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A
Hello
and
welcome
to
Pittsburgh
City
Council's
post
agenda
for
Tuesday
May
7th
2019.
My
name
is
Kim
Clark,
Baskin
and
I'm
your
deputy
city
clerk
with
us.
Today
we
have
our
sign
language
interpreter
Logan,
Showalter.
The
following
is
an
agenda
item
to
be
discussed
by
Pittsburgh
City
Council.
At
the
request
of
councilmember
choreo
Connor,
there
will
be
discussion
on
the
youth
participatory
budget.
That
concludes
the
title
of
today's
meeting.
Thank
you
and
have
a
wonderful
day.
B
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
cable
cast
post
agenda
on
our
youth
budget,
I'm
councilman
O'connor
I'll
be
chairing
this
meeting
and
we
have
some
very
special
guests
here
from
across
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
If
you
don't
know
what
the
youth
budget
is
a
couple
years
ago,
we
started
it.
We
had
a
committee
of
youth
from
across
the
city
that
come
down
to
liberate
through
our
budget
and
give
council
proposals
on
where
the
money
should
be
spent.
B
We
thought
this
was
really
important
to
engage
kids,
because
you
know
sometimes
the
youth
don't
believe
that
they
have
a
voice
and
we
are
giving
them
a
voice
through.
We
have
four
representatives
and
we
have
the
rest
of
the
committee
behind
us
who
will
introduce
themselves
towards
the
end
of
the
meeting.
I
do
want
to
thank
the
Pittsburgh
Public
Schools
I
want
to
thank
a
shoe
from
the
public
schools
for
all
her
help.
I
want
to
thank
my
chief
of
staff
Curt
for
meeting
with
you
guys
on
a
number
of
occasions.
C
B
That's
number
one
and
I
would
just
thank
you
guys
for
participating.
It's
really
important
that
we
have
civic
engagement
with
our
youth
and
that
you
can
come
down
here
and
you
know
talk
to
us
about
your
city
and
what
you'd
like
to
see
in
it.
So
I'll
pass
it
off
to
you
guys.
Just
everybody
want
to
introduce
themselves
and
then
whoever
starting
the
presentation
we'll
go
from
there.
B
D
And
thank
you
for
attending
today's
post
agenda
meeting
hosted
by
the
PBS
youth
participatory
budget
Council.
Today's
speakers
are
as
follows:
Maruyama
davis,
an
11th
grader
at
Ellis
representing
district
9
Dylan
Shapiro,
a
9th
grader
at
Obama,
representing
district
5
bara
al
Musa,
an
11th
grader
at
Pittsburgh
Science
and
Technology
Academy,
representing
district
4
and
myself
Amira
Johnson,
a
10th
grader
at
Pittsburgh
Science
and
Technology
Academy
representing
district
2.
We
are
asking
125,000
dollars
to
fund
community
land
Trust's.
E
I'm
Dylan,
Shapiro
and
I'm
gonna
be
talking
a
little
bit
about
sort
of
the
process
of
how
we
came
to
decide
on
this
specific
topic
and
also
how
we
came
to
have
our
positions
at
the
budget
council.
So
we
all
applied
first
online
and
filled
out
an
online
application.
Then
we
later
came
in
for
an
in-person
interview
upon
receiving
notice
that
we
had
all
been
given
an
opportunity
to
be
on
this
council,
which
was,
we
were
all
overjoyed
to
hear.
We
attended
a
summer
leadership
training
that
was
held
at
carlow
university
there.
E
We
learned
various
different
leadership
styles
and
how
best
to
implement
them.
As
we
began
our
meetings,
we
sort
of
talked
about
different
ways
that
we
would
figure
out
what
issues
that
we
wanted
to
address.
We
talked
about
different
sort
of
broad
areas
of
discussion
that
we
had
interests
in
and
we
were
thinking
of
talking
about,
and
so
we
had
narrowed
it
down
to
about
five
broad
areas
of
problems
that
we
sort
of
wanted
to
do
what
we
could
to
solve.
E
And
then
we
decided
that
the
most
pressing
of
the
problems
that
we
had
sort
of
figured
out
was
gentrification,
and
then
we
looked
into
ways
that
we
could
sort
of
lower
the
effects
of
gentrification
and
one
of
the
best
ways
that
we
had
found
was
through
the
use
of
community
land
Trust's
after
we
realized
that
that
was
the
specific
topic
we
went
to.
