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A
Good
evening,
everyone
and
welcome
to
our
community
meetings,
town
hall
meeting,
I'm
councilwoman,
theresa
kell
smith
and
I'm
joined
today
by
reverend
ricky
burgess
who's.
Our
council
president
pro
tem
councilman
daniel
lavelle,
who
is
our
council,
the
chair
of
our
finance
committee,
councilman
bobby
wilson,
who
is
the
chairperson
for
our
land
juice,
is
our
land
use
and
economic
development
committee
and
we're
joined
also
by
our
clerk's
office
and
by
bill
organic
from
our
budget
office
and
david
geiger
from
the
ura.
A
That's
so
we
have
some.
We
want
this
to
be
a
conversation,
not
where
people
come
and
speak
like
you
do
with
a
public
comment.
We're
going
to
have
that
opportunity
for
you
to
make
your
comments,
but
during
this
meeting,
you'll
actually,
first
we'll
start
with
the
presentation
by
councilman,
burgess
and
councilman
lavelle
and
then
an
entry
by
our
budget
office.
Just
so,
you
know
a
little
bit
about
what
we're
doing
and
what
we've
done
and
why
we've
done
it
and
then
from
there
we'll
go
to
public
comment
and
the
presentation
is
not
long.
A
It's
very
informative
and
there
we'll
go
to
public
comment
and
we'll
take
the
list
of
registered
speakers
first
and
then
we'll
go
on
to
other
members.
But
then,
during
your
comments,
typically
during
a
public
hearing,
council
members
don't
respond
during
this
one,
we
can
respond
if
you
want.
If
a
member
feels
like
there's
something
they
want
to
clarify
or
add
to
the
conversation
they
might
all
of
us
might
say
something.
None
of
us
might
say
something
say
anything,
so
it
just
depends
on
what
the
comment
is.
A
So
with
that
said,
we'll
begin
to
this
evening
with
our
budget
director,
william
orbanic,.
C
But
city
government
is
not
like
the
private
sector
or
basic
checking
accounts,
as
we
learned
in
elementary
school
in
our
civics
classes,
the
legislative
branch
of
government's,
the
one
that
holds
the
purse
strings.
C
What
this
means
here
is
that
for
the
mayor
and
the
department
directors
to
go
and
rehire
hundreds
of
positions
that
we
froze
last
may
in
fiction
and
official
action
needed
to
happen,
and
that
was
the
reopening
of
our
budget
from
2021
and
that's
basically,
what
council
had
done
a
couple
weeks
ago
was
to
reinsert
the
funds
that
were
given
to
the
city
to
help
us
be
able
to
run
the
the
government
properly.
C
Now
we
operate
also
on
a
five-year
plan.
So
whenever
we
pass
the
budget,
we
have
to
keep
it
balanced,
that's
by
law.
So
we
do
that.
We
make
sure
that
the
five-year
plan
is
balanced
as
well,
but
remember
annually.
We
go
back
and
re-look
at
that
depending
upon
how
well
we
manage
and
and
what
kind
of
emergencies
and
other
expenses
come
up,
there
will
either
be
more
money
or
less
money.
C
So,
in
order
to
put
those
positions
back,
we
need
to
do
something
right
away
in
july
and
that's
basically
what
this
council
did
was
to
allow
the
hiring
of
the
retention
of
city
officers,
city,
ems
of
public
workers,
of
our
parks,
folks
to
be
able
to
open
the
parks
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff
satisfactory.
C
But
just
because
council
did
that,
as
I
mentioned,
it's
not
permanently
set
in
stone
forever.
We've
already
started
working
on
the
2022
budget
operating
budget
and
we're
also
working
right
now
in
the
2022
capital
budget.
Now
that
2021
and
22
capital
budget
that
we're
working
on
right
now
can
be
amended
at
any
time
throughout
the
year.
So
that
also
is
not
necessarily
set
in
stone.
Although
many
of
the
projects-
and
things
will
be
mentioned,
have
been
things
that
have
been
vetted
by
council
and
through
the
community
and
through
all
the
department
directors
of
the
city,.
C
So
you
know
once
again
council's
required
to
produce
that
five-year
plan
and
make
sure
that
those
jobs
were
reinstated.
They
they
not
only
froze
position.
Positions
were
eliminated
as
well
too,
so
some
of
those
had
to
go
back
in
order
for
us
to
operate
the
city
properly.
When
that
budget
was
first
passed
in
december
of
2020,
we
didn't
know
whether
we're
going
to
get
any
relief
from
the
federal
government
or
not.
So
this
was
something
that
was
going
to
happen
was
going
to
be
those
draconian
cuts
and
that's
all.
B
B
All
right,
so
I
remember
ricky
burgess,
I'm
glad
I
will
share
this
presentation
with
councilman
lavelle.
I
just
want
to
thank
councilman
bobby
wilson
for
welcoming
us
and
being
in
his
district.
You
have
an
excellent
council
person
who
is
also
my
friend,
and
so
we
will
talk
about
the
allocation
plan
and
the
funding
from
the
american
rescue
plan
of
2021..
B
B
B
Thankfully,
in
march
2021,
the
american
rescue
plan
arp
allowed
the
city
to
restore
2021
budget
and
the
required
five-year
plan.
The
american
rescue
plan
provided
funds
to
local
governments.
We
are
not
the
only
government
to
receive
these
funds.
The
state
received
funds
themselves,
but
we're
talking
about
local
government.
There
are
three
local
governments
that
receive
these
funds.
B
B
Every
city
is
slightly
unique.
It's
hard
to
compare
cities
and
cities,
for
instance
in
philadelphia,
I'll
talk
about
that.
A
minute
philadelphia
has
its
own
human
service
department.
It
is
both
a
city
and
a
county
where
we're
not
a
city
and
a
county.
The
county
provides
our
human
services
in
terms
of
social
work
and
after-school
programming.
That's
paid
for
by
the
county.
That's
not
a
city
function,
the
county
alligator
each
of
the
government
is
performs
different
functions.
The
county
of
allegheny
does
human
services.
B
State
funded
social
services
are
provided
by
the
counties
except
philadelphia.
They
do
criminal
justice
in
the
court
system.
The
district
attorneys
quarter,
employees
allegheny
county
jail.
They
also
do
through
the
community
college,
adult
education,
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
We
do
a
different
function,
we
do
primarily
public
safety,
that's
fire,
ems,
police
and
code
enforcement.
B
B
Through
our
authorities,
we
do
some
other
things:
the
urban
redevelopment
authority,
the
ua
that
does
for
so
housing
and
affordable
housing.
It
does
business,
economic
and
neighborhood
development,
the
housing
authority
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
it's
charged
with
doing
public
housing
and
affordable
housing.
Finally,
the
school
district
of
pittsburgh
does
early
childhood
services.
They
provide
elementary
education,
secondary
education
and
school
transportation
stuff.
The
school
board
actually
does
from
about
three
years
old
to
21..
B
Once
you
hit
21
you
age
out
of
the
system
and
then
you're
picked
up
either
by
the
allegheny
intermediate
unit
depends
on
what
it
is
you
your
needs
are
educationally
or
the
community
college
of
allegheny
county.
