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From YouTube: Pittsburgh City Council Budget Hearing - 12/2/19
Description
Mayor's Office, Office of Equity, City Controller, Commission on Human Relations, Department of City Planning
A
B
Okay
good
afternoon,
everyone
and
welcome
to
this
reconvened,
a
meeting
of
Pittsburgh
City
Council's
budget
hearings
for
today,
Monday.
Forgive
me
I'm
strolling
to
Thanksgiving
time,
December.
The
second.
We
have
the
pleasure
of
having
the
Honorable
mayor
Peduto
with
us.
His
chief
of
staff,
dan
Gillman,
we
are
joined
by
Councilwoman
gross
I
am
councilman.
Krause
I
will
be
chairing
this
afternoon's
budget
hearing
of
the
mayor's
office
following
the
mayor's
office.
We
will
then
have
our
budget
hearings
for
the
office
of
equity,
the
city
controller,
the
Commission
on
Human
Relations
and
the
Department
of
City
Planning.
C
There's
a
total
of
fourteen
full-time
positions,
plus
funding
for
an
intern,
salary
and
position
changes
of
note,
the
deputy
chief
of
staff
that
was
added
in
2019
s
removed.
Eighty
eight
thousand
three
hundred
fifty
one
dollar
savings
there's
an
addition
of
a
chief
economic
development
officer
at
a
hundred
and
twelve
thousand
dollars
and
minor
raises
for
administrative
positions,
totaling
twenty
thousand
dollars
no
changes
of
note
to
any
non
salary.
Subclasses.
C
The
mayor
does
have
a
capital
budget
line
item,
as
does
council
the
mayor's
community
about
the
Block
Grant
unspecified
local
option
amount
for
this
year
is
a
hundred
and
seventy
five
thousand
dollars.
That's
decrease
of
125,000
dollars.
Of
course,
the
mayor
in
the
mayor's
office
offices
overseas
98.5
percent
of
the
operating
budget,
the
entirety
of
the
capital
budget,
95
percent
of
the
trust
funds,
the
five-year
fiscal
financial
fiscal
forecast-
is
attached
on
the
back
of
this
front
sheet.
C
C
B
D
You,
mr.
president,
as
the
director
stated,
the
number
of
employees
within
our
office
will
remain
at
14.
The
major
addition
position
we
did
not
fill
this
year
will
be
a
chief
economic
development
officer.
With
the
prior
chief
of
staff,
kevin
Ackland
played
both
roles.
We
will
be
hiring
CED
o
to
begin
in
January.
D
The
idea
is
is
that
the
job
will
coordinate
the
efforts
between
the
new
director
of
the
URA,
we're
hiring
a
new
director
and
planning
we've
hired
a
new
director
for
economic
development.
Excuse
me
at
the
housing
authority
and
we're
in
the
process
of
hiring
a
new
director
of
land
bank
to
be
able
to
coordinate
all
of
that
in
a
new
economic
development
initiative
on
the
specifics
of
the
budget
and
any
of
the
changes
that
turn
it
over
to
the
chief
of
staff
to
just
go
through
those
numbers.
Great.
E
To
reiterate
the
budget
directors
comment,
so
the
deputy
chief
of
staff,
majestic
Lane
merged
into
deputy
chief,
a
slash,
slash
chief
equity
officer
and
took
Valerie
McDonald
Roberts
budgeted
line
item
in
the
office
of
equity.
So
that's
why
it's
being
a
limb?
It
really
was
eliminating
the
other
job.
As
the
mayor
said,
the
CEO
search
process
is
complete.
We
anticipate
a
January
start
for
that
role.
E
We're
combining
that
with
Kinzie
Casey
who's.
The
new
chief
operating
officer,
which
is
the
job
formerly
held
by
guy
Kosta,
so
Kinzie
will
oversee
basically
domi
PWSA
parks,
Public
Works
in
parking
authority
CEO
will
have
housing
authority.
You
are
a
kind
of
the
permitting
side
of
domi
PL.
I
planning
Housing
Authority
land
bank,
so
kind
of
everything
will
flow
through
those
two
and
then
you
have
chief
Lane
from
the
equity
perspective,
making
sure
that
all
that
work
goes
through
the
equity
lens
and
reports
up
to
me
who
and
I
report
to
the
mayor.
E
As
that,
the
budget
director
noted
there
they're
a
couple
very
small
raises
and
the
admin
lines
and
there
is
paid
some
salary
for
an
intern
as
we
now
pay
our
interns.
Rather
than
free
internships
in
the
mayor's
office,
which
I
think
is
a
good
move
nationally
to
make
sure
we're
paying
our
interns
properly,
the
only
other
thing
I
will
say
as
announcement
I
don't
know.
If
council
members
know
this
or
not
assistant
chief
of
staff
grant
Gitlin
will
be
leaving
the
administration
at
the
end
of
the
year.
E
He's
gotten
another
great
opportunity
that
he'll
be
moving
on,
for
he
will
be
greatly
missed.
I
know
he
is
the
main
liaison
for
council
and
many
others
and
has
served
the
administration
admirably,
we'll
miss
him,
but
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
him
and
his
family
for
a
new
career.
So
with
that,
we
will
likely
be
presenting
some
sort
of
amendment
during
the
council
but
budget
process
to
address
it.
E
B
F
You,
mr.
president,
welcome
mr.
Aaron
and
the
chief
Gilman,
so
I
want,
if
you
don't
mind,
to
go
back
to
this
idea
of
this
position
for
economic
development,
because
I
know
that
it's
something
that
we've
heard
you
talk
about
in
the
past,
but
on
you
know
the
public
conversation
and
in
private
conversations
about
this
kind
of
realignment
with
the
RA,
because
we
just
had
their
hearing
a
short
while
ago
and
I
was
happy
to
see
so
much
more
program,
area
and
activity
in
the
kind
of
micro,
enterprise,
stuff
and
small
business
stuff.
F
But
I
noticed
that
those
capital,
those
budget
lines,
are
zeroed
out
for
city
funding.
The
way
they
presented
it
and
I
wanted
to
kind
of
give
you
an
opportunity
to
to
add
your
perspective
on
how
this
riche.
If
ting
works,
I
mean
there
has
been,
you
know.
Five
six
years
ago
we
talked
about
completely
overhauling
the
RA,
and
this
this
is
the
most
significant
shift
that
we've
made
so
far,
and
just
so
you
know,
you
probably
didn't
see
it.
I
said
I
think
that
day
has
passed
where
the
you
are
raised.
F
Main
function
should
be
major
development
and
that
I
would
like
to
see
more
robust
activity
in
funding
the
wealth
building
of
actual
Pittsburg
residents
and
Pittsburgh
businesses
right,
and
that
is
a
very
different
thing:
there's
a
very
different
function.
So
if
can
you
speak
for
us
about
how
these
various
parts
are
fitting
together
differently?
So.
D
There
will
still
be
the
component
of
the
URA,
which
works
on
major
projects.
I
mean
they're
still
going
to
be
the
28
acres.
There's
the
proposal
with
mill
craft
down
by
the
West
End
bridge.
There's,
there's
still
these
major
developments
that
the
URA
will
be
the
lead,
develop
an
agency
for,
but
the
idea
of
what
will
be
needed
for
the
next
ten
years
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
centers,
more
around
entrepreneurship,
Main,
Street,
business
development
and
housing.
D
The
the
candidate
that
we
selected
to
head,
the
ura
comes
from
a
background
in
Kansas
City
of
changing
that
economic
development
department
and
making
the
cultural
changes
that
were
necessary
as
well.
We're
not
talking
about
overhauling
staff,
we're
just
talking
about
having
different
rules
for
them
to
play.
The
coordination
of
that
effort
has
to
be
done,
hand
in
hand
with
city
government.
We
own
the
properties.
D
In
many
cases
it
has
to
work
through
the
finance
department,
but
in
order
to
be
able
to
get
the
property
sales
to
happen,
we
need
to
be
able
to
do
more
with
the
land
bank
legislation
and
with
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund.
We
have
all
the
pieces.
What
we
don't
have
is
an
organization
right
now
that
can
fulfill
the
mission
and
so
that
structural
change
has
to
come
from
not
only
within
the
URA,
but
also
the
different
things
that
we
are
talking
about.
D
Big
Tom's
barbershop
was
one
of
the
people
who
applied
and
they
want
to
take
back
the
historic
hams
barber
shop
and
not
only
restore
it
but
create
affordable
housing
is
a
part
of
it
as
well.
There's
a
very
easy
way
that
they
could
partner,
with
some
of
the
more
established
developers,
see
that
part
of
the
community's
plan
be
put
in
place
and
see
that
whole
section
of
Center
Avenue
in
the
hill
come
back
as
a
community-based
Neighborhood
Development
entrepreneurship,
locally
owned
revitalized
area.
D
So
the
idea
is
to
do
that
ten
times
every
year
to
be
able
to
not
only
look
at
one
neighborhood,
but
at
least
ten
different
areas
where
we
have
plans
where
we
have
property
and
to
be
able
to
sort
of
turn
it
the
other
way
around.
Instead
of
a
Urban
Redevelopment
Authority
that
waits
for
someone
to
knock
at
the
door
and
say
we're
interested
in
these
parcels
that
we
actually
are
marketing
it
and
finding
developers
to
do
the
community
goal
and.
F
Yet
it's
just
to
acknowledge
I
said
it
a
little
more
harshly
where
I
said
we're
not
the
economic
development
agency
for
the
for
Brooklyn
developers
or
Cleveland,
or
Chicago
or
Minneapolis.
If
we
should
be
investing
our
public
dollars
in
actual
residents
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
if,
if
outlets
and
developers
are
here
and
making
a
profit
which
they
are
they're
taking
more
out
than
they
are
in,
even
if
the
just
taking
title
to
the
property
that
it's
now
their
wealth
and
not
our
well,
so
this
I'm
very
excited
and
eager
to
see
more.
F
We
also
heard
testimony
from
the
Urban
Redevelopment
Authority
that
their
pilot
microloan
project
funded
98%,
african-american
women,
I.
Think
of
the
applicants
of
the
30-some
projects.
They
did.
They
were
almost
entirely
African
American
women
I
might
have
gotten
that
person
it's
wrong,
but
it
was
very
high
and
that
those
are
they're
all
succeeding
and
repaying
their
loans
and
that's
the
way
it's
not
profitable
for
the
ura
right.
No
micro
loan
programs
that
I
know
of
are
around
the
nation.
F
D
Instead,
we're
looking
at
the
heart
of
East
Liberty
in
having
an
storefront
to
get
their
businesses
started,
they're,
also
being
given
assistance
in
training
in
order
to
operate
their
own
business
as
well.
It's
not
just
set
up
shop
here.
It's
set
up
shop,
learn
in
the
the
the
entrepreneurs
themselves
are
very
ambitious.
D
F
A
G
G
E
Supportive,
as
you
are
of
that
initiative,
I
will
point
out,
though,
just
quickly
because
it
does
come
up
since
you
brought
it
up
with
with
you,
are
a
funding.
The
challenge
we
have
and
it's
gonna
be
a
growing
challenge.
Worse
and
worse,
each
year
is
City.
Budget
can
come
from
three
places.
Basically,
CDBG
bond
financing
and
Pago
bond
financing
cannot
be
used
at
the.
You
are
a
ninety-nine
point,
nine
percent
of
the
time
by
federal,
RS
tax
law,
CDBG
is
dwindling
each
and
every
year
and
pay-go.
E
If
you
look
at
the
five-year
plan
by
2024,
is
down
to
two
point:
five
million
dollars.
Unfortunately,
in
the
past,
the
are
a
structured,
a
budget
around
a
higher
Pago
than
is
going
to
exist,
which
is
why
the
the
new
directors
challenge
in
the
hrn,
a
report
and
councilmen
Lavelle's
worked
closely
with
us-
is
how
do
you
become
self-sustaining?
How
do
you
take
the
models?
I
also
point
out.
Pittsburgh.
E
Gra
is
the
only
economic
government
agency
in
america
that
operates
this
way
in
most
cities,
either,
as
you
have
long
fought
for
their
long-term
leases
or
in
boston.
They
sell
it
to.
You
know
dan
Lavelle
and
then,
when
dan
LaBelle
sells
it
to
Deb
gross,
the
city
takes
a
piece
of
that
sale.
Each
time
it
sells
they're
taking
a
piece
of
the
profit
as
the
market
grows.
So
there
are
different
models,
we'll
have
to
figure
out
the
Pittsburg
model,
but
relying
on
CDBG
and
pay-go.
E
It's
not
a
sustainable
revenue
source
and
unfortunately
there
were
some
budget
decisions
made
long
before
people
at
this
table.
That
said,
a
structure
that
wasn't
the
right
structure
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
thanks
to
two
deputy
director
Walker's
leadership
and
Sam
Williamson
and
the
board
we're
headed
in
the
right
direction
there,
but
it
is,
has
been
a
challenge.
F
This
is
probably
not
something
that
council
members
have
often
said,
but
I
would
not
I
and
I
have
said
it
before
that.
Some
of
that
staffing
of
economic
development
activity
could
be
in
the
operating
budget
at
the
city
right,
which
would
maybe
allow
some
of
that
flexibility
right
so
we're
it's
not
a
requirement
for
a
lot
of
this
type
of
activity,
dad
it'd
be
at
the
authority.
So
that's
something
that
I
think
is
worthy
of
future
conversation
as
well.
I.
E
Will
just
want
to
we're
in
the
process
of
beginning
to
think
about
talking
about.
We
are
not
and
that
drafting
an
MoU
similar
to
what
we
did
kind
of
with
PWSA,
with
a
co-op
of
what
are
things
the
city
can
do.
For
instance,
we
started
to
do
demo
for
the
RA
because
of
the
amount
of
demo
we
do.
We
might
get
a
much
better
price
than
the
RA
does.
So
what
if
PL
I
just
does
all
the
you
are
a
demo
and
they
go
on
to
that.
E
F
As
well,
I
mean
that
there
seems
to
be
sometimes
parallel
planning,
which
is
not
necessary.
We,
that
is
our
authority,
is
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
to
do
our
own
City
Planning,
and
so
we
don't
have
to
cede
that
activity
to
an
outside
Authority,
and
that
is
a
topic
that
miss
Harris
has
brought
up
many
times.
So
I'll
stop
there.
But
thank
you
for
filling
out
that
picture.
A
little
more
I
think
we're
going
to
continue
to
see
it
become
more
filled
out.
Thank.
B
J
J
J
A
J
To
thank
you
for
creating
the
office
of
equity
as
you're.
Well
aware,
there's
a
lot
of
work
that
we
have
to
do
in
this
city.
I.
Think
mr.
Lane
is
a
has
been
doing
a
phenomenal
job
or
to
working
with
you
as
we
move
forward.
We
as
you're
well
aware,
we
committed
to
being
Mullen
City
can
commit
it
to
doing
additional
policies
that
help
us
the.
K
K
B
L
You
thank
you
for
being
here
and
for
presenting
us
with
a
budget
that
I
think
really
reflects
the
values
of
the
city
and
and
your
goals
that
you're
looking
to
attain,
and
my
only
kind
of
comment
and
you're
welcome
to
to
respond.
However,
however,
you'd,
like
is
that
when
it
comes
to
the
public's
participation
in
helping
to
craft,
the
budget,
I
think
that
I
give
OCA
the
office
of
community
fair
Affairs.
L
L
Don't
know
what
it
looks
like
whether
it's
a
dedicated
person
whose
job
is
dedicated
to
participatory
budgeting
year-round
or
using
the
deliberative
democracy
model
with
representatives
a
representative
Congress
from
each
district
or
each
neighborhood,
to
really
help
to
inform
the
budget
so
that
people
are
represented
by
not
just
council
members
and
not
just
those
who
work
for
the
city,
but
but
neighborhood
leaders
or
whatever.
It
might
look
like
to
really
help
to
inform
the
budget
in
a
way
that
is
not
just
reflective
of
what
we
think
people
want,
but
really
use
uses.
