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A
A
A
Bill
number
717
resolution
amending
resolution
number
23
of
2018
authorizing
the
mayor
and
the
director
of
the
department
of
public
works
to
enter
into
a
professional
services
agreement
with
environmental
coordination
services
and
recycling
ink
for
the
purpose
of
providing
electronic
waste
collection
and
recycling
services
for
all
city
residents.
By
adding
additional
funding
for
budget
years
2021
and
2022.
A
Councilwoman
deb
gross
presents
bill
number
708
resolution,
adopting
plan
revision
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh's
official
sewage
facilities,
plan
for
the
grandview
avenue,
townhomes
project
bill
number,
709
resolution,
adopting
plan
revision
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh's
official
sewage
facilities,
plan
for
the
38th
street
masons
de
vale
townhomes
project
bill,
712
resolution
approving
and
execution
of
a
contract
for
disposition
by
sale
of
land
between
the
ura
of
pittsburgh
and
the
center.
That
cares
or
a
related
entity
to
be
formed
for
the
sale
of
certain
lots
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
A
All
located
in
council
district
number,
nine
councilman
daniel
lavelle
presents
bill
number
715
resolution
providing
for
the
issuance
of
awards
and
the
total
sum
of
forty
thousand
dollars
in
favor
of
deborah
treciak
care
of
thomas
mclean.
Esquire
is
final
settlement
related
to
the
action
filed
in
the
western
district
court
of
pennsylvania.
A
Communication
from
kevin
paulus,
director
of
the
office
of
management
and
budget,
submitting
acting
pay
approval
on
behalf
of
the
department
of
public
works
for
george
gibco
per
the
acting
pay
policy
revised
in
2018
june.
That
concludes
the
reading
of
the
legislation
for
introduction.
Thank
you
and
have
a
wonderful.
A
B
D
D
D
B
B
B
Thank
you
and
I
do
want
to
say.
I
think
that
we
had
some
deaths
last
week
that
we
didn't
do
a
moment
of
silence
for
so
maybe
we
might
talk
about
that
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
I
have
to
think
of
who
it
was.
I
apologize
for
that,
and
so
with
our
next
order
of
business
is
proclamations.
We
have
a
will
of
the
council
from
erica
strasburger,
councilwoman,
strasburger,
councilwoman
or
councilman.
Do
you
want
the
madam
clerk
to
read
the
entire.
E
The
last
two-
and
this
is
also
introduced
by
by
councilwoman
gross
both
of
us-
are
introducing
it
just
the
last
two
are
fine.
Thank
you.
Okay,
just
see
the
one.
A
Now,
therefore,
be
it
resolved
that
the
council
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
does
hereby
call
on
the
united
states
congress
to
create
a
new
national
infrastructure
bank
by
passing
h.r
6422
via
further
resolve
that
a
copy
of
this
will
of
counsel
shall
be
sent
to
the
allegheny
county
delegation
of
the
pennsylvania
state
house
and
senate.
The
chairs
and
minority
chairs
of
the
state
house
and
senate
transportation
committee,
governor
tom,
wolf
and
pennsylvania
secretary
of
transportation,
yasmine
grahamian.
C
B
You
do
we
have
a
motion
to
approve
in
a
second.
B
Second,
any
discussion
councilwoman
either
one.
E
Thank
you.
This
is
in
support
of
a
federal
bill.
That's
currently
in
congress
that
was
established,
as
you
heard,
an
infrastructure
bank.
It's
not
the
first
time
the
country
has
considered
or
has
set
up
an
infrastructure
bank,
but
essentially
it's
a
bank
that
would
lend
specifically
to
states
into
cities
and
to
other
entities
for
fixing
our
nation's
infrastructure.
It's
everything
from
lead
line,
improvements
to
highways,
to
bridges,
to
our
electricity,
our
electricity
network
and
would
put
millions
of
people
back
to
work.
E
The
county
council
had
introduced
a
similar
piece
of
legislation
or
a
similar
resolution
and
councilwoman
prisio
had
reached
out
to
councilwoman
gross
and
me
and
thought
that
we
would
also
support.
So
this
will
be
going
to
our
federal
representatives
and
we
want
to
do
everything
possible
to
make
this
happen
at
the
federal
level
because,
as
we
know,
we're
going
to
fix
our
infrastructure
put
people
back
to
work.
We
need
federal
funding
to
make
that
happen,
and
this
is
a
good
way
to
do
that.
So,
thank
you.
I
appreciate
you
indulging
me
and.
B
Any
opposed
it's
approved,
and
now
we
have
a
will,
a
proclamation
to
be
running
the
record
for
councilman
gross.
D
B
B
F
My
name
is
madeline
weiss.
I
live
in
wilkinsburg,
but
I
work
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
on
the
north
side.
Thank
you.
I'm
here
today
to
speak
about
the
nominations
for
the
pwsa
board.
We
know
how
important
our
water
is,
especially
during
this
time
I
and
the
r
water
campaign
are
willing
to
work
with
pwsa
and
council
to
ensure
that
we
have
the
best
interest
of
customers
at
the
forefront
of
this
work.
Everyone
deserves
clean,
sustainable
and
affordable
water.
We
all
live
downstream,
no.
G
F
Who
we
are
where
we
live,
what
we
do
or
how
much
money
we
have
water
connects
all
of
us.
