1. Community Meeting - Agenda
Review of Community Process & ground rules
Presentation from the project team
Facilitated Q&A + feedback
Closed door discussion

2. The Lawrenceville Community Process

3. About Us
Mission: Improve and protect quality of life for all Lawrenceville residents
Membership of over 500 residents
Board of Directors comprised of residents: elected by membership
Programs: Public Safety, PEP Rally, AdvantAGE, Farmers Market, Cleaning and Greening, Community Events, advocacy, and more.

4. About Us
Mission: Serve as the catalyst and conduit for responsible growth and reinvestment in the Lawrenceville community.
Membership of businesses
Board of Directors comprised of residents, businesses, institutions
Focus areas: 21st Century Business District, Market Maturity, EcoDistrict Communities, Riverfront

5. The Lawrenceville Community Process
Background
Adopted in 2011
Moved decision-making from Planning Team to more transparent and inclusive process
Over 100 development projects and 50 liquor licenses have gone through the process
Jointly facilitated by LU and LC

6. Goals Community knows what’s being proposed in Lawrenceville
Community can provide direct feedback to organizations and is equipped to participate in public processes themselves
Relationships built between businesses/owners and neighbors
Get out front of potential issues
Ensure compliance with community plans and priorities
Build consensus around position

7. What Projects We Try to Take
Going through an existing public process:
Zoning Board of Adjustments
Planning Commission
URA
PA Liquor Control Board
City Council
Air quality permits through ACHD
*Exception: applications for medical marijuana dispensary/grow facility

8. What Projects We Try to Take
4 residential units or more
Use: variances (and some special exceptions)
New structures, expansions, or rehabs: 2,400 square feet or more
Zoning change
Liquor license application or transfer
OR…
Has potential community-wide impact

9. Owner or project team reaches out
How Projects Come To Us
Owner or project team reaches out
City Planning connects
LU / LC discovers by monitoring ZBA, Planning Commission, URA, PLCB Hot List, etc.

10. Clarifying LU and LC’s Role
We are NOT affiliated with the project
We have NO authority to intervene in private transactions of property. The community process only kicks in when there is a public process of some kind (typically a variance from the zoning code or a liquor license application)

11. Introductory Meeting Info Gathering Community Meeting Outcomes
Meeting between LU, LC and developer or business owner to share plans.
Info Gathering
LU and LC gather and verify information, work to understand approvals necessary, and measure plan against current community plans and priorities.
Community Meeting
An open and public community meeting is held to give the owner or developer a chance to present vision and plans to the community.
Community asks questions, identifies any concerns, gives input to LU and LC.
Outcomes
LU and LC attempt to work on any concerns, take position(s) on the project

12. Getting the Word Out Flyer within 500 feet LU website LU e-newsletter
LU Facebook, Nextdoor Lawrenceville

13. Community Meeting - Agenda
Review of Community Process & ground rules
Presentation from the project team
Facilitated Q&A + feedback
Closed door discussion

14. Ground Rules
Please hold all questions for the end of the presentation. We will go back to a slide if there is a specific question or comment, so please jot own notes that you may want to revisit when we open it for Q&A.
Once opened for Questions and Comments, please raise your hand and only proceed with your question or comment once you have been acknowledged by the facilitator. Please also identify yourself by name, and also your relationship or interest in the issue.
Please be respectful of all speakers, including those asking questions and making comments.
Questions/ comments will be limited to 2 minutes each. A clarification question or comment will be permitted.
If time permits, we will call on individuals who would like to ask or make a second or additional question or comment.
Please also use index cards available if you’d like to submit a comment or question but are not able to in the meeting. We will compile as part of notes from the meeting.
If the ground rules are violated or ignored, we will ask the individual to leave the meeting, and if it continues, we will end the meeting.

15. Background October 2015: “Development 101” community meeting
January 15, 2016: Planning priorities for the 40th/Butler corridor
January 25, 2016: Milhaus presents plans for Arsenal Terminal site & Phase 1
February 8, 2016: Facilitated discussion on Arsenal Terminal development (without Milhaus)
Documented areas of support and concern, launched survey
February 25, 2016: Second community meeting with Milhaus
Shared Community Priorities received through process to date
Presented Milhaus plans again
March 3, 2016: Zoning Board of Adjustment hearing
Commitments made by Milhaus with community
May 12, 2016: Zoning Board of Adjustment approves with conditions
July 31, 2017: Milhaus at 6th Ward Block Watch re: construction

