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A
Hello
and
welcome
to
pittsburgh
city
council's
standing
committees
meeting
for
wednesday
april
22nd
2020.
My
name
is
kim
clark
baskin
and
I
am
the
assistant
city
clerk
with
us.
Today
we
have
our
sign
language
interpreter
connor,
lintzenberger,
the
following
is
a
list
of
legislation
up
for
preliminary
approval
by
pittsburgh,
city,
council,
finance
and
law
committee.
Mr
lavelle
is
the
chair.
We
have
new
papers,
we
have
bill
number
274
resolution
authorizing
the
issuance
of
a
warrant
in
the
amount
of
eighty-four
thousand
dollars
to
robert,
a
creo
for
arbitration
services
rendered
in
connection
with
act.
A
A
Bill
number
272
resolution
authorizing
the
filing
of
an
application
for
federal
assistance,
with
the
u.s
department
of
transportation
for
up
to
25
million
dollars
in
fiscal
year,
2020,
better
utilizing
investments
to
leverage
development,
discretionary
grants,
program
for
critical
infrastructure
stabilization
at
the
locations
throughout
mount
washington,
land
use
and
economic
development
committee.
Mr
wilson
is
the
chair.
We
have
bill
number
281
resolution
authorizing
and
directing
the
department
of
finance
to
create
a
pilot
program
that
identifies
publicly
owned
parcels
for
which
deed
restrictions
shall
be
made
and
used
to
foster
urban
agriculture
intergovernmental
affairs.
A
Ms
gross
is
the
chair.
We
have
bill
number
141
resolution,
adopting
plan
revision
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh's
official
sewage
facilities
plant
for
the
2926
smallmouth
street
land
development
project
located
at
2920
and
2930
smallmouth
street,
and
we
have
bill
number
273
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
the
director
of
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure,
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
to
enter
into
an
agreement
or
agreements
or
amendments
to
agreements
with
the
pittsburgh
water
and
sewer
authority
to
facilitate
certain
repairs
to
the
cartway
of
10th
street
between
penn
avenue
and
liberty
avenue.
A
A
B
B
Our
first
order
of
business
is
public
comments
for
those
speakers
that
have
registered
and
are
waiting
in
the
queue
to
speak.
Please
get
your
name
and
neighborhood
for
the
record.
Each
speaker
have
three
minutes
to
speak.
I'm
going
to
attempt
and
try
to
call
you
in
the
order
that
you
actually
registered
to
speak
also
be
aware
that
at
the
end
of
your
three
minutes
you
will
automatically
be
muted
and
we
will
move
on
to
the
next
person.
B
I
would
also
like
to
remind
everyone
that
the
rules
of
counsel
state
that
comments
are
limited
to
matters
of
concern.
Official
action
or
deliberation
which
may
or
may
not
be
before
city
council
profanity
will
not
be
permitted.
We
will
now
move
to
our
first
speaker
now.
Please
have
miss
requiem
bay.
D
C
B
C
E
C
Security
and
resource,
coupled
with
existing
disparities,
can
inhabit
pittsburgh
residents
in
communities,
experience
food,
apartheid
from
procuring
and
preparing
nutritious
fulfilling
meals.
We
see
increased
access
to
local
urban
gardens
as
a
strategy
to
strengthen
our
local
food
system
and
build
resiliency
in
pittsburgh
for
residents
and
neighborhoods.
C
We
have
been
operating
diligently
for
multiple
years
in
our
respective
neighborhoods
to
provide
high
quality
fresh
produce
to
families
in
our
communities
and
have
built
a
task
force
to
continue
this
work
in
our
community
and
educate
others
as
well.
The
nullifying
rendering
changes
of
cobit
19
has
left
many
families
socially
and
economically,
depraved
and
in
need
of
food
and
essential
resources,
notwithstanding
non-food
apartheid
areas.
However,
as
a
task
force,
we
have
been
faced
with
these
challenges
before
the
virus.
C
Consequently,
we
are
organizations
that
understand
these
issues:
the
urgency
of
social
justice,
equity
and
making
the
greatest
impact
on
black
cultural
needs
and
aspects
of
healthy
living
in
our
community.
We
will
be.
We
are
advocating
for
the
upcoming
city
of
pittsburgh
urban
ag
legislation
to
pro
to
prioritize
these
requests
in
a
proactive,
sustainable
manner,
building
resiliency
by
then
improving
equity
in
the
black
community
without
the
regulation
and
systematicization
of
white-led
urban
egg
and
food
security
groups.
C
In
addition,
a
pilot
program
for
affordable
or
free
land
acquisition
for
those
of
us
who
already
have
city
of
pittsburgh
adopt
the
lot
will
secure
our
sustainability
as
well.
Furthermore,
we
find
that
this
find
it
disheartening
that
all
city
of
pittsburgh
community
gardens,
has
been
closed
due
to
colvic
19.
as
a
finance
steering
committee.
Member
of
the
mh.
B
Thank
you
miss
bay.
For
speaking,
I
just
want
to
remind
the
public
that,
unfortunately,
we
are
having
to
manage
this,
and
so
at
30.
I'm
gonna
try
to
make
give
a
reminder
that
you
have
15
seconds
left,
but
at
three
minutes
you
will
automatically
be
cut
off
same
as
if
we
were
in
council
chambers,
because
we
must
adhere
to
our
rules
with
that
said,
our
next
speaker
is
jameel.
Bay
is
jameel
bay
on
the
line.
B
F
Hi
there
I
am
it's,
it's
you're,
you
unmute
your
seekers,
and
so
when
we
hit
star
six,
it
removes
just
so.
You
know.
F
Okay,
I
can
go
ahead
and
start.
B
I'm
sorry,
please
state
your
name
and
neighborhood
for
the
record.
F
Great,
my
name
is
don
plummer,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
pittsburgh
food
policy
council.
I
live
in
point
breeze
and
our
offices
are
in
garfield.
We
work
to
build
a
just,
equitable
and
sustainable
food
system
in
pittsburgh
and
beyond.
We
convene
an
urban
agriculture
working
group
with
members
across
the
urban
eye
community,
we're
farmers
and
gardeners
service
providers,
community
leaders
and
advocates.
F
We
call
on
city,
council
and
the
administration
to
do
three
things.
One
is
support
and
existing
growing
capacity
working
to
empower
and
expand
existing
gardens
and
urban
farms,
particularly
those
as
requiem,
was
discussing
led
by
pittsburgh.
Black
gardeners
and
farmers
already
working
in
communities
impacted
by
food
apartheid.
F
F
A
adopt-a-lot
program
of
the
city
to
expand
leases
for
qualified
projects
to
be
lengthened
from
one
to
five
years
and
to
remove
the
fees
for
state
for
market
stands
for
the
sale
just
at
those
growing
spaces
and
invest
in
the
increased
food
production.
This
season
by
investing
in
gardens
and
farms
and
helping
them
expand
in
this
time
of
need.
By
providing
support
for
free
seedlings,
covering
the
cost
of
insurance.
F
F
We
also
think
that
if
the
city
is
interested
in
increasing
healthy
food
access,
city
resources
could
be
used
to
purchase
food
from
regions,
farms
who
have
seen
their
sales
channels
dry
up,
how
that
could
be
distributing
through
partners
through
free
or
subsidized
produce,
and
then,
lastly,
establishing
new
urban
farms
pittsburgh.
So
the
city
farm
legislation.
H
Lawrenceville
united,
applauds
the
foresight
of
city
council
in
supporting
critical
expansions
of
urban
agriculture
in
the
face
of
health
and
climate
climate
crises,
we'd
like
to
highlight
the
the
urgent
need
for
support
and
expansion
of
both
existing
growing
capacity
and
distribution
channels,
such
as
healthier
farmers
markets,
and
we
strongly
support
the
pittsburgh
food
policy
policy
council's
multi-level
approach
to
achieving
both
immediate
and
long-term
positive
impacts
for
food
access
and
health
outcomes.
