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A
So
tonight
we
really
have
to
kind
of
big
goals.
One
is
that
we
want
to
provide
good
information
to
city
residents
and
the
public,
so
they
understand
how
the
capital
budget
is
put
together.
The
other,
though,
is
that
we
want
input
from
city
residents
on
what
to
include
in
the
2021
capital
budget.
We
had
these
meetings
every
year,
maybe
you've
attended
in
years
past.
Normally
we
do
two
kind
of
big
citywide
meetings
covering
the
entire
budget.
We
move
the
meetings
around
for
geographic
diversity.
A
We
normally
use
a
really
great
format
called
deliberative
democracy
that
was
really
pioneered
by
Robert
cavalier
Carnegie
Mellon
that
fosters
small
group
discussions
around
three
really
important
questions,
also
that
it
has
a
cue,
a
question
and
answer
session
and
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
neighbors
to
learn
about
each
other's
experience.
Also,
we
provide
childcare.
We
provide
food
I
personally,
miss
the
pierogies,
but
this
year
with
Cova
19,
we
needed
to
kind
of
switch
things
up,
so
we're
doing
three
meetings
on
different
portions
of
the
budget.
A
The
good
news
is
were
able
to
do
kind
of
a
deeper
dive
into
some
of
the
subjects.
People
really
care
about
we're,
also
streaming
live
on
YouTube
all
over
the
internet
and
with
all
this
I
really
wanna
say
thank
you
to
the
Office
of
Community
Affairs,
the
Department
of
innovation
and
performance
and
in
tonight's
interpreters,
Megan,
akin
and
Logan
Showalter
again,
there's
two
meeting
notes
to
help
with
accessibility
for
those
interpreters
is
to
mute
your
audio
and
turn
off
your
video,
also
an
accessibility
issue.
A
If
you
hear
any
acronyms,
you
don't
understand,
please
call
me
on
I
feel
free
to
type
something
into
the
chat,
we'll
be
sure
to
clarify
I
mean
my
new
year's
resolution
genuinely
is
to
use
less
acronyms
at
this
time.
I
just
wanted
to
do
a
quick
accessibility
check
to
see
if
anybody's
facing
any
challenges
that
we
can
help.
A
A
So
tonight
we're
gonna
do
a
short
overview
of
the
capital
budget
process.
I've
promised
there's
not
a
lot
of
numbers
and
there's
less
than
ten
slides.
We're
also
going
to
have
some
really
great
discussions
from
Ross
chattin,
with
City
Parks
who's
going
to
talk
to
us
about
how
City
Parks
uses
different
spaces
and
programs.
A
One
important
thing
to
keep
in
mind
is
we
really
do
want
your
input,
we're
going
to
use
it
in
a
few
different
ways?
One
is
that
the
results
that
you
give
us
from
an
online
survey
are
gonna
be
published
in
the
capital
budget.
We
also
make
sure
to
share
those
results
with
the
departments
and
with
council
offices
that
does
a
couple
things
one.
It
allows
them
to
generate
their
own
project
ideas.
We've
had
instances
where
the
public
has
provided
an
idea
through
these
very
forums
that
turned
into
a
capital
budget
proposal.
A
Also,
it
demonstrates
public
support
for
projects
selling.
Council
offices
are
deliberating
what
to
include
in
the
budget.
They
have
that
record
of
what
the
public
wants.
Additionally,
your
questions,
the
expert
panel
are
going
to
be
recorded.
All
the
comments
again
from
the
chat
function
are
going
to
be
recorded
and
shared
with
Department
leadership,
the
administration,
the
council
offices
and,
of
course,
everything
is
going
to
be
shared
on
YouTube
as
well.
A
There's
actually
two
budgets
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
that
come
out
of
our
office.
One
is
the
operating
budget
that
covers
a
lot
of
the
kind
of
day-to-day
expenses,
especially
around
personnel,
so
things
like
salaries,
employee
health
care
office
supplies
the
the
gas
and
water
bills
for
all
of
our
facilities.
Tonight
that
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
the
capital
budget,
which
is
more
of
our
physical
infrastructure.
It's
the
built
environment,
it's
the
streets
and
sidewalks
parks,
pools
playgrounds,
bridges,
ball
fields,
all
that
kind
of
stuff.
A
If
you're
ever
on
our
website,
they
have
two
different
covers.
If
you're
looking
for
the
capital
one
ours
is
the
one
with
the
Lightning
on
the
right
hand,
side
the
budget
itself,
it's
important
to
keep
in
mind
that
the
larger
projects
in
the
capital
budget
can
can
take
millions
of
dollars
to
complete,
sometimes
multiple
years,
multiple
phases.
So
for
each
project
type,
we
we
do
what's
called
a
CIP
or
a
capital
improvement
plan.
The
budget
itself
is
really
a
series
of
these
kind
of
six
year
plans
stacked
on
top
of
each
other.
A
A
The
process
itself
kicked
off
just
a
little
bit
ago
in
April,
the
mayor
releases
a
list
of
their
budget
priorities.
We're
going
to
talk
about
those
you're
gonna
have
a
chance
to
comment
on
them
in
the
survey
itself
in
May
our
office,
the
office
of
management
and
budget
issues,
request
for
proposals
from
the
departments
from
the
council
offices
and
from
a
few
nonprofits
who
have
worked
with
us
in
the
past
on
capital
projects
like
Pittsburgh,
Parks
Conservancy
in
June.
We
have
these
public
meetings.
A
We
we
do
outreach
to
get
a
feedback
from
the
public
and
then
all
the
proposals
are
due
July
1st
in
July
and
August.
Our
office
spends
a
lot
of
time
meeting
with
department,
leadership
and
project
managers
to
ask
questions
about
the
proposals
that
were
submitted
to
get
some
additional
context
on
maybe
the
timeline
and
the
feasibility
of
the
project,
and
then
the
capital
program
facilitation
committee
scores
all
of
the
projects.
The
capital
program
facilitation
committee
is
made
up
of
members
of
the
mayor's
office
of
management
and
budget.
A
Has
a
pretty
expansive
list
of
priorities
this
year,
they're
really
meant
to
inspire
proposal.
Ideas
from
department,
leadership,
Department
leadership
and
project
managers
should
really
be
asking
when
they're
drafting
the
proposals.
How
does
this
proposal
fit
into
the
mayor's
priorities?
They're,
really
the
guiding
values
for
the
capital
budget
process
and
they're
they're
a
great
way
for
us
to
understand
how
what
we're
doing
fits
into
the
larger
vision
for
the
city.
Again,
you'll
have
a
chance
to
read
all
of
these
in
more
detail
and
to
comment
on
them
in
the
survey.
A
This
is
a
screen
capture
from
the
capital
budget
proposal
form
for
2021.
As
you
can
see,
we
asked
for
detailed
financial
information,
including
that
kind
of
six-year
capital
improvement
plan
that
allows
us
to
understand
again
what
our
commitments
are
going
to
be
it
for
future
phases
of
projects.
We
also
asked
questions
to
get
the
project,
managers
and
Department
leadership
thinking
in
their
own
words
about
why
this
project
is
so
important.
One
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
highlight
is
that
we
actually
do
ask
about
the
operating
budget
impact,
even
though
it's
not
our
budget.
A
We
still
want
to
understand
that
if
we're
building
a
brand
new
pool,
what
is
the
staffing
need
for
that?
And
what
would
that
do
to
the
capital
budget?
On
the
other
end
of
the
other
side
of
the
coin,
there's
opportunities
to
actually
save
money
in
the
operating
budget
with
capital
projects,
we've
had
some
big
kind
of
software
and
software
interventions.
Software
projects,
especially
with
our
Department
of
Finance,
that
we're
able
to
automate
some
processes
and
save
us
a
lot
of
time
and
money.
A
We
also
asked
the
departments
to
comment
on
these
kind
of
eight
factors.
These
are
the
actual
scoring
criteria
that
the
capital
program
facilitation
committee
scores
against
other.
That
whole
committee
there's
a
subset
that
does
the
scoring
there's
five
of
us
there's
two
people
from
our
office.
They
offer
the
mayor's
office
of
management
and
budget.
There's
two
people
from
the
City
Council
budget
office
who
score
projects,
and
then
the
fifth
is
a
member
of
the
controller's
office
staff.
We
score
the
proposals
that
we
receive
against
the
criteria
you
can
see
on
the
screen
right
now.
A
We
sort
them
from
highest
to
lowest.