L
The
voices
of
of
those
who
are
on
the
ground
feeling
the
impacts
of
it
isn't
is
inclusive
in
that
way,
because
they
think
so
much
of
it
is
the
process.
In
addition
to
the
end
goal,
you
can
have
the
best
most
inclusive
budget
in
the
end,
and
if
the
process
is
it
exactly
doesn't
feel
inclusive,
then
it
almost
doesn't
matter
to
a
lot
of
people.
So
I
would
be
happy
to
be
part
of
that
conversation.
L
D
D
The
three
areas
that
come
together
is
the
community
input
Council
and
then
the
departments
themselves
and
with
a
lot
of
times
depending
on
what
department
it
is
they
the
levels
differ
council
members
will
be
very
involved
and
will
want
to
be
involved
in
Public
Works
in
parks.
In
a
lot
of
the
different
parts
of
what
you
see
is
not
functioning
at
the
way.
They
are
the
level
that
you
want
to
see
permits
or
inspections
or
demolitions,
and
but
there's
rarely
time
where
there's
a
deep
discussion
about
the
finance
department
or.
D
Parts
of
HR
you
know,
and
certainly
when
we
have
the
community
meetings,
nobody
is
standing
up
and
talking
about
payroll,
so
it
really
depends
Department
upon
Department
and
where
the
Community
Interest
Council
interest
and
then,
where
director
interest
is
there's
always
for
every
single
Department,
far
more
request
the
yeah
it's
possible,
and
so
it
really
becomes
a
battle
of
attrition
trying
to
cut
back
from
what
the
requests
are
to
get
to
a
point
where
we
can
afford.
It.
D
I
think
that
you
know
I've
met
with
community
organizers
who
have
hired
the
same
consultant
that
we
hired
for
the
URA
HR
na
to
help
to
put
together
a
community
process
using
the
best
examples
from
across
the
country
and
there's
some
really
good
ideas
that
they've
offered
and
I
would
ask.
As
you
look
at
that,
to
engage
with
them
as
well
and
to
see
you
know
where
we
can
do
more
and
do
better
other
than
the
meetings
that
we
have
with
the
community
and
being
out
there.
How
does
it
become
a
12
month
engagement?
D
How
does
it
become
very
simple
to
get
online
and
to
be
able
to
get
the
information?
One
of
my
favorite
widgets
that
we've
adopted
has
been
the
tax
receipt
and
when
you
give
somebody
the
tax
receipt
they're
amazed
because
it
shows
down
to
a
penny
exactly
where
their
tax
dollars
are
going
and
it
breaks
it
bound
by
Department.
It's
adjusted
every
year
based
upon
the
approved
budget,
and
it
can
show
you
exactly
how
much
goes
to
every
different
part
of
city
government.
M
D
A
D
Of
community
affairs,
though,
does
not,
and
that's
why
it's
located
between
the
mayor's
office
and
Council.
They
are
a
part
of
the
planning
department.
Their
input
goes
back
to
neighborhood
planners
directly
from
the
community
meetings
and
they
also
serve
as
troubleshooter.
So
when
there's
complaints
about
an
abandoned
property
or
something
else,
they
then
reach
out
to
all
the
other
departments,
but
they
have
been
told
and
we've
gone
through
a
lot
of
different
people
to
always
state
that
they
work
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
out
the
office
of
the
mayor.
M
They
do
but,
but
they
still
do
what
the
others
have
done
over
the
years
for
the
last
seven,
eight
mayors
that
I've
worked
with
they
don't
usually
bring
in
the
same
I
guess
because
I
went
to
council
meetings
they'll
put
in
for
Council
at
that
time
they
just
do
donate
mayor's
office,
but
that's
okay,
I'm,
not
saying
it's
a
bad
idea.
I'm
just
saying
this
is
the
way
it's
basically
always
worked.
M
Now
they
seemed
to
be
one
of
the
most,
the
lowest
starting
out
officers,
but
yet
we're
still
losing
well,
maybe
we
lost
him
under
Luke.
You
know
we're
still
losing
them
and
sometime
we
have
to
start
bringing
as
officers
up
to
where
they
belong,
so
they
want
to
be
here
instead
of
out
in
North,
Hills
or
somewhere
else,
because
no
one
trains,
their
police,
like
we
do
and
I
was
wondering
between
well
starting
with
police.
M
A
M
M
I'm
not
sure
if
on
all
three
shifts
were
still
having
the
number
of
police
officers
needed
now.
Northside
has
back
and
I
didn't
know
if
I
had
to
give
back
my
little
paramedic
wagon.
If
you
remember,
you
aren't
console
one
night,
they
gave
me
that,
and
he
took
a
shift
off
of
me
now
that
we
have
the
whole
paramedic
stations,
both
ten
and
four.
M
M
Crossing
guards-
that's
a
real
issue.
I
know
that
the
city's
the
school
district
deploys
up,
but
there
have
been
some
very,
very
dangerous
corners
that
the
crossing
guards
are
are
supposed
to.
You
know
be
there,
but
but
they
retire
and
then
there's
no
one.
So
that's
a
real
concern
and
I
think
we
started
losing
them
well,
not
losing
them,
but
those
that
would
once
they
lost
our
medical
and
pension
and
thing
like
that.
They,
you
know
they're,
just
not
coming
out
for
those
hours
that
they
work
in
dating
just.
E
E
If
we
are
currently
in
negotiations
with
them
and
our
goal
is
to
make
more
of
those
full-time
which
we
think
will
attract,
we
have
countless
vacancies,
so
they're
budgeted,
but
we
just
can't
attract
the
the
candidates
like
we
used
to,
and
obviously
we
wouldn't
shift
a
full-time
to
anyone,
who's
currently
part-time
and
wants
to
stay
that
way,
but
as
they
retire,
we
think
we
go
more
full-time
crossing
guards
well
attract
more
candidates,
because
we
strongly
agree
we're
incredibly
short
and
we
are
in
negotiations
on
their
contract
right
now.
We're.
D
A
M
Of
them
could
be
fixed
up
if
you
watch
the
news,
you'll
see
it's
and
it's
city
view
not
Spring
Hill,
but
it's
Spring,
Hill
and
city
of
you
together.
The
media
just
can't
tell
the
difference
that
we
had
that
three
alarm
fire
that
you
see
it
yeah
and
those
are
the
kinds
of
things
that
I
don't
want
to
see
happening
and
the
other
is
historic.
Property
I
really
don't
want
to
see.
You
know
historic
properties
taken
down
in
wasn't
the
city.
It
was
the
Uwharrie
that
took
three
of
them
down.
M
A
A
M
Is
there
any
thinking
of
either
putting
an
asphalt
plant
in
or
the
asphalt
plants
that
are
movable
that
you
can
move
neighborhood
to
neighborhood
in
order
to
get
the
quality
that
we
got
when
we
had
our
own
people
doing
it,
they
knew
exactly
when
they
came
down
a
street
which
way
the
water
should
flow
instead
of
flowing
towards
the
houses
now
and
getting
into
people's
basements
before
they
knew
how
to
really
get
into
it.
And
it's
because
they
were
round
allow
and-
and
it's
hard
work
to
do
that
job.
D
M
M
The
city
would
be
better
off
if
we
did
and
we
pay.
You
know
you
pay
pay,
we've
all
paid
the
same
as
everyone
else
does,
but
I
would
think
that
the
county
would
have
to
take
the
bigger
load
there
and
give
this
city
what
what
the
city
really
deserves.
But
there
also
are
the
portable
portable
asphalt
plants
and
if
we're
gonna
do
something
like
that
at
least
trying
to
get
the
cost
that
we
must
turn
to
television.
M
M
M
Speaking
of
the
animals,
I
did
talk
to
Dave
about
it,
but
they're
going
to
need
some
more
training
because
of
what's
happening
with
within
the
city.
I
just
put
in
a
reptile
piece
of
legislation
and
I
was
thought
at
the
zoo
at
reptile,
expose
on
everything
else
and
talking
to
many
people
on
it.
But
things
are
changing
and
people
are
changing.
You
know
it's
not
just
dogs
and
cats
anymore,
it's
not
even
just
raccoons
and
groundhogs
and
rabbits
but
snakes.
You
know
it's
it's
poisonous
snakes.
It's
it's
poisonous
snakes,
it's
alligators!
M
A
M
D
D
A
G
M
D
M
H
M
E
In
all
likelihood,
obviously,
I
can't
say
anything
with
certainty:
you'll
see
a
new
police
contract
before
the
end
of
the
year,
all
signs
point
to
that
being
completed
before
the
end
of
the
year
and
that
will
come
back
to
council,
obviously
to
amend
the
budget
to
reflect
that,
but
also
then,
to
you
know:
we've
made
the
pledge
to
the
leadership
that,
of
course,
if
officer
salaries
go
up,
then
commanders
have
to
and
sergeants
are
not
certain,
but
commanders
etc
and
saimin.
The
paramedics
that
the
white
shirts
you
have
to
adjust.
E
So
we
would
amend
those,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
B
Union
gets
the
contract
first
before
anything
else
is
done.
We'd,
but
I
think
that
will
likely
happen
in
December
and
I'd
say.
On
a
positive
note,
we
have
a
record
number
of
officers
who
have
left
coming
back
to
the
force.
The
mayor
swears
in
you
know
from
time
to
time,
because
they
don't
have
to
go
through
the
the
training
against
they
don't
go
through
the
Academy.
E
But
it's
a
record
number
of
officers
who
were
attracted
to
the
higher
salary
or
different
things
would
realize
that
they
really
missed
what
it
meant
to
be
a
City
police
officer
and
the
opportunities
to
be
in
specialized
forces
and
work
in
the
neighborhoods
they
care
about.
And
so
we're
seeing
officers
come
back.
Who
were
here
left
and
coming
back,
which
is
a
positive
sign
as
well.
M
Yeah,
but
there's
none
not
as
many
is
that
sleeving
that
are
coming
back
and
they're
there
are.
There
are
those
that
are
coming
back.
Some
of
them
want
to
come
back
because
they've
had
an
elderly
parent
that
they
wanted
to
be
with
and
they
could
not
live
outside
the
city,
but
now,
unfortunately
they
can't
I,
don't
know.
I
said,
unfortunately,
when
it's
cold,
when
the
teachers
were
able
to
to
move
outside
the
city.
N
You
Thank
You
mayor,
it's
good
to
see
you
here,
chief
of
staff,
Gilman
and
she's
gonna
call
my
phone
I.
Think
no
mine
doesn't
bow.
I
would
not
do
that
anyway.
I
just
I
want
to
first
acknowledge
Granton,
aunt,
Gitlin
and
all
the
work
that
he
died
was
devastated
when
I
found
out
that
he
was
leaving,
because
he
has
been
really
so
helpful
to
us.
N
N
N
I
philosophically
have
concerns
with
this
and
I
feel
like
it
sometimes
pushes
the
public
and
especially
council
members
out
and
which
is
the
voice
of
the
public,
were
some
of
the
partnerships
and
including
with
the
parks
and
some
of
the
things
that
you
know
that
has
concerns
with
I
think
we
always
agree
on
the
end.
Result
I
think
it's
getting
there,
how
we,
you
know,
don't
always
see
them
with
things
similar.
As
you
do,
could
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
you
think
it
with
the
public-private
partnerships?
N
D
Of
it
is,
we
should
never
lose
the
set
whatever
that
public
asset
is.
We
should
always.
It
should
always
remain
owned
by
the
public.
When
we
did
the
partnership
with
the
zoo,
the
zoo
is
still
owned
by
the
people
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
The
aviary
is
still
owned
by
the
people
of
Pittsburgh.
The
FIPS
is
still
owned
by
the
people.
The
city
of
Pittsburgh
I
think
those
are
good
ideas
and
good
ways
of
creating
a
partnership
but
not
losing
the
asset.
D
If
a
private
entity
can
do
it,
so
can
we,
and
what
will
happen
often
is
investors,
will
look
at
the
long
term,
revenue
that
can
be
generated
from
any
type
of
an
asset,
that's
publicly
owned
and
make
the
promise
of
upfront
cash
get
quick,
get-rich-quick
types
of
scenarios,
but
realizing
that
the
money
that
they're
gonna
receive
is
going
to
pay
them
a
rate
much
higher
than
they
can
get
them
just
having
it
at
a
bank
or
and
another
investment.
That's
good
for
them,
but
it's
not
good
for
the
public.
D
When
we
look
at
PWSA,
there
is
not
only
zero
interest,
there's
zero
chance
is
what,
while
a
mare
that
it
will
ever
be
sold.
It
is
not
for
sale
and
it
will
not
be
for
sale.
But
when
we're
looking
at
1.2
billion
dollars
worth
of
upgrades
that
are
necessary
just
to
get
the
system
operational,
it
is
the
possibility
that
we
could
partner
with
the
different
firm
and
be
able
to
save
money
and
be
able,
at
the
same
time,
to
get
the
upgrades
that
we
need,
maybe
even
in
a
different
way
than
we're
looking
at
it.
D
But
all
of
that
has
to
be
very
transparent.
It
has
to
be
open
to
everybody.
Everyone
should
have
the
opportunity
to
put
in
a
proposal.
Those
proposals
need
to
all
be
made
to
the
public
and
we
need
to
be
able
to
say
what
is
the
best
system
for
the
dollar.
Maybe
it's
the
one
that
we
propose.
Maybe
it's
one
that
comes
in
from
someone
else
same
thing
with
green
infrastructure.
D
We
need
about
750
million
dollars
worth
of
green
infrastructure
to
be
able
to
recognize
flooding,
that's
going
to
be
happening
in
the
city,
recognizing
landslides
and
just
being
able
to
keep
the
water
out
of
the
system.
We
have
a
plan
that
looks
at
the
whole
city
and
we
have
a
price
tag
of
750
million.
Is
that
the
best
I
don't
know,
but
we
should
open
that
up
to
a
process
and
see
if
anyone
can
propose
it
to
be
done
better.
Maybe
they
can
do
it
for
less.
A
N
We'd
love
to
schedule,
meeting
about
that,
and
also
we'd
like
to
talk
with
you
about
the
to
mule.
I,
didn't
hear
about
the
early
childhood
funding.
If
there
was
anything
about
that
we
had
talked
about.
Maybe
there's
this
new
state
law
where
you
have
to
have
the
facilities
have
to
have
those
pulldown
alarms.
You
know
in
the
in
the
childcare
facilities,
and
it's
because
of
that
fire
that
happened
in
Erie
were
five
children
have
passed
away,
so
they
came
out
with
a
new
law
that
they
have
to
put
these
new
alarms
and
well.
N
This
is
the
second
year
I've
been
patient
a
little
bit
waiting
for
our
numbers
to
come
up
a
little
bit
and
I'm,
just
not
seeing
it
happening
in
zone
six
or
in
zone.
Three
just
wants
to
you
know
to
make
sure
there's
more
focus
at
Mount
Washington
they're
experiencing
more
crime
than
they
have
recently
in
and
I
think
in
violent
ways
in
parts
of
our
district
and
I.
Think
people
were
concerned
with
some
of
that
and
councilman
Harris
is
saying
zone
one
but
I'm,
saying
I
just
think
in
general.
N
So
I
just
wanna
make
sure
that's
on
your
radar
and
then
other
than
that
the
crossing
guards
I
just
wanna,
say
I,
think
part
of
it
may
be
the
pay
and
the
long
term,
but
I
think
part
of
it.
Also
is
a
lot
of
people
stay
home
and
take
those
positions
that
are
staying
at
home.
You
know
either
caregivers
or
parents
or
whatever,
and
when
you're
sending
them
across
the
city
that
doesn't
really
make
it
easy
for
them
to
take
a
position
like
that
because
they
take
it
so
they
can
be
close
to
home.
N
You
know
with
their
family,
so
I'm,
just
thinking
may,
if
you
look
at
how
you're
positioning
or
stationing
or
assigning
them
appointing
them,
whatever
you
do
to
those
jobs,
maybe
that
should
that
would
be
something
you'd
have
to
work
out
with
the
Union
that
and
the
lifeguard
positions.