We
demand
investments
in
the
health
and
safety
of
black
people,
and
that
includes
making
sure
water
is
safe,
affordable
and
public.
We
need
healthy
rivers
and
safe
drinking
water.
We
need
to
protect
our
water
from
toxic
pollutants.
We
need
to
keep
all
waste
out
of
our
rivers.
The
full
water
cycle
from
drinking
water
to
wastewater
can
build
strong
economies,
vibrant
communities
and
healthy
environments,
community
control
of
our
water
infrastructure.
F
F
F
All
water
is
valuable
water
in
our
rivers,
lakes,
streams
and
seas,
drinking
water,
wastewater
and
storm
water.
We
need
to
ensure
that
our
region
manages
our
water
resources
in
a
sustainable,
inclusive,
integrated
way
that
respects
and
responds
to
the
natural
flows
of
watersheds
and
the
natural
ecosystem
of
an
area.
It's
critical
that
we
design
and
implement
projects
and
programs
with
a
focus
on
achieving
multiple
benefits:
economic,
environmental
and
social.
F
G
Good
morning
my
name
is
caitlin
schroering
and
I
live
in
greenfield
in
zip
code
15207.
as
a
sociologist
who
studies
water
and
water
privatization.
I
believe
that
every
human
being
has
a
right
to
clean,
sustainable
and
affordable
water
as
the
world.
Our
country
and
our
city
confronts
covet
19.
We
keep
hearing
the
refrain,
wash
your
hands
save
lives,
but
what,
if
you
don't,
have
reliable,
safe
running
water?
How
do
you
do
that
now,
more
than
ever,
we
need
to
make
sure
that
every
community
has
access
to
safe,
affordable
public
water.
G
Instead
of
placing
more
money
toward
policing,
we
need
to
invest
capital
and
operating
funds
in
people
that
includes
safe,
affordable
water,
stable
housing,
living
wage
jobs
and
education.
All
the
needs
that
ensure
a
dignified
life
for
every
single
resident
when
managing
a
critical
resource
like
water,
especially
during
a
pandemic.
We
must
use
community
driven
locally,
determined
approaches.
G
African
americans
are
three
times
more
likely
to
die
from
pollution,
and
studies
have
shown
that
climate
change
increases
water
and
air
pollution,
which
can
worsen
respiratory
illnesses
like
asthma
and
asthma
and
lead
poisoning
rates
are
much
higher
among
black
children
in
the
us
than
white
children.
It's
critical
to
build
in
backstops
to
address
significant
public
health
or
environmental
risk
and
threats.
G
We
need
coordinated
outreach
all
over
the
region
to
make
sure
that
rate
structures
are
equitable
and
that
customers
know
about
customer
assistance,
programs
or
caps,
and
we
need
to
institute
water
shut
off
moratoriums
at
utilities
where
they
don't
exist
already.
We
need
to
improve
and
expand
these
and
fight
for
permanent
moratoriums
on
water
shut-offs.
We
need.
G
G
Our
recovery
from
covid
must
include
a
sincere
investment
in
fixing
the
problems
behind
water
access
failures,
and
that
includes
ensuring
reliable,
affordable
supply
at
all
households,
whether
in
our
city,
neighborhoods
or
more
rural
communities
in
our
region.
It
means
strengthening,
underfunded
and
struggling
water
utilities
and
modernizing
aging
pipes,
pumps
and
plants.
Local
governments
and
water
providers
must
adopt
rate
structures
designed
to
ensure
affordability
for
basic.
G
Forgive
me,
I
lost
my
place
for
basic
service,
regardless
of
income
and
other
utilities
come
with
assistance
programs
such
as
the
low-income
home
energy
assistance
program,
but
there's
no
equivalent
for
water,
and
there
should
be,
I
hope,
the
new
board
members,
and
indeed
the
entire
board
of
pwsa,
but
also
I'm
speaking
to
our
city
council,
will
fight
for
these
things
and
we'll
also
pledge
to
make
sure
our
water
stays
public
because
privatization,
including
so-called
private
public
partnerships.
Never
works
out
to
the
benefit
of
the
people.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you
would
be
nice
and
I
just
want
to
say
that
we
had
all
this
support
when
the
women's
caucus
was
fighting
all
these
issues,
and
with
that
said,
I
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
presentation
of
papers.
Our
first
story,
I'm
sorry
we're
going
to
have
reverend
burgess
the
chair
of
urban
recreation.
I
Councilman
reverend
burgess
presents
bill
number
702
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
the
director
of
the
department
of
city
planning,
on
behalf
of
the
city,
to
hereby
name
the
previously
unnamed
trail
in
the
south
side
park
to
killing
coal
trail.
Bill
number
703
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
city
planning
to
hereby
name
the
previously
unnamed
a
multi-module
trail
in
highland
park
to
cattail
trail.
J
Councilman
burgess
and,
madam
president,
yes,
may
I
ask
councilman
for
your
indulgence:
could
you
make
a
motion
to
waive
the
rules
on
702
so
that
we
can
put
it
on
tomorrow's
agenda
and
just
call
for
the
public
hearing.
H
J
F
B
Agenda,
thank
you.
Thank
you
both
and
councilman
coghill
chair
of
public
works,
and
could
I
have
somebody
for
madame
clark,
but
we
need
to
to
waive
the
royal
rules
of
council
for
wait
for
bill
707.
