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A
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
the
standing
committee
meeting
for
wednesday
september,
22nd
2021.
council
will
continue
to
meet
in
a
hybrid
format
until
further
notice.
We
encourage
speakers
to
continue,
registering
and
speaking
virtually
as
there
is
limited
number
of
seats
available
in
our
council
chambers.
Our
first
order
of
business
is
public
comment.
I
would
like
to
remind
all
speakers
of
the
rules
of
council
state.
The
comments
are
limited
to
matters
of
concern.
Official
action
or
deliberation
which
are,
or
maybe
before,
city,
council
and
profanity
will
not
be
permitted.
A
B
Dr
ronald
and
miller
belts
hoover
in
the
south
side.
Are
you
all
fit
for
office,
founder
of
2019,
the
global
intelligence,
information
network
and
2020
the
national
intelligence
information
network?
I
have
a
network
that
includes
all
state
capital,
city
governments
and
the
major
newspapers
in
those
cities:
global
intelligence,
society,
gis,
anti-dprp,
binary
dominant
candidate
for
a
mayor
in
motion.
B
2021
join
me:
citizens
for
unscripted,
uncensored
street
debates,
friday,
saturday
and
sunday
in
district
6
center
at
kirkpatrick
district
5
murray
at
forbes,
in
district
9
highland
at
10.,
this
council
and
the
center,
which
I
founded
and
the
global
intelligence
society
also
founded
by
me.
We
share
a
concern:
don't
we
for
pittsburgh,
citizen
body
integrity,
especially
in
this
era
of
covid
and
brand
integration,
innovation,
orange
theory,
fitness,
highmark,
union,
blue,
red
hamas?
B
I
and
the
gis
offer
full
spectrum
black
rainbow,
mirrored
and
mirror
solutions
like
these
they're,
not
ours,
but
we
really
like
six
a.m.
In
the
morning
the
orange
theory
people
are
really
going
in
each
liberty.
B
We
need
dynamic,
multi-dimensional
visual
oral
olfactory,
tactile
information
and
intelligence,
full
blast,
full
voltage,
full
aroma,
if
you
like,
we
need
leadership.
That
is
dynamic,
energetic
and
mobile.
It
fuses,
in
my
view,
globally,
as
leases
samba,
jazz
and
goma
and
flamenco.
I
do
I've
created
something
that
I
call
the
tao
of
brain
body:
interventionist,
martial
science,
art
which
is
not
jeet
kune
do
so
common,
we'll
work
that
out
the
mayor
should
be
full
rainbow.
All
district
mobile
should
travel
by
port
authority
bus
to
each
district.
B
B
B
C
Thank
you,
hello,
everybody
and
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak.
My
name
is
laura
katina
and
I
am
a
veterinarian
in
pittsburgh.
I
almost
lost
my
life
back
in
2009
when
one
particular
feline
patient,
who
was
previously
de-knuckled
bit
my
hand
because
of
my
injury.
I
had
extensive
surgery.
I
was
in
the
hospital
for
a
week
and
then
had
seven
months
of
intensive
and
painful
physical
therapy.
In
order
to
regain
the
use
of
my
hand
when
I
was
injured,
I
was
healthy
and
not
immunocompromised.
C
I
do
believe.
Had
I
been
immunocompromised
when
I
was
bit
that
I
would
not
be
alive
today
as
a
veterinarian.
It
is
my
job
to
not
only
protect
the
health
of
animals,
but
also
the
health
of
humans.
It
is
part
of
the
oath
that
veterinarians
take
to
protect
public
health,
and
I
know
from
my
veterinary
education,
my
time
and
practice
as
well
as
my
personal
experience
of
enduring
a
cat
fight
injury
that
these
bites
are
serious
and
potentially
life-threatening
cat
scratches
do
not
nearly
pose
the
same
risk
in
any
regard
whatsoever.
C
C
Because
of
my
injury
and
my
mission
to
deter
pet
parents
from
this
cruel
and
barbaric
surgery.
I
developed
love's
anxious
pet
owners
can
wear
to
trim
nails
at
home.
If
that
is
the
option
they
choose,
there
are
many
options,
but
the
practice
of
de-knuckling
surgery
directly
goes
against
my
oath
as
a
veterinarian
to
not
only
protect
animals
but
also
to
protect
the
health
of
the
public.
Thank
you.
D
D
Are
there
any
other
council
members
who
will
support
bonaire
green
space,
or
do
you
not
think
that
safe,
stable
neighborhoods
are
a
good
thing?
Ed
gamey
showed
up
late
to
our
large
town
hall
meeting
and
told
anthony
coghill.
He
supported
us
bruce
krauss
has
said
he
supports
planier
green
space.
The
time
is
now
to
stop
the
strongly
opposed
gregory
development.
D
D
My
sincere
consistent
request
is
that
city
council
create
a
resolution
to
block
zoning
change
and
support
a
green
space
to
replace
bonaire
school
building.
Do
your
part
for
the
environment,
reduce
urban
heat,
reduce
watershed
to
route
51
increase
green
space
to
benefit
all
ages
and
stages,
protect
the
children
at
the
playground
across
the
street?
D
A
Thank
you.
We
have
jacqueline
cofaro,
followed
by
kelsey.
E
Good
morning,
thanks
for
having
me,
I'm
jackie,
cafaro
and
I
run
cat
calls
rescue
it's
a
pittsburgh
based
rescue
located
in
councilman
cross's
district.
I
have
been
involved
in
cat
rescue
for
a
decade.
It
is
an
unpaid
time,
intensive,
volunteer
position,
and
I
do
this
because
of
my
love
of
cats
and
my
passion
for
animal
welfare.
E
E
Our
rescue
has
a
thorough
adoption
process
and
the
first
step
is
having
potential
adopters
complete
our
adoption
application
and
the
most
important
question
on
this
application
is,
if
they
plan
to
declaw
their
future
cat
or
kitten,
and
why
and
the
vast
majority
of
applicants
say
no
many
have
passionate
responses
like
no.
I
would
never
or
never,
cats
need
claws.
E
We
do,
however,
receive
a
small
number
of
individuals
who
say
that
they're
not
sure
or
that
they
will
consider
when
they
adopt
the
pet
and
to
these
people.
We
send
a
lengthy
explanation
on
the
true
nature
of
declawing
and
the
negative
behavioral
and
physical
side
effects
that
come
along
with
declining.
E
That's
very
rarely
if
ever
go
over
the
negative
side
effects
that
come
along
with
declines
such
as
fighting
litter
box
issues
and
painful
arthritic
pause.
We
have
found
that
once
people
are
educated
on
the
topic
of
declawing
and
provided
with
appropriate
alternatives,
they
quickly
decide
that
it
is
an
unnecessary
and
inhumane
procedure
that
they're
no
longer
considering.
E
I
have
personal
experience
with
this.
As
my
mom
defaulted,
my
first
kitten
when
I
was
younger.
The
vet
misled
her
to
believe
that
it
was
a
casual
way
to
protect
her
furniture.
