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A
B
Good
evening,
everybody
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
come
to
our
celebration
and
reflection
for
civic
leadership,
academy
and
right
off
the
bat.
Congratulations
and
thank
you
to
all
of
you
for
making
it
through.
This
has
definitely
been
more,
so
we
kind
of
advertised
this
as
like
an
11
week
course,
but
I
feel
like
this
was
way
more
than
an
11
week
course
for
you
all
for
many
reasons,
one
mostly
because
you
were
supposed
to
start
about
a
year
ago
and
have
been
done
not
long
after
that,
but
because
of
the
pandemic.
B
Obviously
you
stake.
You
stayed
committed
started
really
long
after
you
were
meant
to,
and
then
we
had
holiday
breaks
and
election
drama
and
all
of
that
kind
of
stuff,
that
kind
of
prolonged
our
session
beyond
those
those
main
eleven
weeks.
So
thank
you
all
for
sticking
with
us
this
far
and
for
coming
tonight
to
kind
of
close
it
out.
B
This
is
going
to
be
a
pretty
quick
session.
We
won't
take
up
the
two
and
a
half
hours,
so
I'm
just
going
to
say
a
few
words
and
then
we'll
hear
from
our
guest
speaker
who
is
cory.
Buckner
corey
is
a
former
manager
of
the
office
of
community
affairs
and
now
the
western
pa
political
director
for
seiu,
so
super
happy
to
have
him
joining
us
tonight.
B
Then
we'll
go
into
a
quick
reflection
activity
and
I
will
attempt
to
send
us
into
breakout
rooms
which
I
haven't
done
before.
So
hopefully
it
goes
well.
So
we
can
actually
have
some
small
group
discussions
sort
of
reflect
on
some
of
the
things
that
we've
learned
and
then
come
back
share
out
and
then
we'll
be
done
and
I'm
not
sure
if
we
have
any
friends
or
family
joining
us
tonight,
I
don't
think
we
do
so.
B
I
don't
think
that
I
need
to
reintroduce
myself,
so
I
will
not
do
that
when
we
we
do
have
a
little
one
here
when
we
were
in
person.
This
was
much
more
of
a
exciting
a
place
for
people
to
connect,
but
that's
okay,
all
right!
So
congratulations
to
you
all!
The
virtual
winter
2020
2021
mayor
civic
leadership,
academy
cohort
I'm
very
grateful
to
have
met
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
to
have
learned
from
you
in
the
best
way
that
we
could
over
zoom.
B
B
You
met
with
elected
officials
like
mayor,
peduto
and
council
president
teresa
cale
smith,
and
you
asked
really
thoughtful
powerful,
challenging
questions
on
behalf
of
your
communities,
and
I
know
that
you
know
the
information
that
was
shared
out
with
you
all
will
not
stay
with
you.
B
You
know,
I
think
that
when
any
time
we
do
the
civic
leadership
academy
it's
kind
of
an
honor
system
in
terms
of
how
these
conversations
go,
especially
when
we're
meeting
with
departments
that
you
know
we
might
not
always
agree
with
all
of
their
policies.
B
We
may
think
they
should
be
doing
better
here
or
there,
but
I
think
that
all
of
the
conversations
that
we
had
were
very
respectful
and
civil,
and
I
think
it
was
it-
was
pretty
inspiring
to
me
to
be
able
to
see
that
those
kinds
of
conversations
can
happen
in
that
way
and,
like
I
said,
you
stayed
committed
to
cla
after
being
delayed
for
nearly
a
year
due
to
a
global
pandemic.
B
You
also
stayed
committed
to
cla
in
the
midst
of
some
pretty
intense
events
that
at
times
may
have
made
civic
engagement
seem
a
little
bit
less
meaningful
and
you
took
what
you
learned
back
to
your
jobs,
community
groups
and
neighbors,
and
hopefully
we
were
able
to
share
some
of
our
own
successes
and
events
and
information
amongst
each
other
as
well.
And
of
course,
we
did
it
all
on
zoom,
which
is
quite
a
feat,
in
my
opinion.
B
So
now
that
civic
leadership
academy
is
officially
over
we'll
be
in
touch
with
ways
that
you
can
continue
engaging
in
working
with
the
city
of
pittsburgh
through
our
online
engagement
platform,
engage
pgh,
which
you
should
all
be
signed
up
with
in
terms
of
public
meetings
and
anything
you
know,
that's
happening
in
your
neighborhoods,
we'll
be
sure
to
let
you
know
now
that
we
have
your
information
and
we're
in
touch
with
you.
B
So
we
are
really
really
really
really
really
grateful
to
have
residents
whether
lifelong
or
newer
to
the
city
who
are
committed
to
you,
know
their
neighborhoods
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
we
can't
wait
to
see
what
you
do
next.
