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A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
the
reconvened
budget
hearings
for
pittsburgh
city
council
for
2022
budget
this
afternoon,
we're
joined
by
bill
urbanic.
Who
is
our
budget
director?
He
will
give
a
brief
overview
of
the
budget
items
we'll
be
discussing
today.
We
will
begin
with
the
carnegie
library
and
we're
joined
by
carlin
vaz
and
our
executive
director,
mary
francis
and
before
we
go
to
the
library
bill.
If
you'll
read
the
brief
overview
that
you
have
and
sure.
B
First,
we'll
talk
about
carnegie
library,
which
was
established
as
a
public
trust
in
1895.,
carnegie
labview
library
of
pittsburgh
serves
the
citizens
of
pittsburgh
and
allegheny
county
with
the
distinguished
history
of
leadership
among
the
country's
great
public
libraries
through
its
19
neighborhood
locations,
including
maine,
and
the
library
for
the
blind
and
physically
handicapped
carnegie
library
of
pittsburgh
is
the
region's
most
visited
asset
with
2.6
million
dollar
or
million
visitors
annually.
Would
you
repeat
that
please
bill
2.6.
B
C
B
Each
year,
the
library
provides
valuable
resources,
programs,
classes
and
training
opportunities
that
engage
the
community
in
literacy
and
lifelong
learning.
The
city
retains
ownership
of
10
of
the
19
existing
libraries,
as
well
as
a
number
of
the
closed
libraries
from
a
budgetary
aspect
this
year,
and
as
always,
the
city
pays
the
library
40
000
per
year
per
the
original
1890s
agreement
with
andrew
carnegie.
This
is
reflected
as
an
expenditure
within
the
finance
department.
B
A
A
D
Welcome
to
hello,
hello,
thank
you
so
much.
I
really
do
regret
that.
I'm
not
able
to
join
you
right
there
at
the
table.
It's
one
of
my
favorite
things
to
do
every
year,
not
this
year
also
bill.
We
need
to
get
you
some
updated
language.
We
have
changed
the
name
of
the
library
for
the
blind
and
physically
handicapped
to
the
library
for
accessible
media
for
pennsylvania.
D
So
it's
lamp
now
l-a-m-p
more
reflective
of
what
the
work
is
and
we're
really
pleased
about
that.
So
just
going
to
give
you
a
few
highlights
of
what's
going
on
at
the
library.
First
of
all,
we
are
rebounding
from
the
pandemic.
We
have
almost
restored
all
of
our
hours
everywhere.
We
are
kind
of
in
the
same
situation
as
many
entities
in
that
you
know
we're.
D
We're
have
to
get
our
staffing
back
up
to
what
it
was
pre-pandemic
and
we're
working
on
that
very
hard
now
and
we'll
focus
in
the
new
year
so
that
we
can
get
back
to
our
all
of
our
original
hours,
but
we
have
started
in-person
programming
at
all
of
our
locations
in
october,
so
we
have
story
times
and
book
discussion,
groups
and
computer
classes
and
other
activities
that
are
going
on
and
we're
building
that
up
as
well.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
D
I
think
many
of
you
may
know
that
we
have
been
working
to
update,
renovate
or
replace
all
of
our
locations
throughout
the
city.
In
the
past
year
we
opened
a
beautifully
beautifully
renovated
library
in
mount
washington.
You
know
it
was
a
historic
building
and
it's
just
an
amazing
renovation.
If
you
have
not
been
up
there
to
see
it,
there
are
many
reasons
to
go
to
mount
washington
and
our
library
is
certainly
one
of
them.
Likewise,
our
downtown
library
was
reopened
in
in
its
current
location,
but
it's
been
expanded
and
it's
another
gorgeous
renovation.
D
We've
got
all
kinds
of
new
spaces.
It's
it's
almost,
I'm
not
quite
doubled
in
space.
It's
I
think
we
went
from
twelve
five
to
twenty
thousand
square
feet,
but
it's
still
it's
beautiful
and
there's
a
real
teen
space,
a
real
children's
space,
it's
a
wonderful
and
asset
and
amenity
for
downtown
and
next
week
on
december,
7th
at
4
o'clock.
You
are
all
welcome
to
join
us
at
lamp,
the
library
of
accessible
media
for
pennsylvanians
on
bone
boulevard.
D
D
D
We
are.
This
is
our
125th
anniversary.
We
just
wrapped
up
our
125th
anniversary
year.
We
share
that
with
the
carnegie
museums
and
we
had
an
event
on
november
6th
and
7th,
which
was
called
crash.
