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A
Hello
and
welcome
to
the
Pittsburgh
City
Council's
post
agenda
for
Wednesday
October,
2nd
2019.
My
name
is
Louise
Criss
and
with
us
today
is
Nick
Miller,
our
sign
language
interpreter
at
the
request
of
councilmember
erica
Strassburger,
a
discussion
on
the
pittsburgh
climate
action
plan.
Thank
you
and
have
a
wonderful
day.
B
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
this
afternoon's
post
agenda
on
the
climate
action
plan,
we
are
so
so
overjoyed
today
to
have
such
a
great
and
illustrious
group
of
speakers
to
educate
the
City
Council
in
the
public
on
the
climate
action
plan
and
the
goals
that
we
have
as
a
city
to
really
tackle
climate
change,
to
really
tackle
energy
issues.
Air
quality,
a
number
of
other
issues
tied
up
in
that
waste
recycling.
Everything
that
is
included
in
the
climate
action
plan,
thought
that
this
would
be
a
really
good
opportunity.
B
Now
that
we
have
the
climate
action
plan
3.0
and
our
goals
laid
out
for
council
who
often
often
interacts
with
the
public
to
be
able
to
find
out
a
little
bit
more
about
the
goals,
the
benchmarking
and
the
metrics
tied
up
in
those
goals
and
how
we're
actually
going
to
achieve
those
goals
as
a
city.
So
as
we're
talking
to
our
constituents
as
we're
helping
to
trumpet
this
plan,
we
have
the
answers
at
hand
and
for
those
watching
at
home.
B
You
certainly
can
you
know,
will
be
educated
today
as
well,
but
will
also
have
the
opportunity
to
just
share
this
it'll.
Be
available
by
internet
as
well
afterwards,
and
hopefully
we'll
have
on
conversations
about
these
goals.
So
without
further
ado,
I
want
to
recognize
my
council
colleagues
can
summon
Deb
gross,
is
here
and
we're
expecting
some
other
council
members
to
join
us
throughout
the
post
agenda
hearing.
C
A
great
appreciation
that
City
Council
gives
us
this
forum
and
the
opportunity
to
share
the
work
that
our
team
and
many
other
people
have
been
working
on
towards
the
the
effectively
the
the
impacts
that
have
been
so
front
and
center
lately.
With
regard
to
the
challenges
of
climate
change
back
in
2017,
when
we
began
the
process
of
creating
the
pittsburgh
climate
action
plan
to
be
totally
forthright,
it
was
a
different
world
that
we
lived
in.
C
If
you
will,
in
terms
of
the
the
plan
itself
and
some
of
the
the
progress
that
we've
been
able
to
make
in
such
a
short
time,
if
I
was
to
kind
of
break
down
the
climate
action
planning
process,
I'd
think
of
it
in
three
ways:
three
phases
effectively.
The
first
was
really
to
establish
the
targets
and
strategy.
We
worked
with
a
really
great
network
of
NGO,
NGOs
utilities,
philanthropy
and
universities.
C
But
it's
not
just
that
the
plan
itself,
it's
it's
the
ability
to
implement
what
is
in
that
plan
that
will
ultimately
be
judged
upon
which
led
us
into
the
second
phase.
So
over
the
last
you
know,
18
months
to
24
months,
we've
been
in
a
process
of
testing,
refinement
and
project
application,
so
really
taking
kind
of
the
the
areas
within
the
climate
action
plan
and
putting
them
to
use
through
things
like
data,
modeling
and
understanding
the
impact
of
our
city
facilities.
C
That's
led
us
now
into
this
third
phase,
where
we're
currently
at
now,
which
is
really
about
scaling
and
accelerating
so
really
thinking
about
how
we
take
the
internal
operations
of
city
government.
So
an
organization
of
3,000
employees,
a
thousand
fleet
vehicles
and
300
facilities,
and
really
make
them
the
most
sustainable
and
high-performing
from
an
energy
and
emission
standpoint
as
possible.
C
But
it's
also
about
thinking
externally
in
terms
of
citywide
policies,
around
land
use
and
buildings
and
the
different
incentives
structures
that
we
have
for
infrastructure
and
development
that
we're
taking
note
of
in
terms
of
modeling
emissions
reduction
and
and
climate
mitigation
efforts
across
the
entire
city,
and
that
leads
us
to
kind
of
one
of
the
key
things
may
be.
To
put
the
you
know.
The
bottom
line
up
front
for
council
in
the
legislative
process.
Is
that
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
we've
started
to
identify
through
those?
C
You
know
three
initial
phases
that
will
require
legislative
assistance
in
terms
of
kind
of
changing
how
we
operate
as
a
city
to
really
face
those
issues
of
climate
change,
from
a
mitigation
standpoint
or
how
we
reduce
emissions,
but
also
starting
to
think
about
what
we
call
adaptation
so
understanding
that
we're
in
a
changing
climate.
How
do
we
think
about
the
delivery
of
municipal
services,
given
the
realities
of
more
precipitation
and
changing
heating
and
cooling
patterns?
So
those
are
some
critical
things
that
we
want
you
to
think
about
and
take
into
consideration.
C
As
you
hear
some
of
our
speakers
today,
in
terms
of
how
do
we
make
better
and
more
strategic
investments
in
our
facilities
and
our
fleet
about
thinking
about
how
do
we
make
Pittsburgh
more
walkable
and
bikable
and
accessible
through
better
land
use
and
development?
How
do
we
encourage
better
building
performance
and
design
standards,
not
just
in
our
buildings,
but
also
through
the
development
cycle
around
the
city?
It's
also
about
how
do
we
integrate
natural
systems
into
our
decision-making
about
a
year
ago,
the
city
was
designated
as
a
bio
Felix.
C
D
I
just
have
a
couple
of
slides
to
kind
of
talk
through
again.
Where
did
we
start?
What
are
the
goals
we
set?
What
are
our
baselines
and
benchmarks
and
then,
knowing
that
the
plan
was
adopted
about
a
year
ago,
at
this
point,
what
have
we
been
able
to
accomplish
and
kind
of
check
off
through
this
past
year
and
what
is
in
the
work
that
we
hope
to
really
be
accomplishing
over
the
next
year?
D
So
so,
just
going
back
to
the
beginning
in
2017,
the
mayor
did
set
our
2030
goals
both
internally
for
city
operations,
as
well
as
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
as
a
whole
to
overall
reduce
50%
of
our
emissions
by
2030,
and
then
internally
have
that
hundred
percent
renewable
electricity,
100
percent
fossil
fuel,
free
fleet
and
divestment
from
fossil
fuel
companies
and
then
for
the
city
as
a
whole.
We
have
goals
of
50
percent
energy
and
water
use,
reduction,
50%
transportation,
emission
reduction
and
a
zero
waste
goal.
D
So
we
can
see
the
in
our
last
inventory
in
2013.
We
were
slightly
above
our
baseline
of
2003,
we're
currently
in
the
process
of
updating
this
inventory
to
be
able
to
have
better
current
data,
we're
in
the
process
of
doing
an
inventory
for
2018,
then
also
setting
up
the
process
to
be
able
to
do
an
inventory
annually.
D
Lastly,
just
kind
of
up
in
the
top
right
corner
is
our
breakdown
from
that
2013
inventory.
As
we
talk
later
about
specific
actions,
a
lot
of
it
does
focus
on
the
buildings
and
the
transportation,
because
that's
where
about
99
percent
of
our
emissions
are
coming
from.
So
if
we
can
really
tackle
that
17
percent,
that's
related
to
transportation
and
the
about
80
or
so
percent,
that's
related
to
buildings.
That
gets
us
really
great
reductions.
D
The
top
kind
of
under
the
2030
goals-
those
first
three
are
just:
how
do
we
improve
our
own
operations?
How
do
we
set
a
good
example
by
achieving
those
three
goals
and
then
the
three
at
the
bottom
of
50%,
energy
and
water
use,
reduction,
transportation,
eviction
reduction
and
the
zero
waste
are
for
kind
of
the
whole
city,
55
square
miles
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
mm-hmm.
D
So
that
partnership
was
just
signed
recently
and
is
underway
and
is
going
really
well
and
kind
of
along
with
that,
we
were
able
to
enter
into
a
partnership
with
Siemens
through
the
100
resilient
cities
network
and
complete
a
city
performance
tool
analysis.
This
analysis
gave
us
the
numbers
kind
of
behind
the
actions
that
we
have
presented
in
a
climate
action
plan.
D
One
of
the
biggest
things
that
we
see
is
a
benefit
is
that
we
helped
and
kind
of
supported
the
adoption
of
updated
building
codes,
the
state-level
in
the
past.