So,
let's
talk
about
pitchfork,
specifically,
the
city
is
receiving
a
335
million
dollar
allocation.
B
B
federal
former
dictates
that
the
city
can
receive
funding
to
replace
revenue
lost
by
the
pandemic.
So
the
reason
we
got
this
money
is
because
of
the
money
we
lost
last
year
this
year
and
what
they
estimate
next
year's
revenue
losses
will
be
so
the
money
is
to
offset
lost
revenue.
For
instance,
we
didn't
have
power
games,
we
didn't
have
entertainment,
we
didn't
have
concerts.
All
of
those
are
lost
revenue
federal.
B
It
says
for
operating
expenses
to
restore
the
payroll,
to
avoid
layoffs
and
fulfill
positions
necessary
to
fully
operate
the
city.
Now
what
we
did
was
the
city
created
a
trust
fund.
All
this
money
went
directly
into
a
trust
fund
in
this
way
to
strengthen
accounting
and
increase
public
transparency,
so
we'll
be
able
to
account
for
every
dollar
taken
out
of
the
trust
fund
and
used
for
some
city
purpose.
B
The
arp
funds
are
specifically
designed
to
be
spent
on
things.
The
city
would
normally
spend
money
on
on
its
regular
course
of
business.
So
the
things
that
we
already
do
is
how
this
money
is
supposed
to
be
delegated
is
not
for
a
time
for
us
to
spend
money
on
some
new
idea
or
something
we
haven't
done.
That's
not
the
purpose
of
these
funds.
These
funds
are
designed
to
be
spent
on
the
things
the
city
already
does.
Arp
funds
are
designed
to
be
spent
on
central
city
services,
but
there
is
a
small
amount
of
discretionary
money.
B
Federal
best
practices
indicates
that
any
discretionary
spending
be
invested
primarily
in
long-term
capital
investment
like
housing
or
roads,
not
in
after
school
programming,
not
in
counseling,
not
in
paying
non-profits.
That's
not
a
capital
expense.
The
city's
discretionary
spending
should
be
used
for
transformational
purposes.
It's
there
for
transactional
and
temporary
items.
Significant
arp
funds
spent
on
non-essential
programs
or
programs
not
substantially
related
to
the
city's
essential
obligations,
could
have
and
would
have
significant
unforeseen
consequences.
B
Our
budget
is
very
complex.
Some
of
our
budget
is
negotiated
by
contract.
Some.
We
have
there's
a
variety
of
ways.
Our
budget
is
structured.
If
we
start
spending
money
on
things
that
are
not
inherently
cities
city
functions,
it
will
have
an
impact
in
our
budget
negotiations.
It
will
have
an
impact
on
the
budget
moving
forward,
it's
not
as
easy
as
just
you
know,
making
a
choice.
The
arp
funds
then
are
allocated
to
ensure
the
ongoing
delivery
of
essential
government
services.
B
To
fund
private
for-profit
entities
or
market-based
activities
were
not
primarily
intended
to
fund
community-based
or
non-profit
entities.
The
cares
act.
There
was
a
different
funding
stream
for
that.
The
cares
act
of
2020
and
other
federal
programs
allotted
significant
funds
to
assist
individuals,
for-profit
and
non-profit
entities
and
social
service
providers.
That's
a
different
part
of
money.
That's
not
this
money,
the
amen.
So
what
we
did
do
is
this.
B
We
enacted
the
equity
first
spending
plan
to
do
a
couple
of
things
to
account
for
funds
necessary
to
avert
layoffs
or
job
termination
of
city,
employees,
fund,
public
infrastructure,
water
line,
replacements,
neighborhood,
recreation,
centers
and
other
quality
of
life
investments
prioritizing
investments
in
community
and
economic
development
projects
in
the
city's
black
neighborhoods.
One
of
the
things
and
councilman
level
talked
about
this
in
detail.
One
of
the
things
that
you
may
have
given
first
blush
that
one
of
the
things
we're
doing
is
we're
buying
new
city
equipment.
B
You
said
well
what
does
that
have
to
do
with
black
communities?
Well,
when
we,
when
the
snow
plows
shuttle
streets,
they
show
the
streets
based
on
occupancy
and
transportation
so
that
the
more
people
travel
the
streets
to
call
primary
roads,
they
will
get
sold,
they
will
get
plowed
first,
all
the
time
so
places
like
fifth
avenue
is
always.
B
For
example,
always
gonna
get
plowed,
because
the
universities
are
there.
Many
of
our
black
communities
now
are
dense
or
not
no
longer
densely
populated,
so
even
with
old
equipment.
What
happens?
Is
they
break
down
so
when
they
break
down
the
places
that
are
least
populated
will
end
up
being
the
places
that
are
not
plowed,
not
salted.
So
by
having
old
equipment,
we
literally
generally
won't
be
able
to
do
the
resources
in
black
communities
so
about
investing
in
new
communities.
B
B
Was
was
guesstimated
by
the
federal
government
there's
a
sheet
g13.
That
gives
you
a
sense
of
where
the
money
came
from
and
kind
of
the
areas
that
the
federal
government
decided.
We
were
going
to
lose
money
at
and
that's
where
that
167
million
dollars
a
year
came
from
those
were
the
categories
of
funding
lost
and
how
they
designed
or
estimated
where
our
money
would
come
from.
The
next
slide,
then
tells
you
in
big
buckets
where
the
money
is
being
spent.
B
There
are
five
or
so
major
places
they're
being
spent
in
the
operating
budget,
so
that
we
don't
fire
police
officers.
Firefighters,
public
works
people
who
take
care
of
the
parks,
that's
the
bulk
of
the
money.
As
you
see
over
the
next
five
five
years.
The
next
is
capital
capital
or
things
that
last
over
five
years
and
that's
rebuilding
rec,
centers
and
and
those
sort
of
things.
The
next
is
a
special
revenue
lead
paid
project
where
we
are
going
to.
B
We
know
that
red
pink
is
the
primary
way
children
receive
lead
and
there's
some
money
to
try
to
alleviate
that.
The
ura
gets
a
significant
chunk
of
money.
That's
what's
going
to
do
your
affordable
housing
and
you're,
trying
to
get
home
ownership,
especially
for
lower
and
more
income
people.
The
pittsburgh.
B
A
little
bit
of
money,
the
way
they're
gonna
get
the
bulk
of
their
money.
We
cannot
give
them
a
lot
of
money
directly,
but
we're
going
to
forgo
their
payments
to
the
city
over
a
period
of
years.
Usually
they
have
to
give
the
city
a
significant
payment,
we're
going
to
reduce
the
amount
of
payment
they
gave
us
because
during
kovic
their
parking
lots
have
been
empty.
The
parking
lots
of
the
parking
lots
have
been
empty.
B
They've
lost
a
significant
amount
of
resources
because
of
kervik
the
pwsa
we're
going
to
put
money
into
making
sure
that
they
replace
the
land
water
lines.
So,
especially
in
communities
of
color.
One
pgh
is
guaranteed
income.
There
is
going
to
be
a
power
program
where
a
group
of
people
not
limited
to,
but
primary
single
mothers
with
children
and
giving
them
a
monthly
stipend,
just
a
monthly
stipend.
