Volume 40, Issue 2 March/April 2010 President’s Message by ...

A bimonthly publication of the Brighton Heights Citizen’s Federation

Volume 40, Issue 2 March/April 2010

Here we are in the middle of the fourth-largest snowfall in our history. I do not know about all of you but I’m not a winter guy and snow is not my favorite word. One thing that I learned from this experience is to call 311, because they respond to the neighborhoods with the most complaints. But spring is coming and the Federa-tion is entering its busiest time of the year, April and May. We are always hopeful that we will get lots of vol-unteers in each of these programs that we undertake.

April 24th is our annual cleanup day. We work in con-junction with the Great Pennsylvania Cleanup and the City of Pittsburgh’s effort to pick up litter. As always, we are prepared to police up any area of Brighton Heights as long as we have volunteers. We have his-torically cleaned Brighton Heights Boulevard up from Ohio River Boulevard and the California and Termon Avenue area. If you have an area of interest to you and your neighbors, we will support your efforts. All of us will collect the trash and the Public Works folks will remove it. We will provide safety vests, gloves and the bags. What do you say folks? Now is the time to help out.

We will be planting flowers on the three corners of California and Termon Avenues on Saturday, May 15th. We generally meet on the corner of Brighton Heights Boulevard and California Avenue and start planting around 8:30. We are grateful for any donations of mon-ey and/or perennial flowers. Look for the flower dona-tion form on page 3 of this newsletter.

Our House Tour will be held on May 23rd. The commit-tee has selected the Termon Avenue area for the tour. Those of you who have participated in the past may

remember some of these houses from our previous tours. Once again we will need volunteers to walk the house tour route and pick up trash the day before the tour (May 22nd) and staff the houses and give direc-tions the day of the tour.

We will again cooperate with the 27th Ward Veterans Committee and hold a Memorial Day ceremony in Le-gion Park on May 31st. We are looking for more veter-ans to participate in the ceremony, and we hope that all our neighbors will come out for the program.

We have attended several meetings concerning the Pittsburgh Public School system’s review as it pertains to John Morrow and Arthur Rooney Middle School. There is an at-large committee looking at the entire North Side. We have representation on the committee, both families of school-aged children and also board members. Representatives of the school system and three school board members met with the community and heard our concerns with closing Arthur Rooney Middle School and moving John Morrow students to the Rooney building. We asked for a one-year hold on the decision so that we could discuss what is best for this neighborhood and, most importantly, the school children. The feelings of those in attendance favored combining of the two schools and housing K through 8 in the Rooney building. The underlying rationale is that it would be better to have our children walk to school rather than be bused. A meeting will be held Wednes-day, March 3rd at Emmanuel Christian Church. Please see page 5 for the announcement. If you have an inter-est in this meeting please call our answer line at 412-734-0233 or e-mail us at: [email protected]

President’s Message ........ 1House Tour ........................ 2Flower Planting ................. 3Flea Market ........................ 3Library Events ................... 4St. Cyrils ............................ 5Memorial Day .................... 5Clean Up ............................ 5Fate of our Schools .......... 5Minutes .............................. 6Scholarship Form ............. 7A Thousand Eyes ............. 8Role of City Gov ................ 8BHCF Info Quicklist .......... 9Complaint Form ................ 9Membership App ............ 10

by Pete BellisarioThe Status of the Schools, Memorial Day, Cleaning Up Brighton Heights, Planting Flowers In It and Peeking In Its Houses

President’s Message

Next General Membership Meeting

Thursday, March 11th7:00 p.m.

Brighton-McClure Presbyterian Church

Corner of Brighton Road and Benton Ave

In ThIs Issue

2 www.brightonheights.org Brighton Heights Citizens Federation

Brighton Heights 2010 House Tour

The annual Brighton Heights House Tour will take place on Sunday, May 23rd from noon to 4 PM. The focus of this tour will be houses on or close to Termon Avenue. The tour will once again feature a chocolate theme.

Tickets for the tour are $12 each if reservations are made before May 22nd. The day of the tour, tickets will be $15. So get your friends together and come on the tour.

You can help sponsor the tour by purchasing an ad in the booklet. Ads are $50 for a quarter page, $100 for a half page and $200 for a full page. Any ad entitles you to free admission to the tour for up to four people and a one year extension on your membership.

You can make a reservation by sending in the attached reservation form, or the attached sponsor form, or by going to www.brightonheights.org and complet-ing the form (s) online by using PayPal.

Ticket Reservation FormDate: Sunday, May 23, 2010 Time: Noon to 4 PM

Cost: $12 (non-refundable) if received before Saturday, May 22, 2010, $15 day of tour

Name: ________________________________________________

Address: ______________________________________________

________________________________________________________

Phone: ________________________________________________

E-mail: _______________________________________________

Would you like to receive our free eNewsletter?

