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A
Hello
and
welcome
to
Pittsburgh
standing
committees,
meeting
for
Wednesday
January
29th
2020.
My
name
is
Ken
Clark,
Baskin
and
I
am
the
assistant
city
clerk
with
us.
Today
we
have
our
sign
language
interpreter
Logan,
Showalter,
the
following
is
a
list
of
legislation
up
for
preliminary
approval
by
Pittsburgh,
City,
Council,
finance
and
law
committee.
Mr.
Laval
is
the
chair.
A
Number
57
ordinance
amending
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
Code
of
Ordinances
title
to
fiscal
article,
five
special
funds:
chapter
237,
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
Parks
trust
fund
to
conform
with
the
Home
Rule
Charter
article
nine,
in
order
to
establish
the
creation
of
the
Pittsburgh
Parks
trust
fund
in
this
piece
of
legislation
is
sponsored
by
councilmember
Anthony,
Coghill
and
Deb
gross
bill.
Number
58
resolution
authorizing
the
creation
of
a
parks
tax
task
force.
This
piece
of
legislation
is
sponsored
by
council
president
Teresa
Kel
Smith.
A
Public
Safety
Services
Committee,
mr.
O'connor
is
the
chair.
We
have
new
papers,
we
have
bill
number
50
resolution
amending
resolution,
number
849
of
2019
authorizing
the
mayor
and
the
director
of
the
Department
of
Public
Safety
to
enter
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
into
an
amended
professional
services
agreement,
but
in
time
Solutions
Inc
for
EMS
and
police
scheduling
in
timekeeping
services
at
a
cost
not
to
exceed
eight
hundred
and
sixty
three
thousand
five
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars.
A
Bill
number
51
resolution
amending
resolution,
50
of
2018
entitled
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
the
director
of
the
Department
of
Public
Safety
to
enter
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
into
a
professional
services
agreement
with
cover
your
assets,
LLC
for
a
web-based
secondary
employment
scheduling
system
by
extending
the
term
of
the
agreement.
In
order
for
the
pending
RFP
process
to
be
completed.
A
Bill
number
52
resolution
authorizing
the
citizens
Police
Review
Board,
to
enter
into
an
agreement
or
contract
with
attorney
William
F
ward
of
Rothman
Gordon
PC
for
professional
services
to
assist
in
the
legal
representation
of
the
citizens.
Police
Review
Board
for
a
period
of
three
years
said
agreements
or
contracts
shall
not
exceed
45
thousand
dollars
per
year
for
years,
2020
2021
and
2022
Public
Works
Committee.
Mr.
Coghill
is
the
chair.
A
A
Human
Resources
Committee
mr.
Krause
is
the
chair.
We
have
build
number
48
resolution
amending
resolution,
151
of
2019,
which
authorized
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
to
enter
into
professional
services
agreements
and
or
contracts
with
consultants,
and/or
service
providers
for
professional
services
in
connection
with
civil
service
and.
A
Land-Use
and
Economic
Development
Committee
mr.
Wilson
is
the
chair.
We
have
new
papers,
we
have
bill
number
forty
resolution
further
amending
resolution,
797
of
2017,
effective
December
2017,
as
amended
entitled
resolution
adopting
and
approving
the
2018
capital
budget
and
a
2018
Community
Development
Block
Grant
Program
in
the
2018,
through
2023
capital
improvement
program
by
making
an
amendment
and
name
change
to
City
Council
line
items
and
authorizing
a
subsequent
agreement
for
operation
and
administrative
expenses.
On
behalf
of
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
this
bill
is
sponsored
by
council
president
Teresa
Cal
Smith.
A
Bill
number
forty-one
resolution
further
amending
resolution,
863
of
2018,
effective
January
2019,
as
amended
entitled
resolution
adopting
and
approving
the
2019
capital
budget
and
a
2019
Community
Development
Block
Grant
Program
in
the
2019
through
2024
capital
improvement
program
by
amending
various
city
council,
CDBG
unspecified
Local,
Option
land
items.
This
piece
of
legislation
is
sponsored
by
councilmembers,
Wilson,
Crouse
and
council.
A
President
Kel
Smith
bill
number
53
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
the
director
of
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
agencies
to
provide
rapid
rehousing
activities,
including
rental
assistance
and
housing,
relocation
and
stabilization
services,
as
associated
with
emergency
solutions.
Grant
funds
cost
not
to
exceed
two
hundred
forty
thousand
six
hundred
and
twenty-five
dollars
intergovernmental
affairs
committee.
Mr.
A
Gross's,
the
chair,
we
have
new
papers
and
we
have
bill
number
47
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
to
enter
until
cooperation
and
license
agreement
with
the
Urban
Redevelopment
Authority
of
Pittsburgh
to
authorize
the
inclusion
of
designated
city
properties
in
the
land
care
program
and
to
further
authorized
reimbursement
payments
for
the
services
of
the
URA
and
its
contractors.
That
concludes
the
reading
of
the
legislation
up
for
preliminary
approval.
Thank
you
and
have
a
wonderful
day.
B
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
today's
standing
committee
meeting
for
Wednesday
January
29th
to
2020
our
first
order
of
business
is
public
comment.
Anyone
wishing
to
comment
before
City
Council
has
three
minutes
to
speak.
Please
give
your
name
and
neighborhood
for
the
record.
The
green
light
will
indicate
you
have
three
minutes.
The
yellow
light
indicates
you
have
one
minute
and
the
red
light
indicates.
Your
time
is
up
with
the
first
speaker.
Please
come
forward
first
speaker,
please.
C
Good
morning
my
name
is
your
finest
Brown
I
live
in
the
hills.
District
I
didn't
want
to
go
first
because
I
wasn't
prepared,
but
I
do
want
to
make
sure
you
understand
that
yesterday
I
was
saying
in
loving
memory
of
David
Holmes,
who
was
our
president
of
tenant
council,
epic,
a
viewer
vez,
that's
the
senior
citizen
home
community.
Tonight
she
was
a
younger
woman.
C
She
passed
away
in
Linda,
Parker
Linda
Parker,
as
I
said,
was
the
wife
of
my
brother's
foster,
brother
and
I
was
on
the
elevator
yesterday
and
he
was
a
white
woman
and
I
say
the
color.
