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From YouTube: Pittsburgh City Council Post-Agenda - 2/25/20
Description
Discussion on The Parks Plan
A
At
the
request
of
councilmember
Ricky
B
Burchell,
there
will
be
discussion
on
the
following
legislation:
bill
111
resolution,
adopting
the
plan
submitted
to
the
electors
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
entitled
restoring
Pittsburgh
parks
and
the
parks
plans,
collectively
the
parks
plan
by
the
Pittsburgh
Parks
Conservancy
prior
to
the
November
5th
2019
municipal
election
as
the
official
parks
plan
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
Parks,
Trust
Fund.
Thank
you
and
have
a
wonderful
day.
A
111
resolution
adopting
the
plan
submitted
to
the
electors
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
entitled
restoring
Park
Pittsburgh
parks
in
the
parks
plan,
collectively
the
parks
plan
by
the
Pittsburgh
Parks
Conservancy
prior
to
the
November
5th
2019
municipal
election
as
the
official
parks
plan
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
Parks
Trust
Fund.
Thank.
B
Councilwoman,
erica
Strassburger
also
has
joined
us,
and
so
what
I'm
asking
at
this
point
now
is
I
invited
guests.
Those
from
the
park
and
serviced
Conservancy
would
come
to
the
table,
Jane
and
her
guests,
and
basically
they
will
overview
the
plan.
The
council,
following
their
detailed
presentation,
then
we
will
have
a
time
for
a
council
to
have
an
interrogative
with
them,
and
so
there
this
should
be
enough
seats.
If
not,
we
say
we
should
move
over
all
right.
This
should
be
enough
seats
for
you,
Jen.
B
You
may
want
to
move
down
one,
and
then
everyone
can
come,
hopefully
be
seated
and
then,
after
the
presentation,
then
will
will
field
questions.
So,
first
of
all,
it
would
be
helpful
if
everyone,
since
we
are
being
filmed
if
everyone
at
the
table,
would
please
announce
your
name
and
position
to
counsel
Jayne.
C
D
You
councilman
I'm
just
doing
a
quick
overview
about
the
PPC
for
contextual
purposes,
I've
been
associated
with
the
PPC
for
many
years
as
a
board
member
for
the
last
seven
years,
I
was
the
chairman
of
the
board.
I
was
a
PPC
and
I'm.
Currently
the
Immediate
Past
Chair
our
board
has
was
our
organization
was
created
in
1996
so
24
years
ago
and
began
to
work
with
the
city
under
a
partnership
agreement
with
the
city
in
1998.
D
The
most
recent
projects
were
the
Allegheny
fountain
and
promenade,
which
were
still
working
on
in
Allegheny
Commons,
the
McKinley
Park
project,
which
has
been
in
multiple
phases.
We've
done
a
couple
projects
in
McKinley
Park
and
then
some
other
projects
earlier,
such
as
the
Frick
Environmental
Center
in
Frick
Park,
the
garden
entrance
garden
at
Highland,
Park
and
Schenley
Plaza.
We
in
in
Oakland
we're
currently
active
and
working
in
22
of
the
city's
165
parks
and
we've
hosted
just
in
the
past
year.
530.
I
D
In
the
parks,
including,
for
example,
the
yogurt
laughs-
that's
a
chummy
Plaza,
that's
on
the
screen.
Here,
we've
had
a
summer
camp
in
Frick
Park
for
500
campers.
We
planted
11
thousand
trees
in
various
of
the
parks
and
our
environs
Center.
We've
we've
had
75
more
than
7500
kids
participate
in
our
educational
programs.
In
the
last
year
we
champion
greens
green
infrastructure
projects
to
offset
stormwater
and
flooding
problems.
D
F
D
That's
a
rough
idea
of
the
kind
of
thing
that
we
do
our
board
since
its
inception
has
included
representatives
of
the
city
in
the
early
years
and
we
had
to
LinkedIn
Onorato
and
Dan.
Cohen
were
council
members
who
sat
on
our
board
our
bylaws
contemplate
that
that
the
mayor
may
appoint
up
to
five
city
council
members
to
serve
on
our
board.
But.
F
D
Have
been
appointed,
we
do,
however,
have
several
I
think
for
city
administration
representatives
serving
on
the
board,
the
chief
of
staff,
the
head
of
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
the
head
of
the
Department
of
Planning
and
Parks
and
Recreation.
So
you
know
currently
Ross
Chapman,
Mike
cable
and
can
see
Casey
him
before
her
guy
Kosta
served
on
our
board.
D
D
We
completed
the
strategic
plan
in
2016
and
it's
been
a
public
publicly
available
documents
on
our
web
site
has
been
for
the
last
four
years.
That
was
that
effort
was
led
by
our
now
chairman
Mike
Lyons,
who
and
as
I
said
my
cable
and
got
Kosta
participated
in
that
activity
on
the
screen.
You'll
see
the
four
principal
pillars
of
our
strategic
plan.
Number
one
was.
D
Want
better
parks
and
that
they're
they
want
some
badly
enough,
that
they
were
prepared
to
pay
something
to
get
better
parks,
and
we
think
that's
really
what
the
initiative
about
initiative
was
about.
We
think
that
they
voted.
We
want
better
parks,
even
if
we
have
to
pay
a
tax
for
it,
and
so
we
were
very
gratified
by
that
outcome.
J
D
In
our
plan,
we
were
under
increasing
pressure
to
begin
doing,
work
outside
of
the
four
regional
parks.
Our
original
Charter
was
to
focus
on
the
regional
parks
which
get
rad
money
about
other
parks
like
Mellon,
Park
and
Arsenal
Park
and
McKinley,
Park
and
and
Allegheny
Commons,
like
Baxter
Park
like
Southside
park.
Those
parks
don't
get
any
rad
money
and.
D
We
felt
an
obligation
to
begin
to
focus
on
those
parks
and
it
was
the
neighborhood
and
community
parks
that
were
really
the
centerpiece
of
the
plan
that
you're
going
to
hear
about
from
Jane
and
from
the
folks
from
interface
and
equity.
Really
that
pillar
of
the
plan
spoke
to
our
desire
to
have
a
positive
impact
beyond
the
parks
in
the
East,
End
and
sustainability
course,
like
every
organization,
we're
concerned
to
be
able
to
be
here
20
years
from
now,
and
in
fact
we
talked
in
terms
of
in
the
next
10
years.
D
D
What
the
plan
calls
for
I
should
say
one
other
thing:
in
every
communication
we
had
with
voters,
125
community
meetings
of
which
I
went
to
a
dozen
or
so
and
other
board
members
went
to
others
in
every
piece
of
mail
in
every
petition
circulation
we
said
want
to
see
where
the
money
goes
see
the
plan,
and
we
told
people
where
they
could
see
the
plan.
It
was
described
in
detail
in
each
of
the
community
meetings
and
Jayne
can
tell
you
more
about
that.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
C
Investments
based
on
what
the
current
funding
is
for
parks,
the
park
and
community
data,
as
well
as
the
public's
priorities
for
investments
in
parks.
We
then
went
back
out
to
the
public
again
to
share
all
of
the
data
that
we
had
collected.
The
survey
results
and
the
plan
and
also
gathering
the
public's
feedback
on
that
interface.
Studios
was
critical
to
that
work
from
the
very
beginning
in
terms
working.
C
Hundreds
of
hours
not
only
with
Conservancy
staff,
but
also
city
staff,
from
DPW
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
Parks
and
Recreation
City
planning
to
make
sure
that
the
work
that
was
being
done
was
an
alignment
with
where
a
city
the
city
departments
were
as
well
where
there
are
involved
with
parks.
But
I'm
gonna
turn
this
over
to
interphase
studios
to
walk
through
the
process
we
went
through
and
then
before.
C
I
do
that
I
also
want
to
say
the
second
initiative,
which
was
again
separate
from
organizational
and
funding
perspective,
was
the
campaign
itself
was
called
the
Pittsburgh
Parks
for
all
campaign
and
that
campaign
was
specific
for
the
referendum
but
was
separate.
Funding
and
organizationally
operated
than
the
restoring
Pittsburgh
parks
initiative
and
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Mindy
and
Chris
with
interface
studios.
E
So,
just
a
little
bit
of
background
on
who
we
are
before
we
jump
into
the
meat
of
the
conversation
today
in
our
face
studio
as
I
said,
is
a
city
planning
firm
based
in
Philadelphia.
We
do
work,
sometimes
at
the
citywide
scale,
on
big
policy
initiatives
similar
to
restoring
Pittsburgh
parks.
Some
of
the
work
we
do
is
at
the
neighborhood
or
community
scale.
E
We
had
a
role
in
helping
to
shape
Philadelphia,
Mayor,
Jim,
Kenny's,
rebuilding
community
infrastructure
program,
which
is
a
once-in-a-generation
investment
in
parks,
playgrounds,
rec,
centers
and
libraries
in
Philadelphia,
and
that
program
the
budget
is
sort
of
dealing
with
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
and
because
of
the
size
of
the
system
and
the
just
the
scope
of
the
need.
There
was
a
sense
from
the
outset
that
you
know,
even
if
we
want
to,
we
could
never
afford
to
fix
everything.
E
E
So
I,
just
you
know
a
little
bit
more
context
about
where
this
kind
of
movement,
this
national
movement
is
coming
from.
I.
Think
Pittsburgh
is
like
many
other
cities
that
have
sort
of
these
incredible
historic
park
systems
that
are
beloved
by
local
residents,
but
that
have
faced
decades
of
disinvestment
due
to
shrinking
budgets
and
kind
of
resources
being
pulled
in
a
lot
of
different
directions,
and
so
cities
across
the
country
have
started
to
ask
the
question:
you
know
what
would
it
take
to
reverse
this
trend
and
we
looked.
You
know.
E
We've
been
involved
with
some
of
these
strategies
that
are
listed
on
the
slide
and
others
we've
sort
of
used
as
references,
and
you
know
places
where
we
can
learn
from
key
studies
of
how
other
places
are
doing
it.
But
I
think
that
Pittsburgh
is
sort
of
the
latest
in
this
suite
of
programs
and
really
has
learned
a
lot
of
lessons
along
the
way,
and
so
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
today
about
what's
special
about
the
local
program
and
what
we
think
makes
it
really
solid.
E
So
you
know
really
our
our
charge
is
to
kind
of
first
understand
what
is
the
the
scale
of
the
need,
the
scope
of
the
problem,
and
we
can
tell
you
from
the
research
that
you
know
shrinking
resources
for
park,
maintenance
and
upkeep
have
translated
to
a
really
incredible
need
across
the
system.
So
we
have
been
able
to
put
numbers
to
that.
We
know
that
there
is
at
a
minimum
of
400
million
dollar
capital
program.
E
So
that's
you
know
just
to
fix.
What's
existing
in
the
parks
and
recreation
facilities
across
the
city
would
require
four
hundred
million
dollars
minimum,
and
on
top
of
that,
we've
got
a
thirteen
million
dollar
annual
maintenance
shortfall,
and
so
that
means
that
with
every
year
that
goes
by
despite
the
valiant
efforts
of
the
parks,
maintenance,
department
and
DPW
and
the
facilities
department,
the
parks
and
rec
facilities
are
falling
farther
and
farther
behind.
E
So
our
task
was
to
sort
of
undertake
this
ambitious
process
to
say
you
know,
let's
look
at
the
hundred
and
sixty
five
sites
and
Pittsburgh's
parks
and
recreation
system
and
think
about
a
new
approach
to
investing
in
Pittsburgh's
parks.
That
would
both
achieve
excellence
and
every
park
in
every
neighborhood
and
do
so
in
a
way
that
is
equitable
for
all
residents
of
the
city.
So,
just
to
give
you
a
sense
of
how
you
sort
of
define
those
terms
and
what
that
means
to
us
in
context
of
this
program.
E
Achieving
excellence
requires
restoring
parks
and
open
spaces
that
have
fallen
into
disrepair.
It
has
to
do
with
modernizing
facilities
that
need
updating
to
meet
contemporary
standards
and
has
to
do
with
maintaining
all
assets
in
a
timely
manner.
So
the
day-to-day
maintenance
that
makes
people
want
to
come
to
these
places
and
keep
coming
back
over
time
on
the
equitable
for
all
residents
of
the
city
side.
I
think,
there's
an
understanding
from
the
outset
that
every
Park
in
every
neighborhood
should
see
improved
maintenance
and
rehab
of
facilities.
E
So
since
we're
not
from
here,
we
weren't
able
to
visit
all
165
sites,
I
think
we
were
able
to
see
a
sort
of
a
cross-section
of
the
parks
and
recreation
facilities
in
the
system,
but
we
really
had
to
rely
heavily
on
local
partners.
I
think
there
were
moments
in
time
when
the
staff
at
DPW
were
sort
of
like
this
new
temporary
staff.
E
Member
Mindy
is
sort
of
annoying
with
all
her
questions
about
our
parks,
but
truly
it
was
hundreds
of
hours
kind
of
around
a
table
around
the
telephone,
just
asking
them
to
go
site-by-site
with
us
to
understand.
What
are
the
conditions
in
this
park?
Has
a
city
made
improvements
recently?
What
would
it
take
to
bring
this
up
to?
You
know
kind
of
a
high
level
of
quality.
What
do
prior
plan
say
about
these
places
what's
in
the
capital
budget
for
future
years
and
how
much
is
being
spent
day-to-day
on
on
rehab
and
maintenance?
E
You
know
what
are
the
themes
that
pittsburgh
is
grappling
with:
elected
officials,
local
citizens,
and
so
this
kind
of
spaghetti
diagram
as
I
call
it
just
sort
of
has
an
arc
of
those
main
themes
that
came
up
as
these
are
the
things
that
our
issues
or
topics
of
real
interest
and
importance
in
the
city
today,
and
so
we
used
these
kind
of
key
themes
to
understand
or
to
guide
our
initial
research.
So
we
sort
of
said.
E
E
The
ones
that
sort
of
wound
up
influencing
the
program
are
available
on
the
the
website
and
the
interactive
map
that
was
built
and
then
sort
of
the
third
big
piece
of
inputs
for
this
project
is
understanding
the
local
public
opinion
and
people's
priorities
in
you
know
across
the
city,
and
so
again
we
really
had
to
rely
on
our
local
partners
here.
So
the
Conservancy
launched
parks
listening
tour,
the
city
attended
with
them
at
every
meeting,
so
it
was,
as
Dan
said,
more
than
125
events.
E
We
think
that
the
over
10,000
people
participated
in
meetings
and
we
had
a
survey
that
was
taken
by
more
than
3400
residents.