16. Your Priorities (to date)
Affordability - Ensuring that people who live in Lawrenceville can afford to stay living and/ or operating in Lawrenceville, and that the community stays a diverse community – diverse in terms of income, ethnicity, age, gender, etc.
Mobility Issues - Ensuring that Lawrenceville is safe for pedestrians, cyclists, and improving the traffic and road infrastructure to address already overburdened streets.
Parking – We need parking. Both the residential streets and business corridors are over-parked.
Infrastructure Improvements - Failing roads, sewers, water lines, need to be improved.
Historic Preservation - We don’t want to lose the history or authenticity of this place.
Environmental Health and Stormwater Management - We need cleaner air, clean water, and need to become more energy efficient. We need to create and protect greenspace and open space.
Public Safety – As the community develops, safety needs to remain a top priority.
Education and Opportunities- There needs to be a focused effort on connecting residents with new opportunities within local schools, and with new businesses and industry moving into the community.
Construction Impact- Development is occurring in a community – where people live, work, and play. It is not an isolated construction zone. Construction standards need to be set and acknowledged.
Responsible Hospitality-Balancing the neighborhood quality of life with business district vibrancy.
Business Authenticity-Ensuring that Lawrenceville keeps, supports, and grows it’s small-scale independent retail and services.

17. Commitments made to community
Public Spaces
Public “pedestrian way” running from center of site on Butler to northerly end of property, open at all hours
Creating a public green space/park at the northerly end of the property of approximately one acre in size at end point of “pedestrian way”
Streetscape improvements consistent with the Lawrenceville neighborhood
Sponsoring and installing an upgraded public transit shelter along the Butler Street edge of the site

18. Commitments made to community
Historic Preservation
Preserving and adaptively re-using the “Officers’ Quarters”
Preserving the “stone wall” around the perimeter (with exception of extension of Foster Street and associated sidewalks)
Landscape Design
Will be substantially consistent with the ReLeaf Lawrenceville Plan and the Pittsburgh Urban Forest Master Plan

19. Commitments made to community
Streets and Connectivity
Extending Foster Street from 39th Street to the pedestrian way during Phase 1 of the project, and during subsequent phases up to but not farther than the 40th Street boundary of the site, with the extension to be designed and built at Milhaus’ cost to City of Pittsburgh specifications; Milhaus’ site plan will accommodate a later connection of Foster Street to 40th Street, but the justification for such a connection requires additional traffic studies to be paid for by others.
Extending Willow Street, as a publicly dedicated street, from 39th Street to the 40th Street boundary of the site with the extension to be designed and built at Milhaus’ cost to City of Pittsburgh specifications during Phase 2 of the project. The connection of this extension of Willow Street from below the 40th Street Bridge to the east requires action by the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County to relocate the existing County Public Works facility and any construction costs for the extension beyond the property line would be paid for by others.

20. Commitments made to community
Streets and Connectivity (continued)
Dedicating easement for Green Boulevard
No Residential Permit Parking eligibility; will provide incentives for car-free tenants

21. Commitments made to community
Good faith efforts around:
Downtown circulator
Parking infrastructure
Affordable/work-force housing
Construction management plan
Community benefits and partnerships
Educational opportunities with Arsenal schools
Local sourcing of jobs

22. Inclusionary Housing Interim Planning Overlay District (IPOD-6)
Based on Affordable Housing Task Force, Inclusionary Zoning Exploratory Committee recommendations
Residential projects above 20 units are required to provide 10% of units at prices affordable to families earning 50% AMI or less (for rentals)
“Must be integrated within, and distributed throughout, each building…equivalent to market-rate units…amenities must be shared”
Public hearing Tuesday 7/16 at 1:30 p.m. at Council Chambers

23. Community Meeting - Agenda
Review of Community Process & ground rules
Presentation from the project team
Facilitated Q&A + feedback
Closed door discussion

24. Ground Rules
Please hold all questions for the end of the presentation. We will go back to a slide if there is a specific question or comment, so please jot own notes that you may want to revisit when we open it for Q&A.
Once opened for Questions and Comments, please raise your hand and only proceed with your question or comment once you have been acknowledged by the facilitator. Please also identify yourself by name, and also your relationship or interest in the issue.
Please be respectful of all speakers, including those asking questions and making comments.
Questions/ comments will be limited to 2 minutes each. A clarification question or comment will be permitted.
If time permits, we will call on individuals who would like to ask or make a second or additional question or comment.
Please also use index cards available if you’d like to submit a comment or question but are not able to in the meeting. We will compile as part of notes from the meeting.
If the ground rules are violated or ignored, we will ask the individual to leave the meeting, and if it continues, we will end the meeting.

25. Community Meeting - Agenda
Review of Community Process & ground rules
Presentation from the project team
Facilitated Q&A + feedback
Closed door discussion

26. Community Meeting - Agenda
Review of Community Process & ground rules
Presentation from the project team
Facilitated Q&A
Closed door discussion

27. Next Steps
Turn in any questions you didn’t get to ask and we will follow up to get them answered
LU will post meeting notes on website and e-newsletter
Reach out to LU at or with any other questions or additional comments
ZBA Hearing on temporary parking lot only on 7/18 at 9:50 a.m. at 200 Ross Street
Planning Commission expected to be scheduled for September