So
you
understand
who
they
were?
Okay,
she
was
a
white
woman
and
I
spoke
to
her,
and
then
she
was
saying,
as
we
talked
I
said
to
her,
are
you
you
live
here?
She
said
yes,
I
moved
into
Linda
Parker's
apartment
I
heard
that
she
was
a
very
nice
person.
C
I
said
yes,
she
was,
and
she
said,
I
can
feel
it
in
the
apartment.
I
can
feel
like
it
was
a
place
of
peace.
Now
I
also
said:
Barbara
Tucker,
with
the
people
on
Whiteside
Road
Barbara
Tucker
was
the
family.
There
was
I
know
at
least
three
girls
cuz
Barbara
Tucker
was
the
oldest
one,
and
Laurie
did
go
talking
again,
Gloria
Jones
and
she
was
they
had
three
sisters.
They
would
come
and
take
good
care
of
her.
You
had
one
washer
clothes
and
the
other
one.
C
She
had
a
beautiful
partner
and
her
sister
is
Gloria
Jones
everybody
knew
she
was.
The
barber
tucker
was
the
oldest
sister,
but
she
didn't
look
like
she
looked
like
a.
She
was
in
her
50s
and
she
was
70.
Something
then-
and
these
are
people
formerly
from
whites
I'd
rather
also
I-
wanted
to
make
sure
you,
the
city
workers,
knew
that
Alfred
died.
C
Alfred
had
been
taking
care
of
the
park,
you
remember,
he
dipped
up
over
em,
almost
I
can't
think
I'm
talking
too
fast,
but
anyway,
he
passed.
I
knew
him
and
he
was
he's
a
heavy
man,
but
he
was
skinnier
than
me
when
I
met
him
53
years
ago,
cuz.
My
son
was
five
days
old
when
I
moved
on
Raleigh
Street.
Also
I
wanted
to
say,
I've
seen
this
mr.
Burgess
ain't
here,
because
this
is
for
him.
C
D
Dr.
Ronald
and
Miller
Oakland
University
of
Oxford
educated,
University
of
Pittsburgh
instructor
global
societies,
modern
Israel
Japan,
the
u.s.,
a
theory
of
sport,
science
and
technology.
Among
other
courses
which
I
taught
Cathedral
of
Learning
first
floor,
one
of
those
beautiful
places,
in
my
view,
anywhere
in
a
khadeem,
the
global
intelligence
society
candidate
for
president
states,
2020
we're
interested
in
in
offering
the
best
information
that
highest
level
of
intelligence.
That's
what
the
global
intelligence
society
org
website
is
to
offer
to
you.
D
Neither
Trump
nationally
2020
nor
Peduto
locally
2021
our
primary
campaign,
fossa
I,
don't
think
they
should
be
for
myself.
The
prime
focus
is
the
elitist
exclusionary,
deep
ERP
system
that
doesn't
secure
the
vote
via
Vova
receipt
and
that
doesn't
consistently
support
freedom
of
speech
in
local
public
comment.
D
There
are
a
lot
of
problems
here
with
public
comment
with
this
council
from
the
g-iii
and
the
global
intelligence
information
network,
which
I
founded
in
beginning
in
May
I
will
be
presenting
via
online
seminars
and
off
offline
seminars
and
online
webinars,
abstract,
global
intelligence
theory,
global
intelligence
applications
for
us
and
world
problems.
My
public
comments,
2010
to
2020
and
Gen
sex
identity
formation.
They
all
coincide,
will
coincide
with
publication
of
my
books
on
the
subjects.
A
concern
of
this
council
is
sexism
in
Pittsburgh
in
the
United
States
on
the
2nd
of
November
1920.
D
After
passage
of
amendment
19
females
participated
for
the
first
time
in
a
u.s.
presidential
election
cause
for
130
years.
The
flawed
US
Constitution
permitted
the
exclusion
of
women
from
voting
institutionalizing
political
sexism
at
every
level
of
our
governments
in
the
century.
Since
the
Democratic
Party
in
this
city
has
not
aggressively
promoted
a
female
to
Pittsburgh
mayor,
why
is
everybody
so
shy
because
the
Democratic
Party
trashes
Jen
sex
political
abuse,
but
hypocritically
tolerates
it?
Does
the
did
the
democratic
party
support
Woodhall
in
1872,
the
first
woman
to
do
so?
No,
they
discouraged
her.
D
D
B
B
B
F
Number
50
resolution
amending
resolution
number
849
of
2019
with
which
authorized
the
mayor
and
director
of
public
safety
to
enter
on
behalf
of
the
city
into
an
amended
professional
services
agreement
with
in
time,
Solutions
Inc
for
EMS
and
police
scheduling
and
timekeeping
services
at
a
talk
at
a
cost
not
to
exceed
eight
hundred
sixty
three
thousand
five
hundred
and
twenty-five
dollars.
Resolution
number
849
is
being
amended
in
order
to
correct
jde
job
numbers
to.
G
F
H
G
Discussion,
this
is
usually
this
is
our
annual
allocation
for
cover
your
assets.
This
is
the
secondary
employee,
employment
process,
where
our
officers
can
go
online
and
sign
up
for
extra
events,
whether
it's
at
the
the
arenas
or
other
employment
options
that
they
have
to
do
secondary
employment,
and
this
is
the
cover
your
assets,
which
I
believe
we
do
every
year.
Thank.
I
F
Resolution
authorizing
the
Citizen
Police
Review
Board
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
attorney
William
F
Ward
of
Rothman
Gordon
PC
for
professional
services
to
assist
in
the
legal
representation
of
the
Citizen
Police
Review
Board
for
a
period
of
three
years.
Sad
agreement
shall
not
exceed
45
thousand
dollars
per
year
for
twenty
twenty.
Twenty-One
and
twenty-two
subject
to
the
annual
allocation
by
City
Council.
G
B
F
G
H
B
J
F
B
L
M
G
B
N
What
I
had
intended
on
doing
is
tabling
this
and
I'd
like
to
have
a
little
bit
of
discussion
about
it.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
council
was
having
their
input
and
say
on
some
of
the
things
that
are
going
on
and
I
know
that
all
of
us
are
very
passionate
about
that.
