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Description
The Status of Registered Community Organizations
A
A
Good
afternoon
and
welcome
to
the
cable
cast
post
agenda
meeting
regarding
rcos
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
and
we
are
joined
today
by
councilwoman
councilman
Laval
councilwoman,
strasberger,
councilwoman
Warwick
and
is
anyone
online
any
members
online
I
can't
see
that
writing.
Okay,
I,
don't
think!
There's
anybody
online,
but
we
may
be
joined
by
other
members
as
we
go
along
and
I'm
going
to
turn
over
first
director.
It
lets
everyone
identify
theirself
and
then
we'll
turn
it
over
to
you.
First
brief
presentation.
Thank.
B
B
B
These
organizations
have
a
formal
role
in
neighborhood,
Planning
and
Development
activities
register
committee
organizations
have
proven
that
they
are
of
transparent
and
inclusive
organization.
That
has
a
communication
strategy
and
clear
methods
of
reporting,
and
so
this
is
a
map
of
our
rcos,
the
39
rcos
that
cover
45
neighborhoods
I'm
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
and,
as
you
can
see,
the
program
has
grown
tremendously
over
the
last
several
years
since
2018
been
tracking.
B
This
and
roughly
200
hours
is
spent
by
the
staff,
doing
certifications,
renewals,
training,
Etc,
answering
questions
and
they're
approximately
500
hours
in
2022
I'm
responding
to
our
SEO
inquiries
in
in
questions.
This
is
just
in
one
year
and
then
we'll
get
to
the
development
activities
meetings
also
known
as
dams
I
say
it
all.
The
time
development
activities
meeting
is
required
between
an
applicant
and
the
applicable
rcos
for
any
development
activity.
That
requires
a
public
hearing.
B
The
purpose
is
to
give
residents
Property,
Owners
business
owners
and
stakeholders
an
opportunity
to
learn
about
the
proposals
that
affect
them
and
to
resolve
concerns
at
an
early
stage
of
the
application
process,
So
Below
or
just
the
requirements.
What
what
kind
of
prompts
a
dam?
Not
every
single
development
in
a
community
will
prompt
a
damn,
but
these
are
just
some
of
the
ways
that
dams
are
prompted
and
when
I
go
through
all
of
them.
B
But
these
are
some
of
the
ways,
and
this
is
a
number
of
dams
that
we
have
done
over
the
last
couple
of
years.
We
did
about
450
hours
worth
of
administration
of
80
dams
in
2022.
Thank
you,
councilman
and
we're
looking
and
it's
obviously
increased
tremendously
over
the
years
and
we'll
continue
to
increase
over
time
as
we
get
more
rcos
and
more
development
projects
and
I'm
trying
to
get
this
slide.
B
Okay-
and
this
is
just
a
graph
of
some
of
the
largest
amount
of
dams
in
our
neighborhoods
Downtown
Oakland,
South,
Side,
Hill
district
and
Uptown
in
Squirrel
Hill.
Many
of
these
dams
I
mean
these
rcos
are
overlapping
and
this
accounts
for
35
percent
of
our
dams.
So
there's
a
lot
of
time
with
the
and
we
have
to
actually
go.
B
We
have
to
actually
facilitate
the
dams
when
they're,
overlapping,
rcos
and
geographic
area,
so
oftentimes,
if
there's
one
or
more
more
than
one
rco
we're
oftentimes
administering
the
dams-
and
this
is
just
these-
are
the
actual
neighborhoods
and
districts
where
they
are
overlapping
development
activities.
Meetings
could.
B
We
will
definitely
send
this
to
all
of
you
and
just
to
give
you
an
idea
as
to
what
the
City
staff
does
particularly
DCP
does
as
far
as
preparing
for
a
dam
and
administering
it
and
what
happens
afterwards.
So
we
provide
ADA
accommodations
website
updates.
Upcoming
meetings
are
posted
online
in
advance
of
the
development
activities
meeting,
usually
when
there's
a
overlapping
rco
situation
and
we
create
flyers
and
advertise
those
meetings
with
the
agenda.
B
Think
the
survey
is
online
right
now
on
our
engage
page
to
get
some
feedback
from
residents,
Developers,
City,
councilors
and
others
who
were
interested
in
providing
feedback
about
this
process
and
their
experiences
with
it.
So
we're
very
interested
in
learning
what
people's
experiences
are.
So
we
can
hopefully
make
the
process
easier
on
residents
and
stakeholders
of
the
stakeholders
and
that's
it.
A
F
A
E
You
for
having
me
councilwoman,
we
in
the
Hill
district,
as
you
could
see,
from
the
the
graph
that
director
Abram
shared,
have
quite
a
few
registered
Community
organizations
in
the
whole
District
neighborhood,
the
hill
CDC
for
context,
for
those
of
you
who
may
not
be
familiar
is
an
organization.
That's
35
years
old.
E
It
is
intended
to
be
a
broad
Roundtable
and
residents
are
appointed
to
review
development
and
then
each
and
every
resident
in
the
community
has
an
opportunity
to
vote
so
that
process
is
now
over
four
years
old.
So
it's
a
little
older
than
the
registered
Community
organization
ordinance.
So
for
what?
For
what?
E
What
happened
for
for
us
in
the
Hill
district
was
in
some
ways
the
ordinance
lowered
the
bar
of
income
of
community
engagement
because
it
created
other
organizations
that
otherwise
may
have
just
been
more
inclined
to
join
the
existing
Roundtable
right,
and
so
so,
while
the
ordinance
does
legally
require
developers
to
engage
Community.
That's
new,
that's
good
and
that's
important
it
in
some
ways.
E
So
I
don't
know
how
far
you
want
to
go
into
the
detail
of
the
ordinance.
But
my
hope
is
that
we
can
more
effectively
follow
some
of
the
stated
goals
which
is
to
not
create
overlapping
boundaries
in
neighborhoods.
Now,
if
anyone
does
the
research
you'll
find
that
I
was
concerned
about
the
rco
ordinance
from
the
very
beginning,
because
I
thought
that
it
would
cause
a
potential
division
in
in
neighborhoods
that
were
already
well
organized
and
had
a
natural
ecosystem.
E
An
agency
within
the
city,
that's
already
strapped
for
resources
and
bandwidth
right
so
now
they're
having
to
administer
our
neighborhoods
development
meetings
when
really
that
should
be
conducted
for
the
community
and
by
the
community.
And
so
so.
Those
are
some
of
the
things.
But
I
would
say
that
the
overlapping
boundary
piece
is
really
something
that
I
think
city
council
needs
to
to
think
differently
about.
I
personally
did
not
think
that
a
letter
from
the
council
person
should
have
been
required.
However,
I
know
that
that
was
important
to
city
council.
A
G
Thank
you,
madam
president,
thank
you
all
for
your
participation
today
and
all
that
you
do
to
to
to
chart
the
future
of
the
city
and
I.