We
apply
that
year's
funding
constraints,
which
is
how
much
money
we
have
to
spend
and
then
we
kind
of
come
up
with
each
team
members
proposed
budget.
The
projects
are
ranked
the
mayor
and
city
council
received
those
rankings
and
then
that's
the
kind
of
building
blocks
for
the
development
of
the
capital
budget.
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
some
feedback
and
and
rightful
concern
that
we've
gotten
in
previous
meetings.
The
two
other
meetings
we
had.
We
had
one
last
week
for
mobility
transportation
projects.
A
We
had
a
great
meeting
on
Monday
about
community
projects
and
there
are
a
lot
of
really
great
questions
related
specifically
to
this,
the
public
safety
training
facility
project.
You
may
have
seen
it
in
the
2019
or
2020
budget.
It's
important
to
note
that
no
final
decisions
have
been
made
on
this
project.
Specifically
there's
going
to
be
a
number
of
opportunities
to
comment
further
on
it
in
the
future
when
things
like
the
contracts
for
the
work
are
gonna
go
in
front
of
Council.
A
Also,
it's
important
to
note
that
the
money
that's
been
allocated
so
far
was
approved
by
council
through
the
same
kind
of
public
process.
We
have
for
any
budget
item,
most
of
the
money
is
still
unspent
and
the
money
that's
currently
budgeted
is
really
intended
for
planning
of
the
historic
assets
that
are
currently
on
the
site.
This
this
project
would
go
on
to
the
VA
site
on
Washington
Boulevard,
which
was
formerly
owned
by
the
federal
government.
A
A
All
the
comments
from
this
meeting
will
be
shared
of
council
mayor
off
mayoral
office
and
Department
leadership,
so
they
have
a
record
of
the
public's
view
whenever
these
kind
of
items
come
up
for,
especially
with
counsel
I,
think
it's
also
a
good
project
to
highlight,
because
even
though
we
have
the
six-year
capital
improvement
plans,
we're
only
really
committing
in
the
years
that
the
the
funds
are
legislated.
So
only
the
2020
money
is
actually
committed.
A
The
outer
year,
funds
that
are
on
on
the
screen
are
meant
as
a
plan
so
that
we
can
be
responsible
and
know
kind
of
how
future
phases
of
other
big
projects
would
fit
in
with
this
one.
But
none
of
this
money's
been
guaranteed.
The
only
way
it
could
be
guaranteed
is
either
through
a
future
year,
capital
budget
allocation
or
through
a
contract,
and
both
of
those
things
go
in
front
of
Council
for
their
approval.
There's
always
a
public
comment
section
with
any
council
hearing
as
well.
A
A
Matt
Ross
for
the
first
time,
waiting
in
line
at
the
starting
gate
at
what
is
the
what's
the
race
and
it's
cool,
though
a
great
grace,
great
race.
Thank
you,
yeah.
We
both
had
city,
employee
t-shirts
on
and
Russ
spotted
me,
and
so
do
you
work
with
for
your
price.
That
was
a
great
way
to
meet.
Ross
I
don't
have
four
years
ago,
yeah.
B
Thanks
Dave
so
Chris,
where
you
gonna
lead
in
with
anything
or
do
you
want
me
to
just
start
and
give
us
an
overview
based
on
our
department,
Department
Department
of
Parks
and
Recreation
I.
Think.
B
Thank
you
just
a
thanks
to
again
the
mayor's
office
and
all
the
departments
that
worked
really
hard
to
put
this
together.
These
capital
meetings
I've
done
them
in
the
past
and
alive
for,
and
this
is,
as
David
indicated,
pencil
and
a
little
unusual
this
year,
as
is
everything
we're
in
quite
an
unusual
unprecedented
time.
So
it's
great.
We
can
facilitate
this,
but
it
wouldn't
be
possible
without
it,
without
the
other
departments.
That
kind
of
put
this
together.
B
So
you
might
wonder
how
Parks
and
Recreation
fits
into
capital
budget
processes
that
our
departments
doesn't
really
have
capital
monies
as
it
relates
to
brick-and-mortar
infrastructure
improvements
and
those
projects
that
David
mentioned
earlier.
There's
a
there's
kind
of
a
an
interesting
piece
of
the
capital
funding
piece
that
that
we
that
we
are
a
recipient
of
funds,
Community
Development,
Block,
Grant
funds,
which
help
provide
programs
for
our
seniors.
B
It's
a
big
part
of
our
senior
program,
I
think
there's
a
slide
coming
up
here
soon,
but
so
there
are
some
monies
that
at
times
trickle
in
but
don't
go
to
an
infrastructure
project.
You
know
physical
asset
development
project,
but
they
are
geared
towards
programs
and
people
and
for
our
department
having
13
senior
centers.
It
supports
the
programs
and
the
staff
that
facilitate
the
programs
for
the
seniors,
so
I
just
want
to
make
mention
to
that,
because
a
lot
of
people
just
don't
make
that
Association
and
it's
important
that
we
get
that
money.
B
It's
it's
critical
whenever
you're
ready,
Chris
Thanks,
just
a
quick
slide,
I'm
not
going
to
read
it,
but
those
are.
These
are
some
of
the
our
main
program.
Areas
of
focus
are
in
their
face
with
the
Department
of
Public
Works
and
Chris's
team
is
really
critical
because
the
facilities
Bureau
kind
of
houses,
these
capital
monies
largely
so
for
all
the
work
that
we
might
want
to
do
or
interest
that
we
have
or
deferred
maintenance
that
we
need
to
tackle
for
our
senior
centers
healthy,
active
living,
centers,
our
recreation
centers.
B
We
have
ten
of
those
any
of
the
aquatics
facilities.
There's
a
bunch.
You
know
18
swimming
pools,
outdoors
and
so
forth,
and
so
on.
We
have
to
interface
directly
with
not
only
the
budget
office,
the
mayor's
office,
but
we
work
intimately
with
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
the
Bureau
facilities
and
Chris's
team.
B
We
need
to
do
based
on
public
input,
community
process
and
in
many
instances,
if
it's
not
just
dealing
with
a
deferred
maintenance
issue,
but
our
we
have
a
dependency
on
public
works
and
it's
nice
that
we
have
a
good
kind
of
unsilent
working
relationship
because
we've
been
able
to
do
a
heck
of
a
lot
of
stuff
over
the
last
few
years.
Thanks
Chris.
B
Just
to
slide
as
to
what
we're
responsible
for
the
the
name,
parks
and
recreation,
it's
a
it's
I!
Guess
it's
misleading
in
some
ways
for
those
that
think
that
our
department
would
manage
things
like
trails
and
green
spaces,
those
things
that
are
actually
connected
to
parks.
We
do
a
little
less
of
that,
a
lot
of
less
of
that.
B
The
screen
now
is
just
a
list
of
some
of
the
assets,
physical
assets
and
in
total
I
think
during
a
summer
months,
during
a
normal
non
COBIT
19
summer,
we
would
probably
have
about
50
plus
active
facilities
with
people
in
them,
not
including
parks
and
green
spaces,
so
400
to
500
staff
people
swimming
pools
in
the
whole
bit
all
of
those
dependencies
that
I
mentioned
before
with
Public
Works
in
the
bureau
facilities.
They
have
to
turn
stuff
on
and
make
sure
it's
working
for
us
all
of
those
things.
B
And
it's
functions.
Of
course.
The
Public
Works
Bureau
facilities
Bureau
still
maintains
the
facility,
as
it
does
all
the
facilities
that
we
have
people
in.
So
you
can
see
a
list
of
things
there
and
that
have
been
associated
with
the
Department
of
Parks
and
Recreation,
but
they're
they're
actually
managed
by
different
departments,
though
the
interface
between
our
department
and
these
departments
that
are
on
the
screen
that
you're
seeing
now
it's
pretty
close.
So
there's
a
lot
of
shared
resources,
a
lot
of
shared
information
and
they're
kind
of
our
partners.
C
C
Thank
you
again
to
for
the
officer,
may
have
been
budget
and
for
the
Department
of
innovation
and
performance
for
buying
this
platform.
So
we
can,
you
know,
have
some
engagement
with
the
community,
which
we
always
very
much
appreciate
so
before
I
kind
of
get
into
the
basics
of
what
we
think
about
in
public
works
about
capital
projects
I
just
one
point
out
and
since
Ross
was
so
keenly
kind
to
the
point
on
roles
and
responsibilities
as
the
Assistant
Director
of
Public,
Works
and
Bureau
of
facilities.