The
carnegies,
if
you
didn't
come,
you
missed
a
wonderful
event.
It
was
two
days
saturday
and
sunday.
We
had
all
kinds
of
activities
going
on
throughout
both
well
the
entire
campus
it
was
inside.
It
was
outside,
you
could
move
freely
between
the
museum
and
the
library
museum
was
open
for
free.
D
The
other
thing
that
I
will
mention-
and
I
think
this
is
just
important
to
know-
in
conjunction
with
the
allegheny
county
library,
association
and
the
regional
asset
district
carnegie
library
of
pittsburgh-
has
embarked
on
a
shared
services
initiative.
So
we
are
actually
in
the
process
of
constructing
some
services
that
will
be
delivered
by
our
library
to
the
libraries
in
the
county
as
a
way
of
creating,
I
think,
some
efficiencies
among
the
libraries,
but
also
as
a
way
of
supporting
our
sister
libraries
throughout
allegheny
county.
D
What
we're
rolling
out
first
is
going
to
be
we're
going
to
be
providing
some
support
and
infrastructure
for
fundraising
for
libraries
throughout
the
county.
We
are
also
in
the
process
of
working
on
an
hr
model,
a
human
resources
model
and
there's
several
others
of
these
rolling
out
in
the
next
year.
D
I
think
this
is
a
really
exciting
initiative
and
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
create
some
new
ways
of
connecting
libraries
throughout
the
county
and
then
the
final
thing
that
I
will
note
is,
as
many
of
you
know,
I
am
retiring
at
the
end
of
this
year
and
so
december
31st
will
be
my
last
day
as
president
and
director
of
carnegie
library
of
pittsburgh.
It's
been
a
wonderful
10-year
run
and
I
have
truly
enjoyed
virtually
every
minute
of
it.
D
A
So
this
is
always
my
favorite
budget
hearing,
because
it
gives
the
the
public
at
large
an
opportunity
to
see
what
their
local
library
is
doing
on
a
yearly
basis
and
every
year
even
I
am
am
surprised
when
I
hear
the
litany
of
accomplishments
that
have
taken
place
through
throughout
the
carnegie
library
system
for
the
previous
year.
You
know
we
are
here
and
we
are
working
very,
very
hard
to
bring
literacy
and
learning
and
opportunity
to
everyone
that
calls
pittsburgh
home.
A
You
know
my
my
my
favorite
thing
about
the
the
library
is
free
to
the
people.
It's
just
you
know
it's
up
to
you
to
use
it
and
make
use
of
the
the
opportunities
that
we
provide
and
under
leadership
like
yours,
mary
francis,
we
have
provided
ample
opportunity
to
participate,
engage
and
expand
your
horizons.
A
We
we
came
through
each
and
every
one
of
them
and
we
came
through
because
we
work
collectively
and
cooperatively
in
the
best
interest
of
the
the
people
that
use
the
library
system,
and
you
know
good
and
bad.
Both
you
know
we
survived.
Not
only
did
we
survive,
we
thrived
absolutely,
and
your
leadership
was
instrumental
in
in
in
our
ability
to
accomplish
that.
You
came
along
at
exactly
the
the
time
that
we
needed
the
the
leadership
style.
A
I
should
think
of
a
better
word
than
that,
but
that
you
brought
it
was
perfectly
tuned
to
exactly
the
needs
of
the
library
at
a
very,
very
difficult
time.
We
were
really
charged
with
reinventing
ourselves
and
how
we
we
imagined
how
we
serve
the
community
that
we
serve,
and
I
truly
I
don't
believe
it
would
have
been
possible
without
your
leadership
and
you
being
at
the
helm
to
help
us
through
those
difficult
times.
So
we
will
miss
you
terribly,
but
you're
inevitable.
A
You
know,
change
is
inevitable
and
yeah,
and
I
think
it
is
a,
I
think,
is
a
testament
to
your
professionalism.
Understand
when
it's
time
to
say
this
has
been
a
good
run.
I've
enjoyed
every
minute
of
it,
but
it's
it's
an
opportunity
to
step
aside
and
allow
fresh
leadership
to
come
in
and
assume
the
role,
and
I
think
that
speaks
very
very
highly
to
to.
As
I
said,
your
professionalism
so
we'll
miss
you
terribly
yeah,
yeah.
D
Yeah
yeah,
thank
you
bruce.
I
really
appreciate
it
and
I
know
that
you
have
been
by
our
side
through
some
really
interesting
and
difficult
and
challenging
times,
and
I
have
always
valued
your
wise
counsel
and
your
support,
so
it
you
know,
like
I
said
we,
we
did
this
all
together
and
it
took
all
of
us.
