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A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
the
standing
committee
meeting
for
monday
december
21st
2020
council
will
continue
to
meet
virtually
until
further
notice.
All
meetings
will
be
live
streamed
on
the
city's
channel
city's
youtube
channel.
Excuse
me,
our
first
order
of
business
is
public
comment,
and
I
would
like
to
remind
all
speakers
that
the
rules
of
council
state
their
comments
are
limited
to
matters
of
concern.
Official
action
or
deliberation
which
are
or
maybe
before,
city
council
profanity
will
not
be
permitted.
Please
provide
your
name
and
neighborhood
for
the
record.
You
will
be
given
three
minutes.
B
Pomei
greetings,
greetings,
peace,
love
and
light,
and
okay
ellicott
in
everyone
just
to
reaffirm
what
we've
stated
in
several
calls
city.
Council
members.
Your
position
must
be
in
order
with
your
home
rule
charter
and
function
and
exercise
powers
not
denied
by
the
constitution
and
the
laws
of
pennsylvania,
which
are
also
in
line
with
the
constitution,
to
be
clear,
as
it
relates
to
our
people
to
aboriginally
american
people.
Article
1,
section,
2
clause,
3
and
excluding
indians,
not
tax
as
it
reads
in
the
constitution.
B
Also
bouvier's
dictionary
adapted
to
the
constitution
explains
that
indians,
for
the
constitutional
purposes
means
the
aborigines
of
this
country
are
so
called
to
be
absolutely
clear.
We
are
not
title
25,
indians
native
americans,
whom
are
in
fact
not
aboriginally
americans,
but
are
koryak
russians,
mongolians
and
of
british
descent
by
the
united
states,
constitution's
definition.
B
C
B
The
iroquois
confederacy
of
nations
has
our
own
government-to-government
relationship.
The
police
here
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
have
done
egregious
acts
to
our
people,
acts
that
have
not
been
made
right
or
made
whole
and
we're
using
our
voice
to
give
you
an
opportunity
to
make
sure
that
this
happens.
B
Anyone
in
a
drip
and
under
international
law
supports
the
rights
of
indigenous
women
and
the
recognition
of
our
protection
to
enjoy
human
rights
and
fundamental
freedoms
provided
domestically
and
internationally
by
law
free
from
any
discrimination.
Our
people
have
a
collective
action
to
our
own
judicial
systems,
social,
political,
economic
systems
and
institutions
to
our
lands,
territories
and
resources.
All
states
shall
promote
with
the
full
and
effective
action
and
cooperate
with
us
in
our
judicial
personality
and
must
be
recognized
and
acknowledged
by
the
states
as
well.
B
Rejection
of
assimilation
is
against
international
law
and
the
constitution
as
well
and
states
shall
carry
not
carry
out
or
adopt
any
support
of
assimilating,
our
people
into
being
citizens,
as
we
are
not
to
guard
these
guarantees
or
for
our
protections
and
to
guarantee
our
rights
against
racism
and
discrimination,
xenophobia
and
intolerance,
and
there
are
several
other
bodies
of
law
that
support
this
as
well.
So
moving
forward
in
2021.
D
D
We
are
on
the
record
to
say
that
we
are
not
citizens.
We
are
not
residents,
we
are
merely
the
people
of
the
land
aboriginal
american
people.
To
be
clear,
we
are
a
separate
yet
distinctive
community
and
body
of
people
governed
by
the
great
law
of
peace
to
which,
as
eloquently
explained
in
house
congress
resolution
331.
D
D
We
are
here
to
restore
our
waters,
to
restore
our
polluted
dares
and
to
re-educate
people
who
are
seeking
to
know
more
about
their
history,
and
that
is
why
we
are
making
our
bed
known
to
throughout
city
council
and
beyond,
for
our
land
and
places
and
spaces
for
us
to
worship,
sacredly
in
our
land,
and
so
the
martin
luther
king.
Cultural
center
is
one
of
those
places
and
spaces.
The
old
francis
street
projects,
the
old
saint
claire
village,
where
there
are
acres
awaiting
development.
D
D
A
Thank
you
that
does
exhaust
our
list
of
registered
speakers
that
moves
us
on
to
our
standing
committee's
agenda
and
will
the
clerk
please
take
the
role.
C
A
A
G
So,
yes,
is
there
somebody
with
their
microphone.
G
Maybe
we
have
our
microphones
off
would
be
easier.
Thank
you
that
this
is
unfortunate
timing
and
I
am
I've
been
opposed
to
the
parks
tax
for
since
it
was
on
the
ballot,
and
I
I
think
this
is
a
terrible
time
to
be
enacting
this
tax.
I
don't
believe
that
we're
required
to
enact
the
tax
is
there
anyone
here
who
can
speak
to
that
in
the
meeting?
A
I
am
looking,
I
do
not
see
our
law
department
on
the
line.
G
Hello,
sir,
can
you
tell
me,
even
though
we
know
that
this
ballot
question
was
on
the
ballot
in
2019?
It
has
been
absolutely
a
full
year
since
the
voters
narrowly
voted
for
this
after
a
million
dollar
campaign,
and
I'm
wondering
if
to
the
best
of
your
knowledge,
if
there's
a
time
frame
by
which
council
must
act.
H
Yeah,
I
I
I
think,
the
best
course
of
action.
You
know,
because
I
would
be
speaking
as
as
the
attorney
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh
would
not
to
be
delivering
that
sort
of
legal
advice
in
open
council
on
this
sort
of
matter
or
on
any
sort
of
proposed
matters
like
that.
But
to.
G
G
I
G
So
I
I
I
again,
I
think
that
we-
what
we
do
know
is
that,
while
the
citizens
voted
to
amend
the
homeworld
charter,
that,
in
truth,
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
is
really
the
only
body
with
the
power
to
increase
the
millage,
and
so
we
it
can
only
be
collected
once
we
vote,
we
don't
have
to
vote
it
today
and
I
believe
we
should
not
vote
it
today.
G
We
know
that
households
across
the
city
are
under
incredible
economic
pressure.
We
know
that
people
are
struggling
to
meet
their
own
mortgages.
We
know
that
people
are
struggling
to
meet
their
rent
and
I
believe
a
millage
increase
would
be
passed
through
to
renters
as
well,
and
so
I
don't
think
this
is
the
right
time
to
be
doing
this.
Mr
bennett,
do
you
know
when
this
would
be
collected?
Property
taxes
are
collected
in
march
and
november.
I
The
I
believe,
the
reason
why
you're
receiving
this
now
that
if
there
is
that
change
that
the
bills
would
need
to
be
set
up
to
pay
this
as
well
too,
you
would
send
this
out
with
the
city's
tax
bill
as
well
too,
so
those
will
go
out
and
january,
beginning
in
february.
I
If
you
remember
you,
we
typically
have
a
discount
period
that
ends
towards
the
end
of
february.
I
don't
know
what
that
date
is
this
year.
I
can't
remember:
we
just
passed
the
building.
G
And
I'll
just
remind
citizens
that
you
know
if
we
could,
if
the
state
would
allow
us
probably
the
best
course
of
action
that
I
would
be
able
to
support
would
be
to
pass
this
millage
only
on
properties
of
say,
like
500,
000
or
more
or
even
300,
000
or
more
some,
some
number
that
we
would
all
agree
on.
G
But
we
cannot
right
so
the
state
we've
been
you've
been
hearing
this
a
lot
from
us,
our
harrisburg
legislators,
our
representatives
statewide
create
difficult
conditions,
especially
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
one
of
those
is
called
the
uniformity
clause
so
that
we
can
only
pass
a
millage
uniformly,
which
means
applying
to
everyone
the
same,
and
in
this
case
it's,
I
think,
a
travesty.