You
know
I'm
what
I'm
struggling
with
and
have
for
a
while
with
a
lot
of
city-wide
programs
and
rcos
are
not
excluded
from
that
is
to
balance
the
need
for
cons
or
the
desire
for
say,
consistency
or
sort
of
standards
across
the
board.
I
mean
that
goes
for
everything
from
residential
permit
parking
to
rcos
right.
It's
like
this.
G
Does
this
balance
between
consistency
and
standards
and
flexibility
for
different
neighborhoods
and
different
neighborhood
needs,
because
what
I'm
hearing
in
in
the
Hill
district
and
probably
others,
is
that
the
standards
were
higher
and
this
lowered
the
standards,
and
this
also
brought
in
other
voices-
and
you
know,
I,
see
that
there
are
other,
probably
you
know,
probably
the
well-represented
organizations
that
made
it
down
to
the
pie.
Chart
could
potentially
have
a
different
way
of
you
know,
maybe
not
utilizing
DCP
staff
in
the
same
way.
Could
there
be
a?
G
Could
they
be
deputized
to
run
a
development
activities
meeting
in
a
way
that
is,
has
meets
the
same
standards
of
a
damn
meeting,
but
is
you
know
a
little
bit?
It
doesn't
require
the
same
level
of
Staff,
maybe
DCP
staff
like
attends
but
doesn't
have
to
run
it
or
doesn't
have
to
do
the
prep
work,
but
also
that
doesn't
necessarily
get
at
all
of
the
issues.
It
maybe
gets
to
the
Staffing
issue,
but
there's
also
the
the
the
question
of.
Can
there
be
flexible?
G
Is
there
the
possibility
of
flexibility
built
into
either
the
meeting
itself
or
the
process?
I'm,
not
I'm,
not
sure
what
the
answer
is,
but
I
wanted
to
just
voice.
It
then.
Lastly,
on
the
flip
side,
you
know:
I
I
represent
some
communities
like
Shadyside.
That
does
not
have
an
rco
and
the
the
only
opportunity
there
is
for
for
hosting
what
is
a
really
badly
needed
kind
of
development
activities.
Types
of
meetings
is
for
our
office
to
run
them
or
our
officer
run
them
in
concert
with.
G
Maybe
an
understaffed
or
underrepresented
Community
organization
that
isn't
an
rco
and
that's
not
sustainable
either
right
we
I
I
would
I
would
love
to
have
the
ability
to
have
the
professionalized
well-run
development
activities.
Meetings
in
a
place
like
Shadyside,
where
we
haven't
had
that
opportunity
when
they
go
into
Squirrel
Hill
I.
Think
oh!
If
we
only
have
this
in
Shady
Side,
so
I
can
see
the
need
for
it
in
some
or
in
some
neighborhoods
and
I
can
also
see
where
it's
not
helpful
in
others.
G
So
I'll
stop
there
I
think
I've
made
my
point.
I,
don't
know
what
the
solution
is.
I
would
be
interested
in
any
thoughts
that
might
you've
already
discussed
or
you've
already
had
been
in
dialogue
about
on
this
topic,
because
I'm
sure
I
have
very
limited
scope,
as
in
terms
of
of
my
experience
and
what
I'm
seeing
much
much
much
less
than
you
all
do
so.
G
D
Yeah,
so
I
I
would
definitely
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
sort
of
start
by
saying
that
in
the
communities
that
I
represent
so
and
this
across
the
board,
from
Squirrel
Hill
to
Greenfield
to
Hazelwood,
the
presence
of
rcos
has,
like
you,
said,
sort
of
created
divisions
and
mistrust
with
other
people
in
the
communities.
You
know
resentment
of
the
rco
and
that
is
across
the
board
in
every
neighborhood,
Justified
or
unjustified.
That
is
the
feeling
right.
So
you
you
know
you.
D
D
You
get
into
issues
of
well
who
gets
on
the
board
of
the
rco
and
how
are
those
board
members
elected
and
and
who
should
run
and
I've
I've
seen
in
multiple
cases
where
fighting
with
the
like,
like
out
and
out.
You
know
where
we're
getting
break
off
organizations,
and
and
so
there's
so
now,
you've
got
two
organizations
and
which
I
I
personally
am
not
I'm
I
always
feel
like
we're
we're
stronger
together
right
but
but
and
I'm
always
trying
to
encourage
folks
to
you,
know
Run
for
the
board
join.
D
You
know
naming
names,
but
I
have
been
in
conversations
with
Developers
who
have
had
a
very
small
meeting.
That
is
not
representative,
because
it
happens
to
be
on
that
night.
That
just
happens
to
be
whatever,
or
maybe
there
was
something
else
going
on
or
whatever,
but
it
just
happened
and
and
saying
well
but
but
and
I
say
anyone
else.
Well,
you
really.
You
need
to
make
sure
that
you
talk
to
the
whole
community
and
the
developer,
who
is
an
external
developer,
has
said,
but
we
did
talk
to
the
community.
D
We
had
a
meeting
with
rcox
right,
and
so
it's
it's
almost
like
a
box
checked
on
the
developer's
part
because
they
met
with
this.
So
I
I
do
understand
the
the
the
the
the
purpose
for
creating
it
and
sort
of
of
codifying
the
requirements
between
developers
and
neighborhoods
and
the
city
and
neighborhoods
and
like
Community
input,
I
understand
the
need
to
do
that,
but
but
the
rco
designations,
I
I've
at
least
so
far.
D
I
make
sure
that
these
meetings
happen
with
every
group,
not
just
the
rco.
So
don't
worry
right
when
these
concerns
like
oh,
no,
are
they
going
to
meet
with
us
because
we're
not
the
rco.
She
has
been
excellent
about
making
sure
that
everybody
gets
a
meeting
right.
Everybody
gets
gets
to
give
their
input.
So
that's
I,
don't
I,
don't
guess
I,
don't
have
any
questions.
I,
don't
know,
I,
guess,
thoughts
on
that.
E
E
So
one
of
the
challenges
I,
think
in
the
existing
structure
and
policies
and
procedures
of
the
ordinance
and
the
policies
and
procedures
that
were
developed
by
planning
is
that
the
developer
can
trigger
the
development
activities
meeting
right.
So
whenever
the
developer
wants
to
have
the
meeting,
all
they
have
to
do
is
notify
the
RCL
that
they
want
to
have
the
meeting,
irrespective
of
whether
or
not
they've
met
the
Democratic
and
orderly
standard
of
community
input.
That
is
in
the
ordinance.
E
So,
for
example,
the
rcos,
according
to
the
ordinance,
are
supposed
to
establish
a
democratic
and
orderly
process
by
which
we
collect
Community
feedback,
and
so
that's
going
to
be
different
depending
on
depending
on
the
community.
Our
process
was
a
Roundtable
of
residents
who
scored
against
a
community
master
plan
that
had
been
adopted
by
the
community.
