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From YouTube: Pittsburgh City Council Public Hearing - 7/20/23
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Bill #2022-0376: Land Bank Tri-Party Cooperation Agreement
A
A
B
2022
376
resolution
mending
resolution
number
661
of
2017
entitled
resolution
amending
resolution,
number
432
of
2017
entitled
resolution
authorizing
a
cooperation
agreement
or
agreements
with
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
the
urban
Redevelopment
authority
of
Pittsburgh
and
the
Pittsburgh
land
bank
to
provide
for
future
shared
administrative
services
and
the
transfer
of
property
among
agencies
for
governmental,
Redevelopment
and
portfolio
management
purposes.
All
districts
by
providing
for
city
council
review
of
the
policies
and
procedures
of
the
Pittsburgh
land
bank.
Pursuant
to
174
a13d
of
the
Pittsburgh
code
of
ordinances,
to
authorize
an
amendment
to
the
cooperation
agreement.
A
C
A
Councilwoman
strasberger,
we
will
now
we
want
to
testimony
from
registered
speakers.
Please
give
your
name
and
address
for
the
public
record.
Each
speaker
will
have
three
minutes
to
address
counsel
and,
after
all,
speakers
have
had
their
turn.
We'll
call
them
members
from
the
audience
to
see
if
there's
anyone
who
has
not
registered
in
the
audience
with
us
and
then
we'll
hear
from
members
of
of
council
when
the
yellow
light
comes
on,
you
have.
Is
it
two
minutes
or
a
minute
to
summarize
one
minute?
D
E
Thank
you
for
having
me
my
name
is
Gabrielle
Walker
and
I
live
at
539
Mellon
Street
operation,
Better
Block.
We
developed
a
strategic
cluster
planning
process
that
created
a
detailed
land,
use
vision
for
homewood's
future
development
based
on
the
needs
and
desires
of
existing
and
present-day
community
members
and
stakeholders.
This
plan
is
the
officially
recognized
Community
Development
plan
to
guide
the
city
of
Pittsburgh's
approach
to
developing
the
whole
Wood
Community
operation.
Better
block
has
successfully
outreached
and
served
our
residents
for
over
50
years.
E
E
The
city
council's
disinvestment
to
collaborate
and
Institute
a
land
bank
system
that
works
effectively
and
inclusively
with
Community
organizations,
is
an
injustice
to
Homewood
residents.
Communities
like
Homewood
desperately
need
a
definitive
process,
allowing
organizations
like
operation,
Better,
Block
and
pcrg
to
work
with
the
city
to
tackle
the
vacant
property
issue.
The
blights
owned
by
the
city
compromises
our
residents,
mental
and
physical
safety
and
overall
quality
of
life.
The
negligence
of
identifying
the
blight's
detrimental
impacts
on
Homewood
and
the
communities
in
similar
States
reflects
on
how
much
the
city
council
Representatives
care
about
their
underserved
constituents.
F
Good
morning,
everyone
I'm
happy
to
see
you
all
again
twice
in
one
week
and
I
am
Jamie
Marie
Christian
I'm,
the
executive
director
and
founder
of
lettuce
turn
of
the
beat
sustainability
Collective
we're
based
in
Carrick.
A
lot
of
what
I
have
to
say
today
relates
to
the
other
thing
that
I
was
here
to
talk
about
the
other
day,
and
that
is
farming,
so
the
things
that
farmers
need
most
and
have
most
difficulty
obtaining
capital
and
land.
We
won
the
Capital
War.
We
got.
F
We
won
that
battle,
so
now
we
they
need
land
and
the
land
bank
and
the
tribe.
The
tri-party
agreement
is
a
an
amazing
source
for
land
for
our
farmers,
it's
the
other
skin
the
leg.
They
need
to
stand
on
to
really
have
sustainability
with
more
urban
Farms
food.
Related
businesses
within
the
city,
we'll
have
closer
sources
of
fresh
local
produce.
Closer
sources
means
less
distance
and
transportation.
F
Less
fuel
costs
Transportation
costs
over
overall
longer
shelf
life,
which
in
turn
saves
the
businesses
money,
there's
less
waste
when
there's
longer
shelf
life
as
well,
so
they
can
take
their
savings
and
then
reinvest
it
back
into
their
businesses.
Back
into
the
economy
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
agriculture
can
also
help
with
mental
health.
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
related
businesses,
but
there
are
also
a
lot
of
recovery
homes,
three-quarter
homes,
halfway
houses,
so
agriculture
can
help
with
mental
health
issues
and
also
help
reduce
mental
health
related
crimes.
F
It's
because,
when
you're
engaging
in
these
activities,
it
causes
a
release
of
dopamine
and
serotonin
in
your
brain,
also
you're
in
you're
breathing
in
more
oxygen
excuse
me,
which
also
helps
to
boost
neuroplasticity
and
the
prefrontal
cortex,
which
controls
executive
functions,
rational
decision
making
have
more
proactive
and
less
reactive,
behaviors,
also
the
basal
ganglia
Network,
which
controls
reward
seeking
behaviors.
So
you
know
if
people
were
stopping
and
thinking
and
not
reacting
violently
we're
going
to
have
less
crime
overall.
F
The
last
thing
I
wanted
to
mention
is
heavy
metal
toxins
in
our
soil.
Southwestern
Pennsylvania
has
one
of
the
highest
concentrations
of
autoimmune
disorders
and
neurodegenerative
disorders.
Unfortunately,
I
know
this
personally,
it
is
what
it
is,
but
there
are
ways
to
fix.
This
vermiculture
is
a
regenerative
agriculture
practice
that
does
help
to
repair
the
soil.
F
So,
on
a
large
scale,
you
know
all
these
plots
that
we
have
that
can't
like
those
houses
can't
be
built
on,
but
you
could
Farm
on
it's
fixing
the
soil,
it's
making
it
a
healthier,
happy
place
for
every
resident
of
the
city.
So
thank
you
again
for
your
time
and
I
made
it
under
three
minutes
so
have
a
great
day.
Thank.
A
G
Good
morning,
good
morning,
thank
you
for
your
time.
My
name
is
Tyler
Schaub
I
live
at
131,
Ulysses
Street
in
Mount,
Washington
I
work
with
pcrg,
and
we
had
to
submitted
a
letter
with
testimonies
from
our
members
included
into
the
record
already
so
I
trust
that
council
members
will
review
that
letter
to
see
the
details
of
what
we
had
to
say
and
what
our
members
had
to
say
as
well.
G
Members
included
their
testimonies
are
fine
view
in
Perry,
Hilltop,
Hazelwood
initiative,
operation,
Better,
Block,
Shenley,
Heights
collaborative
Community,
Alliance
of
Spring
Garden
East,
Deutsch
Town,
grounded
strategies,
Bloomfield
Garfield,
Corporation,
Hilltop,
Alliance
and
Allegheny
Land
Trust
pcrg
stands
in
supports
the
organizations
who
have
provided
their
testimonies
in
our
letters
and
those
who
are
speaking
today
on
how
the
passing
of
the
tri-party
cooperation
agreement
and
the
eventual
actualization
of
the
Pittsburgh
land
bank's
full
potential
will
support
the
well-being
of
the
city's
neighborhoods
and
residents
beyond
the
organizations
who
have
provided
their
testimonies.
In
speaking
today.
G
The
express
need
and
demand
for
a
fully
functional
land
bank
has
been
part
of
a
has
been
a
conversation
had
with
many
of
our
member
organizations.
Our
communities
need
city
council
to
be
a
vocal
advocate
for
the
Pittsburgh
land
bank
and
to
actively
work
to
provide
a
pathway
to
actualizing
its
land
recycling
capabilities.
G
The
proposed
tri-party
cooperation
agreement
is
an
opportunity
for
city
council
to
align
itself
with
the
voices
of
their
constituents
and
to
stand
with
the
organizations
working
to
provide
for
the
communities
of
Pittsburgh
members
of
city
council
must
recognize
the
urgency
needed
for
the
city
to
address
its
growing
vacant
and
blighted
property
challenges.
The
Pittsburgh
land
bank
is
an
invaluable
to
Resource,
to
elevating
the
quality
of
life
for
Pittsburgh
residents
and
for
providing
overdue
reinvestment
in
Pittsburgh
communities.