G
This
is
exactly
the
kind
of
thing
where
we're
trying
to
dedicate
the
funds
to
to
help
disinvested
neighborhoods
and
to
make
life
better
for
households
that
don't
already
have
access
to
parks
that
we
it
would
be.
It
would
be
better
policy
if
the
revenue
source
was
as
equitable
as
the
expenditure,
and
in
this
case
it
just
isn't
right,
and
so
I
I
cannot
support
it
today
and
I
I
wish
that
we
would
defer
this
vote.
I
don't
I
I
I
oppose
it
even
being
voted
through
today.
J
I
have
wrestled
long
and
hard
with
this.
With
this
decision,
I
agree
with
councilwoman
gross
that
timing
could
not
be
worse
to
bring
something
like
this
forward
and
but
more
importantly,
what
has.
J
Helped
me
to
understand
my
obligation
and
agree
to
vote
this
through
today.
Is
that
I
believe
I
do
a
higher
disservice
to
the.
J
Process
of
democracy,
by
which
something
like
this
parks
tax,
was
decided
through
a
democratic
process.
Now,
having
said
that,
I'm
not
completely
in
agreement
with.
I
would
like
to
have
seen
things
done
a
little
differently.
I
would
have
to
agree
with
the
councilwoman
on
that
as
well.
J
I
just
would
have
liked
to
seen
the
referendum
handled
differently,
however,
and
once
again
there's
another,
but
in
my
in
my
brain
that
says
it
did
make
it
to
the
ballot.
It
was
decided
and
it
did
win
the
third
council
district
and
I,
to
be
honest
with
you.
I
was
quite
surprised
how
it
won
the
third
council
district,
because
there
were
wildly
differing
opinions
as
to
whether
or
not
we
should
or
should
not
support
it,
but
ultimately
it
was
put
before
the
voters.
J
I
believe
I
have
an
obligation
to
support
the
fact
that
majority
voted
it
and
agree
to
agree
to
put
it
through,
even
though
I'm
not
as
comfortable
with
it
as
I
would
like
to
be
by
any
means,
but
I
think
the
greater
danger
is
for
me
to
unilaterally
usurp
the
will
of
the
voter
who
clearly
came
to
the
poll.
Put
it
on
paper
and
said,
we'd
like
this
and
that's
the
obligation
I
feel
today
to
say
I
have
to
support
this,
even
though
I
may
not
be.
J
I
don't
think
the
timing
could
be
worse
and
I
have
my
own
thoughts
about
the
process
and
how
I
might
have
conducted
it
differently,
but
I
feel
the
bigger
obligation
I
have
and
the
danger
that
I
risk
is
to
unilaterally
usurp
voters
in
the
third
council
district.
That
did
indeed
buy
a
fair
margin
vote
to
support
this,
and
that
is
my
obligation
today
and
why
I'm
explaining
to
you
that
after
much
thought,
I
will
support
this
when
it
comes
to
the
vote
today.
K
Yes,
thank
you
councilman
lavelle.
K
So,
first
and
foremost,
I
want
to
address
something
councilwoman
gross
brought
up,
and
I
didn't
get
this
from
the
law
department.
I
got
it
from
other
sources
which
I
believe
to
be
reliable
is
that
we
are
not
obliged
to
focus
through
in
no
way
shape
or
form.
K
We
are
if
we
want
to
collect,
start
collecting
it
in
in
the
first
quarter,
and
you
know
so
so
I
guess
you
know
if
we
want
to
start
collecting
on
in
the
first
quarter
a
year.
Yes,
we
are
obliged
to
do
it,
but
for
me
you
know
not
only.
I
was
opposed
also
from
the
beginning
on
this
tax.
My
district
was
heavily
opposed
against
it.
I
still
remain
in
the
same
way,
and
you
know
I
guess
it
in
its
current
form.
K
I
spoke
to
the
mayor
about
this
and
I
appreciate
the
conversation
I
had
with
him
in
its
current
form.
It's
a
lot
more
palatable
for
me
than
the
original
proposal
from
the
parks
conservancy,
who
hired
a
firm
from
philadelphia
to
assess
things
and
never
even
reached
out
to
the
local
council,
people,
which
I
thought
was
very
odd.
So
so
I
was
against
that
for
many
reasons
in
its
current
state:
yes,
more
palatable,
I
still
don't
really
understand
how
we're
gonna,
you
know,
structure
this
money,
so
I
would
need
much
more
understanding
on
that.
K
And
I
do
believe
if
this
were
this
question
put
on
the
ballot
today
under
different
circumstances
the
world
is
under.
I
think
it
would
fail
miserably
most
of
you
were
there
and
saw
my
district
come
out
and
oppose
this
tax
by
70
plus
percent.
K
I
believe
in
my
district,
so
so
so
for
those
reasons
for
the,
for
the
obvious
reason
that
we're
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic
and
to
raise
taxes,
I
just
don't
think,
is
a
good
idea
ever
really,
but
being
the
circumstances
that
we're
under
especially
so
so
I'm
a
no
vote
for
it.
You
know
I
wish
we
could.
K
You
know,
delay
this
put
this
off
before
we,
so
we
all
can
have
a
clear
understanding
as
to
how
we're
gonna
you
know
we're
gonna,
distribute
this
money
and
how
we're
gonna
use
it
and
get
us
through
this
pandemic
and
let's
get
people
vaccinated
and
then
we'll
talk
about
raising
taxes.
That's
it
for
me,
mr
chair,
thanks.
L
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
really
appreciate
the
difficult
decision
that
this
is
for
council
members,
I
mean
I,
I
have
to
agree
with.
Basically
everyone
who
has
spoken
already
and
acknowledge
what
a
difficult
decision
this
is
especially
now
you
know
I
agree
with
councilwoman
gross
that
I
wish
we
had
more
tools
in
our
tool
belt.
L
L
L
L
L
That
said,
I
will
be
voting
for
it
and
I
you
know,
look
forward
to
getting
past
this
difficult
time
and
seeing
the
tax
kind
of
come
to
fruition
and
see
the
most
disinvested
parks
across
the
city
in
the
most
disinvested
neighborhoods
being
renovated
and
fixed
up
first,
so
that
you
know,
like
I
said
when
I
had
a
ribbon
cutting
at
whiteman
park
in
district
8
this
year.
L
Every
neighborhood
deserves
a
whiteman
park
and
I
truly
believe
that,
and
I
think
this
tax
will
help
us
help
our
own
dpw
and
our
our
own
staff
be
able
to
deliver
that
for
for
parks
in
every
district
and
improve
the
quality
of
life
in
neighborhoods
around
the
city.
So
that's
why
I'm
voting
for
it.
Thank
you.
M
Thank
you,
so
I
just
want
to
say.
I
think
I
was
extremely
opposed
to
this,
and
one
of
the
reasons
I
was
so
opposed
to
this
was
because
the
park
tax
was
because
the
campaign
that
was
that
was
that
the
pittsburgh
parks
conservancy
was
involved
with,
and
I
felt
that
there
was
a
lot
of
concern
that
the
money
was
not
going
to
go
to.
M
So
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
here
and
the
biggest
thing
there's
two
big
things,
one,
the
public
voted
for
it,
which
I
have
never,
even
though
I
didn't
agree
with
the
park,
the
library
tax.
I
voted
for
it
because
it
was
on
a
referendum
and
the
public
voted
for
it,
and
now
I
feel
the
same
way
if
the
public
voted
for
it,
then
I
have
to
do
with
what
they
what
they
there
are.
There's
that's
what
we
respond
to,
and
so
I
have
to
do
what
that
their
wishes
are.