So
please
keep
in
touch
with
us
and
let
us
know
all
the
great
things
you're
up
to
and
we
will
definitely
do
the
same
and
giselle.
Can
you
go
to
the
next
slide?
B
Please,
and
this
like.
I
just
can't
not
basically
copy
and
paste
what
I
put
in
my
email
to
you
all
earlier,
just
as
some
reminders,
you
are
now
subscribed
to
the
office
of
community
affairs
newsletter
and
please
let
others
know
that
they
can
subscribe
it
as
well
at
newsletter.pittsburghpa.gov.
B
If
you
know,
if
you
would
like
to
continue
working
with
the
city
of
pittsburgh
in
some
capacity,
this
is
a
great
place
to
get
that
information
to
be
able
to
do
so,
and
don't
forget
that
community
affairs
we
are
all
over
the
city,
we
visit
neighborhood
community
meetings
on
a
nightly
basis.
B
B
Please
remember
to
take
the
exit
survey,
which
is
on
our
engage
pgh
page,
like
I
said
before,
this
is
just
something
that
we
will
use
and
really
need
to
use
in
order
to
make
our
programming
better,
especially
since
we're
going
to
be
virtual
again
for
our
next
cohort.
I'm
really
looking
for
feedback
about.
You
know
how
we
can
make
this
more
engaging,
there's,
obviously,
a
lot
of
barriers
and
limitations,
but
always
room
to
improve
and
along
those
lines.
Applications
are
open
now
for
our
next
virtual
cohort.
B
So
please
help
us
get
the
word
out.
If
you
enjoyed
your
experience
here,
encourage
your
friends
or
neighbors
to
apply
feel
free
to
send
a
recommendation
or
two
my
way
and
be
happy
to
have
them,
so
people
can
apply
at
applycla,
dot,
pittsburgh
pa.gov
and
then
I
already
said:
please
stay
stay
in
touch
and
let's
stay
friends
and
follow
us
on
social
media.
That's
another
great
way
to
get
updates,
especially
next
door,
which
is
super
neighborhood
based.
B
If
you
are
on
nextdoor,
we
post
all
of
the
press
releases
from
public
safety,
department
of
public
works
and
the
mayor's
office.
So
anything
you
know,
project
construction
policy
related
having
to
do
with
neighborhoods.
That
goes
on
our
next
door.
So
please
follow
us
on
there
to
stay
in
touch
as
well
and
yes
bill.
That
is
a
great
idea.
Actually
I
bill
ask
is
asking:
could
we
get
a
list
of
the
of
contacts
for
the
class?
B
Yes,
so
I
will
send
an
email
to
everybody
and
just
say
you
don't
want
your
information
shared
with
the
class.
Let
me
know-
and
if
you
don't,
let
me
know
that
you
don't
want
that.
Then
I
will
just
put
us
all
on
a
chain
together,
so
you
can
be
connected.
Does
that
sound
good
yeah?
I
was
thinking.
Actually
that's
a
really
good
idea.
That's
that's
something
that
that
we
should
definitely
do
okay.
B
So
with
that
giselle,
I
think
we
can
take
the
powerpoint
down
for
a
second,
so
we
can
introduce
corey,
cool
okay,
so
corey
has
joined
us
tonight.
Like
I
said,
corey
is
the
former
manager
of
the
office
of
community
affairs
and
the
western
pa
political
director
for
seiu
and
he's
here
tonight
to
just
share
some
words
with
us
about
civic
engagement
corey.
If
you
want
to
take
it
away.
C
C
It's
it's
also
kind
of
nice,
because
a
lot
of
things
that
leah
had
just
mentioned,
it's
kind
of
bringing
me
back
to
my
time
I
spent
in
the
mayor's
office
for
the
past
three
years
now
I've
been
the
western
pa
political
director
for
seiu
32
bj
and
essentially
we're
a
labor
union
that
represents
building
service
workers,
we're
the
largest
building
service
union
in
the
country,
and
we
have
over
170
000
members
along
the
eastern
seaboard.
C
These
are
security
guards
that
you
see
walking
downtown
on
a
day-to-day
basis.
These
are
building
janitors
custodial
workers,
cleaners,
food
service
workers
and
school
districts,
and
essentially,
what
I
do
for
work
is:
I
do
the
policy
stuff
so
and
work
on
elections.
So
you
know
last
year
was
crazy.
I'm
sure
you
can
only
imagine
what
what
my
life
was
like
last
year.
I
didn't
have
life,
but
it
was.
C
It
was
wild
and
you
know,
in
the
past
few
years
I've
been
able
to
work
very
closely
with
city
council
and
the
mayor's
office
on
getting.
As
of
recent
work,
we
worked
on
getting
the
emergency
covert
paid
sick
days
passed.
So
that
was
something
that
was
pretty
awesome
that
I
got
a
chance
to.