We
wanted
to
go
down.
We
split
into
sort
of
subcommittees
where
we
had
different
people.
E
People
who
had
different
jobs
to
some
people's
jobs
was
to
spread
awareness
about
our
proposal
and
try
and
get
as
many
people
sort
of
in
the
know
about
what
we
were
doing
as
possible.
Some
people's
jobs
were
to
sort
of
figure
out
the
nitty-gritty.
What
the
specific
requirements
were
gonna
be
for
some
people's
jobs
were
to
figure
out
what
the
best
way
to
distribute
the
money
was.
So
we
had
all
different
people
working
and
now
we're.
E
F
You
Dylan
so,
like
villains,
said
our
project
focused
on
gentrification
and
what
gentrification
means
is
one
redevelopment
in
an
area
brings
in
more
affluent
residents
now.
This
may
seem
like
it's
a
beneficial
event,
but
gentrification
typically
comes
the
high
cost
of
displacing
low-income
minority
and
local
residents.
Now
in
this
presentation
today,
we
might
use
the
term
gentrification
to
describe
the
issue,
but
if
we
use
that
term,
please
know
that
what
we
mean
is
the
displacement
that
occurs
as
a
result
and
not
the
gentrification
itself.
F
Overall,
there
was
a
20
20
percent
average
increase
in
home
values
and
on
average,
over
935
african-american
residents
were
displaced
in
a
span
of
ten
years
from
2000
to
2010
now
to
go
into
the
specific
neighborhoods
and
to
name
a
few
neighborhoods
with
gentrification
include
Bloomfield
Garfield,
Mount,
Washington,
Polish,
Hill
and
sections
of
North
Side
neighborhoods,
with
black
displacement,
specifically
include
the
Mexican
War
streets.
On
north
side,
st.
F
Clair,
downtown
South
Auckland
and
the
Hill
District,
there
are
two
neighborhoods
I
didn't
mention
just
now,
and
those
are
the
two
neighborhoods
that
usually
come
up
the
most
when
we
talk
about
gentrification
and
displacement
and
those
two
are
East
Liberty
and
Lawrenceville.
Now
the
reason
that
those
two
come
up
the
most
is
because
gentrification
occurs
as
such
a
high
rate
there,
and
because
this
displacement
occurs
at
such
a
high
rate
in
those
areas,
for
instance
in
East
Liberty
alone,.
F
Meanwhile,
in
law
in
Lower,
Lawrenceville
gentrification
also
occurred
and
displacement
followed
in
Lord
lon
Lawrenceville
average
home
values
increased
by
a
hundred
and
twenty
six
percent,
making
the
average
home
value
one
hundred
and
thirty
three
thousand
six
hundred
dollars.
Now
there
is
a
special
case
in
Upper
Lawrenceville.
When
we
usually
talk
about
gentrification,
we
see
how
it
primarily
affects
people
of
color
and
though
it
does
primarily
affect
people
of
color.
It
can
affect
a
large
variety
of
people.
F
Now,
if
you're
not
yet
convinced
that
gentrification
and
displacement
are
an
issue
that
effect
Pittsburgh
I
would
like
you
to
consider.
The
Pittsburgh
culture
is
based
on
its
residents.
The
residents
make
it
up.
So
if
gentrification
and
displacement
increase
and
they
keep
on
occurring,
then
the
residents
that
move
away
we'll
be
taking
Pittsburgh's
essence
with
them.
So
we
must
be.
F
We
must
focus
on
gentrification,
and
we
know
that
the
city
cares
about
this
issue
because
of
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund,
that
the
city
is
currently
working
on
so
because
we
know
that
there
is
already
a
process
that
the
city
is
following
to
fix
this
issue
of
displacement.
But
we
wanted
to
contribute
our
share
by
focusing
our
project
in
the
ypp
syb
pc
on
gentrification.
F
So
as
with
any
project,
we
did
research
and
through
our
research
groups
through
our
research,
we
found
the
community
land
Trust's,
which
are
nonprofit
organizations
that
the
purchase.
My
Eric
excuse
me
that
purchase
areas
off
the
market
so
that
they
could
make
them
more
affordable
to
prospective
buyers
who
may
have
been
displaced
from
an
area
and
now
I
won't
be
going
too
much
into
community
land.
Trust's
and
I
will
be
passing
it
off
to
Mary
almost
to
Mary
Alma,
so
that
she
can
expand
more
on
this
process
on
this
idea.
