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A
B
This
cablecast
public
hearing
a
Pittsburgh
City
Council
for
today,
Tuesday
December,
17th,
2019
I,
am
councilman
Krause
I'll
be
chairing
this
afternoon's
public
hearing.
We
are
joined
by
councilmembers
O'connor,
Strassburger,
Kel,
Smith
and
Burgess.
Other
members
may
join
us
as
their
schedules
permit.
Our
first
order
of
business,
though,
will
be
to
read
the
purpose
of
our
public
hearing,
and
then
we
will
have
a
very
brief
presentation
by
Kate
Reyes
of
our
Department
of
City
Planning.
So,
madam
clerk,
can
we
have
the
purpose
of
Bill
22:49,
please
bill.
C
22:49
ordinance
amending
the
Pittsburgh
recalled
title
nine
zone
in
article
1,
section
9,
o2o3
zoning
map
by
changing
from
CP
commercial
Planned,
Unit
development
to
UNC
urban
neighborhood,
commercial,
two
parcels
and
a
portion
of
two
parcels
in
the
Allegheny
County
block
and
lot
system
7th
Ward
and
changing
from
l,
NC,
local
neighborhood,
commercial
to
UNC
urban
neighborhood,
commercial,
six
parcel
and
a
portion
of
two
parcels
in
the
Allegheny
County
block
and
light
system.
Seventh
Ward.
Ok,
we.
B
D
Thank
you.
So
this
legislation
is
a
result
of
an
application
by,
on
behalf
of
Shakespeare
streets,
associate
and
joined
by
the
Port
Authority
of
Allegheny
County.
So
there's
two
property
owners
that
join
together
for
this
own
Change
petition.
The
application
is
for
changing
12
parcels,
and
some
of
them
are
only
a
portion
of
the
parcels
and
they
are
from
commercial
plan
unit
development,
district
CP
and
local
neighborhood
commercial
LNC
to
UNC,
which
is
urban,
neighborhood
commercial.
All
the
parcels
are
near
Penn
Avenue
at
Shady
Avenue,
so
there
was
a
action
at
Planning
Commission.
D
They
made
a
unanimous
positive
recommendation
to
City
Council
at
their
meeting
on
October
22nd
of
this
year.
As
of
right
now
we
have
no
application
on
file
for
development
on
these
parcels,
as
required
by
the
zoning
code.
Notice,
was
posted
around
the
property
and
mailed
to
abutting
property
owners.
21
days
before
this
hearing
today,
okay.
B
Thank
you
very
much
Cory.
Is
there
anything
that
you
wish
to
offer
it
this
time,
not
at
this
time?
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
for
joining
us
this
afternoon.
Well,
thank
you
and
you
can
you
can
go.
Thank
you
and
we
will
begin
our
public
comment.
Portion
of
the
public
hearing,
so
each
speaker
that
has
registered
will
have
three
minutes
in
which
to
address
counsel.
We
ask
that
you
please,
when
you
come
to
the
podium,
give
your
name
and
the
neighborhood
in
which
you
reside
for
our
public
record.
B
The
green
light
will
indicate
the
start
of
your
three
minutes
when
the
yellow
light
comes
on.
You'll
have
one
minute
to
summarize
your
thoughts
when
the
red
light
comes
on,
you
must
relinquish
the
podium.
Anyone
who
has
not
registered
and
wishes
to
address
City
Council
at
this
public
hearing
will
be
taken.
Then,
after
our
registered
speakers,
you
will
be
given
one
minute
then,
to
come
up
and
to
offer
your
thoughts.
And/Or
comments
to
council,
so
our
first
registered
speaker
today
is
Philip,
Bishop
and
Philip.
You
will
be
followed
by
Peter.
Rub
skin
brought
Ruben
sky.
B
F
B
G
Afternoon,
happy
holidays,
Phillip,
Bishop,
560,
epsilon
drive,
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania,
representing
Shakespeare
Street
associates
the
owner
of
the
property
under
question.
Today,
briefly,
our
land
use
council
will
hand
out
a
packet
of
the
presentation
that
we
presented
to
Planning
Commission,
going
over
all
the
details
that
we
put
together,
presenting
our
petition
to
both
them
in
you
here
today
to
change,
as
planning
department
said,
portions
of
our
property
to
UNC.
G
G
We
also
look
to
other
studies
that
have
been
done
within
the
community,
not
just
our
own
desires,
I
reference
as
I
did
in
the
Planning
Commission
the
2008
each
Liberty
LDI
planning
study
that
was
commissioned.
Referencing
quality
urban
street
face
development
on
this
specific
property.
I
also
referenced
an
eld
I
community
plan
in
2010,
which
encouraged
development
along
the
street
edge.
G
However,
today
is
the
first
step,
because
the
current
zoning
does
not
allow
for
that
mixed-use,
specifically
residential
use,
and
then
finally,
you
mentioned
the
Port
Authority
was
it,
which
is
they
join
applicant
with
us
here
today,
Port
Authority,
published
guidelines
after
a
considerable
amount
of
money,
was
spent
on
the
East
busway
improvements
and
upgrades
to
encourage
transit,
oriented
design
and
development.
Those
guidelines
specifically
look
towards
what
we
are
proposing:
they're
an
excuse
development
with
both
commercial
and
residential
use.
G
We're
also
cognizant
and
I've
met
with
numerous
people
who
are
in
the
audience
here
today
and
will
continue
to
meet
with
those
folks
who
are
concerned
about
their
community,
as
we
are
there's
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done
in
the
future,
with
the
Planning
Commission,
with
his
EBA
on
specifics,
whether
it's
parking,
affordable
housing,
components,
etc.
So
you
would
ask
for
your
consideration
today
to
change
the
zoning
to
allow
us
to
do
what
all
the
previous
studies
had
mentioned.
G
Not
what
we
want,
albeit
it
fits
within
our
desires,
to
upgrade
the
center,
which
we've
owned
for
a
number
of
years.
We
feel
that
sound
zoning
sound
planning
and
is
consistent
with
the
plans
that
have
been
done
by
others
looking
at
the
area
as
a
whole,
with
everything
that's
going
around
there.
Thank
you
for
your.
B
H
My
name
is
Peter
urban
ski
I
live
at
village
of
Shadyside
100ns,
then
unit
83.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
address
City
Council,
my
wife,
Ellen
and
I
have
been
residents
of
the
village
of
Shadyside.
For
18
years
we
moved
to
the
East
Liberty
Shadyside
area
to
be
in
a
walkable
urban
environment
which
had
proximity
to
local
retail
restaurants
and
especially
public
transportation,
of
which
we
are
frequent
users.
Of
course,
we
expected
that
there
would
be
changes
to
the
neighborhood
over
time
and
there
have
been
many
positive
changes.
H
However,
if
ugly
tall
buildings
that
blocked
out
light
crushing
traffic
and
compromised
pedestrian
safety,
all
of
which
will
occur
if
echo
is
permitted
to
move
ahead
with
its
development
plan
for
the
site
were
what
we
were
looking
for.
We
would
have
chosen
some
other
area
of
Pittsburgh
to
live
in
is
asking
for
a
zoning
change
so
that
they
can
construct
a
large
apartment
building
and
a
492
car
garage.
H
The
swimming
echoes
pending
zoning
request
is
approved
and
they
obtain
an
exception
or
variance
I'm,
not
sure
what
the
legal
term
is
to
the
maximum
60
foot
height
allowed
by
the
zoning
change,
which
they
have
publicly
stated,
they
will
seek
the
hulking,
75
or
more
foot.
Apartment
building
will
be
completely
out
of
character
with
the
surrounding
residential
neighbourhood.
H
The
plan
492
car
garage
makes
a
mockery
of
their
claim
that
the
project
will
be
a
transit,
oriented
development,
Eco
realities
plans
for
the
site,
which
are
contingent
on
the
zoning
change
being
discussed
today,
will
certainly
not
harmonize
with
the
character
of
the
residential
neighborhood
around
it.