You
know
work
with
mayor
peduto
on
and
right
now
we're
working
on
paid
sick
days
for
the
county
as
well
to
expand
outside
the
city.
C
You
know,
and
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
great
people
elected
into
office,
so
really
love
my
job,
but
my
passion
is
really
you
know
what
my
time
I
spent
in
the
mayor's
office.
I
met
a
lot
of
great
people
and
I
had
a
lot
of
hats
while
I
was
in
the
mayor's
office
prior
to
being
the
manager
of
the
office
of
community
affairs.
C
C
C
I
was
a
field
organizer
in
the
mont
valley.
Then
I
was
the
deputy
field
director
on
mayor
peduto's
campaign
in
2013,
and
I
was
very
fortunate
and
blessed.
You
know
I
don't
have
a
degree.
So
you
know
the
mayor
saw
something
in
me
and
he
took
a
chance
on
me
and
he
brought
me
into
his
administration
and
I
became
his
assistant.
C
So
if
you,
if
you
met
james
at
some
point,
he's
always
the
guy
that's
going
around
town
with
the
mayor,
I
used
to
be
james
essentially
or
james
is
now
me.
So
you
know
that
was
an
interesting
job.
C
I
I
got
to
meet
chaka
khan
and
like
go
to
a
lot
of
community
meetings
and
get
yelled
at
and
you
know,
follow
up
from
everything
from
people
being
murdered
to
potholes
needing
filled,
and
you
know
one
of
the
things
the
mayor
said
to
me
when
I
first
started
this
job
is
like
he
said
to
me:
you
know
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
help
everybody,
and
I
I
hope,
that's
something
that
you
learned
while
being
in
civic
leadership
academy.
C
C
Everybody
deserves
an
answer
as
to
whether
or
not
you
can
do
it
or
not,
I've
kind
of
been
trying
to
live
my
life.
That
way,
since
he
said
that
to
me
in.
C
That
I
do-
and
you
know
one
of
the
other
things
he
said.
You
know,
because
I've
heard
all
the
speeches,
one
of
the
other
things
he
would
say
all
the
time
the
role
of
city
government
is
for
you
to
not
have
to
worry
about
that
light.
Turning
green
when
you're
at
the
intersection
or
turning
red
you
shouldn't
have
to
worry
whether
or
not
you
know
the
water
is
going
to
come
into
your
house.
You
know
that's
why
we
pay
taxes
so
that
the
city
city
government
can
handle
those
things.
C
You
know,
though
I
didn't
do
the
like
public
infrastructure
stuff.
While
I
was
at
the
city,
I
got
to
work
on
a
lot
of
great
projects
that
you
know
that
are
you
know,
really
a
passion
of
mine.
I
identify
as
gay,
and
so
I
led
the
lgbt
efforts
in
the
mayor's
office.
C
I
was
the
coordinator
of
the
mayor's
lgbt
advisory
council,
which
was
recently
turned
into
a
city
commission
got
to
ban
conversion
therapy
on
youth,
worked
with
city
council
on
that
we
finally
got
our
score
as
a
city
up
to
100
with
the
human
rights
campaign.
I
got
to
work
on
president
obama's
initiative.
My
brother's
keeper-
and
you
know
where
my
best
friends
came
from,
was
community
affairs
really,
and
you
know
we
got
to
roll
out
the
snow
angels
program
and
the
monthly
newsletter
I
was
trying
to.
D
C
It
took
four
years,
you
know
that's
how
long
it
was
with
the
city
and
it
took
four
years
to
understand
how
it
works
and
really
the
only
way
you
figure
it
out
is
by
actively
being
engaged
outside
and
inside
city
government.
So,
like
you
know,
besides
my
day-to-day
work,
when
I
was
in
you
know,
community
affairs,
you
know
I'm
sure
leah
has
explained
to
you.
It's
like
you
go
to
the
office
nine
o'clock,
nine!
C
You
stay
there
till
6,
then
you
sit
in
the
meeting
for
two
hours
and
that's
every
day
of
the
week,
but
sometimes
on
the
weekends,
and
you
really
don't
get
a
break
until
everybody's
on
vacation
in
the
summer
time,
and
so
I
you
know,
my
role
was
to
you
know
predominantly
because
I
I'm
from
garfield
in
the
city
I've
been
here.
My
whole
life
lived
in
pendley
place
when
I
was
a
kid,
so
I.
C
We
worked
on
community
land
trust
and
I
did
all
this
work
in
my
free
time.
Even
when
I
was
tired,
you
know
so
it's
it's
really
important
after
learning
all
this
that
you
take
this
information
that
you
you've
gained
from
cla
and
and
you
apply
it
in
your
communities,
you
know
my
time.