C
It's
my
staff
and
myself
responsibility
to
kind
of
execute
all
of
our
capital
construction
projects
throughout
the
city
if
it
relates
to
a
building
or
to
a
park.
Much
like
the
Department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
is
kind
of
that
interface
for
our
city
streets.
The
Department
of
Public
Works
is
that
interface
for
our
buildings
and
our
parks.
When
we
think
about
capital
projects,
we
really
kind
of
lump
them
into
two
broad
categories:
I
classify
them
as
kind
of
a
sustainment
project.
C
You
know
these
services.
They
generally
require
a
typical
amount
of
input
from
my
chronic
management
staff,
and
my
architects
and
engineers
that
we
have
on
the
city
has
on
staff
on
the
other
type
of
project
that
we
will
perform
is
what
I
like
to
call
a
transformation
project.
So
this
is
exactly
like
it
sounds.
This
is
we're
going
to
take
something
and
we're
going
to
make
it
different
and
better
than
it
was
before
the
transformation.
C
So
it's
very
much
a
team
effort
at
the
city
is
Ross
alluded
to
it,
the
crews,
a
part
of
that
team
kinda,
depends
on
what
the
asset
is.
But
for
this
conversation
you
know
it
doesn't
really
require.
You
know
pretty
much
a
seamless
work
between
the
two
of
us
in
terms
of
division
of
labor
and
roles
and
responsibilities.
C
When
talking
about
a
sustainment
project,
you
know
these
are
very
simple,
so
basically
we
will
develop
a
scope
of
work
and
we
will
develop
the
scope
of
work
either
through
community
input
or
through
our
own
observation
or
at
the
suggestion
of
a
department.
We
will
put
this
through
the
capital
budget
process
that
we
are
in
now
on
yeah.
C
The
council
would
then
you
know,
approve
that
budget
and
we
would
go
through
a
very
brief
design
or
procurement
step
where
we
figure
out.
How
are
we
going
to
deliver
this
construction
service,
and
then
we
would
begin
construction
so
typically
that
capital
budgeting
process
and
the
time
we
have
a
scope
of
work.
The
time
we
get
on
the
budget
approval
is
generally
three
to
six
months
and
depending
on
the
type
of
construction
through
a
sustainment
activity
that
could
be
anywhere
from
nine
to
18
months,
depending
on
the
type
of
work
that
you
perform.
C
Transformation
project
is
much
longer
so
first
we
take
a
little
bit
longer
period
of
time
to
go
over
our
plan
and
our
scope.
This
may
include
interfacing,
with
departments,
various
departments
about
what
needs
to
happen.
We
will
submit
a
formal
request
via
the
capital
budget
process
and
Council
approve
that
process
from
there.
We
typically
will.
C
First,
if
we
know
we
need
to
hire
architects
and
engineers
to
design
this
construction
project
for
us,
and
we
will
find
those
those
firms
and
those
teams,
and
we
will
have
them,
develop
a
project
to
a
what
we
would
call
construction
documents.
We
would
resubmit
a
new
budget
request
for
construction,
at
which
we
would
ask
for
Council's
approval
on
that,
and
then
you
would
begin
construction.
This
process
typically
takes
from
the
time
we
identify
the
opportunity
to.
C
We
deliver
capital
projects
in
two
different
ways:
we
deliver
them.
It
was
what
I
would
call
single
phase.
That
is
exactly
as
it
sounds.
We
do
all
the
construction
is
one
single
project.
This
kind
of
requires
us
to
fund
the
entire
budget
at
one
time,
so
we
have
to
be,
you
know,
thoughtful
with
the
capital
process
and
what
people
are
asking
for
whenever
the
asset
is
under
construction,
it's
typically
not
usable,
so
really
good.
Examples
of
this
would
be
in
recent
projects
at
the
Shanley
ice
cream
and
Environment
Park.
C
This
requires
us
to
be
a
little
bit
more
strategic
about
how
we
budget
for
those
projects
and
make
sure
that
we
have
the
appropriate
amount
of
funds
at
the
correct
time,
but
this
also
gives
us
some
flexibility
and
that
the
facility
can
remain
operational
during
portion
of
the
construction.
So
some
examples.
This
would
be
South
Side,
Market
House
word
for
get
murky,
murky,
retconned
greenfield
and
Paulson's
breaker.
C
You
now
we'll
talk
a
little
bit
about
our
assets,
so
yeah
there
are
166
city
parks,
approximately
3,600
acres
of
those.
We
have
numerous
miles
of
trails
and
there's
just
a
lot
of
features
with
the
parks
themselves
and
then
we're
going
to
take
a
little
bit
of
a
dive,
a
deeper
dive
into
what
all
that
entails.
C
We
have
numerous
ball
fields
and
courts.
We
have
over
100
ball
fields
and
they
and
they
vary
from
you-
know
your
typical
baseball
or
softball
diamond
to
rectangular
fields
that
folks
play
soccer
and
football
on.
When
we
have
a
few
combination
fields
as
well,
we
have
over
200
courts.
Most
of
these
are
basketball
and
tennis,
but
we
do
have
some
street
hockey
and
hockey
courts
as
well
as
a
couple
bocce
and
lawn
bowling.
There
are
a
few
pickleball
courts
as
well.
Pickleball
is
one
of
this.
C
C
We
have
119
playgrounds
and
with
numerous
play
areas.
This
is
a
we
have
an
ongoing
program
that
that
replaces
our
outdated
assets.
We
take
this
very
seriously,
we're
really
concerned
about
the
safety
of
children
and
our
play
areas.
We
have
a
pretty
robust
program.
We
think
with
the
Calvin
Budget
Office
to
to
kind
of
a
place.
Those
and
address
those
as
knee
Ross
I
was
hoping
I
could
have
I
can
have
you
speak
a
little
bit
about
some
of
our
swimming
pools
and
spray
parks.
B
Certainly
Chris
yeah
I
think
I
kind
of
made
quick
mention
of
the
number
of
aquatics
assets
that
the
city
has
that
are
seasonally
programmed
really.
We
have
the
very
unique
all
of
our
bathhouse
in
the
south
side.
It's
the
only
indoor
swimming
pool
that
the
city
maintains
and
operates
it's
open
kind
of
in
the
in
those
cooler
months,
usually
from
early
September
until
May
closes
during
the
summertime.
When,
when
the
outdoor
pools
open
up
out
18
outdoor
swimming
pools,
it's
a
lot
of
pools,
they
usually
in
a
normal
season.
We
would
have
opened
them.
B
Probably
I
think
we'd
be
opening
them
this
coming
Monday.
Usually
it
follows
right.
After
the
school
year
ends
the
public
schools,
because
we're
typically
heavily
dependent
upon
students,
young
folks
to
serve
as
lifeguards
the
aquatics
team.
The
supervisor
the
aquatics
program
has
been
with
the
city
for
quite
some
time.
She
probably
wouldn't
want
me
to
to
say
how
long
but
she's
extremely
experienced,
and
we
take
the
the
training
and
certification
quite
seriously
this
year.
Unfortunately,
given
code
19,
it
there's
just
no
real
safe
way
to
operate
pools.
B
Our
pool
decks
are
kind
of
small
social
distancing
in
and
around
a
pool
would
be
difficult,
restrooms,
locker
room,
so
I
think
we
could
see
this
coming.
A
lot
of
other
municipalities
have
made
the
same
decision
locally
and
in
other
states
as
well,
but
this
these
assets,
in
addition
to
the
eight
spray
parks,
our
newest
one,
was
brought
online
last
year,
just
down
the
street
from
the
pulse
and
Recreation
Center,
the
Paulson
spray
park
and
playground.
Spray
parks
will
be
open
this
year,
beginning
next.
B
This
coming
Monday
June
15th,
so
we're
hoping
that
we
can
facilitate
those
safely
we're
going
to
do
our
best,
but
these
assets
in
particular
again
require
us
to
interface
with
the
facilities,
Bureau
and
Chris's
team,
quite
intimately,
because
they
have
needs
that.
You
know
there's
a
lot
to
maintain
these
these
spaces
for
three
months
out
of
the
year.
B
So
there's
there's
quite
a
bit
of
work
that
has
to
happen
not
only
from
a
personnel
and
programmatic
standpoint,
which
usually
our
team
starts
in
February,
really
February
marks
for
recruitment,
but
it
goes
right
up
until
opening,
because
there's
a
lot
to
getting
these
places
up
and
running
and
they're,
not
they're,
not
inexpensive,
to
maintain
and
operate
so
I'm.
