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From YouTube: Pittsburgh City Council Public Hearing - 6/28/22
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Bill #2022-0437: Reapportionment Plan
A
B
Thank
you
before
we
begin
I
want
to
mention
that
we
are
joined
by
councilwoman
gross
and
councilwoman
Erica
strasberger
and
councilman
LaValle
I
see
online.
Is
there
anyone
else?
Councilman,
Wilson
and
councilman
Krause
are
also
online
joining
us
online.
But
that
said,
we'll
begin
with
our
first
registered
speaker,
Amy
Teresa
comprator.
D
I
also
hope
it
can
take
into
account
what
better
housing
features
can
actually
help
the
city
with
such
as
the
GNC
building
I've
mentioned
before
here
that
it
is
going
to
be
made
instead
of
for
business,
it's
going
to
be
into
housing
that
probably
is
not
going
to
be
for
I,
would
say:
Section,
8
or
or
Housing
Authority,
City
of
Pittsburgh
or
people.
That
really
could
actually
use
the
the
assistance
like
myself,
of
being
close
to
the
city
and
being
closer
to
the
resources
that
we
need.
D
That's
one
reason
why
I
moved
close
to
the
city
I
moved
to
Presley,
not
because
of
the
the
wonderful
building
it
is
I
moved
to
Presley
because
it
was
five
blocks
from
my
hospital
and
people
said:
do
you
really
want
to
go
there?
Every
you
know
single
time.
I
went
to
the
Housing
Authority
and
I'm
like
well
yeah,
because
I
had
to
walk
over
a
later
Walker
and
I
could,
at
the
at
the
very
least,
get
the
bus,
and
you
know,
go
up
and
get
dropped
off
or
or
walk
straight
up.
D
I
have
a
Giant,
Eagle
right
next
to
me
and
I
wanted
those.
Those
are
the
kind
of
Dynamics
I
I
wish
for
you
to
consider
when
considering
the
reapportionment
plan
for
the
city
is
not
just
how
how
why
your
average
person
who
works
gets
around,
but
also
those
who
have
accessibility,
issues
and
poverty
issues.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
E
My
name
is
John
Rhodes
I
live
3030,
Lincoln
Street
in
Polo,
shell
members
of
city
council
and
speaking
today
as
board
member
and
representatives
of
the
Postal
Service
Association,
the
rcos
University
of
the
formal
objection
letter
we
submitted
to
the
reapportion
committee
back
in
May.
That
letter
was
signed
on
to
you
by
our
sister
Community
benefit
organizations,
Bluefield
Development
Corporation
at
Morrisville,
United
and
Municipal
Corporation.
E
The
phca
board
of
membership
will
review
the
impact
that
those
new
District
boundary
provides
would
have
on
us,
and
we
hope
you
will
reconsider
the
small
component
of
a
map
that
affects
our
neighborhood.
We
want
to
emphasize
that,
no
matter
what
the
funding
map
looks
like
and
the
full
show
will
be
represented
by
one
or
two
dedicated
city
council
members
who
work
diligently
to
improve
the
lives
of
their
constituents.
The
objections
we
raised
today
are
only
in
response
to
the
concern
that
we
have
about
the
reinforcement
process.
E
The
first
video
I
want
to
discuss
is
how
oddly
shaped
district
one
becomes
by
including
Paul
shell.
As
you
know,
the
real
estate
District
Lines
must
be
compact
to
the
greatest
extent
practical.
We
believe
that
anyone
District
once
proposed
boundaries.
We
consider
the
inclusion
of
the
portion
of
Polish
Hills
on
in,
to
look
anything
but
compact.
According
to
the
days
redistricting
website,
we
found
that
District
one's
compactness
scores
would
all
improve.
The
precinct.
E
6165
are
not
attacked
on
so
strangely
District
1's,
re-up
score
would
increase
by
16
or
double
up
in
its
normalized
rating
and
both
its
polls
being
proper,
and
now
you
see
its
scores.
People
as
well.
Another
guideline
to
redistricting
that
I'm
sure
you're,
aware
of
is
that
the
goal
is
to
keep
neighborhoods
intact.
In
various
extent,
practical,
however,
the
new
proposed
Maps
splits
full
show
into
dividing
us
along
the
MLK
English
busway.
E
We
would
hope
our
small
neighborhood
would
be
contained
within
one
single
city,
council
District,
so
we
could
use
our
limited
volunteer
hours,
easing
the
city
council
as
efficiently
as
possible.
We
would
also
like
to
highlight
the
fact
that
ever
since
Pittsburgh
transitioned
to
a
likely
its
city
council
by
districts
in
1989,
polish
Health
has
always
been
included
in
district
7
with
our
adjacent
neighborhoods
Bloomfield
New
Hampshire.