G
Pcrg
and
our
members
stand
with
the
Pittsburgh
land
bank,
as
it
will
uplift
and
protect
Pittsburgh's,
neighborhoods
and
their
residents.
We
believe
that
the
members
of
city
council
share
our
vision
of
a
more
Equitable
and
just
future
for
Pittsburgh
with
city
council
support
for
the
tri-party
cooperation
agreement
and
commitment
to
removing
barriers
for
the
Pittsburgh
land
bank.
We
can
work
together
to
make
our
vision
a
reality
for
the
residents
and
communities
of
Pittsburgh.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
H
A
I
Good
morning,
Charlie
I'm
Charlotte
Lee
Ellison
from
413
jacunda
street
I'm
a
50-plus
year
resident
of
that
address
and
I'm.
Also
the
president
of
the
Knoxville
Community
Council
councilwoman
grossed
Knoxville
needs
your
help
like
neighborhoods,
that
we
all
live
in
many,
have
vacant
homes
and
empty
lots
whose
job
is
it
to
manage
these
properties.
The
city
can't
keep
up
there
are
need.
There
needs
to
be
a
dedicated
entity
to
acquire
management.
I
You
cannot
rebuild
on
it.
That
means
we've
lost
a
hum
that
a
family
could
have
lived
in
and
the
market
value
does
not
support,
rebuilding
new
construction
and
we
end
up
with
an
empty
lot
that
no
one
is
taking
care
of
or
a
vacant
home.
There
are
over
30
000
vacant
Lots
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
baby,
Lawrenceville
and
even
Highland.
Park.
Don't
need
this
right
away,
but
we
needed
this
yesterday
if
we
don't
have
the
land
bank
to
recycle
properties.
What
other
options
are
you
suggesting?
I
Certainly,
you
wouldn't
want
to
raise
your
kids
next
to
an
overgrown
lot
or
a
vacant
house.
There
are
35
functioning
land
Banks
throughout
Pennsylvania.
Why
doesn't
Pittsburgh
deserve
better
councils
in
action
has
contributed
to
war
inequities
and
neighborhoods
like
mine
every
day
that
we
fail
to
take
action,
it
becomes
more
exp.
I
A
J
Brown
Rising
everyone
in
the
cake,
my
title
is:
is
the
chief
of
my
nation
as
well
as
Chief
Grand
council
member
of
the
aircraft,
Confederacy
of
Aboriginal
American
people,
the
Indian
Removal
racial
Integrity
act,
how's
that
the
New
Deal
Jim,
Crow,
red
mining,
urban
renewal
gentrification.
What's
the
common
theme
here
all
are
forms
of
colonization
of
aboriginy
American
indigenous
peoples.
J
City
council
needs
to
work
with
Aboriginal
Nations
to
create
and
have
originally
liaison
position
to
ensure
our
people's
voices,
communities
and
free
prior
informed
consent
is
obtained,
speak
today
to
remind
city
council
for
Ura
and
Atlanta.
They
engaged
and
all
others
who
may
contract
with
them
relating
to
our
lands
and
the
fixtures
set
upon
it.
J
The
United
Nations
Declaration
on
the
rights
of
indigenous
peoples
and
the
American
Declaration
of
National
reports
that
caused
Article,
1,
Section
2,
fostering
and
excluding
Indians
not
taxed,
affirming
that
indigenous
peoples
are
equal
to
all
other
peoples,
while
recognizing
the
right
of
all
people
to
be
different
to
consider
themselves
different
and
to
be
respected.
As
such,
we
have
originally's
art
a
separate
and
distinct
people
from
all
others.
Upon
Our
lands
throughout
the
Americas.
J
The
so-called
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania.
For
the
purposes
of
your
agreement,
continued
disposition,
transfer
and
selling
of
our
lands
and
fixtures
set
upon
them
without
our
free
prior
informed
consent
is
and
will
be
noted
as
treason
against
your
oath
to
the
Constitution,
as
it
relates
to
Article
1,
Section,
2,
Clause,
3
and
excluding
Indian
snack
attacks
as
acts
of
colonization
at
genocide
will
be
enforced,
as
we
will
no
longer
tolerate
being
excluded
or
ignored.
J
We
shall
exercise
our
rights
with
impunity
in
obtaining
land
and
land
fixtures
and
all
other
forms
of
resources
necessary
for
our
survival
and
our
posterity.
We
are
here
to
work
together.
We
are
here
to
stand
in
solidarity.
We
are
not
here
to
be
excluded.
We
are
not
here
for
our
voices
to
be
segments.
This
is
our
limit.
We
are
not
immigrants,
we
are
informers
and
we
are
even
citizens.
Are
you.
A
K
K
We
are
the
original
beings,
the
original
stewards
of
our
ancestral
land,
the
Americas,
including
the
islands,
the
envoy
own
way
from
our
Great
Law
of
Peace
I
people
are
acknowledged
in
multiple
maxims
of
Law
and
documents
such
as
the
Constitution
Article,
1,
Section,
2,
Clause,
3
and
excluding
Indians
not
taxed
the
Delaware
treaty,
the
Northwest
Ordinance,
the
Adrian
drip
house,
Congress
resolution,
331
100th
Congress
second
session,
and
the
list
continues.
The
city
is
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
state.
The
state
is
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
government.
K
Are
you
going
to
honor
your
oath
to
the
Constitution?
Are
you
going
to
continue
to
commit
18,
U.S
code,
2381
treason,
18,
U.S
code,
1091,
genocide,
Force
assimilation,
Eugenics,
kidnapping,
child
trafficking,
discrimination,
colonization,
18,
us
code,
242,
deprivation
of
rights
under
the
color
of
law,
18,
U.S
code,
241,
conspiracy
against
Christ
and
list
continues
of
the
nefarious
actions
against
my
people
near
Aboriginal,
Americans
uphold
your
oath
to
the
Constitution,
uphold
your
agent
folks
ancestors
owed
to
the
Constitution
and
uphold
your
slave
ancestors
oath
to
the
Constitution.
K
K
Are
you
going
to
continue
to
walk
in
the
footsteps
of
your
many
nefarious
ancestors,
such
as
Walter
Ashby
plucker?
The
policies
Legacy
was
effectively
to
erase
Indians
as
an
identity
and
has
made
it
difficult
for
Indian
so-called
to
gain
state
to
get
to
two
gains.
Take
Federal
recognition.
Excuse
me
he
was
a
first
Virginia
state
Register
of
Vital
Statistics
from
1912
to
1946.
My
people
are
the
average.
The
Americans
and
have
been
reclassified
as
so-called
Indian
colored
negro,
black
and
African-American.
K
My
people
are
not
to
ever
be
included
in
your
commercial
law
system,
as
outlined
in
the
Constitution
Article
1
Section,
two
Clause
3
and
excluding
Indians
not
taxed.
Therefore,
all
Municipal
officers,
citizens,
all
other
foreigners
and
immigrants,
have
a
responsibility
to
uphold
their
oath
to
the
Constitution,
which
has
enabled
them
to
be
guests.
In
my
people's
house,
known
as
America
and
including
the
islands
restore
my
people's
ancestral
lands
and
natural
resources,
my
people,
my
people's
free
and
prayer,
informed
consent
shall
be
acknowledged
and
invited
in
future
meetings.
A
L
Good
morning,
president
kale
Smith
and
good
morning,
council
members,
my
name,
is
Quentin
Kittle
I
am
with
qk
architecture.
My
firm
is
located
on
406
South
Main
Street
in
the
West
End
I
am
here
representing
the
American
Institute
of
Architects
Pittsburgh
Board.
Also,
the
state
Pittsburgh
Board
or
the
state
board
for
the
AIA
in
Harrisburg.
L
Aaa
Pittsburgh
is
about
600
members
and
we
have
connections
throughout
the
architectural
engineering,
community
and
construction
community
with
billions
of
dollars
in
construction
as
it
goes
out
through
the
region.
Our
our
influence
and
connections
go
wide
and
we
as
a
board
and
as
an
industry.
We
encourage
and
support
the
return
of
the
vacant
properties
back
into
the
productive
use
for
communities
neighborhoods
and
the
benefit
to
the
city
for
tax
purposes
as
they
become
functioning
homes
and
residents.
