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A
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
our
public
hearing
regarding
pittsburgh
city
council's
public
hearing
for
thursday
september
9,
2021
relative
to
bills,
2021
1336
and
2021-1337.
B
Bill
number
1337
resolution
approving
a
new
institutional
master
plan
under
the
pittsburgh
code,
title
9
zone
in
article
2,
chapter
905,
sections,
90503
d
and
article
7
chapter
9,
222,
section
9,
2212
g
for
chatham
university,
institutional
master
plan
dated
march
2021
on
property
to
be
zoned,
emi,
educational,
medical
institution,
district,
7th
and
14th
ward
council
district
number.
Eight.
A
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
their
patience
this
morning.
As
I
work
through
some
technical
difficulties
getting
started
a
little
bit
late.
So
thank
you
for
your
patience
and
I
hope
that
other
council
members
will
be
joining
us
shortly.
The
first
order
of
business
will
be
an
introduction
by
department
of
city
planning.
Today,
I
believe,
represented
by
kate,
rakes
and
kate.
Please
correct
me:
if
I'm
wrong,
if
you
have
anyone
else
joining
you
today,.
C
C
A
F
Thanks
very
much
erica,
I'm
david
feingold,
the
president
of
chatham
university,
and
it's
a
pleasure
to
be
speaking
with
you
this
morning
for
over
150
years,
chatham
has
been
a
vital
part
of
the
pittsburgh
community.
We
were
founded
back
in
1869
to
create
an
opportunity
for
young
women
to
get
a
degree
in
pittsburgh
which
had
not
existed
before
us,
and
today
we
are
ranked
the
number
one
national
university
in
all
of
pennsylvania
for
social
mobility
in
terms
of
the
percentage
of
low-income
students
who
come
to
chatham
and
their
graduation
rates.
F
At
a
time
when
many
colleges
and
universities
in
our
region
are
struggling,
as
you
saw
with
the
recent
consolidation
of
the
three
state
system
campuses
into
one
chatham
is
thriving.
We
have
more
than
doubled
the
size
of
our
undergraduate
student
population
in
the
last
six
years.
Since
we
went
all
gender
and
this
fall.
We
were
pleased
to
welcome
our
largest
ever
class
to
chatham,
but
thriving
for
chatham
doesn't
just
mean
the
university's
doing
well,
it
means
we're
benefiting
the
entire
community.
F
We
are
a
leader
in
sustainability,
following
the
legacy
of
our
most
famous
alum
rachel
carson,
with
a
campus
devoted
to
building
a
greener
future,
where
we've
educated,
thousands
of
pittsburgh
school
children
on
the
sustainable
development
goals.
We
partner
with
the
pittsburgh
food
bank
to
grow
an
acre
of
food
to
address
food
deserts
in
pittsburgh
and
help
with
food
access
issues,
we're
providing
millions
of
dollars
worth
of
trauma-informed
care
thanks
to
a
second
national
grant.
F
We've
had
for
our
counseling
psych
program
and
we
were
a
key
mover
in
the
revitalization
of
bakery
square
with
our
east
side
campus
and
it
partnered
with
the
city
of
wilkinsburg
on
graham
field,
with
munhall
on
their
historic
gray
field
restoration,
but
we're
here
today
to
talk
about
our
shadyside
master
plan
and
how
we
can
make
this
unique
resource
in
pittsburgh.
One
of
the
most
beautiful
campuses
you'll,
see
in
any
major
city
thriving
for
the
next
25
years.
F
The
reason
we're
here
today
with
this
master
plan,
is
to
ensure
chatham
continues
to
thrive
for
the
next
25
or
more
years,
that's
going
to
be
in
an
increasingly
competitive
environment,
to
attract
students
locally
nationally
and
internationally,
as
the
number
of
high
school
grads
fall.
And
so
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
this
plan
is
respect
the
unique
nature
of
our
campus
and
enable
us
to
grow
so
chatham
can
be
here
for
many
decades
to
come.
G
Thank
you,
president
feingold.
It's
a
pleasure
to
be
here,
council
and
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
we
tried
this
earlier.
I'm
going
to
go
and
share
screen
to
give
a
brief
presentation
again.
My
name
is
ken
doyno,
with
the
firm
rothschild
joint
collaborative
we've
had
the
honor
of
working
with
chatham
university
over
the
last
many
years,
helping
to
shape
a
new
master
plan
vision.
G
That's
really
inward
focused
in
their
beautiful
east
to
37,
acre
east
side
campus
that
sits
between
shadyside
and
squirrel
hill,
primarily
in
squirrel
hill,
but
primarily
accessed
via
fifth
avenue
shadyside.
So
we
name
it
the
shadyside
campus
in
order
to
direct
traffic
appropriately
to
the
site.
G
This
is
a
great
beginning
shot
because
it
shows
the
pastoral
qualities
of
the
campus
sitting
in
the
middle
of
the
the
bustling
east
end
with
the
chapel
as
a
landmark
on
the
chapel
hill,
where
they
mentioned
the
sledding
experiences
for
many
people.
Chatham
really
helped
develop
this
working
first
with
staff
and
faculty
and
students
to
understand
how
to
create
meaningfully
connected
educational
systems
that
could
be
improved
and
expanded
upon
within
the
campus.
G
So,
as
president
feingold
mentioned,
chatham
can
remain
successful
and
competitive
in
a
very
competitive
field.
This
comes
at
the
arrival
of
president
feingold's
term
as
president,
so
it's
a
very
exciting
time
for
the
university
to
be
shaping
this.
What
you
see
here
is
an
aerial
view
with
shadyside
to
the
right
squirrel
hill
to
the
left,
and
this
is
the
outline
of
the
37
acres
that
comprise
the
shadyside
campus.
What
you
see
is
it
is
a
beautiful,
wooded
hillside.
G
What
you
can't
see
is
some
of
the
three
dimensional
differences
between
the
height
at
the
top
of
the
new
quad
area,
the
old
quad
and
then
the
residential
area.
A
lot
of
our
focus
is
in
this
area
and
making
sure
that
the
spaces
that
are
brought
together
and
connected
really
make
a
continuous
path
of
experience
from
the
athletic
field.