I
know
we're
having
a
lot
of
struggle
with
that
as
well
other
than
that.
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
everything
that
you
have
done
in
district
2
as
particularly,
but
we're
seeing
record
investment
that
we
have
not
seen
in
decades.
N
So
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
A
lot
of
it's
coming
from
Senator
Fontana
funding
that
he's
bringing
in
but
he's
bringing
it
in
after
having
conversations
with
you
and
chief
of
staff,
Gilman
and
so
I
really
want
to.
Thank
you
for
that
and
I.
Thank
you
for
the
Clean
Sweep
program
and
for
the
e
recycling
programs.
Those
are
programs
are
going
to
benefit
the
whole
city,
but
we
were
able
to
work
together
on
those
I
want
to
thank
you
for
those
because
I
think
they're.
N
Those
are
quality
of
life
issues
that
residents
really
care
about,
I
mean
I,
think
they
would.
It
gets
down
to
it,
that's
what
they
care
about
what's
outside
their
door
and
what
they're
living
with
every
day
and
those
things
are
gonna,
make
a
big
impact,
I
think
and
to
all
the
neighborhoods.
So
thank
you
for
that.
N
The
last
thing
I'm
going
to
mention
is
we
a
long
time
ago,
started
that
education
committee
and
with
I
don't
want
to
have
to
say
anything
about
it,
but
I
just
want
to
say
with
everything
that's
going
on
with
Pittsburgh
Public
Schools
I
wish.
We
would
look
at
that
committee
and
maybe
putting
people
on
that
forming
that,
because
I
think
the
only
way
we're
going
to
make
a
difference.
There
is
us
all
working
together.
N
It's
going
to
take
all
of
us
to
do
what
we
can
do
to
make
our
schools
the
best
and
when
people
say
that
the
mayor
I'm
just
going
to
say
this
when
they
say
the
mayor
shouldn't
have
a
say,
I'm
gonna
say
these
schools
have
an
effect
on
our
city,
regardless
of
whether
you
agree
or
disagree
with
what
was
said.
We've
lost
over
I
think
it's
now
around
15,000
families
with
school-aged
children
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
It
has
an
effect
on
our
city.
It
has
effect
on
who's,
paying
taxes.
N
D
Be
very
brief,
with
it
and
I've
spoken
with
several
school
board
members
in
the
past
week,
I
think
the
time
is
right
to
be
able
to
bring
that
together
and
I
think
there
are
at
least
three
school
board
members
who
would
be
very
interested
as
well.
They
realized
that
they
can't
operate
in
a
silo
that
it's
not
nine
people,
it's
three
hundred
and
ten
thousand
people,
and
it's
about
all
of
our
children.
A
D
I
see
since
the
time
that
up
become
their
the
budget
of
the
school
increase,
137
million
dollars,
but
the
number
of
students
decreased,
ten
percent,
but
the
number
of
employees
increased.
Ten
percent
and
the
test
scores
are
down
in
elementary
school.
We're
now
50%
of
the
students
can't
read
at
a
third
grade
level
in
third
grade.
The
test
scores
are
down
in
middle
school.
The
test
scores
are
down
in
high
school,
where
eighty
percent
of
the
students
are
not
proficient
in
math
and
the
the
budget
increased.
N
I
want
to
say
that
I
think
a
lot
of
this
I've
been
around
the
district
for
a
long
time.
I
worked
for
the
district.
My
kids
attended
schools,
but
I
want
to
say
that
I
think
part
of
it
is
that
there's
a
battle
between
the
foundation
community
and
the
teachers
union
and
I
think
that
that
battle
is
playing
out
and
affecting
you
know
our
city
and
our
kids
and
I
think
they
both
have
a
lot
to
offer.
Let's
bring
them
together
and
figure.
This
out.
I
really
think
that
you
know
it's.
D
In
order
to
say,
we'll
take
18
million
dollars
out
of
the
operating
budget
of
the
city.
This
goes
back
to
a
long
history,
going
all
the
way
back
to
mayor
masa
when
Mayor
masloff
took
that
risky
stand
of
lowering
the
wage
tax
and
she
got
beat
up
with
because
she
raised
the
property
tax
to
do
it.
The
school
board
moved
in
and
raised
the
wage
tax
back
and
took
the
money,
and
then,
during
that
debate
with
ak-47,
we
were
going
back
and
forth.
Gym.
D
Furlough
was
still
upset
of
help
and
he
made
sure
that
part
of
the
restructuring
involved
that
coming
back
and
Governor
Rendell
got
involved
and
gave
the
schools
the
money
to
make
up
that
difference
for
at
least
three
or
four
years
so,
and
all
of
that
was
a
part
of
an
entire
different
restructuring.
So
when
they
said
you
know
just
give
us
that
money
and
don't
have
a
comment.
I
had
to
have
a
comment.
Yeah.
N
No
I
think
that
you
should
have
had
a
comment
and
but
I
just
think
that
we
have
to
work
together.
I
just
think
that
that's
the
only
way
it's
gonna
I
mean
I'll,
be
honest
with
you,
a
lot
of
them
and
went
out
to
see
my
sister
because
a
lot
of
the
new
school
board
members
she's
the
acting
director,
the
AI
you
now,
but
because
she
started
the
reading
clinics
there
and
some
other
things,
and
she
does
the
Latino,
Center
and
other
side.
N
So
I
think
that
they
went
out
to
get
some
real
answers
and
real
information,
how
they
can
be
successful
and
how
they
can
do
something.
I
think
that
the
the
problem
is
bringing
we
need
to
bring
all
those
people
together.
It
shouldn't
be
just
a
few
people
get
to
hear
those
conversations.
It
should
be
a
lot
of
us
having.
A
D
It
needs
to
be
a
structure.
It
needs
to
have
a
lot
of
voices
on
it.
Just
like
we
did
with
PWSA
when
it
ran
into
trouble.
We
brought
in
others.
We
listened.
We
we
put
together
what
the
priorities
were.
We
worked
together
across
many
different
sectors,
from
labor
to
corporate,
to
environment,
to
community
activists,
and
we
didn't
shut
the
door
and
say
it's
just
P
WSA's
problem.
That
board
is:
they
are
the
only
people
that
have
a
voice.
We
opened
it
up
to
every
voice.
That's
the
same
thing.
That's
needed
right
now
with
Pittsburgh
public.
N
That's
and
absolutely
I
mean
everybody
cares
about.
You
know
the
seeing
the
school
succeed
and
in
paying
the
text
I
mean
we
can't
our
residents
can't
afford
anymore
I
mean
they
just
really
are
struggling.
So
I'd
really
love
to
for
you
to
use
that
opportunity
to
use
that
Commission
to
fill
those
seats
into.
Let's
start
that
conversation
I.
N
D
N
K
In
the
next
four
years,
right
to
continue
these
policy
conversations,
I
want
to
use
this
public
moment,
Bowen
provid,
all
sad
I
did
miss
you
at
the
National
League
of
Cities
conference
I
did
go
and
went
to
our
our
state
dinner
and
participated,
and
I
have
I,
have
come
up
becoming
hooked
on
going
to
the
conference
and
seeing
and
meeting
people
around
the
country,
it's
remarkable
how
a
more
similar
we
are
and
our
interests
are
much
more
similar
than
and
when
you
first
recommended
I
started
going
to
it.
That's
what
struck
that's
the
hit.
That's!
K
What
struck
me
I
sat
for
a
while
and
talked
to
a
fellow
councilman
from
Philadelphia
and
the
issues
were
having
in
Philadelphia
and
they
were
markedly
remarkably.
In
terms
of
you
know
what
the
state
gives
us
with
the
federal
dollars
to
give
us
and
the
shrinking
dollars.
I
mean
our
concerns
are
much
more
similar
than
they
are
different.
So
that's
number
one
second
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
they're
both
in
the
room.
K
Professional
and
expert
in
their
given
matters
and
how
we
have
how
you
know:
I've,
just
I've,
seen
issues
we've
brought
to
them
or
things
we
worked
on
happen
at
Lightspeed,
right
and,
and
it's
been
remarkable.
The
difference
so
I
want
to
say
in
your
presence
that
they,
both
those
two
people,
I,
think
I've
done
a
tremendous
job
for
our
city.
The
third
thing
is
I
want
to
make
clear.
I
will
be
talking
about
this
over
the
next
few
weeks.
K
Thank
councilman,
LaBelle
and
I
are
going
to
start
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
racism
in
our
city
and
its
impact
and
it
being
a
public
health
crisis,
but
I
want
at
the
same
time
to
say
that
I
think
you
have
done
more
for
the
cause
of
african-americans
and
to
change
our
city
and
to
make
it
more
equitable
and
diverse
our
interest,
and
my
interest
specifically,
is
not
to
say
that
city
is
doing
a
bad
job.
But
really
my
interest
to
say
come
on.
K
Upmc,
come
on
University
of
Pittsburgh,
come
on
Allegheny
conference,
follow
the
city's
leadership
and
commit
resources
to
making
this
different
and
and
to
create
a
space
where
the
city
can
talk
about
its
changes
and
then
challenge
because
I
think
we're
leading
in
this
ever
right.
I
think
we're
leading
in
in
in
bringing
blocks
of
african-american
participation,
but
I,
don't
think
the
rest
of
the
city
is
following
as
closely
and
so
from
the
very
beginning.
K
I
grew
up
in
Pittsburgh
right,
so
I
grew
up.
African-American
Pittsburgh
I
don't
need
one
someone
to
tell
me
about
the
condition
of
african-americans
in
Pittsburgh,
but
since
the
report
says
it
in
great
detail,
my
second
question
is
going
to
be
okay.
Well,
let's
acknowledge
it.
It
is
and
then
I'm
gonna
challenge
those
entities
to
provide
me
with
the
resources
right.
You
know
whether
it's
when
Pittsburgh,
whether
it's
other
things,
provide
us
with
the
resources
we
kind
of
know
how
to
fix
this.
It's
not
brain
surgery.
K
D
D
D
When
we
find
inequity
in
housing.
Why
is
it
and
what
are
the
things
and
then
what
can
we
do
to
make?
And
then
we
have
to
measure
each
year
and
see
that,
if
we're
getting
better
or
worse,
if
we
have
data
that
shows
the
third
grade?
Reading
levels
are
completely
skewed
based
on
race.
We
have
to
ask
why
and
then
what
is
it
that
can
be
done
in
order
to
improve
it
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
the
community?
D
We
have
data
community
has
ideas
and
we
will
put
resources
beyond
the
city's
budget
to
make
sure
that
there
is
a
marked
difference
year
by
year.
Did
you
want
to
add
anything
to
the
Magee
meeting?
What
we
had
it's
just.
It
was
good
to
see
that
somebody
had
already
recognized
it
and
was
already
working
on
it,
and
that's
the
example
that
everyone
that
sits
in
the
top
of
those
skyscrapers.
They
should
be
picking
one
of
those
issues
and
saying
this
is
our
issue:
we're
gonna
own
it
and
we're
gonna.
Take
on
this
disparity.
B
Burgesses
remarks
you
have
surrounded
yourself
with
people
that
serve
you
well
Dan
in
particular,
dan
has
been
an
amazing
chief
of
staff
and
I'm
sure
I'm
telling
you
something
you
already
know,
but
approachable
and
attentive
and-
and
you
know,
call
him
day
or
night
anytime.
Dance
there
same
with
grant
grant
has
been
an
amazing
liaison
to
to
council
from
the
mayor's
office.
He
will
be
surely
missed
in
problem.
H
D
D
B
So
I
don't
want
to
reiterate
a
lot
of
what's
already
gone
around
the
table,
but
a
lot
of
it
I
believe
passionately.
I
want
to
be
respectful
of
your
time
and
the
fact
that
we
have
other
budget
hearings,
but
the
fact
that
I
don't
speak
to
it
at
all.
Much
to
interpret
that
I
am
not
as
invested
as
other
members.
I
have
a
couple
other
things
that
sort
of
like
to
add
to
the
list.
B
If
I
may,
we
had
five
members
up
for
re-election
this
year,
and
so
we've
spent
a
lot
of
time
out
there
pounding
the
pavement.
You
know
how
that
goes
and
talking
to
constituency
the
number
one,
regardless
of
where
I
went
and
I've
spoken
to
Dan
about
this
at
length,
regardless
of
where
I
went
or
who
I
spoke
to
the
number
one
cause
of
concern
for
constituency
across
the
board,
for
me
was
land
management.
B
However,
you
might
want
to
define
that
whether
that
was
the
house
that
still
hasn't
come
down
or
the
money
that
hasn't
been
allocated
to
demo
or
the
vacant
lot
or
the
you
know
the
lot
that
hasn't
been
cut.
The
abandoned
house
that
we
can't
seem
to
track
down
because
the
the
owner
abandoned
if
the
kids
live
out
of
state.
B
Nobody
wants
the
house
on
and
on
and
on
so
I
did
talk
to
Dan
about
I
wanting
to
come
over
and
talk
with
you
a
little
bit
further
about
how
the
budget
reflects
our
commitment
to
land
management
and
whatever
possible
changes
we
may
be
able
to
make
or
adaptations
to
the
budget
to
help
with
that.
I
knew
I
knew
it
was
a
great
concern.
I
was
even
I
was
sort
of
taken
aback
by
how
often
it
came
up
number
two
used
to
be
parking.
B
B
B
It
is
not,
and
I
don't
mean
to
imply
that
by
any
means,
no,
no,
it
is
not
it
is.
It
is
the
it
is
well.
If
we
fail
anywhere,
it
could
possibly
be
in
our
ability
to
enforce
code.
That's
another
conversation
recently
I
had
Public
Works
Mike
was
wonderful,
and
so
it
was
Dan.
We
came
up
to
Knoxville.
We
rode
all
the
different
alleyways.
B
We
inventoried
everything
we
talked
about
where
the
TVs
were,
where
the
tires
are,
where
the
trash
isn't
managed
properly,
where
it's
not
in
containers
where
the
bags
are
open,
people
drive
by
they
split
them.
The
garbage
blows
everywhere,
I
rode
them
today
that
was
six
months
ago
give
or
take.
Maybe
it's
all
back,
it's
all
back
and
it's
going
to
continue
to
come
back
until
or
unless
we
find
ways
to
either
enforce
code,
better
educate,
better
hold
landlords
accountable,
better.
B
It's
it's
it's
more
than
that.
It
astounds
me
how
ineffective
we
are,
how
seasoned
we
are
at
creating
waste
and
how
ineffective
we
are
at
management
waste.
So
I
do
believe.
A
lot
of
the
discussion
is
really
around
reduction.
You
know,
I
get
this
a
lot
from
different
business
districts.
Give
us
more
garbage
cans,
I'm
happy
to
help,
get
you
more
garbage
cans,
but
only
if
you're
willing
to
participate
in
a
reduction
program.
B
Let's
talk
about
how
to
reduce
it,
not
just
continue
to
create
it
through
the
parking
enhancement
district
that
we're
now
in
our
I
think
our
third
full
year
we
have
we're
very
closer
we've
exceeded
$600,000
collected.
Is
that
amazing
or
won
$600,000
collected
to
return
to
Carson's
Street
to
manage?
But
every
month
when
I
go
to
give
the
reports
of
the
complaining
Commission
we're
between
16
and
18
thousand
pounds
of
garbage
that
we've
picked
up
in
one
month?
B
That's
in
so
that's
madness!
We
can't
continue
that
kind
of
volume.
I
mean
we
have
a
system
in
place.
We
are
able
now
that
we
have
the
contract.
Thank
you
now
that
we're
able
to
pick
it
up,
but
we
can't
continue
to
generate
it.
So
the
the
conversation
is
much
bigger
than
but
then
that
but
I
think
it
was
with
huge
and
I
think
I
shared
some
pictures.
A
couple
days,
I
went
out
door
knocking
in
central
Oakland
and
and
what
the
the
trash
looked
like,
and
so,
if.