H
We
agree
that
most
urgent
needs
for
urban
agriculture
include
support
for
providing
free,
seedlings
funds
to
cover
insurance
costs
and
infrastructure,
funding
for
soil,
fencing
beds
and
compost,
irrigation,
hoop
houses
and
other
improvements.
And
yes,
we,
we
second
requi
bay's
comments
in
asking
that
the
city
reversed
the
march
23rd
order
to
close
for
community
gardens.
H
Simply
if
the
gardens
are
not
sustained
now
there
will
not
be
much
to
preserve
for
the
future
with
deed
restrictions.
In
addition
to
forming
wonderful
community
meeting
places,
the
gardens
provide
fresh,
organic
food
and
educational
opportunities
around
organic
gardening.
We
gardeners
volunteer
time
and
we've
come
a
long
way
with
the
support
of
growth,
pittsburgh,
lawrenceville
united,
as
well
as
our
own
fundraising
efforts
for
tools,
plants,
seeds
and
raised
beds
in
turn,
we
grow
and
share
as
much
as
we
can.
B
H
I
Yeah,
this
is
jake
good
morning.
Everyone.
Thank
you
yeah.
My
name
is
jake
seltman
and
I
am
the
executive
director
of
grow
pittsburgh,
which
is
an
urban
agriculture
nonprofit
that
works
to
support
food
growing
initiatives
across
the
region,
which
includes
backyard,
gardens,
community
gardens,
school
gardens
and
urban
farms,
and
so,
from
this
perspective
I
want
to
start
by
saying
I
really
commend
your
efforts
to
support
urban
agriculture
as
a
way
to
address
food
insecurity
in
our
community.
I
During
this
time,
and-
and
I
appreciate
all
the
voices
that
came
before
me
and
and
and
and
agree
with
them-
I
have
three-
you
know
additional
points
to
emphasize.
The
first
is
that
when
we
talk
to
community
gardeners
and
urban
farmers,
land
access
and
land
security
are
two
of
the
greatest
barriers
to
success
and
so
grow.
It
fully
supports
your
effort
to
provide
deed
restrictions
on
existing
gardens
and
farms
and
to
identify
potential
new
sites
that
should
be
protected
as
such.
I
The
second
point,
which
I
know
that
you
all
have
begun
to
discuss
is-
and
I've
heard
before-
is
that
if
we
want
to
immediately
increase
local
food
production,
the
most
effective
and
important
way
to
do
so
would
be
to
support
the
large
network
of
existing
farms
and
farmers
in
our
community
to
expand
their
capacity
at
grow
pittsburgh.
We
run
a
program
where
existing
farms
and
gardens
apply
for
technical
assistance
and
supplies
to
expand
their
growing
capacity
and
our
most
recent
application
window
which
closed
just
two
weeks
ago.
I
Lastly,
I
just
want
to
say
that
grow
pittsburgh
has
been
supporting
community
gardens
and
managing
urban
farms
for
over
a
decade,
and
we,
along
with
other
partners,
many
of
whom
have
spoken
here,
are
happy
to
share
with
you
our
both
our
mistakes,
as
well
as
our
successes,
our
current
budgets,
food
production,
data
crop
and
food
distribution
plans
and
anything
else
that
can
help
to
lead
any
initiative
towards
success.
Thank
you
for
all
that
you're
doing.
J
Good
morning,
council
members,
my
name
is
marlene
van
nelson,
I'm
a
resident
of
lawrenceville
and
a
member
of
the
pittsburgh
food
policy
council
and
an
agricultural
lawyer
through
my
firm
trellis
legal.
Thank
you
for
your
interest
and
dedication
to
providing
support
for
locally
grown
food
and
food
access
in
our
communities.
I
applaud
the
council's
quick
action
to
address
these
issues
in
light
of
the
coven
19
epidemic.
J
However,
I
and
many
other
of
the
other
experienced
growers
policy
advocates
and
service
providers
believe
there's
an
urgent
and
immediate
need
to
address
cost
and
resource
issues,
as
well
as
long-term
land
protection
to
ensure
urban
agriculture's
capacity
to
serve
our
neighborhoods
in
terms
of
actions
that
could
support
urban
farms
and
providing
food
to
each
neighborhood.
There
are
several
immediate
cost
and
resource
measures
that
can
be
taken.
These
include,
as
mentioned
previously
reversing
the
march
23
order
for
community
gardens
to
close.
J
The
pa
department
of
ag
has
released
guidance
for
the
safe
operation
of
community
gardens
during
cobia
19,
and
these
gardens
provide
essential
local
and
immediate
food
access.
Next
waving.
The
separate
approval
and
restrictions
on
market
stand
leases
to
allow
adopt-a-lot
gardens
to
more
easily
sell
to
their
communities
and
also
to
aggregate
and
sell
produce
from
other
farms
that
may
not
have
the
labor
capacity
or
funding
to
sell
with
proper
safety
measures.
J
Currently,
the
market
stands
can
only
sell
with
produce
grown
on
their
property,
providing
existing
gardens
with
funding
or
expanding
up
for
for
expanding
upgrading
and
increasing
efficiency,
as
existing
gardens
are
already
operating
on
remediated
soil
with
experienced
growers.
I
also
encourage
city
to
cover
insurance
premium
costs
or
absorbing
the
insurance
requirement
for
gardens
on
city
property
and
supporting
food
access
for
local,
low-income
residents
by
purchasing
and
working
with
partners
to
distribute
free
or
subsidized
produce
from
established
region.
J
A
lot
program
that
assists
farmers
with
long-term
urban
ag
businesses
implementing
the
proposed
deed
restrictions
to
provide
farms
with
long-term
land
access
and
protection
of
their
and
the
city's
investment
in
remediating
land
and
providing
food
to
their
neighbors.
I
recommend
evaluating
and
implementing
deed
restrictions
on
existing
gardens
on
city
land,
which
will
provide
more
immediate
support
in
these
difficult
times
and
then
moving
to
identifying
new
land
for
protection.
J
F
I
I
live
in
the
greenfield
neighborhood
and
I
am
also
staff
at
the
food
policy
council
and
I
had
signed
up
for
remarks
in
case
our
director
john
plummer.
Wasn't
able
to
so.
I
will.
I
will
pass.
K
Great,
my
name
is
russ
thorson,
I'm
a
community
garden
coordinator
with
grow
pittsburgh
and
over
the
past
four
years,
I've
worked
with
dozens
of
garden
sites
and
started
numerous
gardens.
I've
worked
with
council
person,
teresa
cal
smith,
at
the
mount
washington
community
garden
and
the
mountain
view
community
garden.
K
They
know
exactly
which
neighbors
need
the
food
the
most,
and
so
there
are
like
miss
requiem
was
saying
there
are
exceptional
black
and
brown
growers
in
this
city
right
now,
and
we
should
be
doing
everything
we
can
to
support
their
existing
efforts
right
now.
K
Some
small
things
that
could
be
really
helpful
for
existing
gardens
is
having
really
consistent
water
turn-on
times
there
are
gardens
that
sometimes
the
water
doesn't
get
turned
on
until
mid-july
and
you
just
have
to
rely
on
the
rain
yeah.
We're
really
excited
to
be
working
with
you
all.
I
hope
you
can
reach
out.
We've
got
tons
of
information
and
advice,
so
thank
you.
D
D
I
really
appreciate
everyone
speaking
today
on
behalf
of
the
city's
initiatives
to
bring
to
the
forefront
and
the
initiative
on
urban
agriculture
planning,
and
I
like
to
say
that
I'm
in
support
of
all
the
emotions
made
for
by
the
community
and
efforts
to
sustain
and
support
already
going
groups,
especially
in
our.