So
I
appreciate
that
and
I
appreciate
the
support
of
your
colleagues
as
well.
A
Yeah
but
we'll
see
you
for
the
board
meeting
on
the
13th,
I
believe
you
will
yeah.
Of
course
you
know
just
for
the
public
at
large
really
want
to
sign
off
by
saying
that
we
wish
you
godspeed
and
nothing,
but
the
very
best
in
in
everything
that
you
attempt
once
you
leave
the
comfort
and
safety
of
the
carnegie
library.
A
A
Bye-Bye,
so
we
may
need
to
take
maybe
a
little
break.
I
don't
know
if
jam's
on
oh
good,
okay
great,
so
we
can
go
directly
in
to
our
next
budget
hearing,
which
is
our
commission
on
human
relations
we
are
joined
by
the
director
jam.
Are
you
I
don't
see
you,
okay,
hey
jim?
How
are
you
glad
you're
here
bill,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
you
for
a
brief
summary
and
then
we'll
turn
it
over
to
the
director.
B
Sorry
about
that,
let
me
go
again.
The
commission
on
human
relations
is
the
official
civil
rights
agency
for
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
It
is
empowered
by
chapters
651-659
of
pittsburgh's
city
code
to
enforce
civil
rights
laws,
eliminate
discrimination
and
deal
with
matters
of
intergroup
conflict
from
a
budgetary
aspect
this
year.
The
highlights
are
total
operating
budget,
not
including
the
trust
funds
and
federal
funds
is
553
898.,
that's
an
increase
of
13
646
dollars
from
last
year
or
2.5
percent
total
budget
across
operating
and
trust
funds
and
729
228.
B
That's
an
increase
of
11
552
or
1.6
total
full-time
positions
in
all
three
funds.
Eight,
the
same
as
in
previous
years,
the
part-time
administrative
assistant
position
that
was
added
to
the
2021
budget
has
been
eliminated.
There's
a
cost
savings
there
of
twenty
nine
thousand
three
hundred
and
fifty
dollars,
non-salary
subclasses,
adjusted
across
eight
line
items.
There
is
no
net
change,
there's
also
a
few
trust
funds.
A
couple
trust
funds
here:
equal
opportunity,
commission
trust
fund
projected
2022
balance,
is
82.
B
The
hud
trust
fund
is
the
other
projected
2022.
Beginning
balance
is
388,
294
anticipated
2022
grant
from
the
federal
government
is
70
thousand
dollars
same
as
prior
years
projected
spending
is,
and
twenty
nine
thousand
twenty
one
dollars
a
decrease
of
four
thousand
four
hundred
and
seventy
four
dollars.
There
are
no
capital
projects.
B
A
E
E
E
We
are
charged
with
doing
the
the
outreach
for
that.
So
since
bill
did
just
such
a
great
job,
I'll
just
give
a
couple
of
points
about
the
past
year
and
what
was
in
our
budget
request
and
what
we
see
for
the
future.
Really
so
you
know,
2021
was
a
very
tough
year
for
the
commission.
We
had
a
staffing
cut
from
the
previous
year
and
we're
glad
to
see
that
that
position
has
returned.
E
That
was
the
part-time
administrator
had
been
a
full-time
administrator
prior
to
2021
and
we're
happy
to
see
that
we
got
that
position
back.
So
we're
extremely
grateful
for
that.
The
eviction
moratorium
that
the
that
the
city
put
into
place
was
run
through
the
commission,
so
it
the
legislation,
pointed
to
the
commission
to
try
to
create
the
process
and
to
process
the
applications
and
and
make
determinations
as
regards
to
that
that
a
piece
of
legislation
that
is
something
that
our
office
stepped
up
to.
E
Do,
though
it's
outside
of
our
ordinary
duties
and
though
it
came
with
no
additional
funding,
we
were
able
to
assist
the
city
in
that
way
because
we
have
the
regulatory
experience
and
the
administrative
experience.
So
we
were
happy
to
help
with
that
and
to
try
to
provide
a
service
to
landlords
and
to
tenants
in
the
city
to
make
sure
that
they
were
treating
one
another
fairly.
E
We
have
been
still
assisting
council
and
in
other
entities
with
policy
and
legislative
updates
that
we
hope
that
will
be
helpful
to
increase
equity
in
our
city
and
what
was
in
our
budget
request
reflects
a
situation
that
is
relatively
dire
for
the
commission.
You
know
the
hud
funding
that
we
receive
doesn't
completely
cover
our
expenses
for
our
investigation.