Number of tickets: ___________________________________

Amount enclosed: ____________________________________

No cash, please – send check to:BHCF, Inc.

2010 House TourPO Box 99696 • Pittsburgh, PA 15233

PAYPAL available on our website at: www.brightonheights.org

2010 Sponsor FormCost:

$50 for 1/4 page$100 for 1/2 page$200 for full page

Name: _________________________________________

Address: _______________________________________

_________________________________________________

Phone: _________________________________________

E-mail: _________________________________________

Would you like to receive our free eNewsletter?

Amount enclosed: ___________________________

Email electronic file to [email protected]

No cash, please – send check to:BHCF, Inc.

2010 House TourPO Box 99696 • Pittsburgh, PA 15233

PAYPAL available on our website at: www.brightonheights.org

Brighton Heights Citizens Federation Answer Line: 412-734-0233 3

Neighborhood Flea Market

Let us help you with your spring cleaning. Bring all those no-longer-needed treasures to our second neighborhood yard sale. It will be in Legion Park on Saturday, June 5th from 9 AM to 2 PM. You can rent a 6 foot by 10 foot space in the park for only $10. You supply your own table if you like. We will publicize the event for you. Our first attempt at this activity last spring was a great success, so plan to participate this year.

Make a reservation on line at www.brightonheights.org or fill out the application below and mail it in with your reservation fee.

Name: _______________________________

Address ______________________________

City _________________________________

Phone _______________________________

E-mail (optional) ________________________

Number of 6 x 10 ft spaces needed __________

Amount Enclosed _______________________

Make checks payable to Brighton Heights Citizens Federation.

Please do not send cash.

BHCF Flea MarketBox 99696

Pittsburgh, PA 15233

Time to think Spring! Bring your garden gloves and knee pads if you like and join us for the annual spring flower planting on Saturday, May 15th at 8:30 AM on the corners of California and Termon Avenues. We like to have the gardens in before the house tour which is on May 23rd this year, so this should work out well.

There are a couple of ways that you can help with the flower planting (at California and Termon Avenues) on May 15th.

If you would like to contribute to the purchase of the flowers, please fill in the accompanying donation form, go online to the website at www.brightonheights.org for a form, or use Paypal online.

If you would like to help with the planting on May 15th:Return this form, Call our Answer Line at 412-734-0233 or e-mail us at [email protected]

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Donation for purchase of flowers: $ ______________________

Name ____________________________________________

Address __________________________________________

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E-mail (optional) ____________________________________

Make checks payable to Brighton Heights Citizens Federation.Please do not send cash.

BHCF Flower PlantingBox 99696

Pittsburgh, PA 15233


Beginner Spanish Play Group

Monday, March 1, 2010 10:30 AM - 11:00 AMMonday, March 8, 2010 10:30 AM - 11:00 AMMonday, March 15, 2010 10:30 AM - 11:00 AMMonday, March 22, 2010 10:30 AM - 11:00 AMMonday, March 29, 2010 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Come to Beginner Spanish Play Group! We'll sing songs, learn rhymes, read stories, and do activities--in Spanish. Bring your toddler or preschooler and join the fun. You'll both learn Spanish in a relaxed and informal atmo-sphere.

Mondays from 10:30-11:00Presented by: Amanda Hamilton

Get Your Game On!

Thursday, March 4, 2010 4:00 PM - 6:00 PMCome to the library to play the Playstation 2!

Family Storytime

Thursday, March 4, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AMThursday, March 11, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AMThursday, March 18, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AMThursday, March 25, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AMThursday, April 1, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AMThursday, April 8, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AMThursday, April 15, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AMThursday, April 22, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AMThursday, April 29, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 AM

Summary: Join us for songs, movement, stories and a craft.

Book Discussion : The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Do you love to read? Do you wish you had someone to talk to about the books you read? If the answer is yes to either of these questions, then perhaps it is time to join a book discussion group. Come to the library and join the book discussion group for adults today!

Wise Walk

Monday, March 1, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMMonday, March 8, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMMonday, March 15, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMMonday, March 22, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMMonday, March 29, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMMonday, April 5, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMMonday, April 12, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMMonday, April 19, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AMMonday, April 26, 2010 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Wise Walk is a walking program geared toward adults 50+. Participants will receive a pedometer and a t-shirt and will record the number of steps they take each week. We will meet every Monday at 9:30 AM to walk the neighborhood. During inclement weather, we will walk inside.

Presented by: Woods Run StaffSponsor: This program brought to you by the Allegheny County Library As-sociation in partnership with AARP and the Highmark PALS (People Able to Lend Support) Program.Light snacks

Events at your local library!