M
But
I
also
think
that
I
have
a
long
list
for
emerald
view
park
with
a
master
plan
sheridan
park
with
a
master
plan,
westwood
school
that
needs
or
westwood
field,
that
they
need
all
sorts
of
work.
Oakwood
needs
work,
short-term
city
with
a
spray
park
fairywood
with
a
pool,
that's
been
baked
for
almost
two
decades
and
all
these
things.
None
of
this
thing.
None
of
this
will
happen
and
get
done
unless
we
have
more
people
working
for
parks
and
that's
because
almost
every
time
I've
asked
why
something's
been
delayed.
M
It's
because
we
haven't
had
the
manpower
and
so
or
the
I'm
sorry
the
workforce,
and
so
I
think
now
more
than
anything,
the
most
important
part
that
I
feel
most
comfortable
with
is
that
now
council
will
determine
how
this
money
will
be
spent.
It
will
not
go
through
pittsburgh
parks
conservancy.
It
will
go
to
through
gpw,
which
is
really
the
biggest
thing
that
we
have
the
major
concern
with,
and
so
now
that
part's
done.
So
I'm
going
to
be
honest
with
you.
M
I'm
still
not
crazy
about
it,
but
I
do
think
that
I
see
more
of
a
need.
I
don't
want
to
stop
something.
That's
going
to
be
long
term
for
something
that
we
can
get
through
after
this
year
and
maybe
that's
a
conversation
we
should
have
with.
Maybe
the
housing
opportunity
fund
is
helping
people
with
through
this
hurdle
if
they
have
some
obstacle
with
their
with
their
funding
and
see,
if
there's
some
some
ability
to
address
that
issue,
so
people
at
least
have
some
way
to
turn
for
for
help.
M
N
I
have
supported
the
tax
for
one
reason,
one
reason
alone,
and
that
is
because
that
parks
are
disproportionately
disinvested
in
primarily
african-american
communities.
N
In
order
to
we've
all
agreed
that
racism,
structural
racism
is
a
public
health
crisis
in
our
city.
In
order
to
alleviate
this,
we
have
to
do
new
things.
When
we
created
the
housing
opportunity
fund,
we
had
to
create
increased
attacks
in
order
to
put
money
into
a
new
fund.
Similarly,
african
americans
are
disaffected
by
kovic
19.
They
are
more
likely
to
get
the
virus.
They
are
more
likely
to
die
from
the
virus.
They
are
more
likely
to
have
to
have
single
parent
families,
and
those
single
parent
families
are
in
desperate
need
of
safe
places.
N
The
kovic
19
crisis
will
not
be
ended
by
the
summer.
It
will
be
probably
over
the
next
year.
We
would
be
trying
to
get
the
vaccine
and
getting
us
safe
and
african-american.
Families
need
quality
places
to
take
their
kids
safe
places
and
those
places
cannot
be
indoor,
they
have
to
be
outdoor,
and
so
we
need
to,
over
the
next
few
months,
get
those
parks
ready
for
springtime
activity
at
height
at
higher
rates.
N
We
are
sure
that
the
parks
in
the
majority
communities,
the
rad
parks
and
those
pristine
parks
in
segregated
wealthy
communities
will
be
just
fine
without
this
tax.
Why
do
I
know
that?
Because
that's
been
the
history
of
our
city
they're
fine?
Now
they
will
be
fine
tomorrow,
but
this
tax
is
designed
to
do
in
its
essence,
and
I
will
be
hyper
focused
to
make
sure
that
happens
is
to
give
equity
to
our
city
specifically
and-
and
I
want
to
talk
about
equity
a
little
bit
because
I
wouldn't
lose
this
in
our
city.
N
N
Here
when
we
fought,
we
led
that
fight
to
make
sure
that
they
no
longer
supplant
dollars
that
african
american
communities
got
increased
level
of
funding
and
paving
in
all
sorts
of
city
services,
because
that's
what
cdbg
money
was
designed
to
do,
give
them
not
to
be
a
an
alternative
funding
source,
but
to
be
a
funding
source
on
top
because
of
their
poverty,
to
give
them
additional
resources,
and
so
this
new
tax-
and
I
know
it's
hard
when
we
vote
for
racial
equity-
it's
always
going
to
be
hard.
It's
never
going
to
be
unanimous.
N
I
I
it
really
will
be-
and
that's
been
my
experience
on
council
voting
for
more
money
to
put
specifically
into
african-american
communities
is
always
going
to
be
hard
in
part.
That's
what
this
does.
This
now
disproportionately
puts
money
in
african-american
communities.
This
dispute
disproportionately
begins
to
help
african-american
people.
I
will
continue
that
fight.
I
believe
it's
right.
No,
I
know
it's
right
and
I'm
I'm
sincere
about
it.
N
I've
been
saying
this
from
the
very
beginning
as
to
why
I
support
the
tax,
why
it's
important
and
why
we
must
go
forward,
and
I
look
forward
to
you
know
at
least
another
three
years
on
council
leading
this
charge,
I'm
proud
of
all
we've
done.
This
is
another.
You
know
the
housing
opportunity
fund
was
important.
N
The
new
offices
and
public
safety
and
the
mayor's
office
were
important.
The
avenues
of
hope
was
important.
This
now
park
equity
is
just
as
important
because
we
are
now
moving
to
protect
african-american
single
women
and
their
children
to
give
them
clean,
safe,
decent
places
to
play
with
their
children,
especially
during
this
crisis.
N
I
I
think
the
crisis
actually
in
many
ways
makes
me
more
likely
to
be
supportive
of
this
less
than
less
likely,
because
I
know
how
needed
and
I
look
forward
to
public
works
and
parks
and
recreation
to
be
able
to
use
these
fundings
to
get
these
parks
ready
for
spring
time.
For
these
children
who
are
desperately
in
need
in
their
in
their
in
their
in
their
community.
You
know
because
they
don't
have
to
walk.
N
You
know
across
two
or
three
neighborhoods
to
get
into
to
get
to
a
safe
place
to
to
swing
and
a
safe
place,
to
learn
to
ride
a
bike
or
things
they
can.
They
can
walk
to
their
own
community
down
the
street
and
have
safe
places
to
congregate
and
to
to
play,
and
so
I
I
want
to
thank
those
members
who
will
be
voting
for
this.
I
I
do
want
to
be
very
clearly
clear
that
it
is
not
just
a
vote
for
the
part
tax.
N
A
Thank
you
very
much
any
other
member,
if
not
out
without
don't.
I
just
want
to
add
one
thing,
because
I
share
these
sentiments
of
councilman
kraus,
councilwoman
strasberger
and
councilman
burgess,
but
I
also
think
it's
worth
just
pointing
out
that
if
you
look
at
the
breakdown
of
who
voted
for
this
tax,
it
was
overwhelmingly
communities
of
color.
I
believe
my
district
actually
had
the
largest
turnout,
I
believe,
followed
by
councilman
burgesses
and
then
maybe
councilman
crosses.
A
But
if
you
look
at
that
breakout,
it
was
overwhelmingly
communities
of
color
that
asked
for
this
and
said
yes.
Indeed,
this
is
important
for
us
to
begin
fixing
up
our
parks
and
as
someone
with
two
little
children
who
are
stuck
at
home
all
day,
I
can
tell
you
their
all.
Their
activity
comes
when
we
go
meet
people
at
parks
to
go
play
outside,
even
as
it's
cold.
A
We
still
go
to
the
parks
to
utilize
them
to
get
some
exercise
in,
and
so
this
is
extremely
needed
and
extremely
important,
despite
the
fact
that
there's
never
good
timing,
but
to
fix
up
the
one
asset
that
people
are
going
to
be
needing
all
all
of
next
year
as
we
need
to
be
outside
and
not
inside.