If
someone
will
make
that
motion
after
madam
clerk
reads
the
bill,
I'm
sorry
man.
I
Okay,
councilman
coghill
presents
bill
number
701,
ordinance
amending
the
city
of
pittsburgh
code
of
ordinances
at
title
four
public
places
and
property
public
right-of-way,
chapter
416
obstructions
approval
process
for
sidewalk
cafe,
including
permits
and
fees,
to
further
extend
the
effectiveness
of
certain
temporary
expedited
measures
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
C
Motion
away
roll
eight
for
bill
707.
J
B
The
bills
will
appear
on
tomorrow's
standing
committee
agenda.
Thank
you,
councilman
councilwoman
gross,
chair
of
intergovernmental
affairs.
I
Councilwoman
gross
presents
bill
number
708
resolution,
adopting
plan
revision
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh's
official
sewer
facilities
plan
for
the
grand
view,
avenue
town
homes,
project
bill
number,
709
resolution,
adopting
plan
revision
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh's
official
sewer
facilities,
plan
for
the
38th
street,
maison
deville
town
homes,
project
bill
number,
712
resolution
approving
and
execution
of
a
contract
for
disposition
by
sale
of
land
between
the
ura
and
the
the
urban
redevelopment
authority
of
pittsburgh
and
center.
I
F
I
Councilman
o'connor
presents
bill
number
716
resolution
authorizing
pursuant
to
chapter
210
of
the
city
code,
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
public
safety
to
accept
a
donation
from
the
allegheny
county,
medical
society
foundation
of
five
thousand
six
hundred
and
forty
dollars
to
be
deposited
into
the
public
safety
support.
Trust
fund.
B
I
Councilwoman
strasberger
presents
bill
number
718
resolution
amending
resolution,
329,
which
authorized
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
finance
to
enter
into
a
maintenance
agreement
with
opec
corporation
for
maintenance
services
related
to
the
falcon
red
document
scanning
workstation.
By
exercising
the
option
to
extend
the
term
of
the
agreement
for
one
year
at
a
cost
not
to
exceed
ten
thousand
seven
hundred
and
ten
dollars.
B
Thank
you
and
then
for
myself.
I
have
two
communications.
We
have
one
councilman
wilson.
I
miss
mr
wilson.
Okay,
I
apologize.
I'm
sorry
councilman
wilson
good
morning.
B
Thank
you
and
then
now
I
have
two
communications
and
men.
Can
you
read
them
both
because
I
can't
see
it
all
on
my
screen?
Yes,
ma'am.
I
Council
president
kell
smith
presents
bill
number
720
communication
from
kevin
pollis,
director
of
the
office
of
management
and
budget,
submitting
a
one
thousand
dollar
donation
in
the
form
of
two
footed
operated
hand,
sanitizing
stations
and
ten
gallons
of
hand
sanitizer
for
exxon
bill
number,
seven.
Twenty
one:
communication
from
kevin
paulus,
director
of
the
office
of
management
and
budget,
submitting
acting
pay
approval
on
behalf
of
the
department
of
public
works
for
a
george
gibko
per
the
acting
pay
policy
revised
in
june
of
2018.
B
Is
it
a
motion
to
read,
receive
and
file
for
both
of
these?
Yes,
yes,
definitely,
okay.
I
thought
the
one
was
a
different
one.
I
have
a
motion
to
read,
receive
and
file
for
the
bills.
B
Second,
thank
you
any
discussion,
all
in
favor
aye,
hi
hi.
Thank
you
both.
Thank
you
all
for
helping
me
through
that
one.
I
will
now
move
on
to
unfinished
business.
We
have
a
motion
to
approve
bills,
20
or
I'm
sorry,
zero.
Six,
five
one,
five
I'll
put
my
glasses
on
zero;
six,
one:
five:
zero,
six,
one:
six
and
zero;
six
one,
seven
their
appointments.
Madam
clark,
can
you
read
this.
B
B
Any
discussion
just
gonna
mention
that
I
think
that
there's
some
really
great
appointees
here-
I
really
have
not
voted
for
anyone
to
serve
on
the
board
of
pwc
for
a
very
long
time
and
I'm
actually
kind
of
nervous
about
voting
for
these
ones.
The
first
time,
but
I
was
really
impressed
with
rose
maria
rosa
maria,
probably
all
of
them
to
be
honest
with
you,
so
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
get
and
we
have
councilman
strasberger
on
there
and
she's
doing
a
great
job
too
and
before
her
councilwoman
grows.
B
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
have
a
little
bit
more
confidence
that
we're
watching
what's
happening
there,
but
to
know
that
council
will
still
be
overseeing
and
watching
what
goes
on
here
as
well.
B
So
with
that
said,
oh,
we
voted
for
these
right.
All
in
favor
do.
K
B
I
Councilman
lavelle
presents
bill
number
693
reported
the
committee
on
finance
and
law
for
september.
9
2020
with
an
affirmative
recommendation,
deal
number
659
resolution
amendment
resolution
401
of
2017,
which
authorizes
the
mayor
and
director
of
finance
to
enter
into
a
professional
services
agreement
with
chr
catering
company
inc
for
the
purposes
of
providing
the
city
with
beverage
and
snack
food
vending
services
through
vending
machines.