L
The
cdc's
and
the
cities
that
are
trying
to
achieve
these
goals
really
get
lost,
and
it's
very
difficult
to
bring
these
properties
back
in
into
the
line.
It's
not
beneficial
for
the
community,
like
I,
said
and
currently
as
properties
vacate
in
the
generational
shift
or
even
the
displacements.
The
neighborhoods
suffer
by
not
being
able
to
redevelop
and
improve
the
properties,
and
it
just
turns
into
blight
throughout
the
neighborhood.
L
We
support
this
agreement
to
improve
these
better
processes,
to
move
the
acquisition
of
the
middle
ground
for
the
cdc's
cities
and
smaller
developments
further.
Once
these
tools
are
in
process
to
improve
the
conveyance
of
running
smoothly,
it
would
be
in
the
best
interest
of
the
of
the
city
to
step
back
by
creating
the
land
bank
as
an
independent
board
and
process.
A
M
Hello,
my
name
is
Dimitri
black
I
live
in
District
tribe
of
Squirrel
Hill
South
I
wanted
to
speak
to
city
council
today
today
to
remind
them
that
the
neighborhoods
in
this
city,
with
large
numbers
of
houses
and
disrepair
need
help
and
the
best
help
that
the
city
can
give
is
to
quickly
and
efficiently
process
these
vacant
properties
through
the
land
bank
and
put
them
back
into
the
hands
of
private
owners
who
can
then
make
them
homes
for
families.
Again,
every
delay
in
the
process
makes
that
more
expensive
and
less
economically
feasible.
Every.
M
A
renovation
is
delayed,
makes
renovating
a
home
more
expensive
and
when
the
renovation
becomes
too
too
expensive,
it's
no
longer
viable
to
rehabilitate
some
homes,
so
they
will
continue
to
sit
empty
and
fall
apart.
This
hurts
the
people
who
live
near
these
vacant
homes,
and
it
will
hurt
families
hurt
the
families
who
would
have
lived
there
if
they
have,
the
house
could
have
been
renovated.
M
If
these
poems
are
torn
down
rather
than
renovated,
it
will
drive
up
prices
for
housing
in
our
city.
Then
it
will
hurt
the
most
vulnerable
people
I
strongly
believe
that
the
city
council
needs
to
empower
the
land
bank
to
do
its
job
and
then
quickly
get
out
of
the
way
to
the
people
who
have
the
means
to
renovate
vacant
properties
can
do
so
without
delay.
Thank
you.
O
Hey
good
morning,
hello,
my
name
is
Vlad
Kaplan
I
live
in
East
Liberty
I'm,
here
to
speak
in
support
of
Expediting
transfers
of
city-owned
vacant
properties
to
the
Pittsburgh
Land
Bank,
a
stun's
throw
from
where
I
live.
There
are
a
bunch
of
vacant
houses
and,
as
a
previous
speaker
said,
every
day
that
we
fail
to
take
action,
it
becomes
more
expensive
to
fix
up
these
houses
and
it
becomes
harder
for
the
neighborhood
to
prosper.
O
Several
other
speakers
noted
the
quality
of
life
deterioration
that
is
caused
by
being
surrounded
by
blight
and
then
at
some
point.
These
houses
become
so
far
gone.
They
end
up
having
to
be
demolished,
which
is
an
expansive
thing
for
the
city
to
do.
If
I
walk
a
few
blocks
down,
Meadow
Street
I
can
see
stretches
of
vacant,
Lots
warehouses
used
to
be,
and
we
need
homes,
not
vacant
lots
and
we
shouldn't
be
creating
impediments
to
stabilizing
houses
and
neighborhoods.
We
should
be
doing
everything
in
our
power
to
create
more
housing
for
families.
O
P
Our
human
rights
to
the
alliance
wants
to
offer
support
for
the
previous
statements
read
by
the
Pittsburgh
community,
reinvestment
group
and
other
colleagues
who
are
part
of
the
housing
Justice
table
organized
under
Pittsburgh,
United
and
I
want
to
lift
up
your
attention
to
a
document
I
left
with
the
clerk
copies
of
the
universal
Declaration
of
Human
Rights,
and
remind
Council
and
all
of
our
city
government.
That
housing
is
a
human
right
protected
under
international
law,
and
this
is
something
we're
committed
to
helping
you
realize
in
policies
like
the
one
before
us
today.
P
P
We
urge
the
city
leaders
to
make
this
resolution
one
part
of
a
larger
strategy
to
develop
and
Implement
a
comprehensive
and
coherent
human
rights-based
housing
strategy
for
our
city
and,
ultimately,
our
region.
Such
a
people-centered
housing
strategy
must
make
it
a
priority
to
implement
the
2019
affirmatively
furthering
fair
housing
task
force,
recommendations
and
making
of
housing
affordable
in
our
city
requires
concerted
and
concrete
steps
to
remedy
the
lasting
harms
created
by
by
policies
such
as
redlining,
disinvestment
and
residential
segregation,
which
produced
the
blighted
properties
that
the
land
bank
governs.
P
In
addition,
as
we
consider
how
we
guide
our
housing
strategy
going
forward,
we
need
to
be
sure
that
residents
are
consulted
and
have
an
active
role
participating
in
shaping
the
development
of
our
city.
They
need
to
be
enabled
and
empowered
to
participate
in
political
processes
that
are
far
more
transparent
and
accountable,
especially
to
the
most
impacted
communities
and
I
want
to
reiterate
that
we
are
committed
to
working
with
you
and
our
other
housing
Justice
allies
in
helping
the
city
bring
forward
a
human
rights-based
housing
strategy
for
Pittsburgh.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
Q
Q
Allegheny
land
trust
is
working
within
Pittsburgh,
with
Community
Advocates
to
protect
green
spaces
like
food,
Gardens,
green
infrastructure
and
Community
Gathering
spaces,
so
that
they
may
provide
essential
benefits
to
our
neighborhoods,
like
food
security,
flood
mitigation
and
cleaner
air
and
water
for
generations
to
come.
The
protection
of
this
land
enables
more
extensive
and
more
sustained
Investments
to
be
made
into
its
restoration
or
Improvement
by
community
members,
institutional
supporters,
government
agencies
and
non-profit
organizations.
Q
The
approval
of
the
Second
Amendment
to
the
tri-party
cooperation
agreement
would
represent
a
major
step
towards
the
establishment
of
a
functioning
self-sufficient
and
effective
land
recycling
organization
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
This
passage
would
enable
a
more
expedient
protection
or
expansion
of
some
Community
green
spaces
in
front
of
us
today.
The
Kincaid
Street
community
garden,
for
example,.
H
Q
Hillcrest
Green
in
Garfield
and
the
old
Allegheny
community
garden
in
the
Central
north
side,
we
are
working
with
several
more
communities
to
identify
Green
Space
Assets
in
their
neighborhoods.
That
would
all
benefit
from
protection
through
a
more
efficient
land
disposition
process
that
we
see
represented
in
the
land
bank.
Thank
you.
R
My
name
is
Amy
zase
I've
lived
in
the
Beachview
neighborhood
for
about
two
years
now,
I'm
speaking
today,
because
I
am
in
favor
of
Expediting.
The
transfers
of
Studio
convicted
properties
to
the
Pittsburgh
Land
Trust
I
think
that
it's
obvious
that
homelessness
is
inextricably
linked
to
housing
prices
and
Pittsburgh,
like
every
city
in
the
U.S,
is
facing
housing
crisis.
R
Additionally,
every
day
that
is
delayed
in
fixing
a
home,
it
becomes
more
expensive
to
fix
it
and
it
becomes
less
likely
that
they're
going
to
be
able
to
be
lived
in
later
on
I
just
feel
very,
very
struggling
that
we
have
a
unique
opportunity
here
and
we
should
take
it.
I
also
want
to
just
politely
point
out
that
in
gathering
a
public
and
Community
statements,
the
council
does
a
disservice
and
loses
very
impactful
commentary
from
people
by
starting
so
late.
R
I
myself
am
only
able
to
be
here
because
I
have
a
flexible
work
from
home
job
that
allows
me
to
take
not
just
an
hour
but
an
hour
and
a
half
off
randomly
to
come
and
speak
to
something.
I
feel
really
passionate
about
and
I
think
most
people
here
are
probably
also
in
either.