B
E
Extensively
and
welcomed
the
conversation
and
thanks
to
you
and
the
councilman,
we
do
have
the
clean
and
lean
team
in
this
budget,
as
well
as
the
new
money
going
to
the
you
are
a
tell.
You
know,
start
to
address
a
lot
management.
This
will
not
solve
the
problem,
but
I
just
have
to
get
it
in,
and
you
know
councilman
Cal
Smith
hears
me
say
this
all
the
time.
This
problem
is
not
one
number
one
we're
ever
gonna
enforce
our
way
out
of
as
you're
saying.
This
is
not
an
enforcement
issue,
though
that
can
be
improved.
E
There
has
to
be
behavioral
changes
to
it
and
it
only
works
with
the
partnership
from
our
judges
and
our
state
legislators
are
I
mean
we
can
sit
down
and
have
meetings
with
our
enforcement
officers
and
you'll
hear
story
after
story
after
story
where,
because
usually
state
law-
it's
not
it's
not.
Our
judge
is
not
wanting
to
be
helpful.
You
can't
serve
people,
it's
behind
a
corporation.
The
police
officer
didn't
witness
it
themselves
and
eyewitness
testimonies,
not
except
they're,
15
30
100
different
reasons.
E
We
do
not
win
these
cases,
and
companies
know
they
can
come
in
and
dump
in
bail,
silver
and
then
low
bid.
The
contract,
because
they're,
not
paying
dumping
fees
and
absentee
landlords
know
they
can
not
pay
to
have
someone
and
cut
their
weeds
for
nine
months
a
year
and
they'll
cut
it
the
night
before
they
go
before
the
judge
and
the
judge
will
say
it's
been
abated
and
they
get
away
with
cutting
the
grass
one
time
a
year.
This
city
cannot
solve
these
problems
without
our
partners
and
we
need
your
help
with
those
partnerships.
Yes,.
B
B
To
help
us
to
solve
these
to
help
us
to
solve
these
problems,
I
think
one
way
that
we
could
possibly
help
bring
that
to
be
is
to
have
people
and
I
know
law
is
taxed
already,
but
having
someone
from
law
or
an
equal
representative
to
be
at
these
hearings
before
judge
Riccardi,
to
argue
the
case
for
the
city
I
go
to
them,
we
see
them
time
and
again
go
through
the
process.
You
know
you're
nine
months
into
it,
you
go
before
the
judge.
There
wasn't
proper
serving
or
there
wasn't
one
other
abnormality
that
took
place.
E
Challenge
we
have
just
done
that
and
not
to
again
go
back
what
almost
13
years
and
the
debate
at
this
very
table
when
the
mayor
was
a
councilman
and
I
was
working
for
him.
The
challenge
we
have
there,
too,
is
not
having
centralized
housing,
court,
pluses
and
negatives
I'm
not
even
looking
to
rehash
it,
but
we
have
judges
with
hearings.
At
the
exact
same
time,
we
do
have
a
solicitor
signed
just
a
housing
court,
but
they
obviously
cannot
be
in
two.
E
Once
and
domi
is
issuing
citations
that
we
care
deeply
about
and
public
works
is
the
one
issuing
the
garbage
citation.
So
you
have
multiple
housing
courts
at
once
and
domi
court
at
the
same
time,
and
then
public
works
citations
aren't
heard
by
magistrate
they're
heard
by
common
police
judges,
so
you
can't
be
in
four
places
at
once,
so
it
again
goes
to
the
partnership
with
the
judicial
branch
of
you
will
assign
the
the
attorneys
to
be
there,
but
they
can
only
obviously
be
human.
So.
B
E
Lot
of
it
is
the
rules
of
Criminal
Procedure
in
Harrisburg.
It's
not
our
local
judges,
and
you
know
forever
and
Burges
talk
about
how
you
go
to
and
I'll
see
in
here
city
after
city,
with
the
same
problems.
The
mayor
will
tell
you
the
same
thing
from
his
mayor.
Things
I'll
say
the
same
thing
from
chief
of
staff
and
you
can
go
to
Pennsylvania,
Municipal,
League
or
alum
for
Allegheny
County.
E
It's
not
like
Springdale
doesn't
have
a
problem
with
absentee
landlords
or
the
Tarentum
doesn't
have
a
problem
with
the
illegal
that
we
all
have
the
same
problems.
And
thankfully,
when
you
go
to
the
work
through
those
groups,
it
is
bipartisan
and
it's
east-west
and
north-south.
It's
bringing
those
partnerships
and
prioritizing.
It
is
really
important,
because
we
need
the
help
and
we
also
need
the
community's
help.
I
mean
illegal
dumping.
In
particular.
Somebody's
got
to
see
him
doing
it.
Trucks
don't
show
up
in
dump
truck
loads
over
a
hillside.
B
Is
it's
an
it's
an
astronomical
problem
of
this
sort
of
single-use
container
world
that
we
live
in
and
where
everything
lands
and
how
difficult
it
is
to
ensure
that
people
manage
their
waste
appropriately,
I
go
to
South,
Watch
meetings
or
Bob
will
go
to
South
watch
meetings
every
month.
I
guarantee
you
top
of
the
list.
Top
priority
is
waste
management
which
brings
us
into
rental
registry
and
I
know
that
can't
be
a
difficult
subject,
but
can
you
please
just
for
my
own
edification
I,
understand
that
it
is
still
stayed
by
the
judge?
E
I
mean
having
depositions
is
a
big
step
forward
from
where
we
have
been
under
I,
can't
think
of
the
name
of
the
last
step.
I
apologize,
the
right
legal
term,
but
it
is
a
step
forward,
but
you
know
Larry
Bob,
Miller
who's.
The
assistance
ISA
lists
are
working
on.
It
has
has
stressed
to
the
judge
our
very
strong
desire
for
quick
action,
but
you
have
to
assume
there's
gonna
be
appeals
potentially
as
well
so
I
it's
a
critical
tool.
E
B
Have
a
couple
more
minutes:
I
just
have
a
few
more
rCOS
and
registered
community
organizations,
and
dan
and
I
have
talked
at
length
about
this
I
think
we
we
started
with
the
very
best
of
intentions:
we've
had
a
hiccup
or
two
in
the
RCO
legislation.
Maybe
has
created
some
bad
relationship
where
it
didn't
exist
before
in
the
new
year.
I'd
really
like
to
work
on,
and
possibly
some
tweaks
that
might
need
to
take
place
in
the
RCO
legislation
to
help
calm
some
of
that
down,
and
it's
like
your
help
with
that.
B
Then
we
have
to
make
certain
that
we
put
the
resources
to
that.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
and
for
your
desire
to
see
the
substations
come
in
and
the
different
policing
style.
I
would
only
ask
that
we
add
a
since
we're
talking
a
lot
about
economic
development
that
we
counterbalance
that
with
the
economic
development
argument
of
what.
B
Thank
you
appreciate
that.
Thank
you.
My
pleasure
appreciate
you
being
here.
This
is
your
sixth
right,
I,
believe
so
yeah
budget
hearing
other
members
have
anything
else
that
they
might
wish
to
offer
up
before.
I
turn
the
table
over
to
councilman
Burgess,
and
there
we
have
a
number
of
other
budget
hearings.
You
spent
90
minutes
are
really.
N
B
D
B
B
A
B
E
Budgets
talking
to
your
budget
director
but
I'll
just
say
here
too
I
think
our
amendments
are
due
to
you.
Thursday
I
believe
is
the
days
yeah.
What
we'll
ask
for
a
little
leniency
we'll
try
to
have
most
there,
but
given
the
comment
from
councilman
Harris,
which
we
agree
with
based
off
potential,
some
union
agreements
coming
in
things
will
have
to
adjust
it
after
that,
so
I
just
wanted
to
stay
for
the
record.
It's
not
a
signorine
councils
deadline
there.
There
may
be
some
dominoes
that
fall
after
that
date.
Due
to
union
contracts.
B
C
C
C
K
H
J
K
K
K
K
K
B
A
C
B
C
The
office
of
equity,
the
Bureau
of
Neighborhood
Empowerment,
has
been
rebranded
for
2020
as
the
office
of
equity.
The
mission
of
the
new
office
of
equity
is
create
policies,
procedures
and
programs
that
aim
to
make
the
city
more
accessible
and
equitable
for
all
the
former
Equal
Opportunity
Review
Commission
is
also
housed
within
the
office
of
equity,
budgetary
highlights
for
2020
total
budget
1
million
seven
hundred
twenty
eight
thousand
dollars.
C
That's
an
increase
of
approximately
$2,800
two
hundred
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
from
the
Bureau
of
Neighborhood
empowerment's
2019
budget
total
full-time
positions
are
14,
plus
a
part-time
position
and
funding
for
an
interim
intern.
The
same
as
last
year's
budget
of
the
fourteen
positions
in
2019
ten
have
been
retitled.
There
are
no
new
positions.
There
is
one
change
of
note
in
the
non
salary
subclasses
an
increase
of
one
hundred
and
fifty
eight
thousand
dollars
professional
service.
This
is
driven
in
part
by
funding
for
the
lgbtqia+
and
the
gender
equity
commissions
at
fifty
five
thousand
dollars.
C
O
O
K
I
again,
I
am
grateful
for
your
work
and
for
the
work
that
you
have
if
you've
done,
I
hope
to
work
with
you
even
closer
together
and
they've
come
a
year
to
to
figure
out
a
forum.
I
think
we
think
we
may
have
one
to
talk
of
all
the
things
that
we
have
done.
The
city
has
done
that
we
have
not
as
much
advertised
in
order
to
to
make
the
the
workforce
more
diverse,
and
so
we'll
chat
more
about
that.
And
so
that's
it
any
questions
for
mr.
Lane
Erica.
K
L
You
I'm
really
glad
that
you're
in
the
position
that
you
are
and
I
would
say
that
the
only
thing
the
only
requests
that
I
have,
that
I
sounds
small
but
actually
would
be
think
of
great
utility
to
council
members
and
public
to
the
general
public,
as
well
as
an
org
chart
to
understand
how
our
who
works
where
and
who
works
within
the
office
of
equity.
If
you
don't
already
have
that
because.
L
You
have
that
already
that's
great,
and
you
can
just
share
that
with
us.
You
do
so
much
and
it's
it's
I
just
want
the
constituents
that
we
serve
the
constituents
that
you
serve
to
understand
all
the
different
tenants
of
the
office
of
equity.
So
that's
really
the
only
the
only
request
I
have
at
this
moment,
thanks.
O
Things
that
we
have
recognized
is
that
again
owing
communities,
silo's
we've
recognized
that
this
year,
some
of
the
engagement
community
engagement
work
was
being
done
in
a
totally
silo
way,
which
was
disconnected
from
everyone
else's
activity
right
and
it
was
coming
out
of
departments
and
people
who
aren't
talking
so
we're
sitting
down
with
OMB
to
actually
look
at
a
community
engagement
process
for
really
talking
about.
How
are
we
talking
about
budgets
from
the
beginning
of
the
year?
We're
not
just
not
going
to
do
two
events
or
we're
gonna.
O
Do
fair
housing,
implementation,
we're
gonna,
have
this
be
a
broader
conversation
and
that's
one
of
the
focuses
for
this
year,
so
broader
citizen
engagement
around
those
kind
of
things
being
able
to
pull
in
information,
but
also
do
it
different
ways,
because
everyone
can't
come
to
meetings,
and
we
acknowledge
that-
and
everyone
can't
come
to
a
meeting
at
7
o'clock
because
they
work
second
shift.
So
I
don't
want
to
be
presumptuous
that
any
particular
mode
serves
everyone's
interests.
O
So
we're
just
gonna
look
at
how
we
can
continue
to
partner,
given
the
resources
that
we
have
and
partner
with
you
and
partner
with
others,
because
also
you
do
a
lot
of
meetings
and
communities.
So
how
can
we
make
sure
we're
partnering
more
with
the
office
Community
Affairs,
also
with
the
office
of
equity
and
they're?
Talking
about
the
budget
and
talking
about
what's
important
to
people?
Thank.
L
O
Yeah,
so
what
I
think
he
talked
about
the
conversation
we've
had
with
some
activists
and
advocates
on
some
best
practices,
and
you
know
we
look
to
be
in
conversation
with
them
around
what
have
been
best
practices
for
other
cities
and
seeing
how
we
can
make
it
relevant
to
Pittsburgh
I.
Think
also
what
the
Mayor
was
talking
about
was
the
online
tool
that
we
have,
that
you
can
put
your
data
and
and
where
you
live,
and
things
like
that
and
that
can
kind
of
give
you
a
general
idea
of
where
your
money
goes.
O
But
then
we
also
want
to
do
a
better
job
of
explaining
to
people.
What
money
goes
where,
because,
when
you
look
inside
of
the
budgets,
they
don't
often
understand.
Somebody
may
come
from
our
caps,
for
example
to
council
McHale
Smurf's
example
that
this
you
know
this
might
be
money
that
we
are
supporting
and
working
with
other
folks
to
bring
money
to
neighborhoods.
O
So
people
can
get
a
better
idea
of
what
our
neighborhoods
are
receiving,
because
I
think
often
there's
a
confusion
of
what
investments
neighborhoods
are
really
getting,
and
that's
because
we
don't
often
do
the
best
job
of
saying
this
is
what
the
neighborhoods
are
getting
through
a
budget
engagement
and
then
to
a
broader
community
engagement.
So
people
understand
we
may
be
doing
PWSA
work
that
may
be
equitable.
We
may
be
redoing
bus
stations,
they
may
be.
O
L
A
L
Are
a
lot
of
different
ways
to
go
about
it
and
communicate
with
the
public,
and
sometimes
it's
messy.
But
you
know
sometimes
having
citizen
representatives
who
are
engaged
and
are
new
to
the
mayor's
pointer
are
delving
into
the
realities
of
what
a
capital
and
operational
budget
looks
like
or
looking
at
the
budgets
of
Finance
and
OMB.
And
you
know
not
just
the
things
that
touch
their
lives
immediately.
A
L
That's
it
can
be
so
powerful
for
a
citizen
to
talk
to
another
suit,
a
resident
to
talk
to
another
resident
and
say
look
no
I
understand
that
this
is
what
you
see,
but
I've
been
delving
into
this
for
12
months
and
as
another
resident
of
the
city
who's.
Not
an
expert
at
this
I
can
see.
The
drawback
I
can
see
the
levers
you
put
one
leaver
down
another
one
goes
up
and
so
I.
O
N
P
N
I've,
majestic
and
knowledge
came
together
with
mr.
Zaire
and
I
just
want
to
say
mr.
zall
years
done
a
great
job
in
in
mentoring,
two
really
amazing,
young
men
and
so
I'm
sure
he's
very
proud.
But
we're
talking
about
the
engagement
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
explaining
to
people
I
heard
you
say
it
a
little
bit,
though,
about
what
the
differences
are
between,
because
there's
so
many
opportunities
for
engagement.
N
People
are
actually
getting
overwhelmed,
because
it's
just
too
much
and
I
think
that
there's
gonna
be
some
more
of
a
narrow
like
more
of
a
concentrated
effort
to
get
people
engaged
in
different
ways,
but
make
sure
that
they
understand
what
they're
getting
engaged
with
because
a
lot
of
times.
People
just
don't
understand,
because
if
you're
not
in
this
world,
you
don't
understand
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
times
people
say
that
they
haven't
had
the
opportunity
or
whatever,
and
sometimes
that's
not
actually
accurate,
either.
N
A
A
O
In
and
as
long
as
also
partnering
with
you,
because
that
you
know
you
often
have
a
closer
view
to
what's
happening
in
community,
so
we
just
want
to
be
able
to
have
that
information
and
then
be
able
to
tell
the
story
of
what
we're
investing
in,
and
why
and
what
does
it
mean
and
in
how?
If
you
say
your
your
complaint,
is
this?
How
we
understand
in
the
city
we
mean
it
to
handle,
do
do
this
to
solve
it
right,
so
we
want
to
be
able
to
tell
our
story
better.