Just
a
quick
thanks
to
Chris
for
all
the
work
that
they
do
and
have
done
to
kind
of
just
get
us
ready
with
our
eight
spray
parks
for
this
coming.
Monday.
B
Made
quick
mention-
and
this
is
well
ten
recreation
centers
a
lot
of
this
information
you
can
find
on
our
website.
All
of
it.
You
really
can
you
can
find
the
exact
locations
for
each
Senior,
Center
or
healthy,
active
living
centers.
You
could
find
the
ten
rec
centers
the
locations
as
well.
You
can
learn
more
about
our
food
programs
after
school
food
premiums,
some
of
those
some
of
that
stuff
that
was
on
those
first
few
slides
I,
won't
get
too
deep
into
that.
But
we
also
have
a
pretty
good
social
media
presence.
B
We,
we
have
a
really
a
really
good
kind
of
social
media,
expert
and
she's,
been
able
to
kind
of
amplify
the
well
beyond
the
great
website
that
the
innovation
and
performance
team
kind
of
puts
together
for
the
whole
of
the
city,
and
so
we
push
a
lot
of
stuff
out
there
that
we're
doing
relative
to
all
of
our
programs
via
Facebook
and
and
to
some
extent
Twitter.
So
if
you're,
not
following
city
parks,
you
might
want
to
try
because
you'll
be
updated
with
with
new
offerings
new
programs
new
services.
B
Those
kinds
of
things
on
this
slide
again
makes
mention
of
the
healthy
active
living
centers
in
conjunction
with
the
CDBG
money,
there's
seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
that
we've
been
receiving
for
the
last
few
years.
We
are
supported
by
the
Allegheny
County
Area
Agency
on
Aging,
so
they
make
it
possible
for
us
to
facilitate
the
program.
We
get
just
a
little
bit
more
money
than
we
do
in
the
federal
dollars
that
you
see
on
the
screen
here
to
operate
the
program.
B
It's
it's
run,
pretty
lean,
but
we
have
an
active
membership
and
I
probably
shouldn't
throw
this
out
there,
because
I'm
not
real
sure,
but
I
think
we
provided
Oh
70-something
to
seniors
lunches
that
they
are
free
lunches
to
our
senior
members
last
year.
So
we
we.
We
touch
a
lot
of
folks
in
a
lot
of
communities
in
a
lot
of
ways,
and
this
summer
is
quite
unusual
because,
right
now
our
recreation
and
senior
centers
are
still
closed
for,
for
the
obvious
reasons,
especially
for
the
for
the
senior
population.
B
So
we're
not
sure
we're
there
come
back
online,
but
we've
activated
folks
to
help
out
with
the
food
our
food
program,
which
we've
been
delivering
meals
weekly
to
seniors
and
to
children
via
some
of
our
recreation
and
Senior
Center.
So
today,
I
think
we're
gonna
eclipse,
fifty
thousand
meals
that
have
been
handed
out
to
seniors
and
children.
Since
it's
about
March
20th,
when
the
kind
of
the
stay
home
order
commenced.
C
Thanks
for
us,
I
just
want
to
thank
Ross
again
for
and
his
staff
for
all
their
amazing
work.
You
know
during
this
coab
in
nineteen
stuff
I
just
feel
that
his
team
has
kind
of
moved
heaven
and
earth
to
get
meals
into
those
that
are
less
fortunate
and
I
think
what
they
the
work.
That
they've
done
in
this
crisis
is
commendable
and
is
absolutely
amazing.
So
thanks
again
Ross
and
to
you
and
all
your
team,
for
what
you
do
every
single
day.
C
We
also
consider
how
an
SM
fits
into
the
city's
comprehensive
plans.
Hope
you
participated
in
in
a
neighborhood
planning
project
or
any
one
of
the
parks.
City
parks
plenty
exercises
that
the
departments
would
be
playing.
We
run.
You
know
we
take
those
those
considerations
very
strongly
to
hard.
We
do
our
best
to
honor
those
commitments
that
we've
put
forth.
We
also
consider
the
condition
of
the
asset.
If
it's
a
building,
what
kind
of
condition
is
it
in
all?
Closes
it
the
roof
to
it
end
of
its
useful
life
cycle?
C
On
how
many
more
years
does
the
HVAC
equipment
have
left
in
it?
We
also
consider
access
to
additional
funding
sources.
So
you
know
we
talked
briefly
about
Dave
talk
briefly
in
the
beginning
about
you
know
there
are
types
of
capital
funds
or
that
we
have
on
our
key
a
development
block
grant
the
city
also
received
grants
from
a
variety
of
state
agencies
in,
in
some
cases,
federal
agencies,
and
then
these
are
all
critical
for
us
trying
to
deliver
great
projects
to
our
citizens
and
then
also
we
consider
the
cost
and
the
type
of
project.
C
So
we
try
to
work
on
the
Department
of
Public
Works
to
figure
out.
You
know
is
this:
do
we
have
to
do
all
this
work
at
once,
or
can
we
someway
phase
this
in
so
that
we
can
get
more
accomplished
at
any
given
year
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
hand
this
over
to
Kara
Smith
from
the
Department
of
City
Planning,
so
Kara,
you
would
join
us.
D
Hi
everyone
thanks
Chris
and
thanks
Ross
and
everybody.
My
name
is
Carrie
Smith
principal
environmental
planner
in
the
Department
of
City
Planning,
so
I'm
going
to
talk
just
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
past
projects
funded
by
the
capital
budget
that
City
Planning
does
or
has
done
related
to
parks
and
open
space.
So
I'll
start
with
open
space
PTH,
which
was
a
plan.
It's
a
component
of
our
comprehensive
plan.
The
city's
comprehensive
plan
adopted
into
2013
for
a
number
of
years.
Not
much
planning
was
done
in
the
city.
D
D
So
projects
that
were
recommendations
of
open
space,
PGH,
the
vacant
law,
toolkit
and
policy
guide
was
completed
in
2015
and
from
that
our
ordinance
was
changed
and
the
adopt
a
lot
program
was
established
to
allow
people
to
have
product
abuse
of
vacant.
Land
in
their
neighborhood
allows
them
to
grow
food,
flowers
or
rain
gardens,
and
that
program
is
run
by
Shelly
Danko
day
and
our
sustainability
and
resilience
office,
and
then
the
greenways
2.0
resource
guide
and
policy
guide
were
completed
in
2017.
D
That
was
another
rethinking
of
our
Green
Wave's.
Probably
most
people
are
familiar
with
greenways
they're,
a
little
different
in
Pittsburgh
than
what
other
cities
think
of
as
greenways.
It's
those
areas
like
Hazelwood
Greenway
and
seldom
seen
that
were
generally
steep
on
developable
land,
but
through
this
guide
we
recognize
that
that
land
still
has
a
lot
of
value
for
Natural,
Resources
and
recreation.
D
D
Open
space,
PGH
made
recommendations
to
invest
or
redevelop,
relocate,
expand,
naturalize
or
divest
according
on
all
kinds
of
assessments
and
community
input,
and
some
of
these
parks
for
women
it
recommended
investment
or
redevelopment
or
relocation,
expansion,
sort
of
needed
to
be
rethought,
and
so
we
have
started
to
do
and
have
a
lot
more
work
to
do
with
Park
master
planning.
And
so
what
is
a
park
master
plan?
A
park?
D
Master
plan
is
sort
of
like
a
community
visioning
process
to
assess
a
park's
existing
assets
and
facilities,
and
and
also
what
is
tues
it
has
and
what
opportunities
there
are
and,
as
the
latest
sort
of
coalesce,
the
neighborhood
is
surrounding
potential
users
to
figure
out
what
they
would
like
to
see
in
that
park
and
then
how
to
make
it
happen,
so
actually
Chris.
If
you
could
go
to
the
next
slide.
We
have
a
good
example
here
for
southside
Park
South
Side
park
was
completed
in
2018
and
it
sits
outside
slopes.
Hopefully
you
know
about
it.
D
Thank
you.
So
yeah
we
did
Southside
park
master
plan
and
have
now
shifted
that
work
to
the
DPW
implementation
phase,
the
design
being
led
by
Andrea
Quetzal,
our
amazing
landscape
architect,
and
we
also
did
Sheridan
Park
master
plan
finished
up
last
fall.
We
have
a
number
of
upcoming
Park
master
plans
to
Emerald
View
Park
master
plan
is
one
that
I'm
going
to
be
leading
that
we're
actually
starting
now
and
that's
on
top
of
Mount
Washington.
It's
now
a
regional
park.
So
a
lot
of
rethinking
to
do
there.