D
Most
under-serviced
communities
as
we
look
to
overcome
food
apartheid,
but
I
mean
I
pretty
much.
Everything
has
been
said
that
has
been
needed
to
be
said.
I
just
hope
that
the
city
council
is
able
to
really
secure
the
labor
that
is
going
to
be
needed
for
these
infrastructures
to
remain
because
the
people
were
already
in
this
desperate
situations,
and
we
need
to
to
overcome
that,
especially
during
this
covet
19
crisis.
D
B
L
Yes,
I
am,
I
just
want
to
thank
you
folks,
for
taking
this
up
and
just
add
my
name
to
the
list
and
the
most
wanted
to
be
on
record.
This
is
tremendously
important
right
now,
as
we
think
about
the
uncertainty
of
what
the
food
supply
is
going
to
be.
You
know
just
the
food
chain
nationally
any
resources
and
tools
that
we
can
bring
to
help
folks
in
some
of
these
vulnerable
neighborhoods
feed
themselves
and
their
communities
is
going
to
be
crucial.
So
I
applaud
you
folks
for
having
this
conversation.
Thank
you.
B
A
A
F
B
B
E
E
E
B
O
P
B
E
Q
Q
B
Any
opposed
bill
is
approved,
that'll
take
us
to
our
invoices.
We
are
noticing
on
the
invoices
motion
to
approve
a
second
second
discussion.
Members
will
see
both
in
the
invoices
and
the
p
cards
with
their
qp
card
and
one
invoice
that
is
over
the
5
000
limit.
So
we
will
need
a
to
wave
rule
number
11
for
us
to
be
able
to
approve
this
on
our
as
our
invoice
package.
B
So
it
can
have
a
motion
discussion.
M
B
N
Mr
chair,
I'm
having
trouble
seeing
that
allocation.
I
see
one
for
fop
grievance
at
4
000..
I
don't
see
the
one
at
5
000.,
I'm
sorry!
So
on.
B
Actually,
for
a
a
membership
city
code
allows
for
that
allowable
exclusion
of
two
to
five
thousand
dollar
limit,
the
one
in
the
p
cards
which
we'll
get
to
is
11
200
for
a
public
safety
administration
and
then
5034
for
police.
It
was
to
acquire
mask
for
both
for
both
departments.
Okay,.
N
R
Yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
ask
about
the
omb
item
for
35
000
from
the
southwestern
pennsylvania
court.
I
just
wondered
if
someone
could
address
what
that
what
that
entails.
S
Okay,
that's
right!
That's
the
south
pennsylvania
corporation
spc,
you
might
know
the
acronym
there
and
that's
the
planning
organization
for
pennsylvania
for
our
area.
B
B
So
we
need
to
all
those
in
favor
of
full
approval
of
the
invoices.
I
apologize.
P
B
N
B
O
B
Now
a
motion
to
suspend
rule
11
to
approve
the
two
procurement
of
the
mask.
Q
B
Any
opposed
the
waiver
has
been
approved.
Now
we
need
a
motion.
Now
we
will
do
the
motion
to
approve
the
p-cars,
all
those
in
favor
all
right,
aye
aye,
any
opposed
p-cards
are
approved.
Thank
you.
That'll.
Take
us
to
our
public
works
committee,
chaired
by
mr
coghill.
Two
supplemental
papers
versus
bill
286.
O
T
So
I
talked
to
you,
know
director
gable
about
this
and
he's
he's
very
good.
I
want
to
thank
him
he's
very
good
at
going
over
the
legislation-
that's
coming
through
my
committee,
but
this
is
the
first
the
two
approvals
that
he
will
be
looking
for,
the
first
being
the
amendment
to
extend
the
term
for
the
new
and
reduced
rate.
So
I
think
it's
a
total
savings
of
about
seven
percent
annually,
so
the
quicker
we
get.
This
done,
the
faster
we
start
saving
money.
So
anybody
has
any
other.
T
Okay,
so
bear
with
me.
I
try
not
to
take
long
on
these
things,
but
I
just
wanted
to
fill
everybody
in
on
how
I
got
to
the
point
where
I'm
when
they
get
into
the
farming
business.
Okay,
so
you
know-
and
I'm
sorry
I
didn't
get
to
discuss
this
with
other
members
but
honestly
councilwoman
gross-
and
I
were
putting
this
together
late
sunday
evening,
just
to
get
something
in
because
we
wanted
to
discuss
it
with
today
with
the
companion
bills,
because
it's
all
related
to
that.
T
So
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
my
brief
synopsis.
Okay,
you
know
it
started
with
the
introduction
of
the
bills
couple
weeks
ago
from
councilwoman,
kale,
smith
and
gross,
and
that
kind
of
inspired
me.
You
know
I
work
with
my
local
food
pantry
and
in
these
times
it's
it's
hard
to
get
anything
started
or
to
to
really
help
in
any
way.
T
So
I
help
out
financially-
and
you
know
I
see
my
food
pantries
are
up
four
or
five
hundred
percent,
so
I
was
happy
to
you,
know
dive
into
this
and
get
something
going,
and
I
had
conversations
with
madam
president
and
miss
gross,
and
you
know
I
really
was
inspired
by
that
so,
but
that
wasn't.
T
That
was
just
the
beginning
about
two
days
later:
ariem
ford,
executive,
director
of
grounded
gay
of
myself
and
councilwoman
gross
a
phone
call,
and
we
had
met
with
her
previously
a
couple
weeks
before
that,
and
she
was
just
as
excited
about
these
bills
as
we
are.
You
know,
because
this
is
in
their
wheelhouse.
T
This
is
what
they
do,
so
we
hung
up
and
I
was
even
more
inspired
after
that
conversation
the
very
next
day
I
thought
of
this
location
just
kept
popping
in
my
head
in
brookline,
and
I
thought
boy
what
a
great
spot
it's
right
in
the
middle
of
my
district.
My
community
has
shown
to
me
and
proven
to
me
that
they
really
will
engage
in
this
and
they
really
want
this.
So
I
asked
arium
to
take
me
out
to
the
spot
and
I
said,
show
me
what
you
do
you.
K
T
So
so
we
went
out
to
the
spot.
Last
week
myself
and
her
team
of
professionals,
mandu
rebecca
and
tom
and
I'll,
tell
you
what
in
20
minutes,
I
learned
more
about
farming
than
in
my
53
years
on
this
earth,
everything
from
the
size
of
it,
it's
1.2
acres.
You
know
the
kinds
of
food
we
can
grow.
The
community
outreach
through
that.
I
was
convinced
that
you
know
what
we
need
grounded
if
we're
really
serious
about
growing
food,
which
I
am
we
need
grounded
and
we
need
what
they
bring
to
the
table.
T
More
importantly,
what
they
really
bring
to
the
table
is
their
passion
for
this
and
that's
invaluable,
so
I
feel
like
we
need
them
as
a
partner.
However,
I
did
not
want
to
come
to
council
asking
for
money
to
hire
them.
T
I
thought
at
this
time
probably
not
the
best
idea,
and
I
did
use
one
of
my
other
talents
that
I
have,
and
so
so
I
wanted
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
do
this,
so
I
called
deb
gross
okay
and
that's
actually
a
talent
of
mine,
but
so
so
I
told
that
the
dilemma
I
said
you
know
we
really
want
to
do
this.
I
really
want
to
do
this
and
knowing
her
passion
for
this
and-
and
you
know-
she's
been
working
on
this
for
two
or
three
years
now,
not
not.
T
So
you
know
so
to
me,
you
know
I
felt
no
better
way
and
every
district
is
different.