N
I
think
it's
really
hard,
because
if
you
don't
tell
the
story,
then
people
don't
know.
If
you
do
tell
the
story,
people
think
you're.
Just
you
know
just
talking.
It's
a
difficult
is
a
difficult
task
of
balancing
act,
but
I
think
you're
gonna
do
an
amazing
job
and
looking
forward
to
working
with
you
and
your
whole
team.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thanks
for
you
thank.
F
F
The
equity,
Commission's
and
equity
work
happening
at
the
URA
and
the
the
your
office
now
I
kind
of
see
you
at
the
middle
of
those
efforts,
but
I've
wanted
to
make
sure
that
I
put
in
a
plug
for
looking
at
gender
equity
and
all
of
the
things
that
we
do,
even
if
it's
intersectionally
right.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
talk.
F
We
have
a
post
agenda
coming
up
this
week
on
racial
equity
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
looking
at
those
things
together
when
the
Mayor
was
here
just
a
few
minutes
ago,
I
mentioned
that
one
of
the
things
we
heard
from
the
Urban
Redevelopment
Authority
a
few
hours
ago
now
is
that
they
have
a
microloan
program
that
is
almost
entirely
being
used
over
30
projects.
It
sounded
like
to
me
by
african-american.
F
O
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
learned
from
the
training
from
the
government
Alliance
for
racial
equity
is
to
be
able
to
really
see
the
impacts
and
see
where
certain
impacts
have
outsized
results
on
particular
genders,
because
there
are
investments
that
you
make,
that
heaven
out
size
impact
on
particular
genders
and
again
kind
of
going
to
storytelling.
We've
been
involved
in
that
the
catapult
program
from
the
very
beginning,
but
we
don't
often
that's
presented
often
as
a
neighborhood
strategy
versus
a
equity
strategy
right
and
I.
Think
kind
of
parsing
out
some
of
that
work.
O
F
Think
I'll
spend
purchasing
are
still
at
the
bottom
of
my
holes,
invested
in
Lin
last
year's
budget,
which
is
okay,
actually
cuz.
I,
always
say
my
constituents
kind
of
have
are
of
two
minds
about
how
their
quality
of
roads
are
as
soon
as
they
get
paved
and
they
have
people
going
65
miles
an
hour
down
them
and
they're
dangerous.
So
there's
there's
a
very
divided:
there's,
not
a
consensus
around
paving,
but
how
we
are
doing.
Even
our
operating
expenses,
as
well
as
our
capital
expenditures,
have
a
real
impact
on
people's
lives.
F
Councilman
Burgess,
AHS,
often
quick
to
say
that
our
our
budgets
are
moral
documents
right,
but
we
don't
have
the
analysis
and
the
numbers
in
front
of
us
to
make
more
informed
choices,
and
so
I
would
hope
and
I've
been
pushing
as
a
commissioner
on
the
gender
equity
Commission
that
that
any
further
research
dollars
should
be
inwardly
focused
on
how
we
spend
dollars,
but
not
just
on
pay
gap
among
city
employees
and
not
just
on
em
BEW,
which
we
can
do
a
better
job.
We
do.
F
Rest
of
the
five
or
six
hundred
million
dollars,
which
is
the
bulk
of
the
spending,
can
still
be
analyzed
by
its
differential
impact
upon
the
people
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
So
that's
just
a
plug
for
what
work
I
would
like
to
see
coordinated,
not
that
your
office
certainly
does
not
the
capacity
with
four
employees
to
do
everything:
full-time
14
people,
but
the
array
is
going
down
in
that
direction
as
well.
F
We
started
with
our
lowest
income
neighborhoods
and
we
prioritized
where
there
were
children
and
low
income,
households
and
there
I
think
for
up
to
eight
thousand
or
so
now,
so
those
that
was
an
infrastructure
investment
and
our
our
disadvantaged
neighborhoods
that
we
should
continue
and
we
can
ask.
We
can
ask
those
hard
questions
every
time,
we're
making
these
major
expenditures
if
you'd
like
to
respond.
That's.
O
No
I
think
it's
part
of
our
deepening
work
around
this
I
mean
I,
think
there's
the
justice
systemic
work
bisti.
What
I
would
call
transactional
work
and
there's
the
systemic
work
right
there's
the
kind
of
how
are
we
engaging?
What
are
we
doing
it
then
there's
like
a
deeper
systemic
work
and
what
do
those
things
mean,
and
so
those
are
things
you'll
continue
to
see
going
into
this
year,
as
we
continue
to
kind
of
deepen
our
practice.
K
K
C
We
go
the
city
controller
is
a
fiscal
watchdog
for
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
his
job
of
the
controller
to
protect
city
tax
dollars
from
waste
fraud
and
abuse.
The
controller
does
this
by
auditing
all
city
government
related
expenditures,
the
controller
also
conducts
audits
for
all
the
city
departments
and
city
authorities.
The
2020
highlights
for
the
controller's
budget
this
year,
total
budget,
four
million
nine
hundred
and
thirty
eight
thousand
dollars.
It's
an
increase.
Two
hundred
and
seven
thousand
dollars
of
4.4%
total
full-time
positions,
our
57,
the
same
as
in
2019.
C
There
are
no
salary
or
position
changes,
there's
only
one
very
minor
change
to
non
salaries
and
that's
the
transfer
of
seven
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
from
maintenance
to
cleaning
the
controller
has
a
few
trust
funds
under
it.
Employee
travel,
expense,
expense,
advanced
fund,
which
is
revolving
fund
to
thirty
thousand
dollars
they're.
Currently,
all
about
a
hundred
dollars
is
advanced
to
employees
and
departments.
There
are
two
trust
funds
that
keep
reemerging
in
the
system
and
I
think
this
is
just
matter
of
clean
up.
C
The
vending
trust
fund
under
the
controller
which
was
closed
in
seventeen
still
has
a
balance
of
1700
hours.
Also,
the
controller's
financial
management
information
system.
Trust
fund
still
has
a
balance
of
twenty
dollars,
and
we
need
to
do
a
little
cleanup
on
this
I've
also
included
on
the
back.
The
controller
is
responsible
for
verifying
the
revenue
in
and
for
the
cities
2020
budget,
as
well
as
the
five
year
plan,
so
I
have
the
five
year
plan
on
the
back
of
the
controller
sheet
with
those
revenues
on
there.
P
A
P
We
did
make
a
request
for
additional
twenty
seven
hundred
eighty
dollars
in
funding
for
tuition
reimbursement
this
year
or
for
next
year.
We
do
have
a
lot
of
employees
who
are
taking
advantage
of
that
which
is
great
and
because
it
helps
us
to
grow
and
to
better
train
and
have
a
higher
skilled
workforce.
So
we
certainly
encourage
that
that
change
and
I
do
believe
that
the
to
trust
funds
you
referenced
have
been
cleaned
up,
but
we'll
check
on
that
too
yeah
I
believe
that's
already
been
done.
P
So
this
year
was
a
20-19
was
a
busy
year
in
our
office
we've
I
think.
Last
year
we
talked
about
the
launch
of
fiscal
focus
and
the
ability
now
to
basically
track
city
spending
in
real-time
on
our
site.
People
have
reacted
well
to
that
and
and
are
using
it
and
taking
a
look
at
it
and
and
diving
down
deep
into
city
finance
in
ways
that
we
really
haven't
been
able
to
do
before
so
we're
engaging
the
citizens
in
new
ways.
In
the
issues
of
city
finance,
we
did
a
number
of
audits.
This
year
we
were.
P
We
did
a
big
audit
on
procurement
and
contracting
earlier
in
the
year.
We,
of
course,
did
the
property
sales
audit
that
received
a
lot
of
attention,
but
maybe
not
as
much
attention
to
the
work
that
we're
doing
in
the
law
department,
in
innovation
and
performance
and
police,
secondary
employment
and
in
the
Department
of
Public
Works
we're
actually
looking
at
snow
Rumer,
snow
removal,
so
we
are
and
that
will
come,
be
released
early
next
year.
We
also
were
in
the
parks.
Looking
at
the
rad
trust
fund.
We
looked
at
the.
Of
course.
P
P
Well,
other
that
we
did
it's
it's,
it
was
troublesome
actually
in
parks,
with
respect
to
the
impressed
fund
for
paying
for
umpires
and
little
leagues,
and
just
the
lack
of
control
on
that
kind
of
and
made
some
good
recommendations
there,
as
well
as
a
number
of
other,
smaller
fiscal
audits.
So
you
know:
we've
we
had
a
busy
year.
We've
worked
with
council
on
a
number
of
things.
P
That
will
be
that
we
will
create
in
our
system,
but
we're
always
obviously
need
some
guidance
from
Council
on
that
and
and
I
would
just
tell
you
that
we
are,
you
know,
I,
think
when
you
look
at
that
those
funds.
The
main
thing
we
want
to
make
sure
is
that
we
understand
that
it's
it's
it's
added
value
right!
It's!
We
have
a
base
level
of
support
that
we're
giving
the
parks
today
and
anything
that
comes
in
new
will
be
new.
P
It's
going
to
be
a
new,
it's
new
money,
it's
not
replacing
any
old
money,
we're
not
moving
money
around
with
the
budget.
I
think,
if
anything,
what
the
voters
said
was
that
they
want
to
see
this
new
money
go
into
new
projects,
new
maintenance
arrangements
in
the
parks,
more
attention
to
the
smaller
parks
and
those
kind
of
things.
P
So
I
think
we
have
a
responsibility
to
live
up
to
the
rhetoric
that
we
heard
during
that
campaign
and
and-
and
that
goes
to
the
issue
of
matching
dollars-
goes
the
issue
of
equity,
whether
its
Geographic,
equity
or
making
sure
underserved
communities
are
better
served
and
all
that
really
has
to
come
up
from
Council,
so
I'm
certainly
willing
to
participate
in
those
discussions.
As
you
proceed
with
that,
but
we're
really
going
to
need
councils.
The
council's
recommendation
on
that.
P
As
we
move
forward
2019
our
2020,
we
will
continue
to
advance
the
technology
that
we've
done
in
the
office.
We
will,
of
course,
again
produce
their
normal
reports
that
we
do.
We
are
interested
in
the
conversation
you've
had
recently
with
respect
to
cooperative
agreements
with
the
Conservancy
and
I
guess,
that'll
be
up
for
discussion
tomorrow
or
final
vote
tomorrow.
So
we'll
we'll
take
a
look
at
that
and
and
and
work
on,
getting
to
do
something
as
soon
as
possible
on
that,
but
other
than
that
it
was
a
good
year.
P
I
I
have
to
tell
you
that
bill
mentioned
it.
This
was
really
the
first
year
that
we
went
through
a
budget
process
where
we
weren't
in
the
old
ak-47
model
and
I
thought
it
went
well,
at
least
from
our
perspective,
to
be
able
to
sit
with
the
administration
and
councils
representing
them
to
really
hash
out
and
have
a
very
deep
discussion
about
the
various
revenue
sources.
P
You
know
my
job
doesn't
typically
put
me
on
the
revenue
side
of
the
equation,
I'm
always
more
on
the
spending
side
of
the
equation,
but
to
have
a
good
discussion
about
the
assumptions
that
get
made
and
how
we
come
up
with
these
revenues
over
the
next
five
years.
I
would
commend
the
finance
department
and
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
and
and
Council's
Budget
Office
for
that
open
discussion
and
I'm
glad
to
see
that
it's
something
that
you
codified
in
the
city
code
after
ak47
disappeared.
So
it's
been
a
good.
P
G
F
Welcome
your
being
here,
mister
controller,
you
went
over
a
few
things
that
I
wanted
to
acknowledge.
First
of
all
that
you've
continued
with
the
annual
erta
audits.
It
was
accounts
been
O'connor
and
I.
That
first
passed
the
resolution
to
request
that
audit,
when
we
realized
that
there
wasn't
a
good
system
of
tracking,
where
and
being
able,
Gann
to
come
back
and
report
to
Council
to
track
to
analyze
report
so
that
we
can
make
decisions
about
who
was
getting
their
taxes,
Abita
abated
and
where
I
feel
like.
F
You
have
a
kind
of
performance
audit
there
and
we're
still
looking
for
some
improvements
around
how
those
orders
are
tracked
and
starting
to
January
1st.
Well,
it
will
take
into
effect
the
new
requirements
which
require,
for
example,
affordable
housing
in
exchange
for
the
residential
abatement,
and
so
it's
going
to
be
interesting.
F
I
think,
as
we
continue
to
see,
we'll
have
the
opportunity
to
do
a
more
social
analysis
and
that
we
I
feel
we
still
don't
have
we
don't
have
the
capacity
on
the
council
side
really
to
do
that,
to
look
back
and
say,
like
okay,
don't
give
in
the
last
10
years
who
got
what
kinds
of
handouts
where
what
was
the
impact
on
the
city,
not
just
on
tax
revenue?
But
what
did
we
do
to
the
neighborhoods
and
which
neighborhood
saw
those
developments
and
which
neighborhoods
really
didn't
benefit
from
them?
Yeah.
P
I
would
I
would
say
that
you
know
this.
Is
this
we've
done
that
now
two
years
and
I
think
last
year's
was
more
comprehensive
than
the
prior
year.
I
think
this
year
will
be
more
so
and,
as
we
go
on,
I
think
will
be
will
be
at
be
able
to
ask
more
and
get
better
data.
Part
of
the
problem
is
that
a
lot
of
this
data
is
housed
down
in
the
ura
and
get
sometimes.
F
P
So
sometimes
getting
that
data
is
not
the
easiest,
but
you
know
I
think
that
we've
we've
developed
we've
we've
given
them
notice
now
of
okay,
the
things
that
we
expect
to
be
able
to
see
as
we
move
forward
I,
remember
and
there's
also.
There
are
also
new
requirements
under
Gatsby
that
require
us
to
start
reporting
some
of
this
in
the
city's
financial
documents
as
well.
So
it
puts
an
added
kind
of
weight
on
them.
Getting
this
stuff
done,
wonderful.
F
Thank
you
so
much
the
second
one.
It
wasn't
that
long
ago
that
councilman
Smith
motion
to
or
held
the
post
agenda
on
vacant
properties
that
she
wasn't
able
to
attend
and
that
I
chaired
for
so
we
were
just
at
this
table
just
a
few
weeks
ago,
and
we
still
have
a
lot
of
unanswered
questions
about
what
to
do
next
around
the
vacant
properties.
F
The
mayor
has
made
some
broad
statements
about
how
we're
going
to
do
things
differently,
and
we
really
need
to
see
how
one
of
the
things
that
we
spent
a
good
bit
of
time
on
in
that
conversation
that
I
still
have
questions
about
is
how
and
why
the
URA
have
7,000
of
the
14,000
properties
that
the
city
has
in
its
own
inventory
kind
of
just
flagged.
It's
the
only
word
anyone
ever
uses
for
it.
That's
not
a
legislative
term.
F
There's
no
legislative
authority
for
any
of
any
one
of
the
you
know.
Government
subsidiaries
authorities
to
just
flag
a
property
and
I
will
search
for
council
members
once
again
that
only
Council
in
my
understanding
of
land
use
and
any
thing
about
disposing
or
not
disposing
of
any
city
asset
would
be
a
vote
at
this
table.
So
I
questioned
this
kind
of
properties
having
been
flagged
I.
F
P
H
F
P
A
P
P
Whether
it's,
whether
yeah,
it
probably
would
be
its
own
entity,
it
would
not
be
within
the
another
component
unit,
but
its
own
entity.
I
would
tell
you,
though,
that
when
they
do
that,
the
the
other
thing
that
really
matters
when
you
look
around
the
city
at
vacant
property
are
all
the
properties
that
are
not
owned
by
the
city
not
owned
by
the
URA,
but
that
are
delinquent
and
have
long
been
abandoned,
and
those
properties
are
properties
that
the
land
bank
should
be
taking.
P
F
F
F
P
Yeah
I
mean
clearly
well.
I
will
tell
you
that
when
we
do
audits,
particularly
we
do
audits
in
public
works,
we
really
do
try
to
think
about
it
in
terms
of
equity
and
not
just
neighborhood
equity
but
equity.