They
didn't
explain
the
procedure
to
her
or
give
her
any
alternatives
to
deter
scratching
and
to
this
day
she
says
she
really
regrets
it
and
she
would
never
do
it
again.
Also,
as
a
rescuer,
you
know
we
see
many
declawed
cats
and
kittens
that
have
escaped
outside
or
allowed
outside
by
their
owners.
E
F
Good
morning
and
thank
you
committee
members,
I
am
kelsey
gilmore
funeral,
I'm
a
legislative
attorney
for
best
friends,
animal
society
and
I'm
here
to
ask
this
committee
to
issue
a
favorable
report
on
ordinance
2021-1877
on
the
decline
of
cats.
We
have
two
primary
reasons
for
supporting
this
ordinance.
F
F
Only
five
percent
of
cats
were
surrendered
for
non-aggressive
personality
issues
and
only
one
and
a
half
percent
of
cats
were
surrendered
due
to
aggression
issues.
The
statewide
data
indicates
this
ordinance
is
not
likely
to
result
in
large
numbers
of
cats
being
surrendered
to
shelters,
because
owners
cannot
elect
to
de-knuckle
their
pet.
A
Thank
you
carol,
whaley,
followed
by
sarah
mckeen.
A
Okay,
sarah
mckeen.
H
H
When
I
first
began
volunteering,
I
would
say
that
probably
15
to
20
percent
of
our
cat
population
were
declawed
cats,
most
of
whom
were
surrendered
because
of
inappropriate
litter
box
use
or
because
they
were
biting
their
owners,
which
is
a
common
defense
mechanism
with
declawed
cats
as
the
a
lot
of
them
when
they
came
in,
were
not
were
surrendered
for
different
reasons,
other
than
inappropriate
litter
box
use.
H
They
people
would
say
that
they
were
moving
or
they
didn't
have
time
for
them,
and
what
we
ended
up
doing
would
be
placing
these
cats
with
people
who
wanted
a
declawed
cat,
but
did
not
want
to
declaw
one
themselves
and
six
months
later,
they
would
be
returned
for
litter
box
use.
So
we
had
a
lot
of
boomeranging
cats
going
in
and
out
of
the
shelter
for
inappropriate
elimination.
H
So
as
time
went
on
into
the
2000s,
we
started
to
see
a
decline
and
I
think,
probably
largely
because
many
veterinarians
realized
what
a
cruel
process
this
was
and
stopped
doing
the
deploying
surgery.
I
personally,
like
one
of
the
previous
speakers,
also
had
a
cat
that
was
already
declawed.
When
I
got
him,
he
had
inappropriate
litter
box
use
his
entire
life
and
we,
you
know,
managed
to
manage
through
it
by
placing
litter
boxes
pretty
much
all
over
the
house.
J
J
The
humane
society
of
the
united
states,
the
nation's
largest
animal
protection
organization,
supports
passage
of
ordinance,
1877
introduced
by
councilman
bobby
wilson
and
an
additional
three
council
members,
which
would
end
the
practice
of
declined.
Cats
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh
has
the
chance
to
follow
eight
major
cities
in
california,
denver,
colorado,
st
louis
missouri,
austin
texas,
as
well
as
new
york
state,
in
banning
this
cruel
and
unnecessary
procedure.
J
Additionally,
mars
veterinary
health,
the
largest
veterinary
hospital
system
in
the
u.s,
which
operates
more
than
2
000
locations
of
vca,
banfield
and
blue
pearl
clinics,
and
employs
10
percent
of
all
practicing
veterinarians
in
the
u.s
stopped
offering
declaw
surgery
to
their
clients.
In
february
of
2020.,
the
hsus
encourages
respect
responsible
pet
ownership
and
never
condones
cruelty,
which
is
exactly
what
deep
flying
is
for
cats.
J
Unfortunately,
it
happens
to
24.4
of
domestic
cats.
According
to
the
american
veterinary
medical
association,
declawing
is
not
fully
condoned
by
any
veterinary
medical
association,
and
that
includes
the
humane
society
veterinary
medical
association.
The
time
to
end
the
practice
of
decline
is
now
on
behalf
of
our
members
and
supporters.
In
pittsburgh,
the
hsus
supports
passage
of
ordinance
1877,
a
humane
ordinance
which
will
protect
the
health
and
well-being
of
family
cats.
Thank
you.
I
I
Declawed
cats
who
are
surrendered
to
rescues
and
shelters
due
to
physical
and
behavioral
issues
from
de-knuckling
surgery,
typically
need
a
very
special
foster
home
arrangement.
Declawed
cats
are
hard
to
adopt
out
because
of
their
long-term
pain.
Discomfort
trauma,
litter
box
aversion
and
increased
propensity
for
biting.
This
generally
means
that
declawed
cats
become
long-term.
Fosters
longevity
of
hard-to-place
cats
puts
a
real
strain
on
fosters
because
these
cats
take
up
foster
and
this
limits
the
amount
of
other
animals
lives
that
can
be
saved
through
fostering
declod
cats
that
are
hard
to
adopt.
I
Also,
take
a
financial
toll
on
fosters,
rescues
and
shelters
by
using
more
supplies
and
generally
need
more
palliative
care
than
a
standard
non-medical
foster.
Fostering
these
traumatized
animals
also
takes
an
emotional
toll
on
foster
parents
and
contributes
to
compassion
fatigue.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
of
this
legislation.
K
K
We
have
a
partnership
contract
with
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
for
residents
to
receive
discounted,
spay
and
neuter
surfaces
very
quickly,
oncictomy
or
d-claw
or
d-knuckling
is
actually
between
10
and
18
individual
amputations
of
a
cat's
first
toe
digit
on
their
feet,
though,
others
will
speak
to
the
adverse
effects
of
this
procedure.
I
wanted
to
discuss
the
veterinarian's
role
I
have
been
in
the
veterinary
field
for
over
19
years,
almost
seven
of
which,
as
a
doctor
over
the
years,
I
have
seen
different
generations
present
their
cats
for
this
procedure
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
K
K
A
L
A
Our
first
committee
of
the
day
is
finance
and
law
chaired
by
myself.
We
have
one
supplemental
paper
bill,
1903.
M
Bill
1903
resolution
authorizing
pursuant
to
chapter
210
of
the
city
code,
the
mayor
and
director
of
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
to
accept
a
donation
from
the
jewish
community
center
of
greater
pittsburgh
in
the
amount
of
twelve
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
for
traffic
calming
on
darlington
road
and
further
amending
resolution.
Number
647
entitled
resolution
adopting
and
approving
the
2021
capital
budget
and
the
2021
cdbg
program.
The
2021
through
2026
capital
improvement
program
by
increasing
complete
streets
by
twelve
thousand
five
hundred
dollars.
N
M
M
P
I'm
just
curious.
I
know
we
talked
about
this,
I'm
just
curious
about
the
amount
it
seems
so
low.
Q
Sure
can
I,
if,
yes,
let
me
do
a
interrogative.
This
will
be
a
two
star,
a
two-step
process.