So
I
picture
my
district
as
one
big
farm
producing
massive
amounts
of
vegetables
and
fruits
and
delivering
them
to
the
food
pantries
and
such
whoever
we
decide
to
give
them
to
so
councilwoman
gross
found
where
we
could
move
and
shift
some
money.
T
Allocated
in
the
past,
so
we're
not
using
any
new
monies,
and
it
really
just
made
me
feel
good
made
me
feel
really
useful
that
I'm
doing
something
you
know
to
try
to
fight
food
independences
to
be
food.
Independent
is
just
remarkable
to
me
and
I
love
the
concept
and
I
love
the
idea,
so
I
just
am
all
in
on
it,
and
I
apologize
again
that
I
didn't
get
to
review
this
with
other
council
members.
T
You
know
but
but
however,
you
know
know
this,
that
you
know
I
would
be
proud
to
be
the
first
city
city
forum
pilot
independently,
not
on
a
current
forum,
that's
already
working
and
with
that
I
would
like
to
introduce
arium
ford,
who
I
believe
is
on
the
line
with
us
just
to
introduce
herself,
and
I
just
wanted
to
let
her
say
a
few
things.
B
Q
Thank
you
so
much
sorry,
councilman
claude
held
so
hard
on
these
zoom
calls.
I
was
trying
to
get
your
attention
can
I
think
we
need
to
do
a
little
housekeeping
first.
So
I
just
emailed
all
members
the
motion
to
amend
by
substitution,
because
I
had
heard
some
concerns.
I
did
a
bunch
of
research.
I
worked
with
our
budget
office.
B
N
N
Q
Q
So
in
doing
research
after
we
introduced
it
yesterday,
we
found
a
number
of
examples
where
council
authorizes
the
administration
to
work
with,
especially
in
our
parks
nonprofits,
because
there
really
is
not
a
industry
to
bid
out
to
so
it's
different
than,
let's
say
paving
right.
So
when
there's
not
really
a
competitive
environment
and
there's
maybe
only
one
person,
one
group
that
does
a
certain
service,
that's
a
sole
service
provider.
Q
So
you
do
a
professional
services
agreement
and
or
you're
partnering
and
if
you're
partnering,
then
it's
in
a
cooperative
agreement,
and
so
I'm
looking
to
get
feedback
from
the
law
department
before
tuesday
or
if
the
law
department
says,
give
us
the
authorization
and
then
we'll
do
the
research
and
figure
out
which
kind
of
agreement
is
appropriate.
So
we've
put
both
cooperation
agreements
or
professional
services
agreements
here
in
this
document.
Q
You
see
how
it's
kind
of
scraped
together,
six
thousand
here
ten
thousand
there,
and
then
it
put
it
very
clearly
into
a
public
works
capital
budget
line,
and
so
I
think,
because
it's
all
in
one
place
here
that
should
be
very
clear
for
you,
and
so
it
should
again
given
feedback.
Q
B
Q
Okay,
I'm
not
gonna
have
to
click
screens
again,
I
think
either
way
would
work,
but
this
is
the
way
it
was
sent
to
me
today
by
our
budget
office
with
the
number
299.
Q
S
299
is
the
authorization
that
is
under
deb's
committee
under
customer
grosses
committee.
The
other
one
is
the
actual
transfer
of
the
money.
That's
bill
number
300
that
you're
on
now.
That
is
something.
S
You
should
be
amending
bill
number
299.
I
believe.
Q
I'll
wait,
so
you
want
me
to
to
withdraw
this
motion
to
men
by
substitution
and
then
they're
really
should
we
have
read
both
those
together.
N
Q
S
Deb
I'm
having
trouble
with
well
two
reading
these
so
yeah.
No,
this
is
definitely
bill.
Number
299
is
what
should
be
being
amended
right.
The
authorization.
N
I
B
B
T
B
O
O
Yeah,
I
just
want
to
say
that
I'm
I
do
understand
what
councilman
gross
and
councilman
caulker
are
trying
to
do,
and
I
and
I
appreciate
that
they
are
trying
to
work
through.
It
is
very
difficult
to
work
the
way
we
are
through
legislation.
Typically,
we,
our
staff
members,
run
into
one
another
in
the
or
sit
in
offices
or
go
out
for
coffee,
or
we
all
come
into
one
another's
offices
and
try
to
work
through
whoever
we're
working
with
try
to
get
to
some
understanding
and
we
meet
with
the
law.
O
Department
have
people
there
that
understand
the
clerk's
office.
The
budget
office
and
doing
this
from
distance
has
been
very,
very
challenging
and
very
difficult.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
both
for
working
through
this.
I
do
I
stand
by
my
concern
as
making
sure
that
whatever
we
do
is
legal,
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
amending
it
and
making
sure
that
we
have
a
comfort
level,
because,
even
though
you've
immediately
believed
that
this
is
okay
to
do,
we
all
have
a
little
bit
of
uneasiness
about
it.
O
You
know
green
farming
and
all
those
sorts
of
things
I
wanted
to
say
they
were
the
first
two
I
went
to
when
when
I
had
some
well,
I
wanted
to
put
something
forward
about
farming
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
because
I
it
just,
I
think
all
of
us
were
really
moved
when
we
saw
the
people
being
turned
away
for
food
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
and
we
all
know
this
is
not
unique
to
cobot
19..
O
We
all
know
that
this
has
been
going
on
in
the
city
for
a
lot
of
people
for
a
long
time,
and
it's
something
we
should
have
done
for
a
very
long
time
and
my
hesitation
in
awarding
anybody
a
grant,
is
and
or
entering
into
any
kind
of
agreement.
Is
I
mentioned
this
to
you
before.
I
don't
want
to
play
politics
with
this.
I
feel
like
this
is
something
we
better
do
and
do
quickly.
O
I
think
we
have
a
lot
of
people
that
need
help
and
they
needed
help
yesterday
in
the
in
last
year
and
the
year
before,
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
the
groups
have
been
doing
things
and
I'm
not
saying
that
they
haven't
been
doing
things
that
have
been
really
beneficial.
They
have,
but
I
think
overall,
it's
the
whole
strategy.
I
think
that
we
need
to.
We
need
to
talk
about
and
why
we
don't
have
a
farm
in
in
every
district
already
is
is
beyond
me.
O
I
tell
people,
I
grew
up
on
fifth
avenue
and
right
around
the
bend
on
fifth
avenue.
The
bottom
of
robinson
street
was
a
chicken
farm
and
I
slowly
watched
some
of
those
things
go
away,
but
those
were
the
things
that
really
helped
the
community.
They
helped
the
hill
district.
They
helped
the
oakland
area,
uptown
that
that
chicken
farm
provided
a
lot
of
eggs
for
a
lot
of
people
and
a
lot
of
things,
and
that
was
just
one
little
space.
O
So
I
can't
imagine
what
we
can
do
if
we
get
this
together
and
have
this
all
in
every
council
district.
So
I
I
really
want
to
get
this
moving,
so
this
piece
and
my
piece
coming
up,
so
I
just
want
to
talk
about
the
I'll
talk
about
that
when
it
comes
to
it.
I
want
to
thank
gross
and
councilman
coghill
for
making
sure
that
we
have
a
more
more
of
a
comfort
level
with
moving
this
forward.
So
thank
you.
T
B
T
And
councilwoman
kell
smith-
I
just
want
to
tell
you
this
is
all
inspired
by
what
you
did
by
bringing
it
to
bringing
this
to
the
forefront.
You
know,
I
know
councilwoman
gross
have
been
working
on
this
for
a
few
years,
but
you
really
brought
it
to
the
forefront
last
week
and
I'm
sorry
if
I
tend
to
run
in
my
own
direction.