As.
G
If
we
apply
these
averages
specifically
to
East
Liberty,
the
average
hold
income
is
around
thirty
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
a
year,
and
the
average
household
population
is
two
and
according
to
the
US
Department
of
Housing
and
Urban
Development
housing
is
affordable
when
the
occupants
are
paying
no
more
than
30%
of
their
of
his
or
her
income
for
housing
costs
and
according
to
Zillow
a
real
estate
website.
The
median
price
of
East
Liberty
listings
is
156
thousand
dollars.
G
So
if
the
citizens
of
East
Liberty
are
paying
no
more
than
30%
are
paying
more
than
30%
of
their
income
on
rent,
it
is
hard
to
build
up
capital
to
invest
in
a
home
which
creates
displacement
in
these
gentrified
areas.
But,
as
Bona
said,
these
issues
do
not
only
affect
East
Liberty,
but
they
affect
communities
such
as
the
Hill
District
and
South
Auckland,
who
are
suffering
from
the
effect
of
gentrification
and
displacement.
G
There
is
already
a
precedent
in
Pittsburgh
such
as
Lawrenceville,
whose
established
their
own
Community
Land
Trust
in
July
2015.
Their
goal
is
to
preserve
authenticity
which
they
describe
as
preserving
community
diversity
and
working-class
heritage
and
building
on
existing
architectural
assets.
This
is
the
mindset
that
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
needs
when
supporting
our
citizens.
G
We
need
to
build
and
establish
permanent
the
affordable
housing
that
will
mark
it
to
lower
economic
classes
in
these
gentrified
areas,
and
since
there
is
already
a
push
in
the
city
government
by
the
affordable
housing
task
force,
who
suggested
ways
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
can
promote.
Inclusionary
housing
is
to
contract
with
local
nonprofit
entities
to
steward
inclusionary
housing
units
or
place
units
into
a
local
land,
trust,
meaning
that
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
can
create
affordable
housing
through
negotiating
with
nonprofits
for
the
inclusion
of
lower
economic
classes
in
the
housing
market.
G
D
You
so
you
just
heard
some
background
information
on
community
land
Trust's
and
how
they
assist
in
preventing
gentrification.
As
part
of
our
proposal,
we
would
like
the
council
to
invest
into
Community
Land
Trust,
because
the
fact
strongly
support
that
they
have
many
benefits.
A
study
conducted
by
the
Texas
A&M
University
shows
that
community
lanch
are
significantly
lower.
The
possibility
of
gentrification
and
communities,
areas
that
have
community
land
Trust's,
have
more
stable
levels
of
income,
stalling
a
decrease
in
affordability,
ensuring
that
renters
keep
their
homes.
D
Community
Land
Trust
create
permanent,
affordable
housing
where
rent
cannot
exceed
a
feasible
amount.
We
will
like
this
program
to
be
considered
for
the
fall
2020
budget.
In
order
for
a
given
Community
Land
Trust
to
be
eligible
for
this
program,
they
must
meet
the
following
requirements:
number
one.
They
cannot
be
more
than
six
months
into
development
and
number
two.
They
must
benefit
low-income
communities.
Any
Community,
Land
Trust
to
meet
these
requirements
are
eligible
for
the
program.
We
will
delegate
the
authority
to
the
ura
to
choose
the
recipient.
D
They
will
make
sure
the
money
is
given
fairly
based
on
requirements.
We
believe
$125,000
is
a
good
starting
amount
for
this
program,
because
in
communities
such
as
or
until
a
house
can
be
sold
for
as
much
as
180
thousand
dollars
and
that's
one
of
Pittsburgh's
communities
where
housing
tends
to
be
more
expensive.
So
we
believe
125
thousand
dollars
is
enough
to
buy
a
house
in
other
neighborhoods,
where
housing
may
not
be
as
expensive
on
behalf
of
the
PPS
you've
participatory
budget,
Council
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
attending
our
hearing
and
proposal.
B
You
guys
I
touched
on
a
really
big
subject
that
I
I'm
impressed
that
you
guys
went
through
all
that
detail.
I,
think
it's
great
that
you're
looking
at
the
city,
not
just
within
your
own
neighborhoods,
but
a
holistic
approach
to
it,
which
is
what
we
have
to
do
on
a
daily
basis.