What
they
found
out
is,
would
you
give
mothers
more
money,
believe
it
or
not?
B
They
don't
spend
it
on
the
casino
they
don't
spend
around
drinking.
They
don't
spend
it
frivolously.
They
spend
the
money
buying
the
children
higher
nutrition.
They
spend
their
money
on
clothing,
their
children.
They
spend
it
on
having
a
better
quality
of
life
for
them
and
their
families,
and
so
I
will
stop
there.
That
kind
of
shows
you
the
overall
way
in
which
the
money
is
going
to
be
allocated,
and
then
cosmology
will
talk
specifically
about
its
equity
component.
F
Thank
you
and
thank
you
all
for
allowing
us
to
be
here
this
evening.
One
additional
thing
I
want
to
mention
is
there
have
been
we've
received
a
lot
of
questions
about
why
not
simply
budget
for
this
year,
but
not
and
not
budget
for
the
outlying
years
by
state
law.
We
have
to
budget
in
five
year
increments.
F
We
cannot
simply
open
the
2021
budget
and
not
make
the
next
four
years
and
not
balance
those
dollars
as
well,
which
is
part
of
the
reason
why
we've
had
the
budget
for
all
the
money
that's
coming
in,
because
we
have
to
do
it
in
five
year
increments,
so
going
into
our
operating
budget
is
going
to
be
approximately
175
million
dollars
that
goes
directly
into
our
operating
budget.
First
and
foremost,
based
upon
what
reverend
burr
just
shared
with
you.
F
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that,
based
upon
how
we're
legally
allowed
to
spend
the
money
and
how
the
city
functions,
that
we
were
intentionally
doing
it
in
an
equitable
way
and
intentionally
trying
to
build,
rebuild
up
and
build
out
and
fix
communities
of
color
and
communities
that
have
been
last
seen
lack
of
investment
over
the
years
and
we
wanted
to
pour
money
into
those
physical
places,
as
well
as
the
people
who
actually
lived
there.
So
he
already
spoke
about
and
gave
the
example
of
our
snow
plows.
F
So
we're
going
to
put
13
million
dollars
into
replacing
our
aging
vehicle
fleet,
including
those
used
by
dpw,
and
that
will
help
us
in
communities
where
we
haven't
seen
these
services
as
well
patch,
the
potholes
remove
the
snow,
treat
the
roads,
sweep
the
streets
and
even
clearing
out
the
cash
basins.
Just
as
an
example.
F
F
Me
deserves
to
live
in
a
neighborhood
with
overgrown
trash,
strong
vacant
lots
and
dilapidated
buildings,
each
one
of
us-
and,
I
believe
well,
I
believe
I
can
speak
for
each
one
of
us.
One
of
the
highest
calls
that
we
get
in
our
office
regarding
constituent
affairs
is
either
a
house
denise
demolish
a
house
that
needs
boarded
up
or
grass
that
needs
cut,
and
again
we
don't
have
all
the
resources
to
do
it
as
effectively
as
we
would
like
to
therefore
we're
dedicating
18
million
dollars
to
vacant
property
maintenance.
F
This
will
allow
us
to
maintain
our
property.
It
will
allow
us
to
demolish
additional
buildings
and
we're
also
going
to
put
10
million
dollars
into
the
pittsburgh
land
bank,
which
will
height,
which
will
help
us
begin
recycling
land
more
effectively
quicker
and
get
it
into
the
hands
of
future
homeowners
in
a
much
faster
rate
than
what
we
currently
do.
F
We
also
wanted
to
ensure
that
we
were
equity
meant
increasing
preventive
services
instead
of
increased
police
prevention.
Obviously,
we
heard
over
the
course
of
the
last
year
and
a
half
that
as
an
easy
example,
the
police
don't
necessarily
need
to
be
called
for
a
homeless
man
right
that
should
be
done
by
social
services.
Two
young
boys
who
are
arguing
don't
necessarily
need
the
police
for
that.
F
Rather
they,
the
police
may
be
needed
for
higher
and
better
usage,
but
there
are
ways
to
ensure
that
we're
having
social
workers
coming
out
into
our
into
our
neighborhoods
so
based
upon
that
we're
dedicating
10
million
dollars
to
the
office
of
community
services,
and
this
will
provide
social
services
to
residents
in
distress.
It
will
also
diminish
the
chance
for
unnecessary
interaction
with
law
enforcement.
F
Moving
on
to
our
capital
budget,
we
are
putting
approximately
a
little
less
than
60
million
dollars
into
our
capital
budget.
One
of
the
things
we
wanted
to
do
is
ensure
that
there
are
safe
places
and
spaces
for
all
our
children
to
actually
go
so
we're
dedicating
20
million
dollars
to
upgrade
city
facilities
across
the
entire
city.
Some
of
these
facilities
by
jefferson
rec
center
and
which
is
in
central
northside,
is
being
rehabbed
putting
brand
new
resources
into
it.
Some
of
these
facilities
will
actually
be
rebuilt
from
the
ground
up.
F
One
of
the
things
we're
also
going
to
be
able
to
do
the
arp
guidelines
say
that
we
can
use
the
money
for
broadband
so
now
we're
going
to
be
able
to
ensure
that
all
our
facilities
have
broadband
in
them.
There's
facilities
that
don't
have
air
conditioning
we'll
be
proud
air
conditioning,
but
we
will
increase
and
better
all
our
facilities
across
the
city,
many
of
which
not
only
children,
but
our
seniors
use
utilized
too
and
many
oftentimes.
F
We
have
community
meetings
there
and
we
do
all
those
sort
of
things
we're
also
going
to
be
putting
our
wreck
to
tech
program
in
these
facilities,
which
is
sort
of
which
is
a
modern,
a
modern
computer
lab.
So
many
of
our
children
in
the
after-school
programming
have
modern
facilities
to
to
do
their
work
on
we're,
also
going
to
be
sending
over
17.5
million
to
pwsa.
F
F
In
addition
to
that,
it
ensures
that
our
communities
have
clean,
safe
and
affordable
drinking
water.
Therefore,
that
17
million
will
protect
the
public's
health
by
continuing
to
replace
lead
water
lines
and,
as
I
mentioned,
it
also
prevents
runaway
rate
increases
by
allowing
pwsa
to
avoid
paying
43
million
in
debt
service,
to
borrow
the
same
amount
of
money
to
do
the
needed
work.
F
We
are
also
going
to
provide
more
affordable
housing
and
therefore
we're
putting
five
million
dollars
into
saving
existing,
affordable
housing,
because
it's
less
expensive
to
preserve
housing
than
it
is
to
build
new
housing.
We
literally,
we
did
the
study.
We
know
we
had
a
shortage
of
17
000
units
of
affordable
housing.
You
cannot
build
your
way
out
of
that.
What
you
can
do
is
begin
stabilizing
all
the
vacant
property
turning
those
into
affordable
home
ownership
opportunities.
F
So
this
dedicates
5
million
to
establishing
and
expanding
community
land
trust,
so
that
residents
and
not
developers
will
actually
own
the
land
itself
and
be
able
to
control
the
destination
of
the
community.
