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From YouTube: 2023 Pittsburgh Capital Budget Forum: Community - 6/8/22
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From the Office of Management & Budget, this Capital Budget Forum focuses on projects from the Department of City Planning, Department of Permits, Licenses, & Inspections, and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA affordable housing development, building demolition, and small-business development).
A
Hello
good
evening,
thanks
for
coming
to
tonight's
meeting
on
the
2023
capital
budget,
we're
going
to
talk
specifically
about
some
community
and
economic
development
projects.
We
have
some
great
panelists
here
to
answer
any
questions
you
may
have
about
those
topics
and
we'll
also
talk
about
the
development
of
the
budget.
Overall,
more
specifically,
we're
going
to
go
through
the
actual
process
of
how
the
budget's
built,
what's
inside
the
capital
budget
generally
and
then
we're
going
to
get
to
dive
into
some
really
cool
topics.
A
B
A
Community
development
division
within
the
office
of
management
and
budget
we're
also
going
to
hear
from
the
department
of
permits,
licenses
and
inspections.
We
do
some
really
crucial
work
city
planning
kind
of
sets
the
table
for
a
lot
of
what
happens
within
our
city
boundaries
and
the
urban
redevelopment
authority
has
a
huge
role
in
what
happens
in
your
neighborhoods
too.
After
those
presentations
we'll
have
an
opportunity
for
questions
and
answers.
You
can
also
type
out
any
questions
you
have
during
the
slides
in
the
chat.
A
There's
a
couple
dozen
experts
ready
to
answer
your
question
on
the
line
tonight.
So
if
you
have
anything,
you
can
type
it
in
there
or
you
can
come
off
mute
later
on
when
we
have
that
session
and
ask
your
question
so
before
we
get
too
far
along,
I
did
see
the
accessibility
request
for
from
from
mr
love,
we'll
be
getting
to
you
we'll
unmute
you
at
the
start
of
the
question
and
answers
you
can
pose
any
questions
you
have.
A
A
It's
designing,
building,
restoring
or
maintaining,
or
I'm
sorry,
retaining
or
purchasing
a
city
owned
asset.
A
lot
of
our
maintenance
is
actually
the
operating
budget.
It's
also
for
bigger
things.
It's
not
just
purchasing.
You
know
a
saw,
it's
purchasing,
something
that's
worth
at
least
50
000,
so
really
large
vehicles,
buildings
parks,
things
like
that
of
great
value.
A
We
also
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
investing
in
our
longer
term
assets,
so
things
usually
with
a
useful
life
of
five
years
or
more
in
terms
of
what's
in
the
other
budget,
the
operating
budget
there's
some
really
important
things
in
there
too.
So
within
the
operating
budget,
there's
a
lot
of
day-to-day
expenses,
a
lot
of
employee
expenses
like
salaries,
pensions,
health
care,
other
benefits
like
that.
Some
of
the
day-to-day
supplies
like
our
office
supplies
or
employee
uniforms
come
out
of
the
operating
budget.
We
also
pay
for
our
utilities
in
the
capital
world.
A
You
know
we
put
up
lights
in
ball
fields,
but
those
those
bills
actually
get
paid
each
month
through
the
operating
budget
and
then
again
any
of
our
small
equipment
that
maybe
our
department
of
public
works
staff
may
use
out
in
the
field
that's
usually
covered
by
the
operating
budget.
The
capital
budget
deals
a
lot
with
the
built
environment.
It's
things
out,
you
can
feel
and
touch
and
utilize
bridges,
ball
fields,
parks,
pools,
playgrounds,
all
those
kind
of
big
physical
assets,
but
we
also
house
a
lot
of
really
important
hud
programs.
A
In
there
too,
our
community
development
block
grant
funds
come
down
through
hud,
along
with
three
to
four
other
large
grant
programs.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
those
are
all
in
one
place
for
continuity,
so
those
all
reside
in
the
capital
budget
and
we're
going
to
talk
about
a
lot
of
those
programs
tonight.
Actually
there
is
a
little
bit
of
uniqueness
to
what
goes
on
between
the
capital
budget
and
the
operating
budget
when
it
comes
to
community
and
economic
development
projects,
as
you
can
see
again,
there's
a
there's.
A
There's
a
divide
between
the
two
budgets
in
regards
to
what
they're,
usually
paying
for
in
terms
of
day-to-day,
but
also
there
are
some
things
within
the
capital
budget
that
help
funding
positions
in
the
operating
budget.
So
we're
able
to
use
a
portion
of
our
community
development
block,
grant
funds
to
pay
for
staff
salaries
to
administer
that
program,
so
those
staff
positions
are
listed
in
the
operating
budget,
but
they're
technically
paid
for
out
of
the
capital
budget.
A
So
another
way
to
visualize.
That
is,
that
there's
kind
of
an
interchange
between
the
two
budgets
so
in
the
same
way
that
we
use
bond
funds
to
pay
for
our
large
capital
assets,
the
debt
for
those
bond
funds
actually
gets
paid
for
in
the
operating
budget.
Similarly,
down
at
the
bottom
of
the
graph,
you
can
see
that,
within
our
larger
grants
program
for
the
capital
budget,
we
have
those
hud
grants
and
they
can
be
utilized
to
pay
for
some
staff
within
the
operating
budget.
A
So
keep
everybody
on
on
our
toes
we're
going
to
have
a
quick
capital
quiz
alex.
If
you
want
to
load
that
up
for
us,
that
would
be
great.
So
the
first
question
in
the
poll
is
all
of
the
following:
are
cdbg
eligible
activities
except
a
public
services
and
activities
for
pittsburgh
residents
b,
maintenance
of
public
office,
buildings,
c
housing
development
undertaken
by
community-based
organizations,
d
prevention
of
remediation
of
blight.
A
So
you
have
four
options:
there's
going
to
be
three,
so
hopefully
you
can
go
three
for
three.
We
had
some
pretty
smart
residents
in
the
in
the
mobility
meeting
last
week
that
actually
got
all
three,
but
I
wanna
see
good
participation.
Everybody
should
be
able
to
click
on
a
button
and
take
a
guess
on
this
one
so
alex.
Do
you
want
to
show
the
results.
A
Oh,
these
are
interesting.
Actually,
most
people
I'll
say.
The
answer
that
was
most
often
selected
was
correct.
B
is
the
one
that
we
actually
shouldn't
be
using
community
development
block
grants
on
maintenance
of
public
office
buildings
is
something
that
we
should
be
taking
care
of
with
our
existing
funds.
We
may
hear
more
about
this
from
when
defense
from
in
a
little
bit,
but
community
development
block
grant
funds
are
really
intended
to
be.
Over
and
above
we
want
to
use
those
funds
to
add
new
services.
A
New
infrastructure
for
residents
to
help
residents
with
low
and
moderate
incomes
have
better
neighborhoods
and
better
opportunities
with
the
capital
budget.
It's
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
a
lot
of
what
we're
working
on
are
kind
of
larger
projects
that
can
take
multiple
years,
multiple
phases,
many
millions
of
dollars
to
complete
so
for
a
standard
capital
project.
C
A
Project
there's
actually
three
phases
of
money
being
requested
here
for
a
construction
phase,
another
design
phase
and
a
second
construction
phase
in
2024..
So
when
we're
doing
planning
for
the
capital
budget,
even
though
we
are
only
legislating
the
next
year,
2022
is
all
we're
legally
doing.
When
we
pass
a
budget.
Our
office
still
does
planning
for
another
five
years
out
this
2023
to
2027
region,
to
make
sure
that
we're
accounting
for
those
later
year
phases.
A
One
of
the
interesting
things
with
a
lot
of
the
projects
we're
going
to
talk
about
tonight
is
that
many
of
them
are
kind
of
single
phase
projects
that
have
high
volume
high
demand
recurring
each
year.
So,
for
example,
right
now
we're
looking
at
an
excerpt
of
the
capital
budget
showing
the
remediation
of
condemned
buildings
page
that
permits
licenses
and
inspections
overseas.
A
A
lot
of
what
they're
able
to
do
is
single
phase.
They
can
do
they
can
take
down
a
building
in
one
year,
but
we
know
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
recurring
issue.
I
would
love
to
solve
the
problem
in
one
year,
but
unfortunately
we
can't
we
have
to
work
with
the
resources.
We
have
so,
even
though
we're
legislating
2022
for
pli
and
that
that
budget
we
still
want
to
account
for
future
year
demand
that's
responsible
to
the
needs
of
the
residents,
so
we
want
to
have
place.
A
Holder
amounts
in
those
outer
year
phases,
I'm
sorry
in
those
outer
years
to
make
sure
that
we
can
do
similar
levels
of
service
for
residents
through
the
next
five
years.
So
when
we're
talking
about
the
capital
improvement
plan
or
the
cip,
what
that
actually
is
is
just
kind
of
all
of
those
individual
project
out
of
your
phases,
stacked
on
top
of
each
other.
We
use
those
needs
to
help
develop
our
debt
strategies
to
help
figure
out
what
our
pay
go.
Transfer
should
be
each
year
and
how
to
go
out
for
different
bonds.
A
I'm
sorry
different
grants
in
terms
of
checking
out
the
capital
budget.
You
may
have
specific
interest
that
you
want
to
look
into
there's
a
bunch
of
really
excellent
appendices
at
the
end
of
each
budget.
This
one
is
on
page
161
of
the
2022
capital
budget.
This
this
chart
I
referenced
quite
a
bit.
It's
the
2022
projects
by
department.
It's
a
matrix
table
that
shows
a
list
of
the
projects
both
by
the
department,
but
also
by
the
funding.
A
So
if
you
wanted
to
look
at
what
did
the
city
of
pittsburgh
budget
for
community
development
block
grants
in
2022,
you
can
check
out
this
append
appendix
and
in
two
pages,
get
a
sense
of
everything
that
we
budgeted
those
funds
for.
You
can
also
look
up
your
favorite
department-
maybe
it's
the
ura
in
this
case
and
check
out
all
the
programs
that
we
funded
with
this
budget
year
as
well,
so
we're
on
to
quiz
number
two
alex.
If
you
bring
that
poll
up.
A
A
So
how
much
money
did
we
give
the
department
of
permits
licenses
and
inspections
to
remediate
condemned
buildings
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
for
2021.?
So
the
options
are
a
500
000
to
just
under
a
million
b.
One
million
to
just
another,
two
million
c
is
2
million
to
almost
3
million,
and
d
is
3
million
to
almost
4
million.
So
how
much
money
in
total?
Do
you
think
that
we
gave
the
department
of
permits
licenses
and
inspections
to
do
remediation?
A
It's
really
important.
I
think
one
of
the
excellent
things
about
this
group
of
panelists
is
that
if
you
think
of
how
property
can
change
over
from
blighted
and
to
redeveloped,
all
those
parties
are
kind
of
represented
tonight.
So
if
you
have
questions
about
that
life
cycle,
this
is
the
right
group
to
talk
to
alex.
Do
you
want
to
show
us
what
the
results
were.
D
A
Letter
d
about
30,
you
got
that
right,
good
job,
so,
in
terms
of
the
process
for
the
capital
budget,
we
are
kind
of
in
the
thick
of
it
right
now.