So
when
you
talk
about
you
know,
we
do
have
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund
and
we're
starting
to
look
at
different
ways
to
fight
gentrification
across
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
B
So
it's
really
good
that
you're
you're
tackling
this,
because
this
is
something
that's
going
to
affect:
Pittsburgh,
not
just
five
years
from
now,
but
20
years
from
now,
some
things
that
we
did
sort
of
close
to
a
Land
Trust
that
we
did
in
my
district
was
the
city
owns
the
most
land.
I,
don't
know
if
you
guys
discussed
that
in
your
meetings
or
not,
but
we
owned
about
11,000
plus
parcels.
B
So
we
can
really
be
at
the
forefront
of
helping
this
and
I
think
what
we
did
in
Hazelwood,
because
we're
seeing
a
lot
of
people
come
in.
You
know
buying
properties,
flipping
them
renting
them
for
a
higher
amount
than
people
can
afford.
What
we
did
was
we
put
deed
restrictions
on
properties
in
Hazelwood,
so
that
when
somebody
buys
off
us,
we
can
really
dictate
the
terms
and
that's
kind
of
what
you
guys
are
leaning
towards
just
using
a
land
trust
in
that
way.
B
When
it
comes
to
zoning
I,
don't
know
if
we
mention
that
or
at
all,
but
overlay
districts
we're
about
to
pass
an
overlay
district
in
Lawrenceville.
That
basically
has
some
terms
where
and
I'm
simplifying
this,
but
let's
say
you're
gonna
build
50
new
units
of
apartments,
okay,
well
within
those
units,
because
you're
in
a
certain
area
you
have
to
have
many
of
them
have
to
be
affordable
and
I'm
just
again
paraphrasing
the
bill,
but
that's
kind
of
what
we're
trying
to
drive
people
to
to
understand
how
this
is
going
to
affect
everybody.
B
B
B
F
E
Was
some
discussion
of
doing
something
related
to
sort
of
public
transport,
but
we
sort
of
decided
to
steer
away
from
that,
because
a
Port
Authority
is
more
tied
to
the
county.
There
were.
There
were
also
other
issues
that
were
looked
into,
so
we
talked
a
fair
amount
about
sort
of
creating
more
access
to
women's
reproductive
rights
to
a
certain
extent,
but
we
ultimately
decided
that
gentrification
was
the
most
pressing
issue
to
Pittsburgh,
and
it
was
also
one
that
we
had
genuine
ideas
of
how
to
sort
of
deal
with
yeah.
B
Okay,
good
well
I'll
introduce
councilman
gross
this
year.
Now
they
they
mentioned
they
want
to
take.
The
proposal
is
$125,000
to
give
out
to
the
URA,
to
give
to
land
trusts,
to
help
fight,
gentrification
and
I.
Think
her
district
as
she's
seen
it
and
it's
her
bill.
The
overlay
district
that
I
just
mentioned
to
help
fight
that,
as
you
guys
mentioned,
lower
Lawrenceville
a
couple
of
times
through
your
presentation
as
well
as
East
Liberty.
B
B
C
C
Right
so
you
know
the
skinny
and
little
Lots
in
historic
city
neighborhood
and
a
flatbed
truck
came
in
and
just
kind
of
like
popped
up
the
walls
of
the
floor.
That
was
amazing
and
the
crane
him
just
like
picked
it
up
and
set
it
right
down
on
top
of
the
structure,
and
there
are
people
living
there
now.
So
it's
really
wonderful
and
that
these
community
land
Trust's
can
be
permanently
affordable,
is
really
I.
Think
such
the
idea
that
we've
been
looking
for
mm-hmm.
E
C
That
it's
not
affordable
this
year,
but
then
in
five
years
it's
gone
up.
You
know
five
hundred
percent
and
no
one
can
afford
it
anymore.
So
it's
really
been.
It's
really
been
a
struggle.
We
actually
got
questions
from
the
Planning
Commission
one
of
the
commissioners.
A
few
weeks
ago,
when
we
were
having
this
discussion
was
really
struggling
with
that
part
she
said,
but
if
that
household
then
has
sells
that
house
for
five,
you
know
five
times
what
they
bought
it
for
then
they're
wealthier
and
that's
good.
C
C
B
We
didn't
want
E,
it's
funny.
That's
wonderful,
yeah!
It's
wonderful!
No!
It's
good!
Yeah
everybody's
on
the
same
page
here,
which
is
good
and
then
to
hear
from
them,
is
really
impressive.