You
know
the
best
time
that
I
can
spend
is
is
trying
to
help
my
neighbors,
who
don't
understand
how
things
get
done.
C
You
know,
and
so
I
I
would
recommend
that
you
know-
and
that
was
one
of
the
things
that
you
know
like
leah
wanted
me
to
hit
on
is
like
what
can
you
do
after
this
and
and
I
really
think
looking
into
your
neighborhood
organizations,
you
don't
have
to
be
on
a
board
but
showing
up
to
those
meetings
once
a
month
is
really
helpful.
C
You
know
the
next
door
app.
I
had
to
get
off
of
it
honestly
because
it
just
kept
getting.
It
was
annoying.
People
were
complaining
about
everything,
but
you
know
the
neighborhood
meetings,
that's
really
where
stuff
is
getting
done
and
with
your
neighborhood
organizations
beyond
that,
like
I've
sat
on
boards
for
other,
smaller
non-profit
organizations,
somebody
said
next
door
is
the
craziest
version
of
social.
A
C
It
truly
is,
it
truly
is:
there's
always
a
cat
going
missing,
but
yeah
I
mean
you
know,
also
look
for
other
non-profits
like
it
took
me
a
while
to
try
to
figure
out
what
it
is
that
I
enjoy
to
do.
You
know
I
worked
on
lgbt
initiatives.
I'm
still
doing
that,
I'm
I
was
appointed
to
governor
wolf's,
lgbt
commission,
so
I'm
still
doing
that
work,
but
not
as
much.
C
You
know,
and
so,
if
you
can
find
nonprofits
that
fit
in
the
scope
of
work
that
you
want
to
do,
or
even
in
your
free
time,
just
stuff
that
you
like
to
do
it's
really
important
that
you
you
find
a
way
to
to
lend
your
support
to
that.
You
know.
I
always
tell
myself,
you
know
when
I
retire.
C
All
I'm
gonna
do
is
volunteer
really
because
you
know
I
don't
want
to
work,
but
you
know
I
also
want
to
stay
active
and
you
know,
and
the
other
things
that
you
know
I'm
involved
in
is
like
the
democratic
party.
I'm
really
involved
in
that
I'm
a
committee
man,
even
though
the
democratic
party
doesn't
always
do
much.
You
know
it's
something
else
that
that
keeps
me
busy.
So
you
know
I,
like
you
know.
I
just
think
it's
it's
it's
important
that
you
stay
involved.
C
You
know
and
and
because-
and
you
know
this
this
opportunity
of
being
in
cla
because
I
used
to.
I
ran
the
class
one
year
myself.
We
don't
pick
everybody
in
these
classes,
so
always
keep
in
mind
like
somebody
missed
an
opportunity
because
you
had
one
and
so
you
know
try
to
apply
it
afterwards.
You
know
what
I
mean,
so
it's
kind
of
all.
That's
on
the
top
of
my
head.
I
didn't
really
take
notes
or
anything,
but
I'm
willing
to
answer
any
questions
or
you
know
talk
about
anything
or
anything.
B
Like
that,
thanks
corey,
I'm
giving
you
an
emoji
clap,
thank
you
for
visiting
us
tonight.
Does
anyone
have
any
questions
for
corey.
C
Stuck
at
home
all
the
time,
so
you
know
I'm
on
twitter,
it's
corey
underscore
buckner,
I'm
not
very
active
on
that.
But
if
you
ever
need
to
reach
out,
you
can
go
on
twitter,
corey
underscore
buckner.
B
So,
let's
I'll
read
these
out
quickly
before
we
move
forward
and
then
I'll
break
you
all
into
maybe
three
or
four
groups,
so
we'll
actually
get
to
talk
to
each
other,
which
is
something
that
we
actually
have
not
done
this
entire
time,
and
I
think
that
might
be
fun
for
us.
So
for
our
small
group
discussions
and
we
will
post
we'll
post
these
questions
into
the
chat.
B
So
you
can
see
them
when
you
get
broken
into
your
weird
teleportation
rooms,
so
reflect
on
the
presentations
that
we've
seen
in
civic
leadership
academy
and
try
to
identify
recurring
issues
or
themes,
especially
topics
and
situations
that
might
have
made
you
look
at
local
government
in
a
different
way
throughout
those
discussions.
Consider
what
you
see
that
others
might
overlook,
including
what
might
be
missing
from
the
local
conversation
about
how
different
systems
operate
and
there's
a
couple.
There's
four
guiding
questions
in
here
that
you
can
also
use
to
kind
of
go
off
of.
B
B
B
So
there
are
the
guiding
questions
and
we're
gonna
break
out
into
this
into
the
groups
for
about
10
minutes
and
then
we'll
all
come
back
and
we
can
share
out
of
it
and
by
the
way,
if
you're
here,
as
a
guest
of
somebody,
feel
free
to
participate
in
these
conversations
and
kind
of
throw
your
sense.