In
april,
the
mayor
sets
out
a
series
of
priorities
which
we're
going
to
talk
about
in
a
little
bit
that
outlines
what
the
mayor
wants
to
see
from
the
department
directors
in
terms
of
their
requests.
They
are
values
that
the
department
directors
can
think
about.
They
can
review
their
own
project
lists
and
figure
out
which
projects
fit
into
those
priorities.
A
In
may
our
office,
the
office
of
management
and
budget
issues,
a
request
for
proposals.
You
saw
the
excerpt
of
that
form
a
little
bit
ago.
It's
a
two-pager,
we're
going
to
go
into
some
of
the
details
of
that
in
a
few
slides
and
then
in
may
and
june
are
the
really
crucial
months
for
us.
That's
when
we
go
out
to
the
public
and
ask
for
your
input.
A
We
do
that
a
few
different
ways:
we've
actually
been
going
to
community
meetings
throughout
the
month
of
may
to
drop
in
with
the
sheridan
community
council,
for
example,
and
give
them
a
presentation
on
both
the
operating
and
capital
budget.
We
ask
their
opinion
in
those
meetings,
get
a
sense
of
what's
important
to
them.
We
also
hold
three
public
meetings,
so
we
had
the
mobility
meeting.
Last
week
we
have
tonight's
meeting
on
economic
development
and
community
projects.
A
Please
come
back
tomorrow
we're
going
to
have
another
meeting
with
the
department
of
public
works
and
city
parks
on
recreation
projects,
and
then
we
also
utilize
a
survey
on
our
engaged
pgh
page
to
solicit
your
input.
We're
going
to
talk
about
that
survey
towards
the
end
of
the
meeting.
So
you
have
opportunities
to.
Let
us
know
what
your
feedback
is
for
the
2023
budget.
In
july,
we
receive
all
the
proposals.
They
are
due
july
1st
throughout
the
months
of
july
august
into
september.
A
Sometimes
we
meet
with
the
departments
and
figure
out
what
is
not
on
the
page.
What
questions
can
we
ask
about
the
proposal
that
will
help
us
understand
how
best
to
score
them
throughout
that
month?
The
capital
program
facilitation
committee,
those
those
two
months-
are
reviewing
and
scoring
proposals
to
make
formal
recommendations
to
the
mayor
in
september.
A
Also,
in
september,
a
few
weeks
later,
the
mayor
proposes
a
preliminary
budget.
That
is
a
great
way
to
kind
of
express
where
we
are
in
terms
of
a
draft
for
the
2023
budget
between
that
and
the
mayor's
november
budget.
There's
some
great
opportunities
for
impact
input,
we'll
talk
about,
but
the
second
tuesday
in
november.
The
mayor
does
a
state
of
the
city
address
and
formally
releases
both
the
capital
operating
budgets,
so
those
are
out
into
the
world
formally
throughout
the
month
of
december
city.
A
Council
has
the
opportunity
to
do
public
hearings
with
the
departments
to
ask
questions
about
the
proposals
to
figure
out
what
the
direction
should
be
and
also
do
some
of
their
own
changes.
So
they
have
the
opportunity
to
vote
on
amendments
to
the
budget.
They
have
to
pass
through
a
majority
of
council
and
then
council
also
votes
on
the
amended
version
of
the
budget
with
all
their
amendments
in
it
in
december.
A
The
budgets
are
well
we're
on
a
calendar
year
for
our
economic
year,
so
everything
is
effective
january
1st
or
at
least
by
january
1st
of
the
next
year.
So
in
terms
of
the
mayor's
priorities,
you
have
a
great
opportunity
on
our
engaged
pgh
page
to
really
dive
into
them.
I
think
the
mayor
was
extremely
thoughtful
this
year
in
terms
of
breaking
them
into
three
larger
ideas
that
allow
people
to
understand
what
the
vision
is
for
this
administration.
A
So
on
the
engaged
pgh
page,
you
can
read
about
each
one
of
them
in
detail.
You
can
also
provide
feedback
on
how
they
rate
to
you
on
a
scale
of
importance,
so
they
get
that
feedback
for
consideration
with
next
year's
priorities
as
well.
So
as
promised,
this
is
the
capital
budget
proposal
form.
This
is
the
first
page
we
ask
for
the
information
we
need
to
make
right
decisions
on
that
out
of
your
phasing
I
was
discussing
earlier,
so
we'll
ask
departments
for
each
of
the
next
five
years.
Basically
six
years.
A
What
do
you
want
money
wise?
What
flavor
of
money
can
you
use
for
your
project
and
they
can
also
let
us
know
if
there's
a
specific
phase
attached
to
that
money.
Additionally,
we
ask
some
really
important
questions
that
help
us
understand
where
the
project
fits
into
the
city
overall.
So
the
first
is
we
ask
for
a
project
description,
which
is
just
kind
of
a
plain
language
explanation
of
what
the
project
is.
We
also
ask
for
the
project
justification.
A
This
is
a
great
place
for
department,
directors,
city
council
offices
to
write
in
what
the
impact
of
this
project
is
going
to
be
for
the
communities
that
they're
serving
and
then
lastly,
we
ask
for
the
operating
budget
impact.
That's
where
we
want
to
understand.
You
know
if
you're
asking
for
two
backhoes,
do
you
need
four
more
staff
members
in
the
operating
budget
to
be
able
to
utilize
those
backhoes?
Those
are
questions
we
can
ask
to
get
the
balance
right
between
the
capital
operating.
A
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
the
staff
to
actually
do
the
projects
that
we're
budgeting
and
vice
versa,
that
the
staff
that
we're
hiring
has
the
right
tools
to
be
able
to
do
their
jobs
in
terms
of
evaluating
the
capital
budget
proposals.
I
talked
a
little
bit
earlier
about
the
capital
program
facilitation
committee.
Just
as
a
reminder,
it's
a
larger
committee
with
a
smaller
scoring
committee.
That's
got
membership
from
the
mayor's
office
of
management
and
budget
city
council
budget
office
and
the
controller's
office.
We
actually
score.
A
According
to
some
of
some
guidelines
in
chapter
218
of
city
code,
our
process
is
codified.
That
way,
this
is
the
old
version
of
the
code,
so
we
were
actually
asking
on
each
proposal
form
for
people
to
respond
directly
to
those
scoring
prompts
so
explain
to
us
how
this
project
achieves
compliance
with
a
federal
or
state
mandate.
For
example,
earlier
this
year
we
updated
the
the
chapter
218
code
to
reflect
some
new
values.
A
In
a
lot
of
cases,
we
just
kind
of
reworded
things
to
be
more
consistent,
but
there
are
two
important
changes
in
yellow,
so
the
first
one
is
we
added
a
new
scoring
criteria.
Project
has
clear
plan
for
execution,
including
site
control,
project
timeline,
procurement
strategy
and
professional
cost
estimate.
A
That
is
something
that
we
found
to
be
really
crucial,
especially
with
our
larger
construction
projects.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
the
project
is
as
shovel
ready
or
design
ready
as
possible,
and
then
we
also
updated
one
of
the
other
scoring
criteria
from
previously
ability
to
improve
quality
of
life
in
all
city
neighborhoods
to
project
improves,
quality
of
life
for
city
residents
with
low
and
moderate
incomes.
This
is
really
crucial.
A
While
we
have
the
community
development
block
grant
funds
they're
not
enough,
we
need
to
supplement
those
funds
with
our
own
city
dollars
to
make
sure
that
we're
giving
residents
of
low
and
moderate
incomes
a
leg
up
and
a
chance
to
to
really
prosper
in
the
city.
Whitney
finnstrom
in
just
a
little
bit
is
going
to
show
you
a
slide
that
shows
the
real
kind
of
effective
buying
power
of
our
dollars
with
inflation
from
that
program,
and
it's
gone
down
over
time.
A
So
I
think
when
you
see
that
yellow
line
graph
you'll
understand
why
it's
so
crucial
that
we
added
that
we're
gonna
do
one
more
capital
quiz
before
we
pass
to
whitney.
So
this
question
is
how
many
properties
located
within
the
city
of
pittsburgh
are
also
owned
by
the
city
option.
A
is
2006
option
b
is
1591..
A
Option
c
is
3000
to
80.
option
d
is
eight.
Eight
seven
brendan,
unfortunately,
wants
to
ask
you
to
come
up
meet
again
and
get
the
right
answer.
My
notes
on
another
screen
right
now,
but
I
think
it's
interesting
to
be
able
to
look
at
a
lot
of
the
gis
tools
or
the
I'm
gonna
get
that
wrong.
The
mapping
tools
we
have
I'm
sure
andrew
can
provide
the
right.
The
right
word
for
that
one,
but
some
of
the
mapping
tools
that
city
planning
has
on
the
city
website
are
really
interesting.
A
There's
opportunities
to
go
in
there
and
check
out.
If
your
neighborhood
is
a
community
development
block
grant
area
benefit
area,
you
can
check
out
a
lot
of
interactive
maps
in
regards
to
your
council
district,
if
you're
unsure
who
your
council
member
is
there's
some
really
cool
stuff
in
the
digital
map
room
so
alex,
do
you
mind
to
show
us
the
results.
C
The
biggest
one
is
the
community
development
block,
grant,
fund
or
cdbg
and
a
lot
of
people.
Think
of
us
as
cdbg
right,
that's,
but
there
actually
are
a
number
of
other
programs
and
activities
that
we
work
with,
and
that
includes
the
emergency
solutions
grant
program
or
esg
the
housing
opportunities
for
persons
with
aids
program
or
hopwa,
home
investment,
partnerships
program
or
home
program,
which
is
primarily
with
the
ura
and
the
affordable
housing
programs.
C
C
Were
provided
in
those
buckets
for
those
programs
not
for
the
home
program,
but
for
the
other
three,
so
the
funds
are
used
to
address
the
housing.
Economic
and
human
service
needs
of
low
to
moderate
income,
city
of
pittsburgh,
residents
and
neighborhoods,
and
each
of
those
programs
have
different
requirements
and
standards
that
are
set
by
hud.
C
We
are
we
march
according
to
the
tune
of
the
hud
guidelines
and
for
each
of
these
programs
there's
slightly
different
nuance
guidelines
and
program
requirements
that
we
try
to
meet.
So
we
try
to
juggle
juggle
those
programs.
Yes
dave
mentioned
and,
as
you
can
see,
there's
been
a
really
fairly
dramatic
drop
in
the
cdbg
funds.
Now
these
are
accounting
for
inflation
right,
so
cdbg
allocation
and
real.
C
You
can
see
towards
the
end
there
there
was
a
bump
up.
Those
are
the
coronavirus
funds
that
gave
us
a
boost
right
during
that
period
of
time,
but
then
we've
kind
of
gone
back
down
and
actually,
we've
received
recently
received
notice
that
our
cdbg
allocation
is
going
to
be
500
000
less
than
it
was
last
year
right.
So
it
seems
like
the
trend
is
continuing
to,
should
I
say
flatline.
C
C
Around
the
program
they
have
to
benefit
low
to
moderate
income
persons
or
what
we
call
lmi
persons.
That's
this
that's
the
primary
category
we
work
with.
