
resources,
change
the
structure
of
our
city,
so
that
everybody
has
the
Excite
think
we're
a
great
city,
I
think
we're
great
people,
let's
work
together
to
make
Pittsburgh
a
livable
city
for
everybody,
I'll
stop
talking
I.
O
I
O
T
M
You
rev
I,
want
to
commend
you
for
that,
for
the
work
that
you
do
for
your
community
on
this
and
I
also
want
to
throw
a
shout-out
to
Kelly
she's,
been
sitting
here,
observing
us
for
weeks
and
weeks
now
and
it's
nice
to
see
the
fruits
and
the
efforts
that
you
put
into
this
Kelly
I'll.
Just
give
you
my
own
perspective,
even
though
I
grew
up
in
Beechview
b-tree,
Brookline
area
I,
don't
notice,
statistics
I'm,
probably
80%,
plus
white
kids.
M
You
know
I'm
a
big
proponent
on
the
segregation
when
they
combined
Beachview
Brookline,
with
a
hill
district
in
Hazelwood
and
sent
us
to
Brashear
high
school,
which
happens
to
be
in
Beach
view.
You
know,
I'm,
not
gonna,
say
that
the
people
in
my
neighborhood
there
wasn't
racism
on
that
team.
I
could
tell
you
that,
but
what
I
saw
over
four
years
in
you
know
particularly
on
the
football
team
I
stress
to
because
it's
like
going
to
war
with.
You
know
these
my
brothers
from
the
Hill
District
in
Hazelwood,
and
we
got
close
through
four
years.
M
M
Don't
know
if
it's
like
this
today,
but
there
must
have
been
three
thousand
people
there:
okay,
they
were
lined
up
and
they
wanted
to
erasmus,
no
doubt
about
it
yeah,
but
I
remember
in
particular
getting
off
that
bus
and
my
friends
from
the
Hill
District
in
Hazelwood
and
in
other
parts
of
the
city
as
well,
but
majority.
That's
where
the
african-american
population
came
from
surrounded
us
as
we
walked
into
that
field
and
to
this
day
I
asked
Councilwoman
councilman
LaValle
about
some
of
my
old
friends
after
high
school.
M
We
kind
of
went
our
separate
ways
and
I
I
don't
see
and
converse
with
him
much
but
yeah
I'll.
Never
forget
you
know
just
that's
just
one
little
lesson:
I
mean
you
know
so
many
things
so
I'm
a
big
proponent,
bring
in
inner-city
kids
together
it
formed
relationships
and
friendships.
Throughout
my
life,
I
still
keep
in
touch
with
some
of
them,
not
most
of
them,
and
you
know,
I
get
that
perspective.
Also
people
a
lot
of
Vietnam
veterans
that
you.
I
M
Who
went
to
war
with
each
other,
and
you
know
what
there
is
no
racism
to
me.
There
was
no
racism
in
sports
not
like
that
for
everybody,
but
because
we
were
fighting
on
the
same
team,
so
I
look
forward
to
helping
you
in
any
way.
I
can
I.
Think
I
have
some
experience
in
this
just
being
from
a
predominantly
white
neighborhood
and
you
know
different
perspective.
So
thank.
I
K
No
furnace
never
had
a
furnace
until
I
got
married,
living
down
alone
in
one
area
with
one
neighbor,
so
the
poor
kids
had
the
same
type
of
problem
and.
K
M
M
B
We
will
we
will
thank
you
for
your
indulgence
to
have
this
conversation
I'm,
going
to
ask
for
a
motion
to
hold
for
cablecast,
post
agenda
and
public
hearing
in
our
town
hall.
Some
I
don't
know
what
we'll
call
it,
but
it
would
be
some
version
of
that,
which
is
that
okay
and
comfortable
avail
we're
all
members
to
figure
this
out
to
have
a
I'm
thinking
about
having
a
meeting
in
the
community
really.
But
we'll
talk
about
that
and
as
to
what's
the
best
way
to
make.
K
K
B
Think
I
think
we
will
have
longer
conversations
about
the
Housing,
Opportunity
Fund
I.