G
Through
the
converted,
art
and
design
center,
the
athletic
fitness
center
that
was
developed
about
20
years
ago
now,
new
dining
experiences
in
the
lower
campus
quad
in
the
historic
mellon
center
building,
going
up
the
hill
to
the
newer
quad
sitting
in
front
of
the
jk
melon
library
going
through
with
the
fault
building
to
the
historic
old
quad
adjacent
to
the
chapel,
then
down
the
hill
to
the
residential
district
past
the
sciences,
building
the
fuel
science
building
and
really
focusing
most
of
our
master
plan
tenure
development
plan
along
that
line.
G
G
What
you
can
see
here
is
kind
of
a
diagram
of
of
the
light
purple
areas
where
we're
looking
at
renovating
existing
buildings
and
then
other
purple
areas
where
we're
looking
at
adding
buildings.
This
is
being
in
addition,
as
well
here
and
here
over
the
next
10
years
of
the
development
plan.
G
So
we
have
the
right
balance
of
activity
right
in
the
center
through
all
of
that,
we
will
also
continue
chatham's
leadership
as
in
sustainability,
and
that
begins
with
this
sort
of
academic
quad
that
sits
right
in
the
middle
here.
G
Increasing
the
connections
and
activating
that
space
with
these
connections
through
the
existing
buildings,
as
well
as
making
exciting
terminal
points
that
starts
with
a
project
that
is
just
about
to
ready
to
start
construction,
we're
about
to
start
construction
before
the
pandemic
hit,
that
is
taking
anderson,
dining
hall
and
turning
that
into
a
space
that
students
can
really
participate
in
for
the
full
day
and
evening
activities
on
sort
of
modernizing
the
70s
era.
Building
that
has
not
been
upgraded
since
it
was
initially
built.
G
The
the
second
big
project
of
the
first
five
that
we
hope
to
see
pursued
over
the
next
five
years
would
be
that
connection
through
fall.
Call
that
connects
the
the
new
quad
in
front
of
the
library.
Recently
added
to
the
library
was
a
holocaust
center
exhibit.
We
also
renovated
cafe
rachel,
to
make
this
a
a
hub
of
activity.
G
So
these
two
things
have
actually
happened
already.
This
is
a
big
project
to
connect
through
and
make
student
experience
spaces
at
the
ground
floor
so
that
the
old
quad
space
really
becomes
a
connected
area
here,
rather
than
presently
people
either
walk
around
the
building
or
come
through
kind
of
fire
stairs
to
get
through
the
building.
G
The
next
component
is
going
down
from
the
old
quad
area
down
the
hill
to
fifth
avenue.
These
are
additions
on
the
ends
of
the
build
science
building
that
allow
for
the
modern
addition
that
was
put
on
again
about
20
years
ago
to
be
supplemented
with
additional
science
spaces
and
labs,
and
really
mark
the
entrance
to
the
pathway
down
the
hill
and
connecting
to
the
fifth
avenue
housing
district
fifth
avenue
housing
district
is
something
we're
very
excited
about.
G
Chatham
university
has
a
strong
presence
and
has
been
able
to
been
able
to
establish
site
control
for
the
entire
site
of
properties
along
fifth
avenue
and
there's
a
two
staircases
over
the
hill
that
connect
the
upper
campus
to
the
lower
campus.
G
Presently,
these
buildings
have
parking
in
front
of
them
between
the
buildings
and
fifth
avenue,
we're
looking
at
consolidating
that
parking
behind
the
buildings,
illuminating
the
buildings
and
creating
a
proper
front
lawn
and
then
widening
the
street
by
taking
the
stone
wall
and
pushing
that
wall
back
on
fifth
avenue,
creating
more
of
a
campus
pedestrian
pathway
along
fifth
avenue,
something
that
is
always
welcome
along
fifth
avenue.
It's
not
always
the
most
pleasant
street
to
walk.
C
G
With
that
front
lawn
space
here,
there
will
be
connecting
roadways
to
allow
access
and
load
into
the
residential
areas
and
the
gate
house
at
woodland
road,
which
is
a
primary
vehicle
access
point
to
the
campus.
The
thompson
house
here
was
reached
recently
acquired
by
the
university.
So
now
there's
a
gatehouse
on
either
side.
This
historic
gatehouse
was
redeveloped
going
on
15
years
ago
now.
So
this
whole
connection
area
becomes
a
much
stronger
front
door
to
the
university.
G
The
thompson
house
will
become
an
alumni
center
with
a
next
new
elevator
and
accessible
pathways
up
to
the
house
itself,
as
well
as
a
consolidated
parking
and
access
internal
access
to
other
dorm
spaces
from
pedestrian
standpoint
behind,
as
well
as
the
pathway
up
into
campus
along
woodland
road
for
both
vehicles
and
pedestrians
channel
has
created
over
all
this
time
an
ecosystem
of
complementary
campuses
over
the
last
20
years
in
2008
chatham
east
side,
which
is
a
mere
a
few
city
blocks
away
at
penn
and
fifth
avenue,
was
acquired
and
open
to
students
focusing
on
health
sciences
and
additional
office
spaces.
G
G
Chatham
eden
hall
campus
in
richland
township
on
the
far
northern
edge
of
allegheny
county,
is
388
acres
and
is
a
foundation
for
sustainable
agriculture
and
learning
and
educational
systems
are
critical
to
the
future
of
our
planet
in
these
trying
times
demanding
times.
But
at
the
heart
of
all.
This
founded
in
1869
is
the
shadyside
campus
and
those
37
acres.
So
the
focus
of
this
master
plan
and
the
capital
efforts
over
the
next
10
years
is
the
shady
cent
campus.
G
G
The
university,
in
addition
to
the
ecosystem
of
complementary
campuses,
is
providing
an
advancing
leadership
as
part
of
the
imp
in
storm
water,
historic
stewardship
and
building
reuse
leadership
and
energy
and
transformation
of
energy,
as
well
as
the
environmental
qualities
that
really
motivate
everybody
to
be
moving
towards
a
more
sustainable
planet.
G
G
I
mentioned
stormwater
strategies,
and
david
mentioned
this
as
well.