E
So,
for
those
who
are
you
know
unfamiliar
with
our
funding
streams,
the
city
operating
budget
is
one
part
of
it.
We
receive
as
bill
outlines
funding
from
federal
agencies
to
perform
investigations
that
doesn't
cover
the
cost
of
investigation.
So
what
we
discovered
was
happening
was
that
our
hud
trust
fund
was
receiving
less
funding
than
was
being
taken
out
of
it
every
year.
So
we
do
have
a
relatively
dire
situation
to
try
to
correct
that
problem
so
that
we're
still
able
to
offer
housing
discrimination.
E
Anti-Discrimination
enforcement
in
the
city,
so
part
of
what
we
requested
this
year
is
to
move
some
of
the
costs
that
were
coming
out
of
our
hud
trust
fund
into
the
operating
budget
and
those
requests
were
accepted.
So
we're
extremely
excited
and
grateful.
I
will
take
a
lot
of
work
over
the
next
few
years
to
make
sure
that
that
that
funding
deficit
closes
completely
by
this
is
a
great
step
in
the
right
direction.
E
You
know
over
the
past
a
couple
year,
a
year
again,
referring
to
2020
we've
had
a
huge
increase
in
intakes,
so
something
that
we're
only
now
completely
quantifying
towards
the
end
of
the
year.
But
as
much
as
2020
was
a
slower
year
for
us,
2021
has
turned
out
to
be
a
a
very
productive
year
for
discrimination
complaints.
E
We
have
received
many
more
and
we
are
processing
many
more
so
at
this
point
you
know
we
have
three
investigators
in
our
in
our
budget
and
we
have
maybe
80
or
90
complaints
to
investigate
so
we're
hoping
to
see
in
coming
years.
Maybe
additional
funding
for
investigation
ways
that
we
can
reach
more
people,
so
they
can
understand
what
their
rights
are,
so
that
we
can
prevent
discrimination.
E
You
know,
I
think
this
is
really
a
an
important,
a
a
dire
time
for
civil
rights
in
our
city.
It's
kind
of
a
synchro
swim
moment.
I
will
call
it.
You
know
we're
really
starting
to
just
touch
the
surface
of
what
is
truly
happening
in
our
city,
and
the
commission
is
here
to
make
sure
that
we
know
what
discrimination
is
occurring.
Make
sure
that
everybody
knows
what
their
rights
and
responsibilities
are
and
make
sure
that
if
discrimination
happens,
there
is
an
agency
that
people
can
come
to
to
address
it.
E
So
that
is
just
about
all
for
me.
I'm
really
grateful
that
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction.
I'm
excited
to
see
more
movement
in
the
future
and
I'm
happy
to
to
assist
counsel
the
administration,
any
person
in
pittsburgh
to
understand
what
it
is
that
we
do
and
to
get
involved.
So
thank
you
so
much
and
I'll
turn
it
over.
If,
if
our
chair,
liddy
barella
has
anything
that
she
wanted
to
add.
Okay,
thank
you.
G
Hello,
welcome
to
high
city
council.
Thank
you
so
much
for
joining
us
on
this,
this
effort
to
ensure
civil
rights
for
the
people
of
our
city.
You
understand
how
important
this
work
is
and
and
how
much
of
it
remains
to
be
done.
We
see
cases
every
day,
as
as
a
commissioner
as
I
serve
on
our
compliance
review
section
on
and
review
the
excellent
work
of
our
investigators.
G
We
get
a
glimpse
of
some
of
the
situations
of
discrimination
faced
in
housing,
employment
and
public
accommodation
by
our
fellow
citizens
and
through
the
work
of
the
commission,
we
have
the
opportunity
to
help
ameliorate.
These
circumstances
help
make
sure
that
people
who
have
faced
discrimination
receive
the
attention
and
care
that
they
deserve
and
to
help
educate
our
employers
and
our
landlords,
our
business
owners
and
our
other
entities
around
on
the
importance
of
following
the
law
and
ensuring
equal
access
across
the
city.
This
is
big
work.
It
takes
dollars
to
do
it.
G
So
thank
you
for
your
support
of
the
commission
on
not
only
in
this
budget
season,
but
also
in
the
other
ways
that
city
council
has
supported
the
expansion
of
protections
on
the
the
recent
expansion
of
domestic
violence
protections
in
cases
of
employment
as
one
example,
and
I
and
and
your
continued
interest
in
this
this.
This
aspect
of
the
city's
work.
A
Well,
thank
you
and
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
do.
As
you
said,
and
as
we
all
know,
it's
difficult
and
challenging
work
in
a
difficult
and
challenging
time.