I
believe
this
is
important
with
that
being
said,
we
do.
M
I'm
sorry,
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
you
know
I
hear
a
lot
of
what
you're
saying
about
the
equity,
but
I
want
to
point
out
that
during
covet
we
realize
that
there's
a
lot
of
people
with
with
of
all
different
races,
all
different,
colors,
geographically
different,
who
are
all
struggling
right
now
and
all
using
our
parks.
And
so
I
want
to
say
that
it's
also
really
important
to
realize
that
we
have
people
that
have
never
stood
in
the
food
line
standing
in
food
lines.
M
And
so
I
just
want
to
say
that,
even
though
I
understand
the
part
about
about
the
the
equity
and
the
racial
equity,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
people
understand
that
this
will
be
shared
across
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
in
communities
of
color
and
in
communities.
Not
of
course,
that
there's
just
going
to
be
a
broad,
I
think,
I
believe,
with
council
working
together
with
the
administration,
just
a
broad
area
covered,
because
this
this
money
is
what
we
need
to
get
some
of
our
parks
up
to
where
we
need
them
to
be.
M
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
people
understand
that,
even
though
that's
those
are
all
important
issues,
there's
also
an
important.
You
know
conversation
to
be
had
that
everyone
is
using
our
parks,
they
are
being
used.
We
had
a
playground
done
in
in
towns
and
an
elliot
and
already
it
needs
renovations,
because
it's
getting
that
much
use,
so
I
just
want
to
say
it's
important
to
make
sure
we're
taking
care
of
all
the
perks
everywhere.
Thank
you.
A
G
I
just
would
like
to
remind
council
and
the
public
that
there
were
some
100
000.
A
third
of
the
city
population
are
not
already
conveniently
within
a
ten-minute
walk
of
a
park
right,
they
don't
have
access
to
neighborhood
parks.
Many
of
us
have
represent
areas
that
do
have
a
lot
of
parks
and
a
lot
of
neighborhood-sized
parks,
and
that
was
one
of
the
grievances
that
I
had
against
the
parks.
G
Conservancy
consultants
is
that
they
just
deleted
a
third
of
the
city
population
from
their
analysis
because
it
was
inconvenient
for
them,
and
so
we
should
remember,
as
we
have
this
focus
on,
providing
access
to
parks
for
the
city
at
large,
to
just
remind
us
that
we
also
have
to
look
at
that.
How
do
we
provide
at
least
access
to
open
space
if
not
a
fully
built
park
or
a
third
of
our
population?
G
O
Yes,
thank
you
yeah.
I
just
I
again.
I
I
think
the
tax
being
equitable
is
great.
I
was
chair
of
parks
for
my
first,
I
think,
six
years
on
council.
So
we
know
the
parks
are
very
important
and
I
love
the
parks
I
think
spreading
them
out.
All
over
is
great.
I
just
think,
with
a
pandemic,
and
especially
with
my
amendments
last
week
to
put
more
money
towards
avenues
of
hope,
small
business,
as
well
as
the
housing
opportunity
fund.
I
just
think
another
six
months
wouldn't
hurt.
O
O
I
I
just
think
waiting
a
couple
months
is
not
a
big
issue,
especially
now
when
we
know
that
once
we
get
out
of
this
pandemic,
people
are
going
to
lose
homes,
lose
jobs,
rent's
going
to
go
up,
and
that's
going
to
be
a
huge
issue
for
a
lot
of
people
so
and
plus,
based
on,
as
I
mentioned,
the
amendments
that
we
passed
last
week
that
I
sponsored
to
support
those
individuals.
I
couldn't
in
good
conscious
vote
for
this
right
now.
I
understand
that
you
know
we
need
to
do
this.
O
I
just
don't
know
what
a
couple
months
would
really
do
considering
most
of
our
parks
are
not
going
to
be
built
in
the
winter
time
anyways.
So
that's
my
stance,
I'm
going
to
be
a
no
as
well,
but
I
think
it's
a
great
conversation-
and
I
think
you
know
this
money's
gonna
do
well
for
a
lot
of
people
across
the
city
and
again
as
parks
chair
for
six
years.
I
support
them.
I
think
they're
great,
but
I
think
timing
just
a
little
hard
to
swallow
at
this
point.
So
thank
you.
L
Thank
you
just
to
respond
to
that.
I
we
did
clarify
with.
We
did
clarify
during
the
budget
hearings
that
if
there
is
any
individual
person
who
is
really
struggling
to
pay
their
property
taxes,
the
city
will
work
with
you
to
defer
payment
until
the
end
of
next
year.
So,
whether
we
institute
this
now
or
whether
we
institute
this
six
months
from
now,
you
have
options
to
work
on
a
case-by-case
basis
with
the
city
to
allow
the
city
to
be
as
flexible
as
possible.
L
L
In
some
form
or
fashion,
to
receive
some
sort
of
reprieve
from
that.
M
So
I
was
thank
you.
I
was
going
to
say
some
of
what
councilwoman
strasberger
just
said.
I
just
want
to
remind
people
that
there
is
help
we
have
the
rental
assistance
and
the
mortgage
assistance
programs
at
the
ura
and
they
have
millions
of
people
that
we
they
help
out
and
to
pay
for
some
of
that
stuff.
M
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
people
know
that
there's
help
available
and
that
that
this
that,
even
though
there
may
not
be
something
done
in
some
places
for
six
months,
that
doesn't
mean
that
we
can't
get
this
rolling
and
have
it
ruled
out
so
that
if
there
is
an
issue
we
can
address
it
through
those
ways.
I
just
want
people
to
know
that
there
is
help
it's
not
as
if
there's
not
going
to
be
help
and
I'm
not
stupid.
I
mean
we
have
five
votes
for
this.
M
I
want
to
make
sure
our
district's
included
in
some
of
this
some
of
this
going
forward
and
so
that
our
area
benefits
as
well.
So
thank
you.
A
K
Yes
now
I
just
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
mention
the
big
picture
again,
as
my
communities
compete
with
dormont
and
greentree
and
mount
lebanon
and
and
all
the
surrounding
suburbs.
K
You
know-
and
it's
a
small
reason
this
taxed,
but
it
is
one
on
top
of
another
on
top
of
another
with
us,
I
think
and
we're
giving
people
every
opportunity
to
say
to
pick
the
suburbs
over
us
because
of
the
taxes
and
because
the
way
we're
imposing
taxes
I'll
give
you
a
brief
example.
25
years
ago
you
know
I
was
in
business
for
three
or
four
years
and
I
would
get
a
bill
every
year,
the
business
privilege
tax.
K
I
don't
know
if
everybody
remembers
that,
but
I
remember
looking
at
it
and
saying
three
thousand
thirty
five
hundred
dollars.
This
is
25
years
ago,
mind
you
and
I
thought
why.
What.
K
Privilege
of
doing
business
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh-
and
I
thought
well,
the
privilege
is
the
city,
it's
not
mine
and
I
was
real
close
to
moving
out
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
For
that
reason,
so
I
could
save
four
thousand
dollars
a
year
and
I
was
gonna
go
right
next
next
door
to
me
in
dorman.
It
would
have
been
real,
easy,
lower
taxes
all
the
way
around.
I
don't
have
small
children
in
the
school
district,
but
I
also
believe
which,
of
course,
we
don't.
K
We
can't
control
that,
but
that's
a
deterrence
I
think
our
performance
in
our
pittsburgh.
Public
schools
is
a
deterrence
for
people
to
move
in,
throw
taxes
on
top
of
it
and
we're
giving
people
more
reason
not
to
choose
the
city
of
pittsburgh
to
start
their
family
and
to
buy
their
home.