The
university
has
gone
through
a
a
substantial
effort
with
pwsa
and
alka-san
to
develop
at
the
top
of
the
hill
above
shady
side,
on
chapel
hill,
a
storm
water
retention
system.
This
is
that's
a
ladder
here,
just
to
give
you
some
sense
and
there's
five
of
these
pits
that
create
storm
water
retention
cells.
G
Chatham
not
only
have
has
been
donating
financially
to
this,
but
donated
all
of
this
land
here
as
well.
So
that's
part
of
the
woodland
district.
Another
part
of
the
whole
campus,
but
certainly
characteristic
of
the
woodland
road
district
is
the
chatham
arboretum.
We
talked
about
environmental
qualities,
the
character
of
that
campus
as
critical
and
the
the
tree
coverage
and
the
high
canopy
trees
is
something
that's
unmatched
within
the
east
end
other
than
perhaps
melon
park
or
the
shady
frick
and
schenley
parks.
G
So
it's
pretty
remarkable
to
have
this
on.
In
the
midst
of
all
this
high
functioning
area,
we
mentioned
also
energy
leadership,
as
well
as
interfacing
with
the
community,
as
we
add
to
the
dormitory
space
here,
and
here
we're
looking
in
the
second
half
of
the
first
10
years
to
do
a
dormitory
expansion
at
the
murray
hill
avenue
access
point.
G
Next
to
the
library
we
mentioned
that
the
holocaust
center
has
their
exhibit
here,
we're
looking
at
the
last
residential
house
here
also
having
the
offices
for
the
holocaust
center,
so
they
can
have
a
copacetic
adjacency.
This
area
here
is
really
helping
to
contain
the
campus
and
and
buffer
the
neighborhood
from
the
campus.
With
this
building,
we've
been
interfacing
a
little
bit
as
kate
rakes
mentioned,
with
the
murray
hill
entrance
and
with
councilwoman
strasberger's
leadership
working
to
add
a
pretty
substantial
language
to
the
master
plan
itself.
H
Yes,
my
name
is
walt
fowler,
I'm
the
senior
vice
president
of
finance
and
administration
in
chatham,
and
have
been
involved
with
this
process.
From
the
beginning,
the
the
you.
H
The
details
we've
included
the
some
of
the
comments
and
agreements
that
we've
made
with
our
neighbors
on
murray
hill
in
in
the
actual
imp
agreement,
but
but
just
to
comment
a
little
bit
further
about
the
plan
and
the
interaction
with
neighbors.
I
think
our
campus
in
shadyside
is
is
really
kind
of
unique
in
another
way,
from
a
campus
standpoint
in
that
we're
surrounded
virtually
on
all
sides
by
residential
communities
and
and
and
we
appreciate
that
and
and
we've
tried
to
be
good
neighbors
over
the
years.
H
But
one
thing
this-
I
think,
if
something
this
the
imp
process,
the
institutional
master
plan
process
did
was
to
identify
the
the
who
the
neighbors
are
and
also
to
activate
and
reactivate
some
of
the
communication
between
various
neighbor
groups.
So
a
couple
of.
F
H
We've
talked
several
times
to
shadyside
action
coalition,
a
couple
times
to
squirrel
hill
urban
coalition.
Our
our
most
kind
of
intimate
neighbor
is,
is
the
woodland
road.
H
We
we
had
extensive
dialogue
with
them
and
I
think
one
of
the
those
neighbors
will
speak
later
murray
hill
is
is
an
is
an
area
where
we,
over
the
last
six
months,
we've
had
ongoing
conversations
and
and
and
and
I
think,
we've
opened
those
communications
back
up
to
the
concerns
of
those
neighbors
and
and
and
and
it's
an
important
thing
also
because
we
we
are,
after
all
college,
we
have
students,
students
are
not
all
always
well
behaved
and
we
we
need
to.
H
We
actually
need
to
hear
from
the
neighbors
immediately
when
our
our
students
are
not
acting
as
they
should
be,
and
we
can.
We
can't
do
anything
about
issues
if
we
don't
know
about
them,
so
I
think
we've
opened
that
channel
back
up
again.
So
with
respect
to
the
murray
hill
neighbors,
I
think
we've
the
major
items
there
are
really
behavioral
issues
with
our
students
and
and
getting
a
protocol
to
to
address
those.
H
Also
concerning
to
the
murray
hill
neighbors
was
the
the
entrance
to
our
library
parking
lot,
which
now
ken
is
putting
up
it's.
We
can
do
better
visually
aesthetically
than
that,
and
I
think
that
we
can.
H
We
can
also
improve
the
buffering
between
murray,
hill
and
and
also
with
respect,
to
perhaps
buffering
for
for
future
projects
also,
so
I
think
that's
a
that's
a
big
thing.
The
other
thing
we.
H
Was
mentioned
earlier
was
the
we
actually
owned.
Two
houses
on
murray,
hill
and
and
ken
is
pointing
those
out.
Now.
H
Kind
of
a
very
special
kind
of
aesthetic
on
murray
hill
avenue,
our
attempt
was
never
to
demolish
those
houses
and
in
fact
we
removed
one
of
them
from
the
the
master
plan
entirely.
We
want
those
houses
to
match
and
the
aesthetic
of
of
murray
hill
and
and
also
the
usage
to
match
a
residential
neighborhood.
So
I
think
we've
improved
and
clarified
our
intent
in
that
regard
and
and
we'll
subject
those
houses
to
in
the
historic
district.
H
H
So
ken
that's
about.
Oh,
I
all,
I
have
to
say.
G
Yeah,
thank
you
walt.
I
wanted
to
just
thank
the
councilwoman
for
all
of
her
efforts
and
helping
that
dialogue
and
having
that
come
to
conclusion
on
august,
8th,
we
met
with
a
group
of
the
neighbors,
had
a
delightful
meeting
where
we
got
to
go
over
more
of
those
details
made
final
modifications
that
are
integrated
into
the
language
here,
but
probably
most
importantly,
we
were
able
to
share
some
of
the
sketch
ideas
and
we're
looking
forward
to
that
dialogue.