So
the
map
shows
really,
you
know
the
geographic
distribution
across
the
city
and
these
tables
are
graphs,
show
in
blue
the
kind
of
breakdown
of
the
survey
respondents
compared
to
green,
the
the
total
pittsburgh
demographics
overall,
and
so
we
were
really
pleased
to
see
that
we
got
those
3400
people
who
took
the
survey
were
all
different
ages,
their
households.
You
know
we're
from
all
different
income
brackets.
E
We
had
a
demographic
distribution,
that
sort
of
tracked
with
the
city
overall,
and
we
were
able
to
connect
with
households
that
have
children
and
those
with
who'd
that
do
not.
So
we
felt
you
know
like
we
really
are
the
Conservancy
I
should
say
we
didn't
have
much
to
do
with
it,
except
for
crunching
the
data,
but
we
were
able
to
really
understand
the
priorities
of
a
good
cross-section
of
the
city.
E
E
But
in
this
case
and
I
think
this
really
speaks
to
Jane's
expertise
and
experience
and
also
from
the
conversations
with
Department
of
Public
Works
that
this
program
from
the
outset,
what
always
gonna
have
for
budget
categories.
So,
in
addition
to
capital
projects,
we're
gonna
have
maintenance.
So
it's
not
just
about
fixing
things
up.
E
But
I
really
need
to
be
sort
of
scheduled
and
invested
in
overtime
to
maintain
the
amenities
and
high
quality,
the
capital
projects
which
are
the
larger
redesigns
and
re-imaginings
of
parks
and
recreation
facilities,
and
then
programming
who's,
gonna,
be
in
the
parks,
welcoming
people
and
running
programs
for
kids
and
families,
and
so
in
that
park
survey
that
I
described
earlier.
We
asked
people,
you
know
what
matters
most
to
you
and
by
and
large
you
know
are
loud
and
clear.
E
E
So
one
thing
that
I
just
want
to
elaborate
on
three
out
of
those
four
buckets,
so
the
maintenance,
the
rehab
and
the
programming
are
all
that's
of
clouds.
For
78%
of
the
you
know,
total
resources
that
were
talking
about
in
the
parks
budget,
and
so
those
will
be
kind
of
deployed
for
improvements
across
the
system,
so
citywide
investments
in
maintenance,
rehab
and
programming
will
touch
parks
and
rec
centers
in
all
neighborhoods
across
the
city.
The
remaining
22%
of
the
funds
are
for
transformative
improvements
in
areas
that
have
been
historically
underserved.
E
E
So
we're
gonna
go
through
bucket
by
bucket
the
maintenance,
rehab
programming
and
capital,
but
I
just
wanted
to
sort
of
frame
that
by
saying
that,
for
as
we
approach
this
work
with
kind
of
all
of
that
as
background,
we
really
then
had
to
understand
you
know.
What's
the
level
and
proportion
of
funding
that
should
go
to
each
of
those
categories
and
within
each
of
those
categories,
what
types
of
activities
that
are
maintenance
related?
What
types
of
activities
that
are
rehab
related,
do
Pittsburgh
residents
care
about
most
and
how
does
that
inform
the
budget
as
well?
E
So
we're
gonna
take
things
a
little
bit
out
of
order,
but
we
know
that
the
this
is
the
kind
of
the
order
of
priority
that
Pittsburgh
residents
communicated
through
the
survey,
so
first
maintenance,
then
rehab,
then
capital,
then
programming,
and
this
just
shows
the
results
from
the
survey.
Everything
in
kind
of
green
are
things
that
people
ranked
first
most
important
or
the
lighter
green,
a
second
second
most
important,
and
so
you
can
just
sort
of
see
in
those
the
bar
graph.
The
share
of
the
green,
that
is,
for
maintenance.
E
E
22
percent
to
capital
projects,
as
I
mentioned,
and
five
percent
to
programming
and
part
of
this
distribution
reflects
the
you
know
local
priorities
and
what
they
voted
for
in
the
survey
and
then
part
of
it
had
to
be.
You
know,
based
on
technical
expertise,
that
Jayne
brings
that
Conservancy
staff
bring
in
that
other
experts
that
we
consulted
with
just
to
understand
sort
of.
What's
the
order
of
magnitude
of
some
of
these
costs,
so
some
things
are
gonna
cost
more
than
others.
E
So
we'll
take
them
a
little
bit
out
of
the
order,
I'm
going
to
talk
about
the
three
that
are
sort
of
citywide
investments
in
all
parks
and
all
neighborhoods,
and
then
I'm
gonna
pass
it
off
to
Chris
my
colleague
to
talk
about
the
capital
projects
piece,
which
is
maybe
the
most
technical
and
then
we'll
open
it
up
for
questions
so
maintenance.
As
I
said,
this
is
kind
of
48%
of
the
new
funds
that
would
be
spent
in
parks
over
six
years.
E
For
the
program,
this
money
represents
a
20
percent
increase
in
the
existing
maintenance
budget
for
parks,
and
we
just
have
listed
here
a
few
guiding
principles
to
explain
how
we
are
thinking
about
that.
The
maintenance
piece
of
the
program
so
first
just
a
belief
that
no
matter
where
you
live
in
Pittsburgh,
your
Park
should
be
cared
for
with
the
same
regularity
and
effort
as
parks
in
any
other
area.
E
So
when
we
did
that
survey,
the
parks
listening
to
our
phase
1
survey,
we
sort
of
explained
to
people.
What
do
we
mean
when
we
say
maintenance,
and
we
gave
a
bunch
of
categories
that
included
waste,
pickup
and
houses
and
sidewalks
and
trail
maintenance,
playground,
maintenance,
which
could
be
painting
the
equipment
or
fixing
the
safety
surfaces
so
for
minor
repairs,
tree
care
which
would
include
pruning
and
planting
and
mulching,
and
so
forth,
landscape
care
pool
and
spray
park
maintenance
mowing.
E
And
then
there
was
sort
of
a
handful
of
others
and
they're
listed
here
in
the
order
of
preference
in
terms
of
what
people
cared
about
most
and
we
we
cross
tabulated
the
data
and
a
bunch
of
different
ways.
Looking
at
you
know,
income,
so
really
there
was
really
solid
alignment
that
the
top
four
were
things
that
like
pretty
much
everybody
said
these
are
all
really
important
to
us,
so
waste
pickup
path
and
sidewalk
management,
our
maintenance
rather
playground
equipment
and
tree
care.
E
So
how
will
the
funds
be
dedicated?
Part
of
the
work
goes
to
you
know
improving
practices,
so
understanding
kind
of
how
are
things
operating
now
within
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
and
how
can
that
be
more
efficient
in
terms
of
going
forward
new
equipment?
We
know
that
not
only
are
the
maintenance,
crews
working
with
pretty
old
equipment,
in
some
cases
that's
reaching
the
end
of
its
lifespan.
But
if
we
have
more
staff
in
the
field
doing
the
work,
then
there
will
be
a
need
for
additional
equipment
and
then
yeah
the
third.
E
This
is
a
quarter
of
the
program
budget,
which
represents
a
23
percent
increase
over
the
last
year's
rehab
budget.
The
capital
and
rehab
budgets
sort
of
fluctuate
in
pittsburg
year-to-year,
and
so
it's
sort
of
hard
to
say
this
is
what
it
is
broadly,
but
over
less
compared
to
last
year
at
the
23
percent
increase
annually.
E
So
again
we
gave
people
kind
of
a
suite
of
a
menu
of
rehab
activities,
so
they
could
understand
what
we
meant
and
they
could
tell
us
about
their
priorities
and
so
those
things
included.
You
know
park
amenities
like
benches
and
pavilions
restrooms,
again
trails
and
sidewalks
park
lighting
playground.
In
this
case
it
would
be
kind
of
a
bigger
upgrade
again
pools
and
spray
parks
building
improvements,
so
that
has
to
do
with
some
of
the
systems
within
the
recreation
facilities
and
so
forth.
E
And
so
again
we
show
here
the
kind
of
responses
from
the
park
survey,
which
said
you
know.
These
are
the
people
who
said
these
things
are
very
important
to
me
and
they
don't
add
up
to
100,
because
a
lot
of
people
said
you
know
what
at
least
five
out
of
these
ten
things
are
really
important
to
me.
You.
E
So
I
hear
sorry
how's
that
us
better
there's
a
few
places
where
we
don't
have
a
percentage
point
on
this
in
this
table,
and
that
is
because
there
are
some
things
that
are
a
little
bit
invisible
to
people
who
go
to
a
park
right.
So
if
you
are
enjoying
your
local
rec
center
or
your
local
playground,
you're,
not
necessarily
thinking
like.
E
What's
the
plumbing
under
the
surface,
that's
supporting
the
sprayground
right,
so
things
that
wouldn't
necessarily
play
well,
but
that
are
on
a
survey
but
that
are
really
critically
important
to
being
able
to
turn
on
that.
The
splash
pad
or
the
the
fountain.
And
so
there
are
a
few
additional
things
here
that
weren't
on
the
survey,
the
critical
repairs,
the
below
great
infrastructure
operations
facilities
and
just
a
system-wide
assessment
to
understand
what
is
the
level
of
need
for
each
of
these
different
amenity
types
and
where.
E
So
you
know
again,
it's
pretty
close.
Not
quite
I
can
explain
the
discrepancies,
but
we
have
the
people's
preferences
in
the
middle
column
and
on
the
right
it
shows
sort
of
what
is
the
portion
of
the
budget
that
would
go
to
these
different
line
items.
So
the
system-wide
assessment
is
really
to
direct
the
work
just
to
have
a
better,
more
up-to-date
understanding
of
sort
of
which
HVAC
systems
are
really
toward
the
end
of
their
lifespan,
which
places
do
we
have
a
critical
roofing
need
that
must
be
addressed
in
the
near
term.
E
So
the
assessment
is
important
to
guide
the
work.
You'll
see
that
the
the
percentage
allocated
for
paths
and
sidewalks
is
a
little
higher
than
park
amenities,
and
that's
just
due
to
the
sort
of
the
mileage
of
trails
and
sidewalks
in
the
park
system
and
the
expense
associated
with
repaving,
the
other
one.
That's
really
sort
of
a
stand
out.
There
is
building
improvements
and
that's
just
because
the
buildings
are
really
complex
and
the
improvements
in
those
systems
are
really
more
costly
than
some
of
them.
E
So
on
programming,
5%
of
the
program
funds
dedicated
to
the
activities
and
the
programs
that
you
know
keep
kids
busy
in
these
parks.
It's
a
7
percent
increase
in
programming
budget
over
the
six
years
and
the
guiding
principles
for
this
one
are
that
residents
of
all
ages,
especially
children,
families
and
seniors,
who
really
rely
on
these
spaces
and
use
them
heavily,
should
have
access
to
fun,
safe
educational
program
that
improves
local
health
and
lifts
up
communities.
E
That
programming
should
be
tailored
to
each
of
Pittsburgh's
community.
So
a
sense
that
you
know
it's
not
a
one-size-fits-all.
We
need
to
understand
who's
coming
here.
What
do
they
like
to
do
and
what
are
they
interested
in
and
be
able
to
meet
their
needs?
And
then
you
know
recognition
that
quality
programming
requires
investment
in
high-quality
staff,
modern
facilities,
partnerships
to
deliver
programs
and
resources
to
produce
great
programs.
E
So
this
one
has
three
budget
categories.
The
first
one
is
strategic
planning
and
outreach.
So
in
our
discussions
with
director
Chapman
city
parks,
there
was
sort
of
a
we
step
back
for
a
minute.
He
was
like.
You
know
what
we've
never
really
done:
a
outreach
or
a
coordinated
effort
to
understand.
You
know
what
folks
like
to
see
in
the
rec
program,
and
it
would
really
be
great
just
to
do
some
strategic
planning
so
that
we
could
kind
of
reconsider
how
we're
doing
our
program
delivery
personnel.
E
He
said
one
of
the
biggest
constraints
is
that
people
want
to
have
longer
hours.
They
want
the
rec
center
to
be
open
later.
You
know
on
an
extra
day
of
the
week
and
we
don't
necessarily
have
the
budget
to
be
able
to
have
our
staff
in
those
spaces
to
keep
them
open
and
then,
of
course,
new
and
improved
programming.
E
So
really
it
was
the
the
program.
The
types
of
programs
is
what
the
survey
asked
people
about
from
the
parks
listening
tour,
and
so
you
know
people
really
interested
in
things
for
youth,
mostly
so,
programs
for
families,
youth,
sports
programming,
youth,
non
sports
programming,
but
in
general,
more
than
50%
of
people,
said
I'd
love
to
see
programs
of
these
types.
E
F
That
gives
priority
to
parks
that
are
located
in
communities
with
the
greatest
need
and
in
parks
that
are
in
poor
condition
and
have
not
received
significant
investment
in
a
long
time
and
that
each
park
should
receive
an
amount
that
will
bring
all
parts
of
that
park
up
to
a
high
level
of
quality.
And
then
the
final
form
of
those
transformations
should
be
determined
in
collaboration
with
the
communities
who
use
those
parks.
So
the
first
step
in
this
goes
back
to
the
beginning.
F
So
then,
our
task
from
there
was
to
devise
a
methodology
for
ranking
parks
that
satisfied
those
requirements
while
being
data-driven
and
replicable.
We
arrived
at
six
key
measures
by
which
we
sought
to
prioritize
parks,
poverty,
with
an
emphasis
on
racially
concentrated
areas
of
poverty,
a
youth
and
seniors
understanding
that
perhaps
areas
that
are
home
to
youth
and
seniors
should
receive
a
greater
priority
than
others
for
these
sorts
of
investments.
Health.
F
Where
are
the
areas
where
people
suffer
from
poor
health
across
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
by
several
different
metrics
and
the
neighborhood
condition
where
the
areas
with
the
highest
rates
of
violent
crime
in
the
highest
rates
of
vacancy
and
then?
Finally,
the
other
half
of
this
aside
from
the
community
data
is
the
data
on
parks
themselves.
So
the
conditions
of
parks
are
they
in
a
good,
excellent,
good,
fair
or
poor
condition
and
then
metric.
Looking
at
past
investment
over
the
past
decade,
what
share
of
parks
total
need
has
actually
been
met.
F
So
here's
a
this
table
as
a
detailed
account
of
all
the
datasets
that
fed
into
each
of
those
metrics.
A
majority
of
these
datasets
are
public
from
the
Census
from
the
CDC
from
the
Pittsburgh
Police
Department
from
Carnegie,
Mellon
and
others.
One
of
these
datasets
is
a
private
data
set,
that
is,
from
the
Urban
Redevelopment
Authority
of
Pittsburgh,
that
datasets
on
vacancy
and
part
bite
on
a
parcel
by
parcel
basis
and
two
of
the
datasets
here.
The
ones
on
parks
are
ones
that
we
helped
build
ourselves
in
collaboration
with
DPW
the
city
and
the
Conservancy.