We
are
still
hoping
that
it
can
get
adopted
and
codified
at
the
city
level,
but
our
process
is
really
based
on
that
plan.
E
For
communities
that
don't
have
a
plan,
it
may
be
a
little
more
organic
in
how
they're
scoring
them,
but
irrespective
there
has
to
be
a
democratic
and
orderly
process
by
which
you
receive
Community
engagement.
So
if
the
developer
is
finds
that
Democratic
and
orderly
process
to
be
inconvenient
to
their
timeline,
then
they
will
simply
trigger
their
development
activities.
Meeting
on
you
right
and
whether
it
is
in
an
overlapping
boundary
where
City
Planning
has
to
hold
it
or
whether
it
is
not
an
overlapping
boundary.
H
I,
don't
disagree
with
anything
that
was
said,
I
guess
the
only
real
question
I
would
have
is
director.
Miss
Milian's
has
already
given
some
recommendations
to
us
on
changes
to
the
ordinance.
Have
you
and
your
team
given
consideration
to
how
you
would
potentially
change
the
ordinance
to
make
it
more
Equitable
for
the
communities.
B
There
have
been
conversations
and
again,
like
you,
I
agree
with
a
lot
of
what
Miss
Alliance
did
say
just
as
far
as
feedback
that
we've
gotten
from
rcos
I
want
to
reserve.
You
know
any
kind
of
recommendations
for
the
survey
I
mean
I
think
it
is
important
for
us
to
get
the
feedback
from
the
surveys
that
we
did
put
out.
E
So
I
have
a
question
about
well.
First,
I
want
to
say
that
I
think
that
Beyond
this
survey
there
should
be
an
opportunity
to
engage
community
I
know
that
a
lot
of
people
have
not
yet
received
the
survey,
whether
they're,
rcos
or
residents.
I
just
don't
know
that
there
has
been
sufficient
opportunity
for
people
to
provide
their
input
and
the
reason
why
I
think
that's
important
is
because
it's
not
a
basic
issue
right.
E
E
So
when
we
miss
that
layer
and
those
opportunities
we
are
talking
about,
pretty
considerable
displacement
of
existing
Pittsburgh
residents
and
I
think
that's
a
concern
that
we
all
have
to
be
very
thoughtful
about
when
we're
talking
about
eliminating
opportunities
for
Community,
to
give
input
so
I
think
prior
to
kind
of
determining
what
the
next
step
should
be.
There
should
be
a
clear
and
transparent
and
accessible
process
with
existing
rcos
as
well
as
stakeholder
groups.
E
That
would
influence
that
decision
and
then
I
think,
irrespective
of
the
rco
ordinance,
we
have
to
figure
out
a
way
to
ensure
that
Community
input
can
be
weighted
to
ensure
outcomes
that
are
Equitable
for
neighborhoods
and
for
our
city
and
I'm,
not
hearing
any
conversation
about
how
we're
going
to
do
that.
While
we
are
simultaneously
talking
about
the
possible
recommendation
to
eliminate
the
rco
ordinance,
so
I
think,
there's
a
need
to
balance
that
before
any
action
is
taken.
H
C
F
H
And
they're
very
good
goals,
but
to
councilman
strasburger's
Point,
each
neighborhood
is
different,
and
so,
while
some
neighborhoods
may
be
okay
without
having
rcos
and
have
a
natural
process,
there
are
other
other
neighborhoods
who
are
trying
to
figure
out.
How
do
they
come
to
the
table
with
development
projects
where
they
leverage
their
voice
and
their
input,
and
so
in
order
to
do
so,
the
rco
gives
them
that
opportunity.
The
other
challenge
that
we
now
have
faced
before
us
is
you've.
H
Now,
given
a
body
a
title
and
a
purpose,
it
becomes
somewhat
hard
to
then
simply
strip
that,
without
still
ensuring,
they
have
a
way
to
actually
function
and
still
maintain
that
the
responsibilities
that
they
previously
had
so
there
I've
heard
both
there
are
absolutely
those
who
have
said
to
me:
we'd
be
completely
fine
with
doing
away
with
the
rco
ordinance,
because
it
doesn't
work
for
various
reasons.
There
are
others
who
are
like
no
wait
a
minute.
H
H
You
must
have
that
meeting
scheduled
because
that's
not
really
Equitable
so
is
we're
somewhere
in
the
middle,
but
I
do
agree
with
remember
Miss
Milian's
that
once
the
recommendations
come
out,
we
should
have
a
Folsom
conversation
both
at
this
table,
as
with
the
rcos,
wherever
the
best
table
for
them
is
to
re,
rethink,
reshape
either
legislation
or
a
different
approach.
If
that's,
what
we
choose
to
do.
G
Thank
you,
I
realized
I
had
one
more
question
before
before
you
asked
your
question.
Thank
you.
So
this
is
I,
don't
mean
to
paper
over
any
of
the
other
discussions
that
we're
having
right
now,
because
they're
incredibly
important,
but
one
sort
of
additional
idea
that
I'd
just
like
to
bring
to
the
table
or
I,
guess,
question
first
and
then
additional
idea
at
what
level
does
DCP
have
the
ability
to
or
currently
support
our
rcos
or
bring
them
together
in
a
in
a
on
a
periodic
basis?
Do
we
currently
do
that
as.
G
B
G
So
you
know
again
not
the
top
priority
here,
but
I
wanted
to
put
that
out
there
as
an
idea
going
forward,
regardless
of
whether
we
continue
with
the
rco
as
it
currently
stands,
or
if
it's
simply
the
resident
driven
organizations
but
and
I
I
get
DCP
does
not
have
the
resources
that
we
wish
it
did.
But
if
there
was
a
way
to
do
that
and
to
manage
that
and
to
at
least
allow
for
all
the
organizations
to
meet
each
other
and
have
some
cross-pollination,
it
might
be
helpful.
May
I
respond.
B
E
Yeah
so
I
think
that,
in
terms
of
the
Ordinance,
one
of
the
things
that
I
realized
pretty
early
on
was
that
a
lot
of
parties
throughout
the
city
who've
never
been
involved
with
development
or
planning
issues
or
conversations
all
of
a
sudden
wanted
to
be
rcos
right
and
and
I
think
that
there
should
be
some
guard
rails
around
what
rcos
are
and
what
the
intent
of
their
existence
is
about,
which
is
to
comment
on
development
and
planning
issues.
I
think
somehow.
It
just
got
extrapolated
to
be
kind
of
like
this
broad
Community
voice.
H
One
last
question:
this
may
be
an
observation
as
much
of
a
question
for
you,
given
that
all
our
communities
are
not
equal
or
not
are
not
the
same.
Thus,
all
rcos
are
also
not
the
same.
My
I
guess
my
question
is:
have
you
seen?
Scenarios
whereby
more
affluent
communities
can
easily
establish
rcos
can
easily
follow
sort
of
the
standards?
