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Hello Aleppo Residents and Friends –
We had an Aleppo Workshop Meeting on Monday night, February 10, 2020 and I wanted to tell you what happened.
If you want to watch the meeting from the beginning, Click here. Otherwise, feel free to click the links below to jump to the portions of the meeting that are of particular interest to you.
Here is what happened:
- The Commissioners discussed a potential amendment to the Zoning Ordinance that would regulate parking in the Commercial C-2 district and the related impact of the increased Amazon traffic in the Township. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #ParkingOverlay #AmendmentToTheZoningOrdinance
- The Board discussed Deer Management education options. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #Deer
- Commissioner Darragh gave an update on a meeting regarding the Sewickley-Leetsdale Sewer Plan. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #Sewer
- The Board heard an update about the permit that Sewickley Borough received for their lot on Glen Mitchell Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #GlenMitchellRoad
- President Jones reported on the upcoming Earth Day Cleanup Event that will be held on April 18, 2020. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #EarthDay
- The Commissioners considered a proposed procedural amendment to the Zoning Ordinance related to Oil and Gas regulations. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #AmendmentToTheZoningOrdinance
- State Representative Valerie Gaydos asked the Commissioners for a wish list of projects that she can advocate for on behalf of the Township. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #ValerieGaydos
Our next Legislative Meeting will be on Monday, February 17, 2020 at 7:00 PM. If any of these issues are important to you, please feel free to join us. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, please feel free to share your thoughts with me by email and I will be sure to convey your feelings to the Commissioners.
Gwen Patterson
Aleppo Township Manager
aleppomgr@aleppotownship.com
412-741-6555 x19
Hello Aleppo Residents and Friends –
This Digest combines the updates from both the September Workshop Meeting and the September Legislative Meeting.
An important note: Commissioner Michelle Duplaga announced her resignation at the September Legislative Meeting. She has accepted employment that does not allow her to continue to serve as an elected official, but she promised to remain involved as a citizen. The Township wishes her well in her new venture! This resignation creates a vacancy on the Board of Commissioners. If you are interested in serving as a Commissioner, please send a letter of interest to the Township. (The First Class Township Code requires you to have been a township resident for one year before being eligible to serve.) #BoardOfCommissioners
First, the September 9, 2019 Aleppo Workshop Meeting:
If you want to watch the meeting from the beginning, click here. Otherwise, feel free to click the links below to jump to the portions of the meeting that are of interest to you.
Here’s what happened:
- Auditor Mark Turnley presented the 2018 Audit. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #Audit
- The Township Engineer reported on several subjects, including a pavement repair of Rhodes Avenue, geotechnical monitoring of Rhodes Avenue, pavement markings / speed monitoring, and a drainage issue along Deer Run Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Engineer #RhodesAvenue #DeerRunRoad
- The Commissioners decided to send a letter regarding the operation of a short term rental / AirBnB property. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #AirBnB
- The Commissioners approved a request from Highmark Mobile Clinic to use the township parking lot as a location for a one-day health clinic. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #HighmarkMobileClinic
- The Commissioners heard about a resident at 990 Glen Mitchell Road who is requesting assistance in solving a drainage issue on Glen Mitchell Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #GlenMitchellRoad
And now, the highlights from the September 16, 2019 Legislative Meeting:
If you want to watch the meeting from the beginning, click here. Otherwise, feel free to click the links below to jump to the portions of the meeting that are of particular interest to you.
Here’s what happened:
- Police Chief Hanny discussed police issues in Aleppo, including a warning about fraud calls where the callers requests gift cards and noise complaints. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #Police
- The Commissioners approved the final payment for the 2018 paving project; approved an agreement for geotechnical monitoring of Rhodes Avenue; and authorized the township engineer to seek quotes for the repair of the storm sewer pipe along Deer Run Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #PavingProject, #RhodesAvenue
- The Commissioners discussed budget requests/priorities for 2020 Budget. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Budget
The next Workshop meeting will be on Monday, October 14, 2019 at 7:00 PM at the Township Building. If any of these issues are important to you, we welcome your attendance at the meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, please feel free to share your thoughts with me via email and I will be sure to pass your comments along to the Commissioners.
Gwen Patterson
Aleppo Township Manager
aleppomgr@aleppotownship.com
412-741-6555 x19
Hello Aleppo Residents and Friends –
The Board of Commissioners held an Aleppo Legislative Meeting on Monday night, August 19, 2019 and we wanted to let you know what happened.
If you want to watch the meeting from the beginning, click here. Otherwise, feel free to click the links below to jump to the portions of the meeting that are of interest to you.
Here’s what happened:
- Police Chief Hanny gave the police update for the month of July. The Board also discussed idling trucks and speed monitoring signs. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Police
- The audience heard a summary of the recent Emergency Management training refresher that the Commissioners and Township Manager received. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #EmergencyManagement
- The Board authorized Township Engineer Ben Gilberti to complete a final design for paving repair of a section of Rhodes Avenue; made a motion to approve a proposal for Geo-technical Monitoring of Rhodes Avenue and then deferred the motion for one month; and continued the discussion of possible emergency exits from the Sewickley Heights Manor neighborhood. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #HRG #RhodesAvenue #SewickleyHeightsManor
- The Commissioners heard about the recent activities of the Public Works Department. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #PublicWorks
- Treasurer Clayton Steup gave his report about the Township’s finances. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #TaxCollector
- Solicitor Stone reported on discussions with a property owner regarding his land use and discussions with the representatives of North Way Christian Church regarding construction timelines. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting). #Solicitor #NorthWayChristianCommunity
- The Board voted to approve a new 3 year agreement with Allegheny County for winter maintenance, and they also approved a contract with Cargill for the purchase of road salt at $82.24 per ton. #AlleghenyCounty #RoadSalt #Cargill
The next Workshop meeting will be Monday, September 9, 2019 at 7:00 PM. If any of these issues are important to you, we welcome your attendance at the meeting. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, please feel free to share your thoughts with me via email and I will be sure to pass your comments along to the Commissioners.