This
will
get
us
through
this
year's,
which
is
only
a
few
months,
and
then
we
will
add
the
position
into
next
year's
budget.
So
that's
why
it's
so
that
we
can
start
our
search
process
immediately
and
have
someone
in
place,
and
so
that's
why
the
amount
is
small,
but
it
will
then
be
put
into
next
year's
budget
at.
P
We'll
put
a
search
committee
in
place,
that's
one
to
make
sure
that
that's
clear,
but
but
I
want
to
thank
you
reverend,
because
you're
putting
in
some
legislation,
people
may
notice
some
of
the
legislation
you've
put
in
and
some
of
the
legislation
you're
going
to
put
in,
and
I
want
to
be
clear
that
you've
been
talking
with
council's
leadership
and
we've
been
talking
to
other
members
about
what
we're
doing
and
for
years,
I've.
I've
sat
here
and
councilman
gross
can
attest
to
this.
P
I've
said
I'm
so
frustrated
that
we
don't
have
people
to
help
us
with
the
legislation
that
we
want
to
do
for
our
communities
and
that
we
don't
have
our
own
legal
process
that
we
can
that
we
know
that
the
opinions
that
we're
getting
are
people
that
are
working
for
council
and
for
our
constituency,
even
though
I
think
our
law
department
does
an
amazing
job,
they
oftentimes
report
or
feel
that
they
need
to
report
directly
to
a
mayor.
But
we've
talked
about
strengthening
council
for
years.
P
P
I
never
served
with
luke
ravenstahl,
but
I
served
with
him
as
a
mayor,
but
I
think
you
all
when
I
got
here,
you
already
had
your
relationships
with
him,
and
so
you
felt
comfortable
with
working
with
him
and
doing
things
and
trusted
that
he
was
doing
what
was
best.
I
don't.
I
never
understood
that
we
work
and
mayors
try
to
get
five
votes,
what
they
often
try
to
do
in
city
council.
P
I
never
understood
that
because
I
didn't
understand
why
we
didn't
stand
together
as
a
body
as
the
really
the
body
that
should
be
holding
people
accountable
and
that
there
are
some
checks
and
balances
in
place
and
not
to
say
that
we
don't
want
to
work
with
any
administration.
I
think
we
always
want
to
work
with
the
mayor.
Reverend
burgess
says
it
best
that
you
know
it's
a
strong
mayoral
form
of
government
and
we
want
to
work
with
the
mayor.
P
We
want
to
see
every
mayor
be
successful,
because
if
they're
not
successful,
our
city
is
not
successful.
But
having
said
that,
council
needs
to
be
able
to
vote
no
on
things
because
that's
what
they
believe
not
because
they
think
that
something's
going
to
happen,
not
because
they
think
that
your
district's
going
to
pay
a
price
not
that
they
think
that
somebody's
going
to
come
after
you
politically.
P
We
need
to
do
what
we
think
is
best,
because
it's
best
and
that's
what
this
council
should
be
doing
so
to
work
independently,
but
with
any
administration-
and
I
think
reverend
burgess
is.
I
say
this
all
the
time
I
reverend
burgess
and
daniel
bell
were
two
of
the
brightest
council
people,
I've
ever
seen,
or
elected
officials.
I've
ever
seen
if
we'd
work
with
them.
P
We
could
do
a
lot
more
to
strengthen
our
council,
and
I
think
we've
had
meetings
over
the
past
several
months,
and
actually
I've
been
talking
to
councilman
gross
about
this
for
years.
That
council
needs
to
strengthen
council
and
council
needs
to
have
more
of
a
voice
and
these
pieces
of
legislation
that
reverend
is
putting
in
he's
working
with
others,
but
he
is
definitely
just
really
brilliant
in
putting
them
together
so
and
making
sure
that
council
is
going
to
have
a
voice.
P
N
Thank
you
so
yeah.
It
doesn't
say
here
that
this
is
says.
I'm
scrolling
on
my
screen
here.
It
says,
contractor
contracts
with
attorney
attorney,
attorneys
or
law
firm,
but
this
is
about
just
to
be
clear.
Hiring
a
council
solicitor.
Excuse
me
for
my
printer
going
off
there,
and
so
we
should
speak
public.
I
think
about
the
process
for
contracting,
as
councilmember.
Just
always
reminds
us
contracting
always
happens
through
the
administration.
N
So
that's
my
question:
how
is
a
contract
executed
here
now
council
gets
to
elect
its
own
city
clerk
and
do
that
hiring
the
clerk
officially
hires.
I
think
the
of
the
staff
under
her
payroll,
including
our
budget
directors,
but
I've
never
lived
through
that
because
we've
had
the
same
budget
director
now
for
some
35
years
right,
and
so
I'm
not
clear
on
two
things.
So
how
does
council
do
the
contracting?
Does
the
administration
get
to
pick
this
law
firm
for.
N
Secondly,
how
do
we
do
the
hiring
when
we
get
to
that
point?
Thank
you.
Q
I
can
answer
the
question.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we've
been
talking
privately
with
the
president
to
make
sure
she
it's
okay
with
me
answering
the
question.
So
technically
everything
on
council
side
is
underneath
the
clerk's
office
in
terms
of
budgetary,
so
that's
kind
of
how
it
works.
When
you
look
at
the
budget,
even
council
members,
all
of
everything,
our
offices,
our
staff,
our
suppliers,
are
all
under
the
clerk's
office.
Q
Q
If
I
talk
the
president,
will
she
she's
going
to
do
it,
for
I
think
fairly
soon,
she
will
set
up
a
search
committee
that
will
involve
four
council
people,
a
clerk's
office
and
I
think,
an
advisor
from
the
law
department
to
go
through
the
search
and
to
recommend
three
finalists
to
council
council
as
a
whole.
All
nine
of
us
would
interview
those
three
similar.
This
is
very
similar
to
how
we
did
the
city's
clerk
search.
If
you
remember
the
city's
clerk
search
that
got
us
miss
free.
Q
This
is
the
same
process,
and
then
we
would
recommend.
I
mean
that
that
group
nine
would
select
the
person
that
person
would
be
hired
between
now
and
the
end
of
the
year
or
with
this
money
and
contracted
through
the
clerk's
office,
and
then
starting
next
year,
they
will
be
put
in
the
city's
budget.
So
that's
the
process.
N
Okay,
okay,
so
it
isn't,
you
know,
doing
executing
a
contract
and
then
doing
a
hiring
process
later
in
front
we're
front-ending
the
hiring
process,
we're
just
putting
them
under
professional
contract
before
they
would
be
able
to
be
on
payroll
for
2022.
N
P
So
I
already
talked
and
discussed
with
reverend
councilman
lavelle
and
I
already
thought
of
the
members
that
should
be
on
it,
and
I
talked
a
little
bit
with
the
count
with
the
clerk
yesterday
that
it
would
be
her
madame
clark.
It
would
be,
of
course,
reverend
burgess
councilman
lavelle
and
you
and
one
other
member,
and
so
I'm
so
those
are
the
ones
I
came
up
with
so
far.
Thank
you,
you're
on
the
list.