B
I
mean
I
think
we
we
make
observations
based
upon
responses
to
our
to
our
inquiries,
around
renewals
of
rco
status,
and
so
without
knowing
what
the
capacity
is
or
what
resources
are
at
that
rco.
We
can't
fully
tell
you
exactly
what's
happening
because
we
don't
ask
those
questions,
but
I
think
immediately.
B
We
kind
of
assume
that
there's
no
resources
to
do
to
keep
up
a
website,
for
example,
or
to
even
respond
to
questions
that
we
even
have
so
I
mean
there
are
some
resource
constraints
that
communities
are
experiencing
and
those
communities
tend
to
not
fully
participate
in
this
process,
as
they
could
have
as
they
could.
If
they
did
have
the
resources
meeting
staff.
E
B
Are
easily
remedied
if
we
just
kind
of
coordinated
and
got
some
resources
for
groups
to
actually
help
those
organizations
do
that
some
of
the
more
well-resourced
groups
or
groups
that
have
a
lot
of
volunteers,
they
tend
to
have
a
very
coordinated
way
of
working
together,
even
if
it's
multiple
rcos
in
one
geography.
So
not
all,
not
not.
Everything
that
you
see
around
the
geography
means
that
it's
you
know,
there's
some
conflict
or
an
ability
to
coordinate.
There
is,
but
it
just
depends
on
the
on
the
geography.
B
B
E
Welcome
that
right,
I'll
respond
to
that
specifically
if
I
was
getting
to
earlier
councilman.
You
know
that
you
know
in
the
Hill
district,
the
hill
CDC
did
facilitate
the
development
activities
meeting,
but
when
there
was
an
overlapping
boundary
created,
then
that
began
to
fellow
on
City
Planning
fall
on
City
Planning,
because
the
ordinance
says
that
city
the
city
shall
take
over
the
process,
and
so
so
I
think
that
there's
there's
definitely
something
you
know
that
can
be
done
in
that
regard.
E
We
none
of
us
have
enough
time.
None
of
us
haven't
has
enough
money.
None
of
us
has
all
of
the
things
that
we
need
right
now
in
order
to
to
thrive.
It
seems
to
me
in
community
and
as
a
city
and
so
I
want
us
to
be
thoughtful
about
how
we
are
investing
our
resources
right
and,
as
you
all
know,
if
you,
if
you
follow
my
career
in
Community,
Development,
I'm
big,
on
investing
in
communities.
E
The
question
is:
how
do
we
invest
in
those
communities
and
I?
Think
we
should
have
some
thoughtful
conversation
around
whether
the
best
way
to
invest
in
those
communities
is
by
providing
technical
assistance
to
four
different
resident
groups?
Who
didn't
really
have
to
pass
any
threshold
of
anything
other
than
to
submit
an
application
to
City
Planning
and
get
a
letter
from
their
council
person
right?
Is
that
how
the
city
wants
to
utilize,
its
resources
or
private
philanthropy
wants
to
utilize
its
resources?
E
I'm,
not
saying
that
we
shouldn't
I
am
saying
that
we
should
be
thoughtful
about
that,
because
there
are
a
lot
of
needs
in
our
communities
from
crime
to
development,
to
small
business
support
where
resources
are
needed
on
a
daily
basis.
So
so,
let's,
let's
make
sure
that
we
put
that
on
the
agenda
of
things
to
consider
before
we
start
seeding,
because
even
if
the
technical
capacity
is
great
in
the
first
two
three
years,
I
can
tell
you
that
it's
really
really
hard
to
run
a
non-profit
long
term.
E
A
C
A
A
A
There
was
such
a
late
notice
to
people
about
this,
so
you
came
and-
and
we
really
need
you
to
come
so
I
appreciate
you
coming
last
minute
like
this,
but
it
was
because
I,
actually
the
date
got
away
from
me
and
I
didn't
have
a
chance
to
really
so.
We
are
going
to
have
a
public
process.
We
are
actually
planning
some
meetings
for
council
members
in
the
districts
in
each
of
our
districts.
A
So
I
think
that
might
be
another
opportunity
to
hear
from
the
public
about
what
they
think
because
part
of
the
problem,
I
think
is
when
we
go
when
we
do
things
like
the
survey
sounds
great,
but
if
we're
doing
a
survey
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
don't
go
online.
There
are
a
lot
of
people
that
don't
know
to
even
look
for
the
survey.
It's
getting.
The
word
out
about
the
survey
so
I
mean
maybe
we
could
also
hand
them
out
at
Community
meetings
and
other
things.
School
events,
School
fun,
different
places.
A
I
think
that
Council
definitely
wants
to
be
at
the
table.
I
know
for
me:
I
had
an
issue
with
the
rcos
I
didn't
want
to
vote
for
you
weren't
here
at
the
time.
I
didn't
want
to
vote
for
them.
I
just
thought
this
is
ridiculous.
You're
gonna
create
a
group,
a
group
of
rcos
so
that
they
can
be
the
voice
and
you're
going
to
circumvent
the
council.
Members
who
do
know
the
communities
who
were
elected
to
represent
the
communities
for
a
group
of
people
who
feel
like
they're,
really
not
included
in
some
stuff.
A
You
know
my
districts,
some
of
them
aren't
fond
of
the
the
cdc's
and
the
rcos
and
I
did
I
only
signed
two
letters
for
my
district,
but
honestly
I
was
hesitant
to
do
that.
They
had
it
took
me.
Probably
you
know
almost
a
year
for
the
first
one
and
the
second
one
a
little
bit
longer
and
it's
because
I
feel
like
they
don't
really
know
the
the
community
and
there's
a
lot
of
issues.
So
I
think
that
when
we
go
moving
forward,
I
want
the
I.
A
Don't
know
why
the
public
can't
have
access
to
all
the
information
period
is
what
I
think
is
it's
The
public's
information
and
especially
if
we're
doing
some
of
this
stuff
but
I
think
if
we're
going
to
identify
rcos,
they
have
to
at
least
have
some
capacity
to
do
some
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
have
done
and
I
don't
see
that
happening
across
the
board.
I
mean
I
have
one
in
my
district
and
I
I
love
them
to
death,
they're,
the
nicest
people
and
but
they
don't
know
the
whole
community
and
I
mean.
A
But
yet
that's
who
they're
serving
they're
serving
the
entire
West,
End
and
I
just
don't
see
how
that's
how
it's
going
to
be
productive
for
our
area.
So
for
me,
I'd
rather
have
my
own
meetings
and
when
people
say
they're
going
to
have
a
meeting
I'm
like
I'll
schedule
the
day
and
I
say
and
I
read
it
so
I'm
I'm
ready
to
work
on
this
with
you
and
with
others.
A
I
think
it
would
be
good
to
hear
from
the
public
a
little
bit
more
and
from
the
rcos,
because
some
of
them
put
their
Blood,
Sweat
and
Tears
and
do
a
lot
of
stuff.