We
were
kind
of
stuck
a
couple
iterations
behind
which
really
hindered
what
we
could
do
as
far
as
energy
efficiency
or
require,
as
far
as
energy
efficiency.
In
our
buildings,
so
updating
the
building
codes
at
the
state
level
was
very
beneficial
and
then,
along
with
kind
of
having
those
new
codes,
we've
also
looked
at
how
we
can
train
people
locally
to
improve
efficiency.
D
So
one
of
them
is
G
pro
training
which
looks
directly
at
how
we
use
what
is
currently
in
buildings
and
just
make
sure
those
systems
are
operating
as
highly
as
they
can.
So
we
were
able
to
train
a
number
of
city
staff
as
well
as
then,
staff
who
are
operating
and
maintaining
buildings
throughout
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
So
with
a
partnership
with
the
Green
Building
Alliance,
we
were
able
to
really
train
a
lot
of
the
cohort
here
within
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
D
D
On
that
kind
of
same
buildings
front,
we
there's
been
some
push
around
greening
the
multi
list
service,
and
so
how
do
we
properly
account
for
green
buildings
and
allowing
some
of
those
traits
like
solar,
like
high
efficiency
appliances,
to
be
included
in
sale
postings
for
residential
homes
and
so
really
making
sure
that
that
benefit
and
that
cost
savings,
and
that
kind
of
overall
economic
benefit
is
being
seen
to
buyers
when
they're
trying
to
look
for
housing?
The
last
one
under
buildings
is
our
energy
benchmarking
ordinance
report.
D
We
just
recently
released
the
first
of
the
energy
benchmarking
reports.
We
looked
at
our
city
facilities
and
benchmarks
how
we're
performing
we're
in
the
process
of
also
creating
the
similar
report
for
all
of
the
buildings
that
have
complied
with
the
benchmarking
ordinance,
which
is
all
commercial
buildings
over
50,000
square
feet.
So
this
gives
us
a
good
picture
of
where
we
are
and
where
we
can
really
improve.
There's
some
more
later
on
about
specifically
that
efficiency
piece.
But
this
benchmarking
report
gives
us
that
starting
point.
So
we
know
where
we're
focusing
within
transportation.
D
There's
also
been
a
lot
of
great
work
being
done
with
Indomie
and
with
a
number
of
other
partners
around
kind
of
Complete
Streets
and
improving
bike
in
history
and
networks,
and
ensuring
that
there's
options
for
mode
shift
and
options
beyond
just
single
occupancy
vehicles.
We've
also
worked
with
our
city
fleet
in
order
to
convert.
D
We've
started
completed
the
roadmap
to
zero
waste,
which
looks
at
how
we
really
get
to
that
zero
waste
goal
and
that
have
also
partnered,
with
a
number
of
organizations
to
begin
recycling
bin
distribution
to
help
encourage
residential
recycling
within
food
and
agriculture.
We've
seen
more
than
100
adat
Lots
be
adopted
through
the
adopt
a
lot
program
and
have
developed
the
vacant
lot.
D
D
So
those
are
a
number
of
things
that
we've
kind
of
as
we
look
through
what
is
laid
out
in
the
climate
action
plan
have
kind
of
completed
and
are
done
on.
These
are
kind
of
what's
in
the
work,
so
those
are
things
that
have
been
completed
over
the
past
year
or
so
since
the
plan
was
adopted,
but
we
still
have
a
number
of
things
that
are
in
the
works
and
then
what
we
hope
to
do
in
the
future
within
energy.
Specifically,
we
have
a
lot
within
this
energy
master
plan.
D
Looking
at
how
again,
internally
we
get
to
that
100
percent
renewable
goal.
We
have
the
western
Pennsylvania
energy
consortium
which
the
city
runs
and
has
about
35
different
entities
that
are
members
and
we're
in
the
process
of
changing
how
we
procure
our
electricity
in
order
to
enable
us
to
do
grid
scale,
Power,
Purchase
Agreements
by
the
end
of
2020.
We
believe
that
we'll
be
able
to
have
some
good
grid
scale,
renewables
being
included
into
our
portfolio
of
our
energy
procurement.
This
also
enables
us
to
do
utilize.
D
D
Another
big
success
that
we've
seen
and
are
continuing
to
put
move
forward
with
is
our
collaboration
with
the
Department
of
City
Planning
through
their
processes
of
the
neighbourhood
plans,
the
institutional
master
plans
and
the
performance
reviews.
We've
been
able
to
really
instill
a
lot
of
the
goals
of
the
climate
action
plan
into
these
different
processes.
D
Similarly,
we've
been
working
with
Public,
Works,
Matt
and
Chris
will
talk
more
about
this,
but
we
have
the
net
zero
energy
ordinance
that
was
recently
introduced
and
there's
a
lot
of
work
being
done
around
the
facilities,
optimization
and
then,
of
course,
kind
of
on
the
transportation
side.
We
have
the
bus,
rapid
transit
system
and
the
bike
plan
which
both
really
get
us
towards
those
goals
of
reducing
vehicle,
miles,
traveled
and
on-road
emissions.
D
So
those
are
things
that
are
currently
in
the
works
currently
moving
forward
and
kind
of
our
near-term
goals,
with
our
future
plans
we're
beginning
to
look
kind
of
what's
next,
and
this
is
really
where
that
kind
of
citywide
approach
begins
to
happen.
A
lot
of
our
work
has
been
that
getting
our
own
operations
order.
How
do
we
meet
those
internal
goals,
but
looking
outward,
how
do
we
better
utilize
land
in
order
to
promote
mode
shift
and
promote
efficient
buildings
and
promote
location
efficiency?
D
How
do
we
really
get
to
that
implementation
of
the
roadmap
to
zero
waste,
and
how
do
we
integrate
kind
of
the
zoning
and
planning
into
all
of
these
works,
including
the
kind
of
parking
master
plan,
evie
charging
master
plan,
and
then,
of
course,
our
street
lights
upgrade,
and
that
provides
a
huge.
Thank
you.
A
huge
opportunity
for
both
cost
savings
and
emissions
reduction
within
the
street
light
upgrade.
D
So
the
last
thing
I
just
wanted
to
end
with
is
kind
of.
We
know
what
we
have
accomplished,
what
we
have
in
the
works
and
what
our
future
plans
is.
Plans
are,
and
one
thing
that
Grant
mentioned,
is
kind
of
the
strength
of
the
network
that
we've
created
both
locally
within
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
but
then
also
nationally
and
globally,
and
so
this
is
just
one
side
that
does
not
it's
not
extensive
of
all
of
our
partnerships,
but
Pittsburgh
has
been
able
to
really
take
advantage.
F
There
are
other
parts
of
RMI
working
on
the
American
cities,
climate
challenge
with
NRDC
delivery
associates
and
those
other
players,
but
my
sole
focus
has
been
on
building
energy
efficiency
to
date
and
I
wanted
to
bring
up
a
couple
of
things
related
to
where
we've
been
making
really
great
progress
with
the
city.
You
know,
first
of
all,
I
just
want
to
say
how
exciting
it
is
to
be
here,
be
in
this
room
and
know
that
council
is
voting
soon
on
the
legislation
related
to
net
zero
energy
facilities
for
the
city.
F
I
think
that's
a
huge
step
forward,
a
big
statement
of
intention
and
something
that
isn't
really
happening
outside
of
Pittsburgh.
The
the
to
set
that
far
of
a
standard
for
city
facilities
is
really
something
above
and
beyond,
and
I
think
it
sets
the
right
tone
to
move
from
in
Sarah's
goals
that
upper
quadrant
or
we're
talking
about
what
the
city
needs
to
do,
to
set
the
intention
for
the
private
sector
and
for
privately
owned
buildings
to
achieve
their
climate
goals
as
well,
because
I
don't
think
they
can
do
it
until
the
city
leads
by
example.
F
So
I
think
it's
great
that
we're
taking
this
step
now
and
I
think
that
there
are
a
few
other
things
that
could
really
help
to
enable
this
type
of
change
to
enable
the
city
to
go
farther
with
what
they
have
to
make
the
best
use
of
its
resources
and
beyond
that
Net
Zero
legislation
allowing
Chris
to
invest
in
zero
facilities.
My
job
is
to
make
Chris's
job
easier.
A
F
Know,
first,
a
focus
on
lifecycle
costs
so
right
now,
procurement
code
is
written
such
that
things
need
to
be
purchased
on
the
lowest
first
cost,
and
that
makes
sense
for
for
some
things
that
the
city
might
procure,
but
on
a
building
it
can
really.
You
know
our
ability
to
go
for
a
net
zero
energy
to
go
to
low-carbon
goals.
