Dozens of people packed a city planning commission meeting yesterday to protest a proposed master plan for the North Shore in a renewed bid to secure jobs and other benefits for residents.

After more than two hours of testimony, the commission still hadn't heard from everyone who wanted to speak against the plan, which includes development of a year-round entertainment complex next to Heinz Field.

As a result, it delayed a vote and a separate hearing on the $12 million entertainment venue for two more weeks.

Yesterday's hearing once again pitted Continental Real Estate Co. against a consortium of labor, environmental and community groups pushing the developer to negotiate a community benefits agreement for North Side residents.

More than two dozen people testified, many of them urging the commission to reject the plan until Continental came to the table.

Others feared the proposed entertainment complex would add to the noise, congestion, and associated problems they experience in their North Side neighborhoods during Steelers games.

Shirley Craig, of Manchester, said she's able to follow Steelers games from her house because the Heinz Field public address system is so loud. She said fans also take her parking space and use "our lawns and the front of our houses as restrooms."

"When you say add more with an amphitheater, NO!," added Patricia Dennis, of Manchester.

Pittsburgh United and affiliate Northside United have been trying for more than a year to get a CBA from Continental that would include guarantees on good wages, preference in hiring and other forms of help.

"How can you have a master plan about a neighborhood and not involve the people who live and work in that neighborhood?" said Michael Glass, Northside United chair.

Mike Hudec, Continental vice president of development in Pittsburgh, said the company will not negotiate a CBA, although it's open to "productive conversations" with the community.

Planning Commission Chairwoman Wrenna Watson said members may be limited in what they can do about a CBA because it's "not part of the criteria" they must use in deciding issues.