The Borough Council conducted their April Council Meeting virtually. The video can be found on Facebook by clicking here. Additionally, Council had an EMERGENCY VOTE and considered another action on April 22, 2020 to EXTEND THE PROPERTY TAX DEADLINES. Council voted to EXTEND THE 2% PROPERTY TAX DISCOUNT RATE UNTIL AUGUST 31, 2020. LATE FEES WILL BE WAIVED IF TAXES ARE PAID IN FULL BY DECEMBER 31, 2020.
Rt. 30 Construction to being on March 23, 2020
PennDOT will be patching and paving Rt. 30 from Forest Hills to North Versailles. This work will take place between the hours of 7 pm and 6 am and on weekends.
Expect some delays as traffic may be reduced to one lane in each direction during portions of this project.
The project is expected to be complete by mid-December, 2020.
Please click on this link to open the Report Summary from Phase 1 of the multi-municipal comprehensive plan.
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
The result of A COMMUNITY PROCESS that determines goals and aspirations. Sets A VISION for future growth and development. Expresses and regulates PUBLIC POLICY on land use, transportation, recreation, utilities and housing. It is AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT that should be adopted into law.
Water main breaks at Dynamo Alley, Linden Ave and Franklin Streets.
WPJWA is already working on repairing these, but you may see intermittent water shutoffs throughout the day.
The Borough of East Pittsburgh believes that feral cats in our neighborhoods can be a nuisance to our residents, causing damage to gardens, leaving unwanted waste & odors, and creating noise.
To alleviate the issues that feral cats can cause, East Pittsburgh is actively engaging in the process and best practice known as Trap, Neuter, and Return (TNR). It has been shown time and again that simply removing feral cats will create a void and will result in new cats entering the area. TNR controls the feline population by leaving known cats in place, but spaying/neutering to prevent new litters, thus stabilizing and gradually reducing the feral cat population.
Another key factor to reducing the nuisance is to feed the cats. This may appear to be wrong, but by providing food, water and care, the feral cats will not seek out trash and other sources of food that can lead to additional rodents and pests. Feeding the cats also allows us to keep an eye on the population, become aware of new cats, and to keep them from roaming into a wider area. We have a small group of dedicated residents who are already working to feed, build trust, then TNR. They also seek out cats and kittens that can be adopted to further reduce the feral population.
Below you will find information and website links to explain more about TNR and feeding feral cats. If or when you become aware of feral cats, please contact the Borough offices at 412-823-7124.
From www.humanesociety.org
What is Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR)?
TNR is a nonlethal strategy for reducing the number of community cats and improving the quality of life for cats, wildlife and people. At its most basic, TNR involves:
How does TNR solve common complaints associated with feral cats?
Won’t removing community cats from an area eliminate the problem?
There are many reasons cat problems are rarely solved by trapping and removing a colony. Community cats live at a certain location because it offers food and shelter. If a colony is removed, cats from surrounding colonies may move in to take advantage of the newly available resources. The cycle of reproduction and nuisance behavior begins all over again.
If all the cats in a colony are not trapped, then the ones left behind will tend to have larger litters of kittens. The kittens are more likely to survive because there are fewer cats competing for food. The colony’s population will continue to increase until it reaches the number that can be supported by the available food and shelter.
Here are some of the other factors that usually make trap and removal ineffective:
No input from the cats’ caretakers, who are the only people who really know the cats’ numbers and patterns and can control whether or not the cats are hungry enough to enter a baited trap.
No volunteers to trap cats, who face an uncertain fate or death upon capture.
Little to no animal control staff and money available to accomplish the task.
No strategy for the difficult task of catching all the cats in a colony.
No one watching out for pet cats who are lost or abandoned, aren’t spayed or neutered and quickly repopulate a vacated territory.
Other resources:
www.humaneanimalrescue.org/programs-services/community-cats/