G
Continuing
now
that
we
have
a
bona
fide
group
of
interested
citizens,
all
of
whom,
at
that
meeting
in
that
pool,
building
space,
melon
boardroom
said
they
would
be
willing
and
interested
and
eager
to
participate
in
looking
in
these
details.
So
with
the
conclusion
of
the
imp
that
allows
us
to
start
moving
forward
and
continuing
that
dialogue
and
we've
appreciated
all
of
that
participation,
in
particular
the
six
months
of
efforts
on
the
councilman's
part
and
and
finally,
as
we
move
along
that
same
path.
G
You
know
we
have
the
second
half
of
the
ten
year
plan
from
dilworth.
That
includes
also
expanded
recreation
space,
continued
improvement
of
that
dining
space
out
into
these
hub
areas,
which
you
know
you
can
just
look
at
the
character
of
this
campus.
G
It
is
a
treasure
in
the
middle
of
the
east
end,
it's
a
treasure
for
our
city,
we're
very
excited
to
be
taking
this
to
the
level
of
an
institutional
master
plan
in
order
to
codify
what
is
in
fact
emerged
through
the
accumulation
of
all
these
houses
and
different
properties
over
time
into
a
solid
institution
university
campus,
that's
appropriately
reflected
in
the
zoning
as
an
institutional
master
plan
in
the
emi
district.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
Thank
you
all
so
much
for
the
presentation,
and
I
really
appreciate
understanding
and
having
the
public
public's
ability
to
view
this,
because
this
is
being
recorded
for
future
viewing
purposes
to
be
able
to
view
this
and
understand
the
plan
and
be
able
to
see
it
with
their
own
eyes
kind
of
from
a
holistic
perspective
in
the
future.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
today,
all
three
of
you
and
for
and
for
addressing
council
today.
A
We
will
now
move
to
testimony
from
registered
speakers,
but
before
we
do
so
for
the
record,
I
want
to
know
that
we
have
been
joined
by
councilwoman,
deb
gross,
so
for
registered
speakers.
I
will
announce
the
next
person
who
is
up
to
speak,
followed
by
the
person
who
is
on
deck,
to
follow
that
person
and
I'll.
Ask
you
to
please
give
your
name
and
address
for
the
public
record.
Each
speaker
will
have
three.
J
A
Okay
does
not
look
like
they
are
here.
Next
registered
speaker
is
robert
tom.
K
My
name's
robert
thompson,
I
live
at
5816,
kentucky
avenue,
shadyside
one
block
north
of
fifth
avenue.
I
have
no
comments
on
what
chatham
was
proposing
to
do
south
of
fifth
avenue.
In
fact,
it's
very
commendable.
I
like
what
they're
doing
I
do
have
a
problem
when
they
cross
fifth
avenue
into
shadyside
into
an
r2m
residential
area,
chatham
of
purchase,
two
houses
just
north
of
fifth
avenue
in
maryland,
and
right
now,
they're.
Yes,
you
can
see
small
houses,
small
apartments
and
a
meeting
with
several
months
ago.
K
K
In
essence,
they've
got
their
foot
in
the
door
and
shady
side,
it's
like
a
trojan
horse
that
can
advance
down
fifth
eye
maryland
et
cetera,
et
cetera
and
because
they've
got
that
zoning
change.
They'll
get
the
next
house
change.
The
next
house
changed
the
people
before
or
the
last
meeting
on.
I
think
several
months
ago
said:
there's
no
intent
to
do
any
of
these
things
like
put
in
a
dormant
tray.
If
there's
no
intent
to
change
the
type
of
house
in
there,
then
why
change
the
zoning?
K
L
Hello,
my
name
is
beverly
filts
and
I
live
at
57-42
fifth
avenue
in
the
57-42
avenue
condominium
association.
Our
building
is
located
at
the
corner
of
murray
hill
avenue
and
fifth
avenue
next
to
chatham's
chung
apartments.
L
Before
I
go
on
I'd
just
like
to
question
mr
doino,
who
indicated
that
all
of
the
parking
lots
on
the
fifth
avenue
in
front
of
the
apartment
buildings
would
be
removed
when
in
fact,
you
are
going
to
retain
the
parking
lot
in
front
of
the
chung
building.
We
would
actually
like
to
know
why
that
is
the
case,
because
we
would
actually
like
to
have
green
space
next
to
us
as
well.
L
At
any
rate,
we
vehemently
oppose
the
change
from
residential
multi-use
to
emi
zoning
for
all
of
the
chatham
properties
along
fifth
avenue,
between
woodland,
road
and
murray
hill
avenue,
which
chatham
refers
to
as
the
fifth
avenue
district
under
emi.
Zoning,
an
educational
or
medical
institution
essentially
has
carte
blanche
to
erect
any
kind
of
structure
it
wants.
A
case
in
point
is
the
new
six-story
cmu
dorm
on
5th
at
devonshire,
which
is
strongly
opposed
by
both
nearby
residents
and
a
local
church.
L
If
you
turn
to
page
65
of
the
emp,
you
will
see
a
future
development
site
designated
in
dark
purple
that
covers
the
entire
area
encompassing
the
chang
and
chatham
apartments.
On
fifth
avenue
on
page
63,
you
will
find
a
description
of
what
is
planned
for
this
site.
Chatham
plans
to
demolish
the
four-story,
cheng
and
chatham
apartments
and
replace
them
with
one
enormous
building.
L
Chatham
intends
that
this
structure
be
a
gateway
to
the
upper
campus
from
fifth
avenue,
and
that
capacity
it
will
probably
have
no
residential
space,
but
will
rather
contain
office,
academic
and
student-centered
related
areas,
as
well
as
a
multi-level
parking
deck.
In
order
to
provide
what
chatham
calls
vertical
access
to
the
upper
campus,
this
building
will
have
to
easily
be
six
seven
or
more
stories
in
height
significantly
higher
than
the
existing
parking
build
apartment,
buildings
or
anything
else
in
the
area.
L
It
will
tower
above
our
building
and
impact
the
privacy
of
our
third
floor
owners
who
have
rooftop
decks.