I
provided
via
email,
City
Council,
with
copies
of
a
petition
which
supports
the
redevelopment
of
the
Shakespeare
Giant
Eagle
site,
but
strongly
opposes
the
site's
current
development
plan,
as
we
understand
it,
which
is
contingent
on
rezoning
the
site
from
CP
to
UNC.
H
Please
note:
there's
been
one
change
since
the
petition
was
circulated
and
signed.
The
issue
of
permitting
entry
from
and
exit
to,
Aurelia
Street
is
no
longer
relevant.
As
the
developer
is
indicated,
there
won't
that
won't
take
place,
there'll
be
no
entry
and
exit.
The
petition
has
been
signed
by
about
215
residents,
many
of
whom
will
be
directly
impacted
by
the
development
as
well
as
residents
from
surrounding
areas
who
will
be
indirectly
affected.
H
The
petition
focuses
on
the
expected
adverse
impacts
of
the
current
development
plan,
including
the
following,
some
of
which
I've
already
addressed:
traffic,
increasing
traffic
congestion,
increasing
competition
for
parking
loss
of
free
parking
that
giant
eagle
currently
provides
which
will
push
people
to
side
streets,
compromise,
pedestrian
safety,
environmental
impacts,
increased
noise
pollution,
air
pollution,
inadequate
green
space,
the
apartment
and
the
garage
excuse
me
will
loom
over
the
surrounding
area
and
negatively
impact
the
landscape
urge
City
Council
not
to
approve
the
change.
Thank
you,
okay.
Pewter.
Thank
you.
I
I
I
Justification
is
that
what
it
is?
How
can
you
close
the
bank
Mellon
Bank,
but
you
can
charge
right
across
the
street
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
for
our
apartment,
but
you
don't
have
the
bank
there.
You
had
Mercy
Hospital.
Why
would
you
get
rid
of
the
bank?
This
is
all
justification
and
I
know.
It
is
the
reason
why
I
say
that
is
that
when
we
had
the
part
we
had
a
point,
we
had
a
hearing
about
the
transit.
I
We
only
have
one
person
that
was
here.
That's
the
president,
but
I
live
at
Kaley.
We
were
nervous
towers
and
in
order
to
get
to
Mercy
Hospital
at
the
bottom
of
the
hill,
we
must
take
two
buses.
You
must
go
into
town
and
come
back
out
I'm,
saying
with
the
same
way
that
these
people,
who
are
saying
they're
speaking
out
because
you
are
justifying
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
anytime
at
the
bottom
of
the
hill,
from
where
I
live
you
pay,
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
for
an
apartment
in
the
bank
is
closed.
I
I
I
do
have
a
problem
with
my
feet.
If
I
turn
my
head,
he
seriously
Tim
Stevens
turned
around
and
call
someone
to
the
front.
He
didn't
say
well
word,
you
know
what
I'm
tired
of
this.
Do
you
understand
I'm
coming
down
because
there's
a
problem
I'm
suffering
just
like
the
rest
of
you,
but
if
I
turn
my
head
or
if
I
make
a
face,
he'll
put
the
sauce
in
the
arm
on
me.
Let
me
tell
you
something:
mr.
Krause
I
come
here
to
speak
out
because
the
law
says
I.
I
Can
not
you
because
you're
trying
to
stop
me,
but
the
law
says
I
got
three
minutes.
If
I
speak
you
in
my
three
minutes
and
mr.
Rockwell
takes
to
start
speaking
and
I
say
something
told
me
I
had
to
shut
up.
I
could
not
talk
to
her
like
that.
Why
is
she
taking
my
three
minutes
up?
Do
you
understand
this?
Is
nothing
but
same
race.
B
E
E
First,
we
do
appreciate
all
the
comments
and
statements
that
are
made
today.
We
do
take
seriously
the
public
input
into
this
project.
It's
important
to
remember
that
the
zone
change
before
you
today
is
not
the
end
of
the
road.
No
development
plans
can
be
submitted
unless
this
zone
change
is
approved,
and
our
client
recognizes
that
more
community
engagement
and
discussion
are
absolutely
needed
as
part
of
the
process
of
approving
a
development
plan.
That
process
is
going
to
include
both
a
special
exception
hearing
lightly
a
site
plan
approval
from
the
Planning
Commission.
E
We
know
that
to
get
through
there's
a
prop
those
approvals
given
the
city's
processes
that
community
engagement
is
important
and
we'll
have
to
continue
I
do
want
to
emphasize,
though
two
points
that
Phil
touched
on.
The
first
is
that
in
considering
a
zoning
that
change
of
this
type,
City
Council
has
criteria
in
the
zoning
code
that
they
must
look
to.
Those
are
in
the
code,
I'm
not
going
to
read
them
for
it
to
you.
But
there
are
a
couple
of
points.
I
want
to
make.
E
First,
the
CP
classification
itself
is
is
rather
an
odd
duck
for
this
property
plan.
Commercial
in
the
zoning
code
really
requires
a
larger
site
than
this,
and
it
requires
a
site-
that's
not
bordered
by
as
many
different
other
zoning
districts
as
there
are
here.
The
net
result
of
all
that
is
that,
under
the
zoning
code,
it's
impossible
at
this
point
to
have
any
sort
of
unified
development
of
this
property
under
its
current
zoning
classification.
E
Moreover,
as
phil
indicated,
the
CP
classification
does
not
allow
for
residential
use,
so
in
other
words,
if
you
want
a
multi-family
project
next
to
the
busiest
transit
stop
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
you
can't
have
it
here
unless
the
zoning
has
changed.
Secondly,
the
site
itself,
as
Phil
mentioned,
is
antiquated.
It
lacks
modern
storm
water
controls.
It's
got
a
sea
of
surface
parking
between
it
and
the
street.
None
of
those
things
can
adequately
addressed
under
the
current
zoning
to
have
a
new
project
to
have
one
that
takes
advantage
of
the
transit
system.
E
That's
there
that
is
meets
the
city's
current
policies
and
goals
in
terms
of
a
strong,
environmentally
sensitive
development.
A
rezoning
must
occur
first,
but
again,
I
want
to
leave
you
with
this
thought.
We
know
that
today
is
not
the
end
of
the
road.
We
know
that
further
discussion
with
the
community
is
necessary.
We
welcome
the
comments
today
we'll
be
prepared
to
address
them
at
the
appropriate
time
and
we
look
forward
to
your
favorable
consideration
of
the
zoning
amendment.
Thank
you.
B
J
Thanks,
my
name
is
louise
hurley
and
I
reside
at
100,
Denison,
Avenue
number
84,
so
I'm
in
the
village
of
shady
side.
My
unit
is
directly
behind
the
brick
wall
that
is
part
of
the
Giant
Eagle
complex,
so
would
be
directly
impacted,
particularly
by
very
high-rise
development
in
that
area.
First,
I'd
like
to
say
that
I
support
the
development
of
the
property
I
do
appreciate
that
echo.
J
Realty
has
willingness
to
invest
capital
in
the
neighborhood
and
I
welcome
changes
to
the
current
site,
which
is
devoid
of
greenery,
and
you
know
any
aesthetic
appeal,
so
something
definitely
needs
to
be
done.
I
appreciate
them
addressing
it,
however.
I
do
oppose
the
change
in
zoning
is
requested
due
to
concerns
about
the
over
development
and
the
overcrowding
that
is
occurring
in
our
neighborhood.
I've
lived
there
about
15
years.
J
In
the
last
10
to
12
years,
we've
been
impacted
by
the
addition
of
several
multi-story
housing
units
target,
Trader,
Joe's,
the
bakery
square
development,
complex
and
other
developments
in
the
area
near
6320.
Shakespeare
I
would
ask
the
City
Council
to
sincerely
consider
the
consequences
to
the
entire
neighborhood
homeowners
and
renters,
and
not
just
business
owners.