D
D
D
We
cat
different
topics
such
as
open
space,
tree
canopy,
landscape,
stormwater
management,
and
so
we
can
kind
of
influence
the
development
of
parks
and
open
space.
That
way
too,
there's
an
example
of
uptown
eco
innovation
district
plan.
Here
that
was
one
of
our
first
ones
and
since
then,
we've
done
Homa
and
Manchester
and
we're
working
on
Oakland
now
so
so
those
are
also
ways
to
influence
influence,
parks
and
open
space,
and
then
the
climate
action
plan
and
one
PGH
resilience
plan.
D
While
they
were
not
funded
by
the
capital
budget,
they
are
representative
of
the
type
of
work
that
we
do
and
we
like
to
continue
doing
to
help
think
about
those
bigger
issues
and
help
guide
parks
and
other
efforts
throughout
the
city
towards
sustainability
and
equity
and
those
kinds
of
bigger
picture
topics.
So
that's
all
I
have
to
say
for
planning.
B
C
To
talk
a
little
bit
now
about
a
brief
smattering
of
projects
to
just
kind
of
highlight,
you
know
some
of
the
changes
we've
done
or
going
to
be
happening
very
recently.
You
know
this
is
we're
gonna
talk
about
five
projects
of
the
you
know,
one
hundred
roughly
140
that
my
staff
has
on
their
plate
right
at
the
moment.
So
it
is
very,
very
small
sample
size,
but
I
think
these
are
kind
of
illustrative
of
what
we
what
we
try
to
do
it,
what
we
try
to
accomplish
so
the
you
know.
C
We
performed
a
lot
of
work
recently
in
the
last
couple.
Last
couple
of
years,
at
the
what's
known
as
the
McGee
rec
center
in
the
Greenfield
healthy,
active
living
center
missus,
then
Mayfield
neighborhood.
You
know
we
initially
develop
the
scope
of
work.
It
was
probably
gonna,
be
took
us
about
three
months
and
we
we
usually
do
those
in-house
I'm
applying
with
our
in-house
staff
and
Public
Works.
C
There
was
a
design
phase,
so
we
did
hire
a
contractor
depending
this
an
engineer,
a
new
air-conditioning,
because
previously
the
building
head
and
melena
got
quite
hot
in
the
summer
time
and
it
has
a
gymnasium
with
seniors
in
it.
So
we
were
to
trying
to
bring
some
comfort
and
then
we
did
some
other
additional
things
as
well.
So
the
whole
construction
here
took
about
18
months.
It's
what
we
would
call
multi-phase
delivery
delivery
is
what
I
spoke
about
before.
So
we
did
put
air
conditioning
in
the
building
to
make
it
more
habitable.
C
We
did
have
improved
aesthetics
in
the
building.
We
also
provide
a
new
playground
and
an
improved
ball
filled
with
new
ball
field
lighting
in
the
park
adjacent
to
the
rec
center
as
well,
and
you
can
see
kind
of
the
transformation
that
we
did
on
the
exterior.
As
part
of
that,
we
put
a
new
face
on
it
dramatically.
C
Change
the
appearance
of
the
facility
from
the
street.
I
also
want
to
point
out
to
that.
We
did
receive
a
department
of
aging
Korean
smoke.
Grant
that
helped
us
facilitate
the
senior
area.
Classroom
is
English
to
the
second
language,
and
so
these
are
type
of
things
that
we
we
think
about
and
who
are
trying
to
accomplish,
and
our
partnerships
with
the
Department
of
Parks
and
Recreation
on.
We
have
an
upcoming
project
idea,
sure
and
healthy
active
living
center.
C
C
And
then
you
know
we
have
made
some
recent
smaller
improvements
in
the
facility,
but
provide
a
little
bit
of
comfort
we've
made
in
a
bathroom
for
the
seniors
to
provide
a
little
bit
more
privacy
and
as
well
as
we've
just
done
some
simple
improvements
to
flooring
to
kind
of
improve
the
experience
shifting
gears
a
little
bit.
This
is
a
rather
large
project,
one
of
our
largest
parks
development
projects.
To
date
this
is
in
Whiteman
Park.
We
developed
this
scope
of
an
house
again
that
took
us
a
couple
months
to
do.
C
We
did
have
a
longer
design
phase
when,
when
you
see
the
development
you'll
understand
why
this
is
currently
under
construction,
and
it's
taking
us
about
15
months
and
it's
about
a
three
and
a
three
point:
seven
four
million
dollar
construction
project.
On
that
we
did
it
as
a
single
phase-
and
you
know,
a
lot
of
the
focus
was
on
here-
was
on
stormwater
management,
providing
a
new
playground.
It
a
cricket
pavilion
as
well,
as
you
know,
accessible
restrooms,
and
you
know:
we've
improved
fields
and
courts.
C
This
was
a
site
of
school
annex
which
we
demolished
as
part
of
the
project,
and
so
this
is
a
really
wonderful
example:
I
think
of
project
transformation
in
a
neighborhood
park.
That's
in
you
know
the
middle
of
middle
of
a
community
and
so
I
think
when,
when
this
is
completed,
we're
very
excited
about
this,
because
we
think
it's
just
a
wonderful
addition:
wonderful
transformation
from
the
neighbor
you
project
and
we
recently
completed
in
2019.
C
B
C
And
a
half
million
dollars,
but
it
included
not
only
the
spray
features
that
you
see
pictured
here,
but
included
that
public
art.
We
have
a
very
wonderful
public
arts
program
here
at
the
city.
That
kind
of
enables
us
to
engage
local
artists
to
design,
and
then
we
we
work
with
them
to
create
that
design.
In
this
case
you
see
this
is
a
mural
on
the
pavement
that
looks
like
like
the
sea.
C
Last,
not
least,
we
recently
completed
a
total.
What
I
would
call
renovation
of
the
Schenley
High
Street
skating
rink
in
Schenley
Park.
This
design
took
us
about
12
months,
but
we
did.
There
was
a
lot
of
engineering
that
had
to
happen
here
to
figure
out
exactly
how
we
were
going
to
deliver
on
this
program.
Construction
itself
took
about
six
months
and
it
cost
over
1.6
million.
But
this
will
these
improvements
allowed
us
to
provide
any
accessibility
directly.
C
So
those
folks
that
may
be
mobility
challenged
now
have
a
direct,
accessible
route
and
way
to
get
onto
the
ice
surface.
We've
improved
the
aesthetics
and
we've
greatly
improved
like
the
rink
services,
the
quality
and
its
performance
I
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
our
proposals
as
well
that
we
were
going
to
put
forth
for
2021
and
one
of
the
things
that
we're
striving
to
improve
in
the
Department
of
Public
Works
is
just
being
responsive
to
new
situations
and
changing
we're
all
experiencing
the
effects
of
code
at
19.
C
So
one
of
the
problem
programs
that
we're
going
to
put
forth
through
the
capital
budget
this
year
is
going
to
be
multi
year,
multi
deliverable
program
that
addresses
public
restrooms
in
all
city
facilities.
So
we
would
do
this
to
be
a
you
know:
:
s
and
sanitation
of
no-touch
and
low-flow
fixtures,
as
well
as
providing
an
emphasis
on
88
accessibility.
A
So
at
this
time
you
the
opportunity
to
ask
questions
of
the
people
you
just
heard
from.
We
have
a
lot
of
great
expertise
in
the
room.
Again
all
comments
and
questions
that
are
in
the
chat
are
going
to
be
recorded
and
sent
to
council
members
in
the
mayor's
office.
I'm
gonna
read
questions
for
the
panel
aloud
and
ask
the
appropriate
panel
member
to
respond.
If
you
are
joining
by
phone,
though
or
prefer
to
ask
your
question
aloud,
please
unmute
yourself.
A
When
we
ask
for
questions
from
callers
and
again,
this
meeting
is
going
to
be
recorded
and
posted
to
the
city
channel
YouTube
at
youtube.com,
backslash,
City,
channel
Pittsburgh,
so
I
just
want
to
start
by
taking
a
minute
or
two
to
see.
If
there
are
any
callers,
you
want
to
unmute
and
ask
a
question.
A
A
Anna
asked:
how
can
we
access
the
recordings
of
the
previous
two
sessions?
Leah
answered
it
in
the
chat,
but
for
those
that
didn't
see,
you
can
check
out
again
that
YouTube
page
for
the
city,
channel,
Pittsburgh
I,
do
recommend
subscribing
to
it
I'm
a
subscriber
as
well
there's
some
other
kind
of
great
videos
that
come
up
city
council
proceedings
are
great
thing
to
watch
on
YouTube,
it's
a
great
way
to
stay
kind
of
plugged
into
what's
happening
in
the
city.