And
for
me
the
big
picture
is
the
tax-based.
We
have
to
draw
people
and
we
continue
to
lose
population,
and
I
think
it's
because
of
reasons
like
this.
A
Thank
you
still
on
third
round
any
other
members
being
nine,
I
do
believe,
has
a
technical
amendment
to
make.
Thank.
L
You,
mr
chair,
yes,
I'd
just
like
to
offer
a
technical
amendment
that
was
attached
to
the
last
version
of
the
as
an
email
attachment
to
the
last
version
of
the
agenda
that
you
received
today.
All
it
does
is
change
every
every
instance
where
it
lists
2020
to
2021.
P
D
A
P
Yes,
I
just
want
to
say
that
I'm
in
favor
of
voting
yesterday,
because
it
you
know
it-
ensures
that
when
voters
go
to
the
polls
that
their
voices
are
heard,
and
then
this
ultimately
gets
to
the
goal
of
making
pittsburgh
a
place
for,
for
everyone
really
correcting
the
problems
of
you
know
these
these
problems
of
equity
in
the
city.
P
I
think
that
you
know
by
implementing
a
plan
that
does
you
know,
put
and
improve
parks
in
places
that
need
them
the
most
to
correct,
to
correct
some
of
the
wrongs
that
have
been
done
in
this
city.
You
know
we
need
to
do
that,
so
I
just
want
to
say
that.
D
A
F
G
Sorry,
I
I
also
want
to
say
I
do
appreciate
that
this,
for
this
is
the
structure
of
a
trust
fund
to
put
the
parks
tax
into
that.
It
doesn't
foreground
the
co-op
agreements,
as
we
had
much
discussion
before
we
all
before
we
kind
of
went
into
the
global
pandemic
of
2020.
G
We
talked
a
lot
about
those
co-ops
and
just
a
reminder
that
councilman
coghill
and
I
requested
an
audit
of
the
co-op
specifically
with
the
parks
conservancy
just
about
this
time
last
year,
and
that
was
completed
by
the
controller
in
the
middle
of
2020
and
it's
available
on
the
controller's
website,
and
one
of
the
main
takeaways
was
that,
as
the
years
went
by
people
lost
track
of
who
had
what
kind
of
cooperative
agreement
about
what.
G
And
so
the
controller
should
have
had
all
of
those
agreements
and
didn't,
and
he
had
to
get
some
almost
20
from
the
administration.
So
he
had
some
30
some
on
record.
It
turns
out
there
were
over
50
agreements,
just
specifically
between
the
city
and
the
parks
conservancy,
and
I
believe
we
still
have
untangling
to
do,
even
after
that
audit
of
how
many
places
dollars
are
flowing
out
of
the
city
treasury
and
into
the
parks
conservancy.
G
As
we
just
heard
in
a
hearing
last
week
about
the
frick
environmental
center
trust
fund-
and
I
know
it
was
a
project
that
a
lot
of
people
supported
it's
in
a
rad
park
and
some
eight
hundred
thousand
dollars
is
is
written
in
a
check
to
the
parks
conservancy
each
year
from
city
assets,
to
the
parks
conservancy
for
their
staffing
and
for
their
work
on
the
park.
We
saw
examples
from
shanley
plaza
in
the
heart
of
oakland,
where
the
city
taxpayers
are
paying
for
gas
service
internet
service.
G
I
think
electrical
service,
but
the
parks
conservancy
collects
all
of
the
rent
from
all
of
the
venues,
and
so
I
just
think
there's
more
places
where
we
should
have
time
to
collectively,
discuss
and
all
understand
what
is
already
happening
before.
We
would
move
forward
with
any
new
agreements
and
certainly
new
financial
arrangements,
and
certainly
even
a
penny
of
of
this
tax
revenue.
G
So
I'm
grateful
that
the
administration
is
proposing
hiring
more
direct
city
employees
to
do
more
work
in
of
this
work,
but
we
should
all
keep
our
eyes
on
this
trust
fund
moving
forward,
and
I
hope
that
each
and
every
allocation
would
have
to
come
before
this
body,
so
the
public
can
be
heard
and
not
allow
kind
of
a
backroom
distribution
of
funds
out
of
public
oversight.
K
I
just
wanted
to
reiterate:
if
all
council
members
feel
that
in
today's
world
that
this
tax
would
pass,
then
I
say:
follow
your
heart,
but
if
you
believe
that
this
tax
wouldn't
pass
with
thousands
of
people
out
of
work
now
thousands
of
homeowners
and
no
real,
no
real
end
in
sight-
I
mean
hopefully
by
mid-summer,
but
you
know
we'll
have
already
started
collecting
this
tax
so
to
put
that
burden
on
people
now,
I
think,
is
the
wrong
thing
to
do.
I
I
do
believe
with
all
my
heart.
K
A
J
L
I,
mr
chair,
sorry,
I
would
like
to
abstain
from
invoices.
A
Okay
on
the
invoices
under
public
safety,
there
is
one
purchase
that
exceeds
our
five
thousand
dollar
limit.
It
was
for
an
emergency
purchase
of
hazardous
materials,
hazardous
material,
apparel
excuse
me,
and
so
we
need
to
waive
the
rules
so
that
this
can
be
approved
along
with
our
other
invoices.
So
can
we
give
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye?
C
A
A
G
A
Opposed
p-cards
are
approved
that
will
take
us
to
our
public
safety
services
committee,
which
is
chaired
by
councilman
o'connor.
We
have
a
number
of
new
papers
billed
997.
O
I
just
I
I
don't
know
I
know
this
is
I
don't
know
if
rev
wanted
to
mention
anything
about
this?
I
know
this
was
his
big
project
a
few
years
ago.
I
know
it's
been
going
across
the
city.
I
know
I
just
got
some
cameras
and
things
in
hazelwood
a
couple
years
back.
I
don't.
I
didn't
know
if
he
wanted
to
add
anything
to
it,
but
I'm
fully
supportive.
So.
C
L
A
F
A
P
Motion
to
approve
brief
discussion.
Second,
this
is
making
a
technical
correction
to
fun,
cbg
funds
that
were
allocated
previously.
Basically,
what
this
does
is
is
make
that
technical
correction,
so
that
they
can
actually
encumber
these
funds.
A
F
Bill
994
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
public
safety
to
enter
on
behalf
of
the
city
enter
a
professional
services
agreement
with
eso
for
upgrades
to
the
city's
fire
house
software
system
at
an
overall
cost
not
to
exceed
two
hundred.
Eighty
eight
thousand
five
hundred
forty
six
dollars
and
eighty
five
cents.
F
J
G
Thank
you.
So
this
is
the
bill
that
is
looking
at
doing
different
things
with
the
1990s
capital
bond
that
was
kind
of
repaid
by
city
tax
dollars
to
the
ura.
It
is
fully
repaid
and
it
was
initially
when
it
was
borrowed
targeted
at
major
development
projects.
G
What
you'll
see
here
and
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
the
ra
in
a
few
minutes-
is
that
they
are
proposing
that
the
cooperative
agreement
basically
delete
the
minimum
very
large
minimum
size
of
project
so
that
it
can
be
used
for
small
projects
or
even
small
business
loans.
The
way
I'm
understanding
it,
it
doesn't
require
it,
however,
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
council
kind
of
had
eyes
on
it
and
the
public
understands
it
and
I'm
go.
G
I
think
on
tuesday
specified
that
it
was
for
the
district
improvement
funds,
and
I
don't
see
that
here
on
our
standing
committee
agenda,
which
is
curious.
G
One
of
my
questions
was:
if
there's
50,
you
know
45
million
dollars
in
this
fund.
Why
are
you
only
proposing
moving
a
few
hundred
thousand
a
few
hundred
thousand
that
have
been
allocated
to
council
offices?