J
Please
care
about
our
quality
of
life
and
the
negative
environmental
consequences
that
go
along
with
over
developed
urban
areas
do
not
be
unduly
influenced
by
a
large
local
corporation
who
has
the
legal
resources
and
the
wherewithal
to
squash
grass
resistance
and
who,
rightfully
so
has
profit
as
the
main
motivator.
This
is
an
unfair
fight
and
you're
the
only
one
who
can
make
sure
that
everyone's
interests
are
considered.
Community
meetings
have
been
offered
to
provide
opportunities
for
neighborhood
feedback
in
discussion,
but
have
been
disappointing
and
that
it
hasn't
really
resulted
in
honest
compromise.
J
Echo
is
hearing
us
that
they
are
not
listening.
I
am
NOT
interested
in
just
going
through
the
motions
going
to
community
meetings
going
to
public
hearings
going
looking
at.
You
know,
bogus
traffic
studies
with
the
outcome.
If
it's
a
foregone
conclusion,
I
am
interested
in
honest
dialogue
and
I
have
an
understanding
that
none
of
us
should
expect
to
get
100
percent
of
what
we
would
like.
There's
room
for
compromise.
So
am
I
asking
you
to
sincerely
consider
the
total
picture,
not
just
the
money
that
echo
represents,
but
the
impact
to
the
neighborhood.
J
We
love
the
quality
of
life
that
the
families
that
reside
there
enjoy
and
to
consider
that
we
also
have
invested
in
this
neighborhood,
something
that
can
change
very
quickly
if
you
destroy
it,
please
do
not
behave
as
echo
has
don't
just
hear
what
we
are
saying.
Listen
to
what
we
are
saying.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity.
Thank.
B
B
F
First,
we
would
like
to
thank
you
for
all
of
the
courageous
and
inclusive
votes
that
you
have
made
this
year
regarding
authentically
addressing
our
housing
crisis
with
so
many
indicators
of
racial
and
gender
inequity
in
our
city,
we
are
asking
that
we
push
forward
towards
solutions
centering
our
most
affected
residents,
which
we
know
are
black
and
are
men
and
children.
We
take
councilperson
Strassburger
for
initiating
a
comprehensive,
inclusive
effort
to
make
this
private
development
and
equitable
and
impactful
development.
F
This
particular
development
is
of
interest
to
our
coalition,
because
we
believe
that
this
development
can
set
the
precedent,
but
what
equitable
transit-oriented
development
can
look
like
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
with
a
focus
on
affordability,
better
pedestrian
bike
infrastructure
equitably
culturally
expansive
food
access.
The
requested
rezoning
allows
residential
units
to
be
built
on
the
site,
which
creates
an
opportunity
to
produce
deeply
affordable
units
in
an
area
that
has
been
rapidly
gentrifying.
We
ask
that
you
approve
the
zoning
request,
but
only
penny
the
acceptance
by
the
development
team
of
the
goal
set
forth
by
the
community.
F
We
reach
there
below
affordability,
consensus
with
many
stakeholders
and
community
partners,
as
advocates
we
are
always
seeking
to
amplify
and
uplift
as
many
voices
of
impacted
people
as
possible.
So
we
know
that
this
will
be
an
ongoing
process
as
the
project
gets
underway,
and
we
are
here
to
be
of
assistance
on
this
and
future
developments.
Our
specific
affordability
targets,
our
total
housing,
affordability
at
30%
or
70
units
20%
of
the
units
at
50%
area,
median
income,
that's
46
units
10%
of
the
units,
project-based
vouchers
at
24
units
and
at
least
40
year
affordability.
F
We
know
that
these
affordability
targets
are
feasible
because
the
developer
gray
star,
the
residential
developer,
is
already
proposing
to
set
aside
50%
of
the
units
at
50%
and
my
tax
subsidies
enhance
Lerner
and
grants.
The
trade
fund,
east
and
housing
regeneration
account
are
available
to
offset
the
cost
of
providing
greater
affordability,
but
the
developer
has
said
that
they
do
not
intend
to
apply
for
these
subsidies
at
this
juncture.
Oh
sorry,
it's
been
an
exhausting
day.
It's
exhausting
standing
up
here,
it's
pretty
stoked.
F
F
So
today
we
are
asking
that
city
council
postpone
the
vote
on
the
requested
zoning
change
penny
the
good
faith,
negotiation
of
a
community
benefits
agreement
with
the
impacted
constituents
of
district
8
and
district
9
once
the
CVA
is
negotiated,
approve
the
zoning
change,
condition
upon
approval
of
a
preliminary
land
development
plan
by
the
Planning
Commission
and
City
Council,
and
so
I
handed
you,
the
zoning
code
that
deals
with
zone
change,
position,
petitions
and,
most
importantly,
the
change
will
not
be
deemed
approved
if
the
city
fails
to
vote
in
a
certain
number
of
days.
Thank.
B
L
Sir
hello,
everyone,
my
name,
is
Josh
Malloy
I'm,
the
community
organizer
for
Pittsburghers
for
public
transit.
We
are
a
grassroots
union
of
transit
riders,
transit
operators
and
neighbors,
who
are
organizing
for
transit,
equity
and
Allegheny
County.
We
know
that
marginalized
communities
are
the
ones
who
have
the
most
to
lose.
They
are
the
ones
who
need
to
be
who
need
to
Center
as
leaders
as
we
work
for
housing,
transit
and
food
justice
in
our
city
I'm.
Here
today
to
talk
about
John,
Nichol
Shakespeare.
L
With
this
development
we
have
the
chance
to
reverse
legacy
of
gentrification
and
displacement
in
East,
Liberty
and
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
We
have
an
opportunity
to
establish
a
model
of
how
we
build
truly
transit.
Oriented
development
going
forward
did
not
the
giant
equal
Shakespeare
site
has
some
of
the
best
transit
service
in
the
entire
county
within
walking.
Distance
of
the
site
are
over
20
bus
routes
that
carry
around
53,000
residents
a
day.
The
Giant
Eagle
site
is
across
the
street
from
the
East
busway,
which
is
the
most
efficient
form
of
public
transit
in
our
system.
L
These
pathways,
the
only
form
of
public
transit
that
pays
for
itself.
It
moves
more
people,
it
moves
more
people
with
in
many
of
his
counterparts
around
the
nation.
It
is
a
model
for
best
ways
around
the
country
and
the
envy
of
many
of
my
colleagues
nationwide.
It
is
such
a
good
form
of
public
transit
that
I
spent
the
past
summer,
working
with
residents
of
the
Mon
Valley
and
the
eastern
suburbs
to
come
up
with
a
plan
to
expand
its
quality
transit
into
their
neighborhoods.
L
What
isn't
the
envy
of
my
colleagues
nationwide
is
the
displacement
that
has
happened
in
the
neighborhood
surrounding
the
East
busway,
including
Shadyside
and
Isla
Verde
neighborhoods
have
been
historically
diverse
or
becoming
wider
and
richer
at
the
same
time,
public
and
private
money
that
could
be
spent
on
keeping
these
people.
These
people
home
is
being
spent
on
absurd
amount
of
parking,
much
of
which
goes
unused.
We
need
housing
for
people
not
for
cars.
Overburdened
parking
in
this
dense,
walkable,
transit,
rich
and
many
rich
neighborhood
would
be
misguided.
L
More
car
parking
will
only
lead
to
more
driving,
more
traffic
congestion,
more
expensive
rents,
more
costly
products,
more
pollution
and
more
dangerous
streets.
A
study
completed
in
the
fall
of
2018
showed
that
there
are
hundreds
of
newly
constructed
parking
spaces
next
to
the
East
Liberty
persuade
station
that
go
unused.
These
spaces
are
within
a
block
of
the
Giant
Eagle
site.