A
You
get
to
hear
a
lot
of
perspectives
from
your
council
member
and
kind
of
how
they
want
to
operate
within
the
city.
It's
also
just
good
TV
to
be
honest
with
you,
sometimes
that
they
give
reality
TV
a
run
for
their
money.
There's
a
question
from
Chris:
what's
the
status
of
the
parks
tax?
When
will
the
cities
start
collecting
it?
My
understanding
of
that
is,
it's
still
they're
still
working
out
the
agreement
that
needs
to
be
in
place
between
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
the
Pittsburgh
Parks
Conservancy.
A
Any
spending
of
that
ten
million
dollars
a
year
from
the
parks
tax
would
have
to
go
through
City
Council
for
approval
similar
to
anything
that's
in
the
capital
budget,
but
they
still
want
to
just
have
that
agreement
in
place
to
understand
kind
of
everybody's
roles
and
responsibilities:
I'm
not
the
most
up-to-date
on
it,
but
I
think
it
kind
of
took
a
backseat
with
all
the
all
the
response
we
needed
to
do
with
Toby
19
Chris
asked
how
can
I
get
more
involved
in
city
parks,
tennis?
This
is
a
great
question
for
Ross
to
answer.
B
Thanks
AVI
sorry,
second
unmute
there
you
can
contact
us
directly.
We
have
a
so
we
operate,
obviously
the
Mellon
tennis
facility,
which
is
also
reopening
at
a
kind
of
a
reduced
occupancy
in
response
to
Cove
it,
of
course,
but
we
are
reopening
it
planned,
reopen
reopening.
Is
this
Monday
on
June
15th?
You
can
stop
in
to
that
location
and
inquire
about
how
to
get
involved.
We
operate
programs
during
normal
summer
summer,
seasons
at
the
courts,
its
gen
lane,
there's
a
pretty
robust
program
out
of
high
park.
B
We
also
work
in
conjunction
with
a
Frick
Park
Tennis
Association,
to
manage
in
operate
programs
at
the
Frick
Park
clay
courts.
So
if
you
want
to
get
involved
from
a
kind
of
a
patron
user
standpoint,
you
can
contact
us
if
you're
interested
in
how
to
how
to
be
involved
in
perhaps
help
deliver
a
clinic
or
something
please
reach
out
to
us
and
all
the
contact
information
is
on
our
website,
so
feel
free
to
do
that.
A
Chris
also
gave
us
some
notes
on
the
status
of
some
of
the
city's
tennis
courts.
Again.
We're
gonna
share
your
your
notes
practice
to
DPW
at
the
end
of
this
meeting,
so
they
have
a
chance
to
investigate
me.
Put
together
a
proposal
if
need
be.
Robert
Cavalier,
hey
Robert
have
beard
the
the
shout
out
earlier.
Robert
Capa
are
asked
to
maintains
the
bike.
Trails
Chris
might
have
a
more
detailed
answer.
A
C
I
think
that's!
That's
generally,
that's
generally,
the
way
it
works,
like
large
scale,
like
a
large
scale
improvement
in
a
park.
We
would
ask
domi
to
kind
of
lead
and
provide
their
expertise
in
that
because
they
are.
You
know
the
mobility
expert,
like
the
regular
recurring
maintenance
of
those
bike
trails
that
Public
Works,
would
perform
that.
Okay.
A
Marc
asked
a
good
question:
Frazier
field
house
in
South,
Auckland,
more
or
less
part
of
the
Dan
Marino
field
could
use
some
serious
work,
perhaps
sustainment
or
transformation.
It
is
essentially
a
concrete
block
shed-
probably
not
a
full-fledged
community
center,
but
expanded
space.
Better
storage,
lot
of
bathrooms
with
running
water.
Multiple
rooms
would
be
great,
not
sure
of
softball
leagues
that
use
the
field
could
get
some
kind
of
storage
other
amenities
not
currently
available
or
possible.
Any
existing
thoughts
plans
advice
for
doing
something
like
that.
A
C
Sure
absolutely
Dave,
you
know
for
that
specific
asset
I
am
familiar
with
that.
We
have
had
discussions
with
some
community
folks
around
providing
a
covered
pavilion
near
the
building
too.
We
understand
that
a
lot
of
youth
hang
out.
That's
a
popular
bus,
stop
location,
so
that's
something
that
we're
certainly
contemplating
you
know.
I
am
aware
of
some
of
the
issues
in
those
buildings,
so
I'm
happy
to
kind
of
talk
a
little
bit
more
to
take
this.
Take
your
thoughts
on
that.
You
know.
C
D
Sure
so,
actually,
because
we
are
working
on
Oakland
neighborhood
plan
now
and
right
now
we're
just
working
with
the
steering
committee,
but
soon
we
will
be
getting
into
the
action
teams.
There's
four
Action
Teams
as
part
of
neighborhood
plans
for
our
neighborhood
plan
guide
recently
adopted
the
infrastructure.
Action
Team
is
the
one
that
deals
with
parks
and
open
space,
as
well
as
other
things
like
stormwater
trees,
even
digital
infrastructure.
Anyway,
we
will
be
having
definitely
a
neighborhood
wide
conversation
about
parks
and
open
space
in
Oakland.
We
know
that.
D
Well,
while
you
have
a
great
asset
in
Schenley
Park,
the
neighborhood
parks
themselves
are
sort
of
lacking
or
there's
not,
there's
not
really
enough
and
may
not
meet
the
community's
needs.
So
I
would
encourage
you
to
get
involved
in
that
infrastructure.
Action
team
and
check
out
the
website
and
follow
that
we
recently
had
some
consultants
do
a
great
assessment
of
all
of
the
the
park
resources
in
Oakland,
so
yeah
we'll
definitely
be
talking
more
about
that
yeah.
A
We
followed
a
similar
model
with
Homewood.
We
are
undertaking
where
the
very
early
stages
right
now
of
a
transformation
project.
The
DPW
is
running
for
really
start
the
field,
Homewood
Park,
and
so
one
of
the
great
things
about
that
was
we
had
just
done.
Our
city
planning
had
just
done
the
neighborhood
planning
for
Homewood
for
Homewood
the
neighborhood,
which
included
back-to-back
kind
of
sub
group
that
Kara's
describing
around
that
recreation
asset.
A
We
were
able
to
get
some
information
already
from
the
public,
so
it
was
really
useful
for
for
Chris's
team
and
developing
the
scope
to
have
that.
Neighborhood
planning
information
available
Stephanie
noted
that
it
would
be
great
to
see
more
coordination
between
PW
I'm,
assuming
Public
Works
PWSA,
Pistor
Water
and
Sewer
Authority
and
PPC
or
Pittsburgh
Parks
Conservancy
on
part
projects
in
Highland
Park.
All
three
have
a
big
presence,
but
they
do
not
always
seem
to
communicate
or
have
coordinated
planning
process.
Chris.
A
Do
you
want
to
talk
about
any
of
the
the
projects
kind
of
happening
right
now,
around
Highland
Park
I
know
we
have
the
rad
project
that
we're
going
to
be
getting
into
design
soon
for
the
super
playground.
I
know
that
the
city
also
coordinated
with
PPC
and
bike
Pittsburgh
on
the
basically
the
no
car
street
policy
that
was
just
announced,
I
believe
today,
not
yesterday,
but
I'm
personally
pretty
excited
about,
but
Chris.
If
there's
anything,
you
wanted
to
add
about
how
the
park.
A
C
C
So
in
the
pilot
in
the
Highland
Park
area,
you
know
just
as
an
example,
the
city
will
have
budgeted
some
other
improvements
to
the
Highland
Park
pedestrian
tunnel,
and
we,
you
know,
reached
out
to
PWSA
for
input
and
guidance
because
of
the
reservoir
and
some
you
know
existing
water
and
drainage
issues
that
we
know
to
exist
in
turn.
Pwsa
has,
you
know,
I,
think
coordinated
with
us
very
well
on.
C
You
know
some
water
and
provement
infrastructure
that
they
need
that
impacts
the
park,
so
we've
helped
to
work
with
them.
To
kind
of
you
know
improve
some
assets.
What
you
should
see
some
proof
some
assets
in
the
area
in
terms
of
walkways
in
terms
of
actually
having
cleaner,
more
efficient
water
delivery
in
that
part
of
the
city.