This
relates
to
their
job
or
it's
just
something
that
they're
able
to
do
because
they're
retired
or
have
flexible
work
schedules,
and
it
really
it's
really
hard
for
any
normal
working
person
who
is
deeply
affected
by
the
housing
crisis.
R
S
There
are
many
vacant
properties
in
my
neighborhood
and
on
my
street,
contributing
towards
the
total
of
tens
of
thousands
of
vacant
properties
throughout
Pittsburgh
needs
to
be
able
to
quickly
repurpose
these
properties
to
be
able
to
increase
housing
Supply
and
reduce
the
blight
before
it
becomes
more
expensive,
the
property
directly.
Next
to
where
I
live
one's
house
to
family
and
it
was
demolished
and
since
2013
it's
been
a
gravel
lot
that
is
occasionally
used
to
house
a
car.
Nothing
else.
S
T
Good
morning,
I'm
Ed
Newser
executive
director
at
city
of
Bridges
Community,
Land
Trust,
and
we're
located
at
5515
Penn
Avenue
in
Garfield
I'm
here
today
to
join
with
our
partners
and
colleagues
and
allies.
The
housing
Justice
table
to
ask
Council
to
move
forward
this
land
bank
legislation
without
more
delays.
We
needed
the
land
bank
10
years
ago.
We
needed
it
five
years
ago.
We
need
it
now.
We
know
the
land
bank
is
not
a
Panacea
for
the
issues
facing
our
neighborhoods,
but
it
is
a
critical
tool
for
too
long.
T
The
city
has
been
unable
and
in
past
Generations,
arguably
unwilling
to
take
on
their
responsibility
for
the
tens
of
thousands
of
publicly
owned
properties
and
for
their
part,
the
current
Ura
has
done
what
they
can,
but
their
disposition
process
which
they
must
follow
down
to
State
Redevelopment
law
is
not
tenable
from
you.
Moving
Community
scale.
Infill
development
in
this
council's
done
tremendous
work
recently
to
create
new
tools
to
fund
affordable
housing,
but
to
make
the
most
of
the
financial
investments
from
arpa
from
the
Hof
from
the
recent
Bond
issuance
approval.
T
The
land
has
to
be
unlocked
too,
and
we
need
a
functioning
land
bank
to
do
that,
and
not
just
the
tackle
city-owned
properties,
but
also
to
tackle
privately
owned,
dead-end
properties
that
are
contributing
to
blight
and
vacancy
in
our
neighborhoods
as
well.
The
land
bank,
because
it's
not
subject
to
State
Redevelopment
law.
T
They
have
sales
agreement
with
us
contingent
on
clear
title
and
they
went
and
put
a
new
roof
on
the
structure
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
That
hole
would
have
grown,
that
hole
wouldn't
have
been
abated,
and
that
house
that
is
now
a
renovation
house
would
have
been
on
the
demolition
list
all
while
we
waited
on
clear
title.
T
U
Morning,
hi
hi
everyone,
my
name
is
Sophie
Smith
and
I'm.
The
project
coordinator
for
the
news
policy
grounded
strategies
and
I
live
in
Bloomfield.
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today
and
share
why
I
think
it's
imperative
to
council
support
this
amendment
to
the
cooperation
agreement
and
also
we
support
all
the
other
statements
made
by
our
colleagues
today.
Grommet
strategies
is
a
pittsburgh-based
nonprofit
that
works
to
improve
the
social,
economic
and
environmental
health
of
distress
and
transitional
communities
by
building
capacity
to
reclaim
vacant
and
underutilized
land.
U
The
city
of
Pittsburgh
owns
thousands
of
vegan
Parcels,
often
concentrated
in
low-income
and
majority
black
communities,
and
these
Parcels,
as
other
people
have
mentioned
quickly,
fall
into
disrepair
which,
like
Studies,
have
found,
leads
to
many
like
health
and
safety
concerns
and
exacerbates
like
past
racial
discrimination.
They
also
cause
the
city.
A
lot
of
money
like
people
have
just
been
talking
about
so
since
2018
bandit
has
supported
residents
and
Homeward
Larimer,
and
the
Hill
district
in
stewarding
city-owned
vacant
Lots
around
their
homes.
U
These
residents
put
in
their
time
effort
and
resources
into
maintaining
these
plots
and
turning
them
into
productive
Community
spaces,
and
yet
there's
no
pathway
for
them
to
own
the
plastic.
They
Steward
and
many
other
cities
have
mode
to
own
programs,
run
by
land,
Banks
and
other
processes
that
make
it
easier
for
people
to
obtain
the
land
around
them
and
help
their
communities
Thrive.
So
recently,
a
resident
came
to
us
for
support
and
purchasing
of
vacant
and
structuralist
lot.
That
was
once
owned
that
once
housed
a
store
owned
by
one
of
their
family
members.
U
She
plans
to
turn
this
lot
into
a
garden
to
support
her
small
business,
but
this
parcel
is
owned
by
the
era.
So,
as
other
people
have
mentioned
like
to
purchase
it,
she'd
need
to
complete
their
sales
process.
Which
is
far
too
complicated
and
time
intensive
for
an
individual
resident
who
works
full-time
and
has
a
family.
U
A
functioning
land
bank
would
lower
the
barrier
to
ownership
for
residents,
it'd
speed
up
the
timeline
and
reduce
the
costs
allowing
communities
to
return
this
land
into
productive
use.
It
would
also
allow
for
the
land
bank
to
sell
city-owned
properties,
reducing
the
city's
inventory
and
getting
these
properties
back
on
the
tax
bills
and
mitigating
the
mental
and
physical
health
issues
caused
by
a
maintained
vacant.
Lots
I
support
everything
that
everyone
else
has
said
and
yeah.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
your
time.
A
G
V
H
V
Want
to
talk
about
you
know
the
land
bank
and
joining
forces
with
the
empty
lots
and
food
housing
and
housing,
and
food
I
work
with
the
human
rights
Alliance
I
also
work
with
the
Pittsburgh
Food
policy
Council,
and
as
someone
who
knows
the
importance
of
people
right
now
who
have
nowhere
to
live,
not
enough
food,
it
is
very
important
that
we
come
together
as
one
and
figure
out
how
to
fix
this
problem.
This
is
a
picture
of
one
of
the
vacant:
lots
that
I
walk
past
on
a
daily
basis.
V
V
So
many
people
right
now
who
are
in
places
that
are
entirely
too
small
because
there's
enough
places
to
move
people
in
there's,
so
many
people
going
hungry
because
we
don't
have
enough
places
for
fresh
fruit,
fruits
and
vegetables
as
someone
who
actually
used
to
be
a
part
of
the
housing
and
be
on
Section
8
and
knowing
the
programs
I
know
what
it's
like
to
not
to
be
able
to
find
somewhere
to
live.
If
we
can
figure
out
ways,
even
we
can
talk
to
different
landlords
and
come
together
to
be
able
to
make
this.
V
You
know
a
human
rights
making
sure
that
everybody
is
getting
what
they
need.
I
know
people
who
are
living
in
two
bedrooms
with
five
kids
I
know
people
who
are
trying
to
get
back
and
forth.
Yes,
they
lived
in
two
bedrooms
for
five
kids
and
it's
not
acceptable.
You
know
they've
been
on
waiting
lists
for
seven
and
eight
years
these
these
lists.
You
know
we
can
fix
this
as
if
we
come
together
and
I
know
we
can
do
it
and
I
know
you
guys.
You
guys
hear
me
all
the
time.
V
You
guys
see
me
all
the
time
and
I
always
tell
you
the
same
thing,
I'm
going
to
keep
coming
until
we
get
until
we
get
it
right.
You
know,
I
know
that
we
can
make
this
world
a
better
place.
We
all
keep
talking
about.
That's
our
goal.
That's
our
plan!
Well,
guess
what
here's
our
chance
so
come
on
guys,
let's
do
what
we
have
to
do
and
let's
fix
this
bridge,
let's
fix
the
bridge
for
food.
Let's
fix
the
bridge
for
homelessness,
let's
fix
the
bridge
for
human
rights.
V
A
A
H
A
A
W
For
the
Bloomfield
Garfield
corporation
I
live
at
5407
Coral
Street
in
the
Friendship
neighborhood.
Just
a
few
points
to
make
for
Council
today,
first
of
all,
I
think
Council
should
be
involved
in
the
land
Banks
operation
in
some
form
or
fashion.
