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A
B
Bill
926
resolution
approving
a
conditional
use
application,
another
pittsburgh
code,
title
9
zone
in
article
4,
chapter
9,
10
to
meijer,
unkovic
and
scott
on
behalf
of
429
forbes
for
the
transfer
of
development
rights
involving
87
dwelling
units
from
201
stanwood
street
to
429
forbes
avenue,
zone
gtb
golden
triangle,
sub
district
b,
first
ward,
council,
district,
six.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
have
a
number
of
invited
guests
with
us
today.
We
from
the
city,
we
have
miss
ann
cramer
and
mr
corey
layman.
From
the
applicant
project
team.
We
have
kevin
mckeegan,
ian
fishman
and
sean
beasley,
we'll
begin
with
either
miss
kramer
or
mr
layman
providing
an
overview.
C
Thank
you,
councilman,
I'm
just
here
window
dressing,
ann
cramer
is
the
star
of
the
show
and
we'll
present
for
city
planning.
D
I
don't
know
if
I'm
the
star,
my
name
is
ann
cramer.
I
am
with
the
zoning
division,
which
is
a
part
of
the
planning
department.
This
application
is
for
the
renovation
of
429
forbes
avenue
into
residential
units.
The
request
is
to
have
100
or
90
total
units,
and
of
that
103
would
be
allowed
with
planning
commission
approval
because
it
is
in
the
gtb
that
is
the
golden
triangle.
D
Subdistrict
b
zoning
district,
the
additional
87
units
would
be
are
are
part
of
the
request
for
a
transfer
of
development
rights,
and
that
is
a
conditional
use,
which
is
why
the
the
project
is
here
before
you
today.
D
So
on
november,
10th
of
2020
planning
commission
did
approve
the
103
units
that
it
can
approve
and
gave
a
positive
recommendation
to
plan
our
two
city
council
for
the
conditional
use
for
the
transfer
of
the
development
rights
for
those
extra
87
units,
and
that's
why
we're
here
today-
and
that
concludes
my
presentation.
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
let
the
record
reflect
that
we're
joined
by
councilwoman
gross
with
that.
Is
there
anyone
from
the
project
team?
That
would
like
to
add
any
additional
comments.
E
Yes,
mr
lavell,
if
I
could
please
I'd
like
to
start,
my
name
is
kevin
mckeegan,
I'm
with
meier
unkovic
and
scott.
We
represent
the
current
owner
of
the
allegheny
building,
429
forbes
avenue
llc.
E
If
you
were
meeting
in
chambers,
you
would
be
able
to
see
the
allegheny
building.
It's
half
a
block
below
grant
street
on
forbes.
E
The
building
was
acquired
by
our
client
in
august
of
this
year,
with
the
intent
of
converting
it
from
its
prior
use
as
an
office
building
to
a
multi-family
apartment
building,
as
ms
kramer
has
explained,
we
are
seeking
conditional
approval
conditional
use
approval.
Excuse
me
to
transfer
up
to
87
dwelling
units,
the
rights
to
those
units
from
201
stanwick
street
to
the
allegheny
building.
So
there's
no
misunderstanding:
the
owner
of
201
stanwick
street
and
the
owner
of
the
allegheny
building
the
property
in
question
are
related
and
affiliated
entities.
E
Just
by
way
of
background,
the
allegheny
building
was
constructed
back
in
1906.
for
many
years
it
was
known
as
the
forbes
annex
while
it
does
not
have
a
historic
designation.
E
It
was
designed
by
a
noted
architect,
daniel
burnham,
and
until
recently
its
primary
use
was,
as
I
said,
as
an
office
building
those
office
tenants
over
the
past
few
years
have
migrated
to
other
spaces
and
when
our
client
acquired
the
property
in
august,
the
building
was
essentially
vacant.
The
only
tenant
that's
left
is
the
apollo
cafe
luncheonette
restaurant
and
we're
hoping
that
that
cafe
operation
will
remain
in
the
building.