We
all
have
very
strong
opinions
about
how
this
should
be
handled.
N
Councilman
coghill
did
a
great
amount
of
work
on
on
his
presentation.
He
was
going
to
do
today.
Councilman
Burgess
did
a
lot
of
work
on
on
his
opinions
and
and
the
presentation
he
was
going
to
do
today,
but
I
think
that
the
bottom
line
is.
Everybody
wants
to
see
Council
step
up
to
the
plate,
to
handle
this
working
together
with
the
administration,
to
make
sure
that
we
are
yielding
the
best
results
for
our
residents,
the
taxpayers
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
and
that
means
that
sometimes
we
have
to
bend
a
little
bit.
N
And
so,
although
I'd
like
to
see
a
task
force
in
place,
I
think
that
what
I'd
like
to
see
and
if
everyone's
agreeable
is
to
have
councilman,
Coghill
and
Councilman
Burgess,
because
you
have
such
strong
opinions
and
are
very
both-
are
very
knowledgeable
on
what
you
can
do
legally.
And
what
you'd
like.
What
we'd
like
to
see
happen.
N
And
so
I'd
like
to
see
you
work
together
with
the
administration,
come
up
with
some
drafts
and
then
bring
it
back
to
Council
for
briefings
so
that
we
can
all
have
our
input
and
I'll
ever
say
on
what
we'd
like
to
see
happen
at
this
and
in
the
end.
In
the
end.
We
all
have
our
say
anyway,
because
we're
going
to
have
our
vote
right,
but
I
think
that
we,
what
I
know
I
have
said
from
the
very
beginning
day.
One
not
one
time.
N
This
taxpayer
money
should
leave
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
without
the
approval
of
the
people
that
are
elected
to
oversee
the
budget,
and
that
is
this
council
and
so
I.
Don't
care
I
mean
you
can
put
a
lot
of
different
things
in
place
there.
But
to
me
that
is
the
bottom
line
is
that
the
public
controls
their
public
dollars
and
that's
through
us,
and
so
as
long
as
that,
that's
the
end
result
I'll
be
happy
to
work
with
all
of
you
and
I'll.
Tell
you
if
it's
not
the
end
result.
N
I
think
that
you'll
hear
a
different
conversation,
but
I
think
that
we
all
pretty
much
feel
the
same
way.
I
mean
I,
think
we
all
want
what's
best
and
I'd
really
like
to
see
us
work
together
on
some
of
this
for
the
betterment
of
the
public.
So
if
everyone's
agreeable
to
that,
then
that's
what
I'm
gonna
do
so
I'm
gonna
make
a
motion
to
table,
but
I'm
just
looking
up
and
down.
Is
everybody
comfortable
with
that?
If
that's
what
we
end
up
doing
I'll.
N
P
H
B
F
Seven
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
Department
of
Public,
Works
and
Finance,
on
behalf
of
the
city,
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
Duquesne
Light
Company
to
provide
one
a
permanent
construction
easement
for
the
improvement
of
the
razaw
Ria's
reality
power
substation
in
the
central
Oakland
neighborhood,
and
to
a
license
to
maintain
a
swath
of
land
in
the
base
of
the
hill
to
improve
long-term
stormwater
control
of
the
city
properties.
Schenley
Park,
which
also
affects
the
substation.
A
motion.
K
B
H
Q
What
is
in
front
of
council
is
the
fact
that
we're
asking
for
a
small
strip
of
land
on
the
side
of
a
piece
of
property
that
Duquesne
Light
owns
on
boundary
street
and
the
corner,
the
corner
of
John,
Kerr
and
boundary.
We
worry
of
building
a
new
substation.
The
substation
is
to
assist
with
the
load
we're
already
over
capacitated
out
of
Oakland
and
CMU
into
that
part
of
the
other
hospitals
and
the
institutions
of
learning
in
that
area,
and
also
for
resiliency
and
redundancy.
H
So
for
the
council's
own,
edification
I
will
not
dismiss
that.
This
has
not
been
somewhat
controversial.
There
have
been
five
community
meetings
so
far
to
that.
We
have
hosted
directly
through
the
office
three
that
were
hosted
by
Duquesne
Light,
but
we're
working
through
we're
taking
a
lot
of
input,
there's
still
some
minor
reservation,
but
we
understand
the
the
importance
of
the
substation
to
provide
the
the
necessary
power
for
a
burgeoning
Oakland.
H
We
get
that
some
of
the
reservations
that
have
been
expressed
or
that
the
substation
does
border
a
residential
area
known
as
the
hollow
anthro
panther
hollow.
Thank
you,
and
so
we've
had
a
little
bit
of
pushback,
but
we're
working
directly
to
resolve
what
needs
to
be
resolved
to
make
certain
that
we
can
provide
what
needs
to
be
provided
in
terms
of
power
through
Oakland,
so
I'm
asking
the
council
to
approve
today
with
the
understanding
that
we
will
continue
to
work
closely
through
the
entire
process.
K
K
P
B
H
B
B
F
Resolution
granting
on
to
Carnegie
Mellon
University
C
D
F
P
their
successors
and
assigns
the
privilege
and
license
to
construct
maintaining
use
of
their
own
cost
and
expense
a
retaining
wall
along
Fillmore
Street
in
Forbes
Avenue,
and
a
treat
pit
at
46.
Sixty-Five
Forbes
in
the
4th
Ward
8
council
district
motion
to
approve
okay.
M
B
R
Manuel,
director
of
human
resources
and
civil
service-
my
apologies,
so
this
respective
resolution
before
you
is
in
the
amount
of
covering
psychological
testings
that
we
have
to
do
for
our
respective
scheduled
police
academies.
And
so
just
you
are
aware
that
there
are
three
scheduled
police
academies
for
the
year
of
2020.
The
first
will
be
in
March.
B
K
R
K
N
Just
briefly
want
to
say:
you
know:
a
lot
of
us
have
been
hearing
a
lot
about
the
police
contract
and
you
know
council,
as
many
people
know,
councils
unable
to
negotiate
contracts.