We're
also
putting
an
additional
10
million
dollars
to
assist
qualified
renters
and
homeowners
and
not
pay
their
utility
bills,
but
rather
begin
fixing
up
their
home
to
lower
the
utility
bills.
So
helping
with
energy
savings.
F
F
We're
also
trying
to
rebuild
black
business
districts
and
create
black
wealth
within
our
city.
Therefore,
we're
dedicating
seven
million
dollars
to
rebuild
back
distance
districts
across
the
city,
both
in
the
hill
district,
both
in
sheridan
charter
city
in
homewood,
in
hazelwood,
lambert
and
perry,
north
south
in
perry,
hilltop
along
perrysville
avenue
and
as
well
as
belle
silver
in
allentown.
This
will
help
start
new
businesses.
This
can
help
renovate
current
storefronts.
This
could
help
a
small
business
get
a
loan.
In
addition
to
that,
we've
also
sent
money
to
the
ura
during
the
pandemic.
F
The
ura
provided
many
many
loans
to
people,
so
they
could
stay
afloat.
We're
providing.
I
want
to
say
it's
three
million
three
and
a
half
million
dollars
to
the
ura
to
basically
allow
the
ura
to
forgive
all
the
loans
that
they
made
to
businesses
during
the
pandemic.
So
they
do
not.
Now
they
no
longer
have
to
pay
us
back.
It
was
a
grant,
is
written
off
their
books.
F
In
addition,
I
spoke
about
that.
Excuse
me
and
then
lastly,
reverend
bird
just
mentioned
it
we're
going
to
put
2.5
million
dollars
into
own
pgh.
F
One
pga
excuse
me,
which
is
to
support
the
guaranteed
basic
income
pilot
program.
What
we
also
found
out
when
we
started
looking
into
this
initiative
per
state
law.
The
city
of
pittsburgh
could
not
simply
hand
you
a
check,
even
if
I
wanted
to,
I
can't
say,
here's
500
a
month,
which
is
what
the
stipend
is
going
to
be.
Here's
500
a
month
to
help
you
out.
We
legally
cannot
do
that,
so
we
have
to
run
it
through
a
non-profit
entity.
F
B
So
you
should
have:
there
are
two
different
things
you
can
have
so
the
powerpoint.
Many
of
you
have
there's
also
a
second
sheet
that
some
of
you
have
but
may
not
have
that
list.
All
that!
That's
the
second
sheet.
It's
list
every
single
item
of
expense.
We
never
brought
categories,
but
there
is
another
sheet
that
that
list
every
single
expense
of
the
arp
funds.
So
you
can
have
the
neighbor
back.
So
if
you
don't
have
that,
you
can
get
it
back
and
you
can
see
every
single
project
so
that
every
dollar
is
accounted
for.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
reverend
and
councilman
level
for
a
great
another,
great
presentation
with
that
said,
we're
going
to
open
it
up
to
our
list
of
registered
speakers
first,
and
I
just
ask
that
you
come
to
the
microphone
when
madame
clark
raises
the:
where
are
you
gonna
sit
there?
Okay,
madam
clerk
raises
the
red
paper.
A
Please,
you
know,
yield
your
the
time
at
the
microphone
and
if
members
want
to
respond,
they'll
respond,
if
not
I'll
call
the
next
speaker
and,
in
the
meantime,
our
clerk
who's,
amazing,
but
all
kinds
of
snacks
and
drinks
in
the
back.
Please
help
yourself
throughout
the
meeting.
If
you
want
to
just
get
up
and
go
in
the
back,
just
feel
comfortable,
just
getting
up
and
going
grab
a
drink
or
something
to
snack
on
throughout
the
meeting
that
said,
our
first
speaker
is
betty.
Pickett
is
betty
here.
G
Good
evening,
members
of
council
mark
mark
bradley
senior
former
member
of
the
pittsburgh
school
board.
I
had
served
16
years
as
an
elected
member
of
the
pittsburgh
school
board.
I
am
here
today
to
just
echo
what
my
comments
were
last
week,
this
these
meetings
and
I
think
their
total
four
or
five
you
had.
They
should
be
titled
the
apology
tour,
because
really
what
you
did
you,
you
actually
put
the
cart
before
the
horse
in
this
process.
You're,
sharing
information
with
us,
that's
a
moot
point.
It's
after
the
fact.
G
You've
already
voted
on
it
and
I
would
hope
that
the
votes
the
folks
here
today
would
not
attempt
to
get
into
weeds
with
particular
items.
This
is
an
issue
where
we
are
strongly
encouraging
members
of
council
to
simply
go
public
and
apologize
for
moving
forward
without
getting
our
input
on
the
beginning,
and
you
can
simply
do
that
by
simply
rescinding
the
vote.
Canceling
vote
don't
know
what
the
actual
term
is,
but
that's
all
that
it
requires
to
do.
G
This
continues
to
create
division
in
our
community
and,
as
I
said
before,
I
don't
want
to
be
pitted
against
another
non-profit,
and
this
one
got
to
squeeze
this
one,
and
this
one
deserves
more
and
we
have
to
fight.
You
were
wrong
members
of
council
and
it
takes
real
leadership
to
come
forward
and
say
oops.
We
move
too
fast
and
let's
back
up,
and
let's
make
this
thing
work,
why
should
you
do
it
for
good
government
and
so
that
we
can
develop
the
trust
that
we
had
for
all
of
you
that
we
should
have?
G
And
so
I'm
asking
again
please
talk
to
the
mayor
and
have
a
press,
a
joint
press
conference,
and
just
you
know
whatever
you
got
to
say,
but
let's
stop
it
where
it
is
move
forward.
And
let's
not
forget
too,
that
this
process
that
you've
put
together
that
damn
there
all
the
money,
how
unfair
to
the
incoming
administration
in
nova
in
december,
whoever
he
may
be-
or
she
may
be-
that's
unfair-
to
spend
those
dollars
and
they
not
have
an
opportunity
to
have
an
input
as
to
how
these
dollars
are
spent.
G
F
So
I
want
to
make
sure
two
quick
remarks:
one.
Regarding
the
new
administration.
Every
single
year
city
council
works
with
the
administration
on
a
budget
every
single
year.
It
happens
whenever
whom
he
may,
who
whomever
the
winner
may
be
when
they
come
into
office
next
year,
they
will
be
able
to
work
with
council
on
how
they
feel
dollars
should
be
spent.
As
indicated
at
the
very
beginning
of
this
meeting,
dollars
can
be
changed,
but
we
had
to
put
these
dollars
in
place.
F
Now
all
the
dollars
will
not
be
spent
until
2026,
so
there
will
be
plenty
of
time
to
work
with
the
new
administration.
That's
one
two!
No!
I
have
no
intention
of
apologizing
for
doing
my
job
and
I
say
that,
because
all
year
long
and
I'm
there's
people
in
this
room
who
have
called
my
office
and
said
councilman
lavelle,
you
need
to
do
x.
You
need
to
clean
up
this
lot.
You
need
to
tear
down
this
home.
You
need
to
help
these
businesses.
You
need
to
put
more
affordable,
affordable
housing.
F
Here
you
need
to
do
all
these
things
even
the
year
prior
to
covert.
