1. City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Planning Mayor’s Land Recycling Taskforce Meeting II Thursday, June 3, 2010 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Luke Ravenstahl Mayor, City of Pittsburgh

2. City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Planning Agenda City of Pittsburgh – Department of Neighborhood InitiativesCity of Pittsburgh – Office of the Mayor  Welcome, Introductions and Review Purpose of the Task Force Mayor Luke Ravenstahl  Tools We Currently Have: Local, State and National Level Irene McLaughlin, J.D., Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania House Bill 712 Kendall Pelling, East Liberty Development, Inc.  Next Steps & Proposed Work Process for Moving Forward Kim Graziani, Office of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl

3. City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Planning City of Pittsburgh – Bureau of Police Scope of the Problem City of Pittsburgh – Department of Neighborhood InitiativesCity of Pittsburgh – Office of the Mayor  City has lost 50% of its population in 50 years  City has lost only 15% of its housing stock  Currently 1,400 condemned structures  Currently 6,000 vacant buildings  Currently 24,000 vacant lots (11,000 publicly owned)  Almost 20% of our parcels are tax delinquent

4. City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Planning Tax Delinquency and Declining Market Value City of Pittsburgh – Office of the Mayor

5. City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Planning Addressing the Problem  Initiatives are underway  (e.g. CARC buyback, Land Reserve, Green Up Program, Increase in demolition budget, City’s first Comprehensive Plan)  But they are not enough  Treasurer’s sales are time and cost intensive  Pittsburgh’s Land Reserve process is limited to a few hundred parcels  Demolitions do not keep up with rate of condemnations  Green Up Pittsburgh and other greening initiatives do not tackle the scale and need of open spaces City of Pittsburgh – Office of the Mayor

6. City of Pittsburgh – Department of City Planning Progress to Date  Collected data (i.e. Market Value Analysis, SNAP, PNCIS)  Community outreach (i.e. PCRG, Foundations)  Advocacy and input on current legislation (i.e. HB 712) City of Pittsburgh – Office of the Mayor

7. The key to revitalization is to control these tax delinquent and abandoned properties. Then we can control our destiny. Thank you.