In
I'm
sure
it
will
be
interesting
to
to.
A
B
E
E
Over
okay,
I
thought
it
was
good.
People
had
different
opinions
like
how
we
learned
a
lot
and
now,
when
we
hear
our
neighbors
complaining
about
something
we
can
kind
of
take
it
with
a
grain
of
salt
realize
the
complaining
is,
is
going
to
happen,
but
maybe
help
them
and
and
identify
like
the
fact
that
some
things
may
not
be
recognized
yet
or
that
people
need
to
actually
get
involved
and
do
something
other
than
just
complain.
E
I
had
made
a
point
that
I
thought
it
was
real
impressive
that
almost
every
department
was
pursuing
some
type
of
accreditation,
like
a
third
party,
best
practice
type
designation,
and
I
thought
that
was
cool.
I
also
shared
that
I
thought
it
was
nice
how
every
department
was
like
trying
to
be
more
utilized.
E
You
know
and
be
out
educating
the
public
or
or
utilizing
its
assets
in
a
better
way,
and
I
thought
that
was
real,
real
positive
and
see.
I
thought
corey
mentioned
that
we
may
not
have
gotten
like
some
some
info
like
on
magistrates
and
how
we're
different
than
philly
and
some
other
areas,
which
would
be
interesting
and
we
kind
of
wrapped
it
up.
E
On
you
know
the
city
county
split
and
all
that
you
know
and
and
interest
in
all
of
us
certainly
doing
something
together,
maybe
some
kind
of
project
or
or
volunteering
with
the
next
class.
We
we
would
be
up
for
that
kind
of
seemed
to
be
a
consensus
that
if
I
didn't
miss
anything
with
people
in
my
group,.
B
Great
yeah,
that
sounds
that
sounds
great
yeah
you
so
usually
the
the
civic
leadership
academy
cohorts
do
kind
of
come
together
as
a
cohort
to
do
a
project
which
is
actually
really
cool.
B
We
didn't
do
that
this
time,
because
it
was
kind
of
a
bad
time
for
me
to
be
managing
that
and
also
kind
of
difficult
to
just
coordinate
virtually.
But
I
think,
if
that's
feedback,
that
we
think
that
might
be
something
that's
possible
for
our
next
virtual
cohort.
I
may
try
to
do
that.
So
that's
that's
really
helpful
feedback
bill
thanks.
B
What
about
the
second
group?
Do
you
know
which
groups
you
are
giselle?
I
think
your
group
was
number
two.
So
whoever
was
with
gisele.
F
I
will
go
for
our
group.
We
didn't
get
too
in-depth
with
the
questions,
but
I
think
the
consensus
was
generally
that
we're
all
appreciative
of
having
taken
this
and
just
it's
opened
up
our
eyes
to
all
the
different
departments
of
city,
government
and
everyone.
F
You
know
with
shortened
a
shortened
amount
of
staff
like
you're,
getting
a
lot
of
work
done,
and
a
few
of
us
mentioned
how,
like
we
worked
for
non-profits
and
like
we
kind
of,
were
able
to
take
the
academy
like
with
our
work,
hats
on
and
realize
how
that
can
help
us
in
our
careers
and
our
current
positions.
But
at
the
same
time,
kind
of
like
what
bill
said.
Take
that
information
back
to
our
neighbors
and
share.
You
know
stuff
that
we
learned
with
them
as
well
and
kind
of
act
as,
like.
B
G
I
think
we're
in
four
yeah
we're
just
just
like
nodding
out
it
was.
It
was
it's
cool
to
see
their
organizations
like
helping
people
like
buy
homes
and
get
property
and
trying
to
like
an
organization
is
dedicated
to
trying
to
like
make
it
make
more,
bring
more
quality
and
like
home
ownership
and
property
ownership.
So
I
thought
that
was
we
thought
that
was
pretty
cool.
We
also.
G
We
also
were
talking
about
how
cool
was
that
the
fire
department
was
actively
like
reaching
out
to
recruit
like
women
in
military
service,
trying
to
like
actually
go
and
recruit
people
with
different
backgrounds.
It
was
pretty
cool
yeah
and
I
think
some
of
the
I
was
just
saying.
Some
of
the
things
that
I
was
taking
away
is
like
how
how
good
this
program
is
to
really
put
faces
to
the
body
of
government,
and
it's
just
like
this,
this
wide
organization.
G
That
kind
of
like
does
things,
but
I
think
it's
like
you
know,
if
you're,
not
if
you're
not
involved
with
the
everyday
like
or
being
being
a
part
of
the
government,
it
can
be
tough
to
I
guess,
to
to
sympathize
with
it
or,
like
you
know,
like
understand
it,
seeing
people
and
meeting
people
within
the
organization.