We
had
community
meetings
councilman
level,
will
you
please
re,
restore
rebuild
jefferson,
rec
center
davis,
avenue
bridge
councilman
he's
received
those
calls
for
the
last
year
two
years,
and
so
when
we
go
to
budget
budgeting
doesn't
happen
a
month
before
you
go
to
pass,
a
budget
budget
happens
when
all
year,
long
or
or
the
two
years
prior
to
that
budget,
I've
got
a
list.
A
litany
of
things
that
have
been
residents
throughout
my
district
residents
throughout
the
city
have
said.
F
H
Oh
thanks
all
right,
so
I
can
echo
those
comments.
I
just
want
to
make
one
clarification
about
spending
this
money,
which
is,
I
think,
a
very
important
point
to
make
the
bridge
that
I
came
across
to
to
arrive
here
today
was
this
window
bridge
and
it
goes
from
northview
to
charleston,
where
it
goes
from
troll
street
to
northview
a
lot
of
you
may
look
at
that
bridge
and
go
that
is
one
terrible
bridge,
because
it's
in
bad
shape
that
bridge
is
funded.
H
That
bridge
is
funded
to
get
repaired
and
it's
going
to
take
two
years
just
to
even
get
that
under
contract.
So
we
talk
about
loss
of
revenue
and
we
look
towards
you
know
how
this
money
is
being
allocated
right
now.
There's
projects
in
here
that
we
need
those
those
there's
more
there's
those
place
marks
for
that.
You
know
we
need
to
allocate
now
for
projects
similar
to
that
one.
H
F
Lastly,
I'm
sorry,
lastly,
to
that
point,
there's
also
projects
and
robin
burgess
mentioned
the
white
sheet
that
details
every
single
thing.
There
are
also
projects
in
there
that
we
budgeted
for
previously,
but
because
of
covid
the
cost
to
do
that.
Project
may
have
gone
up
a
half
a
million
dollars
a
million
dollars.
If
not
for
these
dollars,
those
projects
would
have
fallen
off
by
the
wayside,
and
so
some
of
this
money
is
literally
to
finish
what
we
tried
to
start
prior
to
that
as
well.
A
I
Thank
you,
city,
council
members
for
hearing
my
words
today
for
before
I
get
started.
My
title
is
ikahana
hau
makina.
I
am
the
grand
inca,
the
iroquois
confederacy
of
aboriginal
american
people,
and
for
those
of
you
who
do
not
know
what
aborigine
is
it's
simply
the
equivalent
of
being
an
indian,
and
so
I
speak
with
the
voice
of
my
ancestors
there's
something
that
I
realized
from
the
previous
meetings
that
my
the
voice
of
my
people,
the
nation
that
I
am
the
leader
of,
were
being
misunderstood.
I
One
example
is,
I
took
in
a
single
mother
with
her
child
facing
homelessness,
because
her
time
at
the
shelter
was
up,
I
opened
my
doors,
the
doors
of
my
home
and
allowed
her
and
her
child
to
stay
with
me
and
my
family.
These
are
the
things.
These
are
the
stories
that
you
don't
get
to
hear
when
we
come
to
city
council
and
speak
about
the
needs
of
the
aboriginal
american
people.
I
I
I
I
My
daughter-
and
I
because
she
sees
the
work
that
her
mother
puts
in,
has
a
passion
for
helping
homeless
people.
So
I
created
a
donation
fund
that
we
go
to
the
store
and
we
don't
do
food
pantry
food.
We
actually
go
to
places
like
johnny
gore,
aldi's
and
purchase
food
for
giving
it
to
single
families
who
don't
have
food
during
this
pandemic.
Prior
to
you
know
the
government
stepping
in
because
it
took
them
a
while
to
react.
I
I
You
have
to
jump
through
hoops,
and
I
echo
the
sentiment
of
mark
brentley
that
there's
all
these
hoops
who
are.
Are
you
going
to
ensure
that
these
funds
aren't
really
allocated
to
the
people
who
really
need
those
funds?
Because
a
lot
of
these
organizations
that
you
make
that
cut
the
check
to
and
forget
about
it?
These
organizations
are
making
people
jump
through
hoops,
go
under,
go
high,
go
low
and
then
they
still
say
no.
A
J
In
the
keshe
ella
kaine
everyone,
I
am
sean
bempo,
my
chakmamyahalahi,
I
am
the
medicine
woman
for
the
nation,
the
iroquois
confederacy
of
aboriginal
american
people.
I
have
worked
diligently
in
helping
assist
people
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
not
just
my
own
people
in
my
nation,
all
walks
all
ethnic
groups.
In
my
healing
space
now,
a
lot
of
times,
people
have
come
to
me:
they've
not
had
funds,
because
I
am
not.
I
do
not
take
insurance
or
any
of
those
things.
These
are
indigenous
methods
of
healing.
J
So
these
these
methods
have
been
around
since
time
immemorial,
and
so,
when
people
have
come
to
my
place
of
healing
they've
come
sometimes
empty-handed
and
I
would
turn
no
one
away,
and
so
these
are
the
stories
that
don't
get
spoken
of,
but
I
will
say,
ed
gainey
had
actually
was
brother
ill,
who
had
given
a
proclamation
to
myself
for
the
work
that
I've
been
doing
here
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
but,
more
importantly,
in
pennsylvania
and
around
the
country,
and
I've
also
been
recognized
by
other
community
groups
such
as
community
empowerment
association
for
the
work
that
I've
done
in
the
black
and
african-american
community.
J
I
am
the
onque
own
way
in
our
language,
which
means
the
original
people
and
people
have
been
mistaking
us,
the
aborigines,
as
quote
unquote,
black
people
or
african-american
people,
and
I
get
that
because
they
look
at
skin
type
and
they
look
like
hair
texture
and
they
don't
ask
people
who
are
you?
Where
do
you
come
from?
You
come
from
a
people.
What
people
do
you
come
from?
We
don't
allow
that
to
stop
us
from
helping
people
who
identify
as
black
african-american
italian,
german
russian.
J
I
have
clients
all
over
the
world
and
when
you
are
distributing
these
funds
to
non-profit
groups,
I
don't
think
they're
paying
attention
and
they
don't
have
a
listening
ear
of
the
people
who
are
doing
this
work
without
seeking
grant
funding.
Without
seeking
you
know,
notification
or,
I
guess,
appreciation
from
those
kind
of
bodies,
although
we
are
important
and
we
do
need
assistance
in
helping
to
continue
to
do
those
things
within
the
community,
and
I
would
say
I
thank
everyone
for
giving
me
this
opportunity
to
speak.
J
A
K
All
right
well,
good
evening,
members
of
council-
I
I
can't
say
what
I
need
to
say
in
in
two
minutes,
but
I
did
bring
written
testimony
I'll
I'll
hand
that
out,
I
do
want
to
say
so.
K
Councilman
lavelle
you,
you
said
you
know,
rightly
so
that
you
talk
to
your
constituents
every
day
right
and,
and
you
formed
your
your
priorities,
based
on
your
conversations
with
your
constituents,
why
you
know,
I
know
that
your
constituents
have
told
you
one
thing
that
is
hardly
reflected
in
this
arp
budget,
and
that
is
the
rent
is
too
damn
high.
K
K
That
said,
there's
only
5
million
out
of
355
million
dollars
in
this
budget.