We
understand
that
this
part
of
the
law
that
this
is
part
of
the
long-range
plan,
but
if
zoning
is
allowed
to
change
to
emi
now,
we
may
not
be
able
to
prevent
this
from
happening
in
the
future.
The
stretch
of
fifth
avenue
between
shady
and
norwood
well
beyond
our
building
is
almost
inclusive,
exclusively
residential
and
contains
nothing
even
remotely
like
what
chatham
plans
as
a
replacement
for
the
chang
and
chatham
apartments.
L
As
your
constituents,
we
are
asking
for
use
of
your
support
in
opposing
chatham's
attempt
to
use
emi
zoning
as
a
way
to
steamroll
this
project
and
other
potentially
undesirable
changes
to
the
fifth
avenue
district
as
taxpayers
and
homeowners.
We
are
concerned
about
he's
how
these
changes
will
affect
the
value
of
our
property.
We
demand
that
the
properties
within
chatham
smith
avenue
district
remain
zoned,
as
they
currently
are
residential
multi-use,
moderate
density
to
maintain
the
charm
and
character
of
the
fifth
avenue
corridor.
Thank
you.
D
Good
morning
and
thanking
thank
you
for
hearing
me,
I
live
at
one
two,
three
four
mario
avenue:
it's
at
the
top
of
the
hill
near
west
woodland's
entrance
from
murray
hill
and
I'm
in
support
of
the
rezoning.
I
think
that
chatham
has
been
a
great
neighbor
and
has
I
walked
my
dog
on
the
campus
every
day
and
I've
been
there
for
five
years,
I've
watched
the
campus
evolve
and
and
the
student
population
grow,
and
I
think
it's
been
super
healthy.
D
The
life
and
vitality
on
the
campus
this
year
has
been
just
really
great.
Last
year
was
very
sad
that
there
weren't
kids
on
on
the
campus.
I
think
the
master
plan
is
really
mostly
internal
facing
improvements.
I
mean
you
look
at
the
comparison
between,
say,
cmu
and
pitt.
It's
dramatically
different.
We
do
have
a
treasure
and
they
know
it.
They
respect
it.
Their
sustainable
vision
is
unmatched
by
any
of
the
the
colleges.
D
If
you
look
at
collectively
the
three
campuses
and
they're
really
a
leader
in
in
this
in
this
way,
and
they
should
be
trusted
to
make
the
right
moves.
I
love
what
they're
doing
on
fifth
avenue.
I
think
there
needs
to
be
more
space.
There
needs
to
be
a
presence
there
and
I
think
the
green
space
is
going
to
be
welcomed
and
and
the
connections
through
the
campus
are
really
what
makes
this
master
plan
sing.
D
I
think
we
we
walk
in
so
many
different
directions
and
it's
it's
always
nice
learning
new
things
about
the
campus,
because
the
37
acres
are
are
a
real
treasure
for
the
city,
I'm
a
developer,
and
I
I
understand
what
the
campus
has
gone
through,
and
this
is
a
very
thorough
vetting.
I
mean
the
last
five
years.
They've
looked
at
so
many
issues
that
it
would
be
sad
to
to
limit
this
progress
and
growth
of
this
vital
institution
and
the
city
and
and
have
a
piecemeal
approach
to
this.
D
I
Hi,
I'm
vanessa
spiro.
I
live
at
1180,
murray
hill.
I
do
not
approve
of
the
plan
as
in
place
now
and
think
it
needs
more
work.
Fortunately,
according
to
the
school's
own
imp,
this
plan
is
not
necessary
now
for
its
projected
growth
over
the
next
10
years,
and
I
think
the
parties
need
to
take
time
to
do
it
right
because
our
avenue
is
already
choking
under
changes,
including,
as
noted
more
than
the
doubled
student
body
over
the
last
six
years.
I
I
It
also
promised
to
do
again
what
it
had
previously
promised
to
do
in
terms
of
parking
lot
beautification
and
supporting
historical
designation,
and
it
even
gave
a
good
neighbor
promise
that
it
would
limit
construction
vehicles
from
parking
on
the
street
if
possible,
but
nothing
enhances
or
maintains
the
value
of
our
residential
street.
That's
been
there.
For
over
120
years,
we
asked
for
a
buffer
that
1163
a
residential
home
stay
residential
they're,
going
to
bring
the
campus
to
that,
as
they
just
noted
here.
I
So
we
have
campus
activity
directly
on
site
as
well
as
additional
parking
needs,
so
those
workers
will
need
to
park.
Someplace
that
wasn't
contemplated
by
the
transportation
study
parking
is
already
a
very
big
problem.
The
parking
st
transportation
study
outlined
that
said
it
currently
doesn't
meet
needs.
I
The
transportation
study
forecasts
problems
in
the
future
and
it
didn't
even
take
into
account
what
happens
if
1163
is
rezoned
out
of
residential
and
it
ignored
the
fact
that
80
new
students
will
be
there
in
the
new
dorm
being
built
right.
There
so
please,
I
asked
the
city
council:
do
not
continue
to
ignore
the
parking
problems
on
this
residential
street
because
it's
been
ignored
for
decades
apparently,
and
it
has
really
become
a
problem,
and
it
will
only
be
more
so
and
that's
all
documented
already.
I
E
M
You
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
participate.
I
actually
I'm
wearing
two
hats.
I
was
serving
as
counsel
to
alan
iw,
frank,
who
owns
a
incredibly
historic,
landmark
house
right
next
to
the
campus
on
the
east
side
at
fix
next
to
fix
hall
and
I'm
also
a
resident
living
across
the
street
from
the
three
homes
that
have
been
subject
with
to
a
lot
of
discussion.
I
actually
have
experienced
this
process
twice
now.
M
I
was
on
the
planning
commission
20
years
ago,
where
there
was
a
a
new
athletic
building
being
proposed,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
back
and
forth
and
a
lot
of
neighborhood
issues,
and
I
ended
up
working
with
mayor
murphy
and
my
capacity
on
the
planning
commission
to
try
to
reach
some
sort
of
resolution.
So
I
appreciate
really
firsthand
how
difficult
it
is
sometimes
competing
with
a
lot
of
very
legitimate
and
and
valid
interest.
