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Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the

Mt. Lebanon Parking Authority Board

July 5, 2007

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, Richard Ballon, Executive Director Sahar, Facilities Manager Quealy, and Solicitor DeLuca.

 

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)      Citizen Comments:

 

There were none

 

4)      Discussion Items

 

The Board review a proposal from Kratsa development in regards to purchasing the Authority’s North Lot for the purposes of building a hotel.    The Board noted that this development idea would need to be approved by the Municipality before the Authority could sell the property.  Mr. DeLuca and Mr. Sahar indicated they had been in contact with the Municipality.  Mr. Deluca indicated that Municipal concerns would be included in an agreement of sale prior to the Authority Board being asked to approve the sale.  The Board authorized Mr. Deluca to continue his work and authorized Mr. Sahar to execute a letter of intent with the Kratsa Development group.

 

The staff reported they had reviewed the BPA proposal to change the validation system along with comments from the Board made during the last meeting and it follow up conversations.  Mr. Quealy and Mr. Sahar indicated the proposal was based on commitments from the businesses for a year.  The commitment level (number of participating businesses) was not determined by the BPA.  Without the commitment level being established it would be hard to estimate the financial impact to the Authority.  A concern raised by the Board was the possibility of losing current validating businesses due to being required to enter into a commitment system.  The Board also noted that the validation system is already discounted.  The proposed system would further contribute to that inequity.  Mr. Frioni noted that he liked the proposed change where the amount a customer pays for a second hour of parking would be equivalent to the first hour charge. Mr. Sahar and Mr. Quealy indicated that a graduated fee system based upon purchased validations would allow the individual businesses some additional flexibility and to decrease their costs based on volume.  The Board indicated that the entire validation should be reviewed and a determination made where the validation system would attract the most businesses possible and to minimize any rate increases in other areas.  Staff was instructed to continue its review. 

 

Work is continuing on the Policies and Procedures Manual.

 

The Authority’s auditors would be in this month and next to perform the annual audit.

 

Mr. Sahar indicated the pigeon removal program would begin when the materials arrived and when the entire maintenance crew was available to install the screening.

 

Mr. Deluca asked that the Board consider changing the hourly rate charged by the Solicitor for his services.  Mr. Deluca indicated his rate had been in place since 1992.  The Board authorized the Solicitors rate be set at $125.00 per hour.

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Richard D. Sahar

Executive Director