For
some
time
we
are
not
proposing
any
exterior
changes
to
the
building
ian
fishman
from
strata.
E
As
ann
explained,
the
building
is
entitled
to
have
up
to
103
dwelling
units
in
it
and
that's
based
on
its
lot
size
of
approximately
11
400
square
feet,
to
make
a
project
viable
we'd
like
to
get
that
number
of
units
up
closer
to
190.,
so
we're
proposing
to
shift
development
rights
for
up
to
87
units
from
201
stanwick
street.
The
201
stanwick
street
building
sits
on
a
lot.
E
That's
approximately
a
little
over
30
000
square
feet
in
size
and
would
permit
275
dwelling
units
so
under
the
zoning
code,
we're
proposing
to
transfer
87
units
from
201
stanwick
street
to
the
allegheny
building.
We're
able
to
do
that
because
currently
permitted
at
201
stanwick
street
are
158
dwelling
units
they're,
actually
a
few
less
than
that
there
now,
but
but
it's
permitted
up
to
158.
E
So
in
effect,
there's
117
surplus
units
rights
to
units
sitting
at
201,
stanwick
street
and
87
of
those
are
going
to
move
over
to
the
allegheny
building.
That
still
leaves
some
room
for
expansion
of
201
stanwick
should
it
happen,
but
it
would
accommodate
what
needs
to
be
done
to
make
the
allegheny
building
project
viable
before
I
turn
the
screen
over
to
ian
who's
going
to
run
through
some
slides
for
you.
E
I
just
wanted
to
review
a
couple
of
points
that
I
think
are
critical
to
keep
in
mind
when
considering
this
conditional
use
request.
E
First
of
all,
multi-family
housing
is
a
permitted
as
of
right
use
in
the
golden
triangle
district,
and
it's
certainly
been
the
city's
policy
over
the
past
several
years
to
encourage
multi-family
living
in
downtown
pittsburgh
compared
to
the
prior
office
use.
We
are
not
anticipating
any
significant
or
material
adverse
traffic
impacts.
E
E
The
proposal
not
only
received
a
favorable
recommendation
from
the
planning
commission,
but
was
also
favorably,
received
and
is
supported
by
the
pittsburgh
downtown
partnership,
and
we
do
think
that
converting
this
building
to
a
residential
living
will
help
to
activate
this
upper
end.
If
I
can
refer
to
it
of
forbes
avenue,
if
you
think
about
what's
happening,
development
wise
in
that
part
of
the
city,
you've
got
significant
development
down
near
market
square.
It's
slowly
moving
up,
forbes
avenue.
This
will,
in
effect,
help
to
anchor
the
end
of
forbes
avenue
near
grant
street.
E
So
with
that,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
ian
from
strata,
architects,
who's
going
to
run
through
some
slides
that
we
previously
presented
to
the
planning
commission
and
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
better
idea
of
the
building
and
what
the
proposed
use
will
be
obviously
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
If
anybody
from
city
council
has
anything
to
ask.
F
Thanks
kevin,
I
have
some
slides,
I'm
trying
to
share
and
I'm
not
sure,
if
can
everyone
see
my
screen?
F
Yes,
okay,
thanks
and
I
have
let's
see
these
were
I'm
not
sure
if
mr
mckeegan,
if
you
need
to,
if,
if
you
want
to
speak
to
these
or
just
skip
ahead
to
the
design
portion,
I.
F
Okay
good
so
again,
my
name
is
ian
fishman,
I'm
with
strata
we're
the
design,
architect
and
architect
of
record
for
the
renovation
at
429,
forbes
avenue.
F
I'm
just
going
to
briefly
take
you
through
our
plans
for
this
project,
starting
on
this
slide
with
some
existing
photos
of
the
exterior
and
site,
and
we
have
no
plans
at
all
for
proposed
changes
for
the
site
or
a
very
limited
proposed
changes
for
the
exterior
which
I'll
get
to
on
the
next
slide.
