Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the
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
2) Roll call was taken and the above listed Board Members were present.
3)
Consideration of Minutes of the
After review Mr. Frioni requested that several changes be made to the minutes that would further detail the discussions.
The minutes as modified were unanimously approved.
4) Citizen Comments:
Joe Ravita, President of the Washington Road Business and Professional Association (BPA), was present to discuss the status of the BPA proposal to implement a subscription validation system by the Authority. Mr. Friedman indicated the validation system was included under a discussion item for the evening but that it could be discussed at this point. Mr. Friedman indicated the Board had reviewed the BPA proposal. He indicated that the staff had been instructed to work on some additional items in regards to the validation system and the Board would be reviewing that work during this meeting.
Mr. Frioni stated that the current validation system already steeply discounts the cost of the parking over the regular hourly rate. He also stated he could not support a further discount that would increase rates to the detriment of other parkers.
Mr. Baldwin indicated he needed to see additional information before he could act on any proposal.
Mr. Ravita
stated that he believed the subscription system would be a success and he would
actively promote to the businesses on
Mr. Sahar
indicated he had met with the Steve Feller, Municipal Manager, and Commissioner
Humphreys on
5)
Consideration of Agreement of
The
authorization by the Board and the execution of The Agreement of Sale with Mt.
Lebanon Hospitality Group would transfer the Authority property located at
Mr. Frioni moved to: Approve the Agreement of Sale with the Mt. Lebanon Hospitality Group and to authorize the Executive Director to execute the Agreement of behalf of the Authority, and to send the Agreement to Municipality for their consent.
Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion.
The motion carried unanimously.
6) Discussion Items
The staff
reported on memo that was sent to the Board on
Work is continuing on the Policies and Procedures Manual.
The Authority’s auditors had completed their field work.
Mr. Sahar indicated the installation of the screening in the North Garage lower level would begin this month. The screening was being put in place to help prevent pigeons from entering this area.
The Board unanimously approved the expense and payroll voucher lists for July and August 2007.
The Board moved
into Executive Session at
The Board
returned from Executive Session at
The meeting was
adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Richard D. Sahar
Executive Director