Certainly
reserving
a
seat
for
City
Council
on
the
board
would
not
be
a
problem
for
groups
like
ours.
We
value
council's
involvement.
We
see
counsel
sometimes
as
the
offsetting
influence
to
a
very
strong
mayoral
Administration.
W
So
we
don't
want
to
see
Council
disempowered,
we're
building
25
houses
in
Garfield
right
now,
as
we
speak,
all
of
the
lots
that
we
are
building
on
were
acquired
from
the
city
took
us
the
better
part
of
seven
years
to
do
it.
We
incurred
another
one
million
dollars
in
construction
costs
because
of
numerous
delays,
which
are
unavoidable
under
state
law.
As
the
city
disposes
of
property,
do
I
get
three
minutes
one
minute,
one
minute:
okay,
let
me
cut
it
off
at
there
and
say
we
fully
support
the
land
bank
cooperation
agreement
with
the.
X
Hi,
my
name
is
Nancy
nosk
and
I'm
here,
representing
fineview
and
Perry
Hilltop
citizens
corporations
I've
been
doing
this
work
for
30
years
along
with
Rick,
and
it's
very,
very
frustrating
on
this
end.
I've
lived
in
Pittsburgh
I,
don't
live
here
now,
but
I've
witnessed
and
worked
for
elimination
of
blight
and
vacancies,
and
recently
we
sold
a
property
on
Kerry
Street
to
someone
we
got
it
through
the
city
and
he
said
to
me:
if
you
just
would
have
patch
the
roof,
the
land
bank
can
offer
that
stabilization
of
these
properties.
X
During
the
time
it's
taken
us
to
get
quiet
title
to
get
change.
You
have
a
solution
here
you
have
people
that
are
willing
to
work.
It's
been
the
cdcs
who
actually
turned
these
neighborhoods,
so
I
really
support
it.
One
last
thing:
number
five
here
on
this
piece
of
paper
talks
about
charging
the
land
bank-
that's
public
money
to
public
money.
The
bottom
line
is
that's
going
to
go
to
the
eventual
buyer.
The
CDC
I
would
ask
that
you
work
on
that
solution.
Thank.
Y
Y
Okay,
I
did
register
so
I
did
register
so,
okay,
who's,
gonna
start
because
I
don't
want
to
go
last
time.
I
went
over
it
got
ugly
in
here,
so
I
don't
want
to
go
through
that
again.
They
got
two
cops
in
here
now.
So,
okay
well
I'll
take
them
in
it's
not
fair,
but
you
know
you
like
to
hear
from
the
public,
but
I
would
just
say
it's
been
nine
years.
It's
time
to
to
to
get
this
land
bank
moving.
Y
There's
no
excuse,
so
the
public
has
never
understood
why
it's
it's
been
delayed,
but,
let's
just
say
it's
a
new
day,
and
so
I
was
just
saying
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
Hill
district
consensus
group,
Penn
Plaza
support
an
Action
Coalition
and
we're
calling
for
a
democratic,
transparent,
fully
funded,
independent
Pittsburgh
land
Banks.
So
there's
other
things,
I
wanted
to
say
about
the
mission.
One
thing
I
would
probably
want
to
emphasize
here:
I
think
it
is
shameful.
Councilman
coghill,
that
our
land
bank
salaries
are
paid
by
the
Heinz
foundation
and
not
the
Pittsburgh
taxpayer.
Y
So
that's
an
example
right
there,
where
you're
completely,
not
serious
so
again,
I
would
say
we're
on
the
same
page.
I
think
we
should
work
to
make
this
land
bank
as
Democratic
as
we
can.
Let's
create
a
new
institution,
that's
Democratic,
that's
transparent,
there's,
no
room
for
suspicions
or
any
cronyism
or
politics
over
land.
Let's
Empower
this
land
bank.
Let's
make
it
something
special
and,
let's
start
rebuilding
these
neighborhoods.
A
A
Z
Previous
gentleman
said:
I
also
signed
up
online,
but
wasn't
so
I'll
make
a
brief,
make
it
quick,
I'm
here
about
time
and
abandoned
properties.
It's
time
to
move
these
properties
forward.
It's
taken
nine
years
now,
a
property
that
once
had
a
slight
leak
in
a
roof
now
has
a
hole
all
the
way
down
through
to
the
basement,
a
property
that
had
a
bowing
wall
in
the
front
is
now
collapsing.
Z
Z
I've
got
a
lot
to
say
on
this
because
I
live
it
every
day.
I'm
an
investor
I'm,
a
developer
in
the
city's
North
Side
I've
got
property
right
next
door
to
mine.
That
I
recently
was
able
to
take
through
conservatorship
and
after
the
city
sat
on
it
for
decades
and
did
nothing
with
it.
Weeds
that
were
small
weeds
became
a
forest
of
shumak
trees.
Sixty
four
thousand
dollars
later
of
Excavating
just.
AA
AA
I'm,
the
executive
director
of
the
global
switchboard
we've
run
the
all-for-all
Coalition,
which
helps
support
immigrants
and
refugees,
and
we
also
work
with
the
human
rights
City
Alliance
I
love,
Pittsburgh,
I
love,
my
neighborhood
I
want
it
to
be
a
fair
and
Equitable
place
for
my
neighbors
and
for
us
to
live
and
I
support.
The
tri-party
agreement
and
I'm
a
supporter
of
Human
Rights
and
I
want
to
just
lift
up
that
housing
is
a
human
right.
AA
C
Hi
good
morning
hi,
my
name
is
Kendall
pelling
I
live
at
403,
North
Fairmount
street
in
Garfield
I'm,
an
executive
director
of
rising
type
Partners,
which
is
a
non-profit
that's
created
to
be
the
ideal
partner
for
non-profit
Community
groups
and
the
public
sector.
Our
council
members
Our
Land
Bank
our
Ura
to
bring
scaled
strategies
that
can
solve
these
problems
of
blight
and
disinvestment
at
the
same
time
as
we
prevent
displacement
by
buying
out
absentee
landlords
and
assembling
the
properties
for
affordable
housing.
C
I
think
you
should
understand
that
when
I
started
working
vacant
properties
in
2002,
the
assumptions
I
heard
were
pretty
heinous.
They
said
these
properties
are
not
worth
what
they
cost
to
renovate
because
of
the
neighborhoods
they
live
in
because
of
the
demographics
of
the
people
who
live
there
and
nobody
wants
to
buy
that
house
in
East
Liberty.
Nobody
wants
to
buy
that
house
in
Homewood
there's.
The
current
system
was
designed
not
to
solve
the
problem.
C
A
D
So
I
just
want
to
start
by
saying,
like
as
of
right
now,
there's
no
direct
communication
between
pli
Demolition
and
the
finance
department.
With
these
properties,
there's
residents
who
put
in
applications
for
properties
been
approved,
went
to
go,
see
it
and
it's
been
demolished.
So
I
just
want
to
say
that
for
a
second
there's,
no
transparent
process
that
provides
residents
with
basic
details
on
the
auctions
or
when
City
owned
properties
are
being
moved
for.
Sales
I
believe
the
tribe
party
agreement
will
not
only
give
Community
residents
a
transparent.
G
D
But
it'll
also
give
them
a
chance
to
engage
in
real
estate
I'm
in
favor
to
see
the
tribe
party
agreement
approved
and
four
cdc's,
but
not
just
cdc's,
also
for
Community
residents
to
be
able
to
purchase
property
and
I
also
believe
that
one
vote
from
Council
is
enough.
I
feel
like
two
votes,
will
just
further
delay
sales
and
further
delay
future
development
for
affordability.
Thank
you.
AB
I
also
thought
I
registered
Joe
Demi
executive
director
of
the
food
policy
Council.
It's
good
to
see
you
again.
Thank
you
so
much
for
again
for
passing
the
food
Justice
fund
plan,
I'm
hopeful
again
that
we
can
get
some
movement
on
the
land
acquisition
for
Farmers
Land
Bank
could
be
a
critical
tool,
I
think
for
helping
existing
people
that
are
already
working
the
land
to
get
ownership
inside
control
for
the
long
term.
AB
Farmers
invest
hundreds
in
some
cases,
thousands
of
dollars
in
that
property
and
hundreds
of
hours
and
as
opposed
to
rural
Farmers.
