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Description
On this episode of CityTalk, John interviews Lisa Ceoffe from the Department of Public Works, Eric Schiller from the Department of Parks & Recreation, and Eric Setzler from the Department of Mobility & Infrastructure.
A
Welcome
to
this
edition
of
City
talk
where
we
try
to
find
out
what
city
workers
do
we
have
a
diverse,
interesting
group
of
humans,
thousands
of
them
but
few,
if
any,
more
interesting
that
what
Lisa
Chiaki
does
she
is
the
city,
forester
and
Lisa.
Welcome
to
the
program.
Thank
you.
So
that
makes
you
queen
of
the
forest
yeah.
B
A
B
C
B
Work
hand
in
glove
with
mostly
our
streets
division,
especially
it's
responding
the
storms.
You
know
when
there
was
first
responders
for
us
because
they
usually
have
crews
that
are
out.
You
know
24/7,
although
we
are
on
call,
you
know
24
hours
a
day,
but
you
know
we
work
to
close
down
streets
or
they
offer
support
with
barricades
or
signage
or
flaggers
those
kinds
of
things.
So.
A
B
Oh
sure,
I
wish
I
had
more
weekends
free,
but
it
does
get
a
little
intimidating
when
you're
out
and
about
trying
to
enjoy
a
nice
day
and
the
wind
kicks
up
a
little
or
you
see
a
storm
rolling
in
so
you
have
to
always.
You
know
wonder
if
there's
anything
in
store
for
forestry
for
the
rest
of
that
time.
How.
B
I'm,
a
certified,
arborist
and
I
have
a
degree
in
ornamental
horticulture
from
South
Florida,
but
I
actually
came
back
here.
I'm
born
and
raised
pittsburg,
so
I've
always
had
an
interest
in
trees
and
it
was
just
I
guess.
Timing
was
right.
So
when
I
came
back
to
the
city,
they
were
looking
to
bring
on
a
forester.
So
the
rest
is
history
to
all.
Cities
have
foresters
or.
B
B
Of
course,
you
know
we
have
a
street
tree
inventory
that
drives
our
management
plan
and
it
would
be
great
to
be
in
a
position,
especially
when
we
get
constituents
to
call
up
and
want
to
have
you
know
a
tree
prune
or
removed
to
be
able
to
say
we'll
be
out
there
tomorrow
you
know,
or
sooner
than
you
know,
we
can
get
there,
but
I
think
just
being
able
to
respond
sooner.
You
know
to
residents
request
things
like
that
and
to
plant
more
trees.
You
know
we're
pretty
much
in
the
business
of
you
know.
Putting
out.
B
Fires
are
always
said
to
the
mayor
once
that
maybe
I
work
for
the
fire
department,
because
you
know
we
basically
are
on
you
know,
call
all
the
time
and
dealing
with
you
know
whatever
instance
comes
up
for
the
day
and
we
try
to
keep
a
schedule
to
manage
our
street
tree
inventory,
for
you
know
regular
pruning
and
maintenance
and
those
kinds
of
things,
but
we
get.
We
get
distracted
a
lot,
especially
like
this
past
week,
when
there
was
a
microburst.
You
know
so.
B
A
B
We
work
closely
with
some
of
our
tree
partners,
which
is
tree
Pittsburgh
and
revitalized
program
through
the
western
Pennsylvania
Conservancy,
and
that's
pretty
much
how
trees
are
being
planted
on
our
city
streets,
for
instance.
If
we
remove
a
tree,
then
we
always
leave
a
true
request
form
and
we
do
have
funding
for
some
tree
replacement
through
the
our
operations
budget
and
through
the
shade
tree
Commission.
But
our
goal
is
to
get
the
neighbors
invested
in
the
street
tree
canopy,
so
it's
always
best
to
have
neighbors
help
with
planting.
B
D
B
A
B
Technically,
you
are
responsible
for
your
private
property
and
we
would
hope
that
you
would,
you
know,
keep
the
sidewalk
clear
and
maintain
it
so
that
folks
could
walk
under
it.
You
know
safely,
pedestrians
could,
you
know
come
by
or
the
UPS
truck
or
the
mill
truck
doesn't
hit
it,
but
anything
that
overhangs
the
right
away.
Technically
forestry
has
is
responsible,
we
could
come
in
there
and
that's
our
jurisdiction
and
and
take
care
of
those
issues,
and
we
do
lots.
A
B
Love
my
job
if
I
had
a
magic
wand,
you
know
this
would
be
what
you
know.
I
would
want
to
do,
and
it's
so
rewarding.
You
can
see
the
fruits
of
your.