F
You
know,
if
you
had
the
option
of
buying
a
house
that
would
cost
you
$200,000,
but
have
fifty
thousand
dollars
in
repairs
a
few
years
down
the
line
versus
a
two
hundred
twenty
thousand
dollar
house
that
has
all
the
bells
and
whistles
performs
well
and
is
a
safe
and
healthy
building.
You
know
you
would
you
would
want
to
go
for
that
$220,000
option
right
now
that
is
not
allowed
by
some
of
the
city
codes,
so
we'd
really
like
to
push
that
lowest
life
cycle,
cost
language
as
a
potential
option
for
future
legislation.
I
think
further.
F
You
know
we'd
like
to
find
ways
to
streamline
procurement
so
that
the
Department
Department
of
Public,
Works
and
others
can
you
know,
leverage
the
staff
and
the
budget
that
they
have
and
also
leverage.
You
know
the
private
sector
to
do
a
lot
of
the
legwork
that
they're
already
familiar
with
do
things
like
streamlined
construction
management
which
could
allow
one
DPW
staff
to
run
a
larger
and
more
complex
set
of
projects
than
they
could
without
a
streamlined
construction
management
type
of
approach.
I'd
say
that
the
last
piece
is
probably
obvious
to
all
of
us,
but
it's.
F
How
do
we
pay
for
all
of
this
I?
Think
part
of
that
is
capitalizing.
The
budget
for
the
facilities
that
are
coming
up
in
the
facilities
plan
that
Chris's
team
and
I
are
working
to
put
together
what
buildings
do
we
tackle
in
what
order
to
reduce
emissions
as
much
as
possible
as
quickly
as
possible?
So
part
of
that
is,
you
know
finding
the
space
in
the
annual
budget,
knowing
again
getting
back
to
the
lifecycle
piece
that
it
will
pay
for
itself
over
time
and
then
the
other
piece
is
contemplating.
F
You
know
there
are
different
ways
of
doing
third
party
financing
that
could
take
this
off
of
the
capital
budget.
If
the
council
decided
that
it
didn't
make
sense
to
burden
the
capital
budget
with
those
expenses
and
we're
talking
about
that
right
now
as
a
potential
opportunity
for
buildings
or
streetlights
or
other
kind
of
hot-button
pieces
that
could
really
move
the
needle
on
carbon
emissions,
the
last
thing
I'll
note
too,
is
this
approach.
Talking
about
not
just
you
know
what
the
upfront
cost
is,
but
how
much
money
are
you
saying
down?
F
The
line
can
really
be
valid
for
a
lot
of
things
outside
of
buildings,
so
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
potential
for
something
like
allowing
purchase
based
on
lowest
lifecycle
cost
to
benefit
the
city's
fleet
to
benefit
purchasing
throughout
all
city
departments,
wherever
there's
an
opportunity
to
save
taxpayer
money
through
a
larger
investment
now
that'll
save
for
10
20
50
years.
It
makes
sense,
because
you
know
I
think
we
all
expect
that
you
know
this
building
will
be
here.
F
The
city
government
will
be
here,
you
know
50
100,
200
years
down
the
road
and
it
makes
sense
to
invest
in
the
buildings.
You
know
with
that
in
mind,
so
yeah
I'd,
just
close
by
saying
that
I've
been
really
inspired
by
our
you
know
our
conversations
within
the
city
by
seeing
a
lot
of
the
buzz
around
this
net
zero
energy
legislation.
That's
going
up
for
a
vote,
it's
gotten
a
lot
of
really
great
international
attention.
F
F
G
G
You
know
these
types
of
investments
would
be
like
hugely
important
for
the
city
in
terms
of
the
facilities
and
then
I'm
also
very
appreciative
for
Matt
and
the
Rocky
Mountain
Institute
for
bringing
both
the
technical
expertise,
but
the
the
kind
of
willingness
to
accept
the
challenge
so
to
speak.
That
is
sometimes
facilities,
maintenance
and
in
capital,
execution.
I.
Think
one
of
the
other
things
that
you
know
I
know
never
want
us
to
lose
sight
of
in
this
is
that
you
know.
Ultimately,
these
improvements.
G
Yes,
we
talked
about
them
being
cost
efficient
and
that's
a
savings
and
there's
just
a
there's,
a
certain
intelligence
and
just
common
sense
to
making
a
good
rational
decision.
But
this
is
also
a
lot
about
just
improving
the
conditions
of
the
facilities
themselves
for
users.
Right
like
this
is
about
making
a
fire
station
better
for
firefighters
so
that
they
have
better
light
quality.
They
have
better
air
quality,
they
have
a
facility
that
works
better
for
them,
and
then
they
can
service
the
public
better.
G
This
is
about
making
better
facilities
for
our
seniors
that
use
our
senior
centers
for
youth
that
used
wreckin
senior
senators.
So
these
this
kind
of
layers
in
and
is
kind
of
part
of
a
broader
facilities,
maintenance
strategy,
but
it's
absolutely
a
critical
tool
to
help
accomplishing
that.
You
know
I
there
there's
a
lot
of
different
ways
that
we
can
I
think
look
to
fund
this.
You
know
money
is
always.
You
know
that
it's
the
lifeblood
of
municipal
government
in
some
way
right
like
this,
is
how
we
kind
of
make
the
engine
go
and
I.
G
Think
we've
we've
both
identified
a
series
of
strategies
and
abate
different
ways
to
execute
projects
that
give
us
flexibility
in
terms
of
what
our
funding
sources
are
capabilities
to
execute.
So
it's
not
just
always
going
to
be
I.
Don't
want
the
public
to
leave
here,
thinking
that
all
the
city's
going
to
just
go
in
and
changing
a
bunch
of
light
bulbs,
because
it's
not
just
about
that.
G
It's
about
packaging,
better,
more
energy,
efficient
heating
and,
in
some
cases,
is
about
completely
reimagining
a
facility
such
that
it's
as
energy
efficient
as
we
as
possible,
while
we're
retaining
important
historic
characteristics.
So
this
is
all
achievable
if
we
kind
of
collectively
put
our
wheels
together.
H
Good
afternoon,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today.
My
name
is
Irene
Nielsen
I'm,
with
the
Natural
Resources
Defense
Council
and
today
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
American
cities.
Climate
challenge.
Pittsburgh,
as
you
know,
is
one
of
the
twenty
five
winning
cities
of
the
american
cities,
climate
challenge
from
honolulu
to
Boston
Seattle
to
Petersburg,
so
really
excellent.
Peers
and
pittsburgh
has
maintained
its
leadership
role
within
this
challenge.
H
As
a
winner,
all
25
cities
were
accepted
into
a
two-year
accelerated
program
with
powerful
resources
and
access
to
cutting-edge
support
to
help
meet
Pittsburgh's
near-term
carbon
reduction
goals.
The
challenge
team
includes
national
experts
and
partnering
organizations
such
as
World
Resources
Institute,
my
electrification
coalition
and
the
Institute
for
market
transformation
to
name
a
few.
These
resources
also
include
a
philanthropy
funded
team
member
to
facilitate
the
development
and
passage
of
high-impact
policies,
training
for
city
staff
and
leadership
to
assist
with
the
implementation
of
the
proposed
climate
plans,
as
well
as
citizen
engagement,
support
to
maximize
community
engagement.
H
Emissions
reductions
for
clean
energy.
The
city
seeks
to
procure
new
local,
renewable
energy,
and
this
includes
a
goal
of
1.5
megawatts
of
new
renewable
cited
within
the
city.
Excuse
me
or
procured
by
the
city
by
2020.
This
includes
on
city
property
and
assets
such
as
the
second
Avenue
parking
lot
to
produce
clean
energy
to
be
used
by
city
facilities
for
building
energy.
The
action
includes
strategic
investment
in
high
efficiency
buildings
that
will
reduce
power
bills
for
building
owners
and
save
money
year
after
year
for
city
buildings.
H
The
strategy
is
to
decarbonize
the
municipal
buildings,
implementing
retrofits,
with
high
impact
energy
efficiency
strategies
to
significantly
reduce
energy
bills.
It's
a
demonstration
of
commitment
to
the
climate
action
plan
and
also
smart
investment
by
the
city,
as
we've
said,
knowing
the
buildings
will
be
used
for
decades
to
come
for
commercial
buildings.
The
city's
program
for
benchmarking,
the
performance
of
commercial
buildings
with
the
goal
of
32
million
square
feet
of
commercial
buildings
reporting
is
an
action
that
delivers
value
for
private
building
owners
to
find
opportunities
and
make
investments
to
lower
their
energy
costs.
H
The
city
is
also
advancing
the
use
of
C
pace,
as
Sarah
mentioned
around
energy
efficiency
strategies
for
major
building
projects,
as
well
as
existing.
That
is
expected
to
come
online
once
the
county
program
begins
next
year.