N
A
P
M
Bill
1834
resolution
amending
resolution
number
608
authorizing
the
mayor
and
director
of
public
safety
to
enter
on
behalf
of
the
city
into
an
amended
professional
services
agreement
with
the
center.
That
cares
for
the
purpose
of
continued
implementation
of
the
pittsburgh
group.
Violence
intervention
street
outreach
program
at
an
overall
cost
not
to
exceed
my
nine
million
ten
thousand
dollar.
Ten
thousand
four
hundred
and
seventeen
dollars
motion
to
approve.
P
O
I
have
a
amendment
sent
to
all
members
last
night
and
the
amendment
effectively
incorporates
what
we've
already
contracted
with
operation
better
block
to
provide
the
infrastructure.
So
it
just
explicitly
says
that
in
this
bill
as
well.
R
P
Thank
you.
I
just
want
to
thank
councilman
wilson
and
his
staff
for
making
this
easier
for
me
to
vote
on.
I
I
have
a
lot
of
concerns
about
it.
P
I
don't
know
the
vowel
vote
for
another
contract
like
this
when
it
comes
up
because
of
the
reporting
not
being
where
we,
those
council
members
thought
it
should
be,
but
I
do
want
to
say
also
one
of
the
things
that
gave
me
hope
was
I'll
talk
about
that
when
we're
done,
but
I
just
want
to
thank
councilman
wilson
and
his
team,
because
they
really
came
up
with
some
good
solutions
and
he
had
a
lot
of
conversations
with
me
because
people
he
was
talking.
So
I
know
he
wasn't
just
talking
with
me.
P
S
You,
mr
chair,
if
I
could
have
an
interrogatory
with
councilman
wilson,
I
I
did
receive
the
amend
the
amendment
language.
I
read
it
and
my
question
is
and
I
apologize
for
missing
the
briefing
yesterday.
I
had
a
conflicting
meeting
at
the
same
time.
What
do
we
mean
by
infrastructure?
I
saw
the
additional
wording.
What
what
are
we
actually
talking
about
when
we're
talking
about
infrastructure?
There.
O
So
when
we
originally
contracted
with
center,
for
cares,
they
were
that
was
before
the
operation,
better
block,
contract
and.
O
This
is,
maybe
you
know
at
least
a
year
ago,
when
we
contract
with
operation
better
block,
but
the
center
for
care
is
was
already
under
operation.
They
were
already
operating
with
outreach
workers
before
that.
O
So
when
we
got
to
the
the
bill
of
operation,
better
block,
which
provides
infrastructure,
which
is
essentially
an
app
on
a
phone
that
was
great
in
partnership
with
operation,
better
block
and
cmu
to
to
provide
resources
to
the
outreach
workers
and
also
there's
like
a
there's,
a
full
accountability
there
with
the
way
they
measure
where
violence
is
in
the
in
the
city-
and
we
should
you
know
it
would
be
great
to
set
something
up
with
you-
an
operation
better
block
to
go
over
that
because
there's
a
nice
dashboard
where
you
can
see
what's
going
on.
O
So
this
is
just
effectively
incorporating
that
into
all
outreach
work,
that's
being
done
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,.
S
Excellent,
thank
you
for
the
explanation
and
for
your
work
on
the
amendment
I'm
in
support,
and
I
would
take
you
up
on
the
offer
to
be
connected
to
those
who
can
give
me
a
briefing
on
for
a
tour
of
the
dashboard.
Thank
you.
R
I
just
want
to
thank
shatira
for
her
her
diligent
engagement
with
me
over
the
last.
I
don't
know
how
many
days
now
to
help
me
better
understand
the
the
the
availability
and
distribution
of
the
funds,
how
they
can
ultimately
be
dispersed,
what
limitations
there
may
be
and
the
additional
funds
for
other
organizations
to
build
better
capacity
by
which
they
can
they
can
access
the
dollars.
R
It
was
a
very
complex
and
complicated
conversation,
but
ms
murphy
really
rose
to
the
task
and
held
my
hand
and
helped
me
to
understand
a
very
complicated
discussion,
so
I
just
wanted
to
publicly
thank
shutter
and
tear
you're
here.
I
know
if
you
wish
to
to
add
anything
this
morning.
You're
welcome
to.
T
I
don't
wish
to
add
anything
necessarily
pertaining
to
the
contract,
but
just
simply
take
a
moment
to
thank
you
all
for
your
patience
and
your
willingness
to
really
dive
deep
into,
like
you
said,
councilman
crowd
such
a
complex
situation
and
really
understand
all
the
moving
pieces,
but
ultimately
like
how
they
all
work
together.
T
So
I
just
want
to
thank
each
council
person
present
for
really
just
taking
the
time
to
talk
with
me
about
all
this
and
talk
through
this
with
me
and
get
a
better
understanding
and
I'm
really
excited
to
move
forward
and
to
work
with
you
all
closely
on
violence,
prevention
efforts
in
your
district
and
also
commute
supporting
community-based
organizations
who
are
focused
on
violence
prevention.
Efforts
in
your
districts.
A
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair,
so
I
also
wanted
to
thank
the
stop
the
violence
team
and
miss
murphy
for
giving
us
the
extra
briefing.
Yesterday.
I
took
a
full
page
of
notes
and
I
really
learned
a
lot,
so
I
really
I
did.
I
think
I
am
a
lot
more
comfortable.
N
I
have
a
much
better
picture
and
I
just
wanted,
if
you
indulge
me
for
a
minute
to
mention
some
of
the
things
that
I
heard
while
you're
here,
because
I
think
it's
really
important
work
and
I
think
it's
important
for
the
public
to
hear
about
it
in
a
little
more
detail.
N
The
things
that
stuck
with
me
from
the
briefing
were
that
you
have
outreach
workers
that
are
going
to
every
place
where
there
are
especially
young
people
who
might
be
in
conflict,
but
not
only
young
people,
also
family
members
and
anyone
grieving
who's
been
impacted
by
violence.
So
we
heard
about
people
going
to
schools
to
do
de-escalation
to
funerals
to
major
events
like
public
events
like
fourth
of
july.
N
Here's,
my
dog
tracking,
you
know
prison
release
and
probation,
but
also
lending
helping
hands
so
connecting
grieving
family
members
with
grieving
resources
and
then
also
basic
resources,
and
we've
really
heard
a
call
from
the
public
to
invest
in
communities,
and
so
I
really
see
these
funds
as
that
work
as
well,
because
we
heard
about
connecting
people
to
housing
and
connecting
people
to
food.
N
So
they
can
be
more
food,
secure
families,
so
they
can
be
more
food
secure
if
they've
lost
the
breadwinner
in
a
family
connecting
people
in
our
neighborhoods
with
job
opportunities,
both
through
partner
for
work
and
the
trade
institute
of
pittsburgh,
and
so
I'm
really
eager
for
us
to
be
moving
towards
being
able
to
report
out
to
the
public
and
that's
what
we
heard
in
the
briefing
the
software
can
help
us
do
so
it
will
hide
people's
identities.