That's
not
we're
not
legally
able
to
get
involved
in
that.
But
I
do
want
to
say
that
when
you
hear
officers
saying
that
we
spend
so
much
money
and
other
things,
you
know-
and
you
see
these
items
coming
forward
and
you
wonder
why
they
cannot
receive
a
higher
pay
than
what
they're
doing
Reverend
Burgess
has
said
a
million
times.
N
We
can't
possibly
pay
our
officers
enough,
but
I
do
want
to
say
that
I
think
Council
and
a
lot
of
us
would
like
to
see
our
officers
and
I
mean
fortunately
I'm
not
in
those
negotiations,
because
I
pray
give
away
everything
we
had
we'd
be
bankrupt.
So
I
think
that
a
lot
of
us
feel
that
way.
But
it's
good
that
we
have
more
responsible
people
in
charge
of
the
budget.
N
I
mean
and
there's
negotiations,
but
I
can't
I
want
to
say
that
I
don't
think
that
there's
a
job
where
we
could
pay
or
an
amount
that
we
could
pay
our
officers
for
the
job
that
they
do
every
day
and
so
I'm
sad
to
see
all
this
division.
That's
that's
occurring
right
now
and
I'm
hopeful
that
that
there's
some
resolution
where
the
police
officers
feel
more
valued
and
the
public
feels
safe
and
the
administration
feels
as
if
they've
done
a
great
job
at
negotiating.
Somehow,
there's
there's
some
happy
compromise
here.
B
K
Know
I
just
want
to
compliment
you
Councilwoman
kill
Smith
for
for
intervening.
You
know
that
our
police
officers
are,
you
know,
do
feel
really
undercut.
The
deal
doesn't
seem
they're,
not
happy
with
it,
but
I
know
that
our
council
president
will
work
with
the
administration
and
I
hope
work,
something
out
for
them
and.
N
B
Urges
I.
O
P
O
Life
for
service
of
others,
there
is
no
amount
which
that
is
worth,
and
so
that
is
that's
priceless
and
so
I
have
I
have
always
said
that,
but
at
the
same
time,
since
we're
having
this
conversation,
I
do
want
to
at
least
remind
my
friends
in
the
police
force
that
one
of
the
ways
in
which
you
can
indent
in
engender
good
wheel
to
our
city,
even
though
you
are
allowed
to
is
not
to
move
out
of
our
city.
I've
done
everything
in
my
or
including
by
referendum.
O
To
say
that
police
should
live
in
the
sea
of
Pittsburgh,
and
so
even
though,
unfortunately,
a
lawsuit
was
filed
that
allowed
officers
to
move
outside
our
city.
That
will
not
lead
to
good
police
officers
that
will
not
lead
to
good
policing.
It
is
better
for
police
to
live
with
the
people
whom
they
police
to
see
them
in
the
grocery
store
to
see
them
off-duty
in
various
in
schools
in
various
places
and
so
I.
The
police,
a
thousand
percent
in
terms
of
their
wages.
O
N
N
Just
gonna
hopefully
end
it
with
this
conversation,
I
hear
what
you're
saying
about
residency
and
it
was
a
concern
for
me
as
well.
As
you
know,
I
stood
with
you
on
that,
but
I
would
say.
Maybe
we
can
encourage
our
officers
by
to
live
in
the
city
by
offering
some
housing
incentives,
and
so
maybe
that's
something.
This
council
can
work
on.
H
B
F
Number
40
resolution
further
amending
resolution
number
797,
which
adopting
and
approving
the
2018
capital
budget
in
the
2018
CDBG
program,
the
2018
through
2023
capital
improvement
program
by
making
an
amendment
and
name
change
to
city
council
line
items
and
authorizing
a
subsequent
agreement
for
operation;
administrative
expenses,
maintenance,
purchase
of
equipment,
and/or
rehabilitation
of
neighborhood
facilities.
On
behalf
of
the
residents
of
the
city,
the.
M
F
The
41
resolution
further
amending
reso
number
863
by
amending
various
City
Council
CDBG
unspecified
local
option
line
items
and
authorizing
a
subsequent
agreement
for
operation;
administrative
expenses,
maintenance,
purchase
of
equipment,
and/or
rehabilitation
of
neighborhood
facilities.
On
behalf
of
the
residents
motion.
F
53
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
agencies
to
provide
rapid
rehousing
activities,
including
rental
assistance
and
housing,
relocation
and
stabilization
services,
as
associated
with
emergency
solutions,
grant
funds
at
a
cost
not
to
exceed
two
hundred.
Forty
thousand
six
hundred
and
twenty-five
dollars.
H
I
David
Hutchinson
assistant,
director
capital
and
asset
management.
This
piece
is
also
related
to
another
piece:
I
believe
it's
zero,
zero,
five,
zero
under
land
use
and
economic
development
to
accept
a
state,
ESG
or
emergency
solutions
grant
award.
This
piece
allows
us
to
go
under
contract
with
Oberly,
who
was
an
organization
that
applied
to
be
our
service
provider
for
those
funds.
Great.
M
That
mostly
answered
my
question
but
I'm
happy
to
hear
more
if
there's
more
to
share
I
know
realized
that
you
would
offer
it
a
private
briefing
to
all
council
members
and
I
didn't
take
you
up
on
that.
So
I
appreciate
you
coming
to
the
table
now,
but
Bob
really
will
manage
it's
built
into
one
of
their
existing
programs
or
a
new
program
for
them
existing
program.
J
Yes,
my
name
is
Liz
Daniels
Totten
I'm,
with
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget.
It's
an
expansion
on
services
that
they
already
offers,
so
they
already
offer
rapid
rehousing
programs
through
a
different
source
of
funding.
This
is
a
competitive
source
of
funding
that
we
applied
for
through
the
state
that
will
allow
them
to
serve
more
people,
they're
operating
out
of
their
offices
on
Wood,
Street
and.
M
They
do
great
work.
I
am
starting
to
see
more
and
more
redundancies
between
not
even
redundancies
because
we're
all
it's
there's,
there's
an
infinite
amount
of
work
we
could
do
in
these
areas,
but
with
the
Housing
Opportunity
Fund
in
the
URA,
and
this
kind
of
thing
and
I
know
that,
in
speaking
with
the
you
are
a
director
who's
brand
new
and
you
know
their
team
that
they
and
also
the
mayor's
team
that
there's
a
desire
to
coordinate
more
of
our
activities.