But
we
appreciate
your
professionalism
and
all
that
you
bring
to
your
positions,
and
we
thank
you
for
being
here
with
us
today
and
now
we're
going
to
move
on
to
the
business
improvement
district
portion
of
our
budget.
Hearing
I'm
going
to
surrender
the
chair
and
we're
going
to
bring
in
our
finance,
chair,
councilman,
lavelle.
H
B
They
also
promote
and
market
this
great
urban
center
to
millions
of
people
as
the
region's
premier
destination,
to
do
business,
to
call
home
or
to
visit
for
the
best
shopping
in
shopping
and
dining
and
entertainment.
Bdp
also
stands
as
staunch
advocates
for
all
those
who
make
downtown
part
of
their
lives
for
businesses
to
workers
to
residents.
B
The
pittsburgh
downtown
partnership
from
the
budgetary
aspect
has
no
direct
impact
on
either
the
operating
or
capital
budget.
The
pdp
does
have
a
city
contract
for
cleaning
services
that
is
housed
within
the
south
side,
parking
enhancement,
district
trust
fund,
which
does
not
require
an
annual
council
appropriation.
B
The
organization
also
takes
the
lead
on
innovation,
oakland,
a
project
with
the
goal
of
making
oakland's
largest
business
business
district,
the
hub
of
technology
and
innovation
and
startup
oakland.
A
campaign
helping
to
grow
oakland's
startup
community
in
2018
city
council
extended
the
designation
of
the
oakland
business
improvement
district
obid
for
an
additional
five
years,
not
back
up
till
2023.
B
H
C
Thanks
councilman
lobel
and
appreciate
the
time
I'm
jeremy
bulger
president
ceo
of
the
pittsburgh
downtown
partnership.
Thanks
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
all
today,
as
you
heard,
the
pdp
is
comprised
of
business,
community
leaders,
property
owners,
civic
organizations
and
residents
who
provide
energy
vision
and
advocacy
for
downtown
pittsburgh.
C
2021
is
continued
to
be
a
challenging
year,
particularly
here
in
downtown
pittsburgh,
where
work
from
home
policies
have
severely
impacted
every
facet
of
downtown
life
and,
while
we've
begun
to
see
increases
in
the
number
of
people
in
downtown,
we
are
still
34
below
our
2019
numbers
for
daily
activity,
with
just
over
76
000
people
visiting
downtown
on
an
average
basis.
With
that,
we
have
been
hard
at
work
at
really
reimagining
every
component
of
our
work
to
support
the
hundreds
of
small
businesses
that
are
independently
owned
that
call
downtown
throughout
the
year.
C
The
pdp's
clean
team
is
more
essential
than
ever
with
ongoing
efforts
at
maintaining
the
safety
and
cleanliness
of
downtown
pittsburgh.
This
includes
conducting
regular,
deep
cleaning
ensuring
that
we
are
creating
a
welcoming
and
safe
environment.
For
folks,
the
team
has
taken
great
pride
in
their
consistent
efforts
to
clean
downtown
streets,
as
we
welcome
more
people
back
into
downtown
working
with
social
service
agencies.
This
year,
our
outreach
team
continued
to
be
an
invaluable
asset,
as
it
provided
critical
support
to
those
in
need.
C
The
team
offered
connections
to
mental
health
services,
assisted
in
securing
housing
and
provided
hygiene
kits
and
coats
to
ensure
the
safety
and
well-being
of
those
in
need.
We
appreciate
the
investment
that
the
city
has
made
to
create
the
allegheny
health,
network's
urban
health
and
street
medicine
program
in
partnership
with
the
city
of
pittsburgh's
office
of
community
health
and
safety
in
creating
a
new
community
outreach
hub
on
smithfield
street.
C
The
ribbon
cutting
ceremony
was
just
last
week
and
we
are
really
excited
to
have
these
much
needed
services
supporting
individuals
in
need
in
downtown
and
supporting
downtown's
recovery.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
the
impact
of
these
enhanced
services
on
our
community
in
2020.
We
work
closely
with
the
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
and
public
safety
to
rethink
a
number
of
streets
with
a
high
concentration
of
restaurants,
allowing
for
more
safe
outdoor
dining
spaces,
creating
socially
distant
space
that
provided
a
lifeline
to
many
of
these
businesses
that
were
severely
impacted
by
the
pandemic.