Think
some
of
us
have
had
those
conversations.
Certainly
councilman
Smith
and
I
have
had
that
conversation.
Constable,
LaBelle
and
I've
had
that
conversation
I
do
think
we
have
to
have
a
conversation
about
the
proper
use
of
that
investment.
How
best
leverage
it
and
we'll
have
that
conversation
I
think
robustly
over
the
next
year.
K
B
G
N
B
B
B
G
2234
resolution
further
amending
resolution
number
479
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
affirmative
license
and
inspections,
and
the
director
of
City
Planning
and
the
chief
of
innovation
and
performance
to
animate
to
a
professional
services
agreement,
we're
building
I
ain't
to
purchase
software
and
related
support
services
that
will
create
an
interactive
map
for
internal
and
public
visual
display
of
planning,
permit,
license
and
violation
data.
In
order
to
correct
a
jde
account
number
I
need.
G
2177
resolution
amending
resolution
662
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
innovation
and
performance
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
Kairosoft
technology
corporation
for
hootsuite
enterprise,
social
relationship
platform
to
better
manage
the
city's
online
constituent
service
efforts,
with
an
annual
cost
of
the
agreement
not
to
exceed
one
hundred
and
four
thousand
nine
hundred
fifty
dollars
and
forty-five
cents.
A.
T
G
T
T
I
feel
very
confident
that
we
now
have
the
personnel,
the
director
deputy
director,
the
assistant
director
in
place,
to
ensure
that
this
never
happens
again.
So
I
feel
very
comfortable,
passing
this
not
to
exceed
amount
that
could
very
well
be
negotiated
down
by
a
law
department
throughout
the
ensuing
weeks
and
months,
but
basically
we
need
to
pay
for
the
services
that
we
used.
So
I
would
recommend
passing
this
today.
The.
O
Voting
no
today,
because
I
still
feel
the
same
as
I
did
last
week
that
there
we
should
not
be
paying
for
something
that
did
not
have
a
contract
in
place.
I
understand
that
there
was
issues
with
personnel,
that's
not
the
public's
responsibility,
that's
not
their
fault,
and
this
is
their
dollars
and
I
and
I
feel,
like
you
know,
we've
taken
a
lot
of
lawsuits
for
a
lot
of
things,
and
this
is
one
that
we
didn't
have
a
contract
for.
O
M
M
Explained
to
me
yesterday
that
you
know
you
know,
checks
and
balances
are
in
place.
I,
don't
think
it's
gonna
happen
again,
but
I
don't
think
it's
right
that
it
happened
that
way
in
the
future.
I
hope
we
don't.
You
know,
extend
contracts
without
anything
in
writing.
I
guess
is
what
it
really
comes
down
to.
So
so
I
say
we
pay
our
bill
and
make
sure
it
doesn't
happen
again.
The.
O
B
U
We
are
going
to
be
replacing
two
of
the
city's
existing
systems.
One
is
our
fuel
master
system
that
monitors
the
fuel
at
our
stations
at
our
Islands.
The
city-owned
islands
is
the
control
mechanism
to
make
sure
that
it
is
only
city
people
being
in
there,
and
it
is
also
replacing
our
current
contract
with
Wright
Express
for
our
non
city-owned
fuel
stations,
where
the
Public
Safety
officials
need
to
go
on
off
hours
when
those
aren't
Owen.
U
This
particular
system
has
an
option
for
retail
and
non
retail
cards,
so
we
will
now
have
one
system,
one
card
per
vehicle.
We
don't
have
to
use
two
different
systems,
there's
not
going
to
be
any
maintenance
involved
for
our
staff.
This
company
will
be
doing
it
all
for
us.
It
is
replacing
two
systems
that
really
didn't
work.
The
current
fuel
master
system
that
we
had
was
always
down
I'm
sure.
U
If
those
of
you
are
familiar,
we
were
putting
fuel
rings
in
each
of
the
cards
who
automatically
you
know,
read
those
devices
and
everything
it
was
constantly
down,
constantly
breaking
costing
us
a
lot
of
money
and
leaving
our
fuels
locations.