So
it's
not
always
trumpeted,
or
it
doesn't
necessarily
always
appear
that
way.
But
we
do.
We
do
coordinate
rail,
yeah.
A
Actually,
the
current
budget
director
I
think
it's
trans
title
of
PWSA
used
to
hold
this
position.
Actually
the
office
of
management
budget.
So
at
least
we
have
we
have.
We
definitely
have
somebody
over
there.
He
knows
how
to
do
the
city
side
of
things
too.
Ross
just
had
a
question
on
when
spray
parks
will
be
open.
B
So,
in
addition
to
some
field
permitting
that
will
go
on
and
some
kind
of
open
space
program
activation
that
will
soon
start
the
fifteenth
or
soon
thereafter,
Chris's
team
has
been
working
pretty
hard
to
get
the
spray
parks
and
spray
features
a
there's,
a
little
distinction
between
them.
That
I
could
point
to
the
pulse
and
slide
post
and
spray
park
slide.
That
Chris
showed
earlier,
which
showed
that
kind
of
colorful
spray
pad
and
all
of
those
free
features
that's
kind
of
what
we
typically
refer
to
as
more
of
a
spray
park.
B
You
usually
will
have
an
attendant
person
kind
of
in
and
out
of
that,
space,
more
or
less
to
make
sure
things
are,
moving,
are
working
pretty
well
and
the
public
is
engaged
in
the
way
that
they
I
guess
should
be
in
it.
In
that
space
they
can
get
pretty
busy,
but
Chris's
team
has
been
working
really
hard
this
past
week
and
a
half
to
prepare
these
facilities
for
a
start
on
the
15
or
15.
So
that's
a
that's.
The
plan.
Excuse
me.
C
A
Kathryn
noted
several
Polish
Hill
residents
and
I
have
started
a
community
garden
at
West,
Penn
Park
and
polish
Hill
you're
working
with
Deb
gross
to
build
up
our
garden
and
grow
food
to
address
food
insecurity
due
to
the
pandemic
and
systemic
inequality.
I'm
wondering
if
you
were,
if
you
all,
are
planning
to
invest
dpw
dollars
in
the
city
farms
program.
If
so,
how
do
you
plan
on
doing
this
and
when
this
will
help
us
better
our
public
park
and
allow
us
and
other
city
residents
to
provide
free
access
to
the
nutritional
food
for
Pittsburghers
Chris?
A
If
you
just
want
to
talk
about
kind
of
the
some
of
the
initiatives
we
have
going
on
in
the
parks
now
of
how
we're
growing
things
and
then,
if
you
have
any
ideas
about
the
community
gardens
I
know
in
the
open
space
plan
that
Kara
was
referencing
earlier
from
2013
that
we
use
all
the
time
gardening
scored
really
high.
As
a
recreational
activity,
a
lot
of
people
really
enjoy
gardening,
myself
included.
Yes,.
C
Absolutely
so
the
gardening
program
itself
is
run
out
of
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
that's
actually
administered
by
assistant
director,
Marcel
Newman
and
to
her
staff.
But
what
I
can
what
I
can
share
with?
You
would
be
to
reach
out
to
her
directly.
We
do
lots
of
little
mini
improvements.
We
would
love
to
help.
In
this
case.
You
know
we
were
very
proud,
our
community
gardening
program,
whether
it
be
in
a
park
or
whether
it
being
some
of
our
vacant,
lots
that
we
kind
of
help
administer.
C
A
A
A
Who
can
I
talk
to
my
first
recommendation
would
be
to
reach
out
to
PWSA
to
see
kind
of
what
their
policy
is
on
accessing
those
things
we've
been
involved
in
a
few
community
garden
kind
of
water
turn
ons,
but
usually
the
city
is
the
owner
of
the
land.
If
that's
the
case
here,
you
can
just
kind
of
let
us
know,
through
an
email
or
and
in
the
chat
or
you
can
fill
out
a
survey,
a
couple
of
budget
survey
for
twenty
twenty
one.
A
Don't
plug
that
again
and
let
us
know
what
your
specific
site
is
and
we
can
do
some
more
research
and
figure
out
if
there's
an
opportunity
for
the
city
to
pitch
in
on
that,
there
was
a
question
from
Andrea.
How
can
we
justify
the
expenditure
of
a
new
police
facility
Chris?
Do
you
want
to
talk
about
the
existing
lease
that
were
in
for
police
headquarters
and
some
of
the
program
considerations
as
well?
Absolutely.
C
Dave,
so
you
know,
everybody
should
be
aware
that
you
know
our
current
police
headquarters
and
our
current
Police
Training
Academy
are
located,
are
actually
owned
by
private
entity
and
we,
you
know,
have
a
lease
for
them
that
runs
roughly
1.5
million
dollars
annually
for
those
facilities
and
that
relates
to
police
headquarters.
So,
in
terms
of
a
consideration,
we
always
feel
like
you
know,
the
Department
of
Public
Works.
This
perspective
is
if
we
are
to
have
a
police
force
that
ought
to
have
a
headquarters
and
then
the
City
on
to
own
that
facility.
C
So
it
is
kind
of
our
preference
to
have
ownership
complete
ownership
of
control,
for
we
feel
like
that
is
you
know
the
best
most
appropriate
way
to
deliver
that
type
of
function
to
the
community.
I
think
there
are
also
some
other
police
capital
projects
that
are
also
beneficial
and
help
to
be
justified.
C
I'm
linked
to
a
previously
funded
capital
project,
to
relocate
a
zone
font
off
of
Washington
Boulevard
and
into
fire
station
eight,
which
is
in
each
delivery,
and
that
is
actually
the
large
building
in
East
Liberty
was
actually
the
former
location
of
the
police
stone.
That
was
moved
many
years
ago,
and
this
would
actually
allow
us
to
get
the
to
address
a
couple
things
currently:
the
police
zone.
Five
building
it
exists
in
washing
bowl
of
artists
in
I'm,
really
poor
shape.
You
know
the
heating
and
air
conditioning
struggles
to
work.
C
C
This
renovation
project
would
vacate
that
property
and
the
plan
of
which
is
to
you,
know,
demolish
that
building
into
and
to
use
that
site
as
to
mitigate
stormwater
as
it's
related
to
the
flood
zone.
The
other
piece
of
it
is
in
the
existing
fire
station
8,
which
is
located
in
East
Liberty,
which
is
where
police
five
is
planned
to
relocate.
C
We
feel
like
that's
a
justifiable
program
just
based
on
the
history
of
Washington,
Boulevard
and
the
flooding.
That's
occurred
there
as
well,
as
you
know,
demonstrating
that
the
city
can
develop
and
have
low
energy,
low
intensity
buildings
that
last
a
lifetime
and
are
healthier
for
all
of
our
occupants
and
the
public
as
a
whole.
A
We
had
a
question
I'm
sorry
getting
lost
here
there
we
go
Stephanie
asks
well.
We
have
a
chance
to
testify
tonight
tonight's,
a
great
opportunity,
if
you
have
any
questions
for
the
four
people
on
the
screen
from
city
parks,
DPW
or
city
plane,
that
you
want
to
pose
to
about
anything
in
the
capital
budget.
You're
welcome
to
type
it
out
here.
If
you
want
to
ask
it
yourself,
I'm
going
to
open
things
back
up
to
anybody
on
the
phone
or
anybody
who
wants
to
ask
their
own
question
in
just
a
little
bit.
A
If
you
have
just
a
general
comment
or
something
that
you
want,
anybody
in
city
government
to
really
know
feel
free
to
type
that
in
even
if
it
doesn't
feel
related
to
capital
budgets,
I
will
make
sure
that
it
gets
to
the
right
parties
we've
had
years
in
the
past,
where
people
came
out,
we
had
because
some
of
a
17-day
Ogier
was
there
was
one
year
we
were
having
a
capital
budget
meeting.
While
there
are
a
lot
of
news
stories
about
the
city's
amazon
proposal,
I
treated,
those
responses
like
I,
would
treat
a
capital
budget
response.
A
A
You
another
comment
from
Andrea
Thank
You
Stephanie
asked
when
the
new
Public
Safety
Center
goes
online.
Will
the
existing
shooting
range
be
closed?
Shooting
can
regularly
be
heard
in
Highland
Park
the
park
and
the
neighborhood,
which
neighbors
find
quite
disturbing.
We've
been
told
that
the
range
would
be
closed
when
the
new
center
is
open.
Chris.
Do
you
want
to
talk
about
kind
of
scope,
development
in
that
sense.