L
How
can
you
do
that
by
building
housing
for
cars
instead
of
building
housing
for
people
for
people
who
use
public
transit
in
closing
I'm
here
to
respect
me
as
that,
City
Council
postponed
the
vote
on
the
requested
zoning
change
depending
the
good
faith,
negotiation
of
a
community
benefits
agreement
with
the
impacted
constituents
of
district
8
and
district
man
we
want
to.
We
want
this
to
be
a
model
for
what
equitable,
affordable,
transit
oriented
development
can
look
like
and
there's
no
better
opportunity
than
this
site
to
do
that.
Thanks.
M
Thank
you,
I'm
patty,
North,
cuz
I
live
at
6:36
for
aralia
Street
and
I've
lived
there
since
1984,
so
I
will
not
totally
opposed
to
the
redevelopment
of
the
Shakespeare
Giant
Eagle
area,
I'm
opposed
to
the
height
and
the
density
and
the
size
of
the
structure.
So
in
2009
you
imploded
two
buildings
in
that
area
to
open
up
the
East
Liberty
area
into
shady
site
and
to
get
rid
of
the
circle.
M
That
was
a
an
urban
development
trend
of
the
past
that
absolutely
made
that
area
die
and,
and
so
what
I'm
saying
is
by
building
the
structure
that
they
are
projecting
across
the
street
from
the
one
you
imploded
you're
doing
essentially
the
same
thing:
you're
closing
us
off
from
the
East
Liberty
neighborhood
that
we
have
loved
living
by
it's
one
of
the
reasons
we
move
there.
The
other
thing
is
a
lot
of
the
homes
around.
M
That
area
are
not
zoned
for
the
UNC
and
and
if
they
didn't
get
the
UNC,
they
wouldn't
be
able
to
build
that
tall.
I
walk
through
East
Liberty
yesterday
on
my
way
to
get
coffee
and
paid
attention
to
the
size
of
all
the
buildings.
Nothing
is
higher
than
five
stories
high
and
that
is
starting
at
ground
level.
So
I
think
that
is
a
difficult
used
to
say
that
this
Tod
design
that
everybody's
doing
all
over
the
nation
trend-wise
is
going
to
serve
us.
M
They
have
never
suggested
that
they
would
go
for
an
exception.
The
first
time
I
heard
that
they
go
for
the
exception
of
additional
height,
was,
after
the
presentation
to
the
zoning
committee
to
be
able
to
bring
it
to
here.
So
what
I'm
saying
is
that
feels
dishonest
to
me
and
deceitful
and
if
perhaps,
if
they
had
said
that
from
the
very
beginning,
there
might
have
been
more
up
decision.
M
But
when
you
don't
get
all
the
information
you
don't
know,
the
only
trends
that
we
in
this
neighborhood
are
seeing
in
terms
of
urban
developers
is
to
ask
and
tell
people
that
they
are
going
to
do
a
certain
thing
and
then
turn
around
and
do
exactly
what
they
want
and
get
granted
to
make.
It
higher
taller
denser
all
that
kind
of
stuff
and
I
think
that's
unacceptable.
So
I
am
asking
that
you
not
grant
this
UNC
zoning
to
them.
Okay,.
B
N
Afternoon,
members
of
council,
my
name
is
Ken
regal
I
live
on
Jackson
Street
in
Highland,
Park
and
I
serve
as
the
executive
director
of
just
harvest,
the
Center
for
action
against
hunger,
based
at
16
terminal
way
on
the
south
side.
Thirty
years
ago,
before
the
term
food
desert
was
even
coined.
I
spoke
at
a
city
council,
public
hearing
about
the
crisis
and
soup
of
supermarket
closings
in
our
neighborhoods.
N
Among
the
many
neighborhoods
affected
by
these
closings
back
then
were
Lorimer
and
Homewood,
where
supermarkets
once
stood
on
Frank's
Town
Avenue,
where
you
can
now
find
a
YWCA
and
on
Braddock
Avenue,
where
you
can
find
the
UPMC
resolve
crisis
center.
Once
again.
Today,
just
harvest
stands
here
to
remind
council
that
government
needs
to
use
its
authority
to
support
low
income
people's
access
to
food,
rather
than
injure
it.
The
project
that
this
zoning
would
enable
involves
demolishing
a
supermarket
and
replacing
it
with
one
about
2/3
the
size.
N
N
Furthermore,
the
proposed
development
would
leave
these
communities
without
a
supermarket
for
an
estimated
18
to
24
months
until
the
new
store
reopens.
During
that
time,
it
is
essential.
The
Giant,
Eagle
and
Eko
Realty
provide
community
residents
with
a
viable
zero
cost
transportation
solution
that
will
preserve
their
ability
to
do
their
grocery
shopping.
N
The
City
Council
in
general,
should
deny
zoning
changes
that
reduce
access
to
good,
healthy
food.
In
this
particular
case,
the
council
should
insist
on
specific
commitments
to
preserving
the
healthy
food
floor,
space
of
the
new
store
and
an
interim
grocery
transportation
access
solution
as
conditions
of
any
future
zoning
approval,
nearly
5,000
households
in
one
five,
two,
oh
six
and
one
five.
Two,
oh
eight
ZIP
codes
currently
rely
on
food
stamps
and
roughly
400
WIC
recipient
families
depend
on
this
store,
as
the
only
viable
place
to
obtain
the
high
nutrition
foods.
N
B
O
Name
is
John:
Georgia
live
100,
Denniston
townhouse
number
80,
so
we
also
face
the
wall
of
giant
eagle
prior
to
that.
We've
lived
in
Shadyside
for
the
past
20
to
25
years.
On
the
other
end,
so
I
moved
to
the
village
of
Shadyside
in
April
just
in
time
for
this
to
occur,
we're
not
opposed
to
the
development
and
I'm
going
to
try
to
be
a
little
repetitive
as
possible.
O
We're
not
opposed.
We
understand
that
Shadyside
and
these
Liberty
are
both
commercial
and
residential
areas.
That's
one
of
the
reasons
why
we
live
there.
We
like
that,
what
we
are
concerned
about
is
that
this
is
a
border
property,
the
transition
from
commercial
to
residential
occurs
there
and
so
we're
concerned
about
the
size,
as
you've
heard
the
height
of
the
buildings.
Mr.
Bishop
made
two
very
good
points
during
his
presentation.
He
said
that
this
would
be
a
transit
oriented
design
and
we
should
look
at
the
whole.
The
area
as
a
whole
I
agree
with
him.
O
This
is,
should
be
a
transit
oriented
design
and,
as
such
we
shouldn't
be
looking
at
it
a
parking
garage
as
large
as
it
is.
Secondly,
we
should
be
looking
at
the
area
as
a
whole.
There's
been
a
lot
of
development,
both
apartment
and
commercial
and
I.
Think
we
need
to
look
at
not
only
what's
been
developed.
It
was
being
proposed
to
be
developed
before
we
would
go
too
far
into
the
number
of
apartment
units
and
the
number
of
parking
spaces.
O
There
are
a
lot
of
units
that
have
been
built
and
there's
a
lot
of
existing
residential
units
that
existed
long
before
the
this
redevelopment.
So
my
concern
is
that
we
we
look
at
the
area
as
a
whole
and
before
we
we
approve
this
zoning
change
if
we
should
approve
it
at
all.
We
look
at
the
fact
that
it
is
a
transitional
area
and
the
fact
that
the
the
Heights
and
density
of
this
development
may
not
be
appropriate
to
this
area.
Thank
you.
Okay.
Thank.
P
Richard
Wilson
100,
Denniston
town
Oh
number
50
until
recently,
my
neighbors
and
I
could
step
outside
and
look
to
the
night
sky
to
see
the
moon
and
perhaps
a
few
stars
above
our
roofs.
