Good morning and welcome to the standing committee's meeting for Wednesday, January 14th, 2026.

All council meetings will be live streamed on the city's website.

And for guest speakers joining us at the table, please do not turn off your microphones.

Our first order of business is roll call.

Will the clerk please take the roll?

Mr.

Charlotte.

Here.

Mr.

Coghill.

Miss Gross.

Mr.

Lavelle.

Here.

Mr.

Mosley.

Miss Salonetra.

Here.

Miss Warwick.

Mr.

Wilson.

Ms.

Strasberger Chair.

Here.

Five members present.

Thank you.

Our next order of business is public comment.

I would like to remind all speakers that the rules of council state that comments are limited to matters of concern, official action, or deliberation, which are or may be before city council, and profanity will not be permitted.

Please state your name and neighborhood for the record.

You will have three minutes to speak.

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Josephine Baker was born there.

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Shao Tu, the Hill, Caduri neighborhood, Hong Kong, Jong Wall, Moro Hill, Dal Providencia, neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, Argentina, Colis.

The concerns of council include local government and neighborhood uh business uplift, which I share in my initiatives.

Councilor Claymants, um, have you been lately to the fabulous Grandma B's?

Grandma B's uh is located at two five three seven Wylie in what is now called the Middle Hill neighborhood.

Middle Upper Lower Hills, Hill District, Lower Hill, now called Crawford Roberts.

Why?

Who decided?

Um, there's no evident referendum.

Autocratic fiat, in my view.

Uh Middle Hill neighborhood borders are Devil Years, Bedford, Heron, Center, Reed, Kirkpatrick, Rose.

Who determined this?

Um, each of uh of the hills should create a neighborhood council elected by residents of their neighborhood to take control of activities and especially of voting in elections, processing and storing the votes.

Um, so the neighborhooders can verify that their votes have not been misplaced or misapplied.

There's no legal objection or obstacle um for doing this.

Um's is generally highly regarded there in the Middle Hill, but what is not there is robotics.

Lawrenceville Central Neighborhood has onward robotics, Squirrel Hill North neighborhood has CMU Robotics Institute, but Middle Hill neighborhood has nothing.

What is that?

Because the people there have lacking information and intelligence capabilities.

We will move to those who are not registered to speak.

We'll take comments from those in the audience wishing to speak.

Are there any speakers wishing to come to the podium?

Good morning, my name is Yvonne S.

Brown.

I live at 715 Mercer Street up in the Hill District.

That's the high rise at the top of the hill where I told you there's 190 apartments in there.