They
actually
are
often
doing
it
for
free
or
very
low
pay.
They're
Mission
focused
they're
feeding
their
neighbors
they're,
supplementing
their
groceries
with
something
nutritious
and
affordable.
They
deserve
dignity
for
their
work
and
part
of
that
is
owning
and
controlling
the
land,
particularly
for
black
and
brown.
Farmers
who
have
haven't
had
the
same
land,
ownership,
advantages
and
opportunities
over
the
years.
AB
A
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
further
speakers
wishing
to
address
City
Council?
Are
there
any
further
speakers
wishing
to
address
City
Council,
seeing
no
further
speakers?
I
will
just
say
a
few
things
about
the
registered
speakers.
We
will
check
in
to
see
what
happened
that
we
had
so
many
people
saying
they
registered
online
and
we
do
not
have
them
here
so
we'll
check
into
that.
But
in
the
meantime,
if
you
want
to
submit
comments,
further
comments
to
city
council
or
to
meet
with
council
members
and
call
us,
you
can
also
contact
the
city
clerk's
office.
A
N
It's
this
land
bank
goes
forward.
You
will
be
doing
an
unlawful
act
and
continuously
creating
The
Have
and
the
have-not
in
Pittsburgh,
giving
all
right
title
and
interest.
The
non-profit
agency
to
dispersed
with
discrimination
is
wrong
if
the
growth
misconduct
and
misuse
of
our
land,
you
have
four
down
home,
and
this
place
people
for
far
too
long.
N
No
business
has
the
right.
No
Corporation,
especially
a
non-profit
Corporation,
is
not
acting
in
the
for
the
common
good
of
the
people
and
the
medical
Consciousness.
Will
this
go
forward
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
you
hear
this
talking
point
that
deaf
growth
is
pointing
out
to
you,
because
this
is
wrong.
This
Landing
should
not
exist.
N
Number
one
and
number
two
is
that
fair
and
equitable-
and
you
all
have
been
having
these
meetings
and
I'm
happy
that
those
who
knew
about
today
showed
up
and
spoke
out
but
you're,
not
getting
the
information
out
to
the
community
at
large.
So
the
people
who
were
with
would
like
to
speak
about
Glam
bank
and
the
Youth
of
land
to
Equitable
use
of
land
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
can
do
so
adequately.
There
are
currently
properties
being
sold
by
the
Ura
and
land
bank
that
are
not
even
worthy
of
selling
these
properties.
N
N
If
our
rainfall
down
properties,
you
tore
down
a
home
that
I
bought
from
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
only
to
turn
around
three
years
later
and
tear
it
down.
So
if
it
was
to
condemned
when
you
sold
it
to
me,
then
it
was
condemned
in
the
first
place
and
had
no
business
doing
that
pointed
out
that
you
all
were
doing
this
stuff
haphazardly
and
you're
continuing
to
move
haphazardly
without
thinking
about
this
in
depth
before
you
take
action
and
I
employ
you
to
have
meetings
once
again,
north
south
east
west,
central
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
AC
Hi,
this
is
Isaac
salary
from
the
Community
Alliance
at
Spring,
Garden
I
need
Stoystown.
We
have
our
neighborhoods
have
been
affected,
mostly
by
Highway
construction,
which
has
contributed
to
lower
property
values
and
a
lot
of
blighted
homes,
and
this
tri-party
agreement
would
exponentially
help
us
get
these
properties
fixed
up.
We
have
been
looking
at
flight
too
long.
It
has
affected
our
quality
of
life.
We
are
a
hundred
percent
for
this.
We
are
100
for
this.
AC
You
know
years
ago,
when
the
land
bank
was
created,
the
current
system
is
absolutely
100
percent,
broken
we're
getting
properties.
You
know
five
to
eight
years
through
the
current
system
that
have
holes
in
the
roof.
Everything
that
everybody
has
said
before
I
have
not
seen
any
other.
You
know
proposal
that
would
be,
and
I've
heard
the
last
speaker
but
I
don't
understand
any
other
proposal,
and
that
would
help
these
issues
other
than
this
to
get
these
properties
redeveloped
as
soon
as
possible,
with
non-profits
with
the
local
communities
engagement.
A
AD
AE
Thank
you,
madam
president,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
you
all
for
coming
down.
It's
always
good
to
hear
from
the
public
about
things
as
important
as
this
I
think
this
council
is
poised
to
move
forward
with
the
Chicago
tri-party
agreement.
Is
that
what
we're
calling
a
tri-party
agreement?
Okay,
so-
and
you
know
it's
long
overdue-
I've
heard
many
of
you
comment
about-
you
know
the
more
they
sit
there,
the
harder
they
become
the
fix
and
they
become
dilapidated,
and
eventually
we
have
to
tear
them
down.
AE
I
speak
from
experience,
I'm
a
general
contractor
specializing
in
roofing
for
the
past
30
years
and
I
agree
with
all
you.
You
know.
The
first
thing
we
need
to
do
is
stabilize
see
what
is
worth
stabilizing
first
starts
with
the
roof
and
the
gutter
system.
Once
we
do
that,
I'm
confident
with
this
new
tri-party
agreement
that
we'll
be
able
to
move
these
properties
in
the
right
direction,
I
did
want
to
comment.
AE
One
other
thing,
I
know
to
land
bank
traditionally
throughout
different
states,
and
certainly
ours
focuses
on
affordable
housing
and
we
all
know
the
need
for
that
and
I'm,
not
discouraging
that
in
any
way.
But
you
know
Mr
nusser,
from
City
of
bridges.
I
really
appreciate
your
comment
on
it's
not
only
just
for
affordable
housing
and
city-owned
properties.
AE
It's
about
moving
properties
that
are
privately
owned,
that
we
don't
know
who
the
heir
to
that
property
certain
property
might
be
so
it's
dead-end
properties,
so
I
want
to
make
sure
that
any
new
agreement,
whether
we
have
something
in
writing.
You
know
whether
we
just
verbally
talk
to
Sally
stableman,
the
executive,
it's
not
director,
but
what
is
she?
The.
AD
AE
She's,
a
manager
of
the
land
bank
that
we
continue
and
make
it
a
point
to
focus
on
dead
end
properties,
I
have
several
of
them
in
my
district,
so
so
they're
a
real
issue
for
me
and
yeah.
So
I
look
forward
to
passing
this
agreement
and
you
know
getting
the
land
bank
moving
in
a
direction
it
should
have
been
many
years
ago.
Thank.
AF
Yeah
sure,
hello,
everybody
thank
you
so
much
for
coming.
I
I
think
like
many
of
you,
maybe
not
the
the
housing
professionals,
but
certainly
the
public
at
large
I
I'm
new
to
all
this
right.
So
this
is
all
I'm
learning
about
what
a
land
bank
is
and
how
it
works.
You
know
right,
along
with
with
everyone
else
and,
of
course,
I
hear
the
right.
Like
the
blighted
properties,
we
absolutely
need
to
move
it's.
AF
You
know
extremely
confusing
that
we
have
had
a
land
bank
for
so
long
and
nothing
has
been
done
and
why
is
that
and
like
I
said
again,
I'm
I'm
learning
all
of
this
and
I'm
meeting
Land
Bank
leadership
and
talking
with
the
Ura
sort
of
all
in
in
real
time
with
all
of
you
and
I
will
say
that
a
few
things
that
I
have
learned
so
well.
Let
me
just
step
back.
AF
There
is
one
thing,
and
this
is
that
worries
me,
and
that
is
the
uniformity
of
what
everybody
is
saying
at
these
public
hearings,
like
almost
verbatim
you
guys
are
all
saying
the
same
thing
and
to
me
as
someone
with
a
marketing
background
that
speaks
to
some
top-notch
marketing
work
by
the
leadership
at
the
land
bank,
and
that
worries
me.
It
really
does
because
this
is
complicated
right.
It
isn't
simple.
This
notion
that
that
many
people
have
now
not
not
the
folks.
AF
AF
It's
going
to
clear
titles
and
and
people
are
going
to
be
able
to
get
a
house
right
next
door
to
them
just
like
that
that
people
in
communities
you
know
that,
oh,
where
houses
have
been
being
sold
to
to
to
cdc's
now
all
of
a
sudden
I'm
gonna
get
a
chance,
because
I'm
going
to
be
able
to
get
that
property
for
free
and
and
turn
it.