F
So
those
last
two
datasets
on
Park
on
the
parks
themselves
allowed
us
to
get
a
look
at.
You
know
we're
in
Pittsburgh
our
parks
in
the
best
or
worst
condition
and
where
have
parks
received
significant
or
little
investment
over
time,
so
that
comprises
that
parks.
Half
of
this
prioritization
methodology,
the
other
half
concerns
which
parks
serve
the
highest
need
communities,
so
all
those
other
datasets
on
health,
poverty,
neighborhood
conditions,
youth
and
seniors
those
seek
to
describe
each
parks
community
and
in
seeking
in
seeking
to
describe
those
communities.
F
We
settled
on
a
geography,
an
area
of
study
that
is
a
widely
accepted
standard,
a
national
standard
among
parts
advocates
and
policymakers.
The
ten
minute
walk
that
the
area
within
a
ten
minute
walk
of
a
park
is
that
parks
core
community
understanding
that,
of
course,
some
parks
bring
in
folks
from
around
the
region.
Even
we
sought
to
focus
in
on
the
community
that
is
most
likely
to
use
each
park
as
its
daily
open
space
within
a
short
walk
understanding
that
community
as
a
parks
core
constituency.
F
So
then
to
determine
what
you
know
the
characteristics
of
that
constituency
was.
We
had
to
build
those
geographies.
What
is
the
space
within
a
10-minute
walk
of
any
given
Park?
In
order
to
do
that,
we
start
with
a
road
network
we
integrate
in
Pittsburgh's,
stairs
and
trails,
excluding
things
like
highways.
We
integrate
in
elevation,
so
we
can
understand
very
precisely.
F
What
is
the
area
within
a
10-minute
walk
of
any
given
Park
and
then,
given
that
geography
using
spatial
analysis
software,
we
can
query
all
sorts
of
those
datasets
and
say
you
know
what
falls
within
the
data
set.
Sorry
what
falls
within
the
geography
and
what
doesn't
for
data
sets
such
as
vacancy
and
crime.
It's
very
simple
to
say
you
know
what
falls
in
what
falls
out
for
a
population-based
data.
F
We
use
a
methodology
that
esta
it's
the
percentage
of
folks
within
larger
geographies,
such
as
a
census
tract
or
a
block
group
that
would
live
within
the
smallest
census.
Geography,
a
census
block
in
order
to
construct
a
detailed
profile
of
the
folks
that
live
within
that
small
area,
and
so
what
we
end
up
with
for
each
Park
is
a
sort
of
data
dashboard
describing
the
community
that
lives
within
a
10-minute
walk,
and
this
data
becomes
the
basis
for
that
community
need
half
of
the
prioritization
score.
F
So
the
process
is
just
very
slightly
different
for
larger
parks.
Understanding
that
pittsburgh
has
several
very
large
parks
in
which
the
community
on
one
side
of
the
park
might
be
very
distinct
from
the
community
on
the
other
and
in.
If
we
were
to
describe
that
as
one
community.
If
say,
one
were
a
very
high
poverty
community
and
one
were
a
very
affluent
community,
they
would
average
each
other
out
in
the
description
of
that
park
would
be
of
a
middle-income
area.
F
So
in
understanding
that
these
large
parks
serve
distinct
areas,
we
split
them
into
distinct,
distinctly
programmed
areas
and
sought
to
describe
the
multiple
communities
of
each
and
then
prioritize.
Those
larger
parks
based
on
the
highest
need
community
that
they
serve
so
having
described
those
two
sides
of
the
score.
What
happens
from
there
is
that
we
calculated
a
final
investment
priority
score
in
which
the
community
need
measures
and
the
park
need
measures
comprise
half
each
oh.
F
This
next
map
displays
each
of
those
top
20
parks
that
show
up
on
the
list,
and
you
know
it's
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
as
Mindy
mentioned
earlier,
this
this
section
of
the
budget
comprises
about
22
percent
of
the
total
funds,
and
while
this
is
a
prioritized
list,
there's
78%
of
those
funds
that
are
intended
to
be
distribute
across
the
system
on
maintenance,
rehabilitation
and
programming
that
will
serve
all
parks.
In
the
system.
F
So
the
last
step
in
this
process
was
a
sort
of
equity
check.
You
know
we've
gone
through
this
whole
process.
We've
scored
these
parks.
We've
looked
at
these
datasets
we've
provided
them
with
budgeting
numbers,
but
we
wanted
to
take
a
step
back
and
check
whether
we
had
accomplished
the
goal
that
we
set
out
to
accomplish.
We
said
that
these
capital
projects
should
focus
first
in
historically
underserved
communities
and
does
the
methodology
pan
out?
Does
it
do
that?
F
And
so
we
looked
at
the
demographics
as
of
the
city
as
a
whole,
in
with
15%
of
families,
are
living
below
the
poverty
line,
and
we
looked
at
the
first
18
parks
that
are
served
and
see
that
31
percent
of
families
that
are
served
by
those
parks
are
living
below
the
poverty
line.
The
median
income
in
the
city
is
about
forty-four
thousand
dollars.
The
median
income
of
those
communities
served
by
these
first
eighteen
parks
is
about
$30,000
a
year
and
citywide.
F
The
non-white
population
is
about
thirty-four
percent
within
the
part
of
the
communities
that
these
parks
serve.
That
non-white
population
is
about
70
percent,
so
we
felt
that
coming
to
the
end
of
the
capital
project
section
of
this
park
that
this
you
know
slightly
under
a
quarter
of
the
budget,
had
accomplished
our
goal
of
serving
an
equity
agenda.
E
E
We
hope
that
this
program,
this
plan,
restoring
Pittsburgh
parks
documents,
the
need
for
additional
resources
to
really
upgrade
and
maintain
the
city's
Parks
and
Recreation
System,
and
that
it
also
provides
you
know
a
road
map
proposing
a
coordinated,
strategic,
transparent
and
equitable
process
for
undertaking
that
work
and
that
you
know,
while
the
document
itself
and
all
the
slides
from
today
are
a
little
bit,
you
know
numbers
heavy
and
dry
I.
Think
this
we're
talking
about
real
places.
E
B
K
B
K
K
You
and
I'll
start
while
I'm
waiting
for
the
Dhiraj,
because
I
have
some
questions
for
them
as
well.
I'll
be
honest,
I
I,
don't
know
you
I
know
you
I've
known
your
wife
for
many
years,
but
I
will
say
that
I
have
just
I've
not
been
a
fan
of
this
whole
project
or
this
whole
process.
I
ever
think
it's
not
a
big
secret.
Everyone
knows
that
I'm
still
not
a
fan.
The
more
we
talk,
the
less
I
become
a
fan.
K
I
feel
that
you
know
I
think
everybody
loves
art,
there's
so
many
people
to
say
they
love
our
products,
but
you
painted
a
picture
as
if
our
parks
were
in
such
a
deplorable
condition
and
when
you're
talking
about
this
plan.
For
me
I
know
the
mayor
wants
really
great
parks.
I
know
we
all
want
really
great
parks
and
I
think
that's
how
that
you
know
this
whole
process
started.
But
for
me
our
parks
were
great.
They
were
ranked
number
23
in
the
country
according
to
your
own
website
for
Pittsburgh
Parks
Conservancy.
K
They
ranked
our
parks
as
number
23.
So
when
I
think
of
the
long
list
of
things
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
that
maybe
our
priorities
to
this
residence,
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
I-
don't
expect
you
to
know
this
because
you're
from
Philadelphia,
apparently
there
was
not
a
firm
in
Pittsburgh
that
could
do
this
work.
So
I
would
just
say
that
for
me,
having
number
23
in
the
parks
having
our
first
ring
at
number
23,
our
bigger
priority
has
been
public
safety.
We
cannot
afford
to
fix
our
fire
engines.
K
We
have
aging
equipment
for
EMS
and
police.
Our
police
contract
is
is
still
pending
and
there's
some
issues
there
and
there's
just
so
many
things
that
I
think
that
are
in
even
infrastructure.
Basic
infrastructure
needs
I.
Think
if
residents
had
a
chance
to
and
were
asked
those
questions,
they
would
want
to
fund
those
things
versus
parks
that
are
ranked
number
23
in
the
country,
not
really
a
bad.
A
bad
thing,
I
mean
they're,
actually
really
amazing,
and
what
made
them
so
amazing.
When
you
talk
about
transforming
them,
that's
what
I
worry
about.
K
You're
gonna
transform
them
from
public
parks
into
very
private
parks,
with
private
asset
assets.
On
them,
like
you
have
in
Schenley,
Park
and
Shelley
Park
does
have
a
lot
of
private
companies
and
other
things
that
you
have
to
pay
for
to
enjoy.
When
I
was
young
growing
up
in
Shelley
Park
was
the
park,
I
went
to
everything
was
free
and
that's
not
always
the
case
right
now,
and
so
for
me,
I'm
gonna
be
honest
with
you.
K
If
it
were
totally
up
to
me,
I
would
I
said
I,
don't
even
want
to
I,
don't
even
want
to
collect
these
funds,
but
I
know
what
a
priority
this
is
to
the
mayor's
office
and
so
I'm
trying
to
get
to
a
place
where
I
feel
a
little
bit
more
comfortable.
The
only
thing
that
makes
me
feel
a
little
bit
more
comfortable
is
knowing
that
this
money
could
be
put
to
use
geographically
in
areas
that
are
in
need,
and
so
I
don't
know
how
you
came
up
with
this
list.
K
I
I
think
it's
amazing
that
no
one
talked
to
the
council
members
that
I've
spoken
to
yet
we
control
the
purse
strings.
We
control
these
dollars
and
we're
going
to
control
these
dollars
and
whether
we
collect
these
dollars
or
not
will
be
up
to
council.
We
can
open
the
account
like
the
legislation
calls
for,
but
it
will
be
up
to
us
whether
or
not
we
collect
those
dollars.
So
I
think
it's
amazing
and
fascinating
that
we
were
not
even
no
one
even
discussed
us.
What
are
our
priorities
in
our
areas?
What
you
know?
K
K
I
mean
it
from
the
beginning
to
the
end,
just
to
make
it
sound,
like
our
parks
were
in
such
horrible
condition
that
you
had
to
be
have
them
taxed,
to
make
them
better
than
number
23,
so
you're
gonna
make
them
20
I
mean.
Is
that
what
we're
aiming
for?
Is
that
the
goal
and
I
like
to
know
what
part
of
the
disabled
community?
When
you
talk
about
walking
to
parks?
What
have
you
considered
for
the
disabled
community,
and
who
did
you
talk
to
you
for
that?
Could
you
answer
that
question?
One
of
you.
C
K
I'd
like
to
have
before
this
meeting,
because
I
might
know
how
you
reached
out
to
them
who
actually
attended
and
what
was
done
because
we
talked
about
walking
to
a
park.
Not
all
people
can
walk
to
a
park,
and
so
I
wanna
know
what
you're
doing
to
get
people
to
parks
and
once
they
get
there,
where's
there
for
them
to
do
in
the
park.
So
I
think
that
those
are
some
things
that
are
important
to
me.
B
K
C
Surveys
were
council.
Excuse
me,
council,
president
Cal
Smith
that
they
were
distributed
at
the
meetings
they
were
also
distributed
at.
We
did
events
like
we
went
to
food
banks.
We
went
to
children's
activities,
we
had
it
up
on
our
website
as
well,
so
we
had
it
at
all
the
meetings
plus
at
events
where
we
did
tabling
it
again.
I
don't
have
all
the
full
list
of
places
that
we
did,
but
so.
K
To
me
it
seems
it
was
more
of
a
marketing
plan
than
it
was
an
actual
way
to
address
a
need
in
the
city.
To
me,
it
looked
like
a
cash
cow
for
Pittsburgh,
Parks
Conservancy,
and
not
necessarily
a
great
opportunity
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
I
think,
because
our
parks
are
ranked
number
23.
Our
DPW
crew
has
done
an
amazing
job
with
our
parks
over
the
years,
while
they're
on
ak-47
and
in
transitions
of
different
administration's.
K
They
had
really
held
our
parks
together
and
have
done
amazing
jobs
and
so
I
don't
want
to
say
that
our
parks
were
in
such
bad
condition
that
where
this
was
such
a
dire
need,
this
was
dire
need
and
of
dire
importance
it
to
me.
It's
a
way,
I
view
it
for
Pittsburgh
parks
and
servicing,
not
necessarily
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
not
necessarily
for
our
parks.
I
know:
councilman
Rose
has
some
stuff
I'm
getting
gum
Paige
to
step
outside
so
I'm,
just
gonna,
say
I'm
to
come
back
in
around.
B
L
Right,
thank
you
for
coming
today
and
also
thank
you
for
your
current
investment
and
the
past
investments
that
you
may
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
It's
my
understanding
that
there
is
no
agreement
with
any
park
that
you
currently
have
invested
in
that
has
been
turned
over
to
you.
Is
that
correct
all
the
parks
remain
still
in
the
city,
all.
C
L
Thank
you,
so
I
just
want
to
clarify
that,
because
you
know
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
past
work.
I
know.
On
the
north
side,
we
recently
have
a
nice
fountain
and
we
met
about
phase
one
two
in
the
comments
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
those
improvements-
and
that's
actually
separate
from
this
discussion,
I
think,
is
that
right
that.
L
L
E
L
E
Yeah
yeah
I
mean
I
think
that
the
teams
have
a
sense
of
where
the
critical
repairs
are
and
otherwise,
and
so
there
is,
you
know
some
hard
decisions
that
have
to
get
made
about.
You
know
we're
gonna
kind
of
bump
this
one
down
the
list
that
was
scheduled
for
a
repair,
because
something
else
came
up.
That's
critical,
so
you
know
they
have
a
work
plan,
certainly,
but
I
think
that
there
is
incredible
range
in
the
quality
of
these
sites
across
the
system,
so
some
of
them
are
absolutely
in
excellent
condition.
E
D
L
C
L
So
that's
currently
looking
at
the
parks
we
currently
have
and
just
going
out,
is
there
a
handle
on
if
some
of
them
are
incorrectly
placed
like
would
if
we
to
do
it
over
again,
would
we,
but
we
look
at
where
there's
high
density
of
poverty
and
say
this
is
where
actually
a
park
should
be?
Is
there
an
opportunity,
like
within
your
plan,
that
where
that
fits
in
at
all
this.
E
Plan
really
speaks
to
existing
parks
and
playgrounds
and
rec
centers.
We
have
done
some
mapping
to
sort
of
identify
areas
of
the
city
where
that
that
aren't
covered
by
a
ten
minute,
walk
shed,
but
I
think
that
you
know
sort
of
the
message
from
the
residents
who
participated
was
you
need
to
maintain
what
we
have,
and
so
that
is
the
focus
of
this
plan.