You
know,
are
we
really
or
is
this?
Is
this
function
serving
the
citizenry
in
the
fairest
way?
And
so
we
do
think
about
that.
I,
don't
know
that
we've
actually
actually
thought
about
it,
specifically
in
the
terms
of
sexes.
Oh
I
know
we
haven't
actually
in
most
cases,
but
I
mean
I'd,
be
inserted
here.
F
F
But
if
you
see
an
outsize
expenditure
relative
to
other
things
that
serve
40
percent
of
your
population,
you're
serving
you
know,
you're
spending
an
outsized
amount
of
your
budget
on
you
know
things
that
are
serving
the
people
who
own
cars
and
it's
just
it's
an
opportunity
to
say
like
hey.
Is
this
really
our
choice?
So
we
make
different
choices:
how
best
to
serve
our
citizens.
Yeah.
P
H
F
General
thought-provoking
way
to
frame
an
important
issue,
which
is
that
we
should
be
looking
at
to
see
how
our
choices
impacts
our
residents,
and
so
you
mentioned,
lastly,
that
you
are
standing
ready
and
have
the
capacity
to
do,
and
the
audit
of
the
all
of
the
agreements
that
we
have
with
the
parks.
Conservancy.
P
P
That
there
may
be
some
that
aren't
right,
because,
but
even
cooperative
agreements
should
still
be
by
the
Charter
should
be
countersigned
by
the
controller's
office
and
and
logged
with
a
number
that
would
be
in
the
controller's
database.
I
suspect
that
there's
one
or
two
that
aren't
in
that
situation,
I,
don't
know
that
for
sure,
but
I
suspect.
P
That's
the
case,
because
I
don't
know
why
you
do
find
something
out
that
you
didn't
know
before,
and
so
so
we'll
take
a
deep
dive
at
that
and
look
at
that
and
then
and
then
once
we
have
once
we're
satisfied
that
we
have
everything
you
know
we'll
go
through
those
and
look
at
terms,
and-
and
you
know
we
to
me-
I
mean
I'm
I'm,
not
I,
didn't
follow
that
I.
Wasn't
I
didn't
see
the
discussion
that
was
here
last
week
on
this
bill.
P
F
Think
one
of
the
things
that
I'm
interested
in
in
finding
out
and
again
thank
you
for
being
willing
to
do
the
audit,
because
it's
just
I
think
important
for
all
of
us
to
have
this
degree
on
the
same
information
and
not
have
different
examples,
but
that
it
should
be
being
public
and
we
should
all
have
a
the
same
understanding
of
any
place
where
revenue
is
diverted
and
has
been
already
diverted.
So
again
in
the
in
the
official
draft
agreement
for
Schenley
Plaza.
That
is
the
only
one
I've
been
able
to
get.
F
P
F
P
P
P
P
P
F
P
M
M
P
H
M
P
To
be
countersigned
by
the
city
controller,
so
if
there
are
agreements
out
there
that-
and
my
question
is
this:
if
there
are
agreements
like
that
out
there,
then
they
they
must
be
agreements
that
involve
no
money,
because
you
can't
get
we
can't
they
wouldn't
get
paid
if
there's
not
a
contract
right.
So
what
this?
So
there
must
be
some
diversion
of
money
as
well
right
as
we're
talking
about
in
this
case,
which
is
a
problem
which.
A
A
M
P
I
mean
you,
you,
you
look
at
trends,
you
look
at
you,
you!
You
try
to
look
forward
to
potential
downturn
in
the
economy.
You
know
what
could
happen.
I
I
do
believe
that
one
thing
I,
think
we're
very
good
about
in
this
city
is
we're
very
conservative
on
our
revenue
estimates.
So
I
think
that
when
you
see
that
five-year
plan
and
I
think
we're
very
good
year
to
year,
but
in
the
five-year
plan
there
is
a
little
bit
of
okay.
P
What
could
happen-
and
you
know,
and
so
I
think
the
you
know
the
finance
department,
gen,
gula
and
and
the
other
folks
down
there,
who
kind
of
take
a
look
at
this
stuff.
They
do
a
pretty
good.
They
do
a
pretty
good
job
of
trying
to
figure
out
what
potentially
could
go
wrong.
You
know
and
and
trying
to
account
for
it.
P
P
Yeah
we're
we're
gonna
finish
up.
We
do
have
to
finish
up
the
Public
Works
audit
and
the
police
secondary
employment
on
it.
So
we're
gonna
do
to
finish
those
up
and
and
then
we'll
we'll
be
we'll
be
looking
at.
What's
next
we've
we
try
to
get
we
try
to.
We
try
to
just
work
our
way
around
each
department.
We
never
leave
public
works
and
we
never
leave
public
safety.
So
we're
always
we're
all.
P
You
know
those
are
the
two
biggest
drivers,
and
so
you
know,
as
we
leave
police,
we
will
it
it's
probably
time
for
us
to
get
back
into
EMS
again
because
we
haven't
done
it
for
a
while,
and
you
know
tests
you
know
test
the
response
times
and
and
the
things
that
we
do
in
an
EMS
audit,
but
we
will
be
discussing
our
schedule.
You
know
here
within
the
next
couple
of
weeks
about
the
things
we
want
to
accomplish
next
year.
P
H
M
P
M
P
M
N
P
P
M
P
P
You
know
considered
here,
like
I,
said
I
think
you
want
to
I
think
you
want
to
hold
either
you
want
to
hold
it
accountable
to
the
rhetoric
of
that
campaign,
which
is
that
underserved
communities
are
gonna,
finally
have
parks
and
that
there's
gonna
be
matching
dollars.
You
know,
I
think
you
want
to
make
sure
that
those
things
happen
before
everybody
gets
dispersed
and.
M
P
They
and
I,
you
know
they
they
raised
money,
they
raised
a
lot
of
money
and
they
they
cover
their
expenses
through
the
money
that
they
raised.
I
I
think
that
the
one
event
they
do
annually
covers
basically
covers
their
operating
expenses
for
a
year,
but
when
you're
talking
about
infrastructure
projects,
typically
it's
project
by
projects,
as
you
know
there
are,
there
are
foundations
who
want
to
want
to
fund
the
Frick
Environmental
Center,
but
I'm,
probably
not
gonna,
want
to
fund.
You
know
a
parklet
somewhere.
P
M
M
Public
Safety
I
know
there
was
someone
Public
Safety
I
want
to
ask
you
about.
Oh
the
secondary
employment.
Now,
will
you
be
when,
when
you're
doing
this
sort,
you'll
be
checking
the
amount
of
money
that
we
established?
That
would
come
to
the
city
that
it
was
going
for
what
we
established
it
for
well.
A
M
M
M
P
Green
disagrees,
I'm
gonna,
agree
with
you
that
that
may
have
been
your
intent.
I'll
disagree
with
you
that
that
was
ever
codified
in
language
passed
by
this
council,
which
is
one
of
the
concerns
that
we
have
because
I
don't
know.
The
council
has
ever
revisited
the
actual
procedures
and
policies
around
the
disbursement
of
those
funds.
P
P
M
M
You
know
if
they
lost
their
telephone.
If
they
didn't
a
vehicle,
you
know
torn
clothes
needing.
You
know
something
that
had
to
do
with
secondary
employment
and
secondary
employment.
Only
and
if
we
thought
we
were
getting
too
far
out
there,
then
you
could
lower
the
amount
of
money
that
you
were
taking.
M
P
M
P
That
works,
so
I
do
think
the
city's
gotten
a
lot
better
about
that
about
that
kind
of
capital.
Borrowing.
We
are
borrowing
more
because
we're
have
the
ability
to
borrow
more.
You
know
we
had
a
big
drop
in
our
debt
service
payments
over
the
last
couple
of
years
and
and
now
are
in
a
position
where
our
debt
service
is
in
compliance
with
your
debt
service
policy.
So
we
are
below
I,
think
we
we,
the
policy,
is
try
to
be
below
10%
and
we're
below
that
now,
as
far
as
that
service
as
compared
to
budget.
A
P
Length
of
the
borrowing
correct
now
it
doesn't
always
happen,
but
the
city's
gotten
pretty
good
about
not
borrowing
for
short
term
assets
and
and
covering
those
in
the
general
fund.
There
are
probably
some
exceptions.
My
guess
is
out
the
look,
but
I
think
we
did
use
some
bond
money
for
police
vehicle
purchases
and
they
tend
not
to
last
very
long
any.
P
A
P
Know
I
haven't
because
I
you
know
their
their
service
is
so
revenue
related
that
it's
not
something
that
we
really
look
at
now.
We
can
look
at
what
we're
spending
and,
in
the
truth
the
matter
is
we're
not
spending
anything
on
that
contract.
Now
that
contract
is
paid
for
by
the
individual
taxpayers
right,
the
delinquent
taxpayers
pay
those
fees
and
they're
a
problem.
I
mean
the
fees
are
exorbitant
and
can
be
you.
P
P
N
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
both
for
the
work
you've
done
over
the
years
I
just
to
keep
it
brief,
because
there's
another
hearing
waiting
a
while
back,
yes,
a
while
back,
you
had
audited
portion
of
the
school
district
and
I
wonder
if
maybe
it,
given
all
the
circumstances
surrounding
the
school
district
this
year,
is
that
a
possibility
for
this
coming
year?
So.
P
You
know
we
we
have
staff
at
the
school
district,
they
are
paid
for
by
the
school
district
budget
and
their
job
out
there
is.
This
is
the
basic
job
of
paying
the
invoices,
so
they
they
look
at
the
invoices
and
they
pay
them
based
on
whether
or
not
the
perp,
the
proper
authorizations
are
in
place
and
whether
it's
not
a
proper
expenditure,
the
only
thing
that
we
really
oughta
doubt
there
are
the
monies
that
are
in
the
schools
themselves,
so
the
activities
funds
those
kind
of
things.
P
Now
it's
not
a
lot
of
money,
but
it's
the
money
that
most
often
gets
stolen.
So
it's
important
that
someone
do
that'll
had
it,
because
those
are
the
monies
that
end
up
missing
and
we've
had
that
happen.
We've
had
to
refer
cases
to
the
district
attorney
for
those
funds
going
missing.
I
would
love
the
opportunity
to
do
a
more
extensive
performance
type
audit
out
there.
I
don't
have
that
authority.
That's
the.
P
P
P
We
still
thinks
problematic
when
there's
not
more
transparency
around
contracting,
we
had
issues
out
there
with
respect
to
purchase
cards.
You
know
the
credit
cards
that
that
are
getting
more
use
here
in
the
city
as
well,
which
we're
starting
to
see
that,
which
is
a
problem
too,
so
just
want
to
have
better
control
on
that
kind
of
spending
and
out
there
they
just
didn't,
have
very
good
policies
in
place.
I
think
the
city,
you
have
pretty
good
pilot.
P
P
There
was
just
sort
of
a
review
of
the
bills
and
you
could
see
where
the
money
was
spent,
but
you
never
knew
for
sure
what
people
were
buying
and
so
I
talked
to
school
board
member
who
Dean
about
it
and
he
he
was
working
on
some
language
to
try
to
tighten
up
what
they're
doing
out
there
and
make
it
more
similar
to
what
we
do
here.
Okay,.
N
And
as
far
as
I'm,
just
gonna
say
as
far
as
the
parks
Conservancy
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
help
on
that.
But
I
I
do
believe
that
there's
some
agreements
that
you
may
not
have,
because
we
know
one
in
Mount
Washington,
that
was
between
the
CDC
and
the
parks
Conservancy.
There
was
nothing
really
signed
from
the
city,
but
yet
they
were
doing
the
work
as
if
it
were
so.
D
A
N
P
A
P
P
N
O
K
Park
Conservancy
issue
will
come
up
next
year
from
what
I
understand
is
that
we're
actually
I
won't
come
up
till
next
year,
but
I
have
asked
the
department
to
to
send
me
exactly
what
the
with
the
question
demands
right
so
that
we
are
living
up
to
what
the
question
demands
and
my
understanding
of
it.
I.
N
K
Yeah,
but
a
month
from
now
we
will
have
already
a
month
from
now
we
will
have
passed
the
budget
it
will
be
next
year.
It
will
not
be
I,
do
not
think
I,
guess
I'm
just
guessing
reading
the
back
of
the
tea
leaves
I.
Just
do
not
think
it
will
come
before
us
next
just
this
year,
but
when
it
does
come
before
us,
there's
two
things:
I
will
be
insisted
when
my
understanding
is
putting
the
money
in
the
trust
fund
is
a
different
process
than
taking
the
money
out
of
the
trust
fund.
K
I
am
less
concerned
about
the
money
going
into
the
trust
fund.
I
am
more
interested
in
the
money
coming
out
of
the
trust
fund
and
the
other
thing
I
am
I
am
I
am
just
I
am
only
one
council
person,
but
I
will
be
insistent
about.
Is
that
that
be
an
annual
budgetary
council
approved
process
that
every
year,
like
every
other
part
of
this,
like
you're
coming
before
us,
that
they
would
have
to
come
before
us
with
a
budget
detailing
what
their
projects
were?
K
Where
the
matching
money
was,
that
it
would
be
transparent
and
that
before
we
released
any
dollars,
they
would
have
to
then
come
up
so
that
annually
council
would
have
a
chance
to
read
similar
to
the
to
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund
right
that
the
council
would
have
an
opportunity
to
approve
disapprove
or
manipulate
projects
that
they
have,
that
they
are
that
they
are
submitting.
I
would
I
will
not
give
them
a
blank
slate
of
dollars
to
use
at
their
own
discretion
for
their
own
devices.
K
K
Prior
to
this
distribution-
and
you
know,
I-
don't
necessarily
have
great
confidence,
then
that
you're
going
to
put
the
the
needs
of
that
community
in
the
forefront.
If,
over
the
last,
you
know
ten
years
five
years,
diversity
has
not
been.
Your
has
not
been
your
mission,
then
I
begin
to
wonder
whether
or
not
just
a
cadet
was
not
a
just
a
convenient
way
for
you
to
get
the
referendum
passed.
K
If
you
have
not
shown
a
historic
track
record
toward
diversity
and
inclusion
over
the
last
ten
years,
so
I'll
be
looking
at
that
sort
of
commitment,
and
the
other
thing
is,
it
doesn't
say,
we're
them
who
the
money
goes
to.
It
does
not
name
a
specific
partner
right.
There
may
be
three
or
four
different
entities
that
could
apply
and
participate
in
in
funding,
and
so
I
am
going
to
be.
I
am
going
to
say,
Allah
Mafraq
up
put
this
marker
on
the
table
today.
K
The
Council
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
controls,
the
expenses
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
Any
entity
that
wants
expenses
from
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
is
going
to
have
to
deal
with
this
council
at
this
table.
At
a
minimum
on
the
annual
basis,
so
this
whole
idea
and
I
will
I'm
only
one
council
person,
but
I
will
fight
against
any
money.
That's
going
directly
to
an
organization
that
does
not
have
an
annual
discussion
with
this
council
and
a
and
and
a
direct,
hands-on
directional
interchange
with
us.
Maybe
I'm
saying
that
wrong
right.
K
If
I'm,
laying
my
cards
on
the
table
from
the
very
beginning
and
so
I
have
not,
I
am
purposed
did
not
say
things
during
the
during
the
referendum,
because
I
wanted
the
people
to
speak
and
they
have
spoken.
But
I'm,
a
member
of
council
and
I
am
NOT
going
to
relinquish
the
authority
of
council
to
any
non
elected
group
of
individuals.
So
that's
all
I
don't
mean
say
all
that,
but
that's
that's
where
I'm
at
right
noticed.
I
haven't
talked
about
the
projects
where
I'm
not
I'm,
not
saying
which
projects
should
be
done.
P
Not
only
should
they
show
a
respect
for
our
diversity,
but
they
should
also
have
an
understanding
of
transparency,
because
if
they're
going
to
be
spending
public
dollars,
then
they
have
to
behave
like
a
public
entity
and
they
can't
play
by
their
own
rules.
