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Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the

Mt. Lebanon Parking Authority Board

February 7, 2008

Mt. Lebanon Parking Authority Office

788 Washington Road

Mt. Lebanon, PA 15228          

 

 

Present at the meeting were Board Members Bill Friedman, Bill Baldwin, Al Frioni, Executive Director Sahar, and Facilities Manager Quealy.

1)  Chairman Friedman called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.  

 

 

2)      Roll call was taken and the above listed Board Members were present.

 

 

 

3)      Consideration of Minutes of the January 3, 2008.

 

The Minutes of the January 3, 2008 meeting were unanimously approved.

 

 

 

4)      Citizen Comments

 

There were no citizen comments.

           

 

5)   Consideration of Expense and Payroll Voucher lists of January 8, 2008, January 22, 2008, and February 5, 2008.

 

The Board unanimously approved the Expense and Payroll Voucher Lists.

 

 

2)      Other Items

 

 

Lori Fitzgerald from the Washington Park development team has requested the Authority to review some parking arrangements for on and off street parking at the site.  Mr. Sahar indicated that the Agreement of Sale with Zamagias for the property addresses the Parking Authority’s parking component on the development site.  The Board indicated that any discussion with the development team should be based on the existing agreement.

 

An additional policy has been given to the solicitor to review concerning working conditions.  When his review is complete the Board will be asked to review and approve it for inclusion in the Employee Manual.

 

The Board noted that the financial reserve level of the Authority had been increased due to the sale of property.

 

Mr. Quealy and Mr. Sahar reported the maintenance crews were working on snow and ice control and were painting parking meters as time permitted.  They also reported the expansion joints at the entrance to the South Garage would need to be addressed in the spring.  Also reported to the Board was that Equitable Gas would be replacing their main line down Washington Road this summer.  This would cause the loss of some parking along the west side of Washington Road during the construction period.  It was also reported that the Authority’s main computer server lost the hard drive controller and was out of service and the backup plan had to be implemented.

 

Mr. Sahar stated he attended the last Washington Road Business and Professional Association (BPA) meeting.  One of the items discussed was the possibility of the Authority providing free parking on the Friday after Thanksgiving.  The Board indicated that a joint BPA/Authority promotion effort would need to be put into place in order for free parking to be implemented.

 

It was noted that a joint meeting with the Mt. Lebanon Commission was being planned.  The Board indicated that an agenda for the meeting should be submitted in enough time to review the issues prior to the meeting.

 

The Board adjourned into Executive Session at 7:10 p.m. to discuss litigation matters.

 

The Board returned from the Executive Session.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:44 p.m.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Richard D. Sahar

Executive Director