Membership Meeting

1. Membership Meeting June 5, 2019 Roberto clemente museum

2. Tonight’s Agenda • 6-6:15 pm – Registration & membership renewal • 6:15-7:15 pm – LU updates & moving forward • 7:15-7:30 pm – Board elections

3. Mission & Vision • Mission: Lawrenceville United is an inclusive, resident-driven non-profit organization that works to improve and protect the quality of life for all Lawrenceville residents. • Vision: Lawrenceville United envisions a safe, clean, green, healthy and diverse community where residents work together to shape the neighborhood’s future, while honoring Lawrenceville’s past.

4. Our staff • Full Time: Dave Breingan Executive Director Darrell Kinsel Community Engagement & Program Manager Part time: Michele Goldammer Shared Finance Manager Sarah Cole Farmers Market Manager David Brown Intern

5. Public Safety • Block Watches • Quarterly Lawrenceville-wide Public Safety Meetings • January: review of 2018 crime trends & update on public safety cameras • Total crimes up 10%, violent crimes down 25% • April: Resources, stories, and supports regarding domestic violence and gender-based violence • July: Mobility and Traffic Safety • October: Narcan demonstration? 311 vs. 911?

6. Public Safety, continued • 10+ new public safety cameras installed as a result of LU advocacy • Community Meeting with FBI, Bystander Intervention Training, Implicit Bias Training

7. Housing Advocacy • Inclusionary Zoning • 3 community meetings in the fall with 70+ people at each • 20 residents and community groups spoke in front of City Council • 1,100 petition signatures; 20 support letters • Legislation introduced in February by Councilwoman Gross • 40 speakers at Planning Commission hearing • Unanimous approval from Planning Commission

8. IZ: Next Steps • Public hearing at City Council in mid-July • Turnout needed! • Final vote from City Council to follow • LERTA reauthorization

9. Lawrenceville Community Process • In 2019 so far: • 39th and Liberty • Walter’s Southern Kitchen (tent) • Hop Farm expansion • Bay 41 • Holy Family • Mintwood Warehouse Conversion • Tryp Hotel

10. Upcoming Projects • 222-226 38th Street: Monday, June 24th at 7 p.m. • Arsenal 201 Phase II: TBD

11. Arsenal Park

12. Leslie Park

13. PEP Rally • Take a Family Member to School Day • Vote School Board First campaign • Arsenal 360 Night • Proposed relocation of University Prep 6-8 students to Arsenal 6-8

14. Air Quality • Commitment from ACHD to continue fenceline monitoring at McConway & Torley • Supporting Lawrenceville Clean Air Now • State of Air Quality in Lawrenceville meeting • Asthma surveying forthcoming

15. AdvantAGE

16. Lawrenceville Farmers Market

17. Duncan Park

18. Cleaning & Greening

19. Get involved! Attend the standing Block Watch meetings Join a committee: Housing Committee, Events & Membership, AdvantAGE, Farmers Market, Tree Tenders Volunteer: • Community gardens • Farmers Market • Tree Tenders • Better Streets Lawrenceville • LCAN • Dog Park

20. What’s coming up? • Farmers Market: every Tuesday, 4-7 p.m. through end of Oct • 6/8 – LCAN meeting, 2-3 p.m. @ CLP Fisk • 6/9 – AdvantAGE event, 2-4 p.m. at Bay 41 • 6/13 or 6/18 - Potholes & Pierogies: Dinner & Discussion of 2020 Capital Budget • 6/16 – Dog Park clean up day, 9-12 • 6/24 – 6th Ward Block Watch / community meeting re: 222 38th Street • 6/29 – 75th annual Independence Day Celebration, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. @ Arsenal Park • 7/27 – LU Housing For All event & resource fair • 9/7 – LIVE in Lawrenceville • 9/21 – Garbage Olympics

21. Where are we going from here? • Reaching the for all part of our mission

22. Persistent Needs • Poverty: • 15% of the neighborhood population still remains in poverty • Increasing among seniors • Schools overwhelmingly serve low-income families • Rising costs put neighbors at risk • Education pathways still have gaps • Disparities persist • Poor air quality • Food access continues to be an issue • Reinvestment in public parks / green spaces lags behind other revitalization • Crime rates going in right direction, but need to make sure allfeel safe • Rapid rates of change demand a strategy that centers residents