That's
not
what's
going
to
happen
right
because
I've
had
these
conversations,
you
know
it
takes
six
months.
AF
At
least
my
understanding
is
to
clear
a
title,
because
you
have
to
contact
all
the
people
they
have
to
show
it.
You
know
that
where
money
is
owed
and
they
have
to
show
up
to
a
hearing-
and
it
is
a
long
process-
so
that's
like
a
year
and
a
half-
that's
land
bank,
no
land
bank,
like
best
case
scenario,
so
I
just
want
people
to
understand
that
yes
doing
it
through
the
city
might
actually
take
twice
as
long
for
various
reasons,
whether
it's
you
know,
staffing
issues
or
whatnot.
But
this
is
not
like.
AF
The
land
bank
is
not
a
Magic
Bullet
right
that
abandoned
property
next
door
to
you,
sir,
you
know,
may
or
may
not
be
City
owned.
First
of
all,
you
know,
but
if
it
is
City
owned
is
not
magically
going
to
be.
You
know
within
six
months,
cleaned
up
and
renovated
and
get
you
know
whether
we
have
you
know
whether
we
had
a
land
bank
or
not
so
and
I'm,
saying
all
this
as
someone
who
is
supportive
of
the
land
bank
right.
AF
So
my
feeling
is
that
you
know
the
land
bank
will
not
be
stabilizing
properties
and
then-
and
then
you
know
handing
them
over.
You
know
free
of
charge
to
a
resident
who,
maybe
you
know,
a
lower
income
resident
who
wants
to
maybe
try
out
their
first
Flip
or
something
like
that
or
build
some
generational
wealth
just
for
them
and
their
family.
That's
not
going
to
happen
right.
AF
I've
confirmed
that,
because
that's
what
I
was
excited
about
right,
I
was
really
excited
for
folks
in
Hazelwood
to
you
know:
oh
maybe,
if
they
could,
you
know,
get
a
small
loan
and,
like
you
know,
do
a
little
project
with
a
property
that
they
could
so
that
it
would
function
like
a
mini
Ura
and
then
at
the
end,
once
they
sort
of
show
that
they
were
really
making
progress
and
they
would
just
you
know,
get
the
prop.
You
know
get
be
gifted
the
property.
That's
not
going
to
happen.
AF
I've
been
told
that
right
so
I
just
want
that
to
be
clear
to
the
public
at
Large.
For
the
cdcs
I
understand
you
guys
are
you
know
you
are
moving
along
and
doing
great
jobs
in
the
communities.
You
know
I
I
work.
You
know
a
number
of
you
work
in
my
district.
I.
Do
worry
about
you
all
getting
over
extended.
I!
AF
AF
So,
but
all
of
this
said
at
the
end
of
the
day
right,
the
the
land
bank
is
supposed
to
make
all
these
things
easier
and
I
think
that
it
counsel
and
and
again
I
don't
have
amendments
to
anything
and
I'm
going
to
vote
for
whatever
comes
to
the
table
right
I,
don't
feel
like
I
have
the
expertise
to
not
to
right.
We
we
clearly
need
to
to
to
move
forward,
but
I
just
want
to
say
that
you
know.
AF
The
hesitancy
that
we
are
hearing
at
council
is
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
Council
that
what
the
land
bank
says
it
is
here
to
do
that.
The
mission
of
them
is
actually
what
the
land
bank
is
legally
obligated
to
do
right.
That's
what
we're
trying
and
we're
trying
to
do
that
through
Council,
because
that's
what
we
are
right,
we're
we're
Council
we're
the
representatives
of
the
people.
AF
AF
That's
the
job
of
the
board
is
to
make
sure
that
the
land
bank
is
doing
what
it's
supposed
to
do
and
following
its
Mission,
that's
the
job
of
a
board,
but
there's
no,
but
you
know
you
don't
get
to
vote
on
who's.
You
all
don't
get
to
vote
on
who's
on
that
board.
So
if
they're
not
doing
what
they're
supposed
to
be
doing
and
we've
all
seen
Boards
of
lar,
you
know
organ
organizations,
you
know
shift,
and
you
know,
if
you
can't,
you
can't
vote
them
out.
AF
You
can
vote
us
out
we're
not
doing
what
we're
supposed
to
be
doing.
You
can
vote
us
out,
and
so
that's
that
that
I,
just
I
just
want
to
sort
of
in
in
kind
of
Defense
of
my
colleagues
as
someone
who's
coming
in
new
and
learning
all
this
with
you,
that's
what's
going
on
here
right,
that's,
that
is
the
the
those
are
the
conversations
that
we're.
AF
Having
is
just
making
sure
that
this
land
bank
really
is
everything
that
it
that
it
is
saying
that
it's
going
to
be
and
that,
if
it
isn't,
we
have
the
we
have
the
authority
to
to
do
something
about
that,
so
that
you
know,
however,
how,
however,
that
function
works
right.
We
can
make
sure
that
it
is
actually
doing
the
job
that
it's
supposed
to
do.
So,
that's
all
for
me.
I'm.
A
AG
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
so,
and
thank
you.
Councilwoman
Warwick
also
for
articulating
I,
think
a
lot
of
everyone's
Mutual
frustration
and
but
also
obligations
right
and
so
we
take.
We
are
taking
our
jobs
very
seriously
to
provide
you
with
the
exact
things
that
you've
been
asking
for.
We
have
been
struggling
to
provide
affordable
housing
and
land
for
agriculture.
AG
Bank
legislation
and
I
fought
for
it
in
2014,
and
it
was
hard
this
there
was
a
there
was
a
public
hearing
that
some
of
you
might
have
been
at
that
lasted
almost
it
feels
like
it
was
almost
midnight.
It
was
at
least
I
feel
like
it
was
at
least
11
p.m.
Right
and-
and
we
did
have
it
at
evening
hours
so
it
would
be
more
inclusive
of
people
and
it
was
Danny
Ramona
lining
the
walls
here
and
we
because
of
these
issues,
because
we
knew
that
the
city
was
not
able
to
process
enough
properties.
AG
It
was
sitting
on
them
for
decades.
When
you
look
at
these
lists
of
the
properties
that
the
city
has
in
hand,
we've
had
some
of
them
since
the
1950s,
1960s,
1970s
and
so
they've,
been
in
this
limbo
and
haven't
been
cleared
of
title
and
put
into
responsible
stewardship
and
as
councilman
Warwick
said,
we
do
know
that
there
is
also
a
really
changing
dynamic
in
this
city
right
and
I'm,
really
glad
Mr
pelling
brought
up
the
fact
that
I
remember
when
people
had
those
assumptions
right
and
I.
AG
AG
Investors
would
just
walk
away,
and
she
spoke
very
eloquently
about
that
and
was
an
advisor
to
me
on
fighting
for
the
land
bank
legislation
and
the
creation
of
the
Pittsburgh
land
bank,
and
but
now
we
I
the
testimony
that
I
hear
mostly
and
I
heard
today
is
that
we
need
to
protect
these
properties
from
the
people
who
have
so
much
money
that
they're
they're
gladly
willing
right.
They
have
more
money
than
we
have
and
would
get
these
properties
if
we
took
them
under
auction
under
the
city's
powers.
AG
And
so
that
is
the
niche
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
the
land
bank
fills
that
they're,
not
just
giving
properties
away
to
the
big
developers
who
don't
need
to
get
them.
They
can
get
them
on
their
own
and
they're
getting
them
every
day
and
some
of
the
properties
like
we
said
that
we
you
talked
about
in
your
neighborhoods,
may
actually
not
be
owned
by
the
city.
They
may
be
owned
by
a
speculative
real
estate.
Investor
from
God
knows
where
who's
just
living
at
Rotten
place,
and
we
have
to
tackle
that
problem
right.
AG
We
have
to
tackle
that
problem.
The
problem
that
this
tri-party
agreement
addresses
are
the
properties
that
the
city
took
a
long
time
ago,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
people
basically
put
their
walk,
walk
the
talk
right
and
so
that
we've
heard
that
we,
the
clear
public,
call
to
action
for
moving
these
properties
into
affordable
housing.
