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Mayor’s Land Recycling Taskforce Kick-off Meeting

Thursday, March 4, 2010

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Luke RavenstahlMayor, City of Pittsburgh

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Agenda

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Welcome, Introductions, and Purpose of the Task Force Mayor Luke Ravenstahl

Local Context and Current Strategies Rob Stephany, Urban Redevelopment Authority

National Context and Strategies Dan Kildee and Amy Hovey, Center for Community

Progress

Next Steps: Identify Gaps, Work Plan and Meeting Schedule

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Introductions

Members of the Task Force include:

City Representatives County Representatives State Representatives School Representatives Local Authorities Community Development Professionals Real Estate Attorneys Advocates

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We are not the City we used to be.

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Lost 50% of population (vs. 15% of housing stock)

Currently 1,400 condemnations

Currently 6,000 vacant buildings

Currently 14,000 vacant lots

Almost 20% of our parcels are tax delinquent

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The City of Pittsburgh is shrinking The City of Pittsburgh had 333,527 residents in 2000. This is a

50% percent population loss over five decades since 1950. During the same period, the United States gained 85%.

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Goal of this Task Force: Develop a plan to recycle

tax delinquent and abandoned properties

Turn them back into revenue-generating land

Stabilize property values

Increase the viability of our neighborhoods

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We are not starting from scratch.

CARC buyback

Mayor’s Green Up Pittsburgh Program

Increase in City’s demolition budget

Community Land Reform Initiative

Online Permitting

City’s First Comprehensive Plan

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

destiny.

Thank you.