M
But
I
do
want
to
note
that
I
thought
it
was
a
little
bit
different
and
I
would
ascribe
that
to
president
feingold
and
to
the
the
spirit
that
his
team,
walter
ken
sean
gallagher,
had
in
terms
of
reaching
out
with
the
community.
M
As
for
murray
hill,
I
would
like
to
just
note
one
technical
point:
k
raykus
indicated
at
the
outset
that
I
think
1163
and
1165
were
in
the
emi.
If
you
look
at
page
96,
it's
only
1163
that
was
after
much
much
negotiations.
I
just
want
to
be
clear
and
hope
that
only
1163,
which
is
the
immediate
adjacent
property,
is
in
the
emi
per
on
page
96,
1165
and
1167
are
not,
and
then
all
three
properties
are
going
to
be
subject
to
the
historic
district
per
our
discussions.
M
The
final
thing
I
just
want
to
say
with
chatham
is,
I
think,
murray
hill
has
some
of
the
concerns
of
the
neighbors
is
that
murray
hill
has
served
a
little
bit
as
a
back
alley
into
the
campus,
and
I
think
that
president
feingold-
and
I
know
ken
doynio
has
been
very
receptive
to
the
idea
that
this
could
be
an
attractive
entrance.
M
He
showed
a
depiction
of
that
that
would
include
limiting
some
of
the
parking
issues
with
some
of
the
vehicles,
some
of
the
access
issues,
and
I
think
the
gist
of
that
is
reflected
in
the
in
the
on
page
96,
97
and
98..
So
as
a
as
a
resident
who's
actually
gone
through
this,
I
I
think
that
there
was
a.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Apologies
to
cut
you
off.
You
have
reached
your
three-minute
limit
for
public
comments,
but
I
wanted
to
just
to
say
briefly
before
turning
it
over
to
any
of
my
colleagues
who'd
like
to
speak
that
I
I
really
appreciate
all
everyone
who's
here
today,
all
the
public
commenters
and
all
of
your
comments,
and
just
in
case
anyone
who
spoke
today
has
to
has
to
leave
the
meeting
before
the
end
of
the
meeting.
A
A
I
will
be
reaching
out
my
office
will
be
reaching
out
to
you
to
help
facilitate
those
conversations
to
set
that
up
because,
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
this
is
still
the
beginning
of
the
conversation,
not
the
end.
We
might
be
reaching
the
end
of
a
process
around
an
institutional
master
plan,
but
this
is
still
there's
still
quite
a
bit
of
an
infinite
amount
of
room
for
public
meetings
and
for
smaller
meetings
and
for
conversations
about
the
future
of
chatham's
campus.
J
Thank
you
all,
and
I
appreciate
everyone
being
here
to
present
the
plan
and
and
to
hear
public
comment
and
those
who
called
in
as
well.
J
I
I
just
wanted
to
recount
a
little
bit
of
the
conversation
that
I
had
during
my
briefing
with
the
team
and
some
of
the
things
that
I
forgot
to
mention,
which
is
that
and
listening
to
the
presentation
today
and
also
last
week
when
I
had
my
briefing
that
I
probably
failed
to
mention
how
much
I
appreciate
the
work
that
chatham
does
so
aside
from
the
campus
plan,
you
know
I
I
have
to
recollect
that
over
the
years
I've
worked
closely
with
the
center
for
women
in
politics.
J
They
continue
to
host
the
kind
of
campus,
the
campaign
training
that
it's
actually
escaping
me.
I've
actually
presented
when
there
were
four
women
on
city
council
before
councilwoman
strasberger
served.
We
were
presenters
at
the
an.
J
Say
it
again
ready
turbon,
thank
you
ready
to
run,
and
then
I
was
some
two
years
ago.
I
think
I
was
also
a
presenter
on
the
panel
and
it's
really
created
a
robust
network
of
especially
women,
not
only
women,
but
especially
women,
interested
in
electoral
politics
and
campaigning,
and
I
think
it's
been
incredibly
fruitful.
J
I've
personally
had
a
tour
of
the
campus
in
gibsonia,
which
I
can't
escape.
It's
escaping
my
name.
I've
had
dogs
barking
through
a
lot
of
this
presentation.
So
excuse
me
a
little
distracted
so
of
the
stormwater
retention
facilities
that
have
been
built
up
there
and
that
contribution
to
understanding
native
agriculture
is
incredibly
beneficial.
The
work
that
the
the
women's
entrepreneurship
and
sbdc
does
I've
partnered
with
their
team
on
efforts
to
work
with
the
female-owned
small
businesses.
J
In
my
district
I
could
actually
keep
going
on
I'm
a
huge
fan
of
the
craft
initiative
that
is
supporting
the
industries
that
are
specially
dominated
by
women
in
business,
so
from
crafts
to
like
food
value
added
preparation.
I'm
always
wishing
I
could
sign
up
for
their
classes
and
I
never
have
for
everything
from
like
making
kombucha
to
how
to
you
know,
carve
a
cow
or
whatever
it
is.
I
mean
they
have
all
kinds
of
crazy
classes,
so
I
think
it's
fantastic.
J
I
did
have
some
some
questions
that
I
asked
I
feel
like.
I'm
consistently
raised
around
all
of
the
emis,
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
share
those
that
again
I'm
grateful
for
the
stormwater.
You
always
hear
me
talking
about
stormwater
and
our
sewer
sheds.
Every
time
we
discuss
even
a
little
sewer
module
at
city
council
and
this
one
especially
hosts
the
very
top
of
the
a22
sewer
shed,
which
councilwoman
strasberger
and
I
share,
although
I
think
I
actually
have.
J
I
have
a
bigger
footprint
of
it
and
at
the
downstream
and
and
councilwoman
strasburg
and
district
8
has
the
upstream,
but
it
goes
from
the
chatham
campus
down
through
shadyside,
but
then
across
bomb
center
includes
shadyside
hospital
includes
even
all
the
way
up
to
moorwood
and
millvale,
where
the
kind
of
pit
expansion
is
down
through
almost
all
of
bloomfield
part
of
polish
hill
and
down
into
lawrenceville.