Gwen Patterson
Aleppo Township Manager
aleppomgr@aleppotownship.com
412-741-6555 x19
Hi, Neighbors. We had an Aleppo Workshop Meeting on Monday night and I wanted to tell you what happened. If you want to watch the meeting from the beginning, click here. Otherwise, feel free to click the links below to jump to the portions of the meeting that are of interest to you.
Before I get started, you’ll see that quite a few motions were set up for a vote at our next meeting (which will take place on Monday, May 20). We want to hear from you if you have a position on these issues. We purposefully defer voting on these motions so that we can give residents a say in what is being done. Please do not ever feel as if you do not have the opportunity to voice your position. If you come to a meeting, we will let you speak. If you can’t make the meeting, we are happy to accept any emailed comments and we will read them to the board. We value resident input and will make every effort possible to give you the chance to tell us how you feel.
OK. With that thought out of the way, here’s what happened:
- A resident reported about the results of a survey concerning the potential Park on Weber Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Park #WeberRoad
- We heard an application by Verizon to build covered parking over some of the spaces in its lot on North Drive. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting and click here to view the documents related to this application.) We will be voting on this motion on Monday, so please let us know if you have any feelings to share. #PlanningCommission #Verizon
- We heard of preliminary plans for Amazon to build a new parking lot on North Drive. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting and click here to see a map of the proposed location of this new parking lot.) #Amazon
- We made a motion to authorize the township engineer to assess and prepare preliminary plans for an emergency second exit from the Sewickley Heights Manor connecting Little Hollow and Veshio Drive. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) We will be voting on this motion on Monday, so please let us know if you have any feelings to share. #SewickleyHeightsManor
- We made a motion to donate $250 to the Sewickley Memorial Day Celebration. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) We will be voting on this motion on Monday, so please let us know if you have any feelings to share. #SewickleyMemorialDayCelebration
- We made a motion to draft a statement in support of HR 763, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting and click here to see another discussion on this topic that took place at a different time in the meeting.) We will be voting on this motion on Monday, so please let us know if you have any feelings to share. #HR763
- I announced my intent to resign from the Aleppo Board of Commissioners because our family is selling our house and I will no longer be a resident of the township. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Vacancy #BoardOfCommissioners
- We began a conversation about regulating parking on the median strips in the Sewickley Heights Manor. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #SewickleyHeightsManor #Parking
Our next Legislative meeting will be on Monday, May 20, 2019 at 7:00 PM at the Township Building. If any of these issues are important to you, please feel free to join us and voice your opinion. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, please feel free to share your thoughts with me by email and I will be sure to convey your feelings to the other commissioners.
As always, thanks for making Aleppo a great place to live.
Best wishes,
Matthew Doebler
Hi, Neighbors. We had an Aleppo Legislative Meeting last week and I wanted to tell you what happened.
If you want to watch the meeting from the beginning, click here. Otherwise, feel free to click the links below to jump to the portions of the meeting that are of particular interest to you.
Here’s what happened:
- We heard what the police department has been doing. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting and click here to view our Police Blotter online.) #Police
- Our Emergency Management Coordinator updated us about our ongoing compliance. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #EmergencyManagement
- Our Public Works Director told us with the township crews have been doing. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #PublicWorks
- We heard an application for a subdivision of a lot that is half in Osborne and half in Aleppo. We will be voting on this application during our May meeting, so if you have any feedback on this issue, please let us know by reply email. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting and click here to see the plan.) #SubdivisionPlan
- We voted (5-0) to refund several taxpayers. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #TaxExonerations
- We continued our discussion of the potential sale of vacant lot 422-G-351 and heard that there are some questions that need to be answered about the procedure to sell this property. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #PlanningCommission, #BingoLots
- We voted (5-0) to authorize the Solicitor to draft an amendment to our fracking Ordinance to include seismic survey, injection wells, and use table default for unlisted uses using the Bell Acres ordinances for reference. #Solicitor #Ordinance
- We voted (5-0) to authorize Manager Patterson to contact the owner of the property at 690 Glen Mitchell Road to say that if the request to remove tires within 30 days is not met, we have no option but to contact DEP regarding the tires and other potential hazards at 690 Glen Mitchell Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #GlenMitchellRoad #DEP
- We voted (5-0) to permit the placement of a geocache on Aleppo Township’s Property. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Geocache
- One of our residents asked questions about fracking and her sewer bill. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Sewer
- We had a lengthy conversation about a resident’s concern about his neighbor. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Resident
- One of our residents asked questions about development on Weber Road. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #WeberRoad
- A neighbor asked a question about our statement regarding development. (Click here to watch this portion of the meeting.) #Development
Our meeting will be on Monday, May 13, 2019 at 7:00 PM. If any of these issues are important to you, please feel free to join us. If you cannot attend the meeting in person, please feel free to share your thoughts with me by email and I will be sure to convey your feelings to the other commissioners.
As always, thanks for making Aleppo a great place to live.
Best wishes,
Matthew Doebler
Aleppo Township Commissioner
