Aspinwall officers need to hear from residents about doable modifications to the borough’s canine park forward of its upcoming season.
Dogs can roam free within the Aspinwall Recreation Area ball fields Nov. 1 by way of March 31.
The infields are fenced off to restrict injury to the baseball taking part in space.
Residents are to register their pets and pay a $10 payment per-dog prior to make use of.
There is nothing presently on the books for non-resident registration and costs.
Councilwoman Marcia Cooper desires to have a public discussion board to debate that problem and different canine park issues within the coming weeks.
A gathering date has not been set. It is anticipated to happen on the borough workplace, 217 Commercial Ave.
“Anybody who uses the dog park on a regular basis is invited to attend,” Cooper mentioned throughout her property and parks report Sept. 13.
“Meet with the parks committee so we can establish some parameters for what that looks like this upcoming season (and) avoid some of the problems that happened last season. I’m looking for sort of everybody’s availability and how many people want to (attend).”
Cooper declined to specify what issues befell final season.
“I don’t want to get ahead of the meeting,” she mentioned.
Cooper referred additional inquiries to Borough Manager Melissa O’Malley and council President Tim McLaughlin.
Anyone who desires to have a canine park assembly can electronic mail Cooper at [email protected].
The canine park is without doubt one of the extra in style facilities in Aspinwall.
O’Malley mentioned about 50 dogs apply it to a given day.
“It’s a benefit to residents because a lot of the properties don’t have large backyards,” O’Malley mentioned. “It’s a place for dogs to be able to run and get exercise.”
O’Malley anticipates new laws being adopted previous to its opening.
“Currently, the dog park is only set up for residents,” she mentioned. “We do have nonresidents that use it. That’s the problem. How do you regulate it?
“The police can’t be spending all their time at a dog park. We can’t hire somebody that that’s their whole job. … We do have residents (that use the park) that don’t register, as well.”
Pet registration purposes are available on the borough workplace.
Coming quickly: Paving
Paving is anticipated to begin Sept. 25.
Council Vice President Lara Voytko mentioned the challenge was delayed because of climate and Oakmont-based A. Folino Construction’s schedule.
Road repairs are anticipated to take a couple of week.
Work to be accomplished contains:
• Alley I;
• a patch alongside the 200 block of Second Street;
• a patch on the intersection of Second Street and Virginia Avenue;
• a patch in entrance of 400 Eastern Ave.;
• three patches on Center Avenue, from Sixth to Eighth streets;
• the intersection of Center Avenue and tenth Street;
• Center Avenue, between Ninth Street and Alley H.
The borough budgeted $75,000 for paving this yr.
Council unanimously voted June 14 to award its paving program to A. Folino Construction, which was the bottom of three bidders at simply over $57,400 .
The borough might use the estimated $17,500 remaining after the contract to do some brick repairs.
Volunteers needed
Volunteers are wanted to serve on the borough’s human relations fee.
Those can electronic mail resumes and letters of curiosity to Councilman Heth Turnquist at [email protected].
Michael DiVittorio is a Tribune-Review workers author. You can contact Michael at 412-871-2367, [email protected] or through Twitter .