I
P
Yeah
definitely
Development
Office,
yeah
I.
Think
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
to
make
sure
that
the
funding
stream
doesn't
drive
the
decision
making,
but
the
other
way
around
so
that
you
know
we
continue
to
coordinate
with
the
departments
so
that
they're,
more
proactive
versus
just
responding.
You
know
to
state
grants
not
grant
options
which
are
important.
This
is
the
first
DC
d
est
grant
that
the
city
received
in
four
years
five
years.
So
it's
a
good
thing.
It's
positive,
but
yet
yeah
there's
more
work
to
be
done.
Thank.
B
L
K
L
Our
issues
are
getting
worse
or
better
or
staying
the
same
I
mean
this
specifically,
is
in
the
emergency
services:
rapid
rehousing,
as
you
mentioned,
so
we're
really
dealing
with
the
homelessness
or
people
on
the
verge
of
eviction.
In
some
senses
we
haven't
had
the
massive
Ixion's
that
other
cities
have
had
so
I.
Just
it's.
You
know
it's
kind
of
you
know:
we've
had
our
our
discussions
on
it
length
over
the
last
few
years,
but
I'm
just
wondering
if
you
have
any
feedback
from
the
field
that
you
could
share
with
us
today.
You
should.
I
Have
some
more
data
pretty
soon
the
in
time
countess
tonight
tomorrow,
which
is
kind
of
our
annual
check
with
within
different
parts
of
the
community,
people
physically
go
out
to
try
and
figure
out
what
our
current
population
of
need
is.
So
we
should
have
more
information
pretty
soon
on
how
we
did
compared
to
last
year.
I'll.
L
Show
just
a
really
short
story:
again.
Last
year
there
was
unbeknownst
to
most
Bloomfield
residents,
including
and
myself
as
the
representative.
There
was
a
building
on
Liberty
Avenue
right
in
the
heart
of
the
business
district
in
Bloomfield
that
had
for
decades
been
single
room
occupancy,
so
above
a
little
bookstore.
No
one
realized
that
there
were
people
living
in
rooms
they're
only
three
hundred
dollars
a
month.
L
It
was
not
great
conditions
right
and
then
the
building
changed
hands
and
the
new
building
owner
was
very,
very
engaged
in
trying
to
rehome
find
new
housing
for
the
that
was
all
men,
fourteen
men
who
were
living
upstairs,
and
it
was
difficult
right
so
right.
Imagine
like
you're
in
the
heart
of
Bloomfield.
You
can
walk
right
across
the
street
to
two
little
tiny,
grocery
stores.
You've
got
every
bus
line
in
the
road
world.
It
seems
like
coming
right
down.
L
Liberty
Avenue
you've
got
really
easy
access
to
all
the
county
assistance
that
is
housed
downtown,
as
well
as
a
robust
social
network,
because
there's
just
a
lively,
active,
neighborhood
street
and
I
think
only
one
or
two
of
those
people
were
able
to
be
rehoused
in
the
city
boundary.
You
know.
So
in
just
one
sight,
we
lost
12
residents
and
it's
just
I
think
that
an
exist
one
more
example
of
how
we
are
losing
population
because
we're
not
providing
affordable
housing
that
fits
at
different
people's
needs.
These
people
did
not
need
full
apartments.
L
It
is
also
a
single
room
occupancy
there,
especially
when
we're
striving
for
housing
first
and
rapid
rehousing.
There
are
some
kinds
of
accommodations
that
work
for
some
people,
and
that
can
be
it's
just
a
housing
form
that
we've
long
overlooked
and
I,
incidentally,
in
the
1990s,
wrote
half
a
dissertation
on
boarding
and
lodging
houses,
which
are
a
single
just
always
been
a
favorite
topic
of
mine.
So
thank
you
for
indulging
me,
but
I
just
wanted
to
share
how
you
know
we.
This
is
this.
L
B
H
L
Here
as
well,
so
what
you
have
well
I'll
just
say,
as
I
mentioned
to
our
testifiers
here
there
are
things
that
council
people
really
care
about
right,
taking
care
of
these
vacant
properties,
right
bacon,
barber
tees
in
general
and
then
also
kind
of
where
these
services
are
going
to
be
and
kind
of
like
what
the
details
of
the
cooperative
agreement
are
going
to
be
about.
It
doesn't
say
in
the
title,
but
it
says
in
your
text
file
that
this
is
up
to
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
over
term
of
two
years.
So
I'll.
L
U
L
V
The
you
are
is
Landcare
program.
We
work
with
local
neighborhood
based
contractors
to
steward
you
re
owned
land
across
the
city.
At
the
moment
we
have
about
fourteen
hundred
parcels
and
land
care
programs
spread
across
the
entire
city,
serviced
by
eleven
different
contractor
firms.
All
of
our
firms
this
year
our
MW
and/or
DBE
firms.
Many
of
them
are
we're
in
the
current
fourth
year
of
the
program.
Many
of
them
have
been
here
since
the
beginning.
V
We've
had
some
contractors
spin-off
and
formed
their
own
firms
that
are
still
in
the
program
again
program
focuses
not
only
on
maintenance
but
accountability.
We
have
a
public
accountability.
Map
on
the
you
are
is
website
where
contractors
use
of
web-based
technology
to
report
on
the
work,
they've
done,
take
photos
and
anyone
can
look
on
our
website
and
see
the
date.
V
L
L
Q
P
V
V
Its
monthly
so
once
a
month,
all
contractors
go
out
and
survey
the
land
document
that
they
were
there,
take
care
of
the
property
as
needed
and
in
months
when
maybe
there's
not
snow
or
a
lot
of
growth
going
on,
say
in
November,
they're
still
going
out
monthly
and
doing
the
reporting
that
there's
what
the
conditions
are
on
the
properties.
Okay,.
L
So
you've
been
spending
six
or
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
a
year
of
the
money
that
council
gives
you
it
the
kind
of
like
year
transfer
of
funds.