J
I
have
also
raised
questions
about
not
the
permeability
not
just
of
stormwater
but
of
people
through
campuses.
So
I
also
appreciate
the
pathways
that
you're
putting
in
I
raised
that
question.
You
know
in
my
district,
when
wes
penn
was
redoing
its
master
plan,
how
can
people
get
through
the
superblock
instead
of
having
being
forced
to
walk
all
around
it,
so
to
have
those
clear
pathways
that
people
can
to
get
through
these
big
campuses?
J
One
of
the
things
that
I
raised
that
I
don't
think
any
of
us
has
a
good
answer
for,
but
I'll
still
share
it
publicly
and
have
raised
these
questions
before
with
other
emi.
J
So
I'll
just
put
it
in
here
for
the
record
is
that
these
big
campuses
that
the
city
hosts
from
stadiums
to
hospitals,
universities,
all
of
the
big
institutions
and
then
the
other
kind
of
big
assembly
sites,
take
up
physical
space,
but
then
also
host
workforces
that
create
housing
demand
that
we
are
not
meeting,
and
so
I
personally
spoke
with
workers
who
work
at
other
campuses,
an
emi
districts
who
you
know
can't
afford
to
live
in
the
city.
J
You
hear
city
council
struggling
with
issue
now
for
years
and
we've
we've
still
fallen
short
of
meeting
these
needs
and
it
is
part
of
the
cost
that
is
created
to
the
public
with
these
large
campuses,
even
though
there's
so
much
that
they
bring
to
the
city,
we
it's
our
job
as
city
council
to
make
sure
that
there's
not
too
much
of
the
burden
of
the
cost
put
onto
the
public
or
the
public
purse.
So
there's
no
answer
today
for
that.
J
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
it,
because
I
have
not
embraced
these
issues
when
discussing
other
emis
so
other
than
that.
I
was
really
grateful
to
hear
the
input
and
just
to
acknowledge
that
I
see
the
hard
work
that
you
and
with
councilman
strasburg,
have
put
into
kind
of
addressing
public
concerns
and
building
a
campus
that
is
really
beneficial
to
the
city.
So
I
really
appreciate
that.
Thank
you.
Councilwoman
strasberg.
A
Thank
you
councilwoman
gross,
I
did
want
to
I
mean
I
did
hear
some
questions
that
had
been
asked
and
answered
in
a
in
a
previous
briefing.
I
didn't
know
if
there
were
any
questions
that
were
raised
today
by
councilwoman
gross
that
members
of
the
the
chatham
team
wanted
to
address,
so
that
the
public
could
also
hear
answers
to
those.
A
Some
of
them
were
already
covered
in
the
presentation
stormwater,
but
just
wanted
to
leave
that
space
in
case
anyone
wanted
to,
and
and
if
you
don't
that's
fine
too,
if
there's
not
really
an
answer,
I
understand
there
weren't
exactly
questions
asked
just
questions
that
were
sort
of.
G
Mentioned
super
briefly:
in
our
briefing
with
councilwoman
gross,
we
did
have
an
opportunity
to
also
talk
about
the
role
of
the
east
side
campus,
the
seven
plus
acre
campus
at
penn
and
fifth.
That
has
an
opportunity,
and
we
have
done
some
planning
around
that
both
to
improve
the
traffic
and
access
issues
for
parking,
but
also
sustainability,
stormwater
management
and
even
potentially
housing
in
that
context.
G
But
that's
not
part
of
this
particular
piece
of
legislation,
but
I
did
want
to
just
put
that
on
the
record,
because
I
think
it's
once
again
shows
the
university's
thoughtfulness
and
foresight
in
securing
that
really
important
parcel
in
that
location.
F
And
I
just
wanted
to
add
on
the
affordable
housing,
we
certainly
see
that
need
you
know
our
own
graduate
students,
our
employees
are
looking
for
opportunities
and
part
of
the
community
partnerships
I
mentioned,
and
I
really
appreciated
your
listing
of
the
others
I
didn't
have
time
for
is
thinking
about.
You
know
chatham,
really,
borders
on
larimer,
homewood,
wilkinsburg,
three
areas
that
have
a
a
land
available.
They
have
vacant
properties
available
and
thoughtful
development
with
community
partners
like
we
did
with
graham
field,
I
think,
is
a
great
opportunity
that
would
benefit
it.
F
A
Thank
you
well
I'll
end,
the
hearing
today
by
giving
just
a
few
brief
remarks
from
my
perspective-
and
I
realized
I
didn't
actually
introduce
myself
to
the
beginning
of
the
hearing,
but
the
reason
I'm
sharing
the
hearing
as
a
city
council
member
is
because
I
represent
the
council
district,
that
chatham
falls
into
and
that's
council
district
eight
and
I
have
been
at
the
table
for
the
last
six
months
since
this.
A
These
two
bills
came
to
council
or
were
about
to
to
come
to
council
after
approval
of
the
planning
commission,
and
we
really
slowed
the
process
down.
We
took
time
and
slowed
the
process
down
to
really
be
able
to
meet
with
and
work
with
residents,
especially
from
the
murray
hill
avenue
corridor,
who
had
major
concerns
with
what
they
saw
in
the
plan,
a
lot
based
on
history.
But
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
you
know
there
are
other
concerns
here
today
that
we
heard
that
maybe
we
haven't
worked
through
yet.
A
But
again,
as
I
mentioned
before,
this
is
the
beginning
of
an
opportunity
for
communication
between
those
residents
and
my
office
and
those
residents
and
the
university,
and
I
know
that
the
university
is
just
as
eager
to
meet
with
you
and
talk
with
you
and
address
those
concerns.
As
I
am
and
the
you
know,
the
concerns
I
heard
are
valid.
Some
of
them
have
to
do
with
quality
of
life
issues,
parking
traffic
interactions
with
neighbors
who
happen
to
be
students
or
faculty
or
staff
on
a
college
campus.
A
Some
of
them
have
to
do
with
a
larger
issue
of
change.
That
change
can
be
difficult.
Seeing
change
around
you,
whether
it's
in
your
backyard
or
it's
in
your
neighborhood,
can
be
difficult
to
adapt
to
some
of
them
have
to
do
with
trust.