As
councilman
Smith
said,
I
think
we
should
make
sure
that
the
land
bank
is
then
obligated
to
do
that
with
these
properties.
AG
AG
They
could
but
they're
not
obligated
to,
and
we
had
a
post
agenda
that
I
would
refer
everybody
to,
because
now
our
videos
are
on
YouTube,
and
so
you
can
watch
it
at
like
double
speed
because
it
went
on
for
two
hours
and
you
can
skip
back
and
forth
and
so
that
that
post
agenda
was
on
June
13th
and
you
heard
testimony
that
yeah,
the
Olympic
absolutely
would
kind
of
give
the
garden
to
The
Gardener.
And
then,
a
week
ago
yesterday,
our
city,
solicitors
sat
at
the
table
and
said,
like.
AG
Oh
no
council
can't
direct
that
Garden
to
that
Gardener.
You
know
we
can't
send
we'll
send
it
to
the
land
bank
and
then
you
have
to
keep
your
fingers
crossed,
but
that's
not
good
enough.
You
know,
and
it's
also
not
good
enough-
that
we
should
allow,
under
the
current
tri-party
agreement
language
for
city
council,
to
send
you
know
a
hundred
two
hundred
a
thousand
properties
to
the
land
bank
fully
expecting
them
to
be.
AG
You
know,
affordable
housing
and
not
have
a
guarantee
and-
and
you
not
have
that
guarantee
and
so
I
think
we've
come
finally
through
and
it's
painfully
slow.
This
democracy
of
us
kind
of
all
making
sure
we
understand
the
same
thing,
that's
in
front
of
us
and
being
able
to
come
to
some
consensus,
and
so
I
do
have
draft
amendments
to
that
original
legislation.
AG
That
just
says,
let
us
do
a
new
tri-party
agreement,
Amendment
just
to
get
kind
of
put
more
legal
guarantees
that
you're
going
to
get
what
you
expect
from
the
Pittsburgh
Land
Bank.
So
that's
the
goal,
and
so
we
hope
to
utilize
this
out
really
quickly.
We
think
we
have
some
members
who
are
all
on
the
same
page
and
who
are
willing
to
support
again.
It's
just
it's
not.
We
don't
amend
the
actual
agreement.
AG
We
just
put
conditions
in
the
resolution
in
our
our
bill,
that's
in
front
of
us
that
they
they
have
to
abide
by
these
guidelines
and
they're
the
guidelines
that
you're
asking
for
so
that's,
hopefully,
we'll
be
able
to
move
forward
expeditiously
and
just
and
just
so
you
know
there
has
been
an
agreement
in
place
this
entire
time
since
2019
right
and
so
there
we
weren't,
leaving
it
completely
disabled
right.
So
part
of
part
of
the
lamping
problems.
AG
Operations
is
having
the
money
to
operate
and
we
fully
intend
to
move
that
money
as
well,
and
it's
been
in
the
administration's
hands,
but
Council
has
the
power
to
just
move
it
over
ourselves.
If,
if
we,
if
we
need
to,
and
so
I
I
I'm
committing
to
to
do
that,
so
that
we
can
get
the
land
bank
moving,
so
I
really
appreciate
everybody
coming
down.
We
know
that
we
are
going
to
work
on
these
problems
and,
if
this
tool
isn't
enough,
we'll
work
on
the
next
tool.
Thank
you.
A
But
I
can
say
this
I,
don't
think
she's
ever
done.
Anything
since
I've
been
here
that
hasn't
been
for
the
best
interest
of
the
residents
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
she's,
always
done
what
she
can
do
to
fight
the
fight
for
the
people,
and
you
know
what
people
ought
to
be
doing
is
coming
down
and
thanking
her
for
standing,
strong
and
making
sure
we
get
it
right
and
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you
councilman
for
that
and
I
think
that's
true
of
the
members
of
council.
We
want
to
get
this
right.
A
A
A
She
said
it's
a
land,
juice
issue,
honey,
they
want
the
land
and
that's
all
she
would
ever
say
and
I
never
knew
what
she
was
talking
about
and
I
think
and
then
one
day,
I'm
sitting
here
and
we're
talking
about
the
lamp
and
I'm
like
that's
what
she
was
talking
about.
I
know
exactly
not
what
she
was
talking
about.
It
is
about
our
land
and
it
is
all
that
we
have
you
know
and-
and
it
is
so
valuable
and
I-
think
that
those
kinds
of
things
and
those
kinds
of
people
with
real
insight.
A
She
spoke
from
her
heart.
She
didn't
speak
from
us
from
you
know,
somebody's
giving
her
talking
points
or
she
wasn't
with
an
organization
when
she
was
speaking.
She
spoke
as
a
resident
and
so
I
think
that
gave
her
a
lot
of
clout
and
a
lot
of
credibility
in
in
terms
of
fighting
for
the
people.
When
you
knew
when
she
spoke,
she
was
saying
what
she
thought
was
was
truly
what's
best
for
the
people,
whether
you
agreed
with
her
or
not.
A
But
with
that
said,
I
know
that
we
are
working
with
councilwoman
gross
on
some
amendments.
I
know
that
she's
been
talking
to
all
members
and
eager
to
to
work
with
you
to
get
this
through,
and
then
we
will
put
this
back
on
the
agenda
for
Wednesday
for
discussion
and
I.
Will
then
we'll
have
it
ready
for
hopefully
for
Tuesday
pending
any
discussion
on
Wednesday,
that's
deterrent,
we'll
put
it
on
Tuesday
for
final
vote:
okay.
Okay,
that
said,
oh
I'm,
sorry
councilwin.
AF
AF
Not
the
next
Monday
but
the
Wednesday
the
following
week.
We
talk
about
it
here
at
the
table
and
then
we
vote
on
it
the
following
Tuesday.
So
that's
two
weeks
and
if
something
is
urgent,
we
have,
we
can
waive
rule
eight
and
we
can
so
we
get
it
on
a
Tuesday.
We
talk
about
it
the
next
day
I.E
tomorrow
and
then
we
vote
on
it
the
following
Tuesday.
So
that's
one
week
right.
So
our
process
for
most
things
that
come
across
our
table
is
two
weeks
and
one
week
if
it's
urgent.
AF
We
don't
want
counsel
to
hold
it
up,
because
we
don't
hold
it
up.
The
only
time
we
hold
it
up
is,
if
something
isn't
right
about
it
right,
that's
when
we
hold
things
up,
but
the
vast
majority
of
things,
whether
it's
the
mayor
grants
or
this
or
that
of
all
the
all
the
things
that
come
across
our
table
two
weeks,
it's
in
it's
out
so
yeah
I
I
definitely
wanted
to
say
that,
because
that's
something
that's
sort
of.
AD
And
so,
when
you
talk
about
counsel,
inserting
ourselves
also
what
you'll
discover
and
they've
done
studies
across
the
country
where
land
banks
are
most
effective
land
banks
that
are
most
effective
do
not
have
Council
inserting
themselves
back
into
the
process
after
we've
already
dedicated
the
land,
so
once
councils
say
here's
the
land
and
here's
the
purposes
and
the
use
of
those
land.
Inserting
councils
back
into
the
process
on
the
back
end
has
been
traumatic
for
most
land
Banks
across
the
country.
So
it's
not
a
best
practice
for
us
to
do
that,
but
just
so.
A
I'm
I'm,
actually
not
even
a
fan
of
the
land
bank
from
the
beginning
and
I,
think
you
know
that
and
you
and
I
and
Reverend
Burgess
were
the
three
that
stood
together
and
fought
it.
And
so
until
now,
these
the
three
two
of
you
with
the
three
of
us,
were
on
the
board.
I
took
myself
off
because
I
did
think
it
was
ineffective,
but
I
will
say
that
it
always
depends
on
who's.
Writing
those
articles
and
who's,
giving
those
articles
out
and
making
sure
things
are
done.
A
So
with
that
said,
I'm
going
to
say,
I'm
working
with
councilman
gross
eager
to
put
some
amendments
forward
ready
to
vote
for
the
land
bank.
But
it's
going
to
make
sure
we're
going
to
make
sure
that
the
public
hat
always
has
some
kind
of
voice.
And
if
that's
our
voice
and
that's
what
it
is.
And
if
we
don't
need
the
land
bank,
then
we
don't
need
the
land
bank.