C
These
streeters
popped
up
along
penn
avenue,
sixth
street
and
market
square
and,
as
the
pandemic
continues
to
wreak
havoc
on
our
local
restaurant
community,
we
are
working
with
stakeholders
on
sixth
street
and
penn
avenue
to
determine
how
we
can
successfully
modify
the
streets
to
provide
more
permanent
outdoor
space
for
outdoor
dining
and
pedestrian
activity.
We
believe
that
transforming
our
streets
into
better
places
for
people
are
critical
to
the
success
and
evolution
of
downtown
pittsburgh.
C
In
addition
to
supporting
more
outdoor
seating,
we
were
able
to
raise
significant
dollars
to
purchase
over
68
000
mils
from
downtown
restaurants
that
were
distributed
by
412
food
rescues
to
individuals
in
need.
Throughout
the
past
year,
this
program
allowed
21
restaurants
to
participate,
providing
on
average
of
26
000
and
sell
to
each
restaurant.
This
program
was
supported
generously
by
the
richard
king
mellon
foundation,
with
additional
support
provided
by
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
individual
contributors.
C
Our
events
and
programming
teams
were
more
important
than
ever
this
year,
providing
much
needed
attractions
that
encouraged
and
welcomed
people
back
into
downtown.
We
continue
to
operate
weekly
events
like
the
farmers
market
market
square
saturday,
night
markets
and
yoga
in
the
square.
In
addition,
we
welcome
the
allegheny
overlook
a
pop-up
park
in
downtown
pittsburgh
that
provided
a
home
to
cultural
events
and
attractions
live
music,
food
and
drink
for
tens
of
thousands
of
people
this
summer
or
season.
C
I
would
like
to
thank
the
city
of
pittsburgh
for
their
support
and
allowing
us
to
pilot
this
event
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
continuing
conversations
with
our
partners
at
riverlife
and
the
pittsburgh
cultural
trust
and
the
city
to
determine
ways
in
which
we
can
provide
much
more
needed,
riverfront
attractions
in
downtown
pittsburgh
last
week.
We
hope
that
you
all
enjoyed
yourself
as
we
hosted
the
60th
annual
light
up
night.
C
It
was
an
opportunity
to
welcome
the
region
back
to
downtown
pittsburgh
to
kick
off
the
holiday
season
like
no
one
else
can
the
move
to
saturday
was
well
received
by
patrons
and
businesses,
and
we
appreciate
the
support
of
partners
like
highmark
people's
gas
and
highwoods
and
making
this
holiday
season
in
downtown
a
special
destination
for
everyone
in
our
city
and
our
region.
In
conjunction
with
light
up
night,
we
opened
the
10th
annual
people's
gas
holiday
market
market
square.
C
The
market
is
off
to
a
very
successful
start
and
serves
as
an
anchor
destination
welcoming
people
to
get
out
and
explore
shop,
eat
and
drink
throughout
downtown
pittsburgh
as
you'll
see
including
the
budget.
The
2022
bid
budget
four
hundred
six
thousand
ten
dollars
as
in
past
years,
the
bid
allocation
will
be
primarily
dedicated
to
clean
and
outreach
efforts
with
sixty-five
percent
of
those
funds
going
to
those
critical
services.
C
I'd
like
to
thank
you
all
for
your
support
of
the
business
improvement
district
and
our
extension
that
we
received
earlier
this
year
with
the
renewal
of
the
bid
for
a
five-year
term,
we'll
continue
to
work
to
support
the
recovery
and
growth
of
downtown
pittsburgh.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
council
and
the
new
mayoral
administration
and
two
dead
end
have
identified
several
key
priorities
in
2022.
C
C
C
The
pandemic
has
really
changed
the
way
that
people
work
and,
while
we're
not
sure
when
folks
will
be
back
in
their
office.
We
do
know
that
things
have
changed
and
that
there
will
be
much
more
flexibility
in
the
workforce
moving
forward
and
what
does
that
mean
for
a
central
business?
District,
like
ours,
has
a
primary,
primarily
strong
market
for
commercial
office
and
a
a
large
bulk
of
our
of
our
real
estate
in
downtown
dedicated
to
commercial
office
space.
C
So
looking
at
ways
that
we
can
rethink
those
traditional
office
buildings,
many
of
them
are
historic.
Are
there
ways
for
us
to
work
with
the
private
development
community
to
create
housing
opportunities?
It's
something
that
we
are
very
interested
in
and
we'll
be
looking
to
city
council
to
get
creative
and
helping
us
to
support
a
stronger
and
more
resilient
economy
here
in
downtown
pittsburgh.
C
We'd
also
like
to
really
think
through
how
we
better
support
the
small
business
ecosystem.