Now,
there's
only
the
eerie
pink
and
blue
lights,
atop
the
office
building
where
the
old
risin
Stein
middle
school
used
to
be
even
more
recently,
we
watch
a
hundred
and
twenty
nine
foot
tall
nine
story
office
building
taking
shape
some
600
feet
from
our
homes.
P
It
looms
over
our
homes
when
viewed
from
the
corner
of
Shady
Avenue
and
Orillia
Street
nearly
half
a
mile
away.
This
building,
as
you
know,
is
the
result
of
a
consent
decree
between
the
city
and
walnut
Capital,
reversing
the
zoning
Board's
denial
of
a
three
storey
height
variance
partially
in
return
for
two
hundred
and
forty-five
thousand
dollars
in
so-called
give
backs,
including
a
new
scoreboard
for
the
baseball
diamond
in
Mellon
Park.
P
Now
echo
Realty
proposes
to
build
a
seventy
seven
foot
tall
six
story,
building
barely
200
feet
away
from
our
homes
on
Aurelia
Street.
We
are
increasingly
surrounded
by
skyscrapers
an
island
of
small
one
and
two
family
homes
in
a
sea
of
behemoth
buildings.
We
know
it's
tempting
to
label
us
as
not
in
my
backyard
types.
Some
may
be
easily
drawn
to
dismiss
us
as
such,
but
they
would
be
wrong.
P
We
welcome
retail
and
residential
development
and
with
others
here
we
favor
affordable
housing,
whether
it's
15%
as
echo
is
proposed
or
30%
or
more,
as
some
here
have
asked.
What
we
opposed
is
exceeding
the
legally
permitted
building
height
on
the
unnecessary
addition
of
500
parking
spaces,
where
the
average
vehicle
volume
in
our
neighborhood
has
nearly
doubled
in
the
last
seven
years
alone,
from
less
than
14
thousand
vehicles
per
day,
more
than
24,000
vehicles
per
day.
P
Echo
acts
as
if
the
UNC
rezoning
of
the
site
permits
its
proposed
six
story.
Building
it
does
not
echos
UNC
zoning
at
the
site
permits
a
four-story
structure
to
a
maximum
of
sixty
feet,
yet
echo
says
that
it
will
seek
a
special
exception
and
then
a
variance
from
the
Zoning
Board
of
Adjustment.
The
zoning
law
clearly
prohibits
the
variance
it
sets
out
five
conditions,
all
of
which
must
be
met
for
a
variance
to
be
granted
and
echo
can't
meet
any
of
them.
P
It
must
show
that
it
faces
physical
hardships
which
require
that
it
exceeds
the
height
limit
to
make
reasonable
use
of
the
property.
Now
there
are
many
ways
to
profit
from
this
perfectly
level:
five
acre
site,
especially
with
$1,800
a
month
apartment
rents.
So
why
are
we
so
concerned?
If
the
law
prohibits
this,
because
we
feared
that
echo
will
say
that
their
affordable
housing
pledge
depends
upon
building
higher
than
is
allowed
by
the
zoning
code
so
that,
in
the
interests
of
greater
housing,.
B
Q
Scott
Rooker
East
Liberty.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
give
testimony
regarding
this
Shakespeare
Street
Giant
Eagle
development,
I'm
Russ
I'm,
representing
bike
Pittsburgh
we're
a
non-profit
with
more
than
three
thousand
members
whose
mission
is
transforming
our
streets
to
make
biking
and
walking
commonplace
for
all
Pittsburghers.
In
order
to
improve
our
quality
of
life
and
reduce
the
harmful
effects
of
car
dependence
in
our
communities.
We
envision
a
Pittsburgh
where
people
can
thrive
without
needing
to
own
a
car.
Q
Q
The
cost
of
building
parking
contributes
to
affordability
issues
and
induces
demand
for
people
to
drive,
which
in
turns,
makes
our
streets
more
congested,
less
safe
and
our
air
more
polluted,
with
affordability,
congestion,
traffic
safety,
air
quality
and
climate
change
becoming
more
pressing
issues
in
Pittsburgh.
We
believe
this
development
could
be
a
model
for
equitable
development.
If
adjustments
remain
to
the
plans,
we
supported
development
on
the
land
that
greatly
reduces
the
amount
of
car
parking
and
repurposes
those
dollars
for
a
greater
percentage
of
affordable
housing,
transit
access
and
better
bicycle
and
pedestrian
facilities.
R
I
know
you've
heard
most
of
this
before
we
have
an
affordable
housing
crisis
in
this
city.
Crises
require
Swift
and
sweeping
action.
Instead,
we
seem
to
be
resigned
to
piecemeal
efforts
that
often
do
far
too
little
and
arrive
far
too
late
to
have
the
impact
that
is
required
to
address
these
issues.
Some
neighborhoods
in
the
city
have
been
hit
harder
by
this
crisis
than
others.
Perhaps
none
more
so
than
East.
R
Liberty
development
of
luxury
housing
in
the
city
goes
on
almost
completely
unchecked
and
the
race
to
develop
every
remaining
plot
of
land
in
East
Liberty
has
resulted
in
the
mass
displacement
of
much
of
those
who
formerly
made
East
Liberty
what
it
was
every
day
Pittsburgh
loses.
On
average,
three
black
residents,
former
East
Liberty
residents,
make
up
a
large
portion
of
those
displaced.
I
grew
up
in
this
area.
R
This
was
my
journey,
while
growing
up
I
went
to
the
school
Florence
risin
Stein
middle
school,
which
was
torn
down
to
make
way
for
the
first
of
what
would
be
seemingly
endless
luxury
apartment
buildings
built
and
designed
for
new
Pittsburghers
and
at
the
expense
of
those
who
lived
and
studied
there.
I
still
remember
the
smell
of
vanilla
wafer
days,
I.
Remember
them
closing
down
the
gallery
on
center
to
open
up
a
new
market
district
I.
Remember
them
shutting
down
the
food
land
over
on
Braddock.
R
This
is
still
my
giant
eagle
while
they,
while
this
is
seemingly
mundane
issue,
changing
the
zoning
designations
of
these
plots
today
is
the
best
time
to
demand
better
to
demand
more.
We
are
asking
that
you
delay
the
vote
to
approve
the
zoning
change
until
the
developer.
Ecco
Realty
agrees
to
meet
the
community's
demands
in
the
form
of
an
enforceable
community
benefits
agreement
and
to
help
at
least
two
of
this
small
extent
address.
The
crisis.
Now
is
the
time
to
act,
because
now
is
the
last
point
at
which
we
still
have
real
and
actual
leverage.
R
We
need
a
completely
different
model
for
transit,
oriented
development
to
tackle
this
issue
truly
affordable
housing
at
scale
near
transit,
centers
free
passes
for
residents,
less
parking
and
fewer
cars
which
results
in
lowered
emissions
and
lower
levels
of
traffic,
which
everyone
is
concerned
about
greater
accessibility
for
residents
and
community
members,
the
busway
and
development
that
takes
into
account
the
cultural
needs
and
demands
of
the
neighborhood
and
community
members,
preserving
the
heritage
and
access
to
food
and
basic
necessities.
We
cannot
wait
for
either
Washington
or
Harrisburg
to
save
us.
R
We
must
do
our
part
to
tackle
the
climate
crisis,
the
housing
crisis
and
the
food
and
transit
crises
at
a
local
level.
This
this
development
is
a
near
ideal
opportunity
to
bring
this
vision
into
reality.
We
have
the
tools
and
we
have
the
funds
to
do
so.
Let's
start
here-
and
let's
start
today,
thanks
thanks.
S
To
see
you
nice
to
be
here,
I
am
Georgia
burner
and
I
live
at
number
one
area
street
ground
zero,
so
to
speak.
I'm.
Member
of
the
concerned,
citizens
of
East
Liberty,
concerned
citizens
of
the
East
and
excuse
me
and
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
listening
to
us
today.
We
all
recognize
that
echo
Realty
has
the
right
to
develop
their
property
and
to
financially
increase
what
they
are
doing,
and
we
recognize
that
zoning
laws
provide
a
necessary
function.