The
second
is
it
has
to
aid
in
the
prevention
or
elimination
of
slums
and
blind,
and
then
it
has
to
meet
a
particular
urgent
need
or
urgency
and
those
that's
rarely
used
it's
for,
like
hurricane
katrina
or
some
natural
disaster.
That's
what
that
category
is
really
for.
C
Most
of
the
funds
are
under
the
benefit
to
low
in
modern
income
persons.
So
we
in
this
office
when
we
get
a
request
for
funding.
The
first
question
we
ask
ourselves
is:
who
benefits
you
know?
What's
the
core
benefit
and
it's
supposed
to
be
low
to
moderate
income
persons
right
zero
to
eighty
percent?
C
So
that's
really
the
first
key
question
we
ask
and
I'm
gonna
go.
I'm
gonna
go
into
all
those
areas,
but
area
benefit
would
be
like
a
neighborhood
park
right.
So
you
could
have
a
millionaire
go
to
that
park.
But
you
know
if
it's
in
a
neighborhood,
that's
low
income,
and
we
can
prove
that
right
through
census
information,
then
that
parklet
park
would
probably
qualify
as
an
area
benefit.
C
C
A
Sorry
yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
pause.
I
think
it's
important
to
call
out
that
to
be
a
single
person
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
make
47
500
or
less
you
qualify
for
community
development
block
grants
as
a
client
of
a
lot
of
our
public
services.
So
I
think,
for
a
lot
of
us,
that's
a
huge
part
of
our
social
circle
that
could
be
our
neighbors.
I
was
talking
with
staff
secretary
about
us.
This
is
people
on
the
bus.
A
C
C
They
can
only
be
used
for
activities
that
fall
under
an
authorized
category
of
basic
eligibility
right.
So
again,
these
are
per
hud
guidelines.
Congress
develop
these
guidelines,
so
examples
include
public
services
to
low
and
moderate
income,
presidents,
disabled
adults
and
or
seniors
rehab
or
construction
of
a
public
facility
serving
a
cdbg
eligible,
neighborhood
or
clientele.
So
that
could
be,
you
know:
neighborhood
recreation,
center,
housing,
related
activities,
economic
development
activities
like
some
portions
of
the
avenues
of
hope.
Funds
are
also
used
to
make
improvements
and
to
construct
public
facilities.
C
C
You
know:
employment
services,
crime,
prevention
and
public
safety,
child
care,
health
services,
substance,
abuse,
service
services,
fair
housing,
counseling,
education
programs,
energy
conservation,
services
for
senior
citizens,
services
for
homeless
persons,
welfare
services,
excluding
income
payments
down
payment
assistance
and
recreational
services.
So
you
know,
there's
really
a
large
long
list
of
eligible
activities,
but
as
they
say,
the
the
details,
though,
within
each
of
these
categories,
can
be
a
little
bit
challenging.
C
We
have
to
make
sure
their
folks
who
use
these
programs
are
eligible
right,
that
they
are
low,
mod
income,
persons
and
they're,
just
all
kinds
of
nuances
to
each
of
these
categories
that
we
have
to
kind
of
work
through.
You
know
like
services
for
senior
citizens,
oftentimes
there's.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
folks
need
a
certain
need,
and
you
know
age.
It's
not
55,
plus
62,
plus
anyway,
all
kinds
of
guidelines
that
we
have
to
follow
next.
C
C
You
know
via
youtube
on
to
the
engaged
pgh
sites
so
anyway,
we're
trying
to
enhance
that
and
build
our
outreach
efforts,
and
we
did
hire
a
public
firm
that
assists
assisting
us
with
public
outreach
and
engagement.
So
this
is
the
first
time
and
they're
going
to
be
working
with
us
over
the
next
couple
years.
So
we're
excited
to
continue
to
grow,
that
the.
C
Is
that
we
are
in
the
thick
of
developing
a
cdbg
video
public
service,
video
that
we're
excited
to
put
together
to
highlight
some
of
the
great
work
that
groups
are
doing
throughout
the
city,
so
that'll
be
fun
to
work
on
for
everyone
and
it'll
be
fun,
hopefully
next
year
to
show
you
everyone,
you
know
it's
visuals
speak
louder
than
words
right,
so
everyone
can
be
able
to
see
some
of
the
great
work.
That's
going
on,
at
least
in
five
sections
of
the
city,
five
organizations.
C
So
that's
in
the
works,
so
the
other
program
too,
that
it
used
to
be
called
akbo.
We
also
have
changed
that
to
neighborhood
economic
development.
It
was
formerly
advisory
committee
on
community-based
organizations,
so
we
tried
to
make
it
a
little
simpler.
But
anyway,
this
is
focused
on
traditionally
on
larger,
well
on
community
development
organizations
that
do
residential
or
commercial
real
estate
development
or
facilitate
such
development
and
in
2022
there's
a
500
000
allocation.
C
We
have
some
exciting
stuff
going
on
there.
We've
we're
trying
to
encourage
small
organizations
also
to
there's
a
capacity
building,
grant
that's
been
built
into
the
program,
so
you
know
we're
trying
to
address
equity
and
to
make
sure
that
organizations
that
aren't
just
the
traditional
large
large
organizations
have
an
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
net
program.
C
D
C
C
It's
the
application
is
closed
now,
but
we
worked
with
the
county
and
others
to
develop
the
online
tool,
and
we
also
really
heavily
pushed
making
sure
that
areas
of
the
city
that
have
not
been
served
in
the
past
had
folks
who
could
work
with
community
residents
and
organizations
to
make
sure
they
were
engaged
so
anyway.
So,
as
you
see,
assisted
households
that
have
at
least
one
person
who
qualifies
for
unemployment
has
lost
income
or
impacted
by
cuba.
19
are
at
risk
of
experiencing
homelessness.
They
don't
get
help
and
are
below
80
percent
of
the
area.
C
Median
income
of
pittsburgh
msa
and
the
city
e-wrap
allocation.
We
had
two
allocations:
totaled,
roughly
16
million
dollars
and
served
over.
I
don't
have
the
exact
number
on.
I
was
trying
to
get
a
hold
of
that
the
system's
down,
but,
let's
just
say
at
least
a
thousand
households,
primarily
single
mothers
with
kids.
So
you
know
it's
really
had
a
tremendous
positive
impact
on
on
the
city.
A
So
thank
you
very
much
whitney
yeah
before
we
pass
to
permits
licenses
and
inspections.
I'll
just
say,
outreach
is
never
ending
ongoing,
continual
we
always
look
from
for
new
opportunities
to
reach
out
to
people.
So
if
you
have
an
idea,
we'll
take,
it
feel
free
to
type
it
in
the
q
a
or
we'll
give
you
an
email
address
later
on.
You
can
send
any
of
your
outreach
ideas
too
we'd
love
to
hear,
but
with
that
I'm
going
to
pass
the
director
sarah
kintzer
from
department
of
permits,
licenses
and
inspections.
F
Thank
you
good
evening,
everyone,
I'm
sarah
kinter,
director
of
the
department
of
permits,
licenses
and
inspections
for
the
city.
The
mission
of
pli
is
to
improve
and
ensure
the
quality
and
health
of
the
built
environment
in
pittsburgh.
We're
empowered
to
carry
out
that
mission
through
the
enforcement
of
the
city's
building
zoning
and
licensing
codes,
and
our
mission
relies
on
having
robust,
permitting
operations
so
that
construction
in
the
city
meets
construction
code
requirements
and
robust
code
enforcement
operations
to
issue
citations
and
gain
compliance
for
structures
that
do
not
meet
minimum
safety
requirements.
F
F
Condemnation
means
that
there
are
conditions
that
make
the
structure
unfit
for
human
occupancy
under
the
adopted
property
maintenance
code.
It
can
be
for
something
like
not
having
water
service
or
something
as
severe
as
a
catastrophic
fire.
Pli's
small
but
mighty
team
of
vacant
property
inspectors
are
dedicated
to
reviewing
condemned
structures
and
are
empowered
to
designate
a
building
as
condemned.
F
City-Funded
demolition
of
condemned
properties
is
reserved
for
structures
that
are
emergencies
or
the
worst
most
dangerous
conditions
citywide.
So,
given
the
volume
of
condemned
structures
and
the
need
for
demolition
and
limited
resources
that
you
just
heard
from
whitney,
how
do
we
determine
what
gets
demolished?
F
We
score
them?
We
score
condemned
buildings,
so
pli
strives
to
annually
inspect,
identified,
condemned
structures
at
the
time
of
inspection.
Our
vacant
property
inspector
performs
what
we
call
a
programmatic
inspection
to
adequately
track
conditions
of
condemned
properties
over
time.
In
addition
to
our
standard
code
enforcement
process,
the
court,
the
scoring
system
allows
us
to
continually
assess
condemned
structures
in
the
city
and
appropriately
anticipate
the
need
and
the
costs
for
annual
demolitions.
F
F
So,
after
scoring
these
structures
for
a
period
of
time,
here's
the
distribution
of
scores
that
pli
inspectors
have
recorded
of
condemn
property
on
the
x-axis.
Here
is
the
actual
property
score
determined
by
the
inspector
at
the
time
of
the
inspection
and
the
y-axis
is
the
distribution
of
the
score
on
average,
condemned
buildings
have
a
structural
score
of
15,
which
indicates
that
they're
not
imminently
dangerous
and
they
are,
on
average,
not
ready
to
collapse.
There's
potential
for
redevelopment
there,
perhaps
at
pli,
we're
concerned
with
those
properties
that
are
scoring
higher
than
31.
F
F
While
pli's
focus
is
on
the
structural
health
of
the
building,
we
recognize
that
there
are
other
factors
that
can
make
condemned
buildings
a
nuisance
to
its
neighbors,
from
pests
to
rodent
problems
to
break-ins
and
fires,
and
we
want
to
take
those
into
account
too
and
allow
for
additional
input.
So
we've
used
the
feedback
from
this
page
to
add
properties
to
our
cdbg
demolition
request
list.
F
Eli
has
two
capital
budget
funding
streams
to
complete
demolitions,
which
create
two
demolition
processes
for
condemned
buildings
for
emergency
demolitions.
Pli
is
usually
called
out
on
a
911
from
emergency
call
services
from
there.
Pli
staff
determine
whether
the
structure
is
imminently
dangerous
and
then
we
that
that's
going
to
cause
damage
or
harm
to
life
or
property,
meaning
that
that's
the
meaning
of
eminently
dangerous.
F
The
cdbg
demolition
process
is
a
longer
process.
Pli
obtains
an
asbestos
survey
on
perspective
properties
that
we
want
to
demolish
first
again
targeting
the
highest
scoring
properties,
and
then
we
work
with
our
office
of
management
and
budget
to
go
through
a
hud
review,
an
environmental
state
review
prior
to
opening
up
the
bid
process
for
demolition.
F
Paygo
funds
are
more
liquid.
It's
the
city's
own
funds,
so
they
have
less
restrictions
than
cdbg
capital
funds.
So
a
lot
of
questions
we
get
are
around.