Remember.
We
do
a
lot
for
the
communities
that
they
serve
and
you
know
that
they,
you
know,
speak
for
the
community
and
they
that
they
they
deliver
a
lot
of
results
for
their
neighborhoods,
so
I
want
to
have
them
at
the
table.
A
You
know
too,
but
I
want
to
make
sure
that
council
is
part
of
this
equation,
but
I
also
want
to
bring
in
other
people.
You
know
that
we
don't
typically
hear
from.
Is
there
anything
you
two
want
to
add
to
this
at
all
this
conversation
you've
been
sitting
here
so
patiently.
Why
listen
to
us
talk
about
and
you've
been
working
on
it.
So
is
there
anything
you
want
to
add.
J
J
J
That
survey
went
to
various
user
groups,
so
council
members,
Commissioners
boards
and
Commissioners
rcos
themselves,
residents,
non-rco
neighborhood-based
organizations
as
well
as
developers
and
as
well
as
City
staffers,
and
so
today
we've
had
about
75
responses
in
the
past
two
weeks,
and
so
a
lot
of
that
is
from
residents
themselves
are
self-identified
as
residents
themselves,
and
so
we
will
definitely
leave
it
open
for
longer.
As.
J
We
wanted
to
to
really
be
able
to
provide
city,
council
and
other
decision
makers
with
some
information
that
was
from
the
community
itself,
and
so
we
will
be
happy
to
share
that
with
you
all.
We
will
also
be
happy
to
share
the
results
of
the
survey,
as
well
as
the
filler
presentation
on
the
history
of
the
rco
program
and
some
of
the
trends
and
things
like
that
that
we're.
J
In
nine
years,
yeah,
that's
a
really
great
question.
I
I
think
it's
been
said
here
at
this
table.
Some
Community
groups
and
some
neighborhood
groups
have
a
fuller
capacity
than
others,
and
so
it
would
be
really
interesting
to
see
what
it
would
look
like
to
have
a
more
tailored
approach
for
per
neighborhood.
But
again
that's
something
that
would
need
to
be
supported
not
only
by
DCP
but
fully
supported
with
funding,
with
assistance
with
education
with
guidance,
so
that
folks
are
really
can
really
participate
meaningfully
in
any
of
these
processes.
J
B
B
They
don't
have
you
know,
organizations
uplifted,
they
don't
have
you
know
the
capacity,
but
that
doesn't
mean
they
should
not
become
rcos.
So
we've
got
to
figure
out
how
to
make
this
program
equitable
for
neighborhoods.
That
really
do
need
assistance,
but
don't
have
it
so
I'm,
not
sure
I.
Don't
I'm
really
trying
to
say
that
when
we
do
rethink
this,
if
we're
rethinking
this
capacity,
if
the
neighbor
doesn't
have
capacity,
it
should
not
be
a
hard.
B
A
So
one
of
the
things
I
I
do
see
happen
across
the
city
is
I,
think
developers
and
people
with
money
do
come
into
the
neighborhoods
and
they
do
try
to
manipulate
and
do
the
thing
because
they
have
their
interests.
They
have
their
developments
that
they
want
to
see
and
I
understand
that.
But
these
are
the
neighborhoods
of
the
people.
They're
not
actually
going
to.
The
developers
may
never
live
in
those
neighborhoods,
and
so
how
do
you
make
sure
that
the
development
happens?
But
yet
the
people
have
their
voice
and
what
they
want
to
see
happen.
A
I
mean
that's
a
balancing
act
and
I.
Think
it's
really
difficult
for
actually
I
think
it's
really
difficult
for
council
members
in
the
mayor's
office,
but
because
you
want
to
see
the
area
grow
and
do
well,
but
you
also
want
the
public
to
have
what
they
want.
I
I,
one
of
the
things
I
won't.
Let
them
do
in
my
in
theory
would
is
they
want
to
sell
a
swimming
pool
to
a
developer
that
wasn't
going
to
let
people
from
Ferry
would
swim
in
the
poll.
I!
A
Having
some
conversation
with
some
guidelines
as
well
and
and
as
you
know,
remember,
Reliance
mentioned
that
maybe
some
penalties
or
something
if
people
you
know
cross
over
those
lines
of
those
boundaries,
absolutely
something
like
that,
because
I
think
it's
really
difficult
and
I
don't
want
you
to
answer
the
question.
I
know
I'm
putting
you
on
the.
J
E
It's
important
in
other
neighborhoods
that
are
already
well
developed,
but
in
the
Hill
district
and
in
Homewood
in
the
west
end.
In
some
cases,
I
mean
it's
going
to
completely
determine
our
future,
because
there's
so
much
vacancy,
but
but
I
want
to
say
that
the
that
the
development
piece-
and
you
know
ensuring
that
there
is
integrity
and
Fidelity
of
that
process
between
developers
and
communities
and
city
is
very
important.
E
So
if
the
developer
goes
to
the
zoning
Board
of
adjustment,
the
Planning
Commission,
the
art,
commission,
the
historic
review
Commission
and
the
commission
is
saying
the
rco
showed
up
today
and
according
to
the
RCL,
they
are
saying
you
did
not
do
the
full
engagement.
They
are
saying
you
circumvented
the
system.
E
They
are
saying
that
you,
you
know,
haven't
responded
to
their
inquiries,
we're
going
to
get
a
different
level
of
Engagement
from
developers
at
that
stage,
but
as
long
as
they
believe
that
they
can
come
before
the
commission
come
before
different
bodies
and
get
the
approvals
that
they
need
and
that
it
that
that
includes
also
going
over
to
the
urban
Redevelopment
Authority
or
the
housing
authority
of
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
If
they
think
that
they
can
get
the
approvals
that
they
need.
E
A
B
B
Too
they've
been
doing
an
amazing
job
and
when
we
we're
getting
capacity
now
in
the
division
but
SJ
and
Sharonda
and
the
rest
of
the
team
have
done
an
amazing
job.
So
I
wanted
to
just
make
sure
that
we
we
you
know
understood
how
difficult
this
has
been
at
times.
I
think
it's
a
rewarding
experience
to
be
able
to
help
communities
out,
but
it
has
been
challenging
at
times
and
so
I
wanted
to
just
call
yeah.
A
Anything
else,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
you
all
and
we
will
start
some
have
some
additional
conversations
about
this,
but
I
do
think
something's
going
to
come
about
some
changes.
Either
amendments
changing
it
totally,
but
there
will
be
some
conversations
with
council
members
we'll
work
together
on
this
I
think
this
is
this
councilman
Wilson's
committee,
all
right,
City,
Planning,
okay,.
H
A
Okay,
so
we'll
work
with
councilman
Wilson
too,
on
some
of
these
changes
with
that
said,
we
need
a
five
minute
recess
before
we
start
our
public
hearing,
because
the
cable
Bureau
needs
five
minutes
in
between
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
All
for
being
here
can
I
have
a
motion
to
recess
the
meeting
question.