But
but
you
know
I
just
felt
so
passionate
about
this
and
so
strongly
and
after
we
we
already
did
a
lot
of
work
on
this
meeting
them
at
the
site.
T
B
G
Good
morning,
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
address
council
and
to
answer
any
questions
just
for
a
little
context.
My
name
is
arian
ford.
I'm
the
executive
director
of
grounded
strategies,
we're
a
13
year
old
organization
based
in
larmer
on
the
east
end
of
the
city
working
to
reclaim
vacant
land
for
productive
community
reuse.
G
Land
both
publicly
and
privately
owned
and
grounded's
mission
is
to
help
communities
neighborhoods
and
municipalities
throughout
the
county
understand
how
they
want
to
move
forward
with
making
that
land
a
productive
value
to
their
community,
and
so
the
original
reason
why
we
reached
out
to
councilman,
coghill
and
councilwoman
deb
groves
a
couple
of
months
ago
is
because
understanding
that,
from
our
perspective,
we
need
to
build
a
more
a
stronger
relationship
with
dpw
and
understanding
that
councilman
coghill
is
the
chair
of
that
committee,
recognizing
that
they
have
a
huge
role
to
play
in
the
maintenance,
stewardship
and
planning
for
the
sustainability
of
city-owned
vacant
land.
G
And
so
I
was
really
excited
to
be
able
to
build
upon
that
relationship
upon
the
announcements
of
this
initiative
and
just
to
be
very
clear
on
the
the
extent
of
grounded's
proposal
is
to
not
take
away
from
any
existing
efforts
and
existing
groups
and
coalitions
that
are
working
on
this,
but
to
be
a
bridge
between
the
all
of
the
work
that
those
groups
are
doing
and
to
understand
what
it
would
take
to
use
city-owned
vacant
land
to
bolster
those
efforts
and
grounded's
background
and
expertise
is
in
this
type
of
analysis
and
vacant,
land
use,
identification
and
understanding.
G
And
while
we
do
have
a
preferred
alternative,
put
a
site
put
forward
by
councilman
coghill
grounded's
process
really
includes
a
robust
community
code
design
process,
including
resident
outreach
door-to-door
outreach,
which
will
be
a
little
bit
different
in
the
time
of
covid
coalescing
with
all
of
the
existing
groups
that
have
spoken
today
we
are
members
of
the
black
environmental
collective.
We
do
have
a
member
on
the
urban
ag
working
group
of
the
food
policy
council.
G
We
participate
in
a
number
of
coalitions
across
the
county,
understanding
how
we
can
advocate
vacant
land
play
and
fill
gaps,
play
roles
and
fill
gaps
in
community
needs,
and
so
the
output
of
this
would
be
a
a
series
of
options
and
sustainability
plans
relative
to
one
potential
sites
in
these
two
districts,
two
potential
site
plans
and
production
operation
plans
for
those
districts,
and
then
sustainability
and
community
engagement
plans
for
those
districts,
and
I
believe,
councilman,
coghill
and
councilwoman
gross-
may
share
a
more
detailed
version
of
our
proposal
with
the
council
at
a
later
date.
T
Before
we
take
questions,
I
just
want
to
add
arium.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
Your
team
of
professionals
really
put
it
in
perspective
for
me
as
to
how
this
can
really
happen.
So
you
know,
I
gained
a
lot
of
information
just
being
out
there
in
the
field
with
you,
and
I
look
forward
to
working
with
you.
I
know
if
we're
going
to
make
this
happen,
we
need
you
as
a
partner
and
I
hope,
the
rest
of
council
members.
T
You
know
we
have
a
lot
of
momentum
and
I
know
your
passions
there
with
mine
and
even
if
it's
not
the
site
that
I've
selected
there
are
other
sites,
so
we're
not
hell-bent
on
just
using
this
one
site.
There
might
be
complications.
We
don't
have
so
with
that
I'll.
Let
anybody
else
chime
in.
M
B
That
now
I
was
gonna
say
I
have
questions
on
the
actual
proposal,
which
is,
I
think,
actually
bill
2.99.
So
I
was
going
to
wait
until
then.
M
Don't
really
have
a
question
on
the
I
don't
have
questions
I
just
have
like
a
sort
of
statement.
Certainly
I
want
to
commend
my
colleagues
for
thinking
about.
M
Supporting
urban
farming-
and
I
think,
as
you
listen
to
the
spokesperson
from
the
community
group,
they
were
talking
about
something
that
I
think
I
I
I
want
us
to
always
see
this
in
a
bigger
perspective,
it
really
is
looking
at
communities
in
terms
of
their
echo
districts
right,
and
this
becomes
really
really
really
crucially
important
in
low
end
market
income
communities,
because
in
many
of
those
communities
they
are
never
going
to
be
as
populated
as
they
were
in
the
50s
and
60s.
M
They
are,
you
know,
significantly
underpopulated,
so
they
have
all
this
land,
and
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
are,
we
should
do
when
we
apply
this
in
those
communities,
is
to
do
an
ecological
study
of
right-sizing,
the
community
right,
and
that
includes
a
green
space
that
includes
urban
planned
urban
farms.
That
includes
certainly
new
development.
That
includes
new
business
districts,
and
so
this
is
a
a
a
pivotal
point.
M
But
I
want
us
to
see
this
in
connection
to
larger
vision,
especially
as
it
relates
to
low
and
more
income
communities
right.
This
is
a
a
part
of
the
puzzle,
but
the
puzzle
that
we're
trying
to
to
do
is
bigger.
So
I
commend
you
for
that.
I
simply
want
to
suggest
to
you
that
when
we
do
it
in
in
the
communities
that
I
represent,
we
are
thinking
about
this
strategically
in
terms
of
right-sizing,
the
use
of
land,
the
land
use
in
our
city.
Q
Okay,
so
I
apologize,
but
I
just
wanted
to
support
what
councilman
burgess
is
speaking
to.
I
think
that
I'd
be
supportive
of
allocating
the
resources
to
that
kind
of
work
and
the
efforts
that
council
members
want
to
undertake
in
their
districts,
and
I
just
want
to
note
too
that
I
it
was
it
just
one
week
ago,
councilman
level,
that
we
did
the
vote
on
your
new
property
for
agriculture
yeah.
So
I'm
very
enthusiastic
about
that
as
well,
and
congratulations
again
there
and
there.
Q
I
think
it
is
probably
past
time
to
engage
in
allocating
those
resources
for
figuring
out
ecologically,
as
councilman
burgess
says,
which
land
use
is
where
we're
still
kind
of
limping
along
with
a
lot
of
patchwork
on
top
of
a
very
mid-20th
century
zoning
code-
and
you
know
a
lot-
there's,
that's
a
heavy
lift
to
to
rethink,
but
I'm
glad
that
we're
starting
to
talk
about
it,
and
I
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
conversations
that
the
public
speakers
provided
today.
Q
I
encourage
all
members
to
try
to
think
about
how
we
support
existing
gardens
in
my
district.
One
of
the
reasons
we're
moving
this
I'm
scraping
up
capital
funds
to
work
on
capital
products
on
public
property
is
that
my
district
does
not
have
a
lot
of
vacant
private
property,
and
while
we
have
these
wonderful,
robust
community
gardens
some
of
them
not
on
public
property,
we
have
to
figure
out
what
source,
what
which
pot
of
money
that
council
has
access
to,
could
support
those
existing
gardens.
Q
And
so
I
encourage
and
welcome
feedback,
as
we
continue
to
think
about
this,
and
I
hope
that
today
is
not
the
end
of
our
discussing
open
space
conversations
and
or
agriculture
in
the
city
and
this
this
concept
of
city
supported
farms,
which
I've
heard
president
smith
talking
about
and
am
supportive
of
that
we
continue
to
provide
it
and
support
it
with
with
public
funds
and
possibly
even
public
employees,
they'll
stop
there.
