Oakmont Council Notebook: Sept. 12 Voting Meeting

Here's a roundup of matters discussed at Oakmont Council’s meeting on Sept. 12.

Borough Paving Project Coming to an End

Oakmont’s largest paving project to date will wrap up next week, according to Borough Manager Bruce Jamison.

“There has been paving happening all over town this summer,” he said. “It’s on schedule and coming to an end.”

According to Jamison, the project’s cost was more than $450,000.

Work on Allegheny River Boulevard

Work on new catch basins and drainage at Allegheny Rive Boulevard and Maryland Avenue is coming to an end as well.

Brick work to repair the intersection, which has seen more water accumulation than ever this year, according to Jamison, will begin in the spring of 2012.

Gift to Oakmont by Garden Club Approved

Last week, the Garden Club announced the creation of the Upper Boulevard Beautification Committee that would give 10 new trash receptacles to Oakmont to replace the current trash cans by the shops on the boulevard. Council approved the gift on Monday, and the receptacles were ordered by the Garden Club. They are expected to arrive within eight to 10 weeks.

Last week, the head of the committee Judie Beynon, also asked council to help clean up that area. Jamison said road crews were out this week spraying weed killer on the boulevard to help control the weeds in that area.

College Avenue Parking

Council discussed the ongoing request of Building owner Jim Siciliano to keep perpendicular parking on College Avenue by his buildings—Allegheny Plaza 1 and Allegheny Plaza 2. Siciliano and the tenants of his buildings want to keep the parking as is to avoid losing spaces. Council thinks once the Edgewater Development is populated this area could become a safety concern.

“There’s really nothing we can do right now,” Jamison said. “We have to see when that development is complete and people start using the road if it’s hazardous. It could become a situation.”  

Riverside Park Renovations

The park renovations are currently on schedule, according to Jamison, and Northern Athletic Construction is in the demolition and infrastructure phase taking some existing structures down and installing drainage.