E
In
a
February
6
1989
issue
of
the
Pittsburgh
Press,
which
talked
about
the
shared
issues
facing
quote
the
traditional
Blue
Collar
areas
of
District
Seven,
covering
the
Lawrenceville
bullet,
Shield
Garfield
apartment
School.
These
neighborhoods
have
faced
similar
kinds
of
changes
from
unemployment
and
light
at
that
time
to
gentrification
and
displacement
now
district
one
is
clearly
a
district
that,
for
Donald
represents
the
north
side.
E
These
are
crazy
friends
in
the
north
side,
but
we
obviously
are
not
in
the
North
Side
neighborhood
and
we
see
our
neighborhood
would
lose
much
of
his
weights
if
we
were
broken
away
from
communities
that
share
our
interests
and
become
part
of
the
district.
That
is
almost
entirely
comprising.
Most
of
that
neighborhoods
that
have
filed
different
controls
than
our
own.
For
all
the
reasons
above
the
board
recommended
to
the
full
membership
and
they
voted
universally
to
accept
that
City
councils.
We
consider
how
it
recommends
incorporating
in
Polish
Hill
in
its
proposed
map.
E
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Catherine
Anderson
I
live
at
3717,
Millwood
Avenue
in
Portia
I'm
here,
because
I,
first
of
all,
I
really
like
our
Council
people,
I,
really
like
our
council
person
and
her
office
Denver's
people
that
she
works
with
it
can
be
as
I
think.
All
of
us
know
really
challenging
to
develop
relationships
with
politicians,
local
politicians
included
and
hard
to
trust
and
hard
to
like
have
deliverables
hard
to
see
deliverables
from
local
politics.
F
But
we
have
really
grown
a
relationship
with
our
council
person
and
with
her
office
I'm,
the
co-founder
of
the
community
Farm.
We
go
food
for
Jubilee,
Food
Pantry.
We
have
put
a
lot
of
time
into
our
farm.
We
produce
a
lot
of
food
every
year
to
go
to
the
food
pantry.
We
have
gotten
immense
support
from
Denver's
office.
The
only
reason
we're
able
to
run
it
is
because
of
their
financial
support.
F
They'll
come
to
our
work
days
before
our
work
days
for
other
community
gardening
projects
that
we
have,
and
they
get
very
clear
that
they're
available
and
here
to
support
us.
I.
Think
my
concern
is
that
if
we
just
pull
away
from
the
numbers,
we're
negating
the
relational
aspect
of
politics
that
we
really
need
to
be
focusing
on,
we
need
to
be
focusing
on
keeping
people
in
their
districts,
so
we
can
build
relationships
and
Trust
and
yeah
I.
Just
think
that
it's
it's
really
hard
to
trust
politicians.
G
G
G
You
know
the
letter
that
we
as
award
wrote
I
just
wanted
to
be
here
to
support
our
staying
in
District
Seven,
both
four
and
very
practical
reasons
that
John
outlined,
as
well
as
the
relational
reasons
that
Catherine
just
outlined
and
I'm,
really
hoping
that
the
council
sees
our
passion
and
dedication
towards
that
and
keeps
us
in
District
Seven.
Thank
you.
H
Hogan
Street
in
Polish
health
and,
like
the
others
who
have
spoken,
I
am
here
to
express
concern
to
oppose
the
division
of
Polish
Hills,
multiple
districts,
part
of
why
I
wanted
to
move
to
the
neighborhood
and
love
living
there.
So
much
is
because
it
is
a
close-knit
and
collaborative
neighborhood.
We
work
together
on
a
number
of
projects
ranging
from
the
community
gardens
that
have
already
been
mentioned
to
issues
around
public
transit
around
affordable
housing,
a
number
of
issues,
and
we
work
closely
both
with
our
Council
person's
office
and
with
our
neighboring
communities.
H
B
C
B
I
G
I
Volunteer
coordinate
with
the
cold
show
Green,
Team
and
I
just
wanted
to
state
that
I'm
opposed
the
redistricting
of
full
show.
We've
worked
for
the
last
several
years
to
build
community
gardens
with
Emperors
in
our
office
as
well
as
branching
out
to
other
Community,
Gardens
and
Morningside,
and
Lawrenceville
and
I
think
it
would
be
a
really
hard
for
us
to
continue
the
work
not
only
sharing
Resources
with
the
city
as
well.
As
you
know,
the
other
neighborhoods
if
we
were
to
be
moved
out
of
District
Seven.
Thank
you.
A
Hi
there
I'm
Jesse
Perkins
I,
live
at
414
Taylor
Street
in
Bloomfield,
thanks
to
the
council
Blues,
who
made
the
time
tonight
to
listen
to
the
community.
Regarding
this
issue,
many
polish
Channel's
needs
are
aligned
with
those
of
its
geographically
adjoining
neighborhoods
and
efforts
to
improve
green
spaces
and
protect
housing.
