Upper St. Clair establishes rail-with-trail ad hoc committee
Upper St. Clair commissioners approved the establishment of a Boyce Mayview rail-with-trail ad hoc committee during their June 5 regular meeting.
Township staff members recommended forming the committee to explore and pursue the connection of Upper St. Clair’s trail system at Boyce Mayview Park, along with Fairview Park in South Fayette and the Charter Homes development planned for the site of the former Mayview State Hospital, to the Montour Trail.
On the committee are Mark Christie, board of commissioners president; Robert Orchowski, the board’s parks and recreation committee chairman; Thomas Browand, parks and recreation advisory board member; Development Adam Benigni, director of planning and community parks; Gary Schafer, township forester; Ched Mertz, former Upper St. Clair commissioner; and Ned Williams, Montour Trail Council president.
The ad hoc committee will be assisted by township manager Matt Serakowski, director of recreation and leisure services Paul Besterman, and other staff members as needed.
Also on June 5, the board honored David Tungate for his nearly 30 years of volunteer service on the township’s zoning hearing board. Tungate served on the board from February 1989 to April 2017, including many years as chairman.
During the public hearing portion of the meeting, the board gave tentative approval for Friendship Village planned residential development Phase VI. The three-phased development at 1290 Boyce Road calls for an assisted living/memory support building, skilled nursing building, and an independent living building.
Also receiving tentative approval was the Laurel Place planned residential development, which calls for a 36-unit townhome project at 1320 Mayview Road.
The board heard testimony regarding an amendment to the township code entitled “Special Business – Mixed Use District” to remove the requirement for streetlights along residential streets. The amendment would relate to the residential portion of Sienna at St. Clair, off Route 19 near South Hills Village. The business area of the development would still have streetlights, as would the intersection of Sienna Drive and Lucca Lane. The change would affect the residential portion of the development.
Commissioners voted to continue the public hearing at their July 3 meeting.