There were two areas I wanted to visit today. The first was up to the Borough Garage property. I wanted to see the recycling area as well as the "storm drain" entrance that the "illicit discharges" from recycling would enter. I also wanted to visit the work site on Christy Road were the stream bank work was completed.
It is amazing what one can learn while buying hoagies from the Boy Scouts on the street corner. Actually, today it was buying from the mothers of the Boy Scouts as they had some rock climbing outing and yesterday was the only time they could get out. I would strongly encourage all residents to support our local Scout Troop. The service the render for Apple Festival, Pilgrimage, other special community days, serving at some local church functions, and providing service projects to the community is an asset to us all. Sorry, for the slight excursion from the main point. I talked to a resident of the Community for 48 years. She asked me about the Bus Stop in Delmont. Apparently, she is an elder in one of the local churches and after discussions were willing to let bus commuters use the church parking lot and alleviate the street parking concerns of last year. She was told she would need to contact the attorney of Westmoreland Transit Authority to make the offer to them. She has and has not heard anything back. Before, I was elected to Council I attended many meetings. At one of those meetings I remember the Council talking about trying to move the bus stop out of Delmont and to Export. In all honesty, I am not a bus user and their is so much other stuff going on in this town that I put a personal higher priority on. Briefly my position is the Residents of Delmont deserve to have a local bus stop. A early morning commuter population offers income potential for local business who would choose to capitalize on it, or entry of a local entrepreneur to fill the current void. Secondly, it is always easier to forfeit public services than to get them back once lost. Too bad the same can't be said for taxes. It seems that temporary taxes have a way of never going away. I am not referring to any local taxes I know of, but rather to taxes in general. If a bus stop in Delmont is important to you please let me know. Your concerns will cause me to re prioritize the issues that I believe are important.
The information that I gathered from the visit to the borough property and recycling area is as follows so far. Please keep in mind that I have only read about 200 of the 800 pages plus I found so far is I have not found anyway that the recycling is impacted by MS4 at its current location. There were some things that appeared to me to be a bigger concern than the possible contamination of rain water ruin-off by the recycling. This is preliminary and I want to do more research as well as talk to our engineer about his interpretation.
The area where the stream bank project was completed looks pretty good. The Engineers must have chosen a very good excavator as the resident of the property hired the excavator to fix-up his property after the Borough project was complete. There are many sewer and water issues in this area that will require more attention at a different time.
Finally, I would ask all residents to try to work out differences amongst themselves. If the Borough Ordinance Officer pays you a visit, it does not necessarily mean that someone has reported you to the Borough. Our Ordinance Officer does drive around town and make his own observations. If your neighbor's activities is adversely affecting your enjoyment of property or living conditions talk to them and tell them your concerns. If it is a known ordinance violation tell them and give them a chance to abate the problem, and if they don't tell them that you will report them and tell them the ordinance in question. This should prevent any hard feelings and it lies the whole situation wide upon and on the table. Try to resolve your own issues, believe me you wouldn't want the current sitting council to mediate differences. Life is too short and our town is too small not to get along.
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