You
know
that's
been
allocated
for
affordable
rental
housing,
that's
listen,
one
and
a
half
percent
of
the
total
budget
for
affordable
rental
housing,
and
you
know
one
of
the
one
of
the
reasons
one
of
the
priorities
for
our
fun
arpa
funds
is,
you
know,
to
address
the
needs
of
those
who
have
been
disproportionately
affected
by
the
pandemic.
K
To
say
that
you
know,
pittsburgh
has
received
rental
assistance
funds,
rental
assistance
funds
are
only
a
short-term
band-aid;
they
address
the
symptom,
they
don't
address
the
underlying
causes.
We
have
a
unique
opportunity
here
to
address
the
underlying
causes
of
rental
affordability,
and
I
hope
that
council
does
that,
and
so
I
have
two
asks
of
counsel
you
know
one
is
so.
K
K
I'll
finish
briefly,
so
I
would
ask
that
when
that
bill
is
passed
when
that
money
comes
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
the
council
swap
out
some
of
the
infrastructure
line
items
in
this
allocation
and
then
reallocate
the
money
that
is
freed
up
to
address
the
needs
of
the
people
who
are
who
have
been
disproportionately
affected
by
the
pandemic.
The
second
thing
that
I
ask
is
that
the
council
not
make
any
allocations
now
any
disbursements.
Now
that
can't
be
undone
later,
like
the
funding
to
pwsa
this
infrastructure
bill.
K
L
L
L
But
when
it
comes
to
something
like
this,
I
also
feel
like
more
community
outreach
is
necessary.
This
is
a
pretty
good
room
of
folks.
I
wonder
how
many
of
you
took
the
bus
here
like
if
you,
if
you
took
the
bus
here,
can
you
raise
your
hand
if
you,
you
could
have
taken
the
bus?
How
many
of
you
drove
your
own
car.
L
L
L
They're,
not
going
to
think
I'm
going
to
call
my
city
council
person
they're
trying
to
figure
out
where
they're
going
to
stay.
So
what
I'm
trying
to
say
is
that
when
it
comes
to
allocating
these
funds
and
serving
those
most
in
need,
we
need
to
you
need
to
go
the
extra
mile.
Do
surveys
be
at
the
bus
stops,
have
folks,
you
know
publicize.
L
It
wildly
put
up
posters
things
like
that
to
let
people
know
that
their
their
voice
matters,
and
I
also
wanted
to
echo
bob
d
woods
comments
about
not
depositing
funds
that
can't
be
taken
back.
I
understand
you
have
to
project
out
five
years,
just
making
sure
you're
able
to
stay
flexible,
as
as
things
change
over
time,
who
knows
what
this
pandemic
will
be
or
how
long
it
will
last
so
we
need
to
be
able
to
respond
and
keep
those
funds
available.
Thanks.
A
I'm
just
going
to
say
that
I
think
a
lot
of
us
are
very
much
in
touch
and
in
tune
with
people
that
do
need
help.
A
lot
of
people
do
call
our
office
when
they
need
help
with
utilities
with
rent
with
food,
with
child
care,
with
whatever
issues
they
need.
Sometimes
it's
the
last
place
to
turn,
and
sometimes
it's
the
first
place
for
people
to
turn,
but
I
know
many
of
us
help
people
out
of
our
own
pockets
or
help
people.
A
However,
we
can
so
I
do
want
you
to
know
that
we're
probably
because
we're
the
closest
level
of
government,
the
local
government,
I
think
we're
more
in
tune
than
maybe
others,
maybe
because
we
are
we're
in
the
communities
every
day.
But
with
that
said,
thank
you
for
your
comments
and
I
do
think
we
do
need
to
do
better
at
outreaching.
A
That
was
inaccurate
and
I
thought
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
start
talking
to
people,
so
they
understood
when
I,
when
I
talk
to
people
about
what
is
in
here,
there's
always
nothing
people
in
here
that
people
don't
want
funded
almost
nothing.
I
mean,
there's
there's
going
to
be
something
here
and
there,
but
for
the
most
part,
I
think
we
did
a
pretty
good
job,
making
sure
we're
reaching
out
and
hearing
what
our
constituents
have
been
saying
for
a
long
time.
A
Not
what
organizations
have
been
saying,
not
what
non-profits
have
been
said,
but
with
actual
individual
residents
in
our
communities
that
live
every
day
in
our
neighborhoods
that
we
talk
to
every
day
and
I'm
not
opposed
to
giving
money
to
nonprofits.
I
just
want
to
be
honest
with
you.
I've
said
this
to
reverend.
I
said
this
to
others
that
I'm
not
opposed
to
it,
but
I
think
that
there
should
be
some
criteria,
not
just
typical.
Here's
a
check
go,
do
something,
and
then
we
see
no
results.
A
H
Just
want
to
talk
about
some
of
the
comments
or
recently
made.
I
think
there
are
great
comments.
Actually,
the
last
two
speakers,
I
you
know
I'll
look
over
the
the
detailed
comments
afterwards
from
mr
damewood,
but
I
also
just
want
to
speak
about
because
there
was
a
topic
that
came
up
about.
H
You
know,
speaking
to
the
most
vulnerable,
I
think
was
was
one
of
the
main
points
of
miss
sanders
in
that
you
know,
whenever
the
cuban
19
came
about
and
the
pandemic
started,
this
city
council
in
this
administration
funded
the
allegheny
health
network,
urban
poverty
and
homelessness.
H
H
H
We
can't
do
every
budget
meeting
where
everyone
is
engaged
right
now
before
this
it
was
parodies
and
potholes.
So
you
have
to
come
to
community
meetings
and
talk
about
your
concerns
at
the
portal
meetings.
So
in
the
future,
I'm
looking
into
how
we
continually
engage
programs
that
we're
funding
that
go
into
this
most
vulnerable
communities
so
that
we
have
this
lens
that
we're
continually
looking
at
and
so
that
we're
actually
funding
these
programs
or
you
know
we're
finding.
You
know
what
needs
to
be
funded
from
the
voices
that
can't
make
it
to
the
meetings.
H
A
Thank
you,
councilman
wilson,
with
that
said,
we're
going
to
turn
over
to.
Is
there
any
unregistered
speakers,
people
that
would
like
to
speak?
Yes,
come!
Yes,
please
or
you
don't
have
stand.
You
can
just
sit
right
here
next
to
it,
so
that
you
know
you're
next,
okay,.
M
M
I
identified
from
the
year
2000
up
until
july
of
this
year,
278
million
dollars
in
grants
that
have
come
through
here
addressing
almost
every
single
thing.
That's
in
the
program
right
here
for
the
335
million,
if
you
laid
them
over
each
other,
they
all
funnel
down
right
into
your
ura.
You
are
all
on
the
ura
board.
M
So
all
this
money's
here-
it's
unspent,
we
don't
know
where
it's
at
five
and
a
half
million
dollars
was
given
to
mr
burgess
five
and
a
half
million
dollars
was
given
to
mr
lavelle
last
year
out
of
the
police
budget,
and
those
monies
were
supposed
to
be
given
to
the
group
violence.