F
A
A
H
From
this
year,
oh,
okay,
sorry,
so
please
keep
in
mind
that
this
is
an
opportunity
for
the
community
to
speak
directly
to
Pittsburgh
city
council,
about
the
issue
at
hand
and
a
time
for
Council
to
listen.
Therefore,
accounts
will
not
be
responding
to
individual
comments.
We
will
be
listening
to
your
Reflections.
H
K
Thank
you
so
much.
My
name
is
Andrea
boykovic
I
live
in
central
Oakland
and
I'm.
The
interim
director
at
Oakland,
Planning
and
Development
Corporation
I,
did
not
have
prepared
remarks.
Today.
I
am
speaking
as
a
representative
of
a
rep,
a
registered
Community
organization
had
nrco
been
charged
with
calling
this
hearing.
It
would
have
been
a
little
bit
clearer.
Maybe
what
the
subject
matter
to
be
discussed
is,
but
I
was
really
grateful
to
hear
the
tail
end
of
the
council's
discussion
earlier.
We
were
recently
provided
with
the
survey
that
Community
excuse
me.
K
The
city
planning
has
been
circulating
requesting
and
inviting
people's
input
and
feedback
in
a
very
refreshingly,
Broad
and
extremely
open-ended
way
and
I
was
really
grateful
for
the
opportunity
to
provide
feedback
there.
In
our
experience
here
in
Oakland,
the
registered
Community
organization
designation
has
been
a
subject
of
some
confusion,
occasionally
and
maybe
even
occasionally,
some
contention.
K
However,
in
my
interpretation
of
its
best
use
making
sure
that
City
Planning
is
aware
of
the
different
capacities
that
neighborhood
organizations
have
to
communicate
with
their
constituents
and
with
the
communities
at
large,
the
means
by
which
they,
they
typically
communicate
the
channels
and
the
populations
that
they
target.
I.
Think
that
that
is
useful
information
for
the
city
to
have
and
that
use
can
be
made
of
neighborhood
organizations
as
vehicles
and
conduits
for
information
flowing
from
the
city
to
the
community,
as
well
as
from
the
community
back
up
to
the
city
and
I.
K
Think
that
this
is
the
proper
role
for
the
for
registered
Community
organizations
and
I
would
encourage
city
planning
to
look
at
ways
to
make
sure
that
that
is
more
of
the
role
and
less
of
a
kind
of
a
validation
that
there
are
certain
people
that
are
entitled
to
speak
and
certain
people
that
are
not
or
people
who
are
entitled
to
operate.
This
way
and
certain
that
are
not.
It
is
mostly
a
means
by
which
city
the
city
can
equate
itself
with
the
capacities.
The
different
capacities
of
the
organizations
that
work
in
their
communities.
A
L
I'm
Elena's
dates
off.
I
live
in
the
Oakland
neighborhood
of
South
Oakland,
the
Oakland
Community
organization,
of
which
I
am
vice
president
balcony
to
become
an
rco
for
two
main
reasons.
The
first
is
that
we
did
not
feel
the
other
rcos
in
Oakland
represented
us.
The
second
is
that
we
were
not
getting
information
about
developments
in
a
timely
manner
and
sometimes
not
at
all,
forcing
us
to
scramble
for
hearing
these
reasons
are
still
valid
and
unlikely
to
change.
L
So
we
want
to
thank
the
city
for
the
rco
program,
whose
purpose,
as
stated
in
its
legislation,
is
to
obtain
informed
and
inclusive
participation
from
as
many
neighborhood
stakeholders
as
possible
and
enabling
organizations
to
participate
in
civic
affairs
from
a
neighborhood
Viewpoint.
The
fact
that
there
are
38
rcos
in
Pittsburgh
speaks
to
the
need
for
them.
I,
don't
know
what
has
prompted
this
hearing,
but
I
do
know
from
the
residential
parking
permit
program
that
it
usually
doesn't
vote
well
for
residents.
It
probably
has
to
do
with
the
legal
requirement.
L
Unlike
Andrea
I
felt
the
rco
survey,
questions
and
choices
were
slanted
towards
getting
data
to
eliminate
the
program
as
it
exists.
There
were
places
to
respond
in
an
open-ended
manner,
but
you
had
but
the
what
they
were
asking
you
to
respond
to,
may
not
be
what
you
wanted
to
say.
So
you
were
able
to
use
those
boxes.
L
If
this
program
has
Growing
Pains,
then
it
should
be
allowed
to
grow
not
be
diminished.
Every
rco
application
has
to
provide
a
contact.
Email
address,
I
am
a
contact
for
the
Oak
Cliff
Community
organization.
Email
notices
about
today's
public
hearing
were
not
even
sent
to
rcos.
Those
must
like
those
most
likely
to
be
affected
by
changes
in
the
rco
legislation.
Perhaps
that
is
why
there
is
poor
attendance
today.
Thank
you.
M
M
M
So
the
last
time
Anthony
had
a
meeting
with
the
rco
that
I
can
remember.
I
was
there
this
Karen
Abrams.
Had
attitude
of
you
mean
to
tell
me
that
they're
going
to
stop
this
Broadway
realm
project
for
just
five
parking
spaces
yeah,
because
it's
going
to
do
more
damage
than
that
and
the
people
spoke
in
any
regard.
It
was
started
by
Atlas
who
picked
up
the
pieces
from
Bernardo
cats,
who
also
has
gone
ghost.
His
properties
hit
they're
not
cleared
of
the
ice.
M
This
current
rco
asked
for
two
thousand
dollar
Investments
their
staff,
the
developer
staff
of
Atlas.
They
were
renting
from
him
and
they
there
were
also
his
staff.
It
was
just
riddled
with
too
many
hands
in
the
cookie
jar.
As
grandma
would
say
it
and
I
don't
think.
Rcos
should
be
like
that.
Develop
developers
need
to
come
to
groups,
they
need
to
come
to
them
and
sell
their
Spiel.
It
should
not
have
Ura
members
on
an
rco
it
should
it
should
not.
They
should
not
all
be
in
bed
like
that.
M
There
is
total
mistress,
they
promise
no
gentrification,
they
come
right
on
in
and
guess
what
they
do.
They
do
gentrification
and
then
they
fly
off
and
they're
not
they're,
not
available.
There's,
there's
sidewalks
I
can't
even
get
past
that
are
right
behind
my
house
and
it's
owned
by
the
developers
that
got
all
their
stuff
from
the
Ura.
M
N
I
N
Business
group
open,
and
so
they
have
money
and
they
can,
they
can
run
a
whole
lot
different.
They
can
hire
attorneys,
they
can
hire
people
where
I
always
thought
an
rco
was
meant
to
be
a
registered
community
group
and
by
Community
I
thought
that
it
was
meant
to
be
residents
or
people
that
own
properly,
but
not
businesses,
not
so
business,
oriented
and
I
will
say
what
I
see
that
the
benefit
of
the
rco
has
been
to
Oak
Cliff.