G
It
really
gives
it
that
human
element,
that
you
know
you
feel
like
you
can
connect
with,
and
it
was
good
to
see
every
person
that
we
talked
to
in
the
department
had
like
a
a
passion
or
they
cared
about
the
work
that
they
were
doing.
You
know
nobody
seemed
like
they
were
disinterested
in
this,
which
is
also
really
seems
to
be
a
really
common
stereotype
about
the
government
worker.
G
If
you
will
yeah
and-
and
I
was
saying
like
having
people
reach
out
like
that,
having
you
know
being
a
government
being
involved
in
programs
and
trying
to
reach
out
and
being
reactive
to
situations
that
are
going
on
the
feedback
that
they
get
from
community
members.
Even
asking
those
questions
is
definitely
been
good
and
I
think
that's
it's
a
huge
step
towards
inspiring
people
to
want
to
reach
out
like
reach
back.
You
know,
get
involved
and
be
a
part
of
it.
Also,
you
know
doing
the
whole
like
meet
me
halfway
thing.
G
You
know
it's
always
been.
It's
definitely
inspiring
to
see
for
sure
so
yeah.
That
was
a
couple
of
notes.
We
had.
B
Cool,
thank
you,
yeah.
I
think
that
I
think
a
large
barrier
to
you
know
an
everyday
resident
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
B
Reaching
out
to
city
government
is
thinking
that
it
is
just
going
to
kind
of
get
like
absorbed
into
this
hole
of
nothingness,
or
you
know
whatever
may
happen,
because
you
may
not
always
see
you
know
it
might
not
always
have
the
most
tangible
result
immediately
and
honestly,
like
there
is
some
truth
to
that.
Sometimes
like
there
are
things
that
you
know
that
not
every
system
is
working
perfectly.
B
Sometimes
you
do
need
a
little
bit
of
an
extra
push
or
you
know
whatever
it
is,
but
I
think
you're
right
that
it
is
really
helpful
to
kind
of
understand
the
systems
that
are
behind
that
and
the
people
that
are
behind
that
there
are
a
lot
of
passionate
people
at
the
city.
You
know
trying
to
to
make
improvements,
but
also
acknowledging
that
there
there
is
a
long
way
to
go.
Sometimes.
B
Yeah
thanks
for
your
comments,
anybody
else
have
anything
to
share
just
based
on
the
questions
or
just
in
general,.
H
I
have
one
thing
I
I
think
I
was
really
struck
by.
I
mean
I'm
not
as
I
guess,
I'm
not
as
young
as
I
used
to
be,
but
I
was
like
really
surprised
with
how
young
so
many
other
department
heads
were.
I
guess
I
just
always
imagine
like
the
heads
of
city
departments
are
gonna,
be
64
year
old
white
dudes
who've
been
there
forever
and
like.
I
was
just
really
surprised
how
young
and
in
general,
so
many
of
the
people
were.
H
It's
like
was
really
exciting.
I
mean
just
not
being
clear,
was
like
exciting,
because
I
think
there's
like
a
youthful
energy
there
and
there's
a
youthful
like
belief
that
we
could
do
great
things
where
I
just.
I
guess
I
just
didn't
expect
that
I
guess.
B
Yeah,
that's
a
really
good
point.
I
think
that
is
a.
I
think,
that's
something
that
was
true
for
a
really
long
time
about
city
government,
and
we
definitely,
I
know
at
least
in
pittsburgh.
Do
you
have
kind
of
like
a
wave
of
retirees,
either
recently
retired,
recently,
retired
or
retired
or
retiring
soon,
and
the
structure
of
city
government
has
kind
of
changed
from
that
generation.
So,
like
people,
our
former
director
of
public
works,
was
working
in
the
department
of
public
works
for
47
years.
You
know
that's
his
lifelong
job.
B
He
started
as
a
laborer
and
was
then
director.
That's
not
really
necessarily
something
that,
like
the
the
career
path
of
people.
These
days,
I
think,
are
not
planning
on
working
for
the
city
for
47
years
when
they
start
so
yeah.
I
think
a
lot
has
changed
and
just
like
the
way
that
careers
in
city
government
happen
but
yeah.
There
are
a
lot
of
young
people
and
a
lot
of
really
smart,
passionate
people,
especially
for
directors.
We
usually
do
national
searches
at
this
point
anytime.
B
H
I
mean
I
could
imagine
a
time
when
a
national
search
like
there
wouldn't
be
enough
interest
to
do
a
national
search.
So
like
the
fact
that
we
can
do
a
national
search
and
bring
people
from
other
parts
of
the
country
is
kind
of
a
testament
to
the
success
of
our
city.
Government.
B
Yeah
for
sure
ally,
you
raised
your
hand.
I
did
thanks
for
raising
your
hand.