You
know
on
manual
a
lot
of
times
because
of
that,
so
we
were
losing
mileage
data.
We
were
missing
preventative
maintenance
on
vehicles,
which
is
you
know
critical
so,
and
so
not
only
will
we
be
replacing
two
systems
that
have
not
served
us
well.
I
K
U
And
it
will
be
more
dependable,
it
will
all
be
in
one
database
instead
of
having
to
pull
that
from
two
and
three
like
we
do
now
so
it'll
be
a
much
there's
a
lot
more
controls
and
options
in
this
software
as
well
than
we
have
had
in
the
past
that
we
can
implement.
You
know,
depending
on
the
needs,
so.
A
T
V
V
V
K
V
V
C
B
Any
other
conversation
before
I
vote
a
quick
question,
so
this
would
this
system
is
not
car
dependent,
it's
hard
to
dependent.
That
is
right.
It
doesn't
you
don't
have
to
have
any
things
the
car
doesn't
have
to
be
outfitted
in
any
special
way.
Responsibility
is
on
the
cardholder
and
I
just
wanted
to
thank
you
for
your
work.
You've
been
very
kind
to
me.
The
times
that
I've
participated
in
using
city
vehicles,
you've
just
been
exemplary
and
so
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
for
your
service
to
the
city.
Yes,.
U
That's
a
good
question:
new
people
in
charge.
I
guess
is
the
probably
the
best
answer
to
that
and
just
repeated
frustrations
over
the
past
years.
You
know
if
they,
if
they
weren't
as
faulty
in
the
past
several
years
that
they
have
been
in
the
past
year.
We
also
are
having
problems
with
the
fuel
rings,
drawing
too
much
batteries.
Things
like
that
whoa
that
we
did
not
predict
when
you
know
the
staff
that
were
before
us
chose
those
fuel
rings.
You
know
we
didn't.
They
did
not
foresee
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
those
issues.
They.
U
The
drawing
of
the
batteries
and
then
so
then
they
have
a
car.
That's
down
they've
got
to
replace
the
battery,
so
there's
a
hidden
cost
where
downtime
on
vehicles,
so
not
using
those
fuel
rings
anymore,
is
really
going
to
help
us
out,
and
we
are
now
out
of
both
of
those
previous
contracts
that
we
were
in.
So
this
was
our
time
where
we
out
of
contract
and
able
to
evaluate
our
new
options,
and
we
did
an
RFP
process
for
this.
Okay.
V
B
B
O
G
B
Also
this
afternoon,
1:30
council
world
of
cable
cast
public
hearing
on
bills,
1977
1994
those
were
good
years
as
they
relate
to
the
naming
a
stratum
or
park,
and
the
Larmour
Avenue
basketball
court
respectively
to
Marlboro
Thursday
October
31st
council
will
hold
a
briefing
with
sessions
beginning
1:30
p.m.
and
2:00
o'clock
related
to
dummy
fee
schedule
change
also
due
to
the
general
election
next
week,
councils
regular
meeting
is
scheduled
for
Monday
November
4th
at
10:00
a.m.
and
the
Standing
Committee
meeting
is
scheduled
for
Wednesday
November
6
at
10:00
a.m.
B
K
I
K
I
K
K
K
K
O
T
Not
going
to
comment
on
this,
but
I
feel
the
need
to
respond,
and
although
Councilwoman
Harris
and
I
get
along
very
well,
there
are
issues
that
would
disagree
on,
and
this
is
one
of
them.
First
I
do
want
to
clarify
that
we
are
not
expending
taxpayer
dollars
on
legal
assistance.
In
this
we
have
a
number
of
attorneys
from
around
the
city
around
the
state
and
other
states
who
are
representing
our
law
department,
represent
and
representing
us
pro
bono,
so
taxpayer
dollars
not
being
used
aye.
T
Aye
very
I
have
a
great
amount
of
respect
for
Judge
James,
but
we
were
ex
affecting
an
appeal
either
from
the
city
or
from
our
opposing
counsel,
and
expecting
some
sort
of
an
appeal
up
through
the
courts
until
it
reaches
the
Pennsylvania
Supreme
Court.