Is
that
we
we
have
we're
recognized
now
it
used
to
be.
N
We
didn't
get
notices
of
anything,
we
had
no
voice
and
we
we
didn't
get
involved
in
the
development
activity
meetings.
The
flow
of
information
we
just
didn't
have,
but
we
got
ourselves
together.
We
went
to
training
about
becoming
a
an
rco.
We
we
have
our
bylaws
in
place.
We
have
the
structure,
we
we
have
our
meetings
defined,
we
became
a
non-profit,
we
got
our
insurance,
we
did
all
of
that.
We
jumped
through
all
those
Hoops.
N
Let's
see,
but
we
we
went
jump
through
the
books
because
we
wanted
to
to
be
involved
and,
let's
see,
I,
don't
understand
how
City
Planning
would
choose
people
to
represent
neighborhoods.
Recently
we
just
went
through
the
open
plan.
You
know
that
right
and
the
steering
committee
from
the
Oakland
plan
meant
the
the
many
of
them
were
selected.
N
Some
of
them
a
few
of
them,
were
selected
from
rcos,
some
from
opdc,
some
from
from
our
Oak
Cliff,
one
I
think
some
from
North
Oakland
and
some
from
like
Shelly
farms
and
so
forth.
So
how?
How
are
you
going
to
get
representative
Community
input,
neighborhood
resident
input?
If
you
don't
have
an
organization?
That's
got
officers,
bylaws
meetings,
you're
just
going
to
have
a
lot
of
people
running
around
screaming
and
and
no
real
organization
to
it.
Who
haulers
allowed
us
is
going
to
get
noticed
so
so?
N
What
does
that
mean?
That
means
that,
in
my
neighborhood,
that
the
universities
and
hospitals
are
going
to
rule
we're
not
going
to
have
any
voice
at
all.
So
unless
you
can
clearly
Define
who
represents
the
neighborhoods,
the
neighborhoods
that
I
don't
see
how
you're
ever
going
to
get
neighborhood
input
and
I?
Don't.
A
I
You
know
what
I
mean
and
I
know
it's
on
the
website,
but
everybody
you
know
with
working
and
taking
care
of
the
children
and
things
like
that.
You
don't
always
find
these
things
on
the
website.
This
means
a
lot
to
me.
My
name
is
Renee
Wilson
I'm
from
the
Hill
district,
where
there's
a
lot
of
development
going
on
on
the
lower
Hill,
which
is
going
to
affect
us
and
I.
I
Think
that
it's
important
that
we
make
sure
that
people
know
these
things
are
going
on,
and
one
of
it
is
I
still
don't
understand
why
melon
is
not
going
out
to
voters
registrations.
Voters
registered
people,
we
know
where
they
live.
We
know
they
are
part
of
the
community
and
they
have
an
investment
in
the
most
of
them.
You
know
like
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
own
their
houses
and
things
like
that.
I
also
think
that
we
should
give
people
enough
opportunity
to
make
decisions
in
their
lives,
especially
people
who
is
low
income.
I
We
know
that
just
looking
at
the
plans
now,
but
the
community
doesn't
know
that
so
by
the
time
they
know
it
now
it's
a
catastrophe.
We've
already
had
that
in
Pittsburgh,
when
housing
and
things
like
that
they
all
this
development
is
pushing
housing
up,
but
it
would
cost
to
live
in
the
area.
It's
pushing
it
up.
The
wages
are
not
going
up,
so
a
lot
of
people
cannot
stay
there
because
of
the
development.
The
other
thing
is
the
traffic.
I
It's
a
mess
when
the
Penguins
play
now
getting
home
from
work
on
the
hill.
Now
we're
going
to
put
a
music
venue
down
there.
So
what
is
that
going
to
be
like?
And
these
are
things
that
need
to
be
addressed
to
the
community
before
it
happens,
so
so
they
can
be
prepared
for
it,
instead
of
it
being
wow.
Look
at
this
yeah
I
just
moved
back
to
the
hill.
It's
coming,
I
can't
believe
the
traffic.
I
You
know
what
I
mean
and
I
just
think
that
we
need
to
use
the
voters
list,
especially
for
surveys
and
things
like
that
to
get
out,
so
we
can
actually
hear
the
people's
voices
and
know
that
we
we
we
reach
them.
We
do
it
for
election
day.
We
do
it
all
the
time
we
send
out
mailers
and
everything
like
that
for
something
this
big
and
it's
important
I
think
that
that
should
be
utilize.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
O
Good
evening,
ladies
and
gents,
Council
how's
everyone
doing
today,
Good
Sam.
How
are
you
good?
My
name
is
Samuel
Gibson,
g-I-b-s-o-n
and
I
represent
Homewood
I
want
to
talk
about
a
few
things.
Real,
quick,
I'm
gonna
go
real
fast.
So
if
you
all
keep
up
with
me,
I
hope
so.
I
have
a
discontent.
There's
a
disattachment
to
that.
I
just
want
to
say
this
organization,
these
young,
ladies,
that
were
sitting
up
here,
the
young
lady
by
the
name
of
Sabrina
22
times,
I
emailed
her
37
times.
We
called
her.
The
phone
number
don't
work.
O
The
email
is
not
happening.
So
there's
a
disattachment
for
us.
I
can't
talk
about
any
other
city
place,
but
for
us
we
represent
Homewood
North
Homewood
East,
Homewood
South.
We
got
Lincoln,
armor,
East,
Hills,
big
I,
didn't
see
it
on
the
map.
The
other
young
lady
didn't
have
it
up
here.
There's
a
lot
going
on.
You
all
talk
about
rcos,
yes,
I'm
here,
because
I
want
to
represent
the
new
rco.
That's
coming
in.
O
You
all
have
a
strategic
team
of
people
who
is
about
12
or
13
people,
but
here
I
have
a
packet
that
just
came
out
of
the
city
planning
where
all
these
are
the
rcos
that
is
on
there
today
receive
violence
prevention
funds,
so
they
have
no
time
to
deal
with
the
rco.
What's
going
on,
we
have
a
lot
of
development
happening
in
Homewood.
Things
are
developing
being
partially
made
and
partially
fixed,
but
not
falling
through.
So
they
lead
that
developer.
O
I
want
to
say
something
on
the
RCL,
the
rco
list,
every
rco,
almost
in
the
15206
and
208
area
code,
has
expired.
So
who'd
you
all
put
y'all's
mailing
list
out
to
because
they
can't
be
recognized
as
a
rco
if
their
rco
has
expired.
My
question
to
everybody
is:
how
do
I
sign
up?
How
do
we
get
a
collective
group
to
sign
up
for
the
rco
because
we
want
to
do
the
job
that
has
been
that?
