Friday, April 20, 2012
An insider provides insight to Pitcher Park's next steps and intentions.
Pitcher Park Memorial Skate Park wishes to issue this statement to avoid any further misinformation. While the outcome of the latest Dormont Council vote was a disheartening blow to Pitcher Park, it is not the final chapter. Pitcher Park is looking into the resulting legal matters of this vote, but at this point has not decided on which avenue to pursue. This is being done to protect the organization and in no way is an attempt to cause harm to Dormont or its residents. We can promise that any decision will be the result of careful consideration, legal advice and will be ethically sound. Pitcher Park Memorial Skate Park is at this point reentering the deliberation process of other communities that would benefit from a skate park donation, …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Two motions regarding Pitcher Park were on Monday’s agenda, but neither passed.
Another Dormont Council meeting has passed with few answers as to what will become of Pitcher Park Memorial Park. Two motions regarding the park were on Monday’s agenda: one to form a citizens group to propose alternatives to the May 2011 Memorandum of Understanding, and another to authorize the advertisement of an ordinance ratifying the April 5, 2010 motion approving the park passed by the previous council, which resulted in the May 2011 document. Neither passed. Council voted 4-2-1 against forming the committee. Councilwomen Onnie Costanzo and Joan Hodson voted in favor of it, and Gene Barilla abstained from the vote. Council later voted 4-3 to table the motion regarding the April 5, 2010 vote so the borough could get two or three more …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The borough likely will not be liable for expenses incurred by the Pitcher Park group, according to solicitor Deron Gabriel.
Dormont officials have received a legal opinion regarding the borough’s motion to approve a multi-use park and how Pitcher Park could be affected. Earlier this month, discussion at a council meeting turned to Pitcher Park after the organization’s president, Mary Pitcher, told council she planned to take legal action against the borough if it attempted to terminate the contract for Pitcher Park Memorial Skatepark. The contract included a Memorandum of Understanding signed in May 2011, which was publically released in January. To determine what the borough was legally allowed to do regarding the contract, council asked borough solicitor Deron Gabriel to research the matter. Attached to this article as a PDF is the document detailing the …
Friday, January 27, 2012
The council president discussed an agreement between the borough and Pitcher Park on Friday, but one council member said he didn’t know about the agreement at all.
Dormont Council members say they’re not planning to revoke an agreement between the borough and Pitcher Park—but at least one council member is concerned because he said he didn’t know about the agreement at all. The document— a Memorandum of Understanding between the borough and Pitcher Park, which was forwarded to Dormont-Brookline Patch by a community member—is posted with this article as a PDF file. Dormont-Brookline Patch confirmed with council President Bill McCartney on Friday that the document is true and accurate. But Councilman John Maggio—who was a council member in May of 2011 when the document was signed—said he didn’t know the document existed. He said he never saw the agreement until McCartney sent copies of it to council …
Friday, November 11, 2011
Part III of a three-part series examining both the pros and cons of Pitcher Park, the proposed Dormont skateboard facility.
On July 15, 2008, former Dormont resident Mary Pitcher lost two of her four sons in a drowning incident at a reservoir in the Allegheny National Forest. The young men, Stephen Pitcher, 19, and Vincent Pitcher, 21, who grew up in Dormont, were avid skateboarders. As a memorial to the two lives lost, their mother, now a resident of Scott Township, approached Dormont Council about establishing a skateboard park and raising the money for its construction. Since then, the proposed facility has been fraught with controversy. This three-part series will look at existing skateboard facilities in other municipalities, as well as examine the views of those opposed to the creation of one in Dormont—and those who feel it would be an asset to the …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Part II of a three-part series examining both the pros and cons of Pitcher Park, the proposed Dormont skateboard facility.
On July 15, 2008, former Dormont resident Mary Pitcher lost two of her four sons in a drowning incident at a reservoir in the Allegheny National Forest. The young men, Stephen Pitcher, 19, and Vincent Pitcher, 21, who grew up in Dormont, were avid skateboarders. As a memorial to the two lives lost, their mother, now a resident of Scott Township, approached Dormont Council about establishing a skateboard park and raising the money for its construction. Since then, the proposed facility has been fraught with controversy. This three-part series will look at existing skateboard facilities in other municipalities, as well as examine the views of those opposed to the creation of one in Dormont—and those who feel it would be an asset to the …
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12:31 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012
Hello DSA, Thank you for your suggestions. We are exploring all possibilities, not just those that end in a courtroom. I can assure you however we will not "rush" into any decisions. It is our hope to part ways with Dormont in a much more favorable light than was previously experienced. We hope that through this process we may even be able to gain support from those who opposed this project. … more ›