So
that
should
not
come
as
a
surprise
to
anyone.
If
we
had
if
we
had
prevailed
yesterday,
the
other
side
would
have
appealed
the
other
side
of
prevailed.
T
T
So
we
have
to
continue
the
fight.
It
cannot
end
here.
In
my
mind,
it's
not
ending
here
and
yes,
there
are
a
number
of
bills
that
are
have
been
proposed
at
the
state
level
and
to
all
of
my
council
colleagues,
especially
those
who
did
not
support
the
firearms
ordinances
which,
for
the
record
I
do
believe,
were
written
in
such
a
way
that
do
have
a
good
chance
in
court.
I
urge
you
to
join
me
for
a
day
of
action
that
is
yet
to
be
planned,
but
that
I
know
a
representative,
ed,
Gainey
and
others
represented.
T
Frankl
are
planning
to
lobby
the
chair,
the
Judiciary
Committee
to
actually
let
those
bills
see
the
light
of
day
and
actually
be
voted
on
on
the
floor
in
the
house,
because
they're
being
held
up
in
committee.
So
for
those
who
would
like
to
lobby
in
harrisburg.
Please
join
me
when
that
is
when
that
is
planned,
because
we
need
the
collective
voice
of
counsel
and
all
of
your
support
to
make
that
to
make
that
happen.
Along
with
those
who
would
like
to
see.
T
Statewide
gun
legislation
pass
I'm
and
it's
been
in
front
trying
for
for
years
and
years
and
years.
I
am
NOT
optimistic,
but
I'm
hopeful
eternally
hopeful
that
we
are
part
of
an
effort
across
the
country
in
cities
and
in
states
all
across
the
country
to
build
a
groundswell
of
support
around
common-sense
gun
legislation
that
it's
not
going
to
be
immediately
effective
in
Congress.
There's
inaction
in
Congress
and
at
the
federal
level
right
now,
but
we're
part
of
a
groundswell,
and
we
see
the
momentum
that
is
building
and
it's
just
like
any
other
issue.
T
Cities
and
states
will
be
the
first
to
to
to
act
and
succeed
and
eventually
it'll
get
up
to
the
federal
level,
but
we
have
to
keep
working
at
it.
So
I'm
grateful
for
my
colleagues
support,
if
not
on
the
legislation,
for
the
spirit
of
the
of
the
intention
of
the
legislation
and
for
the
mayor
support
as
well.
Thank.
Q
You
very
much
mr.
Koerner,
yeah
I
wasn't
gonna
comment
either.
Councilman
Strasburg
said
it
great
that
you
know.
A
lot
of
this
work
is
pro
bono:
it's
not
costing
us
any
money,
but
if
we
don't
stand
up
and
fight
like
this
council
did
two
years
ago.
Forty
thousand
people
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
would
not
now
have
paid
sick
leave
and
we
fight
the
fights
that
we
know
are
the
right
fights
to
have
and
yeah.
Q
This
is
gonna,
be
a
five
or
six
year
battle,
but
the
cowards
at
the
state
level
and
the
cowards
at
the
federal
level
are
never
gonna
do
it
and
they
keep
pushing
bills
back.
Yes,
we
have
support
on
a
lot
of
our
colleagues
that
we
know
at
the
state
level,
support
what
we're
doing,
but
there
are
cowards
out
there
that
don't
want
to
take
a
stand
against
violence,
and
this
is
not
only
against
mass
shootings
with
bills
that
were
introduced
by
Reverend
Burgess
as
well.
Q
This
councilman
LaBelle
it's
talking
about
daily
violence
and
it's
gun,
violence,
and
it's
disgusting
that
we
sit
here
and
we
keep
fighting
and
these
ridiculous
organizations
and
these
cowards
that
we
elect
statewide
and
in
federal
positions,
won't
stand
up
and
do
the
right
thing
for
their
rep
for
the
people
that
they
represent
in
their
constituents,
because,
as
councilman
Strassburger
said,
the
average
person
or
the
the
I
would
say
the
average
person.
