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A Right To Know was filed with the Allegheny County Conservation District on November 20, 2014 concerning the technical deficiencies they found with the Turf Project. This is not to be confused with the technical deficiencies the DEP found with the Turf Project in this document dated August 27, 2014 or Gateway's response to the DEP in their September 4, 2014 letter addressing technical deficiencies. Or the DEP's response to Mt. Lebanon residents here.
The Allegheny County Conservation District sent a letter to David Donnellan on July 1, 2014 with a list of technical deficiencies. Gateway responded to ACCD on July 3, 2014 with this terse reply.
Correspondence from the ACCD continued as late as September 25, 2014. Reading the arrogant response from Dan Deiseroth on September 29, 2014 makes me wonder why the ACCD and DEP granted the NPDES permit. My team was professional and respectful with the ACCD and DEP.
Update January 3, 2015 6:15 AM From Steve Feller's January 2, 2015 Administrative Report:
The sign in the photos say the project is getting money from the Keystone Fund which claims this on their website: "Walking, biking, skiing; fishing and hunting; playing sports, picnicking or just enjoying the quiet and peace of nature: Outdoor recreation requires land. The Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund helps people acquire the green spaces needed for outdoor recreation, whether narrow ribbons of land for trails or wide open spaces for hunting (see Conservation)."
ReplyDeleteSo they're helping acquire green spaces? Must be talking about the color green, because plastic turf certainly has nothing to do with conservation!
Hitting the "Conservation" tag brings up this bullet point: "
Protect 120,000 acres of green space for county and municipal parks, greenways, wildlife habitat and other open space uses."
http://www.keystonefund.org/recreation/
What BS!!!!!
6:43, I believe that's an old sign that has nothing to do with the current project. Looking at the sign, it's all cracked and the fasteners are rusted.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is an old sign. When I called the DCNR over the summer, they had given us grant money in (I believe) 1998, 1999, and 2001 for field improvements. They wouldn't get involved because too much time had passed. How did I spend my summer vacation? You're looking at the photos!
ReplyDeleteElaine
Will they be removing this sign too, in addition to the other sign posted in the other photo?
ReplyDeleteNick M.
So they played the Keystone Fund for suckers.
ReplyDeleteTook their green conservation money and now they're covering the space with plastic and old used tires.
Next month they'll do a complete about face once again and declare we need to save the environment through PAYT.
ReplyDeleteNice photos. My first thought was, "Wow, there's the crown jewel. I'm sure prospective home buyers are thrilled".
ReplyDeleteWhen did this project start?
ReplyDeleteHow many game slots have been lost, not due to rainouts, but due to mud?
I'm guessing we've lost at least an average year's worth because of the construction.
Sorry but this is "Off Topic" but I just heard that the commissioners were going to approve the building of apartments on Castle Shannon Blvd if the builder agrees to include 30% to be low income units. Is this true? They threw out LA Fitness but this is OK?
ReplyDeleteWhere did the extra money come from? What was axed?
ReplyDeleteSomeone emailed this to me today.
ReplyDelete"I’m not a Facebook or Twitter fan and this may sound trivial (I’m in that kind of mood today), but if Mt. Lebanon is going to have a Facebook page to promote Mt. Lebanon, why is there a picture of the city of Pittsburgh on the front page?
Is there nothing in our very own community worth a snapshot of and posting on the front page?"
mtl Magazine is welcome to use the photos of the "crown jewel" from this post, if they wish.
Elaine
4:26 PM, this is what I read in the Trib. I hadn't heard the rest of the story. Mt. Lebanon developer eyes Castle Shannon Boulevard for townhouses, apartments
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From the Trib article: "Bognar said he had not yet considered asking for any tax incentives or tax-backed loans for the project, but said it could move forward without them — albeit at a much slower pace.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet he does ask for tax breaks then ML homeowners get to pay for Ed Bognar's low-income housing.
Can we get back on topic? Please?
ReplyDeleteElaine
Where have the workers been the past few weeks? Not one truck in sight and all the equipment is gone, not to mention that the dirt and gravel piles haven't been touched since they were dumped. Vasco has 95 days to complete the project and January is normally cold and snowy.
ReplyDeleteNick M.
4:36, this isn't the Kossman property near Shop N Save where LA Fitness was planned.
ReplyDeleteIt's behind the Rite Aid, on the other side of the street.
Wonder how many soccer/lacrosse players are moaning the loss of practice/game slots at WCM field this week?
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