Intervention
programs,
which
is
all
is
addressed
in
here-
and
it's
supposed
to
be
given
to
the
social
work
programs
that
are
supposed
to
go
out
and
stop
the
violence.
M
This
fairy
tale
that
this
is
going
to
work
is
being
proven
right
now
in
the
violence
you
see,
those
groups
should
be
out
there
right
now,
stopping
it,
but
it
doesn't
work
and
it
will
never
work.
We
are
the
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
the
state
model
for
crisis
intervention,
which
has
been
going
on
training.
Every
officer
gets
trained
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
for
crisis
intervention
teaching
the
officers
how
to
deal
with
people
with
mental
health
in
2012.
M
They
introduced
a
program
that
does
exactly
what
they're
saying
that
we
are
supposed
to
have
mental
health
workers
traveling
with
us.
With
the
trained
crisis
intervention
officers
we
found
uniforms,
we
found
vehicles,
it
was
all
set.
We
had
the
we
had
the
volunteers
from
allegheny
county
mental
health.
I
know
because
I
used
to
teach
de-escalation
in
that
course.
I
taught
it
hold
our
council.
People
accountable,
hold
our
city
accountable
for
the
things
that
we
already
have
and
we
can
use
make
sure
that
money
is
being
spent.
Thank
you
thank.
A
D
N
Afternoon
a
good
evening,
councilman
in
my
community,
my
name
is
javon
rainey,
I'm
a
community
activist
first
and
but
no
first,
I'm
a
child
of
god.
Second,
I
am
a
community
activist,
because
north
side
is
my
home.
I
think
I
talked
to
councilman
lavelle
numerous
times
he
kind
of
ignored
me,
but
that's
okay.
We
still.
We
still
got
an
opportunity
to
speak,
I'm
not
speaking
for
myself,
I'm
speaking
of
my
home,
where
I
live
at
with
my
res
with
my
community.
N
N
E
How
are
you
great
aft,
great
evening,
councilman
devel?
I
do
thank
you
for
answering
the
phone
when
I
call
and
mr
wilson,
you
were
just
at
our
period
hilltop
meeting
and
we
discussed
some
things.
E
E
Then
they
send
them
to
the
bank
where
the
the
mortgage
does
not
stay
the
same.
You
may
enter
the
mortgage
at
400
and
by
the
time
they're
in
the
home
for
a
year
and
a
half
two
years.
It
spikes
to
the
point
where
the
people
can
no
longer
stay
in
the
house,
and
I'm
telling
you.
I
know
this
for
a
fact:
perry,
hilltop
phase.
E
We
did
all
those
homes
ura
help
people
get
those
homes,
and
I
watched
my
neighbors
walk
away
from
those
homes,
one
by
one.
Now
we're
considered
a
what
blighted
area.
We
have
homes
that
are
torn
down.
We
have
homes
that
people
can't
afford
to
to
fix
up.
People
literally
walked
away
from
their
homes.
I
thank
god
for
melon
bank,
which
was
the
hardest
bank
to
get
a
loan
from
as
a
single
woman
as
a
divorced
woman
with
four
children.
I
thank
god
for
my
banker.
E
They
set
my
mortgage
where
mines
didn't
spike,
but
the
people
around
me.
Whatever
banks,
they
went
through,
whatever
phase
put
them
through
and
ura
put
them
through
their
their
mortgages
spiked,
where
they
said,
you
know
what
I'm
leaving
now.
My
area
needs
help.
You
are
a
does,
not
want
people
to
really
own
your
home
you.
This
is
what
you
want
to
do.
They
make
a
plan
and
say:
okay.
After
20
years,
we
know
they're
going
to
lose
their
homes,
and
then
you
get
those
homes
back
and
then
you
re.
E
A
D
D
O
My
name
is
fairy
norfolk,
I'm
a
co-founder
with
my
partner
back
there,
reverend
ellen
williams,
the
north
side,
partnership
project,
community
resource
mall,
and
I
heard
a
couple
of
things
in
here.
You
know
first
one
I
wanted
to
talk
about.
Was
the
vacant
lots?
You
know,
I
see
like
18
million
dollars
here.
Well,
when
I
was
a
kid,
they
had
a
program
called
the
youth
corps,
you
know
and
we
went
out
and
we
built
top
lots
and
things
like
that.
O
O
You
know
in
terms
man,
you
know
like
a
renovating
these
vacant
lots
and
stuff
18
million
dollars.
That's
a
lot
of
money.
I
can
put
a
lot
of
kids
to
work.
You
know,
so
I'm
just
asking
you
know
is
that
you
know
is
council
putting
anything
in
place.
You
know,
for
you
know,
employment
and
stuff.
You
know
for
for
all
these
pages.
O
O
Yeah,
okay,
you
know
along.
O
O
O
I
don't
know
what
pittsburgh
project
is
designated
as
you
know,
but
I
know
north
side,
partnership,
project,
community
resource
mall,
we're
designated
as
a
community
center.
You
know
and
we
will
be
asking
man
if
we
qualify
for
any
of
these
funds-
man,
you
know
just
designated
for
these
community
centers.
You
know.
O
Him
bobby
no
I'll
be
calling
them.
You
know,
because
you
know
our
consensus.
Our
constituents
come
from
both
their
districts.
You
know
so
you
know
things
like
that.
Also,
let
me
see
what
I
got
over
here.
I
got
something
else.
O
We
got
time
now,
you
know,
don't
you
know
we
talking
about
lead
pipes,
we
got,
we
got
a
school
up
here,
man
just
115
years
old.
You
understand,
I'm
saying
you
know
and
we're
going
to
be
asking.
Do
we
qualify
man,
you
understand
what
I'm
saying
to
get
the
piping
and
stuff
in
there
change,
because
we
know
man
yeah,
there's
some
lead
piping
in
there.
A
A
You,
okay,
thank
you!
We're
gonna!
I'm
gonna
respond
to
that
a
little
bit.
Are
there
any
other
speakers?
Please
raise
your
hand
if
you
still
want
to
speak.
Okay,
there's
no
other
speaker.
So,
oh
you
wanna
speak!
Okay!
Let
me
just
respond
to
him
first
real
quickly.
I
just
want
to
say
real
quickly
that
we
are
working
on
community
centers,
we're
actually
opening
centers
in
our
in
in
this
budget,
and
we
are
working
on
job
creation
and
this
as
well
for
our
youth,
and
we
also
have
some
other
things.
A
I
think
that
you
that
you're
working
with
little
vacant
lands
and
and
different
things,
so
there
is
things
in
this
and
if
you
stay
after
this
meeting,
we'll
all
stick
around
a
little
bit
well,
I
hope
we
will
right
we'll
stick
around
for
a
few
minutes
just
to
talk
to
you
all,
okay,
in
the
summer,
youth
employment
program
that
reverend
burgess
actually
increased
funding
for
and
that
to
help
get
kids
employed
in
our
city.
So
we.
D
B
Employ
every
single
young
person
who
completes
an
application,
they
get
a
summer
job
anywhere
from
14
to
21
years
of
age.
Every
summer,
the
last
two
years
we
employ
every
single
qualified
young
person,
every
one
of
them,
and
so
the
applications
go
out
like
well
in
april.