What
are
you
doing
with
the
rest
of
the
millions
and
what
I
was?
What
I
was
told
in
my
understanding
is
that
some
of
them
are
kind
of
locked
in
some
of
them
are
already
committed
and
there
may
be
10
million
dollars
that
could
be
affected
by
the
change
in
the
cooperative
agreement.
G
So
with
that,
I'm
going
to
let
the
any
representatives
from
the
area.
I
didn't
actually
ask
a
question
except
to
say:
please
give
us
your
summary
of
why
we're
seeing
this
proposed
amendment
to
this
cooperation
agreement.
A
Thank
you
councilwoman.
We
do
have
director
flitzrum
as
well
as
director
walker
from
the
ura
with
us
today.
Q
Good
afternoon
council,
I
we'll
start
off
by
saying
that
there's
a
number
of
ura
staff
who
can
answer
some
technical
questions
on
the
amendment,
but
I
think
there
are
a
number
of
different
things
on
the
table
regarding
the
pdf.
Q
The
first
of
them
is
to
basically
rescind
the
first
amendment
of
the
pdf
entirely.
The
first
amendment
was
the
amendment
that
established
the
dif
the
district
improvement
fund
in
order
to
pledge
those
dollars
into
our
avenues
of
hope
initiative.
I'm
looking
for
some
seed
funds
for
avenues
of
hope,
and
we
think
that
by
seating
it
with
diff
funds
would
be
a
wait
for
us
to
be
able
to
begin
to
implement
some
of
these
programs
in
conjunction
with
other
resources
that
we
hope
to
be
able
to
to
gather
and
to
develop
for
avenues
of
hope.
Q
So
that's
that's
one
thing
we're
trying
to
do.
The
other
thing
is
we're
trying
to
replace
the
old
pdf
guidelines
that
council
member
grossi
mentioned
were
developed
many
years
ago.
I
say
probably
back
in
the
1990s
before
I
was
most
of
us
were
on
the
scene
here,
but
really
contemplated.
Q
You
know
circa
1995
economic
development
projects,
mostly
larger
scale
projects,
those
guidelines
stipulated
a
minimum
project,
size,
minimum
loan
size
and
certain
equity
requirements
that
really
were
more
oriented
to
traditional
economic
development
projects,
not
the
type
the
more
micro
scale
interventions
that
we're
trying
to
do
with
avenues
of
hope
and
other
things
at
the
ura.
So
we're
trying
to
create
some
flexibility
in
the
guidelines
to
be
able
to
do
more
avenues
of
hope,
scale
projects,
but
knowing
also
that
the
pdf
is
our
own.
Q
It's
our
really
only
resource
that
we
have
to
perpetuate
and
to
replenish
in
order
to
be
able
to
do
both
small
scale
micro
scale
projects
as
well
as
larger
scale
projects.
So
we
need
to
strike
a
balance
of
both
of
them.
Q
It
can't
just
be
all
one
thing,
but
I
think
I
hope
most
of
you
know
you
are
his
commitment
to
doing
more
neighborhood
scale
development
in
our
city
and
so
we're
just
trying
to
open
up
the
guidelines
so
to
have
more
flexibility
in
our
use
of
those
of
those
funds
and
then,
finally,
to
loosen
the
guidelines
to
allow
the
ura
to
be
able
to
collect
a
modicum
of
fees
and
interest
income
that
would
typically
go
with
managing
or
administrating
the
fund
of
this
size.
Q
We
need
to
strike
a
balance
and
for
us
to
do
that,
we
need
to
be
able
to
manage
the
fund
effectively,
so
we're
asking
the
ura
to
be
able
to
be
able
to
collect
again
minimum
level
fees
and
interest
income
that
I
typically
would
go
with
managing
a
fund
to
this
side.
Q
So
that's
that
in
totality
is
the
is
the
ask
in
front
of
you
today
and
I
guess
if
there
are
any
questions,
I
guess
I
would
also
turn
it
over
to
any
of
my
staff
members
or
a
number
of
them
on
the
phone
to
maybe
backfill
some
of
the
things
that
I
missed,
but
that's
kind
of
a
very
high
level
review
of
what
we're
asking
to
have
done.
G
Right
well,
I
pointed
out
that
you're
kind
of
proposing
to
delete
the
minimum
size
of
a
project
you're
not
putting
a
cap
on
it,
which
is
interesting
so
you're,
not
saying
it
won't,
go
to
large
projects,
and
that
is
something
that
you
could
put
in
the
cooperation
agreement
right
and
so,
instead
of
a
minimum
project,
size
of
1.5
million,
I
think
was
you
know
your
initial
co-op
agreement.
G
You
could
say
that
it
not
go
two
projects,
or
at
least
some
portion
of
the
funding
go
to
small
projects
because
it
doesn't,
it
doesn't
do
in
the
draft
that
I
saw
it
doesn't
really
say
anything
like
that.
Have
you
considered.
Q
We
thought
about,
I
think,
the
the
answer
to
that
you
know
councilman
gross.
Is
that
again
we
want
to
have
this
maximum
flexibility,
and
you
know
I
think
we
would
all
be
misleading
folks
if
we
didn't
think
we
still
need
to
do
traditional
scale,
redevelopment
projects
and
development
projects
at
the
ura,
those
that
actually
have
a
return
on
investment
that
help
grow
and
perpetuate
the
fund
and
our
ability
to
be
able
to
use
this
fund.
G
I
hear
that,
but
I
do
think
it's
fair
that
we
ask
you
straight
out
when
the
initial
title
of
the
bill
said
that
you
were
going
to
be
putting
money
into
avenues
of
hope
that
there's
really
nothing
that
it
doesn't
match
the
language
of
the
draft
agreements.
I
saw-
and
I
that's
why
I
just
want
to
say
it
out
loud
and
I
want
to
make
sure
everyone
understands
that,
because
I
think
that
the
you
know
you
don't
want
the
public
to
see.
You
then
do
all
of
these
dollars
in
one
large
major
developer,
for-profit.
G
You
know
real
estate
development
like
a
a
big
shadyside
project
or
a
big
east
liberty
project.
That
is
an
already
over-invested
neighborhood
and
I
guess
I'm
kind
of
trading
the
line
there
talking
about
other
people's
districts.
But
let's
say:
let's
use
one
of
mine.
Let's
say
you
know
we
wouldn't
want
to
see
the
10
million
dollars
that
you
have
to
move
left.
That's
uncommitted
of
the
45
that
you
have
going
to
it
like
a
giant
project
in
the
strip
district
that
doesn't
really
need
the
help
right.
Q
I
you
know,
I
can't
comment
on
that.
The
only
thing
I
would
say
is
that
the
the
idea
would
be
to
again
create
maximum
flexibility
in
this
fund.
You
don't
know
what
kind
of
projects
are
to
come
down
the
pike
as
it
were,
I
mean
the
intent
is
definitely
to
put
them
into
more
neighborhood
scale.
Be
able
to
balance.
Have
a
balanced
portfolio
has
a
you
know,
strikes
a
balance
of
neighborhood
scale
development
as
well,
as
I
would
say,
traditional
development
and
oftentimes.
Q
The
the
traditional
development
helps
subsidize
the
the
stuff
in
some
of
the
neighborhoods
that
actually,
quite
frankly,
are
hard
to
fund
because
they
do
veer
into
the
area
of
philanthropy.
So
again,
the
idea
was
to
create
maximum
flexibility
it
within
the
fund
to
do
both
more
philanthropic
investment,
social
investment,
as
well
as
traditional
economic
development,
and
then
provide
some
seed
funding
through
the
dif,
the
diff
fund,
to
help
seed
the
avenues
of
hope
initiative.
