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From YouTube: Pittsburgh City Council Public Hearing - 8/30/23
Description
Bill #2023-1665: Zoning, Fresh Food Access
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Perfect,
thank
you.
So
this
legislation
was
introduced
through
Planning
Commission.
This
spring
Planning
Commission
held
a
public
hearing
on
June
13
of
2023
and
they
made
a
positive
recommendation
to
city
council
and
notice
that
this
hearing
was
made
21
days
in
advance
in
according
to
zoning
cone
Provisions,
you
can
go
to
the
next
slide.
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Foreign
access
was
added
as
a
Performance
Point
as
part
of
the
zoning
recommendations
coming
out
of
the
Oakland
plan
for
land
use
and
Zoning
recommendations
that
rezoning
only
addressed
the
new
base,
zoning
districts,
the
ucmu,
the
uce
and
the
rmu,
and
none
of
the
performance
points
were
added
as
an
option
in
any
other
zoning
District.
So
this
text
Amendment
proposes
to
allow
the
fresh
food
access.
Performance
Point
in
the
riverfront
zoning
District
go
to
the
next
slide
thanks
this
one
I
won't
walk
through.
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We
just
included
it
here
is
just
a
reminder
to
folks,
what's
actually
in
their
fresh
food,
Performance
Point,
so
it
is,
it
does
require
the
grocery
store
to
actually
sell
fresh,
fresh
produce,
fresh
meats.
It
can't
just
be
sort
of
a
convenience
store
that
just
sells
soda
and
junk
food,
and
then
there
is
a
distance
requirement.
So
the
idea
is
that
it's
intended
to
address
the
food
desert
concept
where
residents
and
community
members,
otherwise
wouldn't
have
access
to
fresh
fruit
and
vegetables
and
meats.
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So
this
is
incentivizing
it
as
part
of
that
and
then
the
last
slide
is
just
a
map
that
our
strategic
planning
folks
put
together,
highlighting
areas
in
the
riverfront
zoning
District
that
don't
actually
have
access
to
fresh
food
or
groceries.
So
the
the
blue
is
the
riverfront
zoning
and
then
the
gray
areas
are
areas
that
actually
do
have
Fresh
Food
grocery
stores.
But
you
can
see
that
there's
a
portion,
a
significant
portion
of
the
rib
that
doesn't
have
access
to
close
access
to
fresh
food
and
groceries.
And
that's
my
presentation.