I
think
they
go
out
well
april,
and
so
that
and
some
of
the
providers
have
the
kids
doing
lots,
not
all
of
them,
but
they're
doing
a
variety
of
things
across
the
city
they're
contracted
to
various
non-profit
groups.
Some
of
them
have
done.
B
I
know
in
walmart
we've
had
some
do
do
lots
we've
had
some
do.
Some
of
the
kids
are
also
in
corporate,
especially
the
older
kids,
the
18
to
21
year
olds,
there's
two
two
phases:
14
18
and
18
21.,
the
older
children.
Many
of
them
are
placed
in
professional
settings
where
they're
learning
you
know
professional
skills.
F
F
A
P
Everyone,
my
name,
is
regina,
willard
I'll,
be
brief.
This
meeting
was
quite
interesting.
To
be
quite
honest,
I'm
still
learning
everything
I'll
just
speak
for
my
mom
and
I
live
in
spring
hill
right
now.
I
am
from
the
north
side.
I
attended
slippery
rock
university.
I
didn't
get
my
degree,
but
I'm
still
great,
so
I
want
to
put
that
out
there.
P
P
Please
consider
spring
hill
working
with
the
property
owners
over
there,
because
our
people
over
there
need
opportunities,
and
so,
if
you
have
opportunities
for
them,
I
think
they
should
know
about
it.
I
haven't
heard
anything.
Maybe
I
missed
missed
a
letter
or
something
I
don't
know
also.
I
want
to
speak
to
with
the
young
lady
in
the
black,
the
black
and
white
dress.
D
P
P
And
I
want
to
say
that
our
black
men
need
opportunities
said
louder.
Our
black
men
need
opportunities.
They
weren't
mentioned.
You
mentioned
black
communities,
but
we
can
put
them
in
jail
and
then
they
can't
find
work
so,
like
somebody
mentioned
going
under
hoops
and
doing
this
and
doing
that,
we
want
to
build
our
communities
if
you're
going
to
build
the
black
community,
build
the
black
man.
What
else?
Also
my
mother,
I
don't
know
how
long
you've
owned
your
home,
but
you've
owned
it
long
enough.
P
So
if
you
can
22
years,
is
that
what
you
just
said?
Okay?
So
if
you're
gonna
reiterate
what
you
already
spoke
about
homeowners,
that
would
be
great
so
that
we
know
where
we
fit
in
that,
and
I
know
my
time
is
up.
Can
I
can
I
pray
for
us.
A
Q
R
R
Well,
I
would
like
for
y'all
to
come
into
mine
and
see
like
like
where
we
need
help
at
to
help
build
this
back
up
because
it's
falling
apart,
and
I
know
for
a
fact
my
house
is
falling
apart,
but
I'm
still
in
it,
but
I
had
to
go
through
so
many
things
just
to
keep
a
roof
over
my
head,
because
there's
supposedly
programs
out
there
to
help
you
and
just
like
she
said
you
go
through
hoops
and
hoops
and
hoops
and
nothing
gets
done
and
you're
afraid
to
trust
people
because
they
do
they
end
up.
R
R
R
Do
you
work
or
you
don't
work?
What
do
you
do
and
I
can
tell
okay,
I
get
social
security.
Okay.
Well.
Is
that
going
to
take
care
of
my
bills
when
I
they
got
me
on
a
budget?
And
then,
if
I
can't
keep
the
budget,
they
still
add
that
money
towards
what
I
gotta
and
then
you
gotta,
pay
them
back
that
money
and
you
ain't
got
the
money
in
the
first
place
to
be
on
the
budget,
so
see.
R
A
I
did.
I
I
just
want
to
say
real
quickly.
You
are
bringing
up
a
lot
of
points
about
the
application
process
and
things
that
we
do
when
we
do
give
help.
But
if
anybody
does
need
help,
I
want
to
tell
them
that
they
can
get
help
by
calling
2-1-1
that
should
connect
you
to
our
services
in
the
city
and
throughout
the
county.
So
you
call
2-1-1
it's
a
free
call
and
they
should
be
able
to
give
you
all.
A
A
S
I
just
have
a
question
because
my
sister
raised
a
good
point
here.
This
is
very
simple
question.
You
referenced
the
stipend
of
500
a
month
that
would
be
given
to
single
mothers
and
I'm
wondering
if
that's
exclusive
or
if
you're,
considering
single
fathers,
also
because
children
or
children,
regardless
of
the
custodial
parent.
B
I
don't
know
the
particulars
of
the
program.
I
think
it
would
be.
I
think
it's
eligibility
is
not
sex
related
gender
related.
I
just
said
single
mothers,
because
that's
going
to,
we
know,
statistically
that
that's
going
to
be
the
largest
percentage
of
the
population
eligible.
It
doesn't
mean,
though,
that
there
won't
be
single
male
2,
but
the
in
the
black
community,
the
fastest
way
to
become
poor,
is
to
be
a
single
person
with
a
child
and
they
are
disproportionately
poor.
B
That
is
that
that,
in
in
black
communities,
single
mother
with
children
are
disproportionately
the
bulk
of
households
that
are
poor
in
black
communities,
and
so
when
we
we
try
to
help
that
part
that
that
area
they're
going
to
make
up
the
the
bulk
of
the
recipients.
Just
because
we're
the
bulk
of
the
people
who
are
eligible.
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
comments
and
pointing
that
out
any
other
comments,
seeing
none
we're
going
to
join
this
meeting,
but
I
do
want
to
give
the
council
members
a
chance
to
wrap
up
with
any
comments.
Do
you
have
anything
to
say
any
of
you?
No,
no
one.
So
with
that
said,
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
these
meetings.
We
were
hoping
that
we
would
have
these
types
of
conversations,
and-
and
so
I'm
thinking-
thank
you
for
that
and
we'll
continue
to
stay
here
afterwards.
A
If
you
want
to
come
up
and
talk
with
us
a
little
bit
more,
but
I
I
do
want
to
say
make
sure
again,
I
reiterate
to
call
2-1-1
if
you
are
in
need
of
any
type
of
services
and
if
they
are
not
unhelpful
or
you
still
need
help,
then
please
contact
your
council
members
or
your
state
representatives
or
other
elected
officials
and
and
try
to
get
some
of
the
help
that
you
need.
A
I
can't
say
that
we
can
cover
everything
and
do
everything,
but
we
do
try
to
do
the
best
we
can
and
there
are
a
lot
of
services
out
there
that
want
to
make
sure
that
people
do
get,
and
I
I
want
to
say
that
I
want
to
point
out
my
husband
in
the
back
there
who
came
with
me
tonight
stand
up
tom.
I
just
want
to
say
back
at
probably
it
was
probably
about
15
years
ago.
I
think
it
was.
A
He
helped
me
plant
the
garden
down
here
at
the
pittsburgh
project
at
the
ball
field.
Before
I
was
ever
elected,
we
came
and
we
planted.
Probably
it
was
probably
90
degrees
that
day-
and
I
just
want
to
say
when
I
drove
by
I
couldn't
get
over
how
amazing
it
looked
because
it
was
just
little
plants
when
we
started.
So
thank
you
for
your
work
at
the
pittsburgh
project
here
too.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
This
meeting's
adjourned.