Thank
you.
O
So
I
would
just
say
that
I
I
understand
that
we
all
have
different
needs
in
our
in
our
council
districts,
but
what
I've
seen
when
we
talk
about
the
urban
gardeners?
I
think
that
they're
wonderful,
but
I
think
a
lot
of
times.
We
don't
have
a
maintenance
plan.
You
know
we
give
the
mark
to
the
community.
We
tout
that
we
created
this.
You
know
urban
garden,
this
little
blighted,
you
know
lot
and
then
next
thing
you
know
that
it's
not
maintained
and
it
also
becomes
a
blight
down
the
road.
O
So
I
think
that
we
need
to
rethink
a
lot
of
the
things
we're
doing,
and
you
know
my
feeling
is
that
one.
These
are
the
things
taking
care
of
public
property
and
taking
care
of
the
people
are
things
that
government
dollars
should
be
paying
for
public
dollars
should
be
paying
for
the
things
that
we're
responsible
for
the
land,
the
people,
and
so
when
we
talk
about
the
various
groups,
you
know
how
I
feel
about
various
organizations.
O
I
just
have
a
lot
of
concern
about
self
preservation
and
not
a
lot
of
delivery
of
services
to
the
community,
and
I
also
chaired
dpw
herium
the
last
two
years.
So
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
of
conversations
that
need
to
happen.
I
see
we
just
again,
they
put
more
money
into
a
partnership
and
I
think
it's
time
as
we're
getting
really
crunched
with
the
budget
and
numbers.
O
We
start
looking
at
some
of
these
partnerships
and
the
real
benefits
that
we
have
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh:
are
they
just
self-preservation
or
that
we
actually
giving
yielding
a
lot
of
results
for
the
money
for
our
residents,
and
I
think,
every
time
really
exploring
the
best,
and
I
think
we
really
want
to
really
help
the
organizations
that
are
really
delivering.
O
I
think
we
really
want
every
one
of
us
want
to
see
those
that
are
actually
delivering
services
and
projects
to
the
neighborhoods
in
a
way
that
we
want
them
to
deliver,
not
just
that
they're
here
one
day
and
then
go
on
the
next,
that
they
have
some
sustainability.
I
think
those
are
the
conversations
and
those
organizations
we're
going
to
be
working
with
as
we
move
forward,
because
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
discussion
about
the
budget
coming
up
and
as
councilman
lavelle
knows
so
I'll
just
say:
that's
at
the
end.
O
N
I
just
wanted
to
publicly
extend
the
invitation
that
I've
discussed
with
several
members
already
to
come
up
and
spend
some
time
at
the
hilltop
urban
farm,
which
I
want
to
say,
is
in
about
its
sixth
or
seventh
year
of
development,
now
and
hoping
that
we
can
share
what
I
like
to
call
experience,
strength
and
hope
with
those
that
would
like
to
expand
urban
agriculture
throughout
the
city,
and
I
think
the
hilltop
urban
farm
is
a
perfect
example
of
how
to
accomplish
something
like
that
and
also
up
in
bandichom,
which
is
in
south
side
park
and
the
south
side
slopes
neighborhood
association,
and
I
believe
they
are
probably
well
into
their
sixth
or
seventh,
or
maybe
even
longer
years
of
actually
doing
urban
agriculture
in
a
park.
N
That
is
supported
by
a
community
group
and
I
believe
they
have
something
like
20
to
maybe
even
30
plots
that
are
leased
out
every
year
for
people
to
farm.
So
there's
great
ideas
out
there
and
people
are
doing
wonderful
things
and
if
we
can
help
by
sharing
some
of
the
experiences
we've
had
to
help
other
council
districts
to
achieve
those
kinds
of
successes
too.
I
I
just
want
to
offer
up
my
my
service
to
do
so.
O
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
would
love
to
do
that
tour,
but
I
also
understand
there's
a
farm
on
the
north
side
that
I've
never
seen
or
heard
of
there's
a
farm
in
lawrence
film.
Oh,
no,
not
marsville
in
councilman,
burgess's,
district
garfield,
and
so
I'd
like
to
look
at
all
of
those
and
see.
But
I
think
I
don't
want
to
lose
sight
of
the
the.
What
we
want
to
do
is
offer
free
food,
not
sell
plots
not
to
you
know,
charge
people
for
the
to
for
the
use.
O
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
providing
food
for
people
who
can't
even
afford
a
dollar
or
the
twenty
dollars
for
for
a
plot
of
land.
So
I
just
wanna
make
sure
that
we
don't
ever
lose
sight
of
that
part
that
the
part
the
the
goal
of
this
is
to
feed
people
not
to
sustain
organizations
not
to
sell
or
make
you
know,
profit
off
of
the
stuff
that
we
have.
I
mean,
maybe
there's
a
combination
that
we
do,
but
I
think
we
don't
ever
want
to
lose
sight
that
it's
to
feed
people.
B
G
So
this
contract
is
not
to
put
a
shovel
in
the
ground.
What
the
the
pr
is
to
take
the
council
through
the
process
of
ident
site
identification
liaisoning
with
the
experts
and
understanding
the
you
know,
best
practices
that
are
existing
and
then
understanding
how
those
apply
to
potential
sites
in
this
district
and
then
site
selection,
a
community
co-design
process
producing
a
variety
of
alternatives
of
site
design
because
grounded,
we
believe
in
community
co-benefits.
G
G
Q
Yeah,
I
think
I
need
to
speak
to
this
too
councilman
gross
yeah,
it's
kind
of
interrogative,
but
I
I
this
is
part
of
the
piece
that
we
would
absolutely
have
to
have.
The
administration
weigh
in
on,
because
only
the
administration
can
offer
can
actually
execute
the
contract
or
professional
services
agreement
and
so
we'll
be
following
up
there.
Q
I
think
we
have.
We
have
two
different
situations
that
dpw
will
have
to
manage
with
grounded
because
in
councilman
coghill's
district
there's
a
very
likely
spot.
That's
going
to
work
out
and
in
my
district
I
need
more
of
the
assistance
from
the
organization
to
evaluate
mine
will
be
more
scattered
site
because
we're
going
to
only
have
little
pieces
here
and
there.
But
I
have
a
lot
of
park,
so
I
have
something
like
14
parks
right,
and
so
I
and
I've
already
started,
calling
through
all
the
community
organizations
to
see
what
their
suggestions
are.
Q
So
that's
where
we
need
assistance
and
the
I
think,
the
part
that
we
need
to
emphasize
for
the
public
and
all
keep
in
front
of
us
is
that
you,
you
know
even
for
summer
crops.
You
really
need
to
get
things
in
the
ground
by
memorial
day,
sometimes
even
mother's
day,
which
is
in
the
middle
of
may
and
we're
nearing
the
end
of
april.
Q
So
there's
gonna,
be
it's
gonna,
be
a
little
bit
of
a
scramble
to
you
know
as
councilman
president,
as
president
smith
keeps
repeating.
Rightfully
so
you
know
how
do
we
get
food
out
of
the
ground
this
year?
It's
gonna
be
tough,
it's
not
it's
not!
You
know
it's
not.
We
don't
have
a
lot
of
time
to
play
around
with
here.
So
that's
why
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
get
running
as
quickly
as
possible.
B
Understood
so
the
main
reason
I
was
asking
the
question
was,
and
we
could
do
it
for
tuesday
not
today,
but
in
your
amendment
it's
it
says
that
you're
working
with
grounded
solutions
to
create
a
farm
or
farms.
So
I
just
think
we
may
want
to
provide
some
clarifying
language.
B
T
Let
me
chime
in
there
arium
has
put
together
a
really
good
plan
for
that
site.