I
Yes,
it's
a
good
way
to
get
noticed,
and
I
also
think
that
zoom
changed
how
you
raised
your
hand,
or
maybe
it
just
did
in
my
account,
I
don't
know
I
had
a
zoom
update,
so
I
think,
if
I
think
back
to
the
budget
presentation
about
the
operating
and
capital
budget
and
the
share
of
the
operating
budget
dedicated
to
personnel
like
if
we
think
that
full
you
know,
staffing
of
these
important
operations
like
is
important.
I
Then,
like
we
see
the
important
you
know,
cost
that
that
covers
it
and
the
ability
to
retain
people
whether
it's,
for
you
know
a
long
career
or
short
career,
seems
really
important
to
me.
So
if
I
think
about
matt's
comment
and
connect
it
back
to
the
budget
presentation
like
the
ability
to
support
people
over
a
career
is
very
much.
I
think
in
the
interest
of
institutional
knowledge
and
supporting
people
who
have
good
ideas
within
city
government.
B
I
think
sometimes
it's
hard,
especially
with
city
government.
You
know
you
can
look
up
at
any
given
time
all
the
personnel
who
work
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh
all
of
their
salaries.
All
of
that
information
is
transparent
and
public.
B
I
think
sometimes
it
can
be
hard
to
justify
those
kinds
of
things
you
know
when
in
city
government
like
there
are
so
many
priorities
and
and
kind
of
like
the
office
of
management
and
budget
set
in
their
first
session,
like
you're,
going
to
do
one
thing,
you're
going
to
take
away
from
another,
and
so
I
I
agree
with
you
that
those
just
that
is
a
very
important
piece
of
our
operating
budget,
and
you
know.
I
hope
that
we
can
continue
to
support
that
as
well.
C
Yeah
ally
had
asked
a
question
earlier
that
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
was
trying
to
type
it
up,
but
I
figured
it'd
be
easier
if
I
just
said
it
one
of
the
the
question
that
ali
asked
is
like:
how
do
we
keep
constituents
more
engaged?
You
know
post
this
class
and
have
them
more
involved
in
government
and
everything
and
there's
really
not
an
answer.
To
that.
I
mean
it's.
It's
you
you,
you
all
signed
up
for
this
class
because
you
wanted
to
right.
C
If
it
was
me
and
after
spending
four
years
and
working
in
government
and
trying
to
navigate
it,
I
mean
you
got
to
know
who
your
council
member
is
that's
like
priority
number
one
is
like
you've
got
to
know
who
your
council
member
is
you
got
to
maintain
a
relationship
with
that
person
and
their
staff.
C
You
know
be
considerate
too,
because
you
know,
council
is
really
understaffed
and
under-budgeted.
You
know,
and
that's
just
the
unfortunate
reality
I
think
a
civ
city
government
is
is,
is
that's
the
case.
Oftentimes
council
members
only
have
two
people
in
their
office
or
three
people
in
their
office.
C
You
know,
and,
and
so
knowing
who
your
council
member
is,
I
would
say,
is
priority
number
one
understand.
Knowing
the
number
to
office
of
community
affairs,
I
think,
is
extremely
important
knowing
how
to
use
311
knowing
how
to
use
all
the
applications
that
have
been
created
in
the
past.
Since
the
beginning
of
this
administration.
Honestly,
I
mean
bird's
eye
view
all
the
building
eye.
All
these
applications
that
are
now
available
really
help
to
keep
people
informed
on
what's
going
on
with
the
priorities
in
their
neighborhood.
C
You
know,
especially
now
that
you
have
multiple
ways
of
being
able
to
track
your
concerns
and
your
issues
with
the
city.
I
mean,
I
think,
it's
important
for
more
people
to
know
how
to
use
those
applications
and
then
finally,
like
with
the,
if
anything,
that
you
can
get
your
your
neighbors
to
participate
in,
I
think
annually.
Just
once
a
year
go
to
the
budget
hearings,
I
mean
I've,
I've
helped.
C
You
know
the
office
community
affairs,
and
I
know
at
least
when
I
was
there-
was
our
responsibility
to
put
these
meetings
together
along
with
the
office
of
budget,
and
you
know
so
we
put
out
the
invite.
We
tell
everybody,
we
put
it
out
there
and
you
know
there
still
would
be
20
to
30
people
in
a
meeting,
and
then
people
wonder
why
things
aren't
getting
done
the
way
they
wanted
it
to
that
too.
C
C
The
mayor's
office
also
reaches
out
to
every
single
council
member
and
asks
them.
Where
do
you
think
the
most
priorities
are,
which
is
why
I
say
stay
in
touch
with
your
council
member.
They
look
at
all
those
reports
that
you're
you're
submitting
to
the
city,
and
so
you
know
you
know
the
city
has
partnered
closely
with
like
cmu
and
you
know
the
office.