23. Using our strengths • Making sure ACCESS is built, at the same time that we build a neighborhood of growing opportunity • Housing advocacy • Permanent affordable housing • Rental affordable housing facilitation • Mobility • Commercial Development & Business District Repositioning • PEP Rally

24. Housing Advocacy THE WORK • Build power and leadership skills of residents • Prevent displacement • Affirmatively further fair housing goals for families who have already been displaced • Provide education and resources to residents/landlords to access housing programs • Build coalition with other housing organizations GUIDING PLANS • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • Affordable Housing Task Force • Pittsburgh Housing Needs Assessment • Inclusionary Zoning Report • Equitable Development: The Path to an All-In Pittsburgh • Recommendations for an Equity, Justice and Inclusion Agenda “Planning for affordable housing will be important to maintain the identity and attractiveness of the neighborhood.”

25. Permanent Affordable Housing THE WORK • Build 38 units in Lawrenceville through the Community Land Trust focusing on 3 priority populations: households with an existing housing, employment, educational, or relational tie to the Lawrenceville community; first-time homebuyers; individuals and households facing housing insecurity. GUIDING PLANS • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • Affordable Housing Task Force • Pittsburgh Housing Needs Assessment • Equitable Development: The Path to an All-In Pittsburgh “Long considered a liability, alley housing can be renovated into a uniquely livable pattern for affordable living.”

26. Rental Affordable Housing Facilitation THE WORK • Facilitate development of at least 115 new units of high-quality rental affordable housing. GUIDING PLANS • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • Affordable Housing Task Force • Pittsburgh Housing Needs Assessment “The neighborhood will remain affordable with a fabric that supports a diversity of residents—from homeowners to renters, including newcomers to long time residents.”

27. Mobility THE WORK • Create Butler Street Corridor Streetscape Design Guidelines • Support Better Streets Lawrenceville through convening, campaigns, education, and events • One Step Lawrenceville: remove barriers to make commercial businesses more accessible • Safe Shift: help third shift workers (women, specifically) get to and from work • Parking Enhancement District GUIDING PLANS • Lawrenceville Community Plan • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • ReLeaf Lawrenceville Plan • The LoLa Plan • Penn Avenue Corridor Master Plan • Lawrenceville Parking Study • Updated Lawrenceville Parking Study “as future multi-modal transportation becomes available…parking demand within the Butler Street corridor may be reduced by encouraging visitors/residents to park outside of Lawrenceville or even forgo vehicular transportation altogether.”

28. Commercial Development & Business District Repositioning THE WORK • Reposition Ice House • Advance affordability and support initiative for business community • Green Boulevard GUIDING PLANS • Lawrenceville Community Plan • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • The LoLa Plan • Green Boulevard Strategic Plan • Allegheny Riverfront Vision Plan

29. PEP Rally THE WORK • Shift focus on a grassroots, family-driven strategy to build confidence in the neighborhood high school that will attract and retain families to the school and community GUIDING PLANS • East End Development Strategy • Lawrenceville New Mover Study • Lawrenceville Community Plan • Expect Great Things Strategic Plan • Equitable Development: The Path to an All-In Pittsburgh • Recommendations for an Equity, Justice and Inclusion Agenda

30. People-centered Development • AdvantAGE • Lawrenceville Community Process • Public Safety • Individual Support & Services for Residents

31. AdvantAGE THE WORK • Focus on intergenerational events, access to much-needed home repairs, connections to a changing business district, education/workshops and advocacy for a more accessible and age-friendly community GUIDING PLANS • Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh Action Plan • Equitable Development: The Path to an All-In Pittsburgh • Recommendations for an Equity, Justice and Inclusion Agenda