S
The
purpose
of
Zoning
is
to
promote
the
health,
safety,
morale
and
general
welfare
of
the
community
to
protect
and
conserve
the
value
of
the
buildings
and
to
encourage
the
most
appropriate
use
of
the
land.
This
property
is
that
the
center
of
a
neighborhood
of
a
number
of
neighborhoods
that
are
pricing
themselves
out
of
reach
of
many
citizen,
red
city
residents,
a
city
where
housing
that
families
and
families
with
children
can
no
longer
afford
to
live
in
the
property
owners
proposed
a
building
that
is
not
in
keeping
with
the
surrounding
neighborhood.
S
You
can
walk
bicycle
or
drive
the
streets
here
from
Washington
Boulevard
to
the
campuses
of
Pitt
and
CMU,
and
you
will
be
walking
in
safe,
open,
homey.
Neighborhoods.
Three
stories
high
is
sufficient
for
this
neighborhood
any
higher
than
that
cuts
off.
Daylight
harms
the
openness
and
the
sense
of
community
that
residents
have
tall
buildings,
do
not
fit
livable
safe,
walkable
communities
with
trees
and
daylight.
It's
like
building
a
bookend.
We
have
a
bookend
at
bakery
square,
we're
going
to
be
the
other
bookend.
S
The
other
end,
that's
just
plain
wrong
to
add
insult
to
injury
would
be
an
increase
in
the
density
in
the
population
in
the
region.
There
has
yet
to
be
a
traffic
study.
It's
my
understanding.
Pedestrians
are
already
endangered
crossing
in
the
at
those
intersections.
It
is
it's
not
safe.
Now
it's
not
going
to
be
safe.
S
When
we
put
a
lot
more
people,
there
there's
an
opportunity
here
to
make
this
a
win-win
for
everyone
for
all
the
communities,
to
also
make
it
a
to
eliminate
the
food
desert
that
exists
and
for
Giant
Eagle,
Echo
Realty
and
the
citizens
of
these
neighborhoods
to
work
together
to
create
something
that
works
for
everyone.
I
excuse
me,
I
urge
you
to
deny
the
UNC
zoning
and
to
get
a
development
of
a
signed
community
benefit
agreement
that
would
we
could
all
work
together
on
and
work
together
from.
Thank
you
thank.
D
T
B
B
U
The
group
that
is
bearing
the
brunt,
the
district
gentrification
that
you're
allowing
to
take
over
our
neighborhoods
and
communities,
are
not
the
people
that
you
think
they
are.
There
are
elderly.
There
are
artists,
there
are
young
moms
with
children
you
by
not
understanding
or
playing
the
whole
tape
out.
You
keep
making
ridiculous
development
decisions
that
harm
the
community,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
things
that
are
thrown
in
our
neighborhood
work
for
our
neighborhood
and
we
have
a
right
to
do
that
and
you
are
supposed
to
be
representing
us,
not
the
greedy
developers.
U
They
don't
vote
for
you
we
vote
for
you
now.
They
finance
your
campaigns.
Now
they
finance
your
campaigns,
but
we
especially
you
and
Daniel.
You
keep
allowing
all
these
other
people
to
come
in
and
who
do
you
think,
is
gonna
vote
for
you
ain't.
Nobody
gonna
vote
for
your
beige,
but
you
know
these
people
ain't
gonna
vote
for
you,
we'll
talk,
so
you
keep
moving
us
out.
Gentrifying,
neighborhoods
and
who's
gonna
be
left
to
support
shoes.
U
We're
asking
you
to
support
us.
For
years
and
years.
You
know:
John
Ingram
has
made
money
off
of
the
hundreds
of
thousands
of
black
purchases
in
that
store
and
a
good
community
partner
gives
back
a
good
community
partner
understands
the
city's
crisis's
and
right
now
we're
are
having
a
crisis
of
affordability,
and
you
got
us
everybody
that
was
displaced
over
the
last
twenty
years
in
East.
Liberty
was
promised
the
right
to
return.
U
B
K
I've
watched
homes
that
my
friends,
my
neighbors,
could
afford
disappear
with
no
replacement
in
sight.
I
have
watched
in
my
lifetime
giant
Eagles
disappear
from
neighborhoods,
where
I've
lived
with
nothing
replaced.
I
am
very
concerned
about
any
plans.
Any
decisions
that
are
made,
such
as
the
zoning
change,
that's
not
going
to
benefit
people
who
are
impacted.
The
most
I
can
remember
talking
at
some
of
the
stakeholder
meetings
saying
you
know
they
were
saying
to
us.
Look
at
the
big
picture.
I
see
the
big
picture.
K
Giant
Eagle
I,
don't
know
if
it's
called
ok
coke
groceries
anymore
or
not.
They
got
enough.
They
got
enough,
they
can
support
themselves
their
families
for
generations.
Let's
worry
about
the
community
at
large.
Now,
let's
concern
ourselves
with
the
people.
Let's
see
something
in
writing.
That's
going
to
benefit
people
then
talk
about
the
zoning
change.
Let's
talk
about
more
housing,
I,
don't
say
affordable
because,
let's
face
it,
somebody
can
afford
bakery
square.
Just
not
me.
Let's
see
people
who
need
housing
that
they
can
afford
move
in.
B
V
Good
evening
everybody
I
just
wanted
to
say:
my
name
is
Carmen
Brown
and
I'm,
representing
today,
PSA,
which
is
people
has
supported,
National
Coalition,
and
yesterday
we
had
a
meeting,
and
we
were
just
talking
about
some
of
the
things
that
we
have,
that
this
came
up
about
this
development,
and
so
you
know
the
conclusion
that
we
came
up
with
that.
You
know
were
the
way
the
development
looks
right
now,
so
there's
there's
a
lot
of
problems
with
it
and
we
just
can't
support
it.
V
V
V
A
lot
of
conversations
with
us
I
can
say
that
and
we're
still
trying
to
figure
out.
So
you
know
we
can't
support
this.
Like
I
said
this.
Is
this
is
it's?
You
know
we
don't
see
any
housing
that
we
can
do
so
to
our
people
that
we
represent.
So
you
know
there
still
has
to
be
a
lot
of
talks
with
this,
but
at
this
particular
time
you
know
we
just
we
just
can't
you
know
support
it.
So
thank
you.
W
And
I'm
here,
both
as
the
executive
director
of
the
Pittsburgh
Food
Policy
Council,
as
well
as
a
resident
of
the
Point
Breeze
neighborhood
I
live
a
mile
and
a
half
from
this
proposed
or
from
this
site.
First,
in
terms
of
the
Pittsburgh
Food
Policy
Council,
we
work
to
build
a
just,
equitable
and
sustainable
food
system.
We
have
over
80
member
entities
that
work
on
issues
like
hunger,
emergency,
food,
grocers,
food
businesses,
etc,
and,
just
to
kind
of
you
know
remind
us
of
the
conversation
we've
been
hearing
about
gentrification
and
displacement.
W
The
low-income
disabled
parents,
children
as
a
resident
and
and
someone
who
passes
this
area
every
single
day,
I've
actually
tried
to
walk
it's
the
path.
My
path
to
work,
I've
tried
to
walk
to
work,
I've
tried
to
thought
about
biking,
my
son,
that
same
path,
but
you
can't
actually
the
air
is
actually
toxic.
It's
not
a
healthy
route
and
I
would
say
in
terms
of
the
transfer
in
terms
of
the
bus
stop
and
who
is
using
the
the
Giant
Eagle
the
most.
W
If
you
pass
that
street
every
day,
you
see
a
really
over
a
brimming
bus,
stop
that
doesn't
have
enough
seating
for
people
who
are
not
able
to
stand.
They
have
their
own,
they
use
a
shopping
cart
to
help
stand.