B
D
B
I
Councilman
cronkite
presents
bill
number
694
reported
the
committee
on
public
works
for
september
9
2020,
with
an
affirmative
recommendation.
Bill
number
656
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
public
works
to
enter
into
an
agreement
between
the
city
and
studio
zooit
for
the
professional
landscape,
architectural
services
for
homewood
park
infrastructure
upgrades
at
a
cost
not
to
exceed
one
million.
Six
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
fourteen
dollars
bill
number
657
resolution
granting
unto
robert
j
lewis
their
successors
and
assigns
the
privilege
and
license
to
construct
maintaining
use
of
their
own
costs
and
expense.
B
Seeing
then
the
bills
are
now
ready
for
final
action,
those
in
favor
of
it
I
when
the
name
is
called
those
of
those
who
don't
know
will
the
clerk.
Please
call
the
rule
reverend.
D
B
Zero.
Thank
you.
The
bills
haven't
received.
The
legally
required
number
of
votes
are
finally
passed.
Councilman
wilson
committee
on
land
use
and
economic
development.
I
Councilman
wilson
presents
bill
number
695
report
of
the
committee
on
land
use
and
economic
development
for
september
9th
2020,
with
an
affirmative
recommendation.
Bill
number
662
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
city
planning
to
enter
into
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
natural
resource
defense
council
in
support
of
the
food
matters
regional
initiative.
The
study
will
be
no
cost
to
the
city.
B
D
D
C
B
I
I
Councilwoman
strasberger
presents
bill
number
696
report
of
the
committee
on
innovation,
performance
and
asset
management
for
september
9
2020,
with
an
affirmative
recommendation.
Bill
number
660
resolution
amending
resolution,
642
of
2017.,
which
authorized
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
finance
to
enter
into
an
agreement
with
rit
lawrence
corporation
for
the
provision
of
a
remittance
processing
system.
B
D
B
The
legally
required
number
of
votes
are
finally
passed,
we'll
move
on
to
councilwoman
deborah
gross
committee
on
intergovernmental
affairs.
Madam
president,.
I
Bill
number
658
resolution
adopting
the
plan
revision
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh's
official
sewer
facility
for
a
safe
place
to
stay
project
which
will
involve
interior
and
exterior
renovations
to
the
existing
eight-story
building,
located
at
326
third
avenue
into
office
space
on
floors,
one
through
six
and
a
loaming
house
on
floor
seven
and
eight
for
a
safe
place
to
stay
program.
The
building
addresses
326
third
avenue
in
the
first
ward.
D
D
B
Zero,
the
bills
haven't
received.
The
legally
required
number
of
votes
are
finally
passed
that
moves
us
on
to
motions
and
resolutions.
I
have
a
few
meeting
and
announcements,
so
please
bear
with
me
for
a
second.
The
council
will
meet
for
their
standing
committee
meeting
tomorrow
morning
at
10
am
to
register
to
speak
at
this
meeting.
Please
call
the
clerk's
office
at
412-255-2138
by
9
am
on
wednesday
morning.
B
Next
week
there
will
be
a
briefing
for
council
members
on
act,
111
with
sessions
at
10
a.m
and
at
10
30
pm.
Please
make
sure
you
register
for
those.
I
want
to
thank
councilman
o'connor
for
arranging
those
with
madame
clark
in
the
public
safety
department.
B
Then
we
have
a
cablecast
public
hearing
scheduled
for
wednesday
september
23rd
at
1
30
pm
via
the
zoom
platform
on
bill
645
relative
to
an
historic
designation
of
the
shrine
of
the
blessed
mother
to
register
for
this
public
hearing.
Please
call
the
city
clerk's
office
by
11
30
a.m.
On
september
23rd
and
councilman
cross.
Are
you
going
to
cheer
that.
B
Thank
you
thank
you
for
calling,
and
you
may
also
submit
written
testimony
via
via
email
to
the
city
clerk's
office
at
pittsburgh.
Pa.Gov,
and
if
you
have
any
questions
council
members
in
the
kirkus
office
are
always
here
to
serve
you
and
to
take
questions.
Emails
and
phone
calls
the
best
we
can
during
this
challenging
time.
J
Briefly,
yes,
hi.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
just
want
to
recognize
and
thank
the
our
directors
of
the
ura,
both
director
fuslam
and
diamante
walker,
for
their
generous
support
of
the
revitalization
of
the
belt
super
school
tomorrow,
along
with
mayor
peduto
and
members
of
the
ura
and
members
of
the
community
and
the
beltsover
consensus
group,
we
are
gathering
at
noon
tomorrow
to
begin
the
accepting
of
a
nif
grant
to
help
us
to
repair
the
roof
of
the
belt
silver
school,
which
will
tighten
up
the
building
and
prevent
any
further
damage
from
happening.
J
As
we
go
about
restoring
this
amazing
historic
structure
and
if
any
of
you
have
never
witnessed
the
majesty
majesty
of
the
belt
super
school,
I
invite
you
just
to
google
it
quickly
online.
It
is
an
unbelievable
building
and
the
community
has
taken
charge
of
it
and
we
are
raising
funds
and
tomorrow,
starting
with
the
nif
grant
beginning
this
wonderful
road
to
the
restoration
of
that
school
and
what
it
means
to
not
just
the
belts
river
neighborhood,
but
to
all
the
all
hilltop
communities.