For
me,
she's
been
doing
that
on
their
time,
really
because
they
they
don't
have
a
contract,
and
I
would
encourage
all
kinds
of
people
to
look
at
it
and
see
how
you
can
adopt
it
in
one
of
your
parks,
or
you
know
lots
that
are
available.
So
so
please
get
if
you
get
a
chance
between
now
and
tuesday.
Take
a
good
look
at
the
plan
that
she
provided.
For
me.
It's
very
detailed.
T
You
know
as
to
what
they
bring
to
the
table
and
again,
if
we're
really
going
to
grow
food,
we
need
them.
G
And
just
to
jump.
On
top
of
that
point,
I
think
all
of
your
comments
completely
highlight
than
this:
the
need
for
a
parallel
approach
of
investment
and
and
lifting
up
the
existing
infrastructure
and
leaders
in
the
food
space
already
and
giving
them
the
resources
that
they
have
asked
for
and
then
at
the
same
time,
looking
towards
the
future
understanding
that
this
is
a
long-term
investment
and
really
I
I,
as
a
my
background,
is
in
urban
planning.
G
I
worked
for
michael
baker
as
a
military
master
planner,
and
what
I
learned
is
that
we
may
think
we
have
a
site,
but
we
won't
know
until
you
have
a
site,
and
so
that's
really
what
the
robust
community
engagement
process
is
to
avoid
those.
You
know
last
minute
controversies,
and
so
again
we
want
to
make
sure
that
out.
G
We
stay
true
to
our
process,
to
provide
that
to
the
city
in
the
name
of
environmental
justice,
as
well
as
connecting
people
to
resources
that
already
exist
and
being
that
referral
hub
as
well,
and
so,
like
I
said
before,
vacant
land
underutilized
vacant,
land
distressed
vacant
land,
especially
in
community
underserved
communities.
G
That
is
what
we
want
to
play,
a
role
in
seeing
dealt
with
and
the
way
that
we
encourage
people
to
do
that
is
by
from
inter
working
internally
out
and
so
community
engagement
is
very
essential
to
this
effort,
and
we
have
found
you
know
after
installing
175
community
based
projects,
strong
community
engagement
is
the
number
one
factor
for
sustained
stewardship
efforts
and
we
take
a
stewardship
first
approach
with
our
our
build
sites,
as
well
as
the
plans
we
provide,
and
that
is
a
huge
piece
of
this
puzzle,
and
you
will
see
if
you,
if
you
review
the
draft
the
proposal,
as
is
that
it
extends
throughout
the
entirety
of
the
project
timeline.
G
So
that's
just
how
it's
very
important
it
is
grounded
has
a
number
of
different
stewardship
programs.
Some
incentive
based
some
volunteer
based
as
well
as
we
provide
hands-on
tools,
money
and
then
time
for
people
who
are
interested
in
doing
these
things,
and
so
we
have
built
a
ecosystem
around
being
able
to.
You
know
create
these
plans
for
people
and
then
help
them
to
actually
enact
it
over
time
to
the
point
where
they
no
longer
need
us,
which
ultimately
is
the
goal.
B
P
B
P
P
Two,
so
so
what
we
so
what's
in
our
emails
is
accurate.
It's
bill,
299
got
it
okay,
well
similar
to
what
you
raised.
Councilman
lavelle-
or
I
guess
just
you
know
before
next
tuesday.
P
I'm
not
gonna
hold
it
up,
but
I
would
still
feel
a
lot
more
comfortable
with
someone
from
the
law
department
just
putting
their
eyes
on
this,
making
sure
that,
even
though
it
is
a
project
cooperation
agreement,
that
sole
source
is
legal,
that
it's
all
that
it's
all
okay,
it
makes
me
a
little
bit
nervous,
but
I
do
trust
the
work
that
councilman
gross
has
in
the
research
he's
done
and
would
feel
more
comfortable.
P
If,
before
tuesday,
we
can
get
an
opinion
from
the
law
department,
I'll
also
just
say
that
councilman
coghill
councilwoman
gross.
I
really
commend
you
for
taking
the
bull
by
the
horns
and
just
and
not
just
authorizing
some
sort
of
you
know
report,
but
really
finding
like
finding
the
money
identifying
it
and
finding
the
possible
location
in
your
district.
So
kudos
to
you
for
that.
Thank.
T
Q
B
E
Bill
271
resolution
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
to
apply
for
grant
funding
from
the
pennsylvania
department
of
conservation
and
natural
resources,
community
conservation
partnerships
program
to
provide
funding
for
the
acquisition
of
a
stretch
of
rail
land
located
between
24th
and
33rd
street
in
the
strip
district
from
csx
transportation
through
the
rail
banking
process.
In
the
event
this
grant
is
awarded,
the
resolution
provides
for
an
agreement
and
expenditures
not
to
exceed
500
000
dollars.
Q
Q
O
T
So
we
talked
about
this
a
little
a
little
last
week.
This
is
council
and
councilwoman
kill
smith's
district,
of
course,
but
I
think
you
know
the
25
000
that
we're
going
to
spend
in
order
to
hopefully
get
the
14
or
17
million
dollars
back.
I
mean
this
is
probably
one
of
the
nicest
tourist
attractions
in
the
country,
if
not
the
world,
so
I
would
love
to
see
us
get
this
and
I'll
turn
it
over
to
councilwoman,
kel
smith.
I'm
sure
she
has
something
to
say.
O
That,
okay,
okay,
I
just
want
to
say
I
want
to
thank
the
administration
and
their
team
for
applying
for
these
grants
and
rich
fitzgerald,
and
I
want
to
say
we
have
a
lot
of
good
partners
on
the
state
and
federal
level
that
help
us
get
a
lot
of
the
grants.
O
But
there's
a
lot
of
work
and
it's
our
number
one
tourist
attraction-
and
I
just
it's
difficult
to
believe,
there's
over
two
million
visitors
up
there
a
year
and
it's
difficult
to
believe
that
the
money
that,
even
though
we
piecemealed
a
lot
together
over
the
years,
there's
just
never
been
a
real,
significant
investment
of
this
type.
So
I'm
hoping
that
in
that
area-
and
it
really
definitely
needs
it,
and
it
brings
a
lot
back
to
the
city.
So
I
hope
that
I
mean
every
view
that
you
see
on
tv
is
typically
from
district
2.
O
To
be
honest,
I
mean
there's
a
lot
of
you
see
from
station
square
you'll,
see
from
mount
washington
you'll
see
the
incline.
You
see
the
boats,
and
so
I
just
want
to
say
I
think
it's
time
that
we
get
this
kind
of
money
on
this
side
of
town
and
start
getting
some
help,
and
these
kind
of
dollars
are
going
to
be,
if
we're
fortunate
enough
to
get
it
we'll
go
a
long
ways.
O
I
just
want
to
thank
the
administration
and
the
residents
for
their
patients,
but
I've
been
saying
that
they
are
working
on
grants
and
they're
working
on
funding,
and
this
is
just
one
of
many
things
that
they're
trying
to
do
so,
I'm
hoping
that
we're
successful
in
getting
it.
So
that's
it.
Thank
you.
E
Members,
it's
the
chair,
yeah.
Before
we
take
that
vote.
I
councilman
coghill.
Your
office
submitted
an
amendment
on
bill
272.
T
Is
it
is
to
require
a
20
match
if
we
are
awarded
that
contract?
So
I
talked
to
director
rix
about
this.
I.
T
So
so
yeah
motion
to
amend
you
know
that
this
contract
or
or
this
this
grant
requires
a
20
match.
That
was
not
originally
in
there
from
what
I
understand.
N
I'm
sorry
I
was
muted.
I
just
briefly
announcement
councilman
cargo.
I
just
just
for
a
point
of
clarification.