So
that's
how
I.
Q
G
I
want
to
just
say
for
the
record:
the
ura
has
done
a
much
much
much
better
job
of
reporting
and
telling,
as
I
like
to
say,
if
you're
doing
the
good
work
tell
that
tell
the
story
of
the
good
work
and-
and
I
have
to
give
you
credit
where
it's
due
and
I've
had
because
I've
had
these
tosses
with
the
the
ura
for
years,
and
I
have
hopefully
let
people
know
that
how
supportive
I
am
especially
of
the
work
that
you're
doing
in
neighborhoods
on
micro
projects
in
affordable
housing
and
affordable
housing,
trust
fund
and
those
those
great
projects,
but
it
so
the
kind
of
year-end
budget
presentations
have
gotten
a
lot
better
and
are
very
good
at
telling
the
story
of
what
you're
doing
you
do
have
a
newsletter.
G
R
So
if
I,
if
I
might
add
a
note
to
the
previous
question,
which
was,
I
think,
centered
on,
how
do
we
don't
have
a
cap,
we
don't
explicitly
state
a
cap
on
any
of
the
projects.
I
want
to
be
clear
that
the
guidelines
will
not
supplant
the
loan
review
committee
underwriting
solid
projects
in
doing
but
for
analysis,
so
that
we
are
not
over
investing
in
projects
that
are
not
worthy
of
this
type
of
investment.
R
That
thoughtfulness
will
still
have
to
happen
as
as
the
fund
is
administrated,
but
what
this
allows
us
to
do
is
if
there
is
an
avenues
of
hope
project
where
pdf.
The
way
that
it's
currently
written
does
not
have
equitable
development
in
mind.
It
does
not
take
into
account
projects
like
the
ones
that
are
emerging
on
center
avenue
by
repatriating
these
funds
we're
making
that
possible.
I
think
that,
as
we
look
at
loan
review
committee
bylaws
and
guidelines,
we
can
certainly
refine
this
over
time.
R
I
think
this
is
an
excellent
first
step
to
the
to
the
next
question,
which
I
think
is
around
fund
reporting.
The
ura
has
done
a
lot
of
work
during
2019
and
2020
in
preparation
for
greg's
arrival,
and
now
that
he
is
here
to
be
much
more
transparent
in
out
in
how
we
are
stewarding
funds.
R
I
think
that
will
only
improve
in
2021
we
have
a
new
finance
department
that
is
in
the
process
of
putting
you
know,
guidelines
and
controls
around
these
things,
so
that
we
can
do
a
lot
more
transparent
reporting
and
that
that
will
happen
in
2021.
I
agree
with
you,
council,
member
gross,
that's
something
that
I've
also
wanted
to
see
the
ura
do
a
better
job
of
we've
made
great
progress
and.
S
If
I
could
just
chime
in
while
we're
making
progress
on
getting
those
financial
reports
in
place,
you
know
we
do
it.
I
like
to
think
we
do
a
good
job
of
reaching
out
to
council,
as
well
as
making
very
public
what
the
ura
board
votes
are
going
to
be
ahead
of
time,
and
I
think
our
board
meetings
are
incredibly
transparent
and
deliberative.
So
to
your
point
about
the
very
large-scale
investments,
all
of
those
would
require
a
board
vote
and
go
through
a
very
public
process
that
members
on
here
are
used
to
seeing
play.
G
G
Having
a
you
know:
authorization
for
borrowing,
this
much
money.
We
would
have
a
public
hearing.
We
would
be
talking
about
what
the
bond
guidelines
are
and
we
would
have
a
lot
of
public
input.
So
this
is
repurposing
money,
that's
been
paid,
so
in
a
way
it's
actually
fairly
unrestricted
right,
but
it
is
still
a
large
fund
and
it
will
we
look
forward
to
it
being
invested
in
neighborhoods.
G
This
is
part
of
the
kind
of
1990s
money
where
we,
as
a
city
were
accused
of
disinvesting
from
all
neighborhoods
and
kind
of
concentrating
all
investments
in
the
kind
of
downtown
in
the
stadiums
and
under
mayor
murphy
and
historians
can
debate
that
moment,
and
but
we
have
a
different
opportunity
now
and
while
I
understand
that
the
ura
needs,
the
flexibility
needs
to
get
some
revenue
stream
off
of
these
funds.
G
G
I
have
only
good
things
to
say
about
how
you've
moved
money
in
2020.
we've
seen
with
the
cares
that
all
of
the
funds
that
we
gave
you
to
help
people
out
in
the
real
world
during
covid
you've
moved,
and
I
want
council
members
to
hear
that
too
right.
Our
state
government
didn't
move
funds
into
people's
hands.
Our
county
government
really
didn't
move
funds
into
people's
hands
and
the
ura
did
you
put
money
out
there
and
cash
assistance
and
small
business
assistance,
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
G
So
I'm
supportive
today,
but
I
just
felt
like
we
had
to
have
a
full
discussion
and
so
that
we
understood
that
this
is
the
cooperative
cooperation.
Agreement
is
really
about
the
constraints
on
the
45
million.
I
think
it's
45
million
dollars
left
in
the
fund.
R
So
there
are
there's
10
million
dollars
in
reserves,
there's
a
14.5
million
dollar
pipeline,
a
lot
of
those
projects
being
affordable,
housing
and
affordable
commercial
development
projects,
and
then
there's
about
23
million
dollars
in
loans
receivable
that
come
in
over
time.
We
see
about
a
half
a
million
dollars
per
quarter,
I
believe
in
repayments,
and
so
you
know
we're
it's
not
a
super
liquid
fund,
but
you
know
with
the
repatriation
of
diff
funds.
R
It
certainly
puts
us
in
a
better
position
to
start
doing
some
actionable
development
along
the
avenues
of
hope
for
projects
that
are
in
that
existing
pipeline,
and
we
can
provide
a
report
to
to
make
that
very
clear.
I
know
I'm
sort
of
tap,
you
know
ticking
off
bullet
points
there,
but
we
can
make
a
report
available.
G
I
think
I
think
that's
the
that's
the
nice
kind
of
short
answer
to
my
first
question
is
when
we're
talking
about
kind
of
a
part
of
like
a
45
million
dollars,
why?
Why
are
you
talking
about
removing
the
diff
funds
and
that's
because
those
are
the
ones
that
are
still
in
hand
and
not
already
out
yes
and
committed
right,
and
so
they
are
the
most
flexible
funds.
R
G
R
M
M
I
just
want
to
just
echo
some
of
the
concerns
that
councilman
gross
had
made,
and
I'd
also
like
to
make
sure
that
we're
getting
council
members
are
getting
reports,
but
those
of
us
who
have
avenues
of
hope
in
our
area.
M
I
would
hope
that
I
would
hope
that
you
would
use
that
you
would
work
with
us
a
little
bit
on
this
and
not
just
make
decisions
and
determinations
that
without
talking
with
council
members,
because
I
think
between
city
planning
and
the
ura
there's
a
lot
being
done,
and
sometimes
there's
some
communications
and
more
so
with
the
ura.
I
will
say
that
for
on
my
end
at
least,
but
I'd
like
to
have
a
little
bit
more
a
lot
more
actually.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
say
that.
Thank
you.
K
Yes,
okay,
thanks
greg
good
to
see
you
diamante
david
thanks
for
being
here.
Avenue's
a
hope
sounds
great,
I'm
all
for
it.
You
know,
I
think,
the
areas
that
you
targeted
or
the
correct
areas
just
wanna
make
sure
we
keep
focus
on.
You
know
my
avenue
of
hope,
which
is
broadway
avenue,
we're
we're
almost
home
there.