F
This
shows
the
elevation
along
the
top
two
images
showed
the
elevation
along
forbes
avenue,
with
the
historic
entrance
on
the
center
bay,
with
the
clock
above
and
then
the
newer
modern,
existing
accessible
entrance
towards
scriptway.
F
This
lower
right
slide
shows
the
loading
entrance,
which
is
actually
by
means
of
easement.
You
would
have
to
go
below
the
macy's
building
and
then
the
lower
left
slide
shows
the
existing
exterior
pedestrian
passageway
that
connects
through
along
cherry
way
up
to
5th
avenue.
F
This
slide
shows
the
existing
building
light.
Well,
that
faces
north
and
again,
our
proposed
changes
on
the
exterior
are
limited
to
this
area,
or
just
some
re-glazing
of
the
existing
historic
window.
Sashes,
where
they've
been
filled
in
over
the
years
with
plywood
and
louvering,
this
shows
a
site
plan
and
first
floor
and
loading
dock
plan
showing
some
of
the
site
features
again.
No
changes
proposed
for
the
exterior
site
at
the
first
floor,
but
we
do
have
some
changes
on
the
on
the
interior.
F
Just
adding
a
few
rooms,
fire
command
room,
fire
command,
center
leasing,
office,
mail,
room
package,
room
existing
the
existing
hatch,
the
hashtag
shows
existing
apollo
cafe
existing
to
remain.
F
Bicycle
room
in
the
basement
to
provide
the
zoning
code
required
number
of
bicycle
parking
and
then
improvements
to
access
and
egress
on
this
level,
and
this
is
our
just
a
typical
floor
plan
showing
the
unit
configuration
10
units
per
floor,
except
for
the
second
floor,
which
would
have
seven
units,
mostly
one
bedrooms
and
a
two
bedroom
at
the
corner,
and
then
just
a
few
bits
of
information
about
about
this
renovation
sustainability
wise.
This
is,
you
know
the
reuse
of
a
historic
existing
building.
F
All
plumbing
fixtures
are
what
are
water,
conserving
low
flow.
All
all
light
fixtures
are
efficient,
led
for
construction
management.
All
loading
would
be
through
the
existing
script
way
dumpsters
placed
within
the
footprint
of
the
building
and
the
existing
loading
dock.
No
street
closures
would
be
planned.
F
A
So
we
did
have
three
registered
speakers
for
the
public
hearing,
although
I
do
not
see
them
yet.
Are
there
questions
from
members
councilwoman
gross.
G
Thank
you,
mr
chair.
Thank
you,
everybody
for
your
presentation.
Development
rights
are
complicated
so
and
we're
not
really
doing
interrogative
here
right
counsel,
mr
chair,
this
is
a
public
hearing,
not
really
a
post
agenda,
or
anything
like
that.
So
I
I
want
to
say
well
paul.
I
can
ask
those
questions
when
we
have
the
legislation
on
the
agenda,
but
I
am
curious
and
you
don't
really
need
to
answer
this
now.
Maybe
it
will
wait,
but
I
will
be
asking
about
this.
G
I
tried
to
quote
you
on
by
saying,
as
the
owners
of
the
allegheny
building
bought
it
in
august
and
they
are
an
llc.
This
is
a
very
common
thing,
these
days
of
creating
an
llc
with
just
the
street
address
of
the
building,
and
I
think
you
said
they
are
affiliated
entities
to
the
standwicks
building,
and
so
the
owner
of
the
stanlex
building
is
what
entity.
E
The
owner
of
the
stanwick
street
building
is
201
stanwick
associates.
Llc,
don't
want
to
hide
the
ball
here,
but
all
of
these
entities
are
affiliated
with
pmc
property
group,
which
is
the
owner
of
a
number
of
downtown
apartment
buildings,
the
historic
alcoa
building,
the
clark
building,
925
penn
avenue,
the
penn
garrison
lofts,
so
the
the
ultimate
owner,
if
I
can
put
it
that
way,
is
quite
familiar
with
with
downtown
pittsburgh
and
with
downtown
pittsburgh
living.