When
can
we
demolish,
and
so
it's
helpful
in
these
forums
to
sort
of
call
out
the
difference
in
those
processes
just
based
on
the
funding
stream
from
2016
to
2019
pli
was
traditionally
provided
more
paygo
funds
than
cdbg
dollars,
allowing
us
to
take
more
immediate
action
on
demolition,
since
2020
pli
received
less
paygo
dollars
and
received
significantly
more
cdbg
dollars.
F
With
that
here's,
a
spatial
view
of
where
41
emergency
demolitions
have
occurred
in
the
last
year
from
june
2021
through
may
2022.
again,
these
demolitions
would
have
largely
been
triggered
from
a
9-1-1
call
out.
Pli
would
go
out,
assess
the
danger,
if
eminently
dangerous,
we'd
work
with
our
on
contract
contractors
to
perform
an
emergency
demolition.
F
F
Okay,
lastly,
I
wanted
to
note
that
we
have
two
city-funded
demolition
policy
policy
initiatives
that
we
launched
in
the
last
year.
First
city
council
passed
legislation
in
november
2021
requiring
the
department
to
adopt
lead,
safe
demolition
practices
to
ensure
that
dangerous
lead
dust
doesn't
contaminate
our
air
quality,
soil
and
water.
F
Majority
of
structures
in
the
city
of
pittsburgh
were
built
prior
to
1978
and
most
of
the
structures
that
we
demolish
are
also
older
than
1978
and
contain
lead-based
paint.
Lead
hazards
can
pose
serious
health
risks
risks
especially
to
young
children.
So
we've
worked
with
omb
procurement
team
in
the
last
several
months
to
update
our
demolition
contracts
to
include
blood,
safe
demolition
protocols
and
require
that
contractors
that
work
for
the
city
obtain
the
epa's
renovation
repair
and
painting
certifications
when
they
perform
work.
F
Another
initiative
deconstruction
has
been
in
the
works
for
the
last
few
months.
Deconstruction
is
a
demolition
process
where
you
take
out
the
elements
of
a
structure
in
the
opposite
order
that
they
were
installed
with
the
intent
of
recycling
and
reusing
the
elements.
We
know
that
construction
debris
take
up
a
lot
of
landfill
space
and
deconstruction
is
an
approach
that
can
have
a
positive
environmental
impact
in
2021
city
council
passed
legislation
allowing
pli
to
perform
a
pilot
program
with
construction
junction
to
complete
deconstruction
demolitions
on
city-owned
properties.
F
Since
then,
we've
performed
site
visits
with
construction
junction
we've
identified
12,
viable
candidates
that
have
good
materials
for
reuse
and
trained
our
demolition
contractors
this
past
april
on
how
to
perform
a
deconstruction
demolition.
So
we're
looking
forward
to
reporting
out
more
on
a
few
deconstruction
demolitions
this
late
summer
and
fall
after
they're
completed
with
that.
That
is
the
end
of
my
slide.
I
will
pass
it
back
to
david
and
or
andrew
dash.
A
Yeah
I
one
of
my
greatest
regrets
in
life.
I
was
in
construction
junction,
maybe
10
years
ago,
and
they
had
old
bowling
lanes
that
could
have
been
cut
into
countertops,
but
I
wasn't
ready
to
do
a
renault
then,
and
to
this
day
I
still
wish
I
could
go
back
in
time
and
buy
those
buy.
Those
bowling
lanes
would
have
made
my
kitchen
a
lot
more
fun
before
we
passed
to
director
abrams
director
director
dash.
I
just
want
to
reiterate
we're
trying
to
do
this
in
a
little
bit
of
an
order.
A
So
if
you
think
about
the
life
cycle
of
a
project,
whitney's
team
is
in
charge
of
kind
of
determining
if
a
project
is
eligible.
So
let's
say
it's
a
demolition.
They'll
work
with
us
to
do
the
funding
on
the
front
end
director,
kenter's
team
will
do
the
the
you
know.
Remediation
of
the
demolition
of
condemned
building
city
planning
really
sets
the
table
for
what
the
future
of
that
site's
going
to
be
they're
the
ones
doing
a
lot
of
the
zoning
work
they're
doing
the
community
plans
that
help
guide
us
and
what?
What?
What's?
G
Thanks
dave,
you
know,
as
dave
noted,
my
name
is
andrew
dash.
I'm
the
deputy
director
here
for
the
department
of
city
planning,
and
you
know,
as
sarah
and
dave
both
alluded
to
the
department
of
city
planning.
Really
our
job
is
around
land
use
and
development,
and
so
that
happens
through
things
like
you
know,
similar
to
sarah
and
her
team
work
around
reviews
of
projects
as
they
are
coming
in.
G
So
those
policies
and
projects
that
we
really
work
on
happen
at
a
number
of
different
scales,
and
so
those
happen
anywhere
from
you
know
from
citywide
policy,
where
we're
looking
at
the
city
as
a
whole
relative
to
a
topic
such
as
such
as
housing
or
or
land
use.
We
do
neighborhood
or
district
level
planning,
so
the
eco-innovation
district
is
shown
here
but
have
done
neighborhood
plans
in
a
number
of
other
communities.
G
You
know
happens
in
changes
that
we
make
to
our
zoning
regulations
and,
in
some
cases,
actual
implementation,
although
you
know
places
like
our
public
art
and
civic
design,
division
do
implementation
in
the
public
realm.
A
lot
of
our
work
is
really
leading
to
folks.
Like
our
redevelopment
authority,
our
department
of
public
works,
our
department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
to
be
implementing
development
projects
that
the
city
is
leading.
G
G
Other
places
where
the
capital
budget
funds
some
of
the
planning,
the
work
that
we
do
is
around
the
americans
with
disabilities
act,
the
ada,
and
so
the
americans
disabilities
act
coordinator,
is
within
the
department
of
city
planning
and
some
of
the
things
like
the
interpretive
services
that
are
here
tonight-
and
here
is
a
number
of
our
meetings
do
come
in.
You
know,
from
the
capital
budget,
through
the
department
of
city
planning.
G
In
addition,
the
you
know
the
department's
work
around
the
american
disabilities
act
is
also
to
do
what's
called
transition
planning,
and
that
is
really
trying
to
identify
the
gaps
in
you
know
in
service
or
in
our
infrastructure
that
are
not.
You
know
that
that
need
improvements
to
be
made
accessible
and
then
creating
a
plan
for
the
city
to
you
know
to
to
make
those
facilities
accessible.
G
As
things
like
intersection
improvements
to
new
permanent
artworks,
such
as
the
art
and
parks
program,
where
we
are
developing
new
works
of
art
and
all
of
our
all
of
our
regional
parks-
that
you
know
those
are
funded
through
capital
budget.
One
more
in
this
leads
into
the
discussion
that
will
occur
tomorrow.
Night.
G
Is
that
another
place
where
there's
capital
budget
that
goes
to
the
department
of
city
planning
is
around
environmental
planning,
and
our
work
in
environmental
planning
and
part
of
that
is,
you
know,
is
master
planning
for
the
city's
park
systems
and
some
of
our
green
spaces,
and
so
tomorrow
night,
you
know-
and
this
will
be
my
my
push
to
you-
know-
to
continue
the
discussion
with
us.
You
know
the
way
that
you
know
that
the
department
of
city
planning
gets
funding
to
do
these
park.
G
So,
even
though,
like
dave
said,
there
are
a
lot
of
places
where
the
department
of
city
planning
is
not
necessarily
the
one
receiving
capital
budget
funding
to
create
projects
but
to
create
planning.
I
just
wanted
to
note
as
to
how
you
know
what
the
process
is,
typically
as
to
how
some
of
these
capital
projects
that
we
have
as
well
as
some
of
the
plans
that
we
do
then
affect
the
opportunity
for
other
agencies
to
receive
capital
budget.
So
you
know
I
mean
just
an
example
of
the
way
in
which
that's
done.
G
The
department
of
city
planning
really
works
with
communities
to
develop
plans,
and
you
know
one
example
in
this
case
is
the
eco
innovation
district,
which
is
you
know,
neighborhood
plan
in
the
uptown
and
west
oakland
neighborhoods,
and
so
in
that
case
you
know
we
did
work
with
those
communities
to
develop
the
neighborhood
plan,
and
that
plan
includes
projects,
programs
and
policy.
That's
based
on
a
vision
for
the
you
know
that
was
created
by
the
community.
G
G
And
then
you
know,
and
then,
in
addition
to
that,
you
know,
like
I
said,
with
public
art
or
with
other
things,
there
are
items
where
then,
that
capital
budget
dollars
actually
go.
You
know
either
to
the
department
of
works
or
to
the
department
of
city
planning
to
actually
be
building
public
improvements.
G
A
So
before
we
pass
to
david
geiger
with
the
urban
redevelopment
authority,
I
do
want
to
highlight
to
andrew's
point.
One
of
the
scoring
categories
for
our
formal
recommendations
to
the
mayor
on
the
capital
budget
is
how
well
does
this
proposal
adhere
to
adopted
plans,
and
so
that
comes
in
a
few
different
formats
we
may
get
like
the
manchester
neighborhood
plan
may
get
finished
and
then
the
next
year
the
department
of
mobility
infrastructure
may
submit
a
project
for
traffic
calming.
A
We
can
go
into
that
neighborhood
plan
and
look
and
see
that
this
is
a
formal
recommendation
from
that
neighborhood
plan
and
that
project
will
score
well.
We
also
utilize
kind
of
system-wide
plans,
both
from
city
planning
and
outside
partners,
so
we
use
the
open
space
plan
all
the
time.
It's
I
think
it's
about
nine
years
old
now
still
really
useful
in
terms
of
a
lot
of
the
kind
of
envelope-wide
recommendations
that
city
planning
has
made.
We
also
reference
pwsa's
green
first
plan.
There's
a
lot
of
different
things.
A
E
So
the
first
line
is
our
mission
statement.
I'll
just
read
it,
you
know
we
we
exist
to
support
the
city
of
pittsburgh
economic
development
pools
which
are
designed
to
create
a
city
of
inclusive
opportunity
for
residents,
stakeholders
and
communities.
I
for
me
when
I
read
this,
and
I
always
think
of
this
just
in
terms
of
our
work.
The
ura
really
exists
to
work
on
behalf
of
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
I
think
you
know
for
me
when
we
think
about
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
E
That's
who
we're
working
on
behalf
of
and
all
of
our
work
is
meant
to
meet
that,
and
our
mission
statement's
meant
to
reflect
that
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide
david
thanks.
There
are
priorities.
You
know
these
are
priorities
that
we,
you
know,
we
believe
we
share
at
the
city
of
pittsburgh.
You
know
a
large
part.
I
think.
As
many
folks
know,
you
know
it's.
E
The
core
core
element
of
our
work
is
creating
more
housing,
specifically
affordable
housing
for,
for
all,
you
know,
for
the
average
pittsburgher
encouraging
entrepreneurship,
entrepreneurship
and
small
business
development.
You
know
a
lot
of
our
work
goes
to
helping
businesses
to
start
to
grow,
to
create
quality
jobs
and
create
great
business
districts
here
in
our
city,
quality,
job
creation.
You
know
through
that
work
to
support
support,
small
businesses
and
business
growth.
