We still can't pin him down - Updated 2x

Even as late as Wednesday, we have not been able to get a straight answer from Dave Brumfield.

Some residents were unclear Wednesday whether the money collected from advertisers will go to the municipality or the Youth Sports Association.
"How the money will be handled has not been set yet," Mr. Brumfield said in an email Wednesday.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-south/advertisements-coming-to-school-municipal-fields-in-mt-lebanon-635300/?p=0

Update May 13, 2012 6:47 p.m. The Zoning Ordinance is online here.  The amended ordinance (823.5.3.10) recently passed is here. Please note that 823.5.3.9 is missing. Dave Brumfield avoided answering emails which questioned who would get the revenue from the signs.  Below is part of one such email.

Dave,
For starters, it's not clear to me who would get the money from the
signs. I think this needs to be clarified.  The line between the
municipality and the school district often seems blurred.

Yet, when we question that, we get, "Why do you feel we shouldn't explore alternative revenue sources?" Dave, it is not that we are against alternative revenue sources. We simply want a definitive answer.  Who gets the revenue? The municipality or the sports groups?

Update May 14, 2012 11:07 a.m. The missing ordinance 823.5.3.9 can be found here.

Groundbreaking Ceremony Postponed

From the Mt. Lebanon School District website:

The High School groundbreaking ceremony scheduled for April 28, 2011 is postponed while the Board deliberates on the outcome of the bids for the High School project.  http://www.mtlsd.org/district/

I hope the School Board considers rescheduling the reconvened meeting that conflicts with the Commission meeting on April 25, 2011.  The Commission will be holding a public hearing to amend the Mt. Lebanon Code regarding signs, such as the Save Our School signs.  Bill No. 6-11 http://www.mtlebanon.org/archives/30/APPROVED%20Supplemental%20agenda%2004-12-11.pdf

Update 5:57 PM The Post Gazette now says that the bids came in $15.3 million or 16.5% over cost estimates. More numbers have been released.  Read them here: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11110/1140565-100.stm

How temporary is temporary?

I am in the process of updating lebocitizens.com with the Commission agenda for Tuesday, and saw that the Commissioners are voting on the rewording of the sign ordinance by deleting the definition of political or election signs and replacing it with "personal opinion" signs and including the new definition to be: "A Temporary Sign which conveys a (i) political message, (ii) religious message, (iii) a personal message, or (iv) message that directs attention to a candidate or candidates for Public office, a political party or a ballot issue." http://mtlebanon.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=3960 I know the Planning Board thinks this will open up the floodgates and can encourage hate signs.  Planning Board says no to rewording sign ordinance.


Is this how the Municipality is addressing "the potential proliferation of electronic billboards and signage in the region" as written by Deb Smit in her Pop City article?  The irony of this is that there are a few Pop City writers who are fighting FOR proliferation of signage in Mt. Lebanon.