THE BOROUGH BULLETIN

Digital Newsletter
February 2024 Edition

YARD WASTE SITES OPEN ON MARCH 1

The Yard Waste and Leaf Bag Drop Off sites will open on or about March 1, 2024.  The sites are for Franklin Park residents only and commercial use is prohibited.  Permits are required to be obtained annually.  Anyone found using the site without a permit or dumping material that is prohibited could be subject to fines.  For more information regarding these sites, visit our website at www.franklinparkborough.us.  These sites are under video surveillance and are subject to permit checks by Borough personnel.

"GREEN UP" DAY
Saturday, March 23, 2024 @ 10:00 AM

The Franklin Park Environmental Advisory Council will be leading its annual “Green-up” Day on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at 10AM along Little Sewickley Creek.  The crew will meet at Acorn Park located at 2357 Magee Road, Sewickley, PA 15143.  This year we will complete a riparian restoration project to plant buttonbush and silky willow along Little Sewickley Creek.  Riparian forest buffers help protect against flooding, filter pollution for cleaner water, and stabilize streambanks to prevent erosion.  If you can help, please RSVP to dplatt@franklinparkborough.us or call the office at 412-364-4115, Ext. 302 to let us know you can attend!

Facility Rentals for 2025
Blueberry Hill Park, Old Orchard Park and Linbrook Park Rentals

According to Borough Policy, the Borough will begin accepting applications for rental of the Activity Center, Maple Grove Pavilion, Gazebo, Old Orchard Pavilion, and Linbrook Shelters for all 2025 dates. Franklin Park Borough residents will have first opportunity to rent our facilities beginning Monday, March 4, 2024, at 9:00 AM. Non-residents may submit applications beginning Monday, March 18, 2024.

 In order to secure a date, the Borough must receive a completed rental permit packet and appropriate checks made out to “Franklin Park Borough”. We cannot reserve your requested date until we receive these items. Rental permit packets and policies can be downloaded from our website at www.franklinparkborough.us. Under the “Recreation” tab, go to “Facility/Court Rentals” and click on the appropriate venue. Please read all the information thoroughly, then call Zach Brower at 412-364-4115, Ext. 347 with any questions. Must be 21 years of age or older to rent any Franklin Park Borough facility.

FRANKLIN PARK COMMUNITY GARDEN

Would you like to grow vegetables to eat or to share? Is your yard too small, too shady, or too overrun with deer for a vegetable garden? If so, consider growing in the Franklin Park Community Garden. The garden is located at 2634 Big Sewickley Creek Road, across the road from Linbrook Park. You may have noticed the garden if you drove past it last year.

The garden includes ten raised beds with mulch paths between the beds. The entire garden space is enclosed with a deer-proof fence and a locked gate. The Borough will provide horse manure and compost you can use in your plot, as well as water. The garden opens in April for early crops like peas and lettuce and closes in November after the first frost. Gardeners are encouraged to grow organically and to attract pollinators and beneficial insects to their plots. To cover the borough’s costs, seasonal rental for each plot is $60.

There are a few plots still available for this year.  If you are interested in a community garden plot, contact Donna Platt by email at dplatt@franklinparkborough.us or by phone at 412-364-4115, Ext. 302.  Gardeners must be Franklin Park Borough residents. The deadline for reserving a plot is March 22, 2024.

CURBSIDE YARD WASTE COLLECTIONS

It is that time of year! Tree and brush trimming, and leaf cleanup are on our Spring to do lists. The borough will provide the annual Spring curbside yard waste collections, so please use these services rather than taking your material to the yard waste sites. The brush chipping will begin on Monday, April 1st and the leaf bag collection will be the weeks of April 8th and April 15th.  You can view more information about these services by clicking on the links.  If you have any questions, contact Tammy Perrotte at 412-364-4115, Ext. 301 or by email at tperrotte@franklinparkborough.us. 

Monthly Meeting Schedule

All monthly meetings are open to the public and are either in-person, virtual or both.  The link needed to attend a virtual meeting can be found on the meeting agenda on the Agenda & Minutes page or on the monthly Calendar on our website. This newsletter is published on or about the 15th of each month. Therefore, the meeting dates provided below will be from the 15th of this month through the 15th of next month. All meetings are subject to change, and residents are advised to check our website for latest updates. 

Planning Commission - Tuesday, February 20 @ 8:00 pm - No Meeting

Borough Council Regular Meeting - Wednesday, February 21 @ 8:00 pm

Recreation Board  - Tuesday, February 27 @ 7:00 pm

Environmental Advisory Council - Monday, March 4 @ 7:30 pm

Borough Council Work Session - Wednesday, March 6 @ 7:00 pm

Technology Advisory Committee - Thursday, March 7 @ 7:00 pm

Zoning Hearing Board - Thursday, March 14 @ 7:30 pm