E
Those
of
us
who
live
here
in
our
communities
in
our
city
and
make
sure
the
types
of
jobs
that
we're
creating,
certainly
improving
our
neighborhood
development
business
districts,
our
main
streets,
a
tremendous
amount
of
work
to
invest
directly
in
business
districts
in
support
of
our
businesses
or
partners
to
make
great
neighborhood
business
districts
and
kind
of
building
on
the
quality
job
creation
is
to.
You
know
ensure
that
the
work
that
we're
doing
is
creating
a
talented
workforce
through
all
of
this
work
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please
thank
you.
E
So,
generally
speaking,
I
think
you
can
categorize
our
work
into
two
specific
places.
You
know
we,
I
think,
play
space.
Many
folks
will
think
of
is
come
to
mind
when
you
think
of
the
ura
you're.
Thinking
of
you
know
the
european
development
authority
and
real
estate
development.
A
lot
of
our
work
is
created
is
in
community
development.
You
know
buildings,
right
bricks
and
mortar
real
estate,
housing
development,
place-based
development
or
business
district
development,
certainly
a
core
vertical
of
the
work
that
we
do.
E
Side
is
a
significant
portion
of
the
work
we
do
to
help
folks
buy
homes,
and
you
know
that's
that's
a
a
major
part
of
our
activity,
but
you
know,
generally
speaking,
these
are
the
primary
places
in
which
the
ura
is
works
and
the
activity
that
we're
involved
in
you
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please,
with
that,
you
know
we
have
a
handful
of
folks
here
from
the
euro,
are
going
to
support
me,
which
is
really
important.
E
D
We
operate
a
handful
of
programs
and
we
utilize
federal
states
and
local
funding
sources
to
do
so,
and
so
we
can
go
to
the
next
slide
and
so
specifically,
as
it
relates
to
the
community
and
economic
development
section
of
the
capital
budget.
We're
able
to
see
here
what
affordable
housing
activities
were
funded
in
2022
and
how
they
were
funded.
D
The
targeted
income
range
and
then
in
exchange.
There's
long-term
affordability,
deed
restrictions
that
are
recorded
on
the
properties
that
these
funds
supported,
ensuring
that
the
affordable,
homeownership
opportunity
is
passed
on
to
the
future
buyers
as
well,
and
then,
similarly,
in
2022,
about
3.3
million
dollars
of
home
in
cdbg
were
budgeted
for
affordable
and
workforce
rental
development
and
these
funds
get
utilized
by
the
ura.
D
Funds
is
required
in
order
to
deliver
the
project
so
we'll
provide
a
loan
with
these
funds
and
then
in
exchange
require
long-term
affordability
for
a
certain
number
of
units
in
that
project.
So
if
we
go
to
the
next
slide,
generally
speaking,
all
of
these
programs
seek
to
ensure
that
the
households
that
are
served
no
matter
what
their
income
is.
D
They
aren't
spending
more
than
30
of
it
on
housing
expenses,
but
when
we
do
talk
about
affordable
housing,
this
is
typically
aimed
at
assisting
lower
income,
households
that
are
at
or
below
60
percent
of
the
area,
median
income
for
renters
and
households,
they're
at
or
below
80
percent
of
the
area.
Median
income
for
home
buyers,
people
that
we
often
see
benefiting
from
these
affordable
housing
initiatives.
They
might
work
in
retail,
healthcare
support,
office,
administration,
or
maybe
even
the
transportation
field.
D
E
Yeah
thanks
so
much
evan
yeah
and
you
can
you
know
thanks
so
much
for
that
overview.
You
know
the
other
leg
that
we'll
talk
about
a
bit
here
is
in
our
work
to
support
entrepreneurs
and
small
businesses,
and
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
Please,
thanks
similar
to
you
know
we
haven't
described
to
the
housing
side.
You
know
again
grateful
to
the
city
and
to
its
investment
in
our
work,
but
these
are
the
dollars
that
we
that
we
received
in
the
most
recent
capital
budget
cycle
to
support
the
work
that
we
do.
E
E
The
neighborhood
initiatives
fund
is
direct
investments
in
neighborhood-led
and
community-led
place,
making
development
projects
and
I'll
you
know.
I
know
gisette-
will
speak
a
little
bit
later
about
nif.
We
provide
direct
assistance
to
small
businesses.
We
also
provide
direct
assistance
to
emerging
developers
through
our
equitable
empowerment
program,
to
help
folks,
you
know,
get
involved
and
engage
in
development
of
real
estate
in
their
communities
and
provide
the
right
wrap
around
services.
For
that
we
provide
dollars.
E
E
Another
tool
that
we
received
monies
for
last
year
is
we,
the
ui,
owns
property
similar
to
the
city
that
we
have
to
maintain
a
program
and
a
tool
that
we've
advanced,
that
we're
really
proud
of.
Is
our
land
care
program,
where
we've
taken
this
portfolio
of
work
to
maintain
the
land
that
we
owned
and
and
work
to
ensure
that
those
contracts
and
that
money
goes
directly
to
small
businesses
and
local.
E
E
The
entrepreneurs
we
help.
I
mean
honestly,
it's
it's
your
neighbors.
You
know
most
folks.
If
you
walk
in
your
business
district,
if
you
walk
anywhere
in
our
city,
you
know
to
shop,
to
buy,
to
eat,
to
you
know,
to
get
a
cupcake
to
buy
baked
good.
You
know
very
often,
we've
probably
we've
supported
many
of
these
small
businesses
and
it's
across
a
wide
variety
of
industries
and
across
the
city
of
pittsburgh,
the
folks
that
we
help.
But
you
know
you
know
what
we
want
to
make
sure
that
folks
are
aware.
E
These
are
people.
These
are
our
neighbors.
You
know.
Yes,
it's
an
individual
business
with
a
storefront
and
bricks
and
mortar,
but
ultimately,
who
we're
supporting
are
the
those
who
who
work
every
day
to
run
these
businesses
to
to
build
wealth
for
themselves,
build
you
know
great
opportunities
for
their
neighborhood
and
employ
folks,
and
these
are
the
people
that
we're
helping.
You
hear
the
next
slide.
Please
thanks.
E
E
We
have
a
variety
of
tools
that
we
operate
and
we
can
engage
individually
within
a
business
or
an
entrepreneur
and
what
program
makes
sense
for
them,
but
we
have
programs
that
make
direct
investments
largely
through
loan
programs
direct
to
small
businesses
right
to
start
your
business
to
grow
your
business
to
secure
working
capital
equipment.
You
know
facade
improvements
and
other
expenses.
E
It's
a
core
core
core
programs
that
we
run
in
support
of
small
businesses,
and
you
know
it's
a
bulk
of
a
lot
of
what
we
do
and
specifically
engage
with
our
community
to
ensure
that
this
capital
is
available
to
help
folks
grow
their
business
and
start
their
business
here
in
the
city.
With
that,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
my
other
one
of
my
other
colleagues
at
gizet.
E
I
Hi
everybody-
I
am
joseph
fitzgibbons,
I'm
the
neighborhood
business
district
manager
for
the
urban
redevelopment
authority
and
I'm
going
to
talk
about
a
few
things.
The
first
is
the
ura
has
some
programs.
We
have
some
programs
that
we
work
with
that.
We
call
our
partnership
programs,
where
we
support
the
work
that
other
organizations
do
and
one
of
those
one
of
actually,
my
favorite
projects
that
I
get
to
work
on
is
working
with
the
folks
from
catapult,
greater
pittsburgh
on
their
entrepreneurship
programs,
their
their
their
initial
program
kind
of
their
their
their
catalyst
program.
I
It's
a
12
month,
business
incubation
program
that
works
with
minority
and
women-owned
businesses
to
to
give
them
member
mentorship,
as
well
as
in
incubation,
and
really
helps
us
to
to
reduce
the
the
barriers
to
access
to
capital
and
business
growth.
For
them
they
get,
they
get
mentoring,
they
get
seminars,
they
work
together
and
they
they
really
get
everything
you
need
to
be
become
a
successful
entrepreneur.
I
Part
of
the
startup
to
storefront,
or
maybe
the
next
step
of
the
star
startup
to
storefront
program,
is
the
catapult
galleries.
There
are
now
two
there's
there's
the
gallery
on
pen
and
the
gallery
on
center.
The
the
catapult
retail
gallery
incubators
are
storefront
spaces,
where
the
startup
to
storefront
businesses
can
have
access
to
space
to
sell
their
products
to
learn
about
selling
their
products,
about
learn
about
being
an
everyday
entrepreneur
and
work
within
the
communities.
I
I
I
But
following
the
regulations
is
a
big,
is
a
big
part
of
it
and
they
have
access
to
the
commercial
kitchen
space
through
allegheny
health
networks,
they've
been
working
with
other
partners
like
giant
eagle,
to
have
product
placement
in
local
food
stores
and
then
working
at
what's
the
next
step
for
them.
Do
they
want
to
do
catering?
Do
they
want
to
be
a
food
truck?
Do
they
want
to
actually
actually
go
into
a
restaurant?
I
The
second
cohort
will
begin,
probably
in
the
fourth
quarter
of
2022,
and
the
last
of
their
programs
is
catapult.
Kids,
which
was
launched
about
a
year
ago,
and
it's
a
six-month
program
for
minority
youth
ages,
12
to
17.,
they
graduated
six
participants
in
in
2021
there
right
now
there
are
20,
I'm
sorry,
10
youth
entrepreneurs
are
scheduled
to
start
this
month
in
the
2022
cohort,
and
these
are
kids
that
have
actual
businesses
and
actual
products
and
they're
they're
amazing.
It's
an
amazing
program.
I
Now,
not
just
the
city
of
pittsburgh
to
date
about
150
a
little
more
than
150
businesses
have
been
served.
Nearly
90
percent
of
the
businesses
that
we
serve
through
this
program
are
minority
and
or
women
owned.
We
also
do
some
other
work.
We
we
do
a
lot
of
business,
education,
business,
education,
webinars.
I
What
it
takes
to
to
go
from
having
your
at-home
online
business
into
a
physical
space,
we
also
have
our
avenues
of
hope,
storefront
facade
program,
which
is
a
twelve
thousand
dollar
grant
program
with
where
we
just
asked
for
a
ten
percent
match
from
the
from
the
applicant.
It
is
available
in
our
avenues
of
hope
corridors
which
astaire
will
will
describe
in
more
detail
in
a
few
minutes
today.
I
This
year,
we
we
have
awarded
eight
grants
and
there
are
several
more
in
the
pipeline
and
we
do
networking
and
technical
assistance
for
our
business
district
groups.
We
do
any
folks
that
are
involved
in
working
within
their
commercial
corridors
every
other
thursday
morning
we
have
virtual
networking
meetings.
Where
we
talk
about,
we
do
announcements,
we
talk
about
activities
that
are
happening,
and
mostly
the
groups
can
talk
about
what
he,
what
they're
doing
and
and
work
with
each
other.
I
Next
slide,
please
the
key
to
the
work
that
I
do
and
that
my
team
does
at
the
ura
is
working
in
our
neighborhood
business
districts,
revitalizing,
promoting
growth,
promoting
job
creation,
making
our
commercial
corridors
better
places
for
our
neighborhoods
for
folks
in
pittsburgh
and
for
the
businesses
themselves.