We
have
young
mothers
with
children
who
this
isn't
an
inconvenience
to
go
to
a
different
grocery
store
for
18
months.
This
would
actually
be
a
impossible,
so
I
want
to
just
say
that
we
really
need
to
lock
in
that
community
benefits
agreement
before
we
move
any
further
with
this
process
and
look
at
the
food
justice
questions.
P
B
Thank
you
done.
Our
list
of
registered
speakers
is
exhausted.
If
there
is
anyone
in
Council
Chambers
that
wishes
to
address
Council
you're
welcome
to
do
so
come
up
to
the
podium.
Unfortunately,
you're
only
granted
one
minute,
I
hope
that
will
mean
that
you'll
register
in
the
in
the
future,
so
that
we
give
you
only
a
lot
of
time.
Welcome
thanks
for
being
here,
hi.
X
My
name
is
Joe
Paschal
Eddie
I've
lived
in
Shadyside
for
two
years
now.
This
year,
I've
been
car
free
for
three
seasons
and
I
use
public
transit
on
cold
days
like
today,
I
would
like
to
see
fewer
parking
requirements
and
Shadyside.
My
understanding
is:
there's
a
requirement
of
one
parking
space
for
our
housing
unit.
I
think
that's
too
high.
We
can
have
a
wonderful
neighborhood
with
sunlight
and
trees.
It's
fully
walkable
that
has
mixed-use
businesses
for
everybody
that
doesn't
have
quite
so
many
cars
and
that
improves
safety
by
reduce
peds
to
improve
safety.
X
We
can
reduce
congestion
to
reduce
improve
safety,
and
so
I
would
like
to
see
an
emphasis
on
public
transit
and
alternative
transit,
such
as
protected
bike
lanes.
We
know
from
the
mistakes
of
other
cities
across
the
nation
that
adding
cars
only
creates
congestion
and
chokes
out
neighborhoods,
so
we
need
to
rebuild
our
roads
for
safety,
accessibility
and
affordability
and
I
don't
see
that
emphasis
yet
okay.
Thank
you
very
much.
Y
Y
My
name
is
Leia
Nicola,
chenkin
and
I've
been
living
in
Shadyside
for
over
five
years,
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
Shadyside
Complete
Streets,
which
is
a
community
group
that
advocates
for
safe
walking,
biking
and
transit
in
Shadyside.
Our
group
is
generally
in
favor,
of
seeing
this
site
redeveloped
we're
happy
to
see
more
housing,
high-density
transit,
accessible
housing
makes
our
community
safer
and
is
good
for
the
environment,
as
everybody
said.
However,
like
others
we're
concerned
that
the
current
plan
will
not
do
that.
Y
We're
particularly
worried
about
the
amount
of
parking
being
planned
for
the
site
and
that
it
be
developed
with
the
proper
pedestrian
and
transit
orientation.
Our
group
asks
that
City
Council
postpone
the
vote
on
the
zoning
change
pending
the
community
benefits
agreement
between
the
developer
and
affected
community
groups,
addressing
reductions
in
parking,
increased,
affordable
housing
and
a
safe
streetscape.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Z
My
name
is
Laura
Perkins
and
I
live
in
a
Highland
Park
I
was
born
in
East
Liberty
I
just
wanted
to
mention
two
things
reiterate
a
lot
of
things
that
were
said
who
here
has
had
to
go
shopping
on
WIC
I'm,
specifically
asking
the
people
in
front
of
me.
It's
not
easy.
Thank
you
good.
So
you
know
the
challenges
involved
in
that
and
having
to
travel
a
lot
farther
for
potentially
two
years
is
unacceptable
and
we
need
to
consider
that
and
then
in
the
negotiations.
Z
M
B
AA
Okay
hi,
my
name
is
Jay
Walker
I
live
in
Shadyside
district
8
and
I'm,
a
member
of
Shadyside
Complete,
Streets
I
shop
at
the
Shakespeare
giant
ego
I,
take
buses
to
and
from
the
East
Liberty
Station
and
I
also
take
a
lot
of
the
buses
to
and
from
other
stops
in
the
area.
I'm
asking
that
you
delay
the
vote
on
this
Vanek
zoning
change
until
you
get
a
community
benefits
agreement
in
writing
and
I
hope
that
you
in
this
Agreement
can
reduce
the
amount
of
parking
and
that's
part
of
the
plan.
AA
It
would
also
be
great
if
you
could
provide
transit
passes
for
those
who
live
in
the
neighborhood
and
those
who
live
in
the
development,
specifically
because
developments
next
to
transit
should
encourage
lots
of
transit
use,
but,
as
we
see
from
East
Liberty
bond,
that
doesn't
always
happen
and
we
hope
I
hope
that
providing
passes
will
make
the
finances
make
a
lot
more
sense.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
AB
Your
way,
you
know
everybody's,
you
know
looking
out
for
themselves,
they're,
not
looking
out
for
the
people
you're
holding
the
office
that
it's
supposed
to
be
for
the
people,
but
it's
not
happening.
Okay
and
I,
don't
know
what
the
answer
is,
except
for
the
fact.
Mr.
Burgess
say,
if
you
want
to
be
a
developer,
be
a
developer
step
down
unless
somebody
else
take
over
the
role.
B
AC
Hello,
my
name
is
Rachel
Clancy
I'm,
a
resident
of
Garfield
and
my
grandparents
actually
grew
up
in
East
Liberty
and
when
they
would
tell
me
the
history
of
Pittsburgh,
they
would
tell
me
about
the
rich
legacy
of
the
hill
district,
and
then
they
would
talk
about
how
it
was
raised
to
clear
slums
and
support
the
development
of
the
commercial
interests.
And
then
my
grandma
would
talk
about
how
those
residents
were
displaced
to
East
Liberty
and
shortly
after
they
moved
there.
We
then
saw
urban
renewal
destroyed
the
neighborhood.
AC
We
saw
periods
of
social
and
economic
disinvestment
in
the
plight
of
capital
out
of
the
cities,
to
the
flight
of
industry
and
jobs,
but
also
white
flight,
as
well
and
with
the
flight
of
white
residents
when
the
flight
of
food
stores
as
well
grocery
store.
So
you
had
the
creation
of
a
food
desert,
essentially,
and
now
what
we're
seeing
is,
after
decades
of
social
and
economic
devaluation
and
disinvestment,
profitable
reinvestment
on
the
part
of
that
Co
Realty.
So
I
tell
you
this,
because
gentrification
is
an
extension
of
urban
renewal.
It's
an.
AC
B
AD
You,
council
president,
please
excuse
my
voice
I'm
glad
to
be
listening,
because
clearly,
I've
been
doing
too
much
talking.
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
being
here
today
and
taking
time
out
of
your
schedule.
It
takes
a
lot
to
come
down
and
middle
the
afternoon
to
say
some
remarks
on
an
issue
that
you
care
deeply
about.
That
speaks
volumes
that
you're
here
today.
AD
Hite
parking,
Complete,
Streets,
housing,
access,
food
access
during
construction
and
after
and
these
were
generally
big
issues
that
would
be
attached,
as
perhaps
conditions
on
a
different
part
of
the
process,
maybe
not
during
a
rezoning
of
the
land
underneath
a
development,
because
there's
a
rezoning
that
has
to
do
has
nothing
to
do
with
generally
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
development
on
top
of
it.
But
I
understand
that
this
is
in
extra.
This
rezoning
question
is
inextricably
linked
to
the
proposed
development.
AD
That's
going
to
go
on
top
of
it,
so
the
two
and
that
way
are
linked.
Even
if
by
process
they
shouldn't
necessarily
be
and
because
I
hear
that
your
answers
and
your
concerns,
your
questions
have
not
been
answered
and
your
concerns
have
not
yet
been
addressed.
I'm
going
to
call
for
a
delay
of
the
vote
until
we
can
all
come
together
and
define
what
community
means
to
find
the
community
bring
that
community
together
and
get
some
some
real.