J
B
Thank
you
any
other
members,
so
I
just
want
to
say
councilman
krause,
real
briefly
that
we
when
I
was
first
elected,
we
had
so
many
schools
that
were
closed.
We,
I
think
we
had
five
different
buildings
and
then
churches
closed
and
so
between
the
churches
and
the
school
buildings,
and
if
you
have
ever
had
to
repurpose
one
of
those
one
building,
it's
it's
a
challenge,
but
we
repurposed
every
single
one
of
them
to
date,
and
so
I
it
was
really.
B
We
used
the
help
of
the
ura,
the
mayor's
office,
the
chris
coke,
who
worked
for
the
design
center
at
the
time,
but
the
community
really
rallied
behind
behind
it
all
and
actually
richard
butler
who
now
works
for
city
planning,
really
helped
us
a
lot.
He
held
all
the
community
meetings.
He
did.
He
just
did
a
lot
of
work
with
that.
B
So,
but
now
today
we
have
every
one
of
those
buildings
repurposed
so
and
and
doing
great
things
for
the
community
offering
jobs,
offering
programs,
training,
schools,
all
sorts
of
things
and
in
housing.
So
there's
a
lot
going
on
so
there
it's
a
challenge
and
people
make
decisions
to
close
buildings.
It
it
doesn't
fall
to
them
to
repurpose
them,
it
falls
to
city
council,
and
it
is
a
challenge
because
the
buildings
are
filled
with
asbestos
and
heating
them.
B
L
Silence,
president,
I'm
sorry
can
I
I
have
my
hand
up,
so
I
wanted
to
speak
to
that
topic.
I'm
sorry!
I
apologize
yes.
Thank
you
so
much
it
is.
It's
still
an
ongoing
problem,
so
many
of
us
are
impacted
in
our
city
council
districts
by
the
merger
of
the
catholic
diocese,
parishes
right,
so
massive
reorganization,
city-wide,
for
example,
the
two
separate
parishes
for
many
decades
in
bloomfield
were
merged
first
into
maria
goretti,
but
then
also
a
garfield
parish,
saint
lawrenceville
tool
was
merged
into
those
two.
So
now
we've
got
three
campuses.
L
Basically
is
the
way
the
diocese
refers
to
them
for
one
parish,
and
now
it's
been
merged
into
a
lawrenceville
parish
and
for
years
many
of
you
know
the
landmark
right
on
liberty
avenue
in
bloomfield,
that
is
saint
joseph's
church
right,
the
one
with
the
beautiful
tiffany
windows
inside
and
the
steeple
that
you
could
see
from
the
bridge
and
the
square
tower.
L
The
diocese
has
been
trying
to
tear
that
down
now.
For
many
years
right,
I
had
repeated
meetings
with
the
head
of
the
parish,
who
would
say
councilwoman
we
could
just
tear
it
down.
You'd
have
an
empty
parking
lot.
We're
gonna
we're
going
to
sell
it.
It's
too
much
money
to
repair
the
neighborhood
vehemently
opposes,
as
do
I,
the
demolition
of
this
beautiful,
landmark
right
in
the
heart
of
the
balloon,
phil
main
street,
and
now
we
have
the
closure
of
schools
on
these
campuses
as
well.
L
So
the
diocese
just
closed
st
rayfield
school
in
morningside
is
closing
maria
grady
school
just
this
year
in
bloomfield
and
is
trying
to
sell
off
those
buildings
and
liquidate.
Basically,
these
these.
They
call
them
campuses,
but
these
community
assets
really
that
the
entire
neighborhoods
have
been
built
around
right.
They
are
walking
destinations
from
everything
they
are
the
heart
of
the
neighborhoods.
That's
why
these
buildings
are
there
right.
L
So
I
know
that
councilman
krauss
hears
this
and
we're
going
to
see
it
in
many
areas
across
the
city,
and
I
think
it
is
a
problem
that
I
wish
the
diocese
were
easier
to
work
with.
We've
had
large
community
meetings
in
bloomfield
100
people
plus
met.
L
All
members
of
the
church
for
years
grew
up
going
to
the
school
who
are
fighting
to
repurpose
and
say
fighting
against
the
diocese
to
sell
with
buyers
who
would
repurpose
those
buildings
and
keep
the
infinity
assets,
something
you
know
important
to
the
school
I'll
mention
that
there's
a
buy
a
potential
buyer
for
the
maria
goretti
school,
which
is
the
one.
If
you
know
near
the
pittsburgh
parking
authority
parking
lot
behind.
L
What
used
to
be
grocery
italiana
is
now
bloomfield
groceria
and
is
the
diocese
won't
talk
to
the
buyer
right
so
who
would
repurpose
it
as
a
school
as
an
italian
school?
So
we're
pushing
for
that?
I
just
couldn't
let
that
topic
go
without
mentioning
it,
but
it's
still
a
really
painful
undertaking
right.
L
It's
a
painful
for
the
community
and
it's
a
big
undertaking
that
I
hope
council
is
as
active
in
today
as
it
has
been
in
years
past,
and
we
we
all
need
to
work
together
to
make
sure
that
we
don't
let
real
estate
speculation,
dismantle
our
thriving
neighborhoods.
So
I'll
stop
my
speech
there.
Thank
you.
B
J
These
you
know
these
buildings.
They
are.