What's
the
office
leah,
the
innovation
and
performance
they've
learned
to
collect
all
this
data
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
prioritize
our
budget
every
year?
C
And
you
know
I
don't
want
to
go
too
far
back,
but
it
wasn't
that
long
ago
the
city
was
almost
bankrupt
in
the
early
2000s,
and
so
we've
gotten
ourselves
out
of
act
47.
I
don't
know
if
you've
learned
about
act
47,
but
literally
our
budget
was
controlled
by
the
state,
and
so
now
we
finally
have
an
ability
to
spend
more
money.
I
mean
really
and
hire
more
people
and
increase
the
wages
of
city
employees.
C
You
know
our
park
systems
are
getting
better,
our
roads
are
getting
paved
more
often,
even
though
it
seems
like
they're.
Not
I
mean
I
think
the
infrastructure
is
is
really
getting
it's
really
turning
around
a
lot,
but
if
you're
gonna
add
input,
always
call
your
council
member's
office,
be
nice
to
them,
always
use
311.
C
The
office
community
affairs
is
always
there
to
help
and
attend
that
budget
meeting
every
year.
You
know,
I
think
is,
is
one
way
you
can
like
really
have
a
say
in
how
the
budget
goes
because,
like
I
said,
the
city
does
take
all
that
into
consideration
whenever
figuring
out
how
to
spend
the
money,
oh
and
then
also
like
for
the
people
are
like
where's
my
money
going.
C
C
Your
mayor
like
how
much
is
going
into
the
mayor's
office
out
of
your
taxes.
This
has
everybody
tried
that
application
before
yeah.
Yes,
I
mean
I.
B
C
B
Yeah
that
was
super
helpful.
I
think
those
are
some
really
tangible
takeaways
that
really
haven't
been
stated
that
way
before
in
cla.
So
I
think
that's
that's
super
helpful
corey
and
I
couldn't
agree
more,
although
I
will
say
that
we
did
get
up
to
at
least
150
participants
in
the
last
in-person
budget
meeting.
B
D
D
I'm
not
shy
about
asking
questions
and
I
have
engaged
a
couple
of
people
in
on
some
detailed
issues
from
from
different
departments
and
and
then
in
those
cases
I
ran
into
a
problem
where,
okay,
this
is
how
the
department
works
and
what
what
I
want
to
see
done
or
what
people
in
my
community
need
is
outside
the
scope
of
what
the
department
heads
can
do.
D
We
we
had
a
nice
talk
from
a
council
member
at
the
outset,
kind
of
to
launch
the
course,
but
I'd
like
to
hear
from
more
of
them
and
their
staffers
like
when
we
need
something
changed
legislatively
when
we
need
new
rules
or
different
rules.
What's
the
most
effective
way
to
go
about
that,
how
many
people
do
we
need
to
get
on
a
petition
to
get
a
council
member's
attention
that
sort
of
thing
practical
advice
on
on
how
to
bring
about
constructive
change?
I
think
that
would
be
an
addition
that
would.
A
B
Yeah,
I
that's
something
that
is
on
my
mind
a
lot,
so
I'm
not
surprised
to
hear
that,
but
yeah.
Thank
you
for
that
feedback.
I
think
we
probably
can
all
agree
that
that
would
be
super
helpful.
I
have
thought
about
making
our
city
government
101
that
first
session,
with
the
mayor
and
council
a
little
bit
more
focused
rather
than
kind
of
rapid
fire.
So
hopefully
we
can.
We
can
make
that
happen
and,
of
course
like
we
can
continue
to
be
in
touch.
Since
this
this
cohort
is
is
heading
out.
B
We
can
continue
to
be
in
touch
and
try
to
work
through
some
some
of
those
things
as
well,
but
I
do
appreciate
the
feedback.
Thank
you.
Larry,
okay
and
karen
agrees,
awesome,
cool
and
then
I
think
so.
Everyone
seemed
pretty
interested
in
a
potential
coffee
or
happy
hour,
potentially
at
dan
and
jamie's
new
coffee
shop.
B
That
sounds
wonderful.
Once
kovid
has
passed
to
a
safe
level,
I
would
love
to
meet
you
all
in
person
and
chat
a
little
bit
more
so
so
I
can
definitely
keep
in
touch
and
try
and
coordinate
something
like
that.
I
will
send
that
email
with
everyone
on
it
I'll
I'll,
give
a
little
heads
up
just
in
case
somebody
does
not,
for
some
reason
want
to
be
contacted
but
yeah,
that's,
that's
all
we've
got
and
I
I
thank
you
all
again
thanks
so
much
for
sticking
it
out.
B
I
know
we're
kind
of
like
a
small
group
tonight,
but
there's
usually
more
of
us
and
thanks
for
thanks
for
sticking
with
us.