IN Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Fall 2016

Briefly Brentwood BOROUGH NEWS A MESSAGE FROM THE DESK OF MAYOR DENNIS H. TROY C ITBR Y OEFNT MC WOOD KE ES POR BORTOU NEGH WSN E WS cKeespor t rentwood Greetings to all as we enter into a wonderful Fall Season. I trust and hope that you and your family enjoyed a most wonderful Summer Season. I am pleased to report the commencement of a new initiative forged between myself, Police Chief Adam Zeppuhar and our Building Inspector Ralph Costa. As an outgrowth of our parking supply and demand efforts along certain streets in the northern portion of Brentwood, this effort primarily relies on walking and visual inspection. Essentially, the chief, a patrolman and building inspector and myself have been walking streets looking for any negative conditions which impacts public safety. We look for things such as unsafe sidewalks, failing retaining walls, trash and overgrown weeds. We have been compiling a list of infractions and mailing out notices to property owners. Should not the conditions be addressed we will take them to the local magistrate to press for corrective action. We are also providing a visible presence with our police chief, patrolman and building inspector and of course the Mayor. While the program has initially been focused on Pyramid, Brentwood Ave., Clermont, Glendale and Lachman Way, we have begun to look at other areas in the Borough. Some of these efforts involve traffic control, such as, stop signs, but also parking related matters too. As it relates to parking, my office and the Police Chief have completed our study of parking supply and demand in the above areas of Pyramid, Brentwood, Glendale, Clermont, Elroy and Lachman Way. This effort included physical inspection and collection of data as well as meetings with area residents. Our next step will be to provide a formal recommendation to Brentwood 52 Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Council for their consideration. We had met with the Zoning and Ordinance Committee in January whereby they had decided to take the parking initiative Borough wide. However, based upon community feedback I informed the committee that we will go back to my original plan of focusing on a much smaller and more affected subsection of the community. Again, as we enter Autumn with Summer behind us that leaves behind a tremendous Brentwood Athletic Association Youth Baseball Season here in Brentwood. While we had to combat some of the worst baseball related weather in recent memory, those games that were played made for a memorable season. This season concluded with Tournament Travel Baseball. I was fortunate enough to manage the Brentwood 12 and under tournament team. We had tournaments in Peters Township, Castle Shannon and Brentwood. Our boys did well by winning the Castle Shannon Tournament! But just as important was the feedback that I received from opposing teams and communities. We were universally commended for the conduct and sportsmanship of not only our players but our fans as well. Our players, parents and fans were most respectful and polite and did our community proud! It was a tremendous ending to a great season in so many ways. I am now excited that the Brentwood Dukes Youth Football Season in Brentwood began August 1st with record numbers of players. I expect that again our players, parents and fans will demonstrate an extraordinary level of sportsmanship and politeness. We are Brentwood proud! Mayor Dennis H. Troy

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