It
will
redact
and
also
kind
of
just
aggregate.
N
So
we
can
just
see
numbers
like
how
many
people
in
communities
are
getting.
You
know
job
placements.
Have
they
stayed
with
job
placements?
Are
they?
You
know
how
many
people
have
we
use
these
funds
to
connect
to
housing
and
and
then
we'll
also
be
tracking
our
violence
incidents
and
see
if,
hopefully,
those
will
go
down,
because
that
is
the
goal
that
people
are
safer
and
more
secure
in
all
of
the
aspects
right,
housing,
security,
your
job,
secure,
wage,
secure,
but
also,
you
know,
secure
from
violence.
N
So
I
really
appreciate
the
briefing
helping
connect
the
dots
and
I
think
mr
wilson's
amendment
will
help
us
put
in
the
contract
that
there's
a
system
for
tracking
how
these
dollars
have
positively
impacted
communities.
So
that
will,
I
think,
bl
make
me,
makes
me
a
lot
more
comfortable.
This
is
a
very
sizable
contract
again
just
for
the
record
for
citizens.
N
I
have
otherwise
objected
to
us
kind
of
locking
up
many
millions
of
dollars
into
future
years,
but
I
think
with
the
reporting
out,
we
can
we'll
know
and
we
can
be
confident
and
the
public
can
be
confident
whether
this
is
the
right
contract
to
get
the
right
results
for
that
amount
of
money.
So
I
just
want
to
to
say
thank
you.
I
don't
know
if
you
have
anything
else
to
add
okay,
I
appreciate
it.
I'm
supportive,
mr
chair,
that's
all
I
have.
P
I
just
want
to
also
thank
shachira
for
talking
with
me
about
this.
P
I
did
not
make
the
briefing
either
because
I
had
members
and
others
in
my
office
at
the
time
when
I
logged
on
it
was
already
over
so,
but
I
do
want
to
thank
you
for
taking
the
time
to
talk
with
me,
but
one
of
the
things
I
think
that
we
need
to
put
in
and
consider
for
the
22
budget
is
a
manager
or
an
assistant
for
shatira,
because
I
think
it'd
be
good
to
have
somebody
who
oversees
this
program
and
reports
to
the
public
reports
to
council
and
make
sure
that
there's
some
training
and
some
help
available
for
people
in
the
reporting
process
and
making
sure
that
they're
understanding
how
this
system
works,
because
we're
expecting
people
to
do
things
that
maybe
they
don't
necessarily
know
they
may
know
the
streets.
P
They
may
know
the
job.
They
just
may
not
know
the
technology.
So
I
think,
having
somebody
who
oversees
that
and
shatira
can't
be
all
things
to
all
people
all
the
time.
So
I
just
want
to
say
with
that
said:
councilman
wilson's
legislation
made
it
easier
for
me
to
vote
for
this
today
and
plus.
I
think
that
it's
you
know
already
under
contract,
so
I
think
there's
very
little.
We
can
do
at
this
point,
but
I
do
think
moving
forward.
We
have
to
have
better
reporting
and
help
for
those
responsible
for
doing
the
program.
O
Yes,
first
off,
I
just
want
to
thank
councilman,
lavelle
and
councilman
burgess
for
beginning
the
outreach
contract.
You
know
the
getting
the
outreach
some
years
ago
under
a
much
smaller
contract
and
I
just
think
it's
important
to
talk
about
outreach
in
general
and
what
we've
been
doing
at
the
city
of
pittsburgh
to.
O
Not
just
for
you
know,
outreach
that
connects
directly
with
gbi
group
violence
intervention,
but
you
know
specifically
how
we're
really
creating
this
outreach
that
taps
into
what
everyone
calls
a
continuum
of
care.
O
I
mean
this.
This
group
violence,
intervention
teams,
they
already
work
and
coordinate
some
stuff
with
with
the
ahm
program.
So
it's
really
just
trying
to
you
know.
Whenever
we
talk
about
our
rich
workers
showing
up
on
the
scene,
you
know
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
are
identified
and
if
they
can,
the
outreach
worker
can
continually
just
you
know,
relay
this
information
and
work
directly
with
other
outreach
teams.
O
They
may
be
able
to
tap
in
and
really
fill
in
where
you
know
what
their
expertise.
I
just
think
we're
really
on
a
good
path
here
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
to
continue
on
with
this
type
of
work.
So
I
appreciate
everyone
who
supported
this.
P
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
I
appreciate
the
work
of
cornell
jones
and
sergeant
glick.
I
think
that
they
are
doing
a
tremendous
grinnell
is
so
great
on
the
streets,
everybody
I
talk
to
loves
him,
says
all
kinds
of
great
things
and
sergeant
glick
is
so
respected
for
the
work
that
he
does.
I
think
that
they
also
do
so.
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
the
entire
team
director
history,
chatera,
cornell,
jones
and
and
sergeant
quick
and
whoever
else
is
involved.
P
O
Yeah
I
got
to
go
another
round
for
that,
because
I
want
to
thank
cornell
jones
as
well.
I
think
he
does
a
phenomenal
job
when
I
came
into
the
the
office
and
there
was
some
increased
violence
in
our
area
immediately
started
talking
to
council
members
on
how
I
can
immediately
understand.
What's
what's
happening
with
outreach
and
it
was,
it's
been
a
pleasure
work,
more
cornell
on
several
different.
O
You
know
things
that
are
situations
that
are
happening
in
my
my
community
and
how
they
effectively
go
out
and
work
with
the
with
the
with
my
residents.
So
I
just
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
him
appreciate
what
cornell
does
what
ty
lee
does
and
what
shitera
does
for
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
Thanks.
P
A
O
Thank
you
so
to
help
me
through
this
bill
for
all
members.
I
wanted
to
invite
four
people
to
the
table:
carol:
whaley
from
animal
friends,
the
director
of
human
programming
and
dan
rossi
from
animal
humane
animal
rescue,
dr
jennifer
conrad,
a
vet
from
the
paw
project,
jackson
galaxy
cat
behavioralist.
A
Yes,
I
do
believe
they're
with
us
just
put
yourself
on
turn.
Turn
your
camera
on
unmute
yourself.
I
see
miss
warley.
First.
O
Yes,
if
everyone
could
introduce
themselves
and
and
just
a
quick
introduction.
G
Sure
my
name
is
carol
whaley.
I
am
a
lawrenceville
resident
in
councilwoman,
gross's
district
and
as
well
as
bobby
said,
councilman
wilson.
I
am
the
director
of
humane
programming
at
animal
friends.
I
have
about
18
years
in
the
animal
welfare
and
protection
community
here
in
pittsburgh
and
in
that
time
I've
I've
handled
and
and
helped
thousands
of
cats.
So
I
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak.
W
O
O
Could
could
miss
dr
jennifer
conrad?
Could
you
please
explain
the
what
is
non-therapeutic
decline.
V
Yes,
thank
you.