These
three
strategies
around
building
energy
can
achieve
significant
progress
towards
the
city's
climate
goals,
while
reducing
money
wasted
on
energy
bills
in
the
transportation
section,
as
we've
discussed
the
city's
expanding
biking
and
walking
networks,
including
new
bike
facilities
and
interventions
in
over
50
crosswalks
and
intersections,
and
then
on
the
electric
vehicle
side.
H
As
we've
heard,
the
goals
through
2020
include
30
electric
vehicles
for
the
fleet,
as
well
as
30
charging
points.
Each
of
the
projects
I
spoke
of
our
cornerstone
climate
actions
that
once
implemented,
can
create
jobs,
improve
air
quality,
deliver
cost
savings
and
make
essential
progress
in
reducing
greenhouse
gas
pollution,
and
each
of
these
actions
are
also
strategies.
Pittsburgh
will
need
to
scale
up
for
the
city
to
reach
the
climate
acts
goals.
H
This
is
really
a
crucial
moment
for
the
city
to
invest
in
these
foundations,
starting
with
the
retrofits
of
the
city's
largest
energy
demands,
which
includes
the
building
we're
in
today,
the
city
county
building,
which
is
the
single
largest
energy
user
and
the
conversion.
As
we've
we
heard
about
today
of
the
some
forty
thousand
street
lights
to
LEDs.
That
will
return
substantial
annual
savings
in
less
than
a
decade.
These
investments
by
the
city
not
only
save
money,
they
demonstrate
leadership
and
invest
in
a
stronger
city
and
a
brighter
climate
future.
H
I
Thanks
for
having
me
I'm
Scott,
Berger
I'm,
the
executive
director
bike
Pittsburgh,
and
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
out
in
the
public,
we're
a
3,500
members,
strong
bicycle
and
pedestrian
advocacy
organization,
that's
trying
to
connect
our
city
through
non
motorized
transportation,
clean,
efficient,
safe
transportation.
That's
convenient
for
everybody
and
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
share
this
information
with
the
public
and
with
you
a
lot
of
people
when
they
think
about
actions
they
might
take
for
the
environment
or
to
reduce
emissions.
I
They
think
maybe
exchanging
old
light
bulbs
for
efficient
LEDs
or
setting
the
temperature
a
little
bit
higher
on
their
thermostat
for
on
their
air
conditioning
on
hot
days
like
today,
buying
new
energy-efficient
windows,
paying
a
few
dollars
more
for
that
new
efficient
refrigerator
and
those
are
all
very
important
things
and
we
should
all
do
them.
But
our
biggest
climate
blind
spot
right
now
is
how
we
move
around
transportation
is
now
the
largest
source
of
u.s.
I
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
making
up
about
29
percent
of
our
national
total
emissions,
and,
unlike
the
energy
sector,
greenhouse
gases
from
the
transportation
sector
have
increased
every
single
year
since
2012
and
continue
to
go
up.
So
what
are
the
sources
of
these
transportation
emissions?
Oil,
mostly
oil
powers,
more
than
93
percent
of
how
we
move
around
and
the
biggest
culprit
is
cars.
I
Cars
make
up
nearly
60%
of
our
transportation
emissions.
When
a
gallon
of
gas
is
burned,
it
creates
nearly
twenty
pounds
of
co2.
So
next
time
any
of
us
fill
up
our
cars
and
yes
I
own
a
car
to
save
fifteen
gallons
right.
You
should
know
that
by
the
time
we
need
to
fill
up
again,
we've
each
put
about
300
pounds
of
co2
into
the
atmosphere,
but
we
all
need
to
get
around
and
we
like
to
get
around.
So
what
should
we
do?
Well
for
some
facts:
23
percent
of
trips
in
Pittsburgh
are
under
one
mile.
I
17
percent
of
trips
are
between
1
&
2
miles
and
11
percent
are
between
2
&
3
miles.
That's
approximately
50
percent
of
trips
in
Pittsburgh
3
miles
and
less.
These
are
relatively
short
distances
that
can
be
done
without
a
car,
but
we
need
to
acknowledge
that
placing
the
responsibility
on
the
individual
or
family
to
reduce
car
use
isn't
fair
or
realistic
without
our
government
making
that
choice,
easy
and
making
conditions
safe
and
convenient.
What's
the
number
one
reason
people
give
for
not
biking
and
walking
more
cars,
people
are
afraid
of
getting
hit
by
them.
I
In
the
climate
action
plan,
3.0
call
for
increasing
biking
from
2.5
to
10%
of
commuting
trips,
increasing
walking
10%
to
15%
of
trips,
doubling
transit
ridership
while
cutting
in
half
single
occupancy
car
trips.
So
now
what
do
we
do
to
get
there?
We
have
to
be
bold
and
I
say
the
time
for
half-measures
has
passed.
The
city
should
be
doing
everything
it
can
to
discourage
car
use,
while
investing
massively
in
biking,
walking
and
transit
bike
lanes
need
to
be
connected
across
the
entire
city
and
protected
from
cars.
I
Transit
needs
to
be
given
priority
with
its
own
lanes
and
signal
priority.
The
city
needs
to
rewrite
our
zoning
code
to
eliminate
parking
minimums
and
to
allow
more
housing,
especially
affordable,
housing,
near
transit
and
jobs.
We
need
to
create
car
free
spaces
for
our
residents.
Besides
the
trail
in
parks
and
along
our
riverfront
and
the
occasional
street,
that's
been
taken
offline
for
reasons
of
landslides
or
weight
restrictions.
There
isn't
a
single
car
free
space
in
Pittsburgh.
The
city
should
support
things
like
open
streets.
I
Their
monitor
has
found
that
pollution
levels
were
four
times
higher
with
cars
than
without
not
only
that,
but
our
survey
of
participants
found
that
forty
percent
are
willing
to
bike
or
walk
more
in
their
everyday
lives
as
a
result
of
open
streets.
We
can
also
set
aside
time
to
make
certain
streets
into
car
free
shopping
streets,
think
Penn,
Avenue
and
the
strip
from
sixteenth
of
24
and
weekends.
I
Without
cars,
we
could
make
more
plazas
like
Market
Square
downtown,
but
without
cars
we
need
to
end
practices
like
free
parking
during
holidays
or
even
free
parking
after
6
p.m.
if
there's
high
demand
for
on
street
car
parking,
we
should
be
charging
for
it.
If
anything
should
be
free
for
holidays,
it
should
be
public
transit.
We
need
to
get
the
pricing
right
for
parking
and
put
these
dollars
into
a
fund
that
pays
for
active
transportation
improvements.
I
The
result
of
taking
action
isn't
simply
the
good
feeling
of
do
our
part
to
fight
climate
change.
It
also
gives
people
more
freedom
to
breathe
clean
air
to
walk
and
bike
safely
and
pleasant,
quieter
places.
These
investments
are
proven
to
reduce
harmful
crashes
in
our
streets
and
proven
to
increase
traffic
at
low
at
local
businesses.
I
And,
last
but
not
least,
it
gives
people
the
freedom
to
repurpose
our
resources
that
we
are
currently
forced
to
spend
on
car
ownership
for
other
things
and
keep
those
dollars
local
when
we
design
completes
and
safe
streets
for
all,
it's
good
for
families,
the
local
economy,
for
our
lungs,
our
physical
health
and
safety
and
for
the
climate.
Thank
you.
B
E
E
Attacked
we
touched
a
little
bit
I
think
early
on
about
the
kind
of
zero
waste
and
soil
capacity
for
carbon
sequestration
and
I
feel
like
we
have
really
almost
no
obstacles
there.
We
really
can
do
that.
We
have.
We
have
10%
of
our
properties
alone,
that
the
city
has
the
deed
to
and
treasurer
sale
right.
There's
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
some
properties
and
I
know.
A
group
talked
with
dr.
Evert
about
this
in
the
past
and
one
hundred,
forty
thousand,
some
private
property
parcels
and
the
city
has
10%
of
them.
E
Cuz
they've
been
abandoned,
so
on
top
of
parks
and
I'm
top
of
Street
right
away
and
top
of
all
the
other
public
spaces
and
public
300
facilities
that
the
city
owns.
There's
that
additional
space
and
we've
talked
about
what
a
kind
of
green
print
overlay
would
look
like
there,
so
that
we
can
do
things
like
stormwater
capture
and
greening
and
soil
improvement
and
I.
Remember
last
year,
my
being
really
excited
about
the
fact
that
composting
and
improving
our
terrible
urban
soils
actually
dramatically
improves
its
carbon
capture
capacity
and
then
sometime
later
and
last
fall.
E
There
was
a
whole
conference
on
soil
at
Phipps
and
I
went
to
like
half
a
day
of
it
which
is
like
it
squeezed
in,
but
it
was
really
exciting.