You
know
labor
pretty
much
and
it's
very
exciting
when
you
see
trees
that
were
planted
many
years
ago,
almost
a
decade
now
for
the
tree,
vitalized
program
to
ride
down
a
street
that
really
didn't
have
trees
and
now
there's
a
canopy
going
and
it's
established
and
the
trees
are
being
well
maintained.
It's
great.
B
A
B
D
Day
we
get
to
at
least
try
to
change
the
lives
of
people.
I
love
my
job
with
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
because
of
the
great
benefits
and
the
excellent
advancement
opportunities.
What
I
do
is
I
make
sure
that
every
child
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
has
access
to
high
quality
early
learning
experiences,
I
get.
C
A
F
F
Correct
you're
correct
in
that
it
does
have
that
old
terminology.
What
they're
more
geared
toward
now
is
what
they
call
healthy,
active
living,
centers,
Fortier
programming,
so
they're
trying
to
base
it
on
components
that
will
allow
our
seniors
to
be
more
integrated
in
their
society
and
community
and
be
more
independent
living.
So
they
achieved
that
through
four
categories
Fitness,
which
obviously
is
healthy
activity
that
promotes
cardiovascular
response.
Then
there
is
life
skills
in
education
which
allows
them
to
gain
a
skill
or
teach
a
skill
in
that
matter,
or
be
educated
on
a
subject
matter.
F
F
Or
a
ballgame,
they
will
come
down
to
the
cultural
district
and
participate
in
plays
presentations,
documentaries
at
the
August
Wilson
Center,
you
name
it
and
it
gives
them
a
chance
to
socialize
and
the
last
one.
This
one
should
become
a
health
and
wellness,
and
we
all
know
that
we
want
them
to
live
longer
and
have
a
more
enjoyable
second
phase
of
life,
so
to
speak.
Do.
A
F
F
That
makes
them
admit
that
they
are
over
six
years
of
age,
okay,
and
that
could
be
difficult
for
some
people
that
have
worked
their
whole
life
and
didn't
really
realize
it
snuck
up
on
him.
Another
reason
is
that
the
sign
is
fairly
compact,
so
you
would
have
to
almost
be
perpendicular
to
the
building
to
see
it.
You
know
maybe.
F
Thing:
let's
not
kid
architour
the
city
pittsburgh
is
fairly
old
and
of
our
200
plus
buildings.
Some
of
them
don't
have
the
lure
of
a
new
center.
If
you
notice
the
people
in
beach,
few
people
in
my
sorry
Morningside,
have
a
nice
brand
new
for
COD
to
them,
so
that
can
promote
more
interest
that
way.
Yeah.
A
F
A
F
F
So
that's
a
nice
asset,
but
things
you
cannot
teach
our
time
management,
skills,
interactive
skills,
communication
skills,
because
you
have
to
interact
with
several
different
socio-economic
groups
and
that's
something
that
you
could
learn
as
you
progress
through
this
positions
for
city
parks
and
some
it's
just
more
than
an
adaptation.
One.
F
Correct
we
have
some
seniors
that
sign
up.
They
can't
wait
to
sign
up
till
they're,
60
and
they've
been
with
us
for
20-some
years.
Some
seniors,
however,
a
little
bit
more
resistant,
and
maybe
they
come
on
a
little
bit
later
in
life
when
they've
had
a
change
of
life
incident.
As
you
know,
when
you
lose
your
partner,
sometimes
you
don't
have
as
many
places
to
go,
your
family
might
move
away,
so
it
gives
them
a
another
resource
to
access,
but.
F
F
F
Very
rewarding
you
know,
there's
a
lot
of
facets.
You
know.
Sometimes
you
find
reward
in
a
small,
simple
incident
that
you
provide
someone
a
service
or
you
just
help
them
through
a
day
that
they
weren't
really
doing
that
well
or
you
educated,
and
want
something
they
can
prove
on
and
that's
always
easier.
A
good
positive
see.
F
F
Yes,
yes,
there
are
good
days
bad
days.
You
know.
You're
gonna
have
days
where
people
are
not
happy
with
you.
That
happens
a
lot.
You
know
there's
a
lot
of
expected
outcomes
in
these
facilities.
There's
a
lot
of
time,
dependent
components,
there's
a
lot
of
regulation.
You
know,
as
you
know,
in
a
local
government
building
so
meeting
those
challenges
can't
be
difficult
at
times
and.
A
E
I
am
Anuj,
am
the
executive
director
of
the
gender
equity
Commission.