We
learned
this
when
we
hit
the
wall
with
a
funding
shortfall
at
the
carnegie
library
and
even
in
the
digital
age
in
which
we
often
communicate.
We
learned
loud
and
clear
from
the
public.
How
important
brick
and
mortar
is
the
purpose
that
it
serves
as
gathering
spots
for
people
to
come
together
and
to
socialize
and
to
to
to
mingle
and
share
ideas
and
brick
and
mortar
is
not
passe.
It
is.
It
is
a
testament
to
our
history.
J
It
is
the
very
fabric
of
our
culture
and
our
city
and
our
society,
and
these
buildings
are
incredibly
important.
They
serve
as
testament
and
monument
to
to
the
history
of
our
city
today,
before
the
planning
commission
is
the
historic
nomination
of
the
saint
john
vianney
church,
which
the
historic
review
commission
did
approve.
We
expect
the
planning
commission
to
approve
and
it
will
be
coming
to
city
council
and
I
will
fight
vociferously
for
the
nomination
and
the
saving
of
the
saint
john
vianney
church.
J
There
is
every
hilltop
community,
as
as
councilwoman
gross
argued,
is
adamantly
ferociously
in
support
of
of
the
historic
nomination
of
that
church
and
what
it
means
to
the
hilltop,
and
we
can't
we
cannot.
We
cannot
cannot,
cannot
just
bulldoze
our
history
for
speculation,
so
thank
you
I'll
get
off
my
soapbox
on
that
too.
But
I
you
know
these.
If
you-
and
I
mean
this
sincerely-
just
just
google
belt
super
school
and
take
a
look
at
the
the
majesty
of
that
building.
J
It
is
amazing
you
could
not
in
any
way
afford
to
build
that
building
today
and
we're
on
the
road
to
restoration
of
that
property,
and
we
understand
we
have
a
big
undertaking
in
our
lab,
but
we're
not
afraid
we're
a
good
two
and
a
half
years
into
this.
Every
time
we've
hit
a
roadblock
guess
what
you
know:
we've
been
able
to
to
surmount
it
and
move
on
to
the
next
phase
and
tomorrow's
the
beginning
of
the
of
the
actual
physical
restoration
of
that
structure
and
making
it
a
contributing
building
to
the
community.
B
And-
and
I'm
just
going
to
say
this,
but
I
think
that
you
know
we
all
know
that
diocese
is
struggling.
You
know
paying
off
a
lot
of
things.
We
wish
that
they
had
that
that
wasn't
an
issue,
but
unfortunately
is,
and
so
they
I
know
that
they're,
you
know
eager
to
get
rid
of
some
of
the
some
of
the
things
that
they
they
no
longer
use.
B
But
I
will
also
say
that
they're,
the
largest
charitable
organization
in
the
world,
and
that,
even
though
there's
a
lot
of
issues
and
a
lot
of
things
that
that
we
find
really
offensive
and
angers
us,
I
think
that
they
need
to
get
rid
of
get
sell
the
buildings
and
do
what
they
have
to
do
so
that
they
can
continue
to
do
the
good
things
and
try
to
move
on
and
correct
the
things
that
they
did
wrong
in
the
past,
which
I
don't
know.
B
If
there's
any
correcting
any
of
it
to
be
honest
with
you.
But
I
do
want
to
say
that
they,
they
are
the
largest
charitable
organization
matter
of
fact,
when
you
call
2-1-1
oftentimes
they're,
calling
saint
vincent
de
paul
for
help
or
the
catholic
charities
for
for
different
different
assistants,
mercy,
behavioral
and
other
places.
So
I.
L
B
And
I
have
tour
thank
you
councilman,
but
I
will
say
that
I
do
that.
We
have
had
our
own
issues
with
the
diocese
in
terms
of
the
real
estate
department,
because
we
had
an
issue
with
the
building
that
ultimately
ended
up
in
chrissy
porter's
hands
and
actually
ended
up
being
the
best
for
the
community.
B
At
the
time
we
were
trying
to
work
with
another
organization
and
trying
to
get
it
into
their
hands
and
it
was
sold
to
somebody
and
then
it
was
sold
to
somebody
else
and
it
was
sold
to
the
borders
and
so
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
happened
and
at
the
mayor's
office.
I
will
say
this
very
publicly
said
to
the
other:
people
make
an
offer.
B
If
you
make
an
offer,
we'll
go
in
the
gap
funding,
they
never
made
an
offer
and
then
later
beauty
that
you
know
we
helped
the
orders
purchase
the
building.
We
didn't
tell
the
quarters,
but
I'm
thankful
that
they
did
purchase
the
building
and
now
we
are
helping
them
through
the
ura
again.
So
there's
a
lot
a
lot
of
things
that
go
on
behind
the
scenes.
B
I
think
that
we
don't
really
talk
about,
but
I
just
want
to
mention
all
that,
but
I
do
want
to
say:
can
we
please
have
one
moment
of
silence
for
rich
fees,
who
was
the
former
city
treasurer
who
passed
away
this
week?
I
thank
you
organic
for
reminding
me
of
this.
So
if
we
have
a
moment
of
silence.
B
Okay
and
if
there's
nothing
else
before
the
council.
H
Been
in
prison,
I'm
sorry
councilman
burgess.
Yes,
I
want
to
say
something
about
the
previous
conversation.
H
That's
okay.