If
that
helps
that.
G
Is
very
helpful:
I'm
assuming
when
the
pmc
affiliated
llc
bought
the
allegheny
building
they
paid
their
real
estate
transfer
tax.
You.
E
I'm
happy
to
answer
that
question
because
it's
a
matter
of
public
record.
This
was
a
negotiated
arms
length
purchase
from
the
prior
owner.
I
don't
recall
off
the
top
of
my
head.
What
the
final
purchase
price
was.
I
believe
it
was
in
excess
of
eight
million
dollars
and
transfer
tax
was
paid
on
that
amount.
G
Right
right,
so
you
see
why
I'm
going.
I
am
asking,
because
what
we've
seen
elsewhere
is
loopholes.
We
had
hoped
wouldn't
happen
where
buyers
and
sellers
are
buying
llc's
in
whole,
so
the
properties
don't
technically
transfer.
E
G
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
your
your
your
being
forthright
with
that
answer.
I
appreciate
that
very
much
so
that
was
kind
of
the
biggest
thing
on
my
mind
after
listening
to
your
presentation,
but
I
probably
will
have
further
questions
when
we
have
this
in
legislation
in
front
of
us
at
standing
committee.
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you,
mr
chad.
That's
all.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Is
there
let
the
record
reflect
we
have
been
joined
by
president
kale
smith?
Is
there
any
other
member
who
wants
to
make
a
comment?
If
not,
I
do
want
to
try
to
get
in
the
public
speakers
that
we
had
registered.
H
Can
you
hear
me
councilman
labelle?
Yes,
okay,
my
name's,
steve
mazza.
I
live
at
2912,
zephyr,
avenue,
pittsburgh
15204..
H
H
When
the
developers
work
with
our
permits,
they
are
hiding
behind
a
practice
that
doesn't
benefit
the
worker
or
the
city.
When
you
have
a
developer
that
allows
this.
We
begin
to
deal
with
the
issue
of
non-payment
of
taxes,
tax
fraud,
wage
theft,
non-area
standards
and
all
of
the
above,
which
doesn't
help
anybody
at
all.
The
situation
at
429
forbes
has
created
all
these
issues.
Non-Area
standards
exploited,
workforce,
tax
fraud,
wage
theft,
lack
of
health
and
public
safety
all
when
the
city
is
losing
tax
dollars
during
the
pandemic.
H
I
certainly
want
all
developers
to
use
our
contractors
on
this
project,
but
this
is
not
a
union
or
non-union
issue.
It's
a
situation
where
we
cannot
allow
developers
to
work
without
permits
and
the
guidelines.
The
city
has
asked
asked
oh
the
following
to
do
and
I
don't
believe
this
developer
should
be
allowed
to
continue
doing
what
he
does
now.
That's
an
issue
for
me
not
to
decide,
but
I
thank
you
for
the
time
and
your
concern.
Thank
you
very
much.
H
A
You
very
much
our
next
registered
speaker
is
dave.
A
G
Thank
you,
mr
mr
chair,
I'll
just
say
I
I
have
called
in
to
another
body's
public
comment
and
it's
really
confusing.
If
you
haven't
done
it
but
you're
like
you,
sit
there
in
silence
and
then
suddenly
there's
a
a
robot
voice
that
tells
you
to
like
hit
start.
I
think
it's
star
six
or
something
I'm
not
sure.
If
starts
six
or
star
seven
and
it
sometimes
catches
you
off
guarding,
it's
so
difficult
to
for
us
to
have
our
public
commenters
waiting
and
then
not
know
what
to
do
when
it's
their
turn
to
do
it.
G
So
I
just
had
to
acknowledge
that,
because
it
happened
to
me
when
I
was
trying
to
call
in
a
big
public
comment
somewhere.
So
with
that
I'll
just
motion
to
adjourn.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you.
That's.