But
the
polls
that
you're
seeing
across
the
country
are
in
the
75%
to
80%
range
that
you
need
some
type
of
gun
control.
Q
It
is
disgusting
that
people
are
actually
saying
that
we
should
not
be
doing
something
like
this.
We
absolutely
should
be
doing
it
and
more
communities
should
be
doing
it
and
more
cities
should
be
doing
it
and
they
will
be
doing
it
and
I.
Just
think
that
this
is
a
very
long
fight
and
everybody
at
this
table
was
very
supportive
of
the
conversation
I'm,
not
saying
anybody
here,
you
know
if
you
voted
for
it,
you
voted
for
it.
If
you
didn't
you
didn't
we,
so
we
all
support
each
other.
Q
We
understand
everybody's
background
and
how
they
voted.
That's
perfectly
fine,
but
for
us
to
sit
back
and
not
continue
to
fight,
then
there's
something
wrong
with
us,
but
we
are
going
to
continue
to
fight
and
I,
don't
care
what
that
judge
says
and
I
don't
care
what
those
other
organizations
say.
It's
the
right
thing
to
do
and
we're
elected
to
do
the
right
thing
and
I
will
challenge
the
cowards
in
Harrisburg
and
in
DC
to
finally
stand
up
and
do
the
right
thing
it's
about
time.
N
B
Of
course,
I
stand
with
Councilman
Strasburg
counsel,
minute
Carter.
There
are
some
fights
that
are
moral
and
just
we're
really
not
talking
about
the
law
or
time
law,
justice
and
so,
whether
it's
homicides
suicides,
mass
killings
or
domestic
violence.
All
of
those
acts
of
violence
by
guns
is
intolerable
and
has
no
place
for
a
civilized
society.
So
I
stand
I,
stand
with
them
and
I
thank
them
for
their
leadership
and
their
great
compassion.
K
But
this
council
had
no
right
trying
to
be
a
state
representative
and
pass
legislation
that
that
clearly
said
the
Pennsylvania
Constitution
requires
that
the
homo
charter
municipalities
may
not
perform
any
power
denied
by
the
General
Assembly,
and
that
is
for
any
and
all
municipalities
to
give
regulations,
ownership,
possession
transfer
or
possession
of
firearms
or
attempt
to
regulate,
and
that
is
exactly
what
this
council
was
doing.
That
is
why.
I
K
I
K
I
K
K
M
Talking
said
is
why
I
didn't
support
the
bills,
but
but
I
just
want
to
say
you
know
publicly
Erica,
you
and
Cory
I
really
really
admire
your
passion
for
what
you're
doing,
I
really
do
and
I
do
believe
in
some
sense
of
gun
control.
You
know
and
I
think
councilman
O'connor
said
it
best
when
we
were
discussing
this,
that
nobody
at
this
table
doesn't
believe
in
some
sort
of
sense
of
gun
control.
M
For
me,
a
ar-15s
and
these
weapons
of
war
should
be
taken
off
the
street
and
there
should
be
highly
restricted
as
to
who
can
own
them,
and
you
know
so
I
think
the
most
encouraging
thing
that
I
see
in
this
battle.
That's
you
know
it's
hard.
You
know
to
get
any
traction
at
the
state
level
as
as
you
both
so
put
it,
but
I
love
what
Dick's
Sporting
Goods.
M
Do
you
know
Dick's
Sporting
Goods
are
they're
taking
you
know
these
killing
machines
same
time,
leaving
the
hunting
rifles
and
the
things
that
you
know
that
I
grew
up
with
you
know
so.
I
think
that's
very
encouraging
when
you
see
private
business
who
are
actually
the
ones
that
putting
these
selling
them
in
their
stores
and
getting
them
on
the
street.
If
they
restrict
them,
then
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
the
state
level,
but
it's
very
complicated
though,
and
I
just
wanted
to
say.
You
know
thanks
for
your
efforts
in
what
you're
doing
the.