Like
all
of
us,
I
have
had
a
number
of
schools
and
churches
closed,
the
church
of
which
I
attended
as
a
kid
and
the
school
attached
to
it
holy
rosary,
the
church
still
stays
vacant.
It
is
category
to
my
church
and
I
see
it
every
day
and
it's
a
magnificent
building,
but
unfortunately
you
know
those
buildings.
You
can't
repurchase
them
repurpose
them
easily,
but
we
are
repurchasing
repurposing,
a
school
building
in
larmer
larvae
school,
which
was
saved
vacant.
I
think
40
or
50
years.
It's
been
vacant.
H
Something
like
that.
The
spectacular
structure,
the
housing
authority
as
part
of
choice,
is
repurposing
it
into
a
senior
apartment.
So
it
is
possible,
although
difficult,
but
I
actually
want
to
say
something
else,
a
point
as
we
move
forward.
That
I
think
is
important.
H
Brick
and
mortar
absolutely
is
important.
It
is
absolutely
important
and
and
that's
why
in
rebuilding
low
inverted
income
communities
in
particular
black
communities,
why
we
have
to
employ
this
housing
strategy
and
this
business
strategy?
We
have
to
rebuild
disproportionately
brick
and
mortar
in
these
communities.
We
have
to
rebuild
their
business
districts.
We
have
to
build
new
housing
for
them.
It's
absolutely
essential
that
we
do
that
and
it
has
to
be
the
priority
of
our
city.
H
You
know
everything
else
now
you
know
in
this
time
now
that
we
are
ready
to
deal
with
our
history
of
racism.
We
have
purposely
destroyed
these
communities
because
it
was,
you
know,
financially
advantageous
for
us
this.
This
the
government
funded
the
building
of
the
suburbs,
they
funded
the
30-year
mortgages,
you
know
federally
funded
them,
and
so
this
this
was
not
accidental,
that
the
abandonment
of
the
inner
city
and
the
the
the
the
lack
of
equity
african
americans
have
in
their
homes
is
not
by
accident.
H
So
therefore,
it
is
time-
and
this
is
our
time
that
we
are
going
to
I'm
going
to
argue
first,
you
know
as
voraciously
as
I
can
that
we
need
now
to
as
a
city
as
a
state
as
a
country
to
now
start,
invest
investing
in
those
communities
in
rebuilding
those
business
districts
and
building
new
housing
and
providing
the
amenities
that
those
communities
enjoy,
and
I
I
say
black
people,
because
in
pittsburgh
almost
every
poor
community
is
african-american,
but
it
doesn't
have
to
be.
You
know,
I
anything.
B
H
If
I
just
say
every
black
community
was
poor,
I
said
every
poor
community
is
black,
and
so
it's
I
I
didn't
quite
say
that
argument,
but
almost
almost
I
mean,
maybe
there
may
be
one
community.
We
may
be
able
to
one
or
two
that
we
can
perhaps
discuss,
but
for
the
most
part
overwhelmingly
poor
communities
in
pittsburgh
are
african-american
communities
and
overwhelmingly,
and
so-
and
I
I
just
want
to-
if
we're
I
agree
with
you-
the
brick
and
mortar
conversation
extremely
important.
H
That's
why
it's
extremely
important
for
us
to
put
the
money
and
the
resources
disproportionately
into
those
communities,
and
so
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
understand
the
consequence
of
those
arguments,
because
that
and
that's-
and
I
agree-
I
think,
everybody's
right
and
that's
what
we
need
to
do
and
that's
I
I'm
thankful
for
the
mayor's
leadership
and
working
with
him
to
do
that.
But
that
is
that
you
know
that
is.
H
That
is
the
core,
and
I
I
guess,
as
I
said
before,
the
issue
of
our
time,
the
issue
of
our
time
is
being
african-american
being
black
right.
It
is
the
issue
of
our
time.
It
is
the
common
denominator
of
misery
in
our
country
and
in
our
city
right,
if
you're,
if
you're,
gay
and
lesbian
transgender-
and
you
have
issues
and
discrimination-
that's
probably
true
in
this
city,
but
if
you're,
black
and
gay
and
lesbian
and
transgender,
then
your
problems
are
worse.
H
If
you're
poor
in
the
city,
your
problems
are
are
bad,
but
if
you're,
black
and
poor
in
the
city,
your
problems
are
worse,
if
you're
female
and
you
don't
receive
equal
pay
and
discrimination
and
harassment
that
all
that
and-
and
you
know,
and
domestic
abuse-
that's
awful,
it's
bad,
but
if
you're
black,
that's
worse,
if
you're
a
single
mother,
your
issues
are
bad.
If
you're
blocking
a
single
mother,
your
issues
are
worse.
The
one
common
denominator
of
misery
in
this
city
is
being
african-american.
H
That
is
the
challenge
of
our
time,
and
that
is
what
we
are
duty-bound
and,
as
we
know,
move
down
to
the
budget
season.
I
will
be
relentless
in
having
this
conversation
I
will
address
and
also
in
legislation.
We
have
legislation
tomorrow,
I'll
speak
to
I'm
going
to
be
very
clear.
I
will
not
allow
people
to
talk
about
issues
in
terms
of
african-american
issues
when
it
does
not
help
african
americans.