I
thought
it
was
all
CDBG
that
we've
been
giving
the
array,
but
I
guess
there
was
pay,
go
as
well,
and
then
this
is
an
additional
reimbursement
for
services
of
the
array.
This.
U
You're
able
to
see
on
an
app
this
before-and-after
picture
that
you
know
the
parcel
that
you
called
about
was
done
on.
You
know,
January
28th
at
2
p.m.
you
can
see
what
it
looked
like
before,
and
we
have
a
way
to
really
track
that
the
work
is
being
done
and
that
residents
can
visibly
see
the
parcel
that
they
request
and
cleaned
up.
That's.
U
This
we
can
also
provide
everyone
with
maps,
but
essentially
it's
about
400
parcels,
393
parcels
in
total
they're,
all
across
the
city.
How
we
selected
them
was
we
wanted
again
those
major
thoroughfares.
We
wanted
flat
lands
that
were
easier
for
contractors
to
get
to
visibility
as
well
was
key
for
us,
so
again
those
things,
those
streets
that
you
see
that
the
resident
would
see
constantly
vacant
land.
U
So
none
of
the
contractors
are
going
to
structured
or
dangerous
spaces,
and
the
last
piece
was
we
wanted
to
ensure
that,
with
the
inclusion
of
city
parcels,
we
were
able
to
open
up
more
opportunities
for
businesses.
So,
frankly,
we
added
in
a
lot
of
work
in
the
West
End
that
wasn't
there
before,
because
we
own
a
lot
of
the
city
owns
a
lot
of
land
in
the
West
End.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
businesses
had
an
opportunity
to
go
out
there
and
get
serviced
as
well.
Just.
L
For
clarity
for
everybody's
consistency
and
the
URA
owns
how
many
parcels
in
total
yeah,
they
don't
owns
14
thousands.
We
just
had
the
post
agenda
on
vacant
properties
that
councilman
Smith
had
motioned
for,
and
the
controller
and
director
Lanier
clarified
that
there
was
only
a
few
hundred.
They
were
actually
technically
owned
by
the
you
array.
We.
L
L
H
H
I,
don't
like
to
necessarily
say
that
we
own
the
property
in
that
much
of
it
has
been
left
or
abandoned,
and
so
then
taxpayers,
unfortunately,
assume
the
responsibility
to
care
for
it
and
part
of
our
obligation
here
is
then
to
find
ways
that
we
can
care
for
these
properties.
And
when
you
lose
half
of
your
population,
you
can
imagine
just
how
vast
that
challenge
is
I'm,
very
much
interested
in
seeing
the
list
of
properties
and
how
they
were
determined
and
where
they're
going
to
live
and
how
we're
going
to
provide
results.
H
Every
every
attempt
to
date
that
we
have
tried.
We
have
not
been
successful,
we
just
haven't
been,
we
haven't
and
the
you
know
the
the
number
one
caller
used
to
get
used
to
be
around
parking.
It
is
far
exceeded
now
by
either
waste
management,
neglected
property,
abandoned
houses
or
things
that
need
to
be
demoed,
so
I'm.
Finding
myself
in
this
position
of
having
to
manage
decline
and
I
do
not
want
to
be
in
a
position
where
what
I
get
to
do
here
is
manage
decline.
H
H
We
we
tend
to
react
to
something
when
it's
7
feet
high
and
we've
gotten
numerous
phone
calls
about
it
as
opposed
to
getting
out
there
when
it's
7
inches
high,
and
we
could
have
cut
it
for
1/10
the
effort
and
1/10
the
cost,
and
we
shouldn't
be
out
there
in
August
and
September.
We
should
be
out
there
in
March
and
April
and
that's
you
know
where
a
lot
of
my
frustration
lies.
H
So
I
I
will
vote
this,
but
I
want
a
much
bigger
discussion
on
on
what
our
commitment
is
to
managing
properties,
especially
south
and
west,
of
the
river
which
the
Councilwoman
and
I
will
attest
to,
and
so
with.
The
council
woman's
indulgence
I'm
going
to
ask
for
a
further
discussion
in
the
form
of
a
post
agenda
and
perhaps
you'll
work
with
me
and
and
we'll
will
form
a
larger
conversation
about
how
to
how.
H
You
know,
there's
there's
a
real
benefit
to
being
called
up
for
reelection
and
to
really
get
out
there
and
spend
weeks
and
weeks
and
weeks
and
weeks
and
weeks,
pounding
the
pavements
and
walking
through
neighborhoods
and
I.
Quite
frankly
and
I've
shared
this
with
a
chief
of
staff
Gilman
time,
I
have
hundreds
and
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
photographs
and
I'm
just
embarrassed
and
ashamed
that
I
have
to
go
to
constituency
and
say
this
is
what
you
should
accept.
This
is
your
lot
in
life.
This
is
as
good
as
it
gets
for
you.
U
With
adding
these
parcels
is
exactly
to
your
point,
compliment
of
being
proactive.
How
do
we
ensure
that
the
places
that
we
know
our
residents
are
going
to
see
consistently
are
getting
cut,
getting
mowed
getting
shoveled
getting
salted
all
the
time
and
that
they
residents
have
a
way
to
be
have
a
way
to
have
to
hold
us
accountable?
This
ability
for
us
to
look
at
the
work
done
I
think
is
incredibly
helpful.
U
We
know
oftentimes
with
some
of
our
work
with
3-1-1.
We
can't
really,
you
know,
track
for
resident.
Yes,
this
lot
was
cut.
Yes,
this
tree
was
cut
on
this
date,
but
this
additional
tool
with
Landcare
helps
us
really
have
a
visible
presence
for
residents
that
they
can.
They
can
see
right
in
front
of
them.
I.
H
H
Again,
it
only
goes
so
far
to
continue
to
go
back
and
say
you
know
we're
strapped
by
limitations,
and
we
can't
do
better
to
manage
this.
Sometimes
I
feel
the
stress
frustration
of
Councilwoman
Kael
Smith,
where
we
we
find
money
for
for
technology
and
I,
understand
the
importance
of
technology
and
I
understand
the
importance
of
being
a
21st
century
city
and
what
it
requires
of
us
and
and
how
to
be
effective
in
the
jobs
that
we
are
asked
to
do.