Next
slide.
I
One
of
the
programs
that
we
do
that's
a
very
popular
program
that
encourages
investment
in
our
commercial
corridors
is
our
neighborhood
initiatives
fund
program.
It
provides
grants
of
up
to
thousand
dollars
to
community
organizations
for
projects,
primarily
in
our
neighborhood
commercial
corridors
that
promote
economic
development.
I
I
Now
we,
along
with
that,
I
say
that
that
most
of
the
grants
that
we
give
through
the
nif
program
require
a
match
of
one-third,
basically
for
every
two
two
dollars
of
ura
funds,
there's
one
one
dollar
is
required
from
the
organization.
That's
that's
applying,
so
that
two
million
dollars
really
leverages
into
quite
quite
a
lot
more
money
invested
and
a
lot
of
times.
The
projects
that
we're
investing
in
are
a
little
bit
larger.
Even
so,
these
are
key.
These
are
really
key
projects
within
our
neighborhoods.
I
I
Those
of
you,
some
of
the
folks
on
this
on
this
meeting,
have
been
in
our
review
committee
too,
and
know
how
difficult
it's
been
to
get
through
all
of
the
the
really
great
applications
we're
funding
up
to
10
projects
and
our
total
budget
is
up
to
five
hundred
thousand
dollars.
So
it's
it's
a
hard
decision.
I
J
All
right,
thank
you,
josette,
so
I'll
be
explaining
the
avenues
of
hope
program,
I'm
the
project
manager
for
this
initiative
and
for
those
who
are
unaware
avenues
of
hope
is
essentially
a
holistic
model
for
rebuilding
pittsburgh,
pittsburgh's
black
business
districts.
Back
in
about
2021,
there
was
a
document
introduced
into
council,
titled,
black
communities,
matters
and
part
of
that
white
paper.
There
were
multiple
recommendations,
one
of
which
was
this
concept
called
avenues
of
hope.
J
It's
a
place-based,
people-first
approach
that
intervenes
across
all
layers
of
successful,
healthy
and
sustainable
mainstream
development,
and
you
will
see
that
there's
a
focus
on
seven
major
business
corridors.
One
is
disparate
throughout
the
the
city
of
pittsburgh
and
are
geographically
spaced
out
and
each
represent
a
community,
that's
been
quite
frankly
disinvested
or
lack
of
investment
with
a
majority
african-american
population.
J
Our
goal
is
to
invest
in
existing
small
businesses
and
residents
using
current
ura
products,
but
also
we've
been
able
to
create
specific
avenue
of
hope
programs
to
further
support
this
initiative.
Next
slide
the
on
the
map.
You
can
see
that
the
seven
various
districts
and
if
you
actually
go
on
the
website
on
our
ura
website,
you
can
actually
click
on
any
of
the
corridors
and
see
an
interactive
map
to
see
all
the
various
investments.
J
But
this
is
just
kind
of
an
example
and
to
show
you
where
the
corridors
are
located
on
on
your
screen.
You
can
see
they're
numbered
one
through
seven
and
just
to
quickly
go
through
them
perry's
avenue,
so
it's
perrysville,
north
and
south
at
the
corner
of
charles.
So
you
can
see
it's
kind
of
broken
up
at
the
top
one
and
one
chartiers
avenue
it
does
say
sheridan,
but
it's
actually
the
entire
three
mile
stretch
of
charters
avenue.
J
One
of
the
and
you're
probably
wondering
what
makes
avenue
of
hope
different
than
you
know.
The
current
work
that
the
ura
is
doing
well
we're
really
taking
a
holistic
and
sustained
engagement
approach,
so
we've
kind
of
built
these
pillars
based
upon
our
original
center
avenue,
rfp
process
back
in
2019
and
learned
from
those
lessons
and
and
took
that
to
create
a
process
that
is
inclusive
and
as
like,
like
we
often
say,
engage
early
and
often
so
we're
thinking
about
community
specific
transformation
we
understand
what's
happening
in
sheridan
is
different
than
what's.
J
You
know,
may
work
in
irvine
street
and
we
understand
that
the
community
needs
and
values
in
one
quarter
may
be
different
in
another.
So
we
understand
that
we
have
to
do
specific
planning
and
avenue
transformation
at
the
border
level,
we
look
at
strategic
site,
assemblage,
ongoing
business
and
social
support
services,
so
we
have
comprehensive
technical
assistance
both
from
a
business
standpoint
and
from
a
development
standpoint.
J
So
in
one
of
our
quarters
we
have
a
business
owner,
a
property
owner
who
wants
to
work
on
a
project
or
sees
potential,
but
they
don't
have
that
technical
skill
for
development
we've.
We
provide
that
as
well.
We
found
that
that
was
a
an
important
piece
in
providing
equitable
equitable
development
processes
and
access
in
these
corridors.
We
also
are
taking
a
large
interest
in
housing,
small
business
support
and
augmented
community
service.
J
So
if
you
look
at
the
past
present
the
presentation
moving
forward,
you
notice
that
all
of
these
services
that
you
know
evan
tom
josette
explained
they
all
come
together
and
intervene
strategically
in
these
avenues
of
hope.
So
we
we
utilize
strategically
all
the
programs
that
we
have
at
the
ura,
but
also
develop
specific
programs
that
are
just
for
abnormal
programs
so
that
we
can
do
strategic
interventions.
E
Yeah
thanks
so
much
steering
thanks
so
much
to
all
of
my
colleagues
foreign.
This
is
a
slide.
Actually
that
is
duplicate.
I
think
I
was
like
earlier
in
the
cities
david
or
whitney.
You
may
mention
this
in
your
slides
is
kind
of
what
the
mayor's
priorities
for
are
are
moving
forward
and
what
we'll
be
thinking
about,
as
we
consider
it
a
ass
to
the
city
through
the
capital
budget
process.
So
I
will,
I
will
leave
this
here
for
a
minute,
but
not
read
it
or
repeat
it.
E
E
K
E
A
Yeah,
thank
you
for
presenting
I'm
always
impressed
that
the
wide
breadth
of
projects
and
services
the
ura
offers
it
seems
like
you-
are
constantly
innovating
and
coming
up
with
new
ways
to
serve
residents.
So
glad
you're,
glad
you're
able
to
join
us
tonight.
We're
going
to
start
the
question
and
answer.
I
would
like
to
start
alex.
If
you
can
unmute,
pastor,
love
and
see
if
there
are
any
questions
there.
First,
I
want
to
check
in
and
make
sure
if
not
we
can
move
on
to
some
written
questions.
Pastor,
love.
K
Yes,
sir,
thank
you
very
much
praise
the
lord
everyone.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
okay,
yeah.
I
asked
a
couple
questions
on
the
avenue
of
oak
programs.
Are
there
going
to
be
a?
Is
there
going
to
be
a
community
committee
to
decide
what
projects
are
to
be
funded
with
with
the
frenchman,
avenue
hope,
and
the
other
issue
I
would
like
to
ask
about:
is
the
city
properties,
the
vacant
city
properties,
not
the
bacon
mods,
but
the
properties
that
have
city-owned
houses
on
it?
K
We
talked
about
this
for
years
having
making
properties
owned
by
the
city
where
they're
not
boarded
up,
the
land
is
not
being
taken,
care
of
sidewalks
are
broken
and
it's
very
and
they've
been
the
most
dangerous
properties
in
the
community,
but
at
the
same
time
the
city
is
finding
private
homeowners
for
the
same
conditions
that
there's
that
their
property
is
in.
Thank
you.
A
L
Sure
I
can,
I
can
take
that
part
first
and
thank
you.
Pastor,
love.
I
think
it's
a
great
question.
So
I'm
very
excited
to
note
that,
beginning
this
year,
2022,
the
city
has
adopted
a
land
care
program
very
similar
to
the
one
that
the
folks
at
the
ura
mentioned
earlier,
where,
rather
than
relying
on
a
single
citywide
contractor
or
our
own
in-house
crews,
exclusively
to
do
maintenance
on
lots
that
have
become
overgrown,
we're
again
using
the
same
strategies
as
the
ura
has
in
contracting
with
small
neighborhood-based
businesses
to
do
that.
L
L
A
lot
of
positive
response
from
community
organizations
where
there
are
large
concentrations
of
city-owned
lots
that
we're
we're
doing
more
effective
maintenance.
And
I
I
realize
there's
only
one
small
piece
of
your
question,
but
I
think
it's
an
important
first
step
that
we've
been
taking
in
the
last
month
or
so
to
do.
L
You
know
that's
a
more
complicated
question
again.
I
think
it's
an
area
where
we're
getting
better
and
more
responsive.
A
big
portion
of
that
works.
That
work
is
done
by
the
department
of
public
works.
They're
they're,
not
here
with
us
tonight,
but
I
believe
they
will
be
presenting
on
tomorrow
night's
call,
so
we
might
be
able
to
get
some
further
information
from
them
on
that
call.
But
at
that
meeting
excuse
me,
but
I'll
also
note
that
the
the
department
of
permits
licenses
and
inspection
has
a
role
to
play
in
that
step.
L
F
Sure,
thanks
director
pollock
and
thank
you,
pastor,
love,
that's
a
great
question.
So
when
a
3-1-1
complaint
comes
in
about
a
vacant,
city-owned
property
pli
does
issue.
Citations
ensures
that
our
finance
team
and
dpw
team
know
what
property
maintenance
violations
exist.
On
city-bound
properties,
we
do
work
with
dpw
to
request
board
up
of
those
properties,
we're
trying
to
firm
up
that
process
so
that
it's
faster
and
more
proactive
and
we're
not
relying
on
complaints
from
residents
about
board
ups.
But
we
do
get
some
really
great
information
from
residents.
F
Sometimes
we
board
a
property
up
and
there's
unauthorized
occupants
that
remove
those
boards
to
use
that
that
structure,
and
so
we're
also
working
with
the
office
of
community
health
and
safety
to
interface
with
folks
that
are
using
abandoned
structures
to
make
sure
that
they
can
get
connected
to
assistance
as
well.
So
those
are,
you
know,
sort
of
two
prongs
that
we
work
on
when
we
get
complaints
and
three
one
ones
about
vacant
structures
that
are
city
owned,
that
need
to
be
boarded
up.
L
Thanks,
I
guess
the
last
piece
you
know
that
I
would
note
to
your
question:
pastor,
love
about
the
ultimate
sort
of
preservation
or
rehabilitation
of
those
properties.
You
know
that
that
is,
and
will
remain,
to
be,
a
difficult,
probably
the
most
complicated
challenge
in
this
process,
the
the
most
effective
way.
L
I
think
that
we
can
do
that
is
by
accelerating
the
process
by
which
we
take
what
is
become
a
city-owned
property,
which
typically
means
that
it
is
vacant
abandoned
and
in
tax,
foreclosure
and
clear
up,
not
just
the
physical
on-site
issues
with
the
property,
but
also
the
legal
complications
behind
its
ownership.
I
mean
in
in
city
government
in
the
business.