E
There
has
been
extensive
dialogue
at
the
city
that
predates
our
involvement
here
with
the
open
space
PGH
plan
that
sort
of
looked
at
each
of
the
parks
and
said
you
know:
do
people
still
live
near
this
park
and
are
people
using
this
Parker?
Is
there
and
so
I
think
there
are
some
parks
that
have
been
flagged
for
you
know
what
we're
really
gonna
not
have
active
programming
in
this
in
this
Park
we're
gonna
kind
of
it's
right
near
a
highway.
Nobody
lives
within
walking
distance
and
some
yeah
and.
C
In
fact,
the
capital
plan
itself,
if
you
look
at
the
capital
plan,
you
will
notice.
There
are
a
number
of
parks
that
are
being
looked
at
together.
We
work
really
closely
with
City
Planning,
based
on
the
open
space
plan
of
places
where
there
may
be
a
very,
very
small
tot
lot,
that's
relatively
close
to
a
larger
park
and
to
look
at
those
parks
in
concert
with
each
other
because
they
are
in
essence
in
the
same
neighborhood
and
so
you'll
notice.
C
E
C
J
J
I'll
just
say
that
the
most
the
most
important
factor
for
any
kind
of
plan
that
City
Council
ultimately
approves
is
equity,
and
you
know
looking
at
the
the
factors
that
you
considered
for
your
capital
projects.
Portion
of
this
seems
to
be
seems
to
be
right.
On
I
mean
the
exact
kind
of
factors
that
we
should
be
looking
at.
I
guess
a
couple
of
questions.
One.
J
There's
there's
a
lot
there's
a
lot
here
that
can
takes
data
into
account
that
you
want
to
be
data-driven
and
from
everything
that
I've
read
everything
I
understand
the
one
downside
to
some.
To
being
you
know,
laser
focused
on
data
data-driven
results
is
that
it
doesn't
always
take
public
input
into
account,
and
yet
public
input
is,
you
know,
are
among
the
guiding
principles
of
each
of
these
categories.
J
How
would
you
recommend
balancing
those
two,
for
instance,
as
other
members
have
alluded
to
already,
and
probably
will
after
I
speak?
You
know
we
hear
from
a
number
of
different
sources,
our
resident,
the
residents
that
we
represent,
the
community
groups.
We
represent
the
partners,
we
work
with
on
the
site.
You
know
where
we
know.
We
know
the
districts
that
we
represent,
and
so,
if
we're
being
data-driven,
when
we're
looking
at
that,
how
do
you
then
balance
that
you
know,
year
after
year,
day
after
day
to
day
feedback
that
we're
hearing
so.
C
Through
this
process,
the
data
was
one
actually
was
two
of
the
three
legs
of
the
stool,
so
the
PARCC
data
was
one
leg
of
the
stool.
The
second
was
the
community
data
and
then
third
leg
of
the
stool
was
the
public's
priorities,
and
so
the
park
listening
tour
that
we
held
the
first
round
of
Park
listening
tour
was
intended
to
get
the
public's
feedback
about
what
their
priorities
were,
which
is
why
we
held
so
many
meetings.
We
had
128
events
across
the
city.
C
It
was
also
really
important
to
us
to
make
sure
that
we,
the
results
from
the
survey
represented
the
demographics
of
the
city,
which
is
why
interface
studio
showed
the
geography
of
the
city
and
where
we
heard
from
people
where
they
live
in
the
city.
But
we
also
showed
the
data
result.
The
survey
results
based
on
age
based
on
income
based
on
families
with
and
without
children
and
rate
at
race
and
ethnicity,
to
ensure
that
the
people
we
heard
from
were
represent
represented
the
demographics
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
C
E
Just
add
that,
as
projects
move
forward,
you
know
we
haven't
designed
any
of
the
actual
improvements
and
we
won't
be
at
the
table
for
that
it
will
be
the
neighbors
who
would
come
to
meetings
to
sort
of
help,
guide
that
and
shape
that
so
I
think
that
that's
you
know
in
some
ways
as
the
program
starts
to
roll
out.
You
know
those
are
the
meetings
where
some
of
that
really
important
conversation
and
dialogue
happens
about
you
know
if
you
have
a
tennis
court,
but
kids
really
would
rather
play
hockey
or
basketball.
C
D
D
J
I
think
that's
exactly
right:
I
mean
we.
We
starting
point
is
being
the
key
the
key
phrase
here
this
this
can
be
a
starting
point
off,
of
which
we
can
build
and
take
not
just
public
input
in
a
static
way.
You
know
one
moment
in
time
when
the
state
of
when,
when
the
public
input
was
collected,
in
the
way
that
the
parks
and
Conservancy
chose
to
do
it,
but
over
time,
year
after
year,
with
the
information
that
we're
also
getting
on
a
daily
basis
in
our
offices,
I'm.
D
It's
not
how
we
decided
to
do
it.
I
think
one
of
the
early
things
in
Mindy's
presentation
was
it's
the
way.
San
Francisco.
Did
it
it's
the
way
Minneapolis.
Did
it
it's
the
way?
Three.
Several
other
cities
did
it.
So
it's
it's
not
a
out-of-the-blue
plan.
It's
a
methodology
that
is
accepted
and
used
in
highly
admired
cities
and.
J
J
J
This
this
new
tax
that
taxpayers
will
be
paying
is
not
just
gonna
end
after
five
years
or
ten
years
it
will
go
on
in
perpetuity.
I
know
it's
hard
to
imagine
what
happens
when
we
get
to
the
point
where
we
have
spent
money
on
rehabilitation
on
on
capital
projects
and
on
maintenance,
I
mean
maintenance
is
ongoing.
Obviously,
but
at
a
certain
point
our
parks
are
gonna,
be
looking
pretty
good.
So
what
have
you
learned
from
other
cities
when
they
get
to
that
point?
J
C
The
referendum
itself
only
generates
I
shouldn't
say
only
it
generates
ten
million
dollars
a
year.
We
know
from
the
data
of
the
condition
of
parks
that
maintenance
alone
is
short
thirteen
million
a
year.
We
also
know
that
we
have
a
four
hundred
million
dollar
minimum
capital
backlog
in
the
system.
So
if
we
even
took
that
four
hundred
million
and
said
we
addressed
the
capital,
current
capital
needs
over
20-year
period
of
time.
A
couple
things
one
is
take
the
four
hundred
million
divided
by
twenty.
C
That
means
you'd
need
twenty
million
a
year
to
do
to
take
care
of
all
that
current
capital
needs
in
twenty
years,
add
the
twenty
million
plus
the
thirteen
million
of
maintenance
needs?
You
need
annually
an
additional
thirty,
three
million
of
dollars.
Thirty
three
million
a
year
we're
only
bringing
in
it
through
the
referendum,
an
additional
ten
million,
so
we
are
going
to
continue
to
fall
behind,
but
not
at
the
rate
at
which
we
are
falling
behind
currently.
So
that's,
first
and
foremost.
Secondly,
you
do
a
capital
projects.
C
Every
asset
in
a
park
system
has
a
certain
lifecycle.
Buildings
generally
are
about
20
years
benches
are
about
ten
years
and
the
list
goes
on
and
on
so
all
assets
don't
live
into
infinity.
They
all
have
life
cycles,
so
you
have
to
constantly
be
doing
maintenance,
capital,
rehab,
and
so
both
the
additional
dollars
from
the
referendum
are
still
not
enough
for
what
the
needs
of
the
existing
system
are,
plus
the
ongoing
maintenance
capital
rehab.
That
will
always
be
in
the
existing
system
of
parts
of
it
that
are
needed.
J
C
Again,
I
think
you
know
our
goal
as
a
Conservancy
through
this
process
has
always
been
to
match
the
referendum
dollars.
So
on
average,
over
the
last
years,
the
Conservancy
has
raised
seven
point:
eight
million
dollars
a
year
close
to
eight
million
a
year
annually,
which
is
why
we
feel
pretty
confident
that
we
will
be
able
to
match
ten
million
a
year,
and
so
that
will
bring
twenty
million
dollars
to
the
park
system.
C
If
we're
able
to
do
that
is
still
short,
so
this
catch-up
that
the
issue
will
be
we're
not
going
to
fall
as
far
behind
as
we
are
now,
as
the
city
economically
continues
to
strengthen.
You
know,
the
hope
would
be
also
that
more
resources
are
available
available
in
the
city's
general
fund
to
contribute
not
just
to
parks
but
other
amenities,
also
in
the
cities,
the
infrastructure
streets,
those
kinds
of
things,
but
you
know
at
a
minimum
to
get
through
the
entire
system,
given
ten
million
dollars
in
additional
revenue
through
the
referendum
and
servants
ease
match.
C
If
we
are
able
to
continue
to
do
what
we've
been
doing,
I
think
it's
going
to
take
at
least
twenty
five
years
to
get
to
a
place
where
we've
been
able
to
really
overwhelmingly
address
the
whole
system,
not
bringing
everything
up
to
you
know
this
level,
but
up
to
a
even
quality
of
probably
really
good
condition.
Mm-Hmm
thank.
J
You
and
you
know
I'll
just
say
that
at
some
point
we
will
get
to
that
point.
It's
not
going
to
be
in
the
near
future,
but
we
will
get
to
that
point
and
because
money
is
fungible
at
least
taxpayer
funding
that
we
get
as
the
city
is
fungible,
that
ten
million
dollars
at
a
certain
point
could
be
then
diverted
to
paving
in
potholes
or
other
maintenance
or
affordable
housing
or
whatever
it
needs
to
be
diverted
to.
J
And
if
we
get
to
the
point
where
you
know
we're
in
a
pretty
good
position
with
our
parks,
the
last
priority
I
don't
need
to
necessarily
a
response,
but
I
just
want
to
say
that
it's
really
important
to
me
that
the
majority
of
this
money
goes
to
bolstering
what
the
city
is
already
doing:
hiring
more
city
staff,
empowering
the
the
staff
that
we
have
on
the
ground
to
increase
our
programming,
to
increase
our
capital
projects
to
be
doing
what
we're
doing
currently,
but
just
doing
it
better.
So
I'll
just
say
that.
Thank
you.
H
C
H
I
guess
when
we
pitch
this
I,
remember
being
at
this
table,
there
was
going
to
be
money
regardless.
We
didn't
get
into
the
details,
so
we
raised
the
funds
and
and
I
work
with
you
guys
all
the
time
so
I
know
you
guys
do
a
good
job
I.
Just
so
I
can
see
where
we
are
in
this
process.
So
we
said
we're
gonna
pad
the
tip
the
tax
past
and
we're
gonna
get
matching
funds,
so
the
tax
has
passed,
but
we've
no
matching
funds
at
this
point.
C
H
Sorry,
that's
nice
to
know,
but
it
if
you're,
not
maybe
I'll,
say
it
this
way,
if
you're
not
part
of
that
project,
whatever
this
council
decides
where
that
money
goes
so
a
playground-
and
you
know
revs
this
sort
of
playground
and
Eric
does
this
or
wherever,
but
if
you're,
not
part
of
that
project,
are
the
foundation
still
willing
or
partner
still
willing
to
match
funds
for
that
project,
because
I
basically
thought
it
was
a
match
for
match?
Okay,
we
got
eight
million
dollars
in
the
tax.
C
H
So
we
have
a
specific
project
to
teach
twenty
kids.
You
know
how
to
maintain
a
park,
whatever
might
be.
If
you
do
not
get
that
project,
is
there
still
matching
funds
for
that,
like
let's
say
we
partnered
with
somebody
else
and
I'm,
not
saying
I'm,
just
using
example
that
if
there's
a
partnership
with
somebody
else,
are
you
saying
that
there's
it's
unlikely
that
we're
gonna
get
matching
funds
for
whatever
that
project
is
like.
G
H
D
G
H
Who's
gonna
go
and
raise
the
money
if
the
parks
Conservancy
doesn't
get
a
contract.
Who's
gonna
raise
the
matching
funds
because
it
was
stated
at
this
table
prior
to
this
that
we
would
get
matching
funds
from
foundations
to
match
the
plan
and
I'm
not
saying
you
said
it.
Other
people
had
said
it
that
we
are
going
to
get
out
actually
was
the
administration.
That
said,
we
are
going
to
get
matching
funds
dollar
for
dollar.
For
this
plan,.
B
H
H
B
B
In
some
way
to
do
some
things
doesn't
mean
that
whatever
that
is,
and
if
they
are
a
partner
as
they've
been
in
the
plan
and
they
partner
with
all
of
the
events
as
the
city
partners
as
one
of
the
partners,
they
would
participate
in
all
that
the
programs
that
the
city
participates
in
so
if
there
was
a
program
that
they
did
not
have
to
be
the
recipient
of
when
we
came
in
as
the
city.
If
they
were
our
partner,
they
would
also
come
in
with
the
city
and
bring
their
muscle
to
bear
on
the
project.
B
That's
a
easily
accomplished
task
for
those
of
us.
Who've
done
nonprofit
work.
We
do
it
all
time.
It's
like
that's
how
you
do
it
right.
You
bring
in
these
partners
and
when
you
work
on
a
project
whatever
those
projects
are
you
and
your
partners
all
come
in
and
bring
your
resources
there.
So
that's
I
think
how
this
would
happen,
although
it
would
be
specific
to
projects
by
to
you,
mr.
Koerner,
okay,.
H
So
I
have
worked
with
parks
and
services,
so
I
know
you
guys
do
good
work,
I'm,
not
arguing
that
I'm
just
saying
that
if
there
is
no
matching
funds
which
we
were
promised
from
from
the
administration
that
has
not
come
in
yet
that's
frustrating
to
me
because
right
now
we
should
be
looking
at
a
pot
of
sixteen
million
dollars
or
whatever
comes
out
to
be
because
we
were
told
that
there's
going
to
be
this
magic
foundation,
that's
going
to
come
in
and
give
us
all
this
money
to
match
the
tax.
That
has
not
happened
now.
H
Maybe
it
will
next
year
when
the
funds
come
in.
That's
my
question
now.
I
know
the
parks
Conservancy
without
the
parks,
observance,
II.
We
wouldn't
have
a
lot
of
great
projects
in
the
city.
So
you
know,
please
don't
take
this
as
I'm
I'm
talking
about
the
partisan
servants,
II
I'm
talking
about
what
was
promised
at
this
table
that
has
not
been
put
forward
yet.
So
that's
frustrating
to
me
and
I
don't
see
that
coming
anytime
soon,
especially
when
I
talked
to
foundations
and
they're,
not
that
interested
in
going
matching
that
match
for
matched
dollar-for-dollar.
H
That's
frustrating
now
the
Parks
Conservancy.