There
were
lots
of
local
people
there,
and
so
we
have
the
we
have
the
local
nonprofits
and
for
profit.
People
who
are
doing
composting
I
have
constituents
in
Highland
Park
who,
even
though
they
have
a
yard
kind
of
couldn't
figure
out
how
to
get
their
compost
going
in
the
backyard.
E
E
So
we
know
that
there's
an
appetite
among
our
constituency
and
I
have
a
smallville
that
I
was
working
on
last
December
that
didn't
make
it
through
the
budgeting
process
to
do
some
kind
of
piloting
and
I've
talked
to
councilmen
Strassburger
about
this,
so
I
commit
to
moving
that
forward.
So
we
can
pilot
something
we
can
find.
I
think
it
was.
E
Thirty
thousand
dollars
we
can
find
thirty
thousand
dollars,
I,
don't
care
if
it's
at
a
church,
if
it's
at
a
public
park,
if
it's
at
a
farmers
market
where
we
can
partner
with
somebody
to
try
to
allow
our
citizens
to
do
this.
Much
like
we've
done
the
Christmas
tree
recycling
right,
which
is
basically
just
composting.
So
we
know
people
are
out
there
trying
to
do
it
on
their
own
and
it's
really
our
job
to
help
them.
E
If
it's
in
our
goals
and
people
are
doing
it,
you
know,
by
hook
or
crook,
pink
Rican
I
think
we
can
add
a
little
capacity
there.
That's
that's
what
we're
here
for
adding
capacity
and
then
I'm
very
excited
also
about
our
land
use
opportunities.
Among
aside
from
the
fact,
we
have
lots
of
space
that
we're
not
managing
or
even
frustrating.
So
we
have
to
try
to
move
the
grass
all
them
we're,
not
keeping
them
up.
It's
a
like
we're
adding
to
blight
in
neighborhoods,
because
we're
being
bad
land,
stewards
of
the
lands
that
we
have.
E
We
have
this
opportunity
to
make
choices
about
parking
right
and
we
have
not
been
good
at
that.
I
think
that
in
my
district
alone,
we've
induced
thousands
of
cars
where
they
weren't
before
because
of
parking
requirements,
and
it's
really
something.
We've
made
a
couple
of
steps
with
the
Riverfront
overlay,
but
we
can
go
a
lot
farther.
We
know
we
can
and
we
need
to
find
the
will
to
do
that.
E
So
we
it's
it's.
We
can't
delay
getting
that
right
and
council
passed
I
think
it
was
even
in
my
first
year
or
two
gave
the
ability
to
the
park
authority
to
do
dynamic
pricing
and
we've
yet
to
really
see
a
robust
rollout
and
it's
needed
it's
needed
for
not
just
a
fair
revenue
capture.
It's
needed,
because
people
are
literally
parking
and
writing
from
as
far
away
as
Bloomfield
on
in
front
of
us.
E
You
know
a
city
business
in
a
business
district,
do
they
can
catch
mass
transit
and
come
downtown
because
it's
like
25
cents
right
I
mean
I,
forget
for
12
minutes
there
or
something
like
that.
They
can
literally
it's
worth
their
money
to
park
on
streets
and
where
there
aren't
meters,
there
are
lots
of
places
that
every
we
both
know
they're
in
business
districts,
especially
that
aren't
yet
metered
that
we
need
to
really
encouraged
or
maybe
even
before,
as
parking
authority
to
go
ahead
of
me.
E
Where
you
see
you
can
drive
you
just
anywhere,
you
go
and
Pittsburgh
walk,
not
drive
and
see
those
corner
stores
right.
We
can
get
those
back.
So
what
you
don't
have
the
way
we're
currently
permitting,
and
zoning
is
the
clear
path
to
having
all
of
the
things
that
you
need
on
a
daily
basis
in
a
non
car
radius
from
your
house.
How
do
you
get
your
kid
to
child
care?
How
do
you
get
your
eggs
and
toilet
paper
and
milk?
E
How
do
you
bet
to
even
to
a
bus
stop
sometimes
they're
not
really
very
close
and
stirred?
There
are
parts
of
the
city
that
were
built
out
after
1950
that
are
built
in
a
much
different
scale
and
those
probably
add
if
more
difficult
challenge,
but
it's
almost
inexcusable
for
a
lot
of
the
city
that
was
built
before
cars.
People
had
cars
that
we've
car,
if
I'd
them
and
and
and
and
codified
that
so
that
it's
it's
very
difficult
to
get
around
and
I
was
in
it
almost
illegal
to
get
around.
E
And
so,
when
you,
a
few
years
ago,
I
had
the
fortune
to
visit
Copa
taken
by
tagging,
along
with
my
husband
when
he
had
a
conference,
and
so
it
was
like
you
don't
what
hotel
room
he
was
going
anyway,
and
what
I
noticed
was
that
everything
repeated
actually
was
it
was.
It
was
not
a
cup
and
hagun,
it
was
Bordeaux
was
in
Bordeaux.
It
was
years
before
that.
So
it
was
a
number
of
years
ago.
E
I
took
a
very
long
walk
and
I
really
noticed
that
every
kind
of
business
repeated
in
my
walk
so
again
the
childcare,
the
funky
little
takeout
patisserie,
plays
the
funky
little
like
foursome,
where
they
had.
You
take
utensil
stores
that
were
all
just
like
knives
and
utensils
like
tiny,
tiny
shops,
but
then
I
sound
like
three
of
them
in
a
very
long
box,
that
every
single
little
neighborhood
had
its
own
little
like
a
hardware
store
or
a
different
kind
of
you
know
a
theater
or
something
like
that.
E
So
they
each
had
on
a
very
20-minute
repeat.
We
don't
have
that
and
I
think
we
can
get
there
again
more
easily
in
some
neighborhoods
than
others.
So
that
you
can
let
it
you
you,
don't
you're
not
forced
into
a
car
or
even
two
into
public
transit.
So
let's
do
that.
Let's
do
that
too
I
know:
we've
already
had
really
great
presentations
again.
There's
a
lot
to
dig
into
and
I
think
you
know
a
very
eager
to
work
on
on
any
of
these
issues
and
thank
you
for
having
agenda
councilman.
F
Going
to
throw
one
quick
idea-
and
that
relates
to
your
comments
as
well
as
the
last
presentation
that
I've
heard
of
some
cities
moving
their
zoning
instead
of
parking
minimums
to
parking
maximums,
which
I
think
I'm
sure
that
you're
well
aware
of
and
spoken
about
quite
a
bit
but
I
think
that's
just
such
a
smart
way
to
do
it
because
it's
causing
you
to
design
for
these
alternative
forms
of
transit,
but
otherwise
really
appreciated
your
comments.
Yeah.
E
It's
definitely
something
that
we're
talking
about
and
I
think
there's,
there's
more
appetite.
Someplace
is
physically
in
the
city
than
others
right
where
the
constituents
are
ready
and
other
places
where
the
constituents
are
not,
and
similarly
among
council
members.
So
it's
it's
definitely
something
that
I'm
eager
to
start
strategizing
about.
Thank
you.
B
So
I'll
start
with
a
couple
of
questions
and
I.
Think
the
big
one
in
my
mind
is
that
we
have
really
ambitious
goals,
whether
it's
city
facilities
and
the
city,
capitalized
city
of
Pittsburgh
or
the
city
as
a
whole.
You
know
whole
geographic
area,
they're
they're,
pretty
ambitious
goals,
2030
goals,
which
is
really
right
around
the
corner,
2050
goals
and
and
then
I'm
sure
and
future
iterations
of
the
plan.
That'll
be
goals
beyond
that.
So
I
guess.
My
question
is
for
anyone
to
answer
and
probably
grant
and
Sarah,
but
others
as
well.
B
How
are
we
here
by
year,
tracking
benchmarking?
What
metrics
are
we
using
and
methods?
Are
we
using
to
track
that
and
how
will
the
public
be
able
to
access
and
know
access
and
information
and
know
what
those
kind
of
benchmarks
are
and
whether
we're
on
track
to
hit
the
goals
from
everything
from
you
know
the
enter
the
energy
piece,
which
is
really
think
a
lot
of
what
we've
talked
about
in
transportation,
but
also
the
the
waste
and
land
use
goals
as
well.
Let.
C
Me
just
start,
and
then
you
can
get
to
the
details
yeah.
So
so
one
of
the
things
when
we
talked
about
test
refinement
and
project
application.
You
know
data
is
the
foundation
of
all
the
decisions
that
we
make
so
really
creating
good
decision.
Support
tools
is
why
we
work
with
groups
like
Rocky
Mountain,
Institute,
the
National
Resources
Defense
Council,
to
start
to
put
those
systems
in
place.