Non-Therapeutic
declawing
is
the
amputation
of
every
last
bone
in
a
cat's
paws,
because,
unlike
our
nails,
where
the
claw
grows
from
skin,
in
order
to
remove
the
nail
of
a
cat,
you
actually
have
to
remove
the
bone.
So
it's
10
amputations
in
the
front
and
eight
in
the
back,
because
most
cats
have
18
toes
and
it's
done
entirely
for
the
convenience
of
keeping
the
animal
it's
done
as
a
veterinarian.
V
I
went
to
vet
school
to
protect
cats,
not
couches,
so
it
to
me
it
is
one
of
the
most
inhumane
surgeries
on
our
the
list
of
things
that
veterinarians
do,
and
I
think
veterinarians
know
better
and
want
this
to
stop.
O
Thank
you,
and,
and
for
I
think
this
question
is
for
carol
and
dan.
If
you
could
just
take
turns
answer
this
question,
could
you
please
explain
the
results
of
what
happens
with
a
cat
when
they're
declawed?
Maybe
I'm
thinking
that
you
all
could
speak
to
this?
Since
you
see
the
effects
at
your
shelters.
G
Sure
I'll
go
first,
if
dan
doesn't
mind,
we
see
through
the
shelter
system,
declawed
cats
coming
in,
that
have
behavioral
issues
once
the
declaw
is
performed
oftentimes.
These
cats
will
stop
using
the
litter
box
due
to
residual
pain
or
they
will
choose
to
bite
in
defense
because
they
no
longer
have
claws
in
the
shelter
system.
A
cat
that
urinates
outside
of
the
litter
box
or
bites
is
not
the
best
candidate
for
adoption.
G
This
puts
a
lot
of
stress
on
shelter
staff.
You,
of
course,
are
there
to
care
for
that
animal
to
find
it
a
loving
home
and
when
that's
an
almost
insurmountable
task,
it
really
does
affect
your
morale
and
the
staff
around
you
as
well.
It's
just
a
very
sad
situation
for
the
cat
who
had
a
loving
home
was
declawed
now
exhibits
these
behavioral
issues
and
has
been
surrendered
to
a
shelter.
G
U
So
what
what
carol
has
spoken
to?
We
definitely
see
here
at
humane
animal
rescue
pittsburgh
as
well
pre-covet
numbers
of
cats.
We
typically
see
about
5
100
cats
every
year
come
through
our
system.
Here
I
would
say,
on
average,
two
to
three
percent
of
them
are
cats
that
have
been
declawed
and
the
main
reason
individuals
who
are
declining
surrendering
these
declog
cats
are
because
of
behavior
issues
that
had
developed
after
the
decline.
U
Again
we're
talking
at
significant.
Not
you
know,
5
000
is
a
lot,
but
you
know
two
percent
of
that.
We're
talking
150
cats
coming
into
our
system
that
we're
trying
to
deal
with
that
have
significant
issues
here.
Just
just
like
a
used
car,
we
need
to
disclose
any
behaviors
of
animals
that
we're
trying
to
adopt
out
and
believe
me
when
we
tell
people.
Oh
this
cat
bites
or
this
cat
might
not
use
the
litter
box.
You
know
consistently
that
cat
is
looked
over
time
and
time
again.
U
There
are
a
certain
number
of
people
that
are
looking
for
decal
cats
in
the
system.
They
will
adopt
them,
but
often
once
they
deal
with
these
behaviors,
they
will
return
them.
As
well,
so
it's
a
significant
problem
with
us:
it
it
clogs
up
our
system
and
there's
many
options
that
we
really
don't
have
many
options
for
these
animals
out
there.
U
I
personally
took
home
a
decog
cat
because
he
was
biting.
He
bites
to
break
skin
and
draw
blood.
I
love
mr
frickles.
He
is
my
buddy
he's
my
pal,
but
he
does
have
this
this
issue
that
I
experience
and
have
to
be
very
careful
anytime.
I
have
friends
or
relatives
over
to
the
house.
He
has
bitten
several
people,
I
gotta
keep
him
separated
at
times.
I
need
to
make
sure
he's
updated
on
his
shots
and
vaccinations
all
the
time.
U
O
You
jackson
galaxy,
could
you
I
don't?
Have
you
know
I'm
trying
to
think
about?
You
know
how
you
could
share
your
thoughts
on
this
bill.
Maybe
you
could
speak
to
the
behavior
of
the
cast
since
you
work
directly
with
behavioral
caps.
W
Sure-
and
you
know
just
let
me
say
from
a
personal
perspective
when
I
started
working
with
cats
30
years
ago-
I
was
a
shelter
worker
for
10
years
and
that's
where
I
started
working
with
them
and
I
experienced
having
to
to
try
to
work
with
these
guys,
as
they
were
surrendered
for
the
exact
issues
that
we
we've
been
discussing,
whether
it's
inappropriate
fighting
or
litter
box
issues,
which
I
think
was
the
main
reason
they
were
surrendered
and,
as
was
mentioned
by
dan.
W
Also,
I
mean
when,
when
cats
are
surrendered
for
biting
or
litter
box
issues,
those
are
the
big
ones
and
it
makes
them
very
difficult
to
find
homes,
unfortunately,
as
part
of
our
job
back,
then,
not
only
were
we
trying
to
save
these
cats,
but
we
were
responsible
for
the
euthanasia,
the
first
cat
that
I
had
to
participate
in
euthanasia
for
that
had
these
issues
because
of
declining
led
to
the
passion
I
have
today
for
making
sure
that
we
outlaw
this
practice
in
as
many
cities
and
states
as
we
possibly
can
so
with
that
said,
it's
really
hard
for
me
all
these
years
later
to
work
with
these
cats.
W
In
terms
of
undoing
the
problems
that
they
now
have
and
the
insecurities
due
to
a
distrust
of
humans
and
the
pain
that
they
still
feel,
they
could
have
been
declawed
when
they
were
kittens
now,
they're,
12
years
old,
they
still
experience
pain.
They
still
experience
discomfort
in
the
litter
box.
They
still
have
a
distrust
when
hands
come
towards
them
and
there's
not
a
whole
lot.
I
can
do
still
all
these
years
later
and
it's
frustrating
knowing
that
there
are
simple
things
that
folks
can
learn
to
prevent
the
scratching
of
their
furniture.
W
It
doesn't
there's
no
good
reason
for
this
practice,
and-
and
and
it's
just
it's
heartbreaking-
it's
just
heartbreaking
to
have
to
watch
these
cats
struggle
through
their
lives
and
watch
the
relationship
between
cat
and
human
breakdown
completely
just
because
initially
somebody
wanted
to
save
their
furniture
and
they
weren't
educated
both
on
the
negative
effects
of
this
and
what
they
can
do
to
save
their
furniture.
In
the
first
place,.
O
V
Yes,
I
can.
This
is
jennifer
conrad,
I,
the
first
city
in
north
america,
the
best
to
pass
the
band
was
west
hollywood,
california,
that
was
subsequently
followed
by
big
cities
like
los
angeles,
san
francisco,
burbank
culver
city,
santa
monica
beverly
hills
and
berkeley.