Without
them
we
would
not
have
the
Frick
Environmental
Center
and
that's
a
great
partnership,
because
the
city
put
up
four
million
dollars
Jane.
What
did
you
guys
raise?
Another
six
million
yeah
I
mean
not
that
that's
the
type
of
partnership
we
all
want
to
have
I
totally
agree,
I'm
asking.
If
there's
a
group
that
gets
money,
that's
not
the
parks
Conservancy,
it
doesn't
sound
like
there's
matching
funds
for
them
right
now,
and
the
Parks
Conservancy
can't
answer
that
I'm
making
a
general
statement
I'm,
not
asking
you
to
answer
that.
H
That's
my
whole
point
is
that
there's
not
this
huge
lump
sum
of
money
that
was
promised
to
us
at
this
table
that
it's
coming
in
tomorrow.
That
was
my
original
point:
yeah
working
with
parts
and
services
with
great
over
the
years.
So
then
I
have
a
couple
other
questions.
Obviously
we
all
agree.
Maintenance
is
important.
H
There's
nobody
here
from
our
budget,
because
we
asked
this
question
last
week
and
I
think
this
is
where
the
Parks
Conservancy,
when
we
figure
out
that
how
we
contract
you
know,
rehabbing.
These
properties
can
really
come
into
play
and
Jane
and
I
talked
about
this
last
week.
You
know
we
took
out
a
50
million
dollar
bond
last
couple
years.
We
couldn't
spend
half
that
money,
that's
where
a
partnership
like
the
Conservancy
can
come
in
and
take
you
know
ten
million
dollars
on
playground,
funds
and
get
that
project
done
quicker
and
I.
Think
that's
the
partnership.
H
We
have
to
start
talking
about,
because
we
don't
have
the
ability
to
spend
50
million
dollars
in
one
year
and
that's
a
big
problem
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
The
second
thing
is
this
report
that
we
got.
Can
you
send
that
to
us
electronically
any
chance?
Okay,
so
then
I
have
a
kid's
question
since
I'm
still
the
youngest
member
of
council
and
I
sit
in
the
high
chair
here.
H
So
when
you
guys
did
the
survey
itself,
I
know
you
guys
were
out
of
Philly
so
and
the
reason
I
asked
this
there's
like
four
playgrounds
that
I've
never
seen
a
kid
in
ever
and
I.
Think
that
comes
down
to
like
the
open
space
plan
and
how
we
can
use
this
money
for
green
infrastructure
and
stormwater
and
really
help
the
region,
and
we
talked
about
that
before,
but
was
there
any
calculation
like?
H
Did
somebody
sit
at
a
park
one
day
and
count
how
many
kids
actually
used
it
now
I
mean
I,
went
to
and
I
don't
know
if
that's
true
or
not,
but
when
I
went
to
the
meetings
they
were
really
good,
I
mean
we
had
one
in
Lincoln
place.
The
residents
were
so
happy
that
somebody
came
out.
You
know
to
talk
about
the
park.
We
started
maintenance
on
the
park
two
years
ago.
Again
we
never
finished
it
still.
Don't
know
why.
H
But
it's
always
funny.
You
know
a
neighbor
looks
at
the
park
and
says:
oh
you
know
my
kids
used
to.
We
love
the
slide
at
that
Park.
Well,
guess
what
their
kids
are
now
in
college
nobody's
using
the
slide
anymore.
So
when
you
guys
do
the
study,
I
mean
how
much
is
actually
interacted
on
what
the
kids
actually
use
and
I'm
just
looking
playground,
equipment,
I.
H
Think
when
you
get
into
larger
parts
and
there's
trails,
that's
a
different,
that's
a
different
range
of
people,
but
when
you
actually
look
at
what
play
surfaces
are
used
like
I
can
tell
you.
There
are
swings
in
some
places
that
aren't
used.
There's
two
parks
that
there's
one
it's
on
its
way
to
Oakland
right
off
the
boulevard,
yeah
lies
I,
think
it's
called
lon
fielder's
long.
H
Playground
been
there
20
years,
we
just
dumped
a
bunch
of
money
into
it.
There's
yet
to
be
a
kid
unless
you're,
a
pit
graduate
that
you
know
had
way
too
much
to
drinking
or
sleeping
under
the
slide.
But
but
usually
there
is
not
one
kid
at
that
park.
There's
also
one
that
I
have
in
Hays
that
we
could
probably
use
it's
between
where
the
creek
overflows
and
where
the
railroad
tracks
are.
So
no
kids
ever
gonna
go
back
there
years
ago,
but
we
can
use
that
as
green
space.
H
So
when
you
looked
at
your
study-
and
we
did
the
open
space
study
in
2013
as
well,
so
did
you
calculate
like
usage
of
no
I'm
just
looking
at
playgrounds
itself,
I
obviously
get
trails
and
that's
a
different
range,
but
we
were
you
able
to
calculate
that
at
all
or
again,
you're,
not
here,
you're
based
out
of
Philly
I,
get
that
so
it's
kind
of
hard
to
have
a
clicker
of
how
many
kids
showed
up,
but
does
that
factor
into
how
we
would
put
more
funding
into
that
sorry.
Jan.
A
few
minutes.
H
C
You
have
X
amount
of
dollars
for
this
park.
How
do
you
want
it
spent?
That's
that
was
really
critical,
that
we
didn't
prescribe
that
that
that
we
figured
out
what
the
needs
of
the
system
and
what
the
needs
of
the
neighborhoods
were
and
allocate
resources,
but
then
to
go
back
to
those
communities
and
let
them
drive
how
those
dollars
get
spent,
whether
it's
putting
in
a
new
playground
or
saying
no,
let's
not
do
a
playground.
H
A
H
E
E
Site-By-Site
conversations
with
DPW
I
mean
those
guys
Tom
and
Joe,
and
Justin
told
like
they
would
be
like.
Oh
here's,
who
shows
up
on
a
Tuesday
night
or
whatever
so
I
think
that
people
who
are
here
do
have
a
really
good
sense.
Some
places
do
ask
us
to
go
in
and
kind
of
do
some
detailed
site
observations,
but
yeah.
H
And
I
think
when
we
met
I,
think
it's
good
that
obviously
the
maintenance,
I
think
is
the
biggest
thing.
I
think
we
could
save
a
little.
You
know
not
only
hiring
people
but
maintaining
the
parks
will
save
us
a
ton
of
money
down
the
road
opposed
to
you
know.
Some
of
them
just
need
some
love
and
care
opposed
to
a
redo
all
the
time.
Exactly.
H
Right
I
think
I'm
good
again,
my
issues
are
how
we're
going
to
spend
because
I
know
we
can't
spend
it.
So
that's
gonna
be
a
big
detail
which
is
frustrating
that
we're
gonna
have
all
this
money
and
we
can't
spend
it
fast
enough
and
then
the
matching
funds,
how
that's
going
to
play
out
with
other
organizations
that
come
for
this
funding
and
obviously
I
think
all
council
members
want
to
say
at
the
end
of
the
day,
because
we're
the
ones
they're
gonna
be
held
accountable
for
how
this
money
goes
out.
H
B
M
Going
to
follow
up
on
I
think
councilman
O'connor's
question
about
kids.
So
in
this
chart
that
you
have
that
show
the
metrics
of
walk
sheds
for
each
of
the
parks.
It's
a
10-minute
walk
shed
I
like
walk
sheds,
I,
think
everyone
can
understand
that
it's
like
a
watershed,
but
it's
literally
like
how
big
what
is
the
footprint
of
the
area
of
the
city
that
feeds
into
that
park?
M
E
M
What
else
overall,
we'll
call
that
for
over
a
week
now,
I've
been
asking
for
this
raw
data
and
not
the
summarized
data?
That's
a
selection
of
the
data.
It
is
not
all
the
data
because
otherwise
we're
you're
as
I
think
mr.
Booker
pointed
out,
you
are
parks
advocates
you
are
advocating
for
the
parks
and
yours
begins.
Beginning
point
is
the
park
and
your
ending
point
is
the
park.
M
Not
the
people
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
so
I
want
to
see
who's
included
and
who
is
not
included,
and
so
I'm
not
satisfied
with
your
aggregate
data
aggregated
by
how
you
wanted
it.
I,
don't
I'm,
not
impressed
by
the
caliber
of
this
data
as
presented
I,
do
think
we
have
a
great
capacity
to
look
at
it
and
look
at
it
with
a
different
set
of
questions
and
I'm,
not
satisfied
with
just
these
references.
M
Yes,
I've
heard
of
the
American
Community
Survey,
yes,
I've
heard
of
the
CDC
yes
I
know:
Peter
Bruce
a
data
I
want
to
see
the
sheets
that
you
used
to
aggregate
them.
I,
don't
think
you
should
be
sending
me
to
the
source
data
of
the
entire
United
States
for
the
American
Community
Survey
right
I,
don't
I
know
that
you
already
have
it
pulled
out
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
but
you
haven't
shared
it
yet
yeah.
M
M
I
got
a
response
this
week
from
the
smaller
saying
that
it
was
not
in
a
presentable
email
before
him,
because
I
said
for
a
week
now,
I'm
presuming
that
these
are
in
a
readily
accessible
format
that
are
easily
emailed
and
that's
the
response.
I
got
the
response.
I
got
was
that
the
raw
data
in
its
original
form
is
not
packaged
and
ready
to
circulate,
but
here's
the
link
to
our
interactive
map,
I
think.
E
M
E
That
was
information
that
I
provided
so
but
I
think
you
know
we
it's
a
tech,
it's
a
long
process.
It
takes
a
lot
of
steps,
but
so
yes,
that
there
is
data
that
you
know
we
download
from
these
public
sources
and
then
we
bring
it
into
a
database.
So
if
we
can
just
clarify
what
it
is
that
you
want,
we
can
probably
provide
that
to
you
so.
M
M
F
M
M
Okay,
so
we
have
an
agreement.
We
will
get
this
data
in
a
way
that
we
can
have
other
people
who
are
not
either
one
of
these
two
people
from
the
Philadelphia
firm.
Who
can
look
at
the
same
data
and
see
if
we
get
the
same
answers
and
we
can
ask
our
own
questions
and
see
if
there's
a
different
set
of
summaries,
that.
K
M
Please,
thank
you
because
you
are
the
president
of
counsel
and
I
would
have
appreciated
that.
Thank
you,
so
much
I'm
glad
that
you
also
think
it's
important.
For
example,
the
slides
that
you
showed
us
today
which
sound
equitable
are
that
those
walk
sheds.
If
you
look
at
the
people
in
those
watches
for
your
top
20
parks
in
the
capital
section
of
the
budget,
that
there's
70
percent
non-white
and.
D
M
Your
that's
your
slide
show
about
equity.
Are
there
a
thousand
people
in
this
walk
sheds
because
there's
three
and
a
thousand
people
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
how
many
people
are
in
those
walk
sheds
that
70
percent
of
them
are
that
seven
hundred
people
that
are
known
wait?
How
many
of
them
are
non-white?
You
don't
know.
Okay,.
A
M
Plan
that
prioritizes
those
twenty
parks,
how
many
of
the
people,
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
are
in
your
plan
literally
it
could
be
a
hundred
people
and
70%
of
them
are
non-white
and
so
I'd
know
I,
don't
think
it's
a
laudable
plan
that
we
can't
reproduce
right
until
we
see
it
ourselves.
So
there's
that,
for
example,
compared
to
another
study
which
does
look
at
the
wrong
numbers
of
people
across
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
that
the
women
and
girls
Foundation
commissioned
done
by
people
who
live
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
It's
called
the
feminist
sphere
project.
M
Did
you
use
their
data?
No,
it's
entirely
based
on
Allegheny,
County,
Health,
Department
data,
and
it
has
a
map
of
where
the
poor
households
in
the
city
are
right
and
I
could
show
you
on
my
tiny
screen
that
won't
you
help
the
developing
camera,
but
just
eyeballing
it
myself,
since
I
did
not
have
your
data
over
the
weekend,
I
just
eyeballed
their
raw
map,
of
where
you
can
see
their
heat
map
based
on
not
percentages
and
census,
tracts
by
the
way
but
raw
actual
living
people
right.
M
So
not
like
50
percent
of
ten
people,
but
you
know
a
hundred
people
or
two
hundred
people
are
three
hundred
people
and
where
they
live,
and
it
does
not
correspond
very
well
with
your
map,
where
are
their
poor
households
that
are
for
your
information
of
the
poor
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
seventy
percent.
Seventy
seven
percent.
According
to
this
study
of
the
poor
households
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
are
female-headed
households
with
children
and
there
are
a
lot
of
people
on
their
map.
There
aren't
anywhere
near
one
of
your
map.
M
You
know
highlighted
parts
right,
I
can't
give
it
to
you
in
numbers
because
I
don't
have
your
numbers
it
and
that's
what
I'm
looking
forward
to
doing
so,
there's
that
so
you
have
a
sight
condition.
You
have
your
highlighted
map
here,
of
where
your
20
top
parks
are,
and
you
can
see,
for
example,
and
the
entire
in
the
capital
projects
and
the
sites
ranked
1
through
20
an
investment
priority.
This
is
a
very
large
section
of
the
city
right.
Similarly,
here
itself
of
the
East
End,
this
is
a
very
large
section
of
the
city.
M
Come
up
with
different
answers,
now
respect
that
you're
here
advocating
for
your
issue,
but
that
doesn't
mean
it's
everybody's
issue,
ignore
that
you've
included
everybody
in
your
plan
and
I'll
continue
to
ask
those
our
questions
until
we
all
have
the
same
information
in
front
of
us
so
that
we
can
have
the
same
information
come
to
station
with
each
other
right
right
now.
It's
one
sided
you've
presented
a
plan
and
that's
fine
and
I
told
miss
Miller
this
off
camera.
Thank
you
for
your
plan,
but
the
public
conversation
starts
now.
M
It
doesn't
end
now
and
I
think
that's
the
same
part
point
that
Councilwoman
Strassburger
was
what's
getting
to
as
well.
You
know
also
that
I
am
in
my
spare
time.
Reading
the
55
current
agreements
or
52
or
however
many
there
are
with
the
parks,
Conservancy
and
I,
just
wanted
to
point
out
that
one
of
the
things
that
caught
my
eye
was
in
the
initial
since
I
think
mr.
pokey
brought
up
the
initial
May
1998
enabling
legislation.
That's
the
cooperative
agreement
between
the
parse
Conservancy
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
There's
a
strike
out
here.
M
I
haven't
looked
up
the
actual
minutes
of
this
council
session
because
it's
not
a
televised
one
in
1998,
so
you
can
tree
watch
it
I
think
you
have
to
read
it.
That
says
the
Conservancy
shall
review
parks
operations
in
non-red
funded
parks,
which
is
what
we're
here
today
to
talk
about
right,
which
ones
are
not
the
rad
funded
parks,
it
says
and
offer
suggestions
and
that
is
removed.