So
folks,
like
myself
and
Chris,
have
the
data-
and
you
know
to
kind
of
work
with
in
order
to
make
really
smart
strategic
decisions.
C
A
couple
frameworks
that
we
use
that
everybody
should
know
that
is
widely
available
in
terms
of
information
and
really
kind
of
plays
on.
You
know
the
slide.
The
last
slide
that
Sarah
presents
is
one
that
I
would
start
with.
Is
the
Carbon
Disclosure
Project?
So
we
report
to
an
international
consortium
of
cities
and
corporations
that
measure
their
carbon
emissions,
and
that
goes
into
a
lot
of
work
that
Sarah
does
in
terms
of
the
carbon
emissions
inventory
or
GHG
inventory
that
we
take
as
a
city
and
that
serves
as
a
foundation.
C
Another
key
tool
that
we
work
with
is
an
organization
called
the
American
Council
for
energy-efficient
economies,
which
is
a
mouthful
I
know,
but
a
sea
trip.
We
measures
the
performance
of
the
top
cities
in
the
US
in
terms
of
energy
efficiency
performance,
so
those
kind
of
data
sets
that
we
start
to
pull
together,
as
our
team
become
public
of
publicly
available
for
anybody
who
wants
to
see
them.
C
Another
kind
of
key
tool
is
the
global
covenant
for
mayors
for
climate
of
energy,
which
the
mayor's
on
the
board
of
directors
on
has
started
to
pull
together
all
of
those
reporting
platforms,
so
both
at
kind
of
the
granular
data,
as
well
as
kind
of
the
multinational
level
we're
able
to
present
that
information.
Another
key
tool
that
we'll
have
through
the
American
cities,
climate
challenge
is
a
reporting
dashboard
that
we're
working
on
that
stakes,
each
step-by-step
project
and
activity
that
we're
developing
and
shows
the
emissions
impact.
C
So
you
know
we
have
a
slide
deck
for
a
presentation
earlier
this
morning,
which
shows
to
the
building
level
the
potential
emissions
reduction.
So
we
have
that
information
available
and
then
the
final
thing
that
I
would
say
is
another
great
example.
Is
the
energy
benchmarking
and
transparency
ordinance
that
council
passed
that
our
colleague,
Fleur
Marion
has
copies
of
in
the
back
there.
C
That
basically
shows
not
just
for
city
facilities,
but
also
for
the
largest
buildings
across
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
so
buildings
55,000
square
feet
and
above
we
now
have
records
of
their
energy
consumption
same
goes
in
the
transportation
sector
as
well.
With
regards
to
work
that
domi
in
the
southwestern
Pennsylvania
Commission
collects
data
on
so
we're
getting
better
at
collecting
data,
but
also
starting
to
work
to
improve
on
how
we
present
that
information
and
make
it
available,
and
that's.
D
Going
to
the
greenhouse
gas
emission
inventory
specifically
I
think
with
that
hope
of
doing
one
annually.
It
would
be
a
way
to
again
calculate
our
emissions
track
that
annual
progress,
knowing
that
2030
is
right
around
the
corner.
Doing
a
five-year
inventory,
as
we've
done
in
the
past,
doesn't
really
give
us
enough
time
to
adjust
if
we
need
to
so
with
the
hope
of
doing
that,
annual
inventory
is
one
the
transparency
of
where
are
we
are
we
achieving
our
goals?
D
Are
we
on
track,
but
that
also
allows
us
to
kind
of
combine
all
of
those
different
sources
of
data
as
reporting
mechanisms
that
Grant
mentioned
into
one
concise
report
that
is
digestible
available
to
the
public
and
really
outlines
the
specifics
of
these.
Are
our
total
emissions
either
to
the
total
reductions
we've
seen?
What
are
the
steps
we've
taken?
What
have
we've
done
to
achieve
those
reductions?
So
by
doing
that
annual
inventory,
we
really
see
that
as
the
mechanism
for
reporting
all
this
data
more
locally
and
making
it
more
publicly
available.
That's.
B
Great
to
hear,
because
I
do
think
the
most
helpful
tool
will
be
so
an
easily
digestible
report
that
then
you
can
dig
into,
but
actually
has
the
you
know.
Here's
what
we
committed
to
here
are
the
projects
that
we've
completed
and
here
are
the
reductions
versus
our
goal.
We're
on
track
we're
not
on
track
we're
a
little
bit
short,
but.
A
D
Early
2020
I
think
is
when
we
would
have
the
2018
one
finalized,
which
would
be
that
updated
inventory,
as
well
as
kind
of
a
progress
report
on
the
climate
action
plan
as
a
whole.
In
the
process
of
doing
this,
2018
inventory
we're
also
trying
to
set
up
processes
of
data
sharing
with
the
organizations
that
we
utilize
for
that
data
to
streamline
it
kind
of
within
their
operations
that
they
just
know
each
year.
We're
going
to
be
asking
for
this
data
set,
so
they
can
kind
of
begin
to
operationalize.
D
C
Other
thing
that
I'd
add
to
that,
too,
is
what
we've
seen
with
a
lot
of
the
partners
that
we've
convened
and
I
pointed
directly
at
universities
as
being
really
great
examples
of
how
we
are
working
through
the
planning
department,
as
universities,
for
instance,
come
in
for
their
ten-year
institutional
master
plans,
which
is
a
requirement
of
code
to
also
incorporate
and
adopt
emissions
reductions
targets.
So
the
University
of
Pittsburgh
is
a
really
great
example,
this
right
now
or
they're,
going
through
that
iymp
process,
but
also
incorporating
their
institutional
master
plan
also
with
their
sustainability
objectives.
C
So
they
to
have
a
50%
emissions
reduction
target
and,
as
one
of
the
largest
you
know,
building
footprints
in
the
city.
It's
great
to
have
them,
adopt
these
targets
as
well.
So,
as
you
start
to
see,
Carnegie
Mellon,
Duquesne,
University,
Chatham
and
you
know,
as
others
come
in.
That
starts
to
segment
out
large
portions
of
the
city
that
are
also
putting
their
oar
in
the
raw
in
the
water
and
rowing
in
the
same
direction.
Yeah.
B
That's
a
huge
amount
of
land
that
that
we
can
then,
and
a
huge
amount
of
you
know
kind
of
building
space
that
we
can
have
some
sort
of
shared
goals
around,
but
also
I'm
heartened
by
the
the
point
that
you
made
around
the
neighborhood
master
planning
process.
Where
now
the
city
planning
our
city
planning
department
has
a
goal
of
having
neighborhood
plans
in
all
90
neighborhoods
at
some
point.
C
You
know
one
of
the
I
think
the
great
kind
of
strides
that
we
make
a
great
example
of
a
stride
that
we've
made.
Is
you
take
that
example,
you
provide
about
neighborhood
planning
so
in
the
Uptown
neighborhood
and
their
development
of
the
Uptown
eco
innovation
district
project
has
provided
that
type
of
framework
right
where
we're
thinking
about
these
climate
goals
in
the
application
of
a
community
development
community
planning
process.
How
that
starts
to
play
out
is
a
couple.
C
Months
ago
we
worked
with
UPMC
in
the
vision
center,
so
kind
of
a
high
profile
project
where
their
initial
proposed
building
was
a
nice-looking
building.
But
we
asked
the
question:
how
does
it
perform
and
collectively
we
work
with
the
team
at
UPMC
to
reduce
the
energy
use
intensity
of
that
building
by
50%,
so
EUI
is
kind
of
one
of
those
key
metrics
and
targets
that
we
utilize
in
the
building
space,
but
that
emission
that
shows
the
ability
for
them
to
reduce
their
emissions,
but
also
save
exponentially
over
the
lifecycle
of
that
building.
C
To
Matt's
point
you
know,
so
you
know
we
asked
them.
You
know.
How
long
are
you
guys
going
to
be
here
and
they're
like
well,
you
know
50
years,
you
know
and
that
changed
kind
of
their
perception
with
regards
to
the
mechanical
systems,
to
the
insulation,
to
the
glazing,
to
the
energy
systems
of
that
facility,
but
ultimately,
not
only
they
then
that
beneficiary,
but
the
community
is
as
well.
B
Of
the
parking
authority
parking
garages
around
for
say,
50
years,
ensuring
that
those
are
maximizing
efficiency
and
the
best
available
technology
for
charging
stations
and
etc,
etc,
can
go
on
and
on
another
question,
a
very
specific
question:
I
have
from
Matt.
You
mentioned
third-party
partnerships
when
it
comes
to
money
for
budget
budget,
for
building
emissions
reductions
or
for
really
the
life
cycle
of
a
considering
the
life
cycle
of
a
project
for
for
anything
for
fleets
etc.