Our
mission
is
to
achieve
equity
for
women
and
girls
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
Our
vision
is
a
future
in
which
everyone
in
the
city
of
Pittsburgh,
regardless
of
gender
identity
or
expression,
is
safe
in
all
spaces,
empowered
to
achieve
their
full
potential
and
no
longer
faces
structural
for
institutional
barriers
to
economic,
social
and
political
equality.
E
A
Welcome
back
to
city
talk,
say
hello
to
the
chief
engineer
from
the
Pittsburgh
City
Department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure.
Eric
Staedtler
is
here
Eric
welcome
to
the
program.
Well,
thanks
for
having
me
so
chief
well,
first
of
all
tell
us
what
the
Department
of
mobility
and
infrastructure
are
also
known
for
its
acronym
domi
or
what.
G
It
does
yeah
so
so
domi
is
basically
we're
responsible
for
the
public
right-of-way.
That
would
be,
you
know,
built
building,
rebuilding
things
such
as
streets,
bridges,
retaining
walls,
city
steps,
a
lot
of
those
things.
We're
also
involved
in
planning
efforts
with
respect
to
the
right-of-way
like
what
what
is
the
future
of
transportation
going
to
look
like?
Currently,
we
have
streets
and
sidewalks.
Is
that
the
way
it's
always
gonna
be?
G
Who
knows
you
know
you're,
seeing
self-driving
cars
you're,
seeing
those
little
Scooby
scooters
around
there's
all
kinds
of
different
things
happening
these
days
and
then
also
permitting
with
regards
to
the
right
away.
So
if
you
need
a
permit
to
close
a
lane
or
get
a
curb
cut
for
a
driveway,
those
things
come
through
our
office
as
well.
I
know
one.
A
G
That's
one
of
our
studies
that
we're
doing
right
now
and
it's
not
the
only
place
that
has
need,
but
you
know
the
Strip
District
one.
It's
very
busy
has
a
vibrant
commercial
district,
it's
becoming
very
popular
for
development,
be
that
you
know
commercial,
residential.
A
lot
of
people
moving
in
a
lot
of
redevelopment
happening,
there's
also
a
demand
to
get
through
the
strip
to
get
to
other
neighborhoods
in
the
East
End
and
it's
very
narrow.
It's
a
strip.
There's.
G
G
A
G
G
G
G
We've
got
a
wide
variety
projects
that
we're
involved
in
right
now
that
our
department
isn't
and
me
personally,
as
well
from
from
small
things.
As
far
as
you
know,
needing
upgrades
of
handicapped
ramps
and
various
sidewalks,
you
know
we
get
three
one
one
requests
and
things
like
that.
We
try
to
evaluate
and
take
action
when
we
can.
You
know
that's
on
the
smaller
end,
you
know
the
paving
program,
obviously
streets
getting
paved.
G
That's
on
everybody's
high
on
their
priority
list
up
to
some
of
our
larger
projects,
probably
one
of
the
biggest
ones
that
we
have
right
now.
We
are
starting
engineering
design
for
rehabbing
or
replacing
the
Charles
Anderson
bridge,
which
carries
Boulevard
a
allies
into
Shanley
Park
mm-hmm.
So
that's
that's
a
very
large
structure.
We.
G
That's
correct
so,
especially
considering
that
it's
a
historic
and
it
goes
over
a
park,
we'll
look
at
a
wide
variety
of
things.
First,
we
need
to
determine
what
the
purpose
in
need
is.
As
far
as
you
know.
Obviously,
we
need
to
move
people,
you
know
on
the
road,
but
what
kind
of
travel
lanes
we
need
be
that
for
buses
for
cars,
for
bikes,
for
pedestrians
and
what
does
that
need
to
look
like
and
then
once
we
figure
that
out,
we
can
look
at.
G
Than
sure
it
matters
so
sidewalks
are
they're
interesting.
You
know
a
lot
of
sidewalks,
both
bicode
sidewalks
are
the
responsibility
of
the
adjacent
property
owner.
Of
course
there
are
many
places
where
the
city,
the
adjacent
property
owner-
but
you
know
sidewalks,
are-
are
kind
of
off
to
the
side
sometimes,
but
you.
G
A
G
Relatively
recent
I
mean
just
you
know
my
my
observation
and
anecdotally
I.
Don't
personally
have
data
on
it,
but
I
mean
I
think
over
the
last
10
years
that
the
number
of
people
commuting
by
bike
seems
to
have
grown
greatly,
really
and
I.
Think
it's
it's
both
the
impetus
for
more
emphasis
on
bike
lanes
and
the
bike
lanes
then
help
in
turn
to
grow,
to
grow
the
people
using
that
mode,
because
if
they
feel
comfortable,
you
know
riding
riding
in
live
traffic.