C
Yeah
I
can
and
I
want
to
be
clear
that
for
the
public
safety
training
center
that
you
know
this,
the
scope
is
far
from
set
in
stone.
This
is
certainly
you
know,
a
topic
that
the
public
Department
of
Public
Safety
has
raised.
As
you
know,
if
it's
an
opportunity
that
we
can
provide,
we
should
try
to
do
that.
C
We
are,
we
do
have
a
project,
that's
going
to
address
stormwater
as
part
of
work
on
the
firing
range.
This
is
a
cap.
This
is
a
a
capital
project
that
was
approved
in
2019,
and
part
of
that
project
is
to
do
some
noise
mitigation.
What
we,
what
we
I,
don't
know
that
particular
details
of
that
noise
mitigation.
Yet
it
certainly
is
not
going
to
be
like
a
noise
reduction.
I
don't
want
to
give
that
impression,
but
hopefully
it
does
help
to
kind
of
mitigate
some
of
that.
A
A
Good
questions,
so
this
is
not
the
end-all
be-all.
You,
like
Chris,
said
you
have
a
bunch
of
other
opportunities
to
chime
in
on
specific
capital
projects
or
the
capital
capital
budget
as
a
whole.
Tonight
we're
asking
if
you
can
go
in
and
complete
the
twenty
twenty
one
capital
budget
survey.
It
provides
a
lot
of
really
important
information
for
the
city
to
react
to
and
plan
with.
A
So
this
is
an
example
of
last
year's
forum
when
we
were
using
paper
forms,
I
went
in
and
reviewed
each
of
the
responses
that
we
got,
I
tagged
them
with
Geographic
tags,
with
department
tags
with
project
type
tags
and
then
I
created
a
a
user
guide
of
sorts
that
would
list
all
of
the
individual
tags
and
the
page
numbers.
So
if
you
were
Ross-
and
you
wanted
to
see
all
the
notes
on
wreckin
senior
senators,
you'd
have
the
opportunity
to
look
at
you
know,
pages
7
and
14
and
26
in
some
cases.
A
We
actually
think
this
is
a
great
example.
There's
there's
a
really
good
harmony
between
the
comments
that
we're
getting
in
the
in
the
capital
budget
surveys
and
also
what
ends
up
in
the
capital
budget.
Again,
we
score
against
a
category
called
demonstrated
public
support,
so
having
notes
positive
or
negative
on
specific
capital
projects
from
things
like
the
capital
budget
survey
factors
into
the
ways
in
which
the
capital
program
facilitation
committee
scores
projects.
A
This
year
we
went
digital,
it's
a
Google
Form.
It's
pretty
sure
it
should
take
you
about
five
minutes
or
less
just
a
basic
piece
of
demographic
information
with
your
neighborhood.
You
have
the
opportunity
to
tell
us
that
hey
this
tennis
court
needs
to
be
addressed.
It's
got
some
cracks.
You
also
have
the
opportunity
to
review
each
of
the
mayor's
ten
capital
budget
priorities
in
full.
You
can
get
the
full
text
on
the
survey.
You
can
rank
them.
You
can.
Let
us
know
how
you
feel
if
they're
important
or
not
important
to
you.
A
We
also
just
wanted
to
take
a
look
at
last
year's
survey
results
there
on
the
right
hand,
side
this
pie,
graph,
they're
kind
of
grouped
by
the
six
categories
that
we
have
in
the
capital
budget
itself.
These
are
just
kind
of
the
big
buckets
that
we
put
projects
into.
This
is
the
survey
responses
in
terms
of
the
specific
projects
that
people
wanted
to
see
happening
and,
on
the
left
hand,
side
is
the
actual
spending
and
the
2020
budget.
They
don't.
They
don't
align
perfectly.
A
Unfortunately,
not
a
lot
of
people
care
much
about
vehicles
and
equipment
which
is
understandable.
It's
not
the
most
fun
thing
to
advocate
for
but
I
think
there's,
there's
pretty
decent
alignment
in
terms
of
how
the
public
wants
the
budget
to
go
and
how
we're
trying
to
put
it
together
again.
This
is
not
your
last
opportunity
for
public
input,
so
I
wanted
to
highlight
really
three
of
these
tools
that
I
think
are
pretty
useful.
Of
course,
you
can
always
chat
with
3-1-1.
A
If
you
have
a
specific
concern
about
a
specific
asset,
you
can
check
out
more
documents
on
the
city
council
budget
office.
Page
you
can
email
our
team
at
CIP,
Pittsburgh,
PA
gov.
Also,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
your
council
office.
There
are
some
amazing
advocates
for
you
out
there
that
are
working
behind
the
scenes,
giving
us
a
lot
of
grief
to
get
our
jobs
done,
which
is
the
way
it's
supposed
to
work.
So
please
lean
on
your
council
office.
A
That's
what
they're
there
for
and
then
we're
gonna
go
through
three
tools
online
right
now,
so
one
it's
gonna
be
bird's
eye
view,
which
is
a
really
cool
data,
layer
or
series
of
data
layers
refresh
for
me
with
a
bunch
of
citywide
reported
data
right.
So
there's
three
one
one
request:
there's
police
information:
if
you
scroll
down
a
little
bit
further
they're
in
this
really
light
purple
lavender
will
say:
there's
a
capital
but
capital
projects.
Layer
with
this,
you
can
drill
down
to
your
neighborhood.
A
A
If
you
wanted
to
go,
look
up
the
budget
and
then
also
the
status
of
it,
and
so
you
may
end
up
seeing
projects
that
were
in
the
budget
that
you're
driving
by
it
every
day,
you're
not
seeing
any
changes,
and
you
feel
like
racketing
anything
done
as
Chris
and
Karen
noted
we
to
be
doing
a
lot
of
work
behind
the
scenes
on
planning
and
design.
So
even
if
you
don't
see
shovels
on
the
ground
quite
yet,
sometimes
that's
one
of
the
shorter
phases
of
the
project.
A
A
So
things
like
salaries
and
benefits,
but
also
there's
capital
projects
down
towards
the
bottom
as
well.
So
you
can
see
some
of
those
down
here.
Bridge
repairs
things
like
that
at
the
bottom
of
the
tax
receipt.
There's
two
budget
simulations,
we're
gonna
go
to
capital,
and
this
is
where
you
can
you
can
you
can
try
doing
our
job?
It's
a
lot
of
fun.
You
have
the
opportunity
to
change
how
projects
are
funded.
So
if
you
really
want
to
increase
spending
for
affordable
housing,
that's
really
important
to
you.
A
You,
the
opportunity
to
do
that,
keep
in
mind.
You
have
to
balance
your
budget,
though
it
literally
will
not
let
you
submit
until
you're
back
to
zero
or
you
have
a
positive
operating
result
as
we
call
it
in
government.
There
are
also
some
some
scenarios
that
come
up
from
time
to
time
or
some
specific
projects
that
we
wanted
to
shed
some
light
on.
So
people
have
a
better
sense
of
what
happens
when
we're
making
these
decisions
right.
A
So
in
this
opportunity
there's
pools
spray
parks,
we
said
what
would
it
take
to
build
a
new
spray
park
that
would
effectively
add
a
million
dollars,
that's
roughly
the
cost
of
a
new
spray
park,
and
then
you
have
to
kind
of
deal
with
that
on
the
revenue
side
or
decrease
the
budget
for
another
project
to
make
sure
that
you
stay
balanced.
Each
one
of
these
also
allows
the
opportunity
to
comment
so
if
you
say,
I
want
to
lose
their
part
in
caring.
A
When
you
submit
your
overall
budget,
we
get
both
sets
of
data.
We
get
all
of
the
numerical
changes
that
you've
made
to
the
budget
itself,
so
we
have
a
sense
of
kind
of
what
you
want
to
see
moved
up
and
down.
Let
me
also
get
any
of
your
comments,
so
when
this
is
submitted,
we
get
comments
that
way
as
well.
A
That's
pretty
much
the
extent
of
what
we
had
for
tonight,
so
I
wanted
to
again
think
our
interpreters,
Logan
and
Megan.
Thank
you
so
much
also
to
Bill
and
joy
for
making
this
happen,
for
us
keep
an
eye
out
on
on
YouTube,
for
when
this
this
video
will
be
uploaded,
give
them
a
few
days
they're
in
very
high
demand
right
now.
They
have
a
very
important
skill
set
working,
digitally
right
now,
so
they've
got
a
lot
to
do,
but
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
to
everybody
that
attended
everybody.