Affordability
in
the
midst
of
expanding
development
have
been
supported
by
district
7
for
years.
A
Changing
Polo
shows
representation
risks,
not
only
projects
that
are
currently
in
the
process
of
completion,
but
future
projects
that
community
members
and
volunteers
are
counting
on
to
address
needs
in
their
community
surrounding
neighborhoods
could
be
negatively
impacted
too.
Having
a
strong
Coalition
of
neighborhoods,
with
unified
needs
supported
by
a
single
Council
district
has
been
crucial
in
making
progress
in
a
number
of
projects.
A
Splitting
that
Coalition
could
jeopardize
successful
results
and
outcomes.
The
community
leaders
have
been
striving
for
together
for
nearly
a
decade.
We
finally
have
something
working
well
here.
District
7
is
doing
a
great
job
meeting
and
responding
to
the
needs
of
its
neighborhoods
and
residents.
Please
don't
rip
polish
hell
away
from
the
communities
around
it
that
have
been
working
so
hard
to
make
progress
together.
Thank.
J
Thank
you,
madam
president.
Often
at
public
hearings
who
are
hearing
testimony
about
ordinance
changes
and,
and
we
have
some
Liberty
to
speak,
I'm,
not
sure
what
liberties
we
have
to
speak
on
the
topics
with
redistricting,
for
example,
in
zoning
situations.
It's
a
little
bit
more
quasi-judicial
and
we
have
to
be
careful
with
our
comments.
J
J
K
You,
madam
president,
I,
will
keep
it
very
short,
mostly
wanted
to
thank
those
who
came
to
speak
this
evening
and
those
who
have
come
out
to
speak
at
previous
hearings
and
to
let
you
know
that
I
I
hear
your
voices
and
I
will
take
them
into
consideration
in
the
final
vote
as
I
deliberate
on
this
I
also
wanted
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
those
who
served
on
the
reapportionment
committee,
though
many
of
whom
are
here
this
evening.
You
put
countless
hours
into
this
process.
K
It
seemed
like
every
day
there
was
a
beautiful
spring
day.
You
were
stuck
inside
at
a
hearing
this
spring
and
went,
and
even
in
the
winter.
So
I
really
want
to
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you've
done.
You've
done
a
tremendous
job,
putting
a
very
complete
and
helpful
report
together
to
consider
and
that,
in
combination
with
the
public
comments
we've
heard
and
those
that
I
know
that
we've
heard
from
The
Point,
Breeze
neighborhood,
as
well
in
the
district
I
currently
represent,
will
play
into
my
final.
My
final
vote
on
this
matter.
L
Thank
you,
madam
president,
only
to
thank
people
for
coming
out
this
evening
to
attend
the
hearing
and
to
offer
their
comment
and
in
keeping
one
with
councilwoman
Strasburg.
I
too,
would
like
to
thank
the
enormous
amount
of
work
in
the
enormous
number
of
hours
that
the
reapportionment
committee
invested
in
their
research
and
their
due
diligence.
L
Before
submitting
a
recommendation
to
the
council
for
consideration,
there
have
been
hours
and
hours
and
hours
and
hours
of
very
thoughtful,
careful
consideration
that
has
been
undertaken
by
the
reimbursement
committee
and
for
them
to
be
able
to
form
their
suggestion
onto
Council
and
I.
Appreciate
your
title,
your
effort
and
those
are
my
comments
better
president.
Thank
you.
B
M
N
D
B
I
mean
that's
mandatory.
Okay
now
I
want
to
thank.
Thank
you.
All
and
I
also
want
to
thank
our
clerk's
office,
who
has
been
amazing
through
this
process,
helping
making
sure
that
we
had
they
had
everything
they
needed.
I
want
to
thank
the
law,
department
and
I
believe
was
the
city
planning
who
was
also
involved.
N
B
Mat
singer:
District,
Five:
okay,
thank
you
to
all
of
all
of
the
those
who
served
on
the
committee,
those
who
helped
Aid
the
committee
and
thank
you
to
the
public
for
their
coming
out
and
making
taking
the
time
to
make
comment
and
to
send
emails
and
to
make
counsel.
Aware
of
your
your
comments
and
your
opinions
with
that
said.
We'll
probably
have
this
up
for
discussion
next
week
was,
that
is
that
timing?
Could
you
talk
timing,
Madam
clerk
to
the
public
knows.
C
B
On
the
agenda
next
week,
okay,
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
time
wise,
we're
good.
Okay,
with
that
said,
can
I
have
a
so
we'll
be
up
for
next
week's
discussion
can
I
have
a
motion
to
adjourn
the
meeting
so
removed,
and
you
want
to
make
a
second
thank
you.
This
meeting
hearings
adjourned.
Thank
you.
Everyone.