H
I
want
to
make
it
very
clear,
but
lay
this
down
now
if
it
does
not
protect
black
lives,
specifically
if
it
does
not
rebuild
black
communities,
if
it
does
not
include
include
rebuilding
the
employment
and
wealth
in
black
people,
then
it's
not
for
black
people,
and
so
I
won't
we
no
longer
will
we
have
these
sort
of
you
know
I
want
to
allow
these
sort
of
passive
shallow
efforts
to
sort
of
you
know.
You
know
we
not
not
we're
doing
something
for
black
people
that
doesn't
help
black
people.
I
am.
H
I
am
going
to
start
looking
at
financial
investment
in
those
communities.
If
I
don't
see
specific
investment,
specific
apology,
changes
that
are
directly
and
tangibly,
then
I
don't.
I
don't
mind
that
we
pass
it,
but
do
not
use
the
cover
of
somehow
trying
to
help
black
people
with
irrelevant
activity.
B
Any
other
members
councilman
lavelle,
I
thought
you,
I
think
I
thought
john
sorry,
no
any
other
members-
okay.
Well,
I'm
just
going
to
add
to
that
a
little
bit
is
that,
while
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we
are
building
our
black
communities
and
making
sure
that
we're
doing
things
that
are
significant
and
real,
and
you
know
how
I
feel
about
all
this,
I
feel
like
there's
a
lot
of
pretense.
B
I
feel
like
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
we
say
we're
doing
because
the
african-american
community,
when
that's
really
not
always
the
case,
and
so
I
for
me,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
things
sincerely
that
we're
really
helping
I'm
going
to
put
that's
number
one,
but
I
also
want
to
say
that
I've
also
seen
disinvestment
happening
in
across
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
even
in
our
white
and
even
in
our
wealthier
neighborhoods.
I
do
not
see
the
investment
in
on
banksville
road.
B
I
do
not
see
the
investment
on
nobles
town
road,
except
for
from
the
state
both
from
the
state.
So
I
think
that
those
are
our
two
of
our
biggest
business
districts.
I'd
really
like
to
see
something
happen
in
chartres
city,
which
is
one
of
the,
and
I'm
going
to
say
this,
because
I
think
people
give
the
image
as
if
you
you,
if
you
are
in
an
african-american
community,
you
can't
achieve
something.
Wonderful,
and
I
just
want
to
say:
chartreuse
city
is
one
of
the
most
amazing
neighborhoods
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
B
This
is
the
highest
home
ownership
in
the
entire
city,
over
90
percent.
In
the
city
of
pittsburgh
it
has
low
crime.
The
the
average
income
is
is,
is
a
nice,
stable
income
and
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
are
going
on
there.
That
are
amazing
and
wonderful.
It's
because
the
people
that
live
in
chartress
city
set
the
bar
very
high
a
very
long
time
ago,
and
they
made
sure
that
that
area
stayed
amazing
and
doing
wonderful
things.
B
So
I
want
to
say
that,
because
I
want
people
to
know
that
that
it
is
possible
to
have
an
amazing
african-american
community
doing
really
well,
and
but
the
one
thing
that
I
wish
that
we
would
do
more
of
in
that
neighborhood
is
investment
in
the
business
district.
Very
small
wouldn't
take
a
lot,
and
I
think
that
it
would
be
great-
and
I've
been
talking
to
you
reverend
about
this.
A
little
bit
is
doing
something
on
chartreuse
city
on
in
charter
city,
along
structures,
avenue
there's
just
a
few
businesses
there.
B
That
would
make
such
a
tremendous
difference
to
a
community.
That's
that's
really
put
their
time
in
and
have
done
amazing
things
to
keep
the
neighborhood,
stable
and
safe.
You
know
if
somebody's
kids
out
of
line
everybody's,
correcting
that
kid
and
everybody
knows
about
it,
and
it's
it
somewhat
reminds
me
of
the
stories
I
heard
from
wally
avenue
days
when
my
family
lived
there
wherever,
if
somebody
saw
you
doing
something,
everybody
saw
you
doing
something
and
everybody
helped
and
everybody
pitched
in,
and
so
I
that's
how
short
your
city
is.
B
There's
an
issue
if
there's
a
hurt,
there's
a
pain
everybody's
working
together.
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
think
that
that
there's
good
things,
but
I
do
want
to
say
that
we
can't
forget
stability-
also
comes
from
the
neighborhoods
around
those
neighborhoods
and.
B
You
can't
just
build
an
island.
You
have
to
make
sure
that
everybody
is,
is
stable,
working
together
and
we've
got
to
remember.
We
have
to
remember
that
if
we're
not
investing
in
these
neighborhoods
that
are
stable,
now,
sooner
or
later,
they're
going
to
be
the
same
way,
all
the
other
neighborhoods
are
they're
going
to
fall
apart,
they're
going
to
have
less
investment,
less
people
moving
into
them,
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
things
that
occur
that
won't
keep
those
neighborhoods
stable.
B
So
I
just
want
to
say
we
talk
about
stability,
I
think
of
stability
as
the
city.
I
don't
try
to
divide
us,
but
I'm
not
blind
to
the
fact
that
we
need
to
do
more
much
more
in
our
african-american
communities,
most
of
them
not
all
of
them,
and
that
we
also
need
to
make
sure
that
work,
we're
advocating
for
the
stable,
neighborhoods,
stable
neighborhoods
to
remain
stable.