But
some
of
it
is
just
baseline.
H
You
know:
government
has
formed
for
very
basic
reasons:
right
sweep
the
streets
pick
up
the
garbage,
you
know
and
I'm
afraid
we've
lost
sight
of
sweep
the
streets
and
pick
up
the
garbage
and
so
I'm
gonna
push
for
that.
I'm
gonna
push
really
hard
for
that.
The
next
four
years
that
I
get
the
honor
to
sit
here,
because
people
deserve
better
than
what.
P
B
H
H
My
remarks
are
to
enlighten
and
to
say
you
know
this
Tim
you,
you
spent
a
whole
lot
of
time
up
there,
dealing
with
what
I'm,
arguing
for
and
I
know
you
underst
and
the
enormity
of
the
requests
that
I'm
making,
but
we
have
to
do
better
and
I'm
here
to
help
I'm,
not
here,
to
be
an
obstructionist
I'm
here
to
help,
but
I
am
going
to
challenge
us
that
we're
really
gonna
get
this
to
work
much
better.
Thank
you
appreciate.
Thank
you.
M
M
Readiness,
business
readiness
is
that
true,
so
I
think
it's
really
a
in
a
lot
of
ways:
a
model
program
because
it
takes
it,
takes
businesses
that
maybe
aren't
ready
to
bid
on
contracts
for
the
city
with
the
URA,
but
it
gives
them
the
opportunity
to
have
some
contracts,
have
some
ability
to
build
their
business
and
to
get
the
resources
and
the
time
and
care
from
from
the
URA
staff
to
to
help
them
with
that
process.
I
really
see
it,
I
mean
I
wish
we
could
scale,
it
I
understand
it's
incredibly
resource
intensive.
M
We
had
that
conversation
at
the
budget
hearings
to
be
able
to
scale
that
up
and
to
maintain
it,
and
so
my
hope
is
that
we
can
continue
to
find
these
efficiencies.
That
I
mentioned
earlier
between
the
city
and
the
URA
and
make
the
tweaks
necessary
to
you
know
continue
to
fund
this
from
the
city's
perspective,
but
also
continue
to
fund
find
diverse
streams
of
funding
for
the
URI.
M
So
that
we
can
build
up
programs
like
this,
not
just
for
everything
that
councilman
Kraus
highlighted,
but
for
for
other
reasons,
for
building
businesses
that
are
minority-owned
that
are
women-owned
so
that
they
can
get
to
the
point
where
they
are
built
bidding
on
larger
contracts,
for
instance,
around
vacant
lands
around
other
issues
that
the
city
is
posting,
so
I
don't
know.
If
you
wanted
to
speak
to
any
of
that
or
the
good
work.
I
guess.
P
U
We've
had
actually
that
is
that
same
success,
where
a
contractor
that
went
through
the
land
care
program
actually
recently
bid
on
was
able
to
build
and
then
bid
on
city
contracts.
So
going
through
this
contract
going
through
this
process,
they
were
able
to
really
kind
of
develop
their
business,
be
able
to
kind
of
expand
the
capacity
for
not
just
the
owners
but
they're
they're,
the
folks
that
they
employ
and
they
were
able
to
scale
up
and
then
bid
on
larger
contracts.
V
G
V
V
That
we
didn't
touch
on,
but
I
think
is
also
very
important.
There's,
obviously,
the
transparency
through
the
the
electronic
reporting
that
folks
do,
but
there's
also
we
require
our
contractors
to
do
to
community
touch
points
per
month.
So
talking
with
the
neighbor
who
lives
next
door
to
the
property,
they're
maintaining
or
going
to
a
community
meeting
either
just
to
introduce
themselves
or
just
speak
with
those
who
are
there.
N
N
It
was
one
of
the
things
that
we
started
to
address
some
of
these
things,
but
since
I've
been
here,
I
started
an
anti-litter
campaign,
a
clean
sweep
crew,
the
city
cuts
program
and
rewrote
the
disruptive
property
laws
and
there's
more
I'm.
Just
looking
at
the
list,
I'm
thinking
all
these
efforts
and
having
post
agendas
after
post
agenda,
meaning
after
me
and
the
bottom
line
is
we
just
want
to
see
some
cleaner
neighborhoods
and
some
results.
N
It's
just
so
frustrating
and
it's
frustrating
to
get
the
calls
because
we
participate
in
all
those
things
we
participate
in
cleanups.
We
participate
in
helping
people,
you
know,
fix
up
the
properties
next
to
them
and
just
hearing
the
just
the
frustration
of
our
residents
and
I
think
part
of
it
is
because
people
this
administration
has
been
successful
and
people
are
seeing
successes
across
the
city.
N
N
So
it's
just
those
kinds
of
things,
I
think
that
it
would
be
nice
to
see
every
collaborate
and
I
would
love
for
the
two-year
to
work
on
that,
making
sure
that
there's
better
communication
and
because
I
think
the
efforts
are
there.
But
how
are
we
clear?
We
get
maximising
the
best
use
of
our
resources
to
get
the
best
results
for
our
residents.
That's
it!
Thank
you.
Any.
K
Krauss
you
know
getting
to
these
lots
before
it
gets
six
feet.
High
is
a
major
major
issue,
because
then
it's
a
it's
a
huge
job.
Then
then
it's
an
all-day
job
for
for
a
crew
of
people.
I,
like
your
approach,
you're
covering
the
main
streets
which
people
see
and
you
know
it
would
still
still
means
we
have
a
lot
in
the
back
channels
and
in
the
neighborhoods
and
that's
the
calls
I
get
it's
especially
frustrating
for
me.
When
somebody
we
don't
know
who
the
owner
is
it's
private
property,
we
cannot
go
on
to
it.
K
We'd
cite
them.
We
cite
them,
they
ignore
it
and
it
goes
to
no
man's
land
and
that's
especially
frustrating
but
I
love
your
approach
as
far
as
hitting
the
main
roads,
making
sure
that
grass
is
cut,
basically
we're
talking
about
landscapers
here,
right,
right,
yeah,
so
and
no
existing
structures.