32. Lawrenceville Community Process THE WORK • Continue to refine the program to provide a venue for residents to learn about and affect the future of development and nighttime economy growth. GUIDING PLANS • Lawrenceville Community Plan • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • ReLeaf Lawrenceville Plan • The LoLa Plan • Penn Avenue Corridor Master Plan • Pittsburgh Sociable City Plan • Registered Community Organizations • Equitable Development: the Path to an All-In Pittsburgh • Recommendations for an Equity, Justice and Inclusion Agenda

33. Public Safety & Community Justice THE WORK • Building off LU’s Block Watch Network, LU will create a Community Justice Advisory Committee to create an ongoing series of quarterly community sessions where issues of equity and disparities can be discussed and addressed by the community and integrated into the public safety work. GUIDING PLANS • Lawrenceville Community Plan • National Initiative for Building Community Trust & Justice • Equitable Development: the Path to an All-In Pittsburgh • Recommendations for an Equity, Justice and Inclusion Agenda

34. Individual Support & Services THE WORK • LU will utilize its organizational footprint to connect Lawrenceville’s most vulnerable residents with the patchwork of underutilized services and safety net programs that exist. GUIDING PLANS • Equitable Development: the Path to an All-In Pittsburgh • Recommendations for an Equity, Justice and Inclusion Agenda

35. Healthy & Active Living Opportunities • Arsenal, Leslie, and Duncan Parks • Access to Healthy Foods • Air Quality • Partnership with UPMC Children’s Hospital

36. Arsenal, Leslie, & Duncan THE WORK • Consistent with City of Pittsburgh’s OpenSpacePGH plan and relevant community plans, LU will lead an aggressive advocacy and engagement effort to activate plans for Arsenal Park, Duncan Park, and Leslie Park. GUIDING PLANS • Arsenal Park Master Plan • Leslie Park Master Plan • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • Lawrenceville Community Plan • ReLeaf Lawrenceville Plan • Open Space PGH

37. Access to Healthy Foods THE WORK • Lawrenceville Farmers Market and 412 Food Rescue programs will work to increase access to healthy foods GUIDING PLANS • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • The LoLa Plan • Strengthening Pittsburgh’s Farmers Markets

38. Air Quality THE WORK • Support LCAN and address persistent air quality challenges through education, research, advocacy and planning. GUIDING PLANS • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • RELeaf Lawrenceville Plan • Plan for a Healthier Allegheny • Community Health Assessment • Breathe Easy Millvale Air Quality Planning • The Fierce Urgency of Our Environmental Now

39. UPMC Children’s Hospital Partnership THE WORK • Address high rates of asthma prevalence through education and prevention • Pilot program at Lawrenceville Farmers Market to connect families to education and care through UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh GUIDING PLANS • Upper Lawrenceville Vision Plan • Plan for a Healthier Allegheny • Community Health Assessment

40. What’s missing? • Community Events • MOU groups: Fireworks, Dog Park • Community Gardens • Clean ups • Tree Tenders

41. Questions? Feedback?

42. Current Board: All-resident, all-volunteer

43. What does the Board do? • Governs the organization, makes sure it’s financially stable • Focuses on the organization’s mission, strategy, and goals • Makes decisions about LU positions • Serves on LU Committees • Hires the Executive Director and reviews performance

44. Board Elections – 6 “by-ward” seats

45. 6th Ward: Anthony Cosnotti* • How long have you lived in Lawrenceville? Since 2012 • Current Employer/ Job Title: Corporate Finance Manager at U.S. Steel • Please list Community Service, Non-Profit, or Board Experience: I have been a volunteer board member for the capstone course at Katz Graduate School of Business for several years. • What is was one thing you would like to work on within the neighborhood? Why? I want to have a voice in Lawrenceville’s transformation. This includes working with the community, city, and developers to influence change in a responsible manner that benefits all residents. I’m particularly concerned with the scale of commercial development, shortage of parking, and increasing traffic.