Here
in
downtown
pittsburgh,
we
have
seen
a
number
of
businesses
close
as
a
result
of
the
pandemic.
That's
creating
new
opportunities
to
diversify
the
types
of
businesses
and
the
services
that
are
offered
here
in
the
court.
Thank
you
to
city
council
for
understanding
the
important
role
that
dot
com
pittsburgh
plays
in
our
regional
economy.
We
look
forward
to
working
with
you
to
encourage
our
robust
recovery
here
in
downtown
pittsburgh
and
ways
that
we
can
build
a
stronger,
more
resilient
downtown.
F
Good
afternoon
hello,
councilman,
lavelle
and
and
councilman
krause
and
the
rest
of
the
crew.
Thank
you.
It's
always
hard
to
follow.
Jeremy
waldrop!
I
just
want
to
commend
him
and
his
team
pittsburgh.
Downtown
partnership
just
continues
to
do
amazing
things
and
they
continue
to
put
pittsburgh
on
the
national
map
in
terms
of
strong
cities
and
strong
commercial
districts,
and
I
also
just
wanted
to
plug
and
add
his
team
and
him
as
well
continue
to
be
great
partners
to
myself
and
to
the
staff
and
board
in
oakland.
F
I
can't
tell
you
how
much
in
the
last
couple
years,
especially
jeremiah
jeremy
and
I
and
everyone
just
been
back
and
forth,
working
as
a
team
working
in
partnerships
to
get
through
this
pandemic
to
to
help
our
small
business
community,
and
we
continue
to
do
so.
So.
Thank
I
personally
want
to
thank
jeremy
and
everything
that
his
team
has
done.
So
I'm
georgia,
petropolis
the
executive
director
of
the
oakland
business
approval
district,
a
bit
of
follow-up,
speak
on
a
few
things
as
well
that
that
jeremy
spoke
to.
F
F
So,
as
as
jeremy
stated,
we
continued
to
be
working
through
the
pandemic
this
past
year.
Our
primary
focuses
was
on.
How
do
we
keep
our
business
owners
and
our
businesses
open?
How
do
we
keep
the
district
safe?
How
do
we
keep
it
active
and
it
took
definitely
took
a
village.
I
want
to
commend
the
property
owners
and
the
universities
and
the
hospitals
and
all
of
our
employers,
the
city,
the
work
of
all
of
the
city
departments
from
domi
to
public
works,
to
city
planning,
to
the
bureau
of
police.
F
We
couldn't
have
done
it
without
them
either.
It's
really
been
a
continued
tag.
Team
and,
of
course,
especially
with
our
oakland
council
offices,
council
person,
straussberger
councilman,
lavelle
and
councilman
krauss,
at
least
here
in
oakland
for
obid.
Those
are
the
three
offices
that
we
really
look
to
and
we
work
with
continually
throughout
the
year.
2021,
though
continued
to
be
a
strong
year
for
us,
and
we
were
happy
to
see
quite
a
few
things
that
we
unveiled.
F
First
and
foremost,
our
board
of
directors
completed
their
first
organizational
strategic
plan.
It
was
actually
finished
at
year,
end
2020,
but
we
began
immediately.
Nothing
sits
on
a
shelf
in
our
organization.
We
started
to
implement
that
plan,
calls
for
the
growth
of
obid
so
that
we
can
provide
continued
growing
services
to
meet
the
demands
of
oakland
oakland
is
on
fire
right
now.
It's
amazing
in
a
good
way.
That's
a
positive
statement.
F
By
the
way
you
know
we
are
in
the
in
the
throes
of
over
1.9
billion
dollars
of
investment
current
as
well
as
planned
in
the
next
few
years.
If
you
haven't
come
through
oakland
in
a
while,
you
will
be
very
surprised.
It
will
feel
like
a
very
different
part
of
the
city,
we're
definitely
having
a
fantastic
development
boom,
fantastic
investment
occurring
from
the
standpoint
of
the
small
business
owners.
We
also
like
downtown
and
many
other
neighborhoods
across
the
across
the
city,
we're
managing
an
outdoor
dining
program.
F
We
were,
we
had
us
full
street
closure,
as
well
as
parking
lane
closures.
So
again,
big.
Thank
you
to
all
of
our
city
offices
to
the
parking
authority.
We
couldn't
have
continued
to
maintain
these
spaces
without
them.
That
was
a
huge
help
not
only
to
the
business
owners,
but
also
to
the
general
public
people
love
to
sit
outdoors,
especially
when
the
weather
is
nice.
There
is
the
feeling
that
it
was
could
be.