They
you
know,
take
care
of
any
of
that.
It's
empty
lots,
clean
them
up,
keep
them
clean,
and
you
know
at
least
when
you're
driving
by
it's
green
space.
So.
U
As
we
start,
but
this
pilot
will
be
able
to
really
focus
our
3-1-1
calls
on
those
neighborhoods
those
kind
of
lot
next
to
the
residents
that
type
of
stuff.
So
we
can
really
make
sure
that
we're
using
our
resources
there,
where
we
know
there's
so
many
little
pockets
where
we're
missing
opportunities
to
be
better.
K
S
S
A
solution
to
the
problem
that
or
concerns
that
people
are
bringing
up
about
vacant
properties-
and
you
know
I-
think
this
is
a
program.
This
is
a
proactive
approach.
I'm
often
reminded
of
a
documentary
that
I
saw
it's
based
in
Centralia
in
Pennsylvania,
where
people
just
cut
the
grass,
even
though
no
one
lives
in
the
town,
because
the
the
ground
is
on
the
underneath,
the
ground
is
on
fire.
L
Goes
done
that
you
mentioned
mr.
Powell,
that
you
have
a
map
of
your
parcels
and
if
you
could
at
least
provide
them
if
it's
too
difficult
to
get
them
onto
the
same
map,
color
coded
that
the
same
scale.
So
we
can
kind
of
compare
like
what
has
been
done
like
what
you
got
at
the
URA
and
then
the
additional
city
properties,
so
that
we
can
understand
that
I
think
that
would
be
helpful
to
member
so
that
they
can
look
at
their
own
districts.
Okay,
and
we
look
forward
to
it.
Thank
you.
B
N
B
N
H
N
O
How
Doug
shields
was
a
mentor
of
mine
when
I
was
on
council
I.
Don't
think
I
talked
so
much
about
how
when
I
was
on
council
that
then
Mayor
Peduto
within
Councilman
pedido
acted
as
the
wise
man
on
council.
He
would
bring
up
historical
facts.
He
would
educate
us
on
things
and
it
was
actually
very
helpful
earlier.
K
O
Year
we
as
a
council
voted
to
make
and
recognize
racism
of
public
health
crisis.
I.
Think
I've
not
done
a
good
job
enough
to
some
time.
Explain
what
that
means.
There
are
five
key
determinants
of
health.
That
is
place-based.
That
is
when
you
look
at
it
as
a
public
health
crisis,
you're
not
looking
at
acts
but
you're.
Looking
at
outcomes.
O
O
Unfortunately,
though
our
history,
we
have
hundreds
of
years
of
history
that
is
not
equal
and
with
because
of
segregation
and
Jim
Crow,
and
because
of
discrimination
in
housing
and
redlining,
and
the
lack
of
auto
loans,
the
war
on
drugs,
the
pipeline,
the
prison
system
and
various
other
things
we
can
say.
Unfortunately,
things
are
not
equal
in
our
city
and
so
I
kind
of
kept
two
pots.
O
This
would
be
the
African
American
community
and
this
would
be
the
majority
of
community
and
if
you
see
ones
about
twice
as
filled
as
the
other,
that's
Pittsburgh,
our
we
have
some
very,
very
wealthy
communities
that
are
filled
to
the
top,
but
on
average
block
users
are
probably
income
was
about
half
those
of
the
majority
community,
and
so
it's
a
pretty
good
indication
of
what
it
looks
like.
And
so,
if
you
say,
we
want
equal,
which
is
what
I'm
for
I'm
for
both
pots
being
filled.
O
O
It'll
continue
to
look
the
same.
It
won't
change,
no
matter
how
many
times
you
do
this.
If
you
give
the
same
resources
to
different
groups
of
people,
given
their
history,
they
will
never
be
equal.
Equal
will
lead
to
inequity.
It
will
lead
to
continued
outcomes
that
are
disproportionately
bad
for
communities
of
color.
But
if
you
start
doing
this,
which
is
again
I'm
not
very
good
at
well
I'll
do
that
which
you
certainly
give
some
to
the
to
those
communities,
but
you
give.
O
More
to
those
communities,
if
we
do
that
over
time
over
time,
this
will
become
equal
equity
is
actually
the
first
step
to
quality.
If
you
want
these
two
things
to
equal,
then
these
have
to
receive
disproportionate
resources,
because
for
about
three
four
hundred
years,
they've
received
less
resources.
O
Equity
I'll
be
looking
for
us
and
the
city
to
lead
the
way
to
putting
disproportionate
resources
into
low
and
moderate
income
communities
so
that
at
the
end
of
our
time,
these
communities
become
more
equal
and
so
I
will
continue
to
do
that.
I
think
anything
else
is
unfair
on
equitable
and
unjust
and
I
want
to
sort
of
give
this
graphic
explanation
so
that,
as
we
move
forward
and
as
I
can
tell
you
they
have
this
conversation,
you
see
what
I
do
and
why
I
do
it.
B
Thank
you
any
other
members,
I
will
very
briefly
say.
I
fully
agree,
I
think
that's
a
wonderful
description
in
way
to
show
what
equity
is.
It
was
either
my
first
or
second
year
in
council.
You
were
leading
a
conversation
around
supplanting
of
resources,
and
it
was
at
that
time
that
I
also
argued
and
I
used
an
example
of
$10
that
maybe
it
was
nine
at
the
time
if
we
were
to
put
one
dollar
in
every
councilmembers
district
that
was
equal,
but
that
wasn't
what
was
actually
necessary.
B
N
Just
want
to
say
just
real
briefly
I
think
that
you,
you
know
my
district
has
so
many
diverse,
neighborhoods
and
so
I
understand
and
appreciate
the
need
for
making
sure
that
we're
adding
more
to
neighborhoods
that
haven't
seen
an
investment
in
decades
and
so
I'm
happy
to
see
some
of
that
starting
to
occur.
But
they
also
have
said
many
times
you.
You
also
have
to
make
sure
we're
keeping
the
tax
base
here
and
the
tax
payers
here
and
make
sure
that
we're
also
giving
to
neighborhoods
and
I
say
you
did
so
I'm
gonna,
say
so.