M
M
But
yet
today
that's
exactly
what
you're
doing
so
I'd
like
to
not
I,
don't
think
we
need
to
drill
into
that
today,
but
I'm
really
curious
about.
Are
we
supposed
to
be
following
this
1998
cooperative
agreement?
Are
we
not
supposed
to
be
following
this
1998
cooperative
agreement
and
since
there's
a
stack,
it
started
out
like
this
with
19
in
it
and
now
there's
33
more
that
have
come
over
from
the
controller's
office?
It's
a
question
that
I've
asked
the
city
controller
to
look
at.
M
I
Let
me
let
me
start
from
the
beginning.
On
election
night,
I
was
looking
at
some
of
the
results
of
some
of
my
polls.
Right
I
went
around
to
about
six
of
them
and
they
were
just
staggering
to
me.
It
was
just
72
78,
80
percent
voted
no
against
the
tax
rate
went
down
to
the
IB
wo-ho.
We
were
all
convening
for
the
county
executives,
you
know
get
together,
I
ran
into
the
councilman
O'connor
there
and
the
first
thing,
I
said
to
him.
I
I
said:
wow
I
said
that
parks
tax
really
took
a
beating,
didn't
and
he
said
and
I
said
yeah.
He
said,
of
course,
now
I
take
it
as
usually
across
the
city,
whether
it's
a
mayoral
race
or
city
control,
or
you
name
it.
You
can
pretty
much
get
six
or
eight
polls,
and
you
know
that
it's
a
pattern
throughout
the
city,
pretty
much
you
can
predict
it
right.
So
I
went
down
there
naively
predicting
I
said
you
know.
This
thing
is
failed
miserably.
I
D
I
We
care
about
our
parks.
Mr.
Booker
I'll
say
that.
But
I'll
tell
you
my
speculation,
my
speculation
as
it
was
a
targeted
campaign.
My
district
has
a
high
density
of
homeowners
and
homeowners
are
being
the
ones
levied
with
the
tax.
Why
property
taxes?
My
other
question
y
know:
I,
don't
pay
or
I
not
on
earned
income
I.
I
Do
you
believe
that
the
camp?
The
put
this
is
a
political
campaign,
of
course?
Was
it
targeting
high
rental
districts?
Perhaps
I
mean
that's
my
take
on
it?
I
will
tell
you
I,
think
property
owners
across
the
city,
then
weren't
necessarily
for
this
I
believe
it
was
targeted.
Just
says
any
political
campaign
is
in
and
you
would
be.
You
know
remiss
not
to
target
certain
areas.
My
district
believes
it
was
targeted.
Is
that
the
case
or
not.
I
I
D
I
Fifty
five
thousand
dollars
you
know,
what's
amazing
to
me,
Chris
and
Mindy-
is
that
you
collected
all
that
data,
and
now
one
person
came
in
to
me
and
said:
what
do
you
feel
you
need
in
your
district
councilman,
and
let
me
ask
you
this:
would
you
think
in
collecting
data
would
be
smart
to
see
what
the
council
person
suggested
for
their
small
parks
over
the
past
couple
of
years?
Did
you
look
into
that
at
all.
E
C
C
Shorts,
their
count
I
had
from
the
time
that
I
arrived
I
had
over
twenty
meetings
with
council
members
throughout
the
process,
some
more
successfully
than
others
in
terms
of
getting
those
scheduled
to
keep
council
members
apprised
of
the
process.
When
we
also
started
the
park
listening
tour,
our
staff
reached
out
to
every
council
members
office
to
find
out
who
should
we
connect
with
what.
C
I
I
can't
speak
for
the
other
council
members,
but
it
would
have
been
as
simple
for
you
to
look
at
the
capital
budget
request
from
the
council
person,
at
least
in
my
case,
okay.
My
first
year
here
I
put
in
a
request
for
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
because
we're
using
porta-johns
that
has
state-of-the-art
deck
hockey,
rink
that
the
Penguins
in
Highmark
built
for
us
okay,
it
was
embarrassing
to
me.
I
Okay
out
of
town
people
were
coming
there,
they're
waiting
in
line
to
get
in
a
port-a-john
at
March
March
in
early
April,
okay,
I,
don't
know
if
you've
ever
been
in
reporter
John
and
at
March
when
it's
30
degrees,
but
not
too
fun
right.
So
why
wasn't
that
collected?
Why
didn't
you
know
that
that
was
my
request
and
I
would
think.
That's
the
simplest
thing
and
to
say
look
at
councilman
Coghill
put
in
this
request.
I
C
I
Aware
of
that,
so
who
did
you
get
your
data
from
then
I
mean
at
first
of
all:
that's
public
knowledge!
Okay,
you
know
it's
it's
it's
out
there.
It
was
denied
the
first
two
years
for
me,
I'll
be
putting
it
in
again,
of
course,
but
why?
Why
is
that
data
so
hard
to
collect
when
I
requested
it
publicly?
You
know
it's
it's
out
there
for
everybody
to
see
you
didn't.
C
I
The
people
in
my
district
when
I'm
the
one
that
put
in
the
capital
budget
for
this
desperately
needed
restrooms.
So
I
can't
imagine
how
that
got
by
everybody.
And
secondly,
you
know:
why
is
it
that?
Why
is
it
that
none
of
these
parks
service,
my
district,
when
I
put
in
for
the
capital
budget
request
to
have
this
done?
I,
don't
know
what
the
other
council
members
did.
I
don't
know
if
they
put
in
a
request
for
their
small
parks,
but
I
know
what
I
did.
So.
I
I
I
I
Park
is
in
my
district,
however,
it
doesn't
serve
the
people
from
my
district.
I
will
tell
you
that
280
I've
asked
there's
not
one
person
in
my
district
that
uses
McKinley
Park.
It
really
shouldn't
even
be
in
my
district
I
thought
that
was
kind
of
a
bone.
You
all
were
throwing
me
to
tell
you
the
truth,
because
it
was
in
my
district,
but
because
of
a
lack
of
knowledge.
I
feel
that
comes
to
this
table
of
my
district
and
my
needs
that
it
never
got
through
that
guess
what
doesn't
service
the
people
from
my
district?
I
It
actually
services
the
people
from
councilman
Krause's
district,
because
the
entire
park
is
surrounded
by
his
district.
My
district
on
the
other
side
of
51
there's
not
actually
one
residential
in
that
area.
So
you
know
that's
don't
get
me
wrong.
It
does
lie
in
my
district.
It
does,
but
when
I
speak
to
you
know
my
district
not
getting
its
fair
share,
it
doesn't
service
my
district.
If
you
could
find
me,
two
people
use
McKinley
Park
and
from
my
district
you
know,
that's
you'd
be
hard-pressed
if
I
could
tell
you
so
so.
I
I
D
Yes,
I
think
I
can
say
where
I
think
it
originated.
We
learned
about
the
referendum
effort
on
the
drink
tax
in
Philadelphia.
We
we
meaning
the
organization
the
board
and,
as
we
did
strategic
thinking
about
you
know,
how
do
we
get
more
resources
for
parks
and
what
would
it
take
for
us
to
in
fact
double
how
much
we
raised
in
a
ten-year
span?
D
I
C
We
actually
we
do
an
agreement
with
the
city.
The
park
board
that
I
was
a
superintendent
of
was
a
separate
local
unit
of
government.
It
was
not
part
of
the
city
and
we
negotiated
an
agreement
with
the
city
for
20
years
for
an
11
million
dollars
of
additional
revenue
from
the
city
to
the
park
board
to
address
backlog
in
our
neighborhood
parks.
So.
I
D
I
Speaking
of
the
referendum,
let's
talk
about
that
real
quick.
Do
you
all
see
the
danger
in
putting
a
question
on
a
ballot
with
the
referendum
put
in
composing
a
question
on
the
ballot
and
as
to
to
me
it
seems
as
a
form
of
privatization.
Now,
as
I
get
my
County
real
estate
tax
I,
just
though
I
got
it
the
other
day,
it
says
city
of
Pittsburgh
tax.
It
says
you
know
library
tax,
it
says
you
know
now
it
says:
parks,
tax
or
now
it's
going
to
say,
parks,
tax.
I
D
I
I
I
I've
talked
to
mr.
gable
about
this
I
have
full
confidence
in
him.
So
let
me
just
speak
to
you
as
a
president
of
a
b-tree
Athletic
Association,
which
is
dying.
It's
almost
dead.
You
know
why,
because
we
have
a
concession
stand,
that's
following
the
pieces:
we
can't
even
we
can't.
We
can't
make
hotdogs
out
of
it.
Many
of
these
parents
come
to
games
because
they
don't
have
time
to
make
dinner.
They
count
on
being
there
at
getting
a
piece
of
pizza
or
a
hotdog.
It's
in
shambles.
I
Okay,
and
that's
not
my
that
wasn't
my
capital
budget
request.
This
is
another
facility.
I
feel
I,
know
my
parks
better
than
anybody
here
better
than
Mike
gable.
Better
than
any
of
you
here,
I
know
the
needs
of
them
I'm
a
contractor
myself.
I
could
walk
around
a
park
and
say
this
needs
done
that
needs
done,
and
this
needs
done.
Why
is
it
that
we
would
need
a
Conservancy
in
order
to
help
us
identifying
things
when
I
feel
mr.
I
D
I
I
For
me
is
that
this
money
does
not
stay
in
the
public's
hands
in
the
way
of
that
board
is
or
something
is
created
and
I.
Don't
know
what
the
conservancies
plan
is.
Nobody
has
offered
me
anything
or
the
administration
to
tell
you
the
truth.
So
I
came
up
with
my
own
plan
and
you
know
it
was
ridiculed
and
dragged
through
the
coals,
but
it's
still
the
best
planning
on
the
table.
I
I
think
I
haven't
seen
a
plan
from
the
Conservancy
I
haven't
seen
a
plan
from
you
know
the
mayor's
office,
not
one
that
sits
well
with
me.
I,
could
tell
you
to
say
that
the
data
that
you
all
collected
and
that
my
Park,
with
that
I
put
in
for
capital
budget
request
with
the
with
the
outhouses
or
not
on
that,
is
insulting
to
the
people.
In
my
district.
E
E
To
say
absolutely,
you
know
we
don't
mean
to
insult
anybody
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
one
point
of
clarification,
which
is
that
the
way
the
city
capital
budget
is
right
now
the
capital
dollars
include
what
this
plan
describes
as
capital
and
rehab,
and
so
restrooms
like
would
be
an
Ida
line
item
in
under
rehab.
Or
can
the
concession
stand?
Those
are
not
the
day-to-day
maintenance
stuff,
but
it
is
things
that
exist
and
that
maybe
have
fallen
into
disrepair
and
need
a
boost.
E
I
And
there
is
no
less
sorry,
no
that's
okay!
So
so
it's
not
it
wasn't
a
rehab.
This
is
a
capital
budget
request
of
mine,
I
wanted
to
redo
the
building
behind
it
and
included
in
that
I
harp
on
the
restrooms,
because
that's
the
most
pressing
thing,
but
there's
a
building
there,
that's
not
utilized.
This
is
a
great
project.
The
Penguins
are
on
board.
Everybody
wants
to
see
it
happen.
They
know
it's
an
embarrassed.
It's
an
embarrassment
to
them.
They
could
tell
you.
I
talked
to
David
Morehouse,
okay,
it's
an
embarrassment.
I
F
Very
small
thing,
just
a
small
point
of
clarification
that
can
cause
a
little
confusion
in
the
plan.
The
thing
the
word
capital
budget
that
we
use
is
meant
to
refer
to
these
large
transformational,
investments
in
parks
in
which
the
entire
park
might
be
reimagined,
and
these
rehab
items
are
meant
to
talk
about
sort
of
piecemeal
improvements,
whereas
in
the
city
budget,
what
we
refer
to
as
a
capital
budget
item,
has
a
slightly
different
definition,
so
it
would
just
to
sort
of
clarify.
F
Also
a
Mindy
was
saying
these
other
items
which,
for
which
there
is
no
list
and
for
which
urgency
is
one
of
the
defining
factors
of
how
those
funds
should
be
spent
for
rehab
might
include
items
that
in
the
capital
budget
are
technique
that,
in
the
existing
budget,
are
labeled
capital
items.
I
understand,
that's
those.
The
definitions
are.
I
A
little
so
Krista
people
in
my
district,
what
they
see
is
our
park
and
my
project
that
I've
put
in
for
and
kind
of
begged
for,
it's
not
getting
done
and
what
they
see
is
the
20
parks
that
you
all
came
up
with
the
data
for
to
take
care
of
first
and
what
they
think
is
it
make.
We
may
never
we're
gonna,
be
in
those
urinals
for
I'm.
Sorry,
not
your
nose.
We're
gonna
be
in
those
outhouses
forever.
That's
the
way
they
feel,
and
we
have
no
reassurance
from
your
plan.
I
Your
plan
to
me
just
is,
you
know,
unacceptable
to
me.
You
know
that's
why
I
fight
for
equal
distribution
and
for
that
council
person
to
be
equitable.
This
way
I
know
my
projects
that
are
so
pressing
and
I
feel
I,
know
the
projects
and
my
parks
better
than
any
council
person
here.
Okay,
because
I
grew
up
on
those
fields
and
the
president
of
the
b-tree
Athletic
Association
I
attend
everything
there.
I
I
G
A
it's.
It's
very
frequently
the
situation
that
there
would
be
money
available
in
a
described
pool
and
they
have
a
track
record
of
25
years
of
trying
to
obtain
matching
funds
and
and
again
a
lot
of
all
the
comments
that
we
heard
today
are
very
constructive,
I'm,
honestly
they're,
very
constructive,
but
there's
the
opportunity
to
reach
out
beyond
just
City
Council,
and
you
know
it's
funny
that
you
say
I'm
sitting
here.
G
Listening
to
this
and
I
have
to
say
and
I
think
councilman
Smith
knows
my
wife
and
you're
in
my
district
or
they're,
my
old
district
Island,
Park
they're.
The
playgrounds
in
this
city
were
deplorable.
When
my
kids
were
little
a
group
of
parents
in
Highland,
Park
decided,
you
know
what
they're
gonna
build
the
super
playground.
There
was
no
city
money,
they
went
out
and
they
solicited
people,
they
solicited
money.
They
raised
money.
They
raised
about
three
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
and
in
five
days
that
Park
got
built.
G
Jim
furlough
was
two
city
councilmen
in
those
days
and
to
be
honest
with,
you
was
very
difficult
dealing
with
the
city
that
was
mayor
masloff.