You
know
they
have
to
play
by
yours
or
ours,
and
so
I
would
I
would
encourage
the
kind
of
things
that
we
do
where
we
put
all
our
contracts
online
yeah,
it's
a
very
easy
thing
to
do.
Certainly
an
organization
some
of
these
owners.
K
Will
I
guess
my
thoughts,
although
we've
not
chat
about
this
publicly,
is
that
you
would
be
involved
in
this
process
with
us
so
that
we
have
all
of
our
city
the
mayor's
office.
Your
office
council
office
that
all
of
us
in
a
very
open
and
transparent
way,
would
lay
all
of
our
ideas
on
the
table
similar
to
what
we
get
with
the
parking,
the
solution
to
to
our
pensions
right.
We
had
a
very
open
process
where
everybody
participated.
We
all
agree
disagree.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
we
came
up
with
a
solution.
K
We
call
live
with
I'm,
hoping
to
do
that
same
sort
of
very
open,
very
open,
very
open,
very
open,
very
open,
very
open,
very
open,
very
open,
very,
very
open
process
and
I'm,
not
in
any
hurry
and
for
this
process
to
occur.
I
am
NOT
for
it
to
be
completed
I
it
won't.
You
know
we
can
take
two
years.
I
does
I'm
not
in
a
hurry
for
this
process
to
be
completed
and
to
it's
because
I'm
more
concerned
about
it
being
right
that
I
am
concerned
about
it
being
now
I'm
talking
too
much
I'm.
N
K
Are
we
are
extremely
great
Mount
Washington?
We
extremely
grateful
for
your
for
your
service
in
the
private
industry.
You
could
be
making
five
times
this
amount
of
money,
but
you
have
done
this
as
a
personal
sacrifice
and
a
personal
commitment.
I
do
not
want
you
to
ever
think
that
yours,
your
service
to
this
city,
goes
unnoticed
and
appreciate
it.
K
N
G
C
Start
well
were
you
change
terms.
The
Commission
on
human
relations
is
the
official
civil
rights
agency
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
is
empowered
by
chapters
651
through
659
of
the
city
code
to
enforce
civil
rights
laws,
eliminate
discrimination
and
deal
with
matters
of
intergroup
conflict.
The
2020
budget
highlights
for
the
Commission
and
Human
Relations
total
operating
budget,
536
thousand
dollars
an
increase
of
ninety
thousand
dollars,
or
twenty
percent
total
full-time
positions
and
all
three
funds.
Eight,
the
same
as
in
previous
years
position
changes
of
note,
secretary
removed,
replaced
with
fiscal
and
contracting
coordinator.
C
A
$2,800
increase,
monitor
changes
in
the
allocations
between
trust
funds
and
general
funds.
Non-Salary
sub
cloth
sub
classes
changed
across
three
lines,
simply
a
net
increase
of
approximately
five
thousand
dollars.
There
is
also
the
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
Trust
Fund
projecting
2020,
beginning
balance
of
sixty
one
thousand
anticipated
2020
grant
from
the
federal
government.
Thirty
five
thousand
same
as
prior
year's
projected
spending.
Forty
three
thousand
one
hundred
seventy
dollars
a
decrease
of
twenty
one
thousand
five
hundred
ninety
dollars
also
is
the
HUD
Trust
Fund
projected
beginning
balance,
rounder
thirty
five
thousand
dollars.
C
They
anticipated
2020
grant
from
federal
government.
Seventy
thousand
the
same
as
in
2019
a
change
in
projected
spending.
One
hundred
and
forty
three
thousand
eight
hundred
seventy
three
dollars
an
increase
at
$12,600,
the
capital
funding,
there's
$100,000
in
Community,
Development,
Block
Grant
fund
for
fair
housing,
the
same
as
in
prior
years,.
M
I
N
M
I
Yeah,
if
I
could
quickly
just
go
over
some
of
the
things
that
have
happened
in
2019,
it's
been
a
big
year
for
the
Commission.
As
you
know,
we
have
had
some
turnover,
but
we've
also
had
some
really
great
legislative
successes.
Thanks
to
all
of
you,
so
I
appreciate
your
support
throughout
this
year.
So
so
far
this
year
we
hired
a
dedicated
outreach
and
intake
staff,
which
we
never
had
before
and
really
has
helped
get
the
word
out
about
the
Commission
and
the
work
that
we
do.
We
also
started
doing
community-based
intake.
I
We
know
it's
really
hard
for
people
to
come
between.
The
hours
of
you
know,
8:30
and
4:30
to
this
building,
many
of
whom
are
facing
employment
discrimination
and
have
to
ask
their
employers
for
time
off
to
file
a
complaint
against
them,
and
we
realize
how
hard
that
is.
So
we
are
now
doing
intake
sessions
in
the
community
in
the
evening
and
local
libraries
and
places
like
that,
so
that
it's
more
accessible
to
the
public.
I
We
also
pass
legislation,
as
you
know,
thanks
to
you
all
to
protect
pregnant
workers
and
their
partners
with
the
first
place
in
the
country
to
do
that,
and
I
recently
saw
a
legal
blog
talking
about
Pittsburgh
being
a
leader
in
the
nation.
We
updated
and
expanded
our
shoji
protections
during
the
stonewall
anniversary
press
conference.
I
We
also
made
chapters
six,
fifty
one
through
six,
fifty
nine
of
city
code,
gender,
inclusive
and
I
hope
that
we
can
do
that
with
all
city
code.
We
started
our
data
visualization
project
with
the
create
lab
and
that's
what
we
will
be
starting
community
feedback
on
tonight.
We
increase
the
number
of
settlements
in
our
cases,
which
has
been
a
big
focus
of
mine
to
over
40
percent.
I
From
about
ten
percent,
when
I
started
increased
housing
case
closures
over
last
year
by
30
percent,
we
have
updated
all
of
our
outreach
materials
in
to
be
translated
into
11
different
languages
and
we
piloted
a
youth
curriculum
at
Liberty,
k5
and
also
in
one
of
the
city
parks
locations.
This
summer.
I
So
you
know,
one
of
my
issues
with
the
Commission
is
I
think
we
do
great
work,
but
we
tend
to
be
a
very
reactive
agency.
We
wait
for
people
to
come
file,
complaints
and
then
we
go
and
investigate,
but
we're
also
charged
in
city
code
with
doing
outreach
and
really
I
think
being
more
proactive,
and
so
we
have
entered
into
an
agreement
using
our
our
CDBG
funding.
Part
of
that
to
do
data
visualizations
around
Fair
Housing,
looking
from
1990
to
today
and
then
into
the
future.
I
You
know
what
are
the
issues
we
have
seen
that
redlining
still
exists,
that
mortgage
applications
are
largely
denied
by
race,
that
that
is
a
huge
factor
and
it's
really
keeping
people
from
building
assets
and
staying
in
the
community.
We
have
huge
loss
in
the
black
population,
so
issues
that
you've
heard
about
in
other
reports,
but
really
data-driven.
So
it
targets
our
outreach,
I'm
hoping
it
will
help
with
more
conscientious
development.
I
F
Day
soon,
when
my
battery
is
recharged
in
my
brain
I
will
ask
you
all
the
same
questions
I've
been
asking
as
the
controller
and
the
soiree
the
mayor's
office
about
kind
of
what
are
the
gender
and
racial
and
class
based
impacts
of
things
that
not
only
that
we
budget
for,
but
that
we
give
out
like
Lourdes.
So.
I
We
now
have
a
way
to
visualize,
dad
and
I
loved
hearing
you
ask
about
that,
and
I
wanted
to
say
you
know
our
partnership.
Now.
This
is
the
first
government
contract
with
the
create
web.
They
already
have
the
earth
time
platform
that
can
show
all
of
this
data.
So
if,
for
example,
the
controller's
office
gives
the
data
to
them,
they
can
very
quickly
visualize
that
you
can
see
where
the
impacts
are
going.
If
that's
skewed.
F
I
And
so
we
work
with
Bob
as
well.
He
works
also
with
the
create
lab.
So
in
partnership
with
all
of
them,
and
and
that's
the
wonderful
thing
we
can
do
that
really
quickly
and
I-
just
sort
of
gave
a
sneak
peek
of
this
data
that
we're
showing
tonight
to
the
office
of
equity-
and
you
know
the
director
of
the
gender
equity
Commission
said
we
had
gender
data.
That
same
day,
we
were
able
to
add
some
gender
data
to
show
impacts
across
gender
on
things
like
housing
and
development.
So
fantastic.
N
A
N
Of
the
immigrant
community-
and
it
seems
like
there's
a
lot
of
need
for
that
late
in
the
city
and
I've
noticed
it
a
lot
and
some
of
the
most
horrific
cases
that
we've
seen
lately
I
think
that
those
kind
of
things
could
probably
could
have
played
a
better
role.
Having
some
mediation.
Could
you
tell
me
what
the
efforts
are
in
that
area
and
if
they'll
continue
those
efforts
and
sure.
I
In
and
mediating
so
I've,
for
example,
worked
with
the
office
of
nighttime
economy
when
issues
have
come
up
around
certain
bars,
for
example,
have
dress
codes
and
those
dress
codes
seem
like
they
might
be
race-based
and
that
causes
community
tension
or
they're,
saying,
if
you're
not
from
the
US,
you
can't
have
alcohol
and
you
know
different
things
that
we
feel
are
both
discriminatory
and
are
causing
community
tension,
and
so
there
have
been
efforts
to
mediate.
Those
and
I
would
love
to
do
more.
I
H
I
Something
out
of
that
process
and
we
don't
just
have
to
rely
on
a
legal
analysis,
but
we're
definitely
open
to
doing
it
for
groups
and
have
been
doing
it
for
some
groups
and
anytime
you
hear
about
those
issues
if
somebody's
calling
your
office,
please
let
us
know
you
know
recently
one
of
the
police
officers
reached
out
and
said:
we've
got
a
community
attention
issue
between
some
neighbors.
Can
you
come
in
and
do
something
we're
always
happy
to
do
that
and,
as
I
said,
we
now
have
three
of
our
eight
staff
trained
to
do
that.
Okay,.
N
I
Right
and
you
know
outside
of
just
those
mediations,
you
know
we
are
just
holding
a
lot
more
outreach
events
and
have
a
greater
presence
in
the
community
to
let
people
know
you
have
rights
and
if
those
are
violated
to
please
let
us
know,
and
also,
if
you're,
not
sure,
if
you
just
want
us
to
come
and
talk
to
different
parties
or
groups,
we're
happy
to
do
that.
So
we
have
really
increased
those
efforts.
Thank.
A
I
Been
in
the
same
office
for
64
years,
I'm
hoping
in
year
65,
you
know
I
think
we
have
our
goal
to
increase.
You
know
awareness,
but
I'll,
say
word-of-mouth
is
still
our
number
one
real
source,
so
we
take
out
ads
on
Facebook
and
Google,
and
we
do
all
of
these
things
and
at
the
end
of
the
day
it
still
somebody
said:
hey
I
got
something
really
good
out
of
this
process
and
I
again,
I
think
increasing
that
mediation
really
helps.
People
feel
good
about
the
work
that
we're
doing
and
they
tell
other
people
about
it.
M
Asked
if
we
could
get
some
funding
in
there
so
that
we
could
have
somebody
that
would
interpret
because
a
lot
of
times
see
older
people.
You
know
they're
not
going
to
school
to
learn
how
to
speak,
English
and
there's
a
barrier
there,
and
we
find
a
lot
lot
more
happen
in
soothing
a
lot
of
uprising.
Just
by
having
an
interpreter
there.
M
I
M
M
M
C
Department
of
City
Planning
is
next
and
the
Department
City
Planning
establishes
and
sustains
an
orderly
and
consistent
approach
to
land
use
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
that
incorporates
sustainability,
city
design,
resilience,
equity
and
opportunity
in
its
work.
The
overriding
goal
is
to
sustain
and
enhance
a
thriving
city
of
neighborhoods
for
people
who
live,
work,
learn
and
visit
here.
C
That's
four
positions,
including
GIS
manager,
GIS
coordinator
and
two
GIS
analysts
plan,
planner
twos
were
increased
from
8
to
13
for
a
total
increase
of
$273,000
land
use
policy
and
code
implementation
coordinator
was
also
added
at
cost
to
72
thousand
dollars.
The
Deputy
Director
position
was
removed
at
a
hundred
and
one
thousand
dollar
savings,
and
so
was
the
ad
a
coordinator
and
savings
of
sixty
six
thousand
dollars
open
space
specialists
was
also
removed.
C
Forty
seven
thousand
dollars
housing
specialists
remove
forty
three
thousand
dollars:
historic
preservation,
specialist
removed
forty
five
thousand
six
hundred
dollars,
one
of
the
three
community
liaisons
were
increased
to
community
affairs
manager.
That's
a
addition
to
forty
four
hundred
dollars.
One
of
three
principal
planners
were
downgraded
to
senior
planner.
That's
a
twenty
nine
hundred
dollar
savings
arts,
culture
and
history
specialist
was
increased
by
sixty
two
hundred
dollars.
C
Also,
the
budget
is
no
longer
anticipating
any
salary
reimbursed
from
some
of
the
foundations
help
support
some
of
the
positions,
a
loss
of
fifty
seven
thousand
seven
hundred
and
ten
dollars.
Subclass
changes
of
no
professional
services
decreased
by
three
hundred
and
seventeen
thousand
dollars
for
components
of
the
comprehensive
plan
that
were
budgeted
and
here
in
2019
the
heritage
plan.
C
Q
N
A
Q
Q
Addition
to
those
divisions
of
the
primary
divisions
of
the
department,
City
Planning,
we
also
have
public
art
and
civic
design
division.
We
are
currently
advertising
for
the
manager
for
that
for
that
for
that
division,
so
you
know,
as
was
stated,
you
know,
our
main
goals
are
to
really
establish
and
sustain
orderly
and
consistent
land
use
across
the
city.
Q
You
know
our
job
is
to
develop
and
implement
policy
and
code
changes
relative
to
that,
and
really
ultimately,
to
you
know,
have
kind
of
a
sustainable
city
of
neighborhoods
that
our
policy
and
other
work
is
able
to
enhance.
You
know
so,
where
you
see
that
we
see
that
from
citywide
policy
that
we
do
around,
whether
that
be
the
climate
action
planning
work
or
one
PGH
or
our
conference,
a
plan
to
district
level
planning
which
happens
through
our
parks,
master
planning
or
happens
through
our
neighborhood
planning
work.
Q
We
work
on
a
lot
of
regulations
and
code
changes
and
then
with
our
partner
departments
or
authorities
on
implementation
number
ways.
So
2019
for
us
was
a
year
of
change
both
at
a
staffing
level,
where
you
know
from
a
number
of
neighborhood
planners
changing
and
so
the
the
interaction
with
you
all
as
council
members
and
the
community
organizations
that
we
had
some
of
this
change.
Q
We
also
had
a
change
in
director
in
the
in
that
director,
Gasol
left
in
July
and
so
I've
been
the
acting
director
for
the
last
five
months
and
in
in
all
of
that
back
in
May,
in
coordination
with
our
you
know,
PLI
we
went
through
you
know,
kind
of
the
transition
into
the
one-stop
PGH
program.
So
with
all
of
that
change,
you
know,
I
think
there
have
been
a
lot
of
things
that
the
Department
feels
have
been
a
positive
benefit
for
the
city.
Q
In
the
you
know,
in
that
transition
of
the
permit
system,
there
have
been
a
lot
of
benefits.
Both
then
convenience
to
applicants
in
that
almost
40%
of
our
permit
applications
are
currently
being
filed
online
third
of
those
are
being
filed
off
of
normal
business
hours.
You
know,
there's
been
greater
definition
and
inquiry
in
the
zoning
development
review
shop
as
to
what
items
require
permits
in
trying.