F
It
could
have
been
safer
at
moments
when
there
was
a
higher
need
for
social
distancing,
and
it
honestly
just
was
a
great
attraction
as
well.
So
that
has
been
a
success
and
we
hope
to
continue
to
work
with
the
city
and
with
all
of
the
colleagues
across
across
pittsburgh,
on
what
will
this
dining
program
look
like
in
2022?
And
how
can
we
continue
to
provide
that
as
well
as
still
provide
for
what
our
community
needs?
So
that
was
a
big
success
for
us.
We
enjoyed
it
very
much.
F
We
also
took
advantage
of
some
incredible
place.
Making
and
activation
obid
created
a
new
position.
We
have
a
manager
of
place
making
activation
like
kate,
irvin
who's
been
doing
incredible,
work
on
bringing
new
ideas
and
and
new
activity
to
to
oakland
again.
That
was
another
suggestion
that
came
out
of
the
the
the
board's
comprehensive
plan.
So
we
began
that
implementation
this
year.
Through
her,
we
saw
a
variety
of
new
activities
from
new
street
art.
New
public
art
live
music.
F
We
were
very
focused
on
on
helping
supporting
all
entrepreneurs
and
small
business
owners
from
musicians
to
artists,
to,
of
course,
our
restaurant
and
retail
operators.
So
this
was
a
year
that
we
could
give
back
and
help
those
that
have
been
struggling
continue
to
struggle
through
this
pandemic,
and
we
also,
of
course,
did
street
activation.
I
think
many
of
you
remembered
the
mini
golf
that
we
did
in
oakland,
and
that
was
through
our
partner,
the
pittsburgh
innovation
district.
F
This
was
also
the
year
that
we
unveiled
our
first
retail
pop-up
and
it
started
out
as
a
pop-up,
but
now
it
really
is
a
full-blown
retail
studio,
incubator
that
has
over
30
small
business
entrepreneurs
and
vendors
they're
artisans.
It's
called
argyle
studio,
it's
very
exciting.
It's
on
forbes
avenue,
right
in
the
heart
of
oakland,
again
another
way
to
support
local
another
way
to
support
our
small
business
owners
and
it's
just
beautiful
stuff
from
from
art
to
clothing,
to
jewelry,
just
amazing
products
that
are
made
here
made
with
love
made
here
at
home.
F
F
So
that's
a
little
close,
almost
10
small
businesses,
we've
had
larger
establishments
open
up
in
our
commercial
district
as
well
that
we
were
very
excited
about,
but
I
did
want
to
prioritize
and
focus
on
the
small
business
ownership
growth
and
that's
that's
a
good
sign
and
we
hope
to
continue
to
see
that
type
of
growth
and
investment
happening
in
the
backyard.
Lastly,
just
find
the
note
we
unveiled
a
new
website
feel
free
to
check
it
out.
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
both
for
your
presentation
today,
just
very
quickly.
Obviously,
the
city
both
supports
both
obid
and
the
pdp,
and
we
thank
you
for
all
your
work.
Excuse
me.
I
also
just
want
to
thank
you
for
the
innovation
you
all
brought
through
the
pandemic
in
terms
of
how
we
reimagine
our
open
space,
how
we
support
our
businesses,
much
of
which
are
now
still
in
place,
due
to
sort
of
how
you
rethought
our
our
streets
and
our
sidewalks.
H
Of
course
we
have
to
figure
out
how
to
cover
the
cost
for
that,
but
at
some
point
I
would
reach
out
to
you
to
talk
to
you
about
it.
So
it's
on
a
long
list
of
to-do's
but
figure
since
I
have
you
here
for
a
couple
seconds,
I
at
least
mention
it
to
you
so
when
so,
when
I
actually
pick
up
the
phone
you'll
know
why
I'm
calling.
C
Yeah,
no,
that
that
sounds
great
we'd
be
happy
to
have
those
conversations.
This
and
forbes
are
just
an
important
corridor
that
connects
downtown
to
oakland
and
really
the
growth
that
that
that
is
happening
in
uptown.
I
think
it's
a
great
great
opportunity
and
great
timing
to
really
invest
in
these
these
services
so
happy
to
discuss
and
figure
out
ways
that
we
can
help.
H
Okay
appreciate
it
with
that.
We
thank
you
for
your
time.
You
all
can
feel
free
to
leave.
I
do
need
to
announce
that
our
budget
hearings
will
continue
tomorrow
with
the
department
of
finance
and
department
of
law,
including
the
ethics
board,
at
1
30
tomorrow
afternoon
and
they'll
be
chaired
by
myself,
with
that
we
are
in
recess.
Until
then,.