That
they're
thinking
about
it
well
down
the
road,
not
just
you
know,
125,000,
for
a
playground,
but
let's
do
something
that
impacts
people
for
a
number
of
years.
So
that's
good
yeah.
B
And
again,
this
is
something
that
so
the
proposal
come
to
us
and
then
we
get
into
budget
season.
Obviously
in
the
fall,
is
there
anything
that
sort
of
stood
out
through
the
process
I
mean
most
of
you
didn't
really
know
each
other
before
coming
here,
but
did
you
find
it
interesting
to
see
how
other
people
in
different
areas
of
the
city
have
different
issues
that
you're
not
thinking
of,
and
we
have
that
issue
in
council?
You
know.
B
F
F
Know
I,
like
I,
guess
like
meeting
everybody
from
different
districts.
Like
you
said
it's
we
don't
really.
We
can't
know
everything
about
every
single
neighborhood,
because
Pittsburgh
is
its
large,
so
hearing
from
people
who
are
representing
each
district,
what
their
issues
are
and
to
this
table
that
was
I,
think
one
of
the
best
parts
and
like
the
visit
to
the
mayor,
that
was
amazing,
yeah.
E
B
Different
what
everybody
goes
through
and
then
I
think
you
guys
mentioned
also
in
councilman
Grose
sort
of
touched
upon.
It
is
when
we're
losing
some
of
our
neighbors
based
on
gender
fication.
You
lose
sort
of
the
roots
of
Pittsburgh
and
I.
Think
somebody
mentioned
the
arts
and
the
culture
that
we've
developed
over
the
years.
We
don't
want
to
lose
that,
ultimately
we
want
to
keep
Pittsburgh
as
down-to-earth
as
it
possibly
can
be
in
a
in
a
friendly
City
that
we
all
love
living
in
so
now
what
I'll
do
is
I
will
have
everybody
else.
B
That
was
part
of
the
committee.
If
you
don't
mind,
actually
you
know
what
they
could
could
as
a
podium
on
yeah.
If
you
guys
don't
mind,
just
taking
a
quick
tour
stand
up
at
the
podium
say
what
school
and
what
grade
you're
in
and
if
you
wanted
to
add
anything
else,
that's
fine
I
know.
We
also
have
two
school
board
members.
If
they
would
like
to
come
up
and
say
a
couple
words:
okay,.
E
H
However,
we
all
know
that
it's
you
are
all
our
schools
and
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
I
have
to
say
this
is
my
first
time
being
exposed
to
this
particular
process
and
I'm
very
impressed
and
very
proud
of
each
and
every
one
of
you
wanting
to
take
that
leadership
step
and
be
concerned
about
what
is
happening
in
the
city
that
we
live
in
and
we
love.
So.
Thank
you
all
very
much
and
also
council.
Thank
you
so
very
much
for
working
with
our
students.
H
B
You
guys,
and
actually
let
me
introduce
councilman
Coghill,
who
is
here
with
us
now,
the
the
kids,
this
started
three
or
four
years
ago.
So
with
what
the
proposal
is,
they
they
work
with
kids
from
all
across
the
city.
They
then
set
up
meetings
with
budget
office
councils
office,
mayor's
office.
They
come
together
and
they
give
us
a
proposal
leading
into
the
budget.
So
this
year's
proposal
is
a
hundred
and
twenty
five
thousand
to
give
to
the
URA
specifically
for
land
trust
to
stop
gentrification
in
certain
areas
of
the
city.
B
E
B
I
B
So
they
looked
at
a
number
of
things
and
came
up
with
this,
but
they're
all
from
all
across
the
city,
which
is
great
and,
like
I,
said
before
everybody
in
different
areas.
We
have
other
issues
that
we
all
have
to
come
to
the
table
and
make
sure
everybody
gets
a
little
piece
so
that
the
city
runs
well
and,
like
you
said
you
know,
we
do
need
a
lot
of
streets
paved
so
I
would
just
thank
you
guys
for
doing
this.
B
All
of
you
thank
you
for
spending
I
mean
you
guys
spent
time
outside
of
school
hours
to
be
with
us
and
to
help
us,
and
not
only
that
but
you're
helping
kids
that
want
to
do
this
in
the
future.
I
want
to
thank
parents
and
guardians.
I
know
we
have
grandmas
sitting
in
the
front
row
over
there.
We
got
to
get
for
a
quick
shout
out.