They
didn't
want
to
take
ownership
that
anyone
to
take
maintenance,
we
had
to
set
up
a
home
maintenance
fund
and
that
super
playground
got
built
and
it
transformed
the
city
because
then
Dan
Cohn
sponsored
legislation
to
improve
city
parks
around
Bill
Peduto
as
his
assistant
that
and
they
improved
parks
throughout,
but
that
transformation
did
not
come
out
of
City
Councilor
did
not
come
out
of
the
mayor's
office.
G
It
came
out
of
a
lot
of
people
like
mr.
Booker
and
others
who
really
want
to
do
good,
who
loved
the
city
and
what
you're
saying
about
the
sports.
I
was
involved
with
coaching
soccer
for
years.
I
totally
get
frustrated.
Why
don't
we
building
more
fields?
We
helped
build
the
Schenley
Plaza
or
not
gently
Plaza,
the
astroturf
filled
up
in
the
oval,
and
that
took
a
lot
of
work.
G
Just
do
exactly
what
you're
saying
so
I
think
that
there's
a
an
ability
here
for
us
to
work
together
so
that
you
have
your
controls
but
there's
obviously
sources
of
funds
that
we
can
tap.
That
people
want
to
see
focused
projects.
Sometimes
they
don't
want
to
just
throw
money
in
a
general
pool
and
so
I
think
the
idea
was
exactly
well
founded.
I
think
it
was
accurate,
it's
exactly
what
we
want
to
do
and
I
think
the
comments
you
make
you
know:
do
we
define
a
region?
A
park
is
10
10
minute
walk.
G
Does
that
exclude
people?
These
are
really
legitimate
questions.
What
role
do
you
have?
These
are
all
really
legitimate
questions
about
how
we
structure
the
plan,
but
the
idea
that
all
these
groups
and
all
these
foundations
are
all
these
nonprofit
and
all
these
other
people
and
all
these
just
average
citizens
can't
help
and
contribute.
That's
the
matching
part
of
money
and
energy,
so
I
think
it
was
a
so.
I
I
want
to
say
this
too,
that
in
my
district,
I
can't
speak
for
other
council
members,
but
to
a
tee
everybody
who
voted
for
that
tax
felt
like
there
is
going
to
be
an
automatic
matching
funds,
meaning
you
know,
if
you
put
in
a
dollar
we're
going
to
get
a
dollar
back
for
per
district.
That's
that's
what
they
thought
to
me.
I
C
I
Are
many
foundations
and
we
can
partner
with
any
Conservancy,
as
the
question
is
posed
on
the
ballot,
I
just
feel
that
that
question
was
on
the
ballot
to
mislead
people
that
there's
going
to
be
automatic
matching
funds.
That's
what
people
read
into
it.
I
will
tell
you
that
I
had
my
own
Council
look
at
it.
He
thinks
there's
a
case
to
be
made
there.
I
I
At
your
current
plan,
when
you
have
20
parks
ahead
of
mine,
you
know
what
we
don't
I,
don't
feel
like
we'll
see
that,
for
years
and
years
to
come
for
the
capital
projects
that
I
know
personally
that
we
need
the
ones
that
I
put
in
for
with
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
when's
it
going
to
come
back
to
my
district.
When
is
that
$250,000
capital
project
that
I
put
in
for,
and
probably
the
only
councilmember
that
put
in
for
capital
budget
project
and
for
their
small
parks
long
before
you
impose
this
tax?
I
When
is
it
coming
back
to
us?
That
should
be
immediate
for
me
and
that's
all
I
have
to
say
thank
you
all
for
being
here,
I'm
very
passionate
about
this
I
have
to
protect
my
district.
They
voted
75%
against
this
because
they
didn't
trust.
Those
funds
would
come
back
to
the
district
and
I
think
they
don't
trust
them,
and
when
we
see
that
the
top
20
parks
for
good
reason,
they
don't
trust
it,
because
they
don't
see
that
money.
I
D
K
D
And
to
go
to
an
earlier
question,
it
was
raised,
the
Park
Conservancy
doesn't
regard
itself
as
having
any
kind
of
monopoly.
We
can't
do
anything
without
an
agreement,
that's
approved
by
the
City
Council,
so
you
know
we
think
we
have
something
to
offer
and
it
brings
value-
and
you
know,
but
you
altima
decide
that.
D
I
That
question
was
put
on
that
ballot
to
entice
people
to
vote
for
it.
The
matching
funds
question
why
I
feel
it
has
no
business.
Of
course
we
can
go
for
matching
funds.
We
don't
need
that
on
the
ballot.
Why
did
we
need
that
on
the
ballot?
I
I'd
love
an
answer
for
that
other
than
changes
saying
you
know
you
want
to
show
what
you
bring
to
the
table.
Doesn't
any
buddy
bring
that
to
the
table?
B
K
B
I
B
I'm
saying
that
the
the
council,
you
said
Council
budget
request
that
we
give
the
administration
is
not
privy
to
it's
a
private
conversation
having
led
that
process
over
the
last
two
years,
the
you
could
talk
about
it,
but
they
would
not
have
access
all
of
us.
They
could
not.
They
would
not
have
accent
in
general,
this
I'm
not
kidding,
they
would
not
have
access
to
it
number
one
number
two
just
in
terms
of
terms
I'm,
not
taking
a
stance
yet,
but
if
you
see
the
distribution
of
dollars.
B
Most
of
the
money
goes
into
maintenance
and
rehabilitation.
I
already
know
about
the
bathrooms.
Don't
know
me:
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
talking
about
overall
construction,
but
certainly
within
that
73%
of
dollars.
That
council
will
control,
because
most
of
the
maintenance
and
projects
will
probably
be
in
Public
Works.
We
could
easily
take
care
of
many
of
the
small
projects
in
our
district.
The
capital
project
in
this,
as
the
research
began,
telling
you
it's
very
different
than
the
capital
prior
projects,
the
capital
line
in
our
budgets,
not
exactly
the
same.
It's
just
similar.
B
The
last
thing
I'm
going
to
say-
and
this
is
this
for
me-
I-
just
find
it
curious,
but
I
would
be
careful
with
talking
about
legal
stuff
when
cliffs
of
bonds
at
the
table,
a
his
fight
it
has
come
to,
and
my
experience
having
done
having
done
with
having
just
this
is
just
I
would
say
this
personally
I
have
not
met
a
better
lawyer.
I
have
not
met
one
who
is
more
passionate
about
this
city.
I
have
not
met
a
better
advocate
for
everything,
that's
good
at
our
city
and
understanding
politics
to
mr.
B
Levine
and
I'm
mr.
O'brien
and
I.
If
he
wrote
this
I
would
be
very
hesitant
just
I'm
just
that
I'm
just
telling
you
from
my
experience,
I
would
be
very
him
and
I
have
conversations
about
what
we
think
right
and
although
and
I
talked
to
him,
I,
don't
I'm
a
layman
when
it
comes
to
law
and
I,
asked
him
and
they're
usually
tell
me
right,
but
I
I
would
be
very
hesitant
to
suggest
that
I
have
a
contrary,
I.
B
Just
my
own
experience
having
been
here
a
long
time,
I
don't
going
down
that
road
will
not
probably
be
fruitful.
However,
so
let
me
go.
Let
me
go
to
a
couple.
Questions
I
mean
a
lot,
my
stuff,
okay,
so
I
want
ask
them.
Just
I
want
to
take
the
overall
view,
and
then
I
brought
you
here.
So
we
could
have
the
public
conversation
right.
That's
my
intent!
My
intent
is
not
where
the
dollars
go.
I
made
that
clear,
I
haven't.
That's
not
my
interest
with
that.
I'll.
B
Do
that
as
a
member
of
Council
I
brought
you
here
to
have
the
conversation,
because
we're
talking
about
the
parks
tax
right,
we're
talking
about
the
trust
fund
and
the
people
voted
for
the
park
tax
based
on
the
park
based
on
this
plan
for
good
or
for
bad?
That's
why
they
voted.
We
say
it
vote
for
this.
We're
going
to
do
this.
B
I'm
saying
have
said
simply
that
if
this
is
what
we
did
and
most
of
people
voted
for
it
which
they
did
based
on
this
plan,
which
they
did
then
we
should
follow
the
plan
and
so
I'm
gonna
stay
consistent
with
that.
But
now
I'm
going
to
go
over
I'm
gonna
talk
about
something
bigger
than
this,
and
that's
the
status
quo.
B
B
B
C
K
K
B
B
B
B
K
B
K
B
B
B
B
D
B
B
And
screw
it
up
so
I'm
gonna
suggest
to
you
right
now
for
the
most
part,
and
we
can
you
know
at
least
three
out
of
five,
but
if
we
really
looked
at
the
dollars
right
now
we're
spending
they
are
not
being
spent
equitably
with
that.
Let
me
just
make
that
because
because
well,
let
me
do
the
things
I'm
going
to
ask
you
for
our
parks
in
the
haters
I
think
we
talked
before
about
this
chain
all
parks,
indicators
of
the
quality
of
life,
absolutely.
C
C
C
B
C
B
Because
they
that's
right,
they
moved
her
who's
next,
after
after
Strassburger
guess
who
it
is
bingo
right
and
the
only
reason
the
horse
has
less
is
because
it
caused
her
population
has
gotten
so
big
they
mean.
Is
coach
concentrated
right
after
that?
It's
me
right
and
most
of
those
parks
have
not
been
invested
in
in
a
long
long,
long
time,
long
time,
right
long
time
right
and
that's
Inc,
that's
consistent
with
the
data
right.
If
you
have
good
parks,
your
properties
go
up.
You're
hot
quality
of
life
go
up
so
so
in
this
chart,.
B
B
B
We
know
that
money's
not
spent
equitably,
but
unfortunately,
because
you
dare
to
say,
for
this
small
portion
of
money,
we're
gonna,
look
at
it.
Equity
I'm,
not
saying
I'm,
not
saying
that
this
is
how
people
think
I'm
saying
that
if
I
was
a
person
who
didn't
want
equitable
stuff,
this
would
be
the
worst
thing
I've
ever
seen.
But
how
dare
you
take
a
small
fraction
of
the
money?
Listen
he
allocates
every
year
and
not
and
and
give
it
to
the
people
most
in
need.
How
dare
you
do
that?
B
How
dare
you
decide
to
help
the
the
needy
and
not
the
greedy?
How
dare
you
not
do
this
so
that
those
of
us
who
have
been
getting
money
year
after
year
after
year
after
year
after
year
after
year
after
year
after
year?
Why
should
we
be
the
prize
of
taking
all
the
money?
Why
can't
you
just
leave?
You
know
the
parks
and
homeless
and
disgrace.
They
live
like
that.
Why
should
you
do
that?
Why
should
you
improve
the
quality
of
those
lives?
Why
should
we
do
this
equitably?
Now,
that's
really!
B
Sometimes
how
I've
heard
this
argument
right?
We
we
know
we
are
the
status
quo,
isn't
equitable
and
we're
not
saying,
although
we'll
try
to
do
it
all
of
it
make
this
rehabilitation
we're
trying
to
be
equitable,
but
we
really
be
honest
with
you:
we
got
to
do
the
whole
city,
so
if
there's
a
broken
fountain
we
got
to
break,
we
got
us,
we
got
to
fix
the
fountain
whoever's
broken
now.
If
there's
a,
if
there's
a
grass,
we
cut
grass
everywhere
and
Public
Works
is
going
to
do
I
know
my
gig.
B
Well,
he's
my
friend:
that's
what
he's
absolutely
going
to
do
right,
but
for
this
little
bit
of
money,
this
four
million
dollars,
you
propose
to
take
this
little
bit
of
the
ten
million
into
it
equitably.
How
dare
you?
How
could
you
possibly
do
that
and
that's
what's
wrong
with
the
city
of
Pittsburgh?
That's
the
status
quo!
That's
why
places
that
I
represent
or
exactly
the
way
they
are
now
its
course
for
the
next
30
40
50
years.
B
Every
time
there
was
a
decision
made,
it
was
never
equitable
and
they
kept
telling
on
the
wait
their
turn
when
I
first
came
to
council
12
years
ago,
I
began
this
conversation
because
guess
what
I
received
the
least
amount
of
city
services
of
any
council
district
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
the
least
amount
of
piling
the
least
amount
of
asphalt,
the
least
amount
of
grass
cutting
the
least
amount
of
city
services,
and
so
I
began
to
do
the
data
right.
Let's
look
at
the
CDBG
dollars
how
they
spend
indeed
cv
dollars.
B
Some
of
your
staff
was
here
during
those
conversations
right
and
I
wrote
legislation
say
you
can't
do
this
anymore.
You
can
no
longer
supplant
what
they
were
doing
is
they
were
taking
CDBG
dollars
and
they
were
putting
in
in
poor
communities
and
they
were
taking
the
rest
of
city
dollars
and
put
it
in
all
the
other
communities
where
sage
that
CBG
ollars
are
supposed
to
be
on
top
of
the
equal
distribution,
and
then
we
brought
in
San
Diego.
We
began
that
argument.
I've
been
doing
this
dis
equity
thing
since
I
came
on
council.
B
This
is
B,
not
B,
not
not
because
to
favor
any
people.
That
is
not
my
vision.
That's
not
my
goal.
I
want
all
of
Pittsburgh
to
be
great.
That's
my
goal.
I
want
all
of
Pittsburgh
to
be
great,
but
we
are
not
great
now,
because
we
have
the
haves
and
have-nots
and
until
the
have-nots
have
some.
We
can't
be
great,
so
my
so
so
so
let
me
stop
being
sarcastic
and
then
we
stop
being
a
little
store
caste,
because
that's
how
I
hear
this
argument?
Really.
That's
really
the
argument.
B
It
is
the
argument
that
they
don't
like
the
diversity,
not
not
everybody,
but
some
people.
Don't
like
the
idea
that
we're
going
to
do
this
equitably
and
so
then
they're
going
to
come
out
to
your
data.
They're
gonna
come
after
everything.
They
can
focus
the
wall
because
they
with
ESO
my
god,
you
open
through
equitably
equitably.
We
hit
them
until
even
50
years.
This
worked
out
pretty
good
for
us
now
so
now
you
want
to
do
it
equitably
and
you
want
to
help
these
poor
people.
Shame
on
the
process.
B
This
is
a
little
bit
of
money,
a
small
price
to
pay
for
50,
60,
70,
80,
90,
100
years
of
disinvestment,
because
when
I
wanted
to
go,
someplace
I
had
to
walk
the
Highland
Park
I
had
to
walk
to
Frick
Park
because
it
wasn't
in
my
community,
I
had
to
walk
and
it
wasn't
a
10-minute
walk.
I'm
from
here.
I
know
how
this
works
so
I'm
going
to
continue
to
have
the
conversation
sometimes
passionately,
sometimes
not
passionately.
I'll
have
the
discussion
now.