California,
then
st
louis
missouri,
the
county
of
st
louis
missouri,
which
they're
different
denver,
colorado
and
now
the
entire
state
of
new
york,
and
so
far
eight
of
the
ten
provinces
in
canada.
Now
remember,
the
decline
is
really
only
done
in
north
america.
V
V
It
shows
that
pittsburgh
is
a
leader
and
cares
so
much
about
its
animals,
and
I
think
it
that
one
other
important
thing
to
know
is
that
you
might
hear
that
there's
going
to
be
this
massive
deluge
of
cats
dumped
into
shelters
if
they
can't
be
declawed-
and
that
has
not
happened
in
any
of
those
places
I
just
mentioned-
and
I
wanted
you
to
know
that
in
los
angeles,
which
is
a
city
of
4.2
million
people,
that
the
relinquishment
rate
of
owned
cats
went
down
after
the
ban
so
much
so
it
went
down
43
percent,
so
much
so
that
the
head
of
la
animal
services
says
that
she
believes
it's
due
to
the
ban.
V
O
Thank
you.
I
just
have
one
final
question
before
I
open
up
the
members.
One
criticism
of
the
bill
is
that
it
prevents
vets
from
declining
a
cat
when
its
owner
has
a
serious
health
reason,
for
you
know
for
a
serious
health
reason.
They
they
don't
want
the
cat
to
scratch
them
and
then
they
they
take
them
in
for
a
declaw.
O
You
know,
for
instance,
if
someone's
a
hemophiliac,
then
I
want
them
to
you,
know
scratch
them.
How
would
you
respond
to
that
criticism.
V
I
I
would
respond
to
it
by
saying
that
the
cdc
the
nih,
the
u.s
public
health
services,
the
infectious
diseases
society
of
america,
all
of
these
major
health
organizations,
say,
do
not
declaw
that
cat.
The
reason
being
is
they
know
that
declog
cats
bite
more
and
a
bite
wound
is
so
much
more
dangerous
than
a
scratch.
If
you
call
the
emergency
room-
and
you
say
I
got
scratched
by
a
cat-
they
will
say-
please
wash
it
and
watch
it.
V
But
if
you
say
I've
been
bitten
by
a
cat
which
declawed
cats
absolutely
bite
more,
it
is
in
the
literature
they
will
say
come
in
and
the
mayo
clinic
says
that
one-third
of
people
who
are
bitten
by
cats
have
to
be
admitted
for
iv,
antibiotics
and
that's
not
just
for
an
hour.
That
is
very
often
for
seven
to
ten
days
of
iv
antibiotics.
V
G
And
if
I
can
follow
up
on
that
with
just
a
personal
anecdote,
I
I
think
you
all
heard
from
dr
katina
who
eloquently
stated
earlier
today
about
her
cat
fight
and
the
subsequent
medical
issues
that
she
had
that
really
jeopardized
her
career
in
veterinary
medicine.
I
as
well
suffered
a
cat
bite
several
years
ago,
and
this
was
a
healthy
young
person
without
an
immunocompromised
system,
no
bleeding
disorders
and
I
did
end
up
in
west
penn
hospital
on
an
iv
antibiotic
from
that
cap
bite
for
about
four
to
five
days.
G
O
R
So
good
morning,
so
the
members
you
you
see
a
veritable
who's
who
of
cat
care
animal
care
here
before
you
this
morning
advocating
for
the
passage
of
the
bill.
I
I'll
share
briefly
a
personal
experience
I
I
had.
R
I
know
members
here
are
aware
of
my
love
of
cats
and
and
now
she
got
to
meet
my
cat
when
he
crashed
a
council
meeting
one
one
morning,
but
my
very
first
adoption
was
back
in
1973
and
I
adopted
from
the
humane
society
when
I
was
living
in
erie
and
I
adopted
a
cat
that
was
already
declawed
and
I
had
really
had
never
had
any
thought
about
it
other
than
she
came
that
way
and
really
never
gave
it
a
second
thought.
R
But
through
the
years
I
had
much
difficulty
with
her
ability
to
use
a
litter
box,
and
she
was
with
me
15
years
and
that
I
have
to
tell
you
was
a
real
struggle
to
get
through
that.
But
I
I
love
that
cat
with
heart
and
soul
and
I
wouldn't
have
surrendered
her
for
anything
but
from
personal
experience.
R
I
will
share
with
you
that,
and
it's
certainly
you
know
somewhat
anecdotal
and
not
definitive,
but
I
do
have
personal
experience
with
having
owned
a
cat
that
had
been
declawed
and
and
had
serious
litter
box
issues
with
her
that
the
entire
time
she
was
with
me.
So
you
know
I
just
I
wanted
to
validate
that
point.
R
That
was
being
made,
and
I
also
would
like
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
councilman
wilson
for
the
work
on
this
for
inviting
me
to
come
on
and
be
a
sponsor
co-sponsor
with
him
and
to
also
thank
councilman
coghill
for
taking
the
initiative
to
step
forward
and
be
a
sponsor
on
the
bill
as
well
too.
So
I
I
I
appreciate
everyone
that
came
to
speak
this
morning.
R
I
appreciate
the
members
consideration
and
support
and
ask
that
members
please
vote
in
favor
of
the
passage
of
the
bill
this
morning
and
if
anyone
that
is
here
wishes
to
offer
any
additional
comment,
I'm
more
than
happy
to
open
the
floor
to
you.
If
you
wish
to
add
anything.
R
P
P
I
do
want
to
thank
you
for
the
legislation
and
for
working
on
it
and
for
making
us
aware
now,
if
we
can
do
something
about
some
some
other
things,
I'd
like
to
bring
to
your
attention,
because
you
did
a
really
good
job
on
this
legislation,
getting
all
the
votes
and
getting
it
together.
P
A
R
Thank
you.
So
you
know
I
did
some
off
the
record
research
this
morning
to
see
just
how
many
vets
are
here
in
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
I
came
up
with
about
11
give
or
take.
My
number
may
be
off
a
little
bit
and
any
number
one
of
the
things
I
was
really
surprised
to
find
was
that
there
were
only
two
vet
in
veterinarian
clinics
south
of
the
river.
R
R
So
you
know
that
is
something
I
would
love
to
encourage
more.
The
you
know,
I
think
in
in
the
years
that
I
that
I've
been
privileged
to
be
on
council.
We
have
really
seen
a
a
very
healthy,
a
desire
for
people
to
adopt
to
bring
abandoned
animals
into
their
homes.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
out
on
city
streets
and
see
dogs
leashed,
but
out
and
about
our
our
off
leash
exercise.
R
Areas
are
doing
so
well,
the
new
kaufman's
building
downtown.
I
I
had
a
meeting
with
the
mayor.
A
little
while
ago
and
inside
the
kauffman's
building
downtown
is
an
indoor
dog
park
for
residents,
and
so
it's
just
really
encouraging
to
see
those
kinds
of
adaptive.