Q
F
Q
And
the
intent
is
that
not
only
in
development
decisions
that
may
happen
at
one
of
our
boards
or
commissions,
but
also
in
our
work
on
you
know,
city
budget
decisions
around
you
know,
land-use
mobility
and
some
of
these
other
items
that
neighborhoods
are
really
determining
their
own,
their
vision
for
their
community,
and
you
know
that
the
Planning
Department
is
working
with
them
to
try
to
translate
those
visions
into
into
actual
implementation.
So,
and
another
is,
you
know,
work
that
we've
done
over.
Q
You
know
kind
of
on
a
more
global
scale,
doing
things
like
the
city's
adoption
of
the
UN
sustainable
development
goals.
So
a
lot
of
those
things
are
things
that
you
know
we're
do
first
in
2019
and
in
addition,
especially
with
you,
Councilwoman
development
of
new
zoning
tools,
including
you
know,
work
on
the
inclusionary
zoning
interim
Planning
overlay
district,
which
is
one
of
the
first
mandatory
inclusionary
zoning
ordinances
in
Pennsylvania-
and
you
know,
in
addition
to
that,
you
know
doing
work
on
legislation.
Q
The
conservation
district
legislation
around
you
know
will
be
something
that
we
worked
with
a
working
group
over
2019,
we'll
be
bringing
to
council
in
2020
and
then
with
the
legislation.
That's
put
in
the
zoning
code
for
city
buildings
to
be
achieving
that
zero
is
another
another
item
of
legislative
change,
so
we've
had
those
new
things
that
have
happened
while
we've,
you
know
been
enhancing.
You
know.
The
existing
programs,
like
I,
said
concluding
our
first
round
of
the
neighbor
of
the
city's
neighborhood
planning
program,
which
was
created
about
three
years
ago.
Q
So
we've
completed
now
the
Eco
innovation
district
in
Uptown,
Hazelwood
Homewood
at
Manchester,
Chateau
neighborhood
plans
and
then
have
launched
into
a
planning
education
series
in
urban
design
workshops
in
Oakland.
In
anticipation
of
work
that
we'll
be
doing
in
2020,
we've
continued
our
parks
master
planning
work.
Q
You
know
in
you
know,
working
with
Department
of
Public
Works
over
implementation
of
the
work
that
we
did
in
Southside
park,
where
right
now,
they're
working
on
the
Phase
one
construction
project
and
then
working
to
complete.
We
have
meeting
this
Thursday.
You
know
where
we'll
be:
releasing
the
draft
master
plan,
Sheridan
Park
master
plan
to
to
the
community
and
getting
their
feedback
on
that
and
begun
the
process
in
both
Emerald
View
and
Fort
Pitt
parks
with
master
planning
as
well.
Q
You
know,
other
work
has
been
implementation
of
the
city's
climate
action
plan,
restoration,
work
of
our
public
art
war.
Memorials
we've
actually
been
able
to
do
three
times
the
you
know
the
annual
work
in
you
know
in
2019
than
we
have
in
past
years,
relative
to
restaurant
restoration
of
our
war,
memorials
and
public
art,
and
then
you
know
the
implementation
of
the
register
community
organization
program.
So
you
know
looking
into
our
budget
for
next
year.
Q
You
know
we
will
be
beginning
the
second
phase
of
neighborhood
plans
and
Oakland
and
Hill
District,
while
also
working
on
in
some
neighborhoods
that
don't
necessarily
have
the
resources
or
the
capacity
to
go
into
a
neighborhood
planning
process
and
so
we'll
be
beginning
vision
and
work
in
Lincoln
Leming.
Tonight
he
stills
with
with
budget
that
was,
you
know
in
our
budget.
Q
From
from
Reverend
Burgess,
we
will
be
continuing
to
work
on
a
citywide
land-use
plan
and
so
in
some
of
those
neighborhoods,
where
there's
not
a
neighborhood
plan
really
being
able
to
provide
some
of
the
benefits
through
a
publicly
driven
scenario.
Planning
exercise
in
2020
to
create
that
land-use
map.
For
us
as
a
city
which
then,
as
we
do,
is
as
then,
we
can
move
forward
with
neighborhood
plans
and
some
of
these
neighborhoods
that
have
not
seen
them
before
I'll
be
able
to
to
dig
deeper
into
the
vision
of
those
neighborhoods.
Q
From
that
scenario,
planning
work
series
of
zoning
code
and
policy
updates
are
here
in
our
code,
doing
work
with
the
occlusion
areas,
owning
ordinance
and
accessory
dwelling
unit
ordinances.
That
are
things
that
are
pilot
ordinances,
that
we'll
be
completing
updating
the
city,
stormwater
management
code,
which
is
title
13
of
the
city
code.
And
then
there
is
the
sawmill
run
zoning
an
open
space
study
that
was,
that
was
a
budget
item
from
councilman
Coghill.
Q
The
budget
items
that
are
in
our
budget
are
things
that
we're
using
to
to
get
other
funds,
so
you
know
from
our
parks
master
planning
work
getting
state
funding
for
the
you
know
to
match
that
to
the
arcs
and
parks
program
which
we
recently
came
to
Council,
for
we
received
$500,000
from
the
regional
asset
district
to
continue
that
program
to
cultural
heritage
planning
and
our
climate
challenge.
Work
so
kind
of
our
highlights.
Happy
happy
diet,
yeah
to
take
any
questions
with
the
other
directors
here.
Members.
F
N
N
You
then
I'm
gonna
leave
a
very
special
fact
that
you
hear
I've
been
here
for
every
meeting.
The
our
CEO
is
I
still
have
concerns
with
those
but
I'd
like
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
more
about
those
I.
You
know
I
one
minute,
I
like
it.
The
next
business
I
think
I
know
this
is
not
okay,
so
I
I,
don't
know
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
more.
You
said
you
had
an
amendment
that
was
at
you
who
said
today
or
I
thought
somebody
talked
about
how
I
get
Amendment
for
that
today.
N
Someone
mentioned
it
today
or
not
yeah
during
one
of
the
meetings
I
apologize,
but
somebody
mentioned
it.
I
want
to
thank
you
for
you
to
work
on
Sheridan
Park
in
the
master
plan.
I
said
for
the
first
time,
I
actually
feel
bad
for
City
Planning,
because
I
see
so
many
cuts
here
and
you're
doing
so
much
more
work.
I
mean
you
really
are
doing
a
lot
of
work
so
work
together
on
it.
N
Stuff,
yeah
and
I'd
really
also
councilman
gross
and
I,
are
going
to
talk
about
the
alert
amendments
and
maybe
working
on
having
it
going
by
zoning
instead
of
some
of
the
things
that
we
have
a
place
here,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
there's
some
incentive
for
the
south
west
of
the
river
and
so
I'll
give
you
one
more
thing
that
we
want
to
work
with
you
on,
but
I
just
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
your
work.
I
think
I've
really
want
to
mention.
Sophia
I
mean
she
has
been
amazing.
N
She
goes
to
all
the
so
many
meetings
and
pulled
in
so
many
different
directions,
and
so
I
just
really
want
to
acknowledge
her
getting
for
looking
forward
to
working
with
our
new
planner
for
Mount,
Washington
and
I.
That's
about
it,
but
that's
really.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
all
for
your
work.
Okay
and.
A
A
N
F
M
M
Q
Even
there
I'm
sorry
go
ahead,
I
was
just
say,
even
though
this
happened.
You
know,
I
think
the
mayor
spoke
to
it
when
you
know
he
was
you
know
here,
for
you
know,
I
mean
you
know
the
with
the
institution
in
the
neighbor
planning
program.
I
mean
it
is
the
Department
of
City
Planning,
that
is,
that
is
leading
and
doing
neighborhood
planning
here
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and.
Q
Whether
that's
you
know
whether
that's
things
that
are
funded
directly
through
the
capital
in
our
operating
budget
by
by
you
all
a
city
council
or
projects
like
when
we
did
the
Homewood
out
of
the
first
phase
or
the
hill
district
that
are
being
funded
by
the
you
are
their
Redevelopment
Authority.
They
are
projects
that
are
led.
You
know
well
led
by
the
community,
truly
but
but
really
facilitated
by
by
the
Department
of
City
Planning.
Well,.
M
Didn't
have
to
ask
for
you
to
be
there:
you
were
there
and
and
help
them
follow
through
on
whatever
they
were
doing.
If
anybody
knew
the
neighborhoods
better,
it
was
City
Planning,
because
you
were
the
planners
to
get
things
done
for
them,
not
all
this,
and
it
was
all
done
in
one
department
and
it
saved
a
lot
of
money
now.
What
is
this
that
the
coordinator
of
ad
a
is
being
removed
so.
Q
Q
The
position
itself,
the
position
itself,
still
exists.
We
were
able
to
find
somebody,
that's
great
for
the
position
and
working
with
our
City
County
task
force
and
disabilities
and
working
to
you
know,
to
try
to
develop
a
program
for
a
DEA
kind
of
built
on
the
foundation
of
you
know
the
work
that
richard
merits
are
done
for
us
for
so
long.
A
Q
Q
It
has
a
separate
job
description,
then
our
other
planner
twos
do
so.
We
have
some
of
our
planner
to
have
different
different
job
descriptions
and
we
have
one
that
is
specifically
the
planner
to
a
TA
coordinator,
and
it
has
all
of
the
you
know.
It's
all
of
its
reveal
Airy
who's.
The
Hillary
Roman
is
the
person
that
we
have
in
a
position.
Her
entire
work
plan
is
around
the
ad
a
program
with
the
with
city
and
with
the
department
city
planning,
hey.
M
Q
Q
A
Q
M
Q
Q
That
is
a
that
is
another
one
of
the
additional
planner
two
positions.
So
actually
there's
a
person
who's
been
that
position
for
around
six
years
now
has
taken
on
more
responsibilities
as
time
has
gone
on.
So
it
was
requested
by
the
department
and
and
in
the
proposed
budget
that
that
that
historic
preservation,
specialist
position
will
become
a
planner
to
position
in
historic
reservation.
I.
Q
M
G
Q
A
Q
Q
M
M
C
To
clarify
something,
the
majority
of
funds
were
not
in
people,
it
was
actually
in
professional
services
with
close
to
a
hundred
thousand
dollars.
When
you
start
talking
about
at
10
percent
reduction,
okay,
it
was
$411,000
difference
about
a
hundred
thousand
of
that
was
big.
Was
money
Trant
being
transferred
to
InP
for
the
GIS
folks?
Moving
over
on
the
professional
circuit.
M
C
A
Q
We
agree
and
the
the
staff
other
than
the
GIS,
the
the
changes
to
GIS
I
mean
you
know
the
the
position
is
relatively
stable,
I
think
we've,
you
know,
there's
one
new
one
new
position
beyond
the
position.
Swaps,
like
they'll,
said
a
big
change
was
to
professional
services,
which
are
usually
where
we're
hiring
consultants,
we're
hoping
with
some
of
the
guides
and
some
of
the
other
work
that
we
have
that
you
know
there's
some
of
that
thing
that
can
be
taken
care
of
through
some
of
the
policy
guidance
that
we've
created
over
the
past
year.
F
You
appreciate
everybody
being
here
so
late,
I'm,
noting
that
we're
coming
on
five
o'clock,
so
I
am
concerned
also
at
the
budget,
decrease
and
I
think
that
at
least
the
three
event
on
council
are
concerned
about
that
as
well
and
I'll.
Note
councilmen,
because
you
bring
this
up
every
year
that
the
you
Ras
budget
we
just
saw
this
morning
is
10
million
dollars
for
personnel,
and
so
that
is,
you
know
our
planning
department
at
less
than
half
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
brought
up
to
the
mayor
kind
of
an
hour
later.
F
Was
you
know
when
we're
talking
about
sorting
out
under
his
new
economic
development
director
I
think
he
put
you
know,
equity
and
planning,
and
a
couple
of
other
land
bank
and
a
couple
other
things
that
would
kind
of
for
him
are:
are
all
economic
development
activities.
A
lot
of
them
overlap
with
land
use
as
well
and
I
would
say
that
if
we're
going
to
look
for
greater
cooperation
and
so
not
duplicating
efforts,
that
planning
capacity
is
one
of
them.
F
F
Think
that's
one
area
where
I
would
rather
budget
planning
to
do
work
around
whether
it's
the
impact
of
vacant
properties
on
sustainability
and
we've
talked
about
them
and
all
of
the
years
that
we've
been
talking
about
the
vacant
properties
right
we've
acknowledged
that
there's
recreational
use
that
may
be
available.
There's
green
infrastructure
and
stormwater
impacts,
there's
really
dawning
that
we
should
be
revisiting
around
this
and
I
just
have
to
say
why
I
have
the
zoning
director
here
that
in
the
post
agenda
about
making
barberries
a
few
weeks
ago,
I
said
what
is
this
shadow
zoning?
F
You
can't
just
put
the
you
are
a
name
next
to
7,000
properties,
because
somebody
in
the
administration
somewhere
that
no
one
can
see
the
discussion
wasn't
at
this
table.
You
can't
you
just
can't
do
that.
Like
who
gave
you
the
authority
to
do
that,
so
I'll
continue
to
raise
that
as
an
issue,
because
to
me
that
is
de-facto
land
use,
control,
you've,
literally
7,000
properties,
there's
a
lot
in
a
city
of
a
hundred
and
forty
thousand
properties,
so
I
think
that
needs
to
be
a
really
robust
discussion.
F
That's
a
public,
transparent
discussion
and
to
me
that's
a
that's
a
land
use
discussion
that
I
think
should
be
guided
by
City
Planning
and
not
by
other
offices.
So
and
here
we
see
that
the
open
space
specialist
I
didn't
ask
you
about
that.
One
specifically
with
that
also
moved
to
a
plan
or
two
or
is
that
an
actually
removed
physician?
It.
F
To
a
planner,
yes,
I
didn't
mind
if
I
see
that,
but
I
didn't
note
it
here.
So
at
least
we
still
are
staffing
that,
but
we
could
be
staffing
them
more
robustly
when,
when
this
council
wants
to
see
more
historic
preservation
with
Councilman
Harris's
brought
up
in
many
different
budget
hearings,
when
we
want
to
see
greater
equity
when
we
want
to
see
talk
about
investments
in
housing
and
really
report
out
to
the
public.
How
well
we're
doing
to
me
those
things
are
fundamentally.
F
Land-Use
decisions
are
a
big
part
of
what
impacts
the
city
that
we
live
in,
and
so
I
would
like
to
see.
Planning
take
a
very
active
role
in
each
and
every
one
of
those
discussions,
so
that
we're
at
this
moment
of
massive
real
estate
activity,
buying
and
selling
a
property
and
building
of
things,
we
need
to
be
planning
more
and
not
less.
That's
my
plug
I
haven't
really
asked
you
any
questions,
but
again
it
has
been.
It's
been
a
very
long
day
of
budget
hearings.
F
F
Thank
you
if
and
I'll
just
say,
since
we
kind
of
did
have
a
very
quick
hearing
that
if
members
of
the
public
want
to
contact
us,
you
can
always
contact
us
at
our
council
offices.
We
each
have
email,
addresses
and
we're
happy
to
get
your
questions
and
respond
to
them,
and
we
can
try
to
find
the
answers
as
we
continue
to
go
through
our
budgeting
process.
So
I
am
reading
an
announcement
director.
Yes,.
C
F
We're
gonna
recess
this
budget
hearing
and
we've
reconvened
both
tomorrow,
Tuesday
December
3rd
well,
first
have
our
regular
meeting
of
council
at
10:00
a.m.
it's
a
final
vote,
regular
meeting
and
then
we'll
reconvene.
The
budget
hearing
at
1:30
p.m.
tomorrow
with
the
Department
of
Human
Resources,
chaired
by
Miss
Harris,
the
Carnegie
Library
chaired
by
mr.
Krause,
and
the
Oakland
Business
Improvement
District
in
Pittsburgh.
Downtown
partnerships,
which
are
both
Business
Improvement
Districts
chaired
by
mr.
Burgess.
So
I
am
just
going
to
do.
I
need
a
motion
to
recess.
It's
all
right.