L
L
We
have
invested
some
we're
in
the
process
of
transferring
some
resources
to
the
ura
to
run
a
housing
preservation
program
that
might
be
able
to
tackle
some
of
these
issues
in
concert
with
some
of
these
other
entities
that
most
of
the
focus
of
that
program
will
be
on
other
forms
of
affordable
housing,
housing
preservation,
but
there
may
be
instances
as
we
get
the
land
bank
up
and
running.
Those
dollars
could
be
deployed
in
cases
like
this
as
well.
A
Yeah,
I
think
one
of
the
really
interesting
innovations
with
the
landcare
program
too,
is
that
it
seemed
to
be
a
great
low
barrier
opportunity
for
people
to
start
small
businesses
as
well.
They
did
some
really
interesting
stuff
in
terms
of
using
mobile
devices
for
invoicing
to
do
pictures,
and
I
think
it's
it's
created
some
great
new
new,
smaller
businesses
in
pittsburgh.
So
the
first
question-
I
don't
know
if
sarah
or
tom
you
talk
about
project
selection,
for
avenues
at
home.
E
E
To
receive,
as
the
you
know,
the
direct
support
of
the
of
the
individual
avenues
of
hope.
The
answer
is
yes,
and
we
will
plan.
You
know,
review
processes
that
include
community
leadership
and
community
participation
to
help
help
advise
and
drive
direction
of
those
resources
to
ask
some
requests
and
projects
that
that
are
seeking
those
funds.
I
would
say,
generally
speaking,
and
I
would
include
you
know,
avenues
of
hope
tools
as
well
as
most
all
of
our
tools.
E
Really,
you
do
go
through
various,
you
know,
sort
of
oversight
and
a
public
input
before
making
final
decisions,
and
you
know,
namely
you
know,
before
making
any
final
investment
decisions
for
the
most
part.
It's
certainly
at
our
board
of
directors
level
to
ensure
you
know,
there's
plenty
of
opportunities
for
for
public
input
and
community
input
on
the
developments
we
make.
You
know
just
thinking
about
the
neighborhood
and
if
it
is
fun
that
giazette
describes
so
well,
you
know
we
do
have
a
variety
of
commun
committees
that
are,
you
know.
E
Community
input
ensure
that
we're
making
sound
community
investment
decisions
and,
of
course,
ultimately,
you
know
at
the
visibility
at
our
public
board
meetings
to
make
sure
that
to
ensure
to
the
best
it's
impossible
that
there
is
that
input
and
oversight
from
our
from
from
neighborhoods
and
the
community
partners
as
to
those
investments.
But
specifically
your
question
on
the
evidence
of
hope
on
the
I
believe
you're
referring
to
the
monies
that
we're
hopeful
to
receive
that
specifically
invest
in
each
individual
avenue.
E
A
Okay,
hopefully
that
was
a
good
answer
working
through
some
of
the
written
questions
we
had
won
on
if
a
project
with
ongoing
costs,
like
maintenance
or
staff,
makes
it
through
the
capital
budget
approval
process.
Does
that
obligate
its
inclusion
in
future
operating
budgets
perpetually
or
is
it
a
separate
budgeting
process
to
ensure
the
project
exists
perpetually
if
it
is
separate
who
makes
that
sort
of
decision
through
what
process
so
deputy
director
cornell
gave
a
great
response?
The
answer
is:
yes,
it
does
obligate
us.
A
So
that's
part
of
why,
in
the
capital
budget
proposal,
form
we're
asking
that
question
of
what
will
be
the
operating
budget
impact
of
this
capital
project,
so
that
allows
us
to
communicate
between
the
two
teams,
the
capital
team,
the
operating
team
to
say,
hey,
we
want
to
hire
on
the
operating
side.
Maybe
we
want
to
hire
10
new
laborers
they'll
tell
the
capital
team.
We
need
to
buy
five
new
trucks,
so
that's
part
of
the
coordination
that
we
try
to
work
our
way
through
as
we're
developing
two
budgets
separately,
but
also
together.
A
At
the
same
time,
I'm
going
to
pass
the
next
one
to
director
kinter
who
started
to
answer,
but
there
was
a
really
good
follow-up
question
from
lisa
when
the
city
demolishes
a
privately
owned
building.
Is
that
cost
then
recouped
from
the
property
owner?
If
not,
why
not?
That
money
can
be
put
back
and
to
fund
another
demolition?
A
And
I
don't
know
if
you
want
to
talk
about
the
tangled
title
process,
those
referenced
earlier,
some
of
the
complications.
What
some
of
the
many
complications
you
have
in
your
job,
I
always
give
it
to
pli.
They
have
really
complicated
work
and
they
manage
to
weave
their
way
through
a
lot
of
regulations.
F
Thanks
dave
thanks
lisa
for
the
question,
so
in
terms
of
the
demolition
after
it's
performed,
we
do
lean
the
cost
of
that
demolition
against
the
property.
But,
as
I
noted
in
my
response,
oftentimes
the
owner
is
deceased
and
there's
no
responsible
agent
to
repay
the
costs,
and
you
know
that's
part
of
the
reason
why
it
was
demolished.
It
was
not
in
a
state
of
good
repair
and
deteriorated
over
time.
F
It's
an
indication
of
a
lack
of
investment
and
a
lack
of
upkeep
on
the
structure
and
then
lisa
asked
a
good
follow-up
question.
If
the
property
owner
is
deceased
and
it's
not
will
to
a
responsible
person,
is
it
sold
and
are
the
the
costs
of
the
demolition
recouped?
At
that
point,
I
think,
is
the
question
there
lisa
feel
free
to
jump
in
and
let
me
know
if
I
interpret
that
appropriately.
That
first
part
we
do
receive
those
costs
back
for
the
demolition
that
was
leaned
against
the
property.
F
It
weaves
its
way,
eventually
the
pli.
If
the
property
is
sold-
or
it
shouldn't
say,
pli,
sorry
to
the
general
coffers
if
the
property
is
sold.
But
I
I
think
it's
important
to
note
that
the
cost
of
the
demolition
can
be
a
lien
or
a
ver
or
can
be
a
barrier
to
purchasing
that
property
for
some
buyers
and
most
condemned
buildings
are
single
and
two
family
structures
and
the
ones
that
we
demolish
are
single
and
two
family
structures
left
over
from
a
shrinking
population.
F
So
you
know
it's
it's
you
ask
here:
is
it
a
legal
or
a
legislative
issue?
We
talked
a
little
bit
about
the
land
bank
and
I
think
that's
helpful.
It's
a
helpful
tool
that
we're
looking
to
get
online.
It's
also
a
market
issue
for
getting
enticing
buyers
to
take
condemned
properties.
Certainly
we
would
love
to
see
our
condemned
property
list
shrink,
but
it
is
a
challenge.
A
Yeah,
that's
a
good
point.
I
don't
know
if
director
or
kyle
want
to
jump
back
in
to
talk
about
the
land
bank.
Donna
had
a
great
question
years
ago,
the
city
had
a
great
house
sale,
allowing
residents
to
purchase
and
rehab
and
live
in
for
at
least
five
years.
Has
the
city
thought
about
this
also
selling
to
organizations
at
a
low
cost?
A
I
will
say
some
of
the
work
that
whitney's
team
does
for
the
neighborhood
economic
development
grant.
Some
of
those
funds
are
going
directly
to
cdc's
who
do
that
kind
of
land
recycling,
but
that's
on
more
of
a
spot
basis,
different
cdc's,
I'm
sorry
different
community
development
corporations
have
different
capacities
and
some
some
are
great
at
that
some
focus
on
other
services
for
residents.
So
that's
that's
more
neighborhood
by
neighborhood,
but
there
is
a
city-wide
program,
director
pollock.
If
you
talk
to
that.
B
B
You
know
addressing
sort
of
affordable
home
ownership
right
if
I'm
kind
of
looking
at
the
underpinning
of
your
question
is
key
right
in
the
way
in
which
we
think
about
how
to
really
leverage
and
utilize
the
landmark,
in
addition
to
some
of
the
other
lanes
on
land
recycling
that
you
know
can
be
better
served.
So
I
think,
as
we
look
about
you
know
and
think
about
that
you
know,
there's
definite
potential.
There
is
really
a
tool
to
unlock
in
order
to
facilitate
those
opportunities
for
home
buyers
to
have.
B
You
know
the
properties
that
are
within
the
city's
portfolio
as
chances
and
opportunities
for
affordable
home
ownership,
as
well
as
partnership
with
community
groups,
so
the
property
reserve
that
some
of
the
community
groups
are
used
to,
but
really
how
do
we
kind
of
allow
for
that
to
work
more
effectively
and
efficiently
than
it?
It
historically
has,
and
presently
does
you
know-
is
kind
of
foremost
in
the
way
that
we're
thinking
about
ways
to
increase
opportunities
for
affordable
home
ownership.
A
M
E
I'll
take
it
yeah,
that's
a
great
question.
I
think
a
couple
of
things,
maybe
just
for
the
public
to
know
instead
of
informed.
You
know
we
do,
and
last
year
we
again
key
to
the
city
and
we
you
know,
we
typically
will
ask
the
city
to
help,
invest
in
us
to
help
cover
our
costs
and
support
the
monies
that
the
programs
and
projects
that
we
invest
in
through
the
capital
budget
dollars.
It's
the
extent
the
city,
so
gracious
and
investing
in
us.
E
E
It
represents,
you
know,
roughly
less
roughly
about
five
to
six
percent
over
our
operating
budget,
so
we're
able
to
what
we
do
is
use
that
money
again
graciously
invested
by
the
city
and
for
our
work,
and
we
supplement
that
with
earned
revenue.
So
you
know
a
lot
some
of
the
work
that
the
ua
does.
I
mentioned
loan
programs
and
others.
E
You
know
we
were
able
to
charge
fees
and
interest
rates
and
that
type
of
thing
so
we're
able
to
generate
our
own
revenue,
which
we
can
use
to
supplement
our
operating
budget
depending
we
as
a
we
don't.
You
know
this
is
specifically
the
city's
capital
budget,
but
the
ura
is
also
a
conduit
to
many
state
and
federal
investment
programs
that
flow
to
the
city
of
pittsburgh
development
and
you
know
we're
able
to
earn
fees
off
of
those.
E
As
an
example,
you
know
state
redevelopment
assistance,
capital
project
dollars
when
coming
to
the
city
flow
through
the
ua,
we're
able
to
charge
a
fee
on
those
grants
which
help
supplement
our
admin
budget,
so
we're
able
to
cobble
together.
You
know
a
variety
of
earned
sources
as
well
as
other
grants
from
time
to
time,
to
supplement
to
build.
B
E
Operating
budget
to
pay
for
this
work,
but
you
know
and
again
we
do
ask
the
city
to
help
with
that,
and
especially
with
the
administration
of
of
of
these
money.
You
know
to
the
extent
that
we're
able
to
receive
from
the
city,
I
wouldn't
invite
him
any
I'm
happy
to
have
an
offline
conversation.
I'm
not
an
accountant,
but
our
you
know
audited.
Financials
are
on
the
website
and
you're
focusing
on
it.
Not
that
I
want
to
say:
hey,
go,
read
our
audits,
you
know
we
there
it's!
Actually.
E
I
was
actually
just
looking
at
now
when
I
saw
the
question.