Has
you
all
have
put
out
here?
O
The
blood
is
on
the
hands
of
everybody
on
city
council,
everybody
who
represents
city
council.
This
blood
is
on
you,
all's
hands.
If
you
guys
continue
to
keep
allowing
this
to
happen.
It's
going
to
flow
over
into
you
all
I
understand
why
you
all
want
to
take
it
back.
I
understand
why
city
council
want
to
take
it
back,
but
taking
it
back
is
wrong,
because
the
voice
of
the
community
cannot
be
heard.
You
guys
got
people
prior
to
this
meeting
prior
to
the
meeting
before
you
all
mentioned:
OBD
operation,
Better
Block.
O
They
are
part
of
the
rco
and
how
dare
you
all
give
operation,
Better
Block
any
lead
way
in
the
community
when
they
don't
represent
the
community
that
they
live
in,
that
they
work
in
and
that
they
represent.
They
do
nothing
for
that
Community,
but
pimp
the
black,
the
the
work
in
the
backs
of
the
people
who
live
in
that
Community.
It
is
absolutely
horrible
that
this
has
happened.
How
do
we
get
you?
All's
help
city
council,
because
we
need
a
new
rco,
a
new
regime
for
people
who
who
of
Homewood
it's.
This
is
out.
O
A
P
Yeah,
so
my
name
is
Allison
Keating
I
live
on,
I
live
in
Manchester
I.
My
thoughts
on
this
go
long
past
three
minutes,
so
I'm
gonna
try
to
maybe
make
my
couple
best
points.
I
can
think
of,
like
you
all
talked
here
for
an
hour
about
this
at
a
post
agenda
meeting
and
not
once
did
anyone
mention
why
development
activity
meetings
happen
or
they
take
place.
P
They
are.
They
are
triggered
by
when,
when,
when
a
project
requires
another
meeting,
a
Planning
Commission
meeting
a
zoning
board
meeting
a
historical
review
commission
meeting
and
our
commission-
and
you
know
so
so
there
wasn't
really
any
discussion
of
what
the
problems
actually
like
it
was
like.
Oh,
this
is
my
problem
with
the
rco
which
you
know
like
yeah
like
there
are
issues
I
live
in
Manchester.
We
don't
have
an
rco,
so
we
get
no
meetings
about
anything
ever.
P
P
P
You
know
it.
It's
a
place
that
I
love
to
go
to
all
the
time,
and
but
you
know,
but
according
to
the
community
community
groups
of
Oakland
I'm,
not
a
Community
member,
because
I
don't
live
there
and
you
know
so
that
doesn't
really
make
any
sense.
So
you
know
I
think
I,
think
that
the
the
problems
that
people
want
addressed
are
are
legitimate.
P
What
are
them?
What
is
government
for?
You
know
like
what
what
needs
are
we
trying
to
meet
with
with
these
meetings?
You
know
like
like
do
folks
in
the
in
in
in
in
in
in
in
Sugar,
top
really
really
need
a
meeting,
because
somebody
wants
really
needed
development
activities
meeting,
because
somebody
wants
to
change
their
Windows
to
to
you
know,
vinyl
or
whatever
you
know
like
is.
Is
that
something
that's
a
a
good
use
of
our
city?
P
A
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
comments.
Is
there
anyone
else
in
in
the
audience
wishing
to
address
City
Council
anyone
else
in
the
audience
wishing
to
dress
City
Council,
seeing
that
I'll
just
continue
to
say
that
we
will
continue
working
on
getting
some
public
input
having
some
meetings
and
addressing
the
rcos
as
they
either
currently
are
and
amending
with
with
the
way
they
operate
or
coming
up
with
a
totally
different
process
or
whatever
the
community?
A
D
D
That's
again
a
discussion
to
be
continued,
but
it
seems
like
the
rules
need
to
be
more
focused
on
the
developers
obligations
when
it
comes
to
these
meetings-
and
you
know
and
and
the
and
maybe
the
flex
we
can
give
ourselves
see,
it
feels
like
we're
almost
restricting
ourselves
and
giving
the
developers
the
flexibility
and-
and
it
maybe
should
be
switched
right,
where
we
have
the
flexibility,
whether
it's
the
council
office
or
city
planning
or
a
community
organization.
You
know
whoever
organizes
the
meeting,
but
that
the
that
the
the
strict
rules
should
actually
be
placed.
D
You
know
the
owners
should
be
put
on
the
developers
to
make
sure
that
those
meetings
happen
and
that
people
are
engaged-
and
you
know
someone
mentioned
sending
out
flyers
I
mean
that
would
be
great
right.
It
is
very
expensive
to
send
out
paper
letters,
but
you
know
what,
if
you
want
to
spend
millions
of
dollars
doing
a
project
in
a
community,
maybe
you
should
be
sending
out
letters
to
notify
the
community
of
the
work.
You
know
what
I
mean
about
meetings
and
such
I
don't
know
just
ideas
so.
A
Thank
you,
councilman
councilman
Strasburg.
Do
you
have
any
closing
remarks?
Councilman
and
so
I'll
just
say
that
again
you
know
in
some
districts
they
work
in
some
districts.
They
don't
but
I.
Think
that
for
me
and
the
thing
I
always
tell
people
is
whenever
you
hear
that
they're
we're
doing
something
a
new
process
and
we're
having
the
community
engage
in
a
process
and
we're
doing
the
community
is
going
to
lead
something
they're
really
taking
away
the
voice
of
the
public,
not
giving
it
to
the
public,
because
it's
the
council.
F
A
That
are
elected
to
represent
the
public
and
we're
going
to
make
sure
we
open
our
meetings
to
everyone.
We're
going
to
do
the
best
we
can
to
get
information
out,
and
you
know
I
I
just
want
to
make
sure
people
understand
that
we
really
want
to
hear
what's
best
for
the
public.
Remember
did
you
want
to
speak
for
three
minutes?
Okay,
thank
you.
A
You
know
good
comments
to
the
to
our
attention
and
I
think
that
you
know
there's
just
something
we
just
have
to
do
better
at,
and
it's
always
difficult
for
us
to
try
to
figure
out
public
process
because,
no
matter
what
we
do
we're
going
to
miss
somebody
and
somebody's
gonna
say
we
didn't
do
it
the
right
way.
So
I
think
it
will
have
some
more
conversations.
If
public
has
any
feedback
they'd
like
to
provide
to
city
council,
can
they
email
the
clerk's
office
at
city
clerk's
office
at
pittsburghpa.gov?
A
If
you
can
email
to
them
to
the
car
shops,
they'll,
send
it
to
all
members
and
we'll
use
that
as
some
way
to
start
drafting
whatever
process
and
combined
with
the
surveys,
whatever
we
decide
to
do,
but
that
said
kind
of
a
meeting
to
join
a
motion
to
join
a
meeting
in
a
second
all
in
favor
means
adjourned.
Thank
you.