Are
there
examples
that
you
can
provide
of
those
sort
of
third-party
partnerships
and
what
that
what
that
means?
Yeah.
F
Definitely
and
I
think
that
you
know
there
are
kind
of
two
separate
pieces,
I
think
when
a
life
cycle
cost
piece.
A
lot
of
that
you
know,
can
be
done
through
Pittsburgh's
own
operating
budget,
but
when
that
is
a
constraint,
there's
a
mechanism
enabled
at
the
state
level
called
the
guaranteed
energy
savings
act
or
what
people
refer
to
as
geesa
GES
a-
and
this
is
centered
mostly
around
buildings,
but
I
believe
it
could
also
be
extended
to
the
streetlights
as
a
way
to
have
basically
a
third
party
energy
services
company
that
comes
in
develops.
F
The
project
there
is
still
a
competitive
bid,
but
it's
done
with
a
smaller
group
of
pre-qualified
energy
services,
companies
that
have
gone
through
a
statewide
process
legally.
It
should
be
enabled
in
all
municipalities,
across
Pennsylvania,
based
on
this
statewide
program,
and
they
do
the
you
know
the
design,
the
construction
and
the
third-party
financing
so
that,
basically,
if
you
you
look
at
the
city's
capital
stack
for
or
their
operating
budget
stack
rather
for
a
specific
building,
say
they're
spending,
you
know
a
hundred
dollars
on
utilities
for
a
building
they're.
F
Looking
at
a
50
percent
energy
cost
savings
through
this
project,
the
energy
services
company
for
the
first
10
or
20
years,
they
might
take
$49
from
that
operating
budget
stack
each
year
and
leave
the
city
with
$1
of
savings.
And
then
the
other
$50
would
be
exactly
what
the
city's
typically
paying
already.
A
F
They
would
pay
a
good
deal
toward
the
financing,
cost,
still
save
a
small
amount
of
money
and
have
some
of
that
budget
remain
the
same.
You
know
the
50%
that
has
not
been
saved
and
then,
after
that
projects
over
the
city
saves
that
full
50
$50
out
of
the
hundred
dollar
stack
each
year.
So
it's
a
way
to
get
the
investment
off
of
Pittsburgh's
capital
budget
she
essentially
and
you're
paying
for
the
service
of
energy
efficiency
over
whatever
the
contract
term
is
that's
agreed
to
with
the
energy
service
company.
B
So
one
challenge
of
communication
around
climate
change,
global
warming-
whatever
you
want
to
call
it-
is
that
this
perception
that
it's
far
away
and
far
in
the
future
and
now
I
think
many
of
us
are
starting
to
recognize
that
it's
that's
not
the
case.
I
think
many
more
people
then,
and
than
ever
before,
are
seeing
the
effects.
I
mean
the
amount
that
we
had
to
divert
from
our
own
budget,
our
own
mobility
and
infrastructure
and
Public
Works
budget
to
deal
with
my
own
slides
alone,
was
more
than
ever
before.
It
was
unprecedented.
A
C
The
reason
being
is
what
you
see
is
that
a
lot
of
the
work
that
we
do,
particularly
in
the
local
governments
sector,
is
exposed
to
the
risks
that
you
lay
out
so
whether
it's
having
to
provide
an
out
capital
outlay
to
clean
up
landslides
or
to
you
know,
basically
put
in
new
systems
into
a
facility
because
of
extreme
heating
and
cooling
cycles,
and
you
know
different
impacts
on
those
systems.
What
that
does?
Is
it
basically
prevents
us
from
doing
the
things
that
we
need
to
do
right?
E
Now
both
there
are
sewers
that
we
know
are
located
in
the
PWS,
a
system
that
are
in
unstable
soils,
so
USGS
has
already
mapped
out
the
soil
type
for
every
square
foot
of
the
city,
and
so
we
know
which
of
them
are
more
susceptible
to
this
kind
of
increased
water
right
and
so
we've
had
hillsides
collapse
under
sewers
and
it's
cost
us
millions
of
dollars
under
our
budget
as
well.
So
it's
you
know
very
possible.
I
would
think
to
share
information
right.
E
I
mean
we've
been
working
on
that
one
in
the
South
Hills
that
I'm
sure
you're
familiar
with
like
we
had
I,
think
it's
around
Grayson
and
the
South
Hills
one
of
the
streets
that
we're
just
the
hillside
fell
way
right
under
a
major
sewer
for
part
of
a
neighborhood.
So
we
had
to
not
just
can't
just
rebuild
it
there
we
had
to
figure
out
a
new
place
to
put
a
sewer
line
for
Alex
or
for
a
part
of
a
neighborhood.
E
Do
leave
it
a
minute.
Would
you
mind
if
I
jump
in
before
your
closing
remarks?
I
wanted
to
push
back
a
little
bit
on
the
design-build
Description
design-build
has
been
used
for
many
decades
for
massive
capital
projects,
it's
different
for
it
to
be
used
in
something
there
now
I
can
actually
imagine
waiting
10
years
for
the
city
to
see
the
advant
advantage
on
street
lights.
E
What
cities
I
assume
you're
describing
are
doing
for
streetlights.
Is
that
they're
not
owning
those
streetlights
for
that
10-year
of
that
contract?
The
person
who
built
it
owns
it
until
the
end
until
they've
recovered
their
their
revenue
and
then
they're
handing
over
the
ownership
back
to
the
city.
So.
F
There
there
are
a
few
different
ways
to
do
it,
what
I'm,
proposing
and
or
not
what
I'm
proposing,
but
what
the
guarantee
of
energy
savings
Act
would
allow
is
is
technically
they
would.
They
would
have
a
an
ownership
of
that,
a
the
retrofit
equipment
that
goes
into
place,
but
they
don't
completely
own
the
property
or
the
fixture
if
they
were
to
retrofit
a
building.
You
know
technically
I
think
that
the
the
bank
that
would
be
doing
the
private
financing
would
own
the
equipment,
but
they
wouldn't
own
the
buildings
for
that
period.
E
F
F
F
F
F
E
F
E
D
E
To
discussing
and
in
different
ways
and
when
we're
looking
at
it
with
our
own,
the
water
plant,
it's
a
massive
capital
outlay
for
Pete
over
say
to
you
know,
have
the
water
and
if
we
weren't
forced
to
take,
you
know
it
into
a
series
of
contracts
that
all
have
to
go
to,
as
you
say,
not
for
the
the
longevity
of
the
thing,
but
the
upfront
lowest
bidder
is
is
definitely
puts
a
when
you're
building
out
it's
not
a
maintenance
contract.
Yeah.
F
F
F
E
B
C
I
think
you
know
it
in
my
opening
remarks.
I
mentioned
how,
since
we
started
the
climate
action
plan,
3.0
the
world
has
even
changed
right,
and
this
is
kind
of
one
of
our
calls
is
to
look
at
the
development
of
adaptation
planning,
because
we
are
gonna
have
to
think
about
how
we
operate
in
this
new
paradigm.
You
know
so
it's
no
longer
going
to
be
business
as
usual
in
terms
of
heating
and
cooling
cycles
or
in
terms
of
understanding
how
we
manage
and
live
with
water.
Councilwoman
grouse
mentioned
green
infrastructure.
C
You
know
we're
in
the
process
of
developing.
You
know
our
responses
to
the
Clean
Water
Act,
consent
decree-
and
this
is
some
of
the
key
research
that
we're
using
from
the
RAND
Corporation
in
terms
of
the
increases
in
precipitation,
are
calling
for
the
increases
in
the
utilization
of
green
and
natural
infrastructure
in
order
to
kind
of
bolster
and
protect
that
basically
protect
ourselves
from
these
increases
in
precipitation.
C
Same
thing.
That
we
need
to
see,
though,
is
that
cross
sector
and
we're
seeing
it
in
a
lot
of
our
watershed
work,
the
cross
sector,
collaboration
between
departments
between
other
government
agencies,
whether
it
be
PennDOT
or
the
Army
Corps,
and
really
starting
to
accelerate
that
work,
so
that
we
can
leverage.
Everybody's
capacity
is
going
to
be
the
key
to
addressing
some
of
these
challenges.
B
My
last
question
is
something
that
I,
assume
and
hope
is
woven
throughout
our
climate
action
plan,
but
wanted
to
give
those
who
have
knowledge
on
this
opportunity
to
respond.
But
it's
about
equity
I
mean
there's
the
perception
that
a
lot
of
environmental
issues,
climate
change,
one
of
them-
is
for
those
who
have
the
financial
means
to
sort
of
tackle
it
and
I
want
to
know
how
we're
thinking
about
equity.
When
we
think
about
all
aspects
of
the
the
climate
action
plan,
yeah.
