Post Agenda

510 City-County Building City of Pittsburgh 414 Grant Street Pittsburgh, PA 15219 City Council Meeting Agenda Post Agenda Tuesday, July 18, 2017 1:30 PM Council Chambers Bill Nos. 2017-1476 & 2017-1464 AGENDA ITEM AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER R. DANIEL LAVELLE Discussion on Bill Nos. 2017-1476 and 2017-1464. 2017-1476 An Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Two, Fiscal; Article VII, Business Related Taxes; Chapter 256, Home Rule Realty Transfer Tax, Section 256.02 LEVY AND RATE, paragraph (a), by increasing the rate of tax from one percent (1%) to two percent (2%). SPONSOR /S: MR. LAVELLE AND REV. BURGESS 2017-1464 Resolution approving the terms of and authorizing the execution and delivery of a Cooperation Agreement with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh (The “URA”) relating to the administration by the URA and its Board of Directors of the Housing Opportunity Fund (The “Fund”), established by City Council Ordinance Number 37 of 2016, to finance the development and preservation of affordable housing within the City of Pittsburgh; authorizing the assignment to the URA of a portion of the City’s public moneys for the purpose of carrying out the public purposes of the URA relative to the provision of housing. SPONSOR /S: REV. BURGESS AND MR. LAVELLE INVITED GUESTS: • Michael Anderson, Center for Community Change • Bob Damewood, Regional Housing Legal Services, member of Affordable Housing Task Force • Eric Stoller, Development Director, Rebuilding Together Pgh • Mark Masterson, Northside Community Development Fund, member of Affordable Housing Task Force • Sara Davis Buss, Campbell & Levine, member of Affordable Housing Task Force • Kyra Straussman, Direcotr Real Estate, URA • Aggie Brose, Deputy Director, Bloomfield Garfield Corporation • Rick Swartz, Executive Director, Bloomfield Garfield Association City of Pittsburgh Page 1 Printed on 7/18/2017