COMMUNITY
AROUND TOWN
Mt. Lebanon High School social studies teacher Peter DiNardo, second from left, received
this year’s Community Service Award from the Mt. Lebanon Community Relations Board.

From left: Commission President Steve Silverman, DiNardo, Mt. Lebanon High School
Principal Brian McFeeley and Community Relations Board Chair Lisa Borrelli Dorn.

PRIORITY REPORT At the beginning
of the year, the Mt. Lebanon Com-
mission asked several boards and
authorities to come up with their
lists of priorities for action in 2018.

On April 30, the boards reported to
the commission on the progress they
had made.

Community Relations Board held
the first-ever Mt. Lebanon Resi-
dents’ Academy, an eight-week
program that introduced residents
to all aspects of local government.

The board also held the Community
Services Award program and hon-
ored this year’s winner, Peter Di-
Nardo, along with Hal Hasley, who
received the award last year at the
biannual Volunteer Appreciation
Dinner. Recently, the board voted to
work with the library on a Harwood
Institute Initiative that involves
holding Community Conversations
about quality of life moderated by
trained faciltators.

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Historic Preservation Board is work-
ing with the help of a consultant to
develop voluntary design guide-
lines for properties in Mt. Lebanon’s
National Historic District. The proj-
ect is an extension of the voluntary
guidelines that previously were cre-
ated specifically for Virginia Manor.

“We’d like to make the guidelines
more concise, accessible and easier
to use,” says Jim Martin, board chair.

The board is also working on a de-
sign for eight new entry signs that
would identify Mt. Lebanon’s historic
district. The signs are still in the plan-
ning phase and would require com-
mission approval before any action
could be taken.

Parks Advisory Board is seeking to
update its 14-year-old parks mas-
ter plan. A large percentage of the
recommendations in the 2004 plan,
which was produced by the plan-
ning firm LaQuatra Bonci, have
been adopted. Those improvements
included upgrading playground
equipment in several parks, and
stream and woodland restoration in
Bird Park. The board is also working
to identify and inventory park trees
using Mt. Lebanon’s Geographic In-
formation System and wants to con-
tinue the Twin Hills invasive species
control project that began last year.

Other projects include tree replace-
ment in Williamsburg and Rock-
wood parks, both of which received
extensive improvements in 2017.

Sports Advisory Board is discussing
commissioning a feasibility study for
a multipurpose recreational facility,