K
As
far
as
the
ura
goes,
I
think
another
you
know
building
or
two
we're
out
of
the
woods
there,
and
you
probably
can't
hear
from
me
again
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
keep
our
focus
on
the
neighborhoods
and
things
that
we
have
been
working
on
as
well,
but
I
do
support
you
know
the
initiative
with
the
avenues
of
hope.
Thanks.
N
Yeah,
first
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
greg
and
diamante,
particularly
for
your
leadership
and
your
great
vision
of
making
equitable
development
across
our
city.
N
Your
staffs
work
to
create
the
avenues
of
hope
project,
I
believe,
is
visionary
and
extraordinarily
needed.
I
also
want
to
thank
mayor,
william
peduto.
This
does
not
happen
without
the
commitment
of
a
mayor
who
is
looking
to
in
historic
ways,
invest
money
into
those
communities
that
have
been
disinfected
disinfested.
N
I
think
that
this
is
going
to
be
avenues
of
hope,
I
think,
may
be
the
most
significant
project
for
african
american
people
and
their
communities
in
the
last
50
to
maybe
100
years
in
pittsburgh,
and
the
mayor
should
be
very
proud,
I'm
very
proud
of
the
mayor's
partnership
and
leadership
along
with
course,
councilman
lavelle
in
the
small
part
that
that
we
play
second
of
all.
N
N
I
think
the
three
of
us
will
start
to
look
at
this
whole
idea
that
we
began
talking
about
a
while
ago
about
a
year
ago.
I
think,
and-
and
now
I
think
after
kovic
we'll
have
to
wait
to
see.
You
know
kovic
happens,
but
I
think
there
is
time
now
for
us
to
get
to
revisit
this
whole
idea
of
doing
a
bond
of
doing
somewhere
between
50
and
150
million
dollars
into
an
affordable
housing
bond.
I
think
there
are
two
different
ways
in
which
that
may
occur.
N
One
is,
I
think
there
may
be
of
some
stimulus
money
that
the
government
gives
us
for
the
ura
or
for
the
housing
authority,
specifically
that
we
could
leverage
and
just
depending
on
how
we
come
out
of
kovic.
I
think
we
can
spend
this
year
talking
about.
N
If
how
we
can
do
that-
and
I
think
that's
a
it's
a
great
conversation
to
have
and
as
we
come
out
of
covet
because
a
couple
things
are
going
to
happen,
not
only
when
we
say
that
african
americans
are
dis
or
mostly
or
disproportionately
disaffected
by
kovic,
I'm
not
so
sure
people
really
understand
what
that
means.
N
It
means
that
when
evicted
evictions
come,
they
will
be
disproportionately
evicted.
That
means,
when
there's
loss
of
jobs,
they
will
be
disproportionately
unemployed.
N
That
also
means
that
the
research
says
that,
during
kovac,
almost
fifty
percent
of
african-american
businesses
have
failed
right
because
they
didn't
have
the
enough
savings
and
so
we're
going
to
now
have
to,
and
in
fact
that's
what,
when
I
had
the
chance
to
meet
the
president-elect,
that's
actually
what
we
talked
about.
N
He
and
I
chatted
about
how
to
invest
in
neighborhood,
african-american
businesses
to
revitalize
those
main
streets,
and
so
the
avenues
of
hope,
although
was
not
called
that,
then,
was
specifically
the
type
of
investment
that
he
supports
and
that
I,
I
guess
one
of
the
reasons
I
got
a
chance
of
meeting
was
to
talk
about
those
sort
of
issues.
So
I
am
I'm.
I
really
am
proud
their
moments,
I'm
very
proud
of
our
city.
I
also
want
to
thank,
I
don't
want
to
think
I
do
want
to.
N
Thank
did
not
want
to
go
on
on
a
minute
that
I
did
recognize
the
investment
that
councilman
o'connor
made
with
putting
some
money
into
the
avenues
of
hope,
and
we
appreciate
that.
But
there's
a
lot
more
to
be
done.
This
is
a
small
step,
but
an
important
step,
and
so,
but
but,
as
I
end
greg
and
demoni
great,
thank
you
for
your
vision,
diamani,
thank
you
for
being
my
smarter
friend
and
and
all
the
work
that
you've
done,
that
together
as
a
city,
we
are
moving
our
city
forward.
A
Seeing
none,
I
also
just
want
to
thank
director,
flistrom
director
walker,
david
and
all
those
at
the
ura
for
working
on
this
and
moving
this
initiative
forward.
Thank
you
very
much.
All
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye,.
C
F
Bill
987
resolution
authorizing
a
corporation
agreement
with
the
ura
in
connection
with
the
ura's
application
for
a
redevelopment
assistance
capital
program
grant
of
up
to
one
million
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
former
homewood
school
project.
Council
district.
G
G
We
need
to
motion
to
waive
the
rules
for
bill
8
989,
so
that'll
say
that
is
that
the
right
motion.
First
of
all,
madam
clear
council
members,
I
move
to
waive
the
rules
of
council
to
put
bill
2020-0989
on
the
table.
That
is
the
bill
about
the
sewer
module
to
allow
the
affordable
housing
downtown
to
move
forward.
Second,.
A
Thank
you.
We
have
waived
the
rules
to
bring
this
bill
back
up.
All
those
in
favor
say:
aye,
aye,
aye,.
C
G
Councilman
lavelle
asked
me
to
put
this
bill
back
on
the
table
so
that
it
could
move
the
project
forward
so
councilman.
If
I
don't
know
if
you.
G
A
Thank
you,
councilwoman
gross,
just
so
members
remember.
Last
week
there
was
a
sewer
module
bill
that
came
up.
Unfortunately,
I
had
been
slightly
distracted,
and
so
I
wasn't
sure
what
I
was
looking
at
when
it
came
up.
A
This
is
for
the
new
homeless
shelter
that
members
may
remember
casting
a
number
of
different
votes
in
order
for
this
to
move
forward,
which
is
in
part
being
sponsored
by
both
upmc
allegheny
general
pnc
is
putting
a
lot
of
money
into
this
project,
and
this
is
the
last
thing
that's
holding
them
up
from
being
able
to
move
on
construction,
and
so
I
wasn't
I
so
I
missed
this
last
week,
so
I
apologize
which
why
ask
councilman
gross
to
bring
it
back
up
today.
A
So
thank
you.
Any
further
discussion,
seeing
none
all
those
in
favor
say
aye
aye.
Any
opposed
bill
is
recommended
that
exhaust
our
agenda.
Today's
agenda,
we
do
have
a
number
of
meeting
announcements.
Council's
final
meeting
of
2020
is
next
monday
december
28th
at
10.
Am
there
will
be
no
standing
committee,
no
standing
committees,
meeting
to
register
to
speak
at
the
regular
meeting.
Please
call
the
clerk's
office
at
412-255-2138
before
9
a.m.
Monday
morning
you
may
also
send
comments
to
city
clerk's
office
at
pittsburgh,
pa.gov
tomorrow
at
10
30
a.m.
A
A
cable
cast
post
agenda
discussion
is
scheduled
via
the
zoom
platform
on
the
implementation
of
the
mayor's
community
task
force
on
police
reform.
I
believe
councilman
o'connor
will
be
chairing
this
meeting.
Our
first
regular
meeting
of
city
council
in
2021
will
be
tuesday
january
5th
at
10
a.m.
Is
there
anything
else.
A
Seeing
none
I
just
want
to
wish
all
members
and
all
those
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
happy
holidays.
Please
do
stay
safe.
Please
do
wear
your
masks
and
try
not
to
be
around
as
many
people
as
possible
with
that
a
motion
to
prove
the
minutes
in
the
journal
meeting.