46. 6th Ward: Alyssa Cypher • How long have you lived in Lawrenceville?  Since May 2012 (7 years) • Current Employer/ Job Title: Executive Director of Inside Our Minds • Please list Community Service, Non-Profit, or Board Experience: I founded Inside Our Minds in 2016 and currently serve as Executive Director, managing all day-to-day business operations, community organizing, programming, and fundraising. Before this position, I have worked at a variety of mental health and globally-minded nonprofits over the past seven years, including interning at the Global Switchboard in Lower Lawrenceville. I serve on the board for the National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery and the Steering Committee for the Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium. • What is was one thing you would like to work on within the neighborhood? Why? I would like to explore more ways to engage with the community in Lawrenceville, especially individuals and families from marginalized communities. As a multiply neurodivergent, disabled, Queer person, I see so many opportunities to educate people about my communities and foster more connections among Lawrenceville United and people from underrepresented populations.

47. 9th Ward: Poli Biswas • How long have you lived in Lawrenceville? 14 years on Home Street (plus 6+ additional years since 1985) • Current Employer/ Job Title: Purchasing Buyer for SynnexCorp. • Please list Community Service, Non-Profit, or Board Experience: I worked for the non-profit Afro-Brazilian arts organization NegoGato from 2001-2006 (started as a volunteer, then became Asst. to Manager) • What is was one thing you would like to work on within the neighborhood? Why? I am disappointed that so many people have been priced out of Lawrenceville due to sky rocketing housing costs. I would very much like to work to bring economic & social diversity back to the neighborhood.

48. 9th Ward: Laurie Bonnett • How long have you lived in Lawrenceville?  Since, March 2016. • Current Employer/ Job Title: Administrative Assistant to Deputy Director of Department of Human Services. • Please list Community Service, Non-Profit, or Board Experience: Unit 4 School Board of Education President/ Member; 40 North Arts Organization Secretary; Champaign County CVB Board Chair; Champaign County Alliance Vice-Chair; Dr. Howard PTA President. • What is was one thing you would like to work on within the neighborhood? Why? Affordable housing and inclusivity within. See my notes below as to affordable housing. As to inclusivity, I believe that the more varied voice and cultures we add to a conversation, the better logic and reasoning to our decisions come forward. I’d choose to live in a diverse neighborhood vs one where everyone looked like me and talked like me. Inspiration comes from diversity in thought.

49. 9th Ward: Chelsea Holmes • How long have you lived in Lawrenceville? 1 year and 2 months. • Current Employer/ Job Title: Full time: Event Sales and Sponsorship Representative, Neuroleadership Institute. • Part time: Eco-Healthy Early Learning Consultant, Women for a Healthy Environment. • Please list Community Service, Non-Profit, or Board Experience: Director of Community Education at non-profit for five years (Women for a Healthy Environment). Volunteer & Community Activism: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (selected as one of Pittsburgh’s 50 Finest), 412 Food Rescue, Millvale Eco District, Jefferson Collaborative, LiveWell Allegheny, Air Quality Collaborative, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families, Pittsburgh Food Policy Council, “Let’s Move” Pittsburgh, Girls Coalition of Southwestern PA, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, Holy Assumption of St. Mary Orthodox Church • What is was one thing you would like to work on within the neighborhood? Why? I would like to work on air quality. Southwestern PA has some of the highest asthma rates in the United States. Lawrenceville is in a valley, located across the river from a high traffic rd (Rt. 28), has continuous trains running through and is home to many businesses that have diesel trucks- all of which put the neighborhood at a disadvantage in terms of air quality. I would like to reduce particle pollution by addressing some of these issues.

50. 9th Ward: Katie McAuley • How long have you lived in Lawrenceville? 13 months • Current Employer/ Job Title: Director of Programs at Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh (RTP) • Please list Community Service, Non-Profit, or Board Experience: Work: Nonprofit: RTP (2016-present), GTECH (2015-2016), Austin, TX Habitat for Humanity (2012-2014). Internships: TX Low-income Housing Info Services, Lawrenceville United (2010-2011), PGH City Planning (2009), YWCA (2007). Board: P.O.O.R.L.A.W (2016-2018) Hazelwood based. • What is was one thing you would like to work on within the neighborhood? Why? Housing: Fund free housing repair for low income homeowners, increase affordable housing units, and assist residents to utilize H.O.F funding.