R
You
know
approaches
to
caring
for
animals
and
you
know
I
would
like
to
just
see
more
opportunities
for
veterinarians,
to
come
into
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
to
and
to
open
business,
because
god
knows,
there's
there's
clearly
a
a
market,
clearly
a
market
for
it
and
just
sort
of
kind
of
wanted
to
to
put
that
out
there
and
then.
R
Secondly,
you
know
sometimes
the
unintended
consequence
of
legislation
that
we
pass
can
perhaps
encourage
people
to
go
elsewhere
to
find
the
relief
that
they
seek,
and
we
certainly
don't
want
to
see
that
happen.
And
so
perhaps
councilman
wilson,
you
and
I
might
be
able
to
have
some
communication
with
county
council
members
so
as
to
perhaps
broaden
the
the
our
approach
to
ensure
that
perhaps
people
are
not
seeking
the
you
know
this.
R
This
cruelty
outside
of
city
limits-
and
perhaps
you
know,
get
allegheny
county
to
understand
that
there's
a
bigger
picture
here
and
we
could
actually
get
them
to
sign
on
with
us.
Just
a
thought,
thank
you.
A
A
O
A
R
N
Councilman,
thank
you.
So
this
was
the
one
that
was
in
court
and
unfortunately,
there
has
been
a
ruling
that
was
not
in
favor
of
the
community
so
that
this
is
been
through
all
of
its
planning
steps
and
is
ready
for
a
vote.
So
I
kind
of
regret
that
the
the
ruling
was
what
it
was,
but
that's
what
the
court
decided
so.
A
N
Thank
you.
So
these
are
the
ones
that
have
not
gone
through
planning.
I
apologize
that
I
keep
holding
them
for
several
weeks
and
it
it
doesn't
seem
to
be
moving
forward
at
all.
So
I
think
this
time
I'll
motion
for
to
hold
for
four
weeks.
O
Yeah,
so
this
is
a
very
you
know,
this
sewage
facility,
one
for
the
garden
theater,
is
definitely
important.
Project
has
been
stalled
for
40
years
finally
coming
to
fruition,
but
I
just
want
to
talk
generally
about
sewage
facility.
O
I
know
the
council
woman,
I
had
met
with
you
know
about
this
some
time
ago,
but
it's
just
you
know.
I
can't
help
this
to
look
at
how
we
just
need
to
incorporate
this
into.
O
You
know
like
we're
one
of
the
checks
along
the
way,
and
I
I
get
that
you
know
this
comes
before
different
items
like
planning
and
other
things,
just
that
it
takes
so
long
for
these
to
come
through
for
the
for
development
and
just
thinking
about
the
garden
theater
and
how
that's
been
installed.
I
just
wouldn't
want
to
you
know,
install
other
projects
that
have
all
the
other.
O
You
know
that
are
working
on
the
other
things
to
align.
You
know
my
understanding
is
that
they
come
into
effect,
regardless
of
our
decision
after
90
days.
N
That
was
the
opinion
of
our
of
the
mayor's
law
department,
but
now
that
we
have
our
own
solicitor,
I
can't
wait
to
ask
a
new
solicitor
that
exact
question.
So,
as
we
know
that
lawyers
often
have
opposite
opinions,
they
certainly
have
different
opinions
when
they
appear.
N
You
know
again
from
opposing
sides
in
court,
and
I
maintained
that
the
administration
should
not
be
sending
these
agent,
these
sewer
modules
onto
our
agendas
before
their
other
permits,
and
I
also
maintain
that
if
there
is
an
item
that
is
in
front
of
city
council
for
a
vote,
it
can
be
voted
up
or
it
can
be
voted
down.
N
So
it
is
not
just
another
stop
in
the
process.
The
way
that
an
administrative
desk
can't
vote
on
behalf
of
the
people
up
or
down
and
must
follow
regulatory
procedures,
so
it
is
qualitatively
different.
But
I
look
forward
to
continuing
that
discussion,
but
we
don't
have
to
do
it
today
so
anytime.
Mr
wilson,
I'm
happy
to
talk
further.
N
M
1850
resolution
providing
for
the
execution
of
a
corporation
agreement
with
the
ura
for
the
performance
of
certain
work
in
connection
with
the
2021
and
the
2022
cdbg
program
and
providing
for
the
payment
of
costs
not
to
exceed
seven
million.
Four
hundred
forty
two
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
council
district,
all.
T
M
P
T
M
1852
resolution
authorizing
the
ura
to
acquire
all
the
city's
right
title
and
interests
if
any
and
into
the
publicly
owned
property
in
the
20th
ward
of
the
city
designated
the
nadi
registry
office
of
allegheny
county
council
district
number,
two
new
south
west
of
safar
avenue
south
of
sherwood
avenue.
Sorry.
N
Madam
clerk
motion
to
approve
discussion.
Second,
I
wanted
to
give
councilwoman
smith
a
chance
to
speak
to
this.
I
know
that
that
this
is
a
bill
that
we
were
planning
on
holding.
P
Thank
you.
Thank
you
councilman.
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
your
diligence
on
this
and
making
sure
you
brought
it
to
my
attention
to
ask.
If
I
was
in
favor
I
just
I'm,
I'm
going
to
hold
it
for
at
least
one
week,
another
meeting
coming
up
in
glory,
and
so
I
will
discuss
it
at
that
time.
But
whenever
it
comes
to
my
district
I
mean
people
think
that
I'm
protective
I
am
externally
protective
and
extremely
controlling
when
it
comes
to
my
district
sheridan
in
particular,
is
an
area.
P
People
went
to
jail
for
the
things
that
they
did
in
sheridan
I
mean
they
went
to
jail
from
government,
not
from
the
community
from
government,
for
what
government
did
to
sheridan,
so
I'm
going
to
always
be
extra,
careful
and
extra
cautious
when
people
are
working
in
my
community
in
general,
but
in
this
community
that
already
has
a
tremendous
distrust
of
government.
I'm
going
to
be
extra
cautious
in
making
sure
that
the
community
is
aware
of
what
we're
doing
and
that
they're
supportive
and
involved
prior
to
making
decisions.
P
N
P
P
A
P
L
M
L
N
A
M
A
P
P
M
M
P
P
A
Aye
opposed
bill
is
recommended
that
exhaust
our
agenda
for
today
next
week,
council
will
hold
the
regular
and
standing
committee
meetings
on
tuesday
september
28th
and
wednesday
september
29th
at
10
a.m.
Speaker
registration
closes
at
9
a.m.
On
the
morning
of
those
meetings
to
register,
to
speak
at
upcoming
meetings,
go
to
the
council
meeting
webpage
and
fill
out
the
sign
up
form
in
its
entirety
by
the
registration
deadlines.
You
may
also
call
the
clerk's
office
at
412-255-2138
or
email
city
clerk's
office
at
pittsburgh.
Pa.Gov
there,
any
announcements
from
members
councilwoman
gross.
N
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
I'm
trying
to
follow
along
on
some
bills
and
I
expected
there
to
be
a
bill
that
was
introduced
last
tuesday,
but
I
don't
have
the
number
I
could
swear
it
was
introduced
last
last
day.
I
think
it's
1846.