C
Does
each
issue
a
disservice
and
in
fact,
what
we've
seen
in
a
lot
of
our
work
is
that
there
is
an
extreme,
almost
integration
between
the
challenges
of
equity
and
the
challenges
of
climate.
A
really
good
example
of
that
is,
you
know
in
conversations
with
members
of
the
gender
equity
Commission,
who
just
recently
released
their
report
on
the
impacts
that
they've
seen
in
terms
of
gender
equity
across
systemic
gender
equity
challenges
across
the
city.
C
And
if
you
look
at
any
issues
that
we've
talked
about
here
today
from
the
lens
of
a
mother
who
is
facing
the
transportation
challenge.
Let's
say
that
is
exacerbated
tenfold
in
terms
of
the
challenge
that
she
has.
Maybe
to
get
a
kid
to
daycare
because
of
some
of
the
things
that
Scott
laid
out.
If
you
look
at
the
issue
of
residential
energy
efficiency,
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
that
we
have
had
a
tough
time-
tackling
to
be
frank,
has
been
the
issues
of
what's
called
energy
burden
or
fuel
or
poverty.
C
So,
if
you're,
a
child
that
has
asthma,
that
is
in
a
house
that
is
older
than
60
years
old
and
doesn't
have
proper
insulation,
it's
not
just
about
the
challenges
of
being
able
to
afford
a
utility
bill,
because
you
have
an
old
leaky
house
that
hasn't
been
updated
since
the
early
1980s.
Maybe
it
also
exacerbates
the
health
challenge
of
asthma
or
other
cardio
pulmonary
diseases.
So
we
need
to
start
to
think
about
these
issues
in
a
very
integrated
way,
because
they
are
not
isolated.
C
The
issues
of
energy
efficiency,
as
Chris
said
about
you
know
it's
not
just
about
saving
a
dollar
reducing
carbon
emissions,
but
it's
also
about
providing
clean,
healthy
working
spaces.
For
you
know,
city
employees
or
healthy,
active
living
centers
for
our
residents.
You
know
so,
if
you
think
about
a
healthy,
active
living
center
and
the
great
activities
that
go
on
there
for
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
residents
are
seniors.
How
do
we
make
sure
that
we
have
good
healthy,
clean
spaces,
so
upgrading
and
investing
in
those
facilities
is
yes
it's
about
energy
efficiency.
C
I
I
have
a
point
in
terms
of
equity
and
transportation,
and
I
would
argue
that
the
current
system
we
have
is
is
inequitable.
We've
invested
pretty
much
solely
in
car
transportation
for
70
plus
years
in
this
country.
We've
put
all
the
burdens
on
how
we
move
around
on
the
individual
we've
we've
moved,
you
know
people
who
are
less
fortunate
to
hilltops
and
run
in
frequent
transit
service
to
them.
We
have
not
concentrated,
affordable
housing
and
walkable
walkable
communities
with
frequent
bus
service.
I
These
are
issues
that
we
actually
have
an
opportunity,
a
huge
opportunity
to
address
with
climate
change
and
where
our
investments
are
going
so
I
would
say
that,
for
the
better
part
of
the
20th
century
and
first
part
of
the
21st
century,
we've
still
been
doing
business
as
usual.
In
terms
of
really
putting
the
burdens
on
on
the
individual
and
people
to
how
they
get
around
and
saying
you
have
to
own.
A
car.
I
Cars
are
expensive,
not
everyone
can
own
a
car,
in
fact,
in
our
city,
25
to
30
percent
of
households,
don't
even
have
access
to
a
car,
so
we
can't
say
then
turn
around
and
say.
Oh
sorry,
you
can't
access
life,
you
should
own
a
car.
You
can't
afford
a
car.
So
how
do
we?
How
do
we
restructure
our
investments?
How
do
we
like
I,
said
in
my
in
my
talk
in
my
presentation?
I
How
do
we
put
it
front
of
mind
in
every
decision
we're
making
like
how
do
we,
okay,
where
we
are
building
we're
building
housing
here?
Okay,
is
this
housing
served
by
public
transit?
Is
it
connected
safely
with
with
everything
you
need
in
your
daily
life?
Almost
how
do
we?
How
do
we
start
to
rethink
those
all
of
those
different
decisions
that
we
make
in
terms
of
how
we
get
around
in
the
city.
H
Like
to
add
to
that
that
the
equity
question
just
to
really
support
what
grant
said,
is
really
central
to
a
lot
of
the
climate,
City
Challenge
work
and
that
it
really
does
align
well
across
the
board
when
you
think
about
the
emerging
practices
that
will
be
fundamental
to
substantial
greenhouse
gas
reduction
it.
The
equity
question
has
to
be
part
of
the
answer,
and
so
things
like
as
Scott
mentioned
prior
zyne
bus
lanes,
can
be
a
very
equitable
strategy.
If
it,
it
helps
those
who
use
transit,
get
to
where
they're
going
quicker.
H
As
long
as
it's
cited
in
a
way
that
there
really
is
serving
underserved
populations.
Things
like
the
the
expansion
of
electric
vehicles
also
is
one
of
the
priorities
around.
You
know
really
making
sure
that
equity
is
baked
into
this
new
market
transformation
strategy.
So
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
that
is
something
that,
across
the
peer
cities
within
the
challenge,
is
really
very
important
and
there's
some
excellent
peer
learning
in
exchange
that
we
can
offer
there.
B
Great
to
hear,
and
not
you
know,
as
a
council
member
I'm
constantly
looking
to
other
cities,
because
the
hive
mind
is
better
than
just
the
single
not
right
so
I
mean
that
is
that's
true
for
council
members
as
well
and
I
look
forward
to
hearing
about
what
you've
learned.
You
collectively
have
learned
and
others
at
the
city,
I've
learned
from
other
cities
and
what's
working
what's
not
and
what
we
can
apply
here.
So
that's
great
to
hear.
B
Well,
if
there
are
no
final,
if
there
are
no
other
comments
or
questions
I'll,
just
close
by
by
acknowledging
that
we
have,
we
have
an
enormous
challenge
in
this
world.
We
are
I
feel
like
I'm
I,
see
a
push
notification
from
you
know:
X
Y
or
Z
publication
about
a
new
IPV
IPCC
report
or
a
new
UN
climate
report.
That
is
warning
of
dire
consequences
and
the
point
of
no-return
coming
faster
than
we
ever
thought,
and
it's.
B
Makran
that
we're
seeing
not
to
get
too
political,
but
the
lack
of
action
we're
seeing
at
the
federal
level
at
the
on
the
United
State
from
the
United
States
can
be
disheartening
and
I
know
for
art,
the
youth
that
are
protesting
and
marching
in
our
streets
and
are
really
leading
the
way
on
this.
In
many
ways
it
can
feel
disheartening,
but
that
is
where
cities
come
into
play.
B
Cities
are
taking
the
lead
on
the
cities
are,
are
almost
the
grassroots
version
of
of
action
on
climate
change
from
a
more
institutional
perspective,
because
that
is
where
we're
actually
seeing
change
as
evidence
from
those
who
are
here
representing
kind
of
municipal
answers
to
this
question.
So
I
am
heartened
by
what
I
hear
today.
B
I
almost
want
to
have
a
post
agenda
on
the
climate
action
plan
on
an
annual
basis,
so
that
we
can
continue
to
hear
about
what
kind
of
progress
we're
making,
because
so
much
of
what
we're
doing
right
now
is
focusing
on
what
we
as
a
city,
can
do
with
our
own
fit
city
facilities
and
fleets,
and
that's
almost
the
low-hanging
fruit,
though
it's
costly,
it's
we
can
implement
it.
We
have
control
over
it.
Well,
we
have
less
control
over
is
what
happens
out
in
the
communities
right
and
to
some
degree.
B
So
I'd,
love
to
you
know,
continue
to
have
this
conversation
almost
on
an
annual
basis.
So
we,
as
council
members,
can
continue
to
hear
about
what
the
progress
is
that's
being
made
and
and
get
to
the
point
where
we're
then
having
the
conversation
about
what
can
we
do
to
encourage,
maybe
not
mandate
but
encourage
change
on
all
these
fronts
in
the
entire
city?
You
know
when.
B
C
Is
you
kind
of
allude
to
and
I
would
just
underscore
your
point
that
cities
can
do
a
lot,
whether
it's
with
the
policy
levers
that
we
have
in
terms
of
land
use
and
transportation
or
the
budget
decisions
that
we
make.
That
will
make
a
significant
impact
in
terms
of
both
improving
the
livability
of
our
cities,
from
a
health
and
wellness
and
equitable
standpoint,
but
also
in
terms
of
how
we're
making
a
better
future
for
our
residents
and
the
the
frankly,
the
generations
that
aren't
here,
the
ones
that
are
yet
to
come.