You
know,
there's
there's
there,
there's
a
need
for
in
any
institutional
master
plan
and
zoning
a
need
for
some
trust,
because
not
everything
that
is
included
is
necessarily
going
to
be
enforceable.
A
Many
things
are
many
things
that
we
were
able
to
cover
in
these
last
six
months
in
negotiations
and
and
conversations
are
enforceable,
but
many
really
hinge
on
ongoing
trust
between
partners
between
organizations
and
entities
and
some
of
the
concerns
I
heard
center
on
communication
issues
and
again
that's
something
that
we
have
an
opportunity
to
really
continue
to
improve
upon
over
the
last
six
months,
once
the
bills
were
introduced
to
council
and
passed
through
the
planning
commission,
I
would
say
that
we've
made
a
significant
amount
of
progress,
not
just
on
some
many
actual
tangible
issues,
neighborhood
issues
most
affecting
murray
hill
neighbors,
but
I
think
the
the
most
important
progress
that
we've
made
has
been
the
the
forming
of
an
actual
group
of
a
small
burgeoning
group
on
murray
hill
avenue.
A
That
will
allow
for
a
point
of
contact
for
my
office
and
for
the
university
to
be
able
to
reach
those
neighbors
when
issues
challenges
problems.
As
with
having
a
university
as
your
neighbor
comes
up
before
it
reaches
a
boiling
point.
I
think
that
that's
a
really
really
positive
step
in
the
right
direction.
A
I
look
forward
to
establishing
that
same
sort
of
relationship
with
many
of
the
fifth
avenue
neighbors
and
beyond
fifth
avenue,
kentucky
avenue
maryland
avenue
that
chatham
currently
enjoys
with
the
woodland,
woodland
avenue
association
and
has
been
and
has
had
that
relationship
for
many
many
years
now.
A
You
know
I
for
the
fifth
avenue
neighbors
I
and
the
kentucky
avenue
neighbor.
I
wish
I
had
heard
from
you
sooner.
We
could
have.
You
know
been
working
this
last
six
months
as
well,
but
that's
not
to
say
that
we
can't
do
the
same
in
the
future.
A
A
master
plan,
an
institutional
master
plan
in
particular-
is
a
plan.
It's
not
a
permit
for
construction,
it's
not
a
groundbreaking
ceremony.
It
is
a
plan
that
requires
additional
conversations
and
additional
work
in
order
to
solidify-
and
that's
I
think
the
major
point
I
want
to
make
today
is
that
there
is
still
room
for
a
whole
lot
of
work
and
a
whole
lot
of
conversation
before
any
shovels
are
in
the
ground.
A
A
It's
it's
a
commitment
to
better
landscaping,
as
mr
levine
said,
treating
the
entrance
to
chatham
university
on
murray
hill
avenue
as
a
more
of
a
front
entrance,
rather
than
a
back
entrance
quarterly
meetings
with
the
organization
which
is
now
called
the
murray
hill
neighbors
organization
in
my
office
and
the
registered
community
organizations.
A
Exclusion
of
two
of
the
three
houses
on
murray
hill
avenue
that
have
traditionally
been
residential
and
one
of
which
will
you
know,
have
the
opportunity
to
be
something
other
than
residential
on
a
temporary
basis.
The
holocaust
center
of
pittsburgh.
A
But
you
know
in
the
future,
it
could
be
a
number
of
things
with
limits,
though
that's
something
else
that
we
were
able
to
negotiate.
So
I
would
say:
exclusion
of
two
of
the
three
murray
hill
houses
from
the
rezoning.
The
emi
resulting
limits
on
the
size
of
proposed
dorm
extension
limits
on
chatham-related
traffic
and
parking
and
a
commitment
to
communicate
into
the
future.
A
So
I
really
think
that
this
being
codified
by
city
council
puts
gives
some
leverage
to
neighbors
there's.
There
are
many
issues
in
here
that
have
are
going
to
be
codified
and
that
will
allow
for
neighbors
to
be
able
to
point
to
something
and
and
and
say
this
is
a
commitment
you
made.
A
We
need
you
to
make
the
to
maintain
this
commitment,
and
I
have
all
faith
in
chatham
and
its
leadership
right
now
to
to
make
good
on
that
promise
and
make
good
on
the
commitments
that
they've
made
within
the
plan,
not
just
because
it's
in
the
plan,
but
because
they
want
to
be
good,
neighbors,
there's
a
tremendous
amount
of
history
here,
it's
an
old
university.
A
A
History
with
neighbors
and
the
institution,
and
what
I
would
just
urge
everyone
to
do
as
as
hard
as
it
can
be,
is
to
look
forward
and
not
to
look
back.
We
have
to
move
forward.
There
are
some
beautiful
changes
that
are
coming
to
campus.
That
will
benefit
the
lives
of
not
only
the
people
who
live
nearby,
not
only
the
people
who
work
and
live
and
and
seek
their
education
on
campus.
But
anyone
who
is
visiting
the
campus
and
anyone
who's
visiting
fifth
avenue
for
that
matter.
So
I
hope
we
can
all
look
forward
together.
A
I
look
forward
to
in
the
coming
weeks
with,
along
with
my
colleagues,
passing
this
rezoning
bill,
this
institutional
master
plan
and
then
really
being
able
to
continue
the
conversations
with
all
neighbors
with
the
university
and
its
partners
and
with
the
registered
community
organizations
as
well,
which
is
something
that
we
did
not
have
10
years
ago
or
20
years
ago.
But
with
the
squirrel
hall
urban
coalition
and
the
shady
sadaq
and
coalition
has
registered
community
organizations.
A
We
really
have
an
opportunity
to
continue
to
work
collaboratively
as
we've
started
to
do
these
last
several
months
and,
as
chatham
really
has
done
with
many
many
neighbors
over
the
last
years
and
decades.
So
that's
that's
really.
All
I
wanted
to
say
today
happy
to
continue
the
conversation
and
I
wanted
to
open
it
up
in
case
anyone
else
as
an
invited
guest
had
any
other
final
remarks,
anything
else
they
wanted
to
address.