N
The
20
match
is
a
requirement
that
should
have
been
listed
in
the
initial
bill,
but
it
was
mistakenly
omitted
and
it's
being
entered
re-entered
now
that.
B
O
R
I'd
like
to
give,
madam
president,
the
the
floor,
the
non-existent
floor,
but.
O
So
I
I
the
next
bill
that
we
have
we're
going
to
mend
by
substitution,
councilwoman
gross
and
councilwoman
strasberger
and
myself,
and
I
think
we
all
have
some
concerns
and
some
things
that
we'd
like
to
clarify-
and
it's
been
very
difficult
to
do
this-
the
way
that
we're
doing
it
so
I'm
going
to
make
a
motion
to
hold
for
one
week,
even
though
I
want
to
pass
these
bills
really
quickly.
O
I'm
going
to
make
a
motion
to
hold
this
bill
and
the
next
bill
I'm
going
to
make
a
motion
to
amend
by
substitution
and
then
hold
that
bill
so
that
we
can
have
some
discussions,
but
I'm
going
to
suggest
that
we
bring
our
mass
and
we
meet
and
sit
down
with
the
people.
We
need
to
sit
down
with
and
get
these
bills
moving,
because
we
want
to
get
shovels
in
the
ground
before
summer,
so
we're
going
to
have
to
move
quickly
here.
O
So
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we,
if
we
hold
the
bills,
that
we're
going
to
work
really
quickly
and
meet
and
iron
out
any
any
things
that
we
need
to
iron
up
work
through.
N
O
B
Approval
discussion
second,
discussion:
councilman
wilson,.
O
Thank
you,
councilman,
and
I
I
do
want
to
apologize.
We
should
have
talked
to
the
members
that
these
bills
fall
under
their
committees
so
that
we
work
through
some
of
these
concerns
before
we
go.
This
is
so
difficult
right
now,
but
I
I'm
making
sure
that
we
going
forward.
We
do
all
this
those
things,
but
I
just
want
to
say
I
want
to
make
a
motion.
O
Gino
in
my
office
sent
a
email
around
to
the
members
into
the
clerk's
office,
it's
to
mend
by
substitution
this
bill,
and
so
we
want
to
make
a
motion
to
amend
by
substitution
and
then
I'm
going
to
make
a
motion
to
hold
the
bill
for
one
week.
So
we
can
really
look
at
the
amendments
because
we
really
have
not
had
time
to
delve
into
those
amendments
and
to
have
some
discussion,
so
it
is
difficult
to
do
with
this
way.
I
Q
O
E
Q
Q
Your
email
that
I
sent
you
and
the
clerk's
office
is
correct
and
again
it's
just
trying
to
be
very
clear
about
those
allocations.
What's
coming
from
where
excuse
me,
I
don't
know
if
you
could
heard
the
dinging.
I've
got
multiple
screens
going,
trying
to
see
everything
at
once,
so
I'm
just
going
to
motion
to
amend
by
substitution.
Q
Q
We
can
amend
that
tuesday.
Honestly
at
this
point,
I
think
that
is
not
a
you
know
and
since
we're
going
to
be
talking
through,
can
you
all
I'm
not
unmuted
right
since
we're
going
to
be
talking
through
this
with
the
administration
and
the
law
department?
I
hope,
if
everybody's
available-
and
we
can
make
it
happen
before
tuesday,
so
that
we
can
have
a
clear
understanding
to
councilman
lavelle's
point
the
the
real
scope
and
deliverables
and
then
also
what
the
costs
are.
I
think
that
will
all
be
able
to
be
more
clear
by
tuesday.
B
N
By
may
cosmic
cross
all
right,
thank
you
very
much.
So
we
had
some
conversation
offline.
Excuse
me
about
grounded
strategies,
possibility
of
being
a
sole
source
contract
that
may
not
need
to
go
out
for
forbid.
I'm
not
sure
what
the
outcome
of
that
will
be.
I
do
know
the
sponsors
are
working
with
law
to
determine
that,
and
so
just
for
today
I
will
abstain,
but
that
is
does
not
in
any
way
imply
that
I'm
not
supportive.
N
O
T
I
just
want
to
add
one
more
thing
is
you
know
it
was
critical
and
I
was
kind
of
just
driven
to
get
food
on
the
plates
this
year.
So
a
week
is
not
going
to
kill
us,
but
you
know
in
talking
to
arium's
team,
we
started
talking
about
what
we
can
grow
and
what
we
can
actually
get
out
of
the
ground
this
year.
So
so
week
is
good.
Of
course
we
don't
want
to,
you,
know,
break
any
rules,
and
hopefully
they
will
be
the
sole
source
and
we
can
enter
into
that
agreement.
P
You
yeah,
I
I
I
actually,
despite
what
I
said
and
my
concerns
that
I
I
mentioned
yesterday.
I
will
be
voting
for
this.
I
won't
abstain,
but
I
really
do
like
I
said
earlier
want
to
see
an
opinion
from
the
law
department
before
tuesday.
So
I
want.
P
I
think
that
many
of
those
points
are
down
on
paper
in
different
reports
and
advisory
letters,
but
if
they,
if
they
are
able
to
send
their
public
comments,
that
are
down
on
paper
to
us
for
us
to
be
able
to
consider
over
the
next
couple
of
weeks,
that
would
also
be
helpful.
Q
B
Aye
any
opposed,
we
have
two
abstentions:
councilman
krauss
and
council
president
smith,
for
the
record.
E
B
Bill
is
approved
that
takes
us
to
our
two
deferred
papers,
bill
141,.
Q
D
B
N
N
B
All
right
in
the
opposed
bill
is
approved
that
exhaust
our
agenda
for
the
day
I
do
have
a
number
of
meeting
announcements.
Livestream
public
hearing
is
scheduled
this
afternoon
at
1
30
pm
24
18
as
it
relates
to
zoning
of
1200
east
carson
street,
just
want
to
remind
the
public.
We
are
still
taking
public
comment.
You
may
call
the
city
clerk's
office
at
five,
two
one
eight
to
register
to
speak
at
the
public
hearing.
B
You
call
the
same
number
if
you
want
to
make
public
comment
during
our
council
meetings
as
well,
and
you
may
also
email
the
city
clerk's
office
comments
at
city,
clerk's
office
at
pittsburgh.
Pa.Gov
any
conversation
from
members
councilwoman
gross.
Q
But
they
don't
have
these
things
in
real
life
like
remote
control,
so
the
I
just
wanted
to
also
acknowledge-
because
I
mentioned
it
yesterday
and
forgot
today.
That
today
is
the
50th
anniversary
of
earth
day
and
we're
celebrating
earth
week
all
week.
Q
So
it
was
going
to
be
this
really
wonderful
day
where
we're
going
to
have
the
kids
out
with
us,
and
we
were
going
to
plant
one
of
the
big
trees
that
tree
pittsburgh
is
providing
to
the
city
in
public
park
and
so
we're
disappointed
that
that
can't
happen
and
happy
earth
day
to
everybody.
And
I
just
want
to
also
kind
of
close
up
by
saying
I'm
getting
a
lot
of
positive
feedback
on
social
media
and
on
email
and
other
members
might
as
well
about
support
for
this.
This
concept
of
expanding
farming.
O
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
cheering
this
meeting.
I
think
it's
really
difficult
to
be
in
that
position
with
all
these
amendments
and
all
these
conversations
so
and
the
public
comments
the
first
time
we
had
public
comment
live
in
a
long
time,
so
I
want
to
thank
you
for
for
experimenting
with
that.
First,
that's
what
they
can
say.
You
did
a
great
job.
So
thank
you.
B
Any
other
conversation
from
members
seeing
none
need
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes,
adjourn
the
meeting.