The
way
I
think
this
would
work
in
and
I'm
gonna
stop
is
this.
B
If
we
pass
this
plan,
this
plan
becomes
the
foundation
of
how
we
go
forward.
All
these
liners
council
still
has
to
decide
right.
It
has
to
do
an
annual
plan
of
we
do
a
five-year
plan.
Even
if
this
was
our
plan
every
year,
we'd
have
to
come
up
and
say
this
is
kind
of
our
priorities,
and
these
are
the
projects,
and
this
is
how
we
see
you
were.
Then,
if
you
are
a
partner,
you
would
say
these
are
the
parts
of
this
that
we're
interested
in
we're
gonna
raise
money
and
we're
gonna.
B
That's
kind
of
I
think
encounters
power
is
going
to
be,
as
it
always
is,
and
the
annual
distribution
of
those
funds
I
thought
your
job.
That's
our
job,
but
I'm
going
to
argue
that
this
plan
is
in
and
it's
so.
If
we
don't
want
to
accept
this
plan,
that's
fine
and
show
me
your
dad
show
me
your
outreach
show
me.
Your
questionnaires
show
me
all
of
your
years
of
doing
the
research
and
this
if
we're
not
gonna
use
in.
B
If
we
don't
gonna
use
this,
we
got
you
something
even
with
even
using
this
as
a
guy,
we
still
can
change
an
alter,
I'm
saying:
let's
use
this
as
a
guide.
Let's
begin
with
this
well
thought
out
this
community-driven
process:
let's
use
you
guys
as
partners
and
figure
out
how
to
get
to
the
end,
I
think
at
the
end,
though,
everybody
and
I'm
being
first
sarcastic
but
I've
been
saving
it
for
it
for
many
weeks.
But
let
me
tell
you
what
I
really
think
everybody
gets
blessed.
That's
what
I
have
that's!
B
What
I've
learned
in
my
years
of
politics
I
have
learned
that
when
you
do
the
right
thing,
everybody
gets
blessed
right
right
because,
to
be
honest,
you
mr.
learning
I
raised
my
kids
in
that
super
park.
I
take
my
nephew's
to
that
super
park
every
summer,
right,
they're
little
but
I.
Take
them
there
that
when
you
do
the
right
thing
for
the
right
reason,
its
impact
is
greater
than
you
think.
If
we
do
this
right
thing
for
the
right
reasons,
everybody
all
communities
and
all
parks,
I
think
will
be
blessed.
I
will
end
with
that.
B
K
K
I'm,
just
gonna
be
very
well.
I,
probably
won't
be
through
too
brief,
but
it
was
going
to
be.
But
now
that
you
made
a
lot
of
comments,
I
have
to
first
say
Grand.
View
Park
is
the
entrance
to
the
room
you
park
is
in
Arlington.
So
when
you're
talking
about
our
side
of
town,
please
look
because
our
area
has
been
disinvested
in
in
many
decades,
and
you
know
that.
B
K
I
think
was
the
first
time
since
you
know
that
some
apart
Southwest
of
the
river
was
identified
as
a
rad
park,
one
Grand
View
when
emerita
Park
was
created-
and
you
know,
there's
poor
folks
in
all
parts
of
the
city
and
and
so
when
we
talk
about
making
sure
things
are
fair
and
equitable.
I
wanna
make
sure
that
we
understand
that
that
happens
across
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
K
There
are
CDBG
eligible
areas
across
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
we
all
want
to
see
something
we're
all
here
to
advocate
for
our
areas,
I
advocated
many
times
for
Grandview
Avenue
to
be
included
in
the
Emerald
View
Park
situation,
because
it
is
in
the
agreement.
So
that's
a
big
issue
for
me,
but
I'm
gonna
say
that
when
we're
I
asked
for
you
and
Councilman
Coghill
to
sit
down
and
meet
with
the
administration,
and
instead
of
doing
that,
we
decide
we're.
Gonna
have
different
post
agendas.
We're
gonna
have
different
public
hearings.
We're
gonna
have
different
plans.
K
We're
gonna
go
down
this
road
publicly,
so
I'm
going
to
schedule
a
meeting
and
say
not
one
more
things.
Gonna
happen
on
this
tax
until
we
sit
down
together
with
the
administration,
who's
willing
to
work
with
us
and
willing
to
make
sure
everybody
gets
a
piece
of
the
pie
and
making
sure
that
you
know
that
their
plan
is
going
forward
and
they
want
this
to
go
for
it
and
they
do
realize
there
are
a
lot
of
votes
over
here
that
are
ready
to
stop
it.
K
If
we
don't,
if
we're
not
satisfied
with
with
what
happens
here
and
so
I
think
they
realize
not
only
that,
but
they
this
already
passed,
I
mean
if
it
were
me,
I've
said
it
a
million
times.
I
would
not
have
done
this.
I
wouldn't
done
it
this
way,
it
wasn't
that
I
didn't
want
something
done
with
our
parks.
I
always
want
to
see
more
money
invested
in
our
parks
and
in
our
city
in
general.
I
want
to
see
the
money
invested
in
our
schools.
I
want
to
see
money
invested
in
our
public
safety.
K
There's
a
lot
of
things
I
want
that
doesn't
mean
I
can
have
everything.
I
also
want
to
be
the
queen
of
England.
You
don't
see
that
happening,
but
you
know.
Sometimes
we
have
to
make
our
sacrifices,
and
so
for
me,
and
now
that
it
has
passed,
is
time
for
us
to
sit
down
work
together
like
adults
and
try
to
come
up
with
something
that
the
entire
city
can
benefit
from
and
being
more
supportive,
something
our
constituents
who
voted
against.
K
It
can
say:
okay-
maybe
this
wasn't
so
so
bad
and
something
that
your
constituents
who
have
felt
forgotten
and
we
set
back
here
ever
many
times.
You
know
we
vote
for
a
lot
of
things
for
your
district.
Yours,
a
lot
of
money
goes
into
your
district.
You
may
not
see
them
tax
dollars
for
parks,
but
you
do
see
it
for
investment
for
for
housing.
K
K
I'm
scheduling
the
meeting
with
the
administration,
we'll
sit
down,
we'll
work
with
them,
we'll
bring
the
Pittsburgh
Parks
Conservancy
in
when
it's
time
we
will
have
an
absolute
public
process,
so
the
people
can
have
some
input
and
what
they'd
like
to
see
happen
and
we're
gonna
make
sure
we
advocate
for
those
restrooms
and
Anthony
called
kills
district,
which
I
heard
the
administration
promised
already
and
said
that
they're
working
on
it.
There
was
a
backorder
or
something
happened,
so
they
they
are
working
on
it
and
they
are
committed
to
doing
that
in
your
area.
K
So
I
just
want
to
say
all
this
nonsense.
All
this
fighting
we're
making
council
look
bad
and
and
and
there's
no
reason
for
it.
We
should
have
sat
down
and
have
the
meeting
and
and
work
through
these
concerns
and
that's
what
we're
gonna
do
from
from
this
point
forward.
I'm
scheduling
the
meeting,
so
that's
it
for
me.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
A
L
That
said,
when
you
were
talking
earlier,
I
said
we
voted.
What
I
meant
is
we
voted
to
have
this
cablecast
public
hearing
to
talk
about
the
resolution
adopting
plan
submitted
to
the
electors
of
city
of
Pittsburgh
entitled
restoring
Pittsburgh
parks
and
the
parks
plan
collectively.
So
like
we're
here
to
talk
about
the
parks
plan,
we
could
have
talked
about
councilman
cog,
Hills
plan.
Originally
that
was
introduced
at
the
turn
of
the
year
and
I.
L
Think
Councilwoman
Deb
gross
was
was
a
co-sponsor
and
we
could
have
had
that
opportunity
when
we
could
have
talked
about
you
know,
maybe
the
lack
of
communication
prior
to
that
being
displayed
as
well
and
where
the
money
came
from
pay
for
that
consultant.
We
could
have
talked
about
that,
but
now
we're
here
talking
about
all
the
work
that
you
all
put
in
and
I'm
glad
to
be
at
the
table
to
understand
how
we're
looking
at
the
data
and
also
to
you
know,
hear
others
how
they
want
you
to
bring
back
other
mountains
of
data.
L
Quite
frankly,
it's
unfortunate
that
the
lens
isn't
turn
on
us
for
the
46
million
dollars
that
we
spend
and
we're
actually,
judging
you
all
on
the
money
that
will
be
spent
on
some
of
these
capital
projects.
That
is,
you
know
less
than
I
mean
46
and
we're
talking
about
almost
5%
of
you
know
what
you're
planning
to
do,
but
you're
willing
to
bring
up
everyone
else
at
the
same
and
with
those
other
three,
you
know:
maintenance,
rehabilitation
and
and
programming,
and
then
I
mean
I
think
we
should
probably
look
at
that.
C
If
you
take
out
capital
and
looking
at
maintenance,
maintenance
is
also
being
distributed
equitably.
The
idea
and
intent
is,
is
that
every
park
we
look
at
the
high.
What
the
public
told
us
were
the
most
important
maintenance
practices
focusing
on
those
first
and
ensuring
that
the
service
level
in
Frick
Park
is
the
same
service
level,
that's
in
McKinley
Park
or
in
the
West
End
Park
that
every
Park,
where
we're
improving
the
maintenance
practices
that
has
the
same
level
of
service
so
far
in
my
mind
and.
D
C
Rehab
is
going
to
be
a
little
different
from
the
standpoint
that
rehab
we
have
a
400
million
minimum
capital
backlog
across
the
system.
That's
going
to
take
years
to
address,
we've
got
to
take
the
assets
that
are
in
the
worst
condition
that
are
not
going
to
get
capital
improvements
and
what
I
will
call
duct
tape
or
patched
them
so
that
they
can
function.
They
can
be
safe
and
operational
until
we
can
get
in
years
later
into
a
capital
project.
So
again
to
me,
that's
also
equitable
in
a
different
way
and
programming.
L
And
I've
been
here
not
even
two
months
yet,
and
this
is
the
most
robust
plan
that
I've
seen
so
far.
We
just
voted
on
that.
Well,
we
were
talking
about
the
housing
or
to
a
fine.
We
with
securing
bonds
and
we're
talking
a
lot
of
money.
Actually,
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund
is
a
similar
asset.
You
know
similar
amount
that
we're
talking
about
and
I
mean.
The
idea
of
that
is
really.
The
whole
plan
is
equity.
L
There
I
mean
the
whole
plan
is
to
bring
other
is
apt
to
think
about
the
person
who
has
the
least
and
how
they
fit
into
our
current
system.
But
I
look
at
this
plan
and
I
reviewed
it.
You
just
reviewed,
you
know
all
the
70
slides
that
you
went
through
I
mean
I'm.
You
know
I'm,
proud
of
what
the
council
is
doing
now
and
really
having
a
tough
conversation
about
you
know
what
is
equity
mean?
How
does
that
as
I
fit
into
when
you
bring
data
to
you
know?
L
How
does
that
look
like
in
terms
of
data?
We
can
go
back
to
the
mountains
at
data.
You
can
bring
it.
You
can
please
copy
me
on
those
emails
if
you'd
like,
but
quite
frankly,
I'd
like
to
start
moving
forward.
I
would
like
to
start
moving
forward
and
having
conversations
about
how
we
can
start
doing
these
projects.
You
know
we're
gonna
have
to
implement
the
tax,
so
we're
gonna
have
to
I
mean
the
will
of
the
voters
was
to
implement
the
tax.
L
So
if
we
move
forward
with
that,
you
know
I
mean
we
need
to
do
what's
required
so
that
we
feel
that
that
equity,
it's
only
going
to
be
a
small
part
of
the
actual
total
budget
and
the
forty
six
million
dollars
is
currently
spending.
What
we
can
spend
the
future
I
would
love
the
working
with
you
to
get
those
bathrooms,
because
you
know
I
want
to
start
talking
about
other
other
issues
that
really
are
affecting
like
all
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
and
that's
what
I
really
enjoy
about
the
conversation
when
we
start
well.
L
L
I
We're
talking
about
the
rad
parks
rev,
it's
like
a
two-day
train
trip
for
from
my
district
to
get
to
the
nearest
rad
park,
so
we
have
absolutely
no
access
to
rad
parks.
In
my
district
we
wish
we
had
one
I
mean
I,
think
they're,
beautiful
and
I
do
think
Jane,
you
do
a
beautiful
job
there.
You
know
and
I
don't
mean
to
come
here
in
a
hostile
way.
I'm
very
passionate
about
this
tax.
Okay
has
does
not
reflect
on
that.
The
job
I
feel
that
you
are
doing.
Okay,
I
know
your
background.
I
I
know
you
bring
big
skills
to
the
table
and
we
look
forward
to
utilizing
those,
but
you
want
to
hear
something
funny.
I
argue
for
equal
distribution
right
and
I'm,
not
getting
a
whole
lot
of
traction
with
councilmembers
I
get
a
ton
of
comp
of
comments
from
across
the
city,
not
just
my
district,
who
feel
that's
the
only
and
the
best
way
to
do
it,
but
if
I
can't
get
it
that
way
and
I
have
to
often
think
I'm
fighting
the
wrong
fight.
I
I
can
equally
fight
for
equitable
distribution
because
and
I'll
tell
you
why,
if
you
pull
the
figure
since
I've
been
in
office
three
years
now,
right
mine,
my
parks
have
had
the
least
amount
of
investment,
I.
Think
million
three
hundred
thousand
compared
to
your
district
Rev
was
six
six
or
seven
million
dollars
imports?
Okay.
So
if
you
want
to
talk,
equitable
I
want
to
talk
equitable
to
if
I
have
to
do
a
360.
I
think
I
might
benefit
more
from
that
argument.
I
Honestly,
and
if
you
look
at
the
city's
projected
over
the
next
six
years,
investment
from
their
capital
budget
in
the
small
parks,
nothing
for
my
district,
absolutely
nothing
which
is
very
disheartening.
So
you
may
see
me
arguing
a
complete
opposite
position.
Next
time,
we're
in
front
of
us
I
will
argue
the
position
that
I
get
the
resources
back
to
my
district.
This
I
think
honestly
I
might
be
taking
up
the
wrong
fight.
Rev
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you
honestly.
Let's
get
this
thing
done
and
come
up
with
something
and
Bobby.
B
Thank
you
very
much
for
coming
and
staying
for
a
long
time.
Our
audience
members
who
are
here.
Thank
you
very
much
for
coming.
We
appreciate
all
of
her
participation
from
the
media
to
other
members
of
the
Park,
Conservancy
and
staffers,
who
are
here.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
think
it's
been
a
great
conversation
with
that
anything
in
front
of
things.
If
not
I'll
enter
the
most
Georgia
ocean
and.