I
think
it's
page
like
16
or
something
on
our
most
recent
audit,
that
actually
kind
of
gets
into
some
specific
detail
on
some
of
our
earned
revenues.
But
that's
a
you
know,
certainly
welcome
to
he's
certainly
happy
to
answer
those
questions
that
that's
an
answer
to
that
question.
I
hope
that's,
I
hope
that's
helpful.
So
thanks
a
lot.
E
M
A
Yeah,
that's
a
dirty
little
secret
of
a
lot
of
city
employees.
A
lot
of
our
major
tools
and
resources
are
publicly
available,
so
we're
looking
up
the
same
stuff,
you
can
look
up
as
part
of
the
public
too.
Dennis
asks
a
great
question.
So
dennis
works
on
youth
and
mentor
workforce
development
program.
They
said
our
office
is
located
east
liberty.
A
After
12
years
of
enjoying
a
lease
in
one
of
the
office
complexes
on
broad
street,
their
lease
was
terminated
due
to
the
corporate
rate
for
square
footage
being
significantly
higher
than
what
they
were
paying
with
less
foot
traffic.
So
dennis's
question
is:
does
the
uri
have
programs
to
support
long-term
community
assets
they're
being
rapidly
displaced.
E
That's
a
great
question
I
appreciate
asking:
probably
the
short
answer
is
yes,
the
more
convoluted
answer
is
to
talk
individually
with
whatever
the
you
know.
I
think,
in
this
particular
case,
to
learn
more
about
the
you
know
what
the
what
the
the
organization
and
what
their
needs
are
and
space
needs
are
and
how
to
how
we
can
how
we
can
assist.
E
You
know
between
our
you
know
on
the
small
businesses.
You
know,
programs
that
we
have
to
support.
You
know
working
capital
and
loans,
and
these
types
of
things
that
can
help
with
you
know
to
help
you
know
with
occupancy
costs
and
lease
payments,
these
types
of
things
on
the
development
side.
We
certainly
work
to
put
together
tools
that
can
help.
You
know,
finance
the
places
where
you
know,
community
entities
will
operate
and
exist.
E
I
know
it's
a
bit
of
a
nuanced
answer:
it's
hard
to
it's
hard
to
fully
answer
without
you
know
getting
into
the
details
which
we're
happy
to
do.
If
you
know
the
person
asking
a
question
would
like
to
reach
out
to
us
individually.
We
can
certainly
talk
more
deeply
about
that.
The
specifics
and
see
how
we
can
help
so
yeah.
I
appreciate
that
I
don't
anybody
else
in
the
ura
team
has
something
to
add
to
that,
but
yeah.
I
do
appreciate
that
question.
A
Thank
you,
everybody
gonna
do
one
more
check.
If
anybody
has
any
questions,
you
can
type
them
into
the
chat
or
do
a
hand
raise
if
you'd
like
dennis,
will
get
you
a
contact
if
somebody
from
the
ura
would
like
to
put
in
an
email
address
that
dennis
can
utilize.
That
would
be
great.
Also,
I've
got
a
gotta
shout
out
donna
donna's
a
champion
of
coming
out
to
these
public
meetings
and
asking
really
interesting
nuanced
questions
representing
the
neighborhood.
A
You
have
great
options
available
to
you,
but
first
we
want
to
talk
about
kind
of
what
we
do
with
the
information
you
do
provide
us
so
tonight.
You've
provided
some
great
questions.
Those
are
part
of
our
youtube
broadcast.
We're
actually
live
on
youtube
right
now
and
we
will
be
releasing
a
video
in
a
few
days
once
the
inp
team
has
a
chance
to
edit
everything
together.
A
Also,
we
will
share
any
of
your
questions
with
both
the
departments,
the
city
departments
and
the
city
council
offices.
We're
going
to
talk
about
the
survey
in
a
little
bit.
Anything
you
share
on
the
survey
is
also
going
to
go
to
those
those
two
parties
as
well
they're
the
parties
who
submit
the
proposals
for
the
capital
budget.
So
you
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
seeing
your
comments
specifically
and
they
can
react
to
them
for
the
2023
capital
budget.
A
In
regards
to
the
survey,
it's
all
on
our
engage
page
again.
Thank
you.
Somebody
else
already
did,
but
thank
you
to
city
planning
for
for
championing
engage
as
an
online
portal.
We've
had
really
interesting
success
with
this
being
able
to
put
everything
we
have
kind
of
in
one
place.
So
when
you're
on
the
engage
pittsburgh
pa.gov
website,
you
can
check
out
the
2023
city
of
pittsburgh
budgets.
This
is
information
for
both
the
operating
and
capital
budgets.
A
So
there's
a
bunch
of
tools
on
the
right
hand,
side
you
can
sign
up
for
tomorrow's
tomorrow
night's
meeting
on
recreation
and
facility
projects.
Sorry,
let's
blow
this
up
a
little
bit
recreational
facility
projects.
You
can
check
out
last
year's
budgets,
there's
also
some
really
cool
budget
simulators
that
are
fun
to
play
with.
We
have
our
timeline
in
the
bottom
as
well.
So
if
you
want
to
get
an
update
on
where
we
are
in
the
process,
that's
a
crucial
place
to
do
that,
and
then
we
have
two
surveys.
A
We
have
both
the
operating
and
capital
budget
survey.
The
capital
budget
survey
gets
you
some
great
detail.
You
can
start
off
by
just
plopping
a
dot
on
the
map.
We
can
see
the
all
the
ideas
we
already
have
for
capital
projects
for
2023
that
other
residents
have
already
put
in
feel
free
to
add
your
marker
with
your
idea
for
2023.
A
You
can
also
type
it
out
in
a
few
different
places.
There's
three
slots
for
you
to
put
in
a
description
of
the
work
that
you
want
to
see
happen
and
also
the
location
be
as
specific
as
you
can
with
the
location.
That's
going
to
help
us
route,
the
request
to
the
right
council
office
down
below
you
can
also
tell
us
just
kind
of
generally.
What
do
you
see
in
your
neighborhood
citywide
city-wide
project-wise?
What
do
you
want
to
see
in
better
condition?
A
Do
you
want
to
see
better
sidewalks,
or
do
you
want
to
see
safer
streets
or
or
better
infrastructure
with
the
pools?
You
can
kind
of
give
us
that
asset
class
information
at
that
section,
and
then
you
also
have
the
opportunity
to
respond
and
read
all
the
mayor's
2023
capital
budget
priorities,
so
there's
some
great
opportunities
on
our
engage
page
to
learn
more
about
the
capital
process,
the
upcoming
operating
budget
meeting
and
the
survey
for
them
as
well.
A
So
let's
talk
about
the
survey.
These
are
actual
results
from
last
year's
survey,
so
the
information
on
the
white
is
what
was
input
as
survey
responses
as
ideas
for
capital
projects.
What
happens
in
the
yellow
is
kind
of
the
value.
Add
that
the
office
management
and
budget
team
does
so
for
each
individual
response
we
go
through.
A
We
try
to
tag
it
with
a
relevant
project
with
that
project,
there's
going
to
be
a
department,
that's
attached
to
it,
and
if
a
good
location's
given
like
manchester
in
this
case,
we
know
that
that's
going
to
be
district
6..
We
put
all
of
the
comments
all
the
project,
ideas
on
one
spreadsheet.
We
send
it
out
to
all
of
the
council
offices,
all
of
the
city,
authorities
and
departments,
and
they
have
the
opportunity
to
take
the
spreadsheet
and
filter
it
by
what's
relevant
to
them.
A
So
if
they're
a
council
office,
they
can
search
the
service
area
column
filter
that
by
district
six
council
member
level
can
check
out
everything
that
people
submitted
for
public
comments
for
district
six
for
2023's
capital
budget
same
with
the
departments,
the
department
of
ability,
infrastructure,
the
urban
redevelopment
authority.
They
can
filter
the
results
by
their
department
and
get
a
comprehensive
list
of
all
of
the
comments.
The
2023
capital
budget.
A
We
like
to
include
these
two
graphs
for
the
right
hand:
side,
there's,
2022,
survey
responses
in
terms
of
the
types
of
projects
that
people
requested.
The
orange
section
is
a
lot
of
engineering
and
construction.
So
that's
our
facilities.
That's
a
lot
of
the
work
the
department
of
mobility
infrastructure
does
and
our
streets
and
right-of-way
the
blue
section.
I'm
sorry,
that's
mostly
don't
need
the
the
infrastructure
for
our
transportation's
orange.
The
blue
section
is
our
facility
improvement,
so
that'll
be
things
both
buildings
and
also
parks
playgrounds.
A
Those
kind
of
outdoor
facilities
on
the
left
hand
side
is
how
we
actually
allocated
the
2022
capital
budget
funds.
As
you
can
see,
there
is
some
some
connection
there,
so
we
did
spend
a
lot
of
money
with
domi
our
department,
mobility
infrastructure.
They
got
a
big
chunk
of
our
2022
capital
budget
funds
and
we
make
sure
that
the
facility
improvement
projects
also
got
pretty
well
funded.
There's
some
other
slices
in
there
that
a
lot
of
people
you
know
vehicles
and
equipment.
It's
not
on
top
of
mine
for
a
lot
of
people.
A
So
it's
understandable
that
it
wasn't
in
the
survey
responses,
but
to
our
discussion
earlier
about
balancing
capital
operating,
we
need
vehicles,
we
need
our
vehicles
so
that
staff
can
go
out
and
empty
trash
cans
and
do
really
important
things
for
your
day
to
day
in
the
city
we'll
close
out.
This
is
our
last
slide
with
just
some
additional
resources.
A
I
always
say:
311
is
your
kind
of
first
line
of
defense
for
capital
needs.
If
you
see
something
you
can
always
tweet
at
them
at
pgh311,
there's
also
our
website
for
the
office
of
management
and
budget.
You
can
email
us
at
cip,
pittsburgh
pa.gov.
If
you
have
any
capital
specific
questions,
we
can
help
you
out
with
that
council
office
is
always
there
for
you.
You
have
a
council
member
for
a
reason
they're
there
to
advocate,
for
you,
so
never
never
feel
afraid
to
reach
out
to
your
council
person
with
any
capital
budget
requests.
A
They
have
their
own
budget
office.
Also,
the
survey
if
you're
somebody
who's
more
into
writing
things
out.
Writing
down
your
ideas,
that's
a
great
great
resource
for
you
too,
and
then
we
have
out
now
balancing
act
which
is
about
which
is
a
kind
of
balanced
budget
simulator.
It's
a
fun
kind
of
gamified
version
of
our
jobs.
That's
out
now
with
the
2022
budget
loaded.
So
you
can
move
the
faders
around.
A
So
with
that
I'm
gonna
stop
sharing
just
do
one
more
check
make
sure
I
didn't
the
city
q
a
looks
like
we
got
everything
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
our
neighborhood
services
team.
Thank
you
to
innovation
and
performance.
Thank
you
to
our
two
interpreters
tonight.
We
literally
could
not
do
these
meetings
without
them.
Most
importantly,
I
want
to
thank
everybody
who
came
out
as
a
resident.
It's
really
great
to
see
people
asking
such
interesting
questions
about
our
infrastructure,
especially
when
it
comes
to
things
as
important
as
economic
development.