AD
AE
See
a
few
things
I'm
exactly
what
I
want
to
be
and
I'm
exactly
what
I
am
and
grateful
to
be
that
for
at
least
the
next
four
years,
if
my
health
continues,
I
will
I
will
first
of
all,
I
want
to
use
this
as
a
teaching
moment.
First
of
all,
as
all
of
us
tone,
we
have
been
bringing
more
units
to
sir
Bertie
there's
nine
percent
deal
that
was
approved
where
the
overhead
Urban
Academy
urban
league's
charter
school
used
to
be
that's,
going
to
be
a
completely
affordable
development.
AE
We're
going
to
build
new
housing
on
Beatty
Street,
that's
going
to
be
a
mixed
income
development
deal.
There
are
two
projects
that
have
the
same
name:
melon
orchards,
1ml
orchards.
Both
of
them
will
bring
a
significant
amount
of
affordable
housing,
tea
celebrity
and
the
third
and
the
third
year
I
understand
when
people
are
in
pain,
they
cannot
help
but
express
their
pain,
even
when
it's
inappropriate
and
I
pray
for
them
and
I
understand.
AE
I'm
sorry
they're
in
pain,
but
I
won't
be
inappropriate
to
them,
even
though
they
are
often
inappropriate
to
me,
and
so
I
will
use
this
as
a
teaching
moment
to
explain
something
and
go
forward
in
terms
of
the
community
benefits
agreement
that
I've
heard
and
I've
heard
people
talking
about
this
I
want
to
at
least
share
with
you
when
that's
appropriate.
In
my
mind,
there
are
one
of
three
times
of
community
benefit.
Agreement
is
appropriate
when
either
you
have
public
land,
when
you
have
public
financing
or
the
envy
itself
has.
Some
is
a
public
institution.
AE
When
either
you
have
public
land,
public
financing
or
the
key
are
they
in
itself?
Is
a
public
institution?
Then
a
community
developed,
a
community
benefits
agreement
is
certainly
in
place,
public
land,
public
dollars
or
the
entity
itself.
That's
doing
the
development
is
a
public
institution
of
some
sort
like
a
thority
of
some
sort.
So
if
the
Airport
Authority
are
they
ura
or
any
authority,
does
some
project?
Certainly
it's
appropriate
to
have
that
conversation
for
those
things
that
are
not
that.
AE
One
of
the
reasons
that
we
have
the
affordable
housing
task
force
was.
We
said
that
this
is
for
those
things
that
are
not
bad
right
when
private
institutions,
private
developers
on
private
land
with
private
money
when
they
decide
to
do
something
we
set
as
a
community
and
set
as
a
government.
This
is
the
this.
Is
the
guidepost
right
if
you're
doing
something,
here's
what
we
prefer
you
to
do,
we
can't
make
you
do
it,
but
we
would
prefer
you
to
add
15%,
affordable
housing
into
every
development.
AE
If
we
had
done
that
15
years
ago,
we
would
probably
not
have-
and
maybe
15
you
about
15
years
ago,
if
we
had
done
that
15
years
ago,
we
probably
would
have
very
little
of
formal
housing
crisis,
because
if
you
go
in
a
strip
district,
if
you
go
to
Bloomfield
and
you
go
to
Lawrenceville
all
of
those
developments,
many
of
them
that
are
completely
market
rate
and
even
East
Liberty.
Many
of
those
market
rate
units
would
have
15
percent
of
affordable
housing,
and
we
would
not
have
this
issue.
AE
I
would
I
would
simply
saying
and
I
understand.
The
emotions
and
I
will
continue
to
use
this
as
a
teaching
time.
Unfortunately,
unfortunately,
every
project
is
not
designed:
every
project
does
not
get
everyone
all
their
wishes.
It
just
doesn't
work
that
way,
but
what
we
should
be
doing
is
finding
multiple
projects
over
a
little
time,
so
that
more
needs
can
be
met.
One
of
the
conversations
we
need
to
have
that
we
be
having
is
one
that
put
a
grocery
store
and
and
and
and
and
economic
development
in
the
new
business
district
in
Homewood.
Why
not?
AE
AE
B
AE
B
B
AE
B
So,
if
can
I
have
my
turn
before
you
leave
please,
okay,
so
cats
will
miss
Royce,
burger
and
I
have
discussed
this
at
length
and
I'm
not
surprised
to
hear
a
call
to
hold
the
vote
and
I
will
absolutely
support
her
in
that
we
share
a
lot
of
the
same
concerns.
I
I
wish
kind
of
wish.
Councilman
Gross
had
been
able
to
attend
today.
I
think
this
council
as
a
whole
has
genuine
concerns
about
parking
requirement
and
development,
we're
not
sure
exactly
what
form
that
may
take,
as
we
begin
to
discuss
that.
B
But
I
have
to
agree
with
a
number
of
people
that
spoke
here
today
about
build
and
they
will
come
parking,
does
not
relieve
congestion.
I
think
it
only
further
exacerbates
congestion
and
so
I
I
heard.
A
lot
of
I
was
quite
surprised
to
hear
that
there
were
492
proposed
parking
spaces.
I
hope
that
was
a
correct
number.
The
height
continues
throughout
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
height
continues
to
cause
me
concern.
B
B
Given
the
guidelines
by
which
we
set
within
our
zoning
code,
I
do
believe.
Hardship
needs
to
be
proven
to
show
the
need
for
relief,
but
I
have
genuine
concern
around
the
not
just
the
proposed
height
of
this
project.
I
want
to
get
down
there.
I
want
to
talk
bigger
picture
development
throughout
the
city
in
general,
but
I
felt
the
most
stunning
remark
really
came
from
mr.
regal
and
that's
why
I
asked
you.
B
If
you
would
leave
your
remarks,
it
seems
to
me
that
you
did
your
homework
in
terms
of
what
the
giant
eagle
is
proposing
to
to
build
when
they,
if
and
when
they
do
rebuild
and
I
thought.
It
was
quite
interesting
that
things
like
healthy
produce
was
being
sacrificed
for
bar
stools.
If
and
I'm
only
gonna
offer
what
I
was
told
of
the
meeting.
But
if
that
is
indeed
the
case
and
I
appreciate,
development
has
to
understand
a
new
customer
base.
B
What
it
is
that
they
need
to
provide
as
amenities,
but
if
we
are
trading
off
what
we
all
believe
really
to
be
important
in
of
conquering
food
desert,
then
it
makes
me
question
what
market
are
you
really
looking
to
serve
right
so
that
just
sort
of
came
to
mind
anyway?
We
will
continue
to
have
this
conversation.
You
have
a
very
thoughtful
council
here.
You
have
a
council
that
generally
does
I,
know
I
hate
the
word
politicians,
but
elected
officials
tend
to
get
a
bad
rap,
but
believe
it
or
not.
B
You
actually
do
have
a
council
here
that
is
generally
concerned
about
the
health
and
safety
welfare
of
the
people
that
we
represent,
and
we
take
this
seriously
and
will
continue
to
debate.
This
I
will
support
the
Councilwoman
and
and
not
bringing
this
to
the
table
for
a
vote
as
we
continue
to
bang
this
out,
and
it
won't
be
the
first
time
we've
done
this.
It
won't
be
the
last
time
we've
done
this,
but
we
will
continue
this
discussion
till
we
can
get
a
plan
that
all
can
agree
on.
Okay,
thank
you
all
right
and
I'm.
B
B
Only
ask
that
when
we,
when
we
gather
like
this-
and
this
is
truly
my
favorite
thing
that
we
actually
get
to
do-
is
to
interact
directly
with
constituency
in
a
very
public
arena
that
well
remember
that
we
just
are
respectful
of
one
another
myself
included
and
that
we
conduct
ourselves
as
such.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here
may
have
a
motion
to
adjourn
this
public
hearing
come
in
okay.