Woods Run Branch

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

1201 Woods Run Avenue • Pittsburgh, PA 15212412.761.3730

[email protected]

Featured Events Editorial cartoonist for the

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Rogers

Saturday, March 27th at 1PM.

Hear him talk about his new bookNo Cartoon Left Behind

Books will be available for sale and signing.

Newspaper columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Brian O’Neill

Tuesday, May 11th at 11:30AM

Hear him talk about his new bookThe Paris of Appalachia : Pittsburgh in the twenty-first century

Books will be available for sale and signing.


Saint Cyril’s Marks Milestone

By Peggy Bookser, Principal

Saint Cyril of Alexandria School, located at 3854 Brighton Road, marks a significant milestone this year. In January 1930, the first Saint Cyril of Alexandria School building opened its doors to children living in the Brighton Heights neighborhood. We have been educating neighborhood children ever since and celebrate our 80th anniversary this year! The original building faced Brighton Road and

was demolished in the mid-1960’s to make way for the current building, dedicated in 1967.

We are proud of our students and their successes over the years. Our alumni have distinguished themselves in all facets of society. Priests, sisters in religious communities, judges, lawyers, physicians, surgeons, teachers, policemen and policewomen, firefighters, newspaper editors, corporate executives as well as those performing distinguished service in the military. We have alumni who have given their lives for our country and those currently serving in harms way.

Saint Cyril’s School is a landmark neighborhood school in Brighton Heights and a good neighbor! Several of our children are third and fourth generation students of Saint Cyril’s. We serve children of all creeds and welcome new students.

Memorial Day CeremonyThe Brighton Heights Citizens Federation will once again be sponsoring a Memorial Day celebration in Legion Park in conjunction with the 27th Ward Vet-erans’ Committee. It will be on Monday, May 31st at 10 AM. If you would like to participate in or help with the planning of the ceremony, please contact the chairman, Tom Kaylor, through the Answer Line at 412-734-0233.

Great Pennsylvania Clean-up

The Brighton Heights Citizens Federation will once again participate in the Great Pennsylvania Cleanup in conjunction with Earth Day on Saturday, April 24th. Volunteers should meet at the corner of Ter-mon and California Avenues at 8:00 AM.

Please call the Answer Line at 412-734-0233 to sign up, so that we will have some idea how much of an area we will be able to clean up.

Crime Watch The next Crime Watch meeting will be held at Riverview Manor in April.

We are an equal rights and opportunity school district.

What: Second North Region community forum to discuss the proposal to close Pittsburgh Rooney 6-8 and move Pittsburgh Morrow PreK-5 into the Rooney facility

When: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 — 6:30–8:30PM

Where: Emmanuel Christian Church 1427 Davis Avenue (Brighton Heights)

The District is continuing to gather community input on its proposal to close Pittsburgh Rooney 6-8 and relocate Pittsburgh Morrow PreK-5 to the Rooney facility.

District staff will open the community forum with a brief presentation about the proposal related to the Morrow and Rooney facilities, followed by a Q&A session for the public.

You may also give input at www.pps.k12.pa.us/buildingexcellence.

Please call 412-622-3617 to arrange for special needs accommodations.

Contact the Parent Hotline at 412-622-7920 for more information.


Pledge of Allegiance: Called to order at 7:02 PM

Pledge of Allegiance

Attendance: approximately 40

Report of Officers:

Pete Bellisario, President:

Saturday, April 24th (Earth Day weekend): the organization is looking for volunteers to pick up trash in the neighborhood. The focus is on the main five-way intersection, then up California and Termon, depending on the number of volun-teers. Starts at 8 AM. Vests, gloves, et cetera will all be provided.

Every May we plant flowers at the corners of the five-way intersection the Saturday before the house tour. Dates to be announced.

Public schools are in flux. No one is sure what's happening with John Morrow Elementary School, Arthur Rooney Middle School or Oliver High School. The Northside Leadership Conference is working to bring together the neighborhoods to pressure the school district to get answers. A meeting will be held January 15th at noon with Propel Charter School who is interested in opening at the closed Horace Mann Elementary School. All are welcome. The School Board has a rule that if they close a school, they will not sell the building to anyone who wants to operate a school there. If that is the rule, how are we as a neighborhood supposed to have a quality of edu-cation within our neighborhoods? We are losing schools rapidly.

Security cameras: everything has been finalized with the contractor, et cetera - one at California and Cottage and one at California and Verner. In-stallation will begin within two weeks. They run wireless, and we are hoping to get some more cameras put up in the future, starting with the corner of Benton and Brighton.

Governor Rendell signed legislation to allow table games. Part of the budget that was being held pending the games legislation was for some of the "green up" efforts. This money was to go into the Saint John’s Hospital Site. So hopefully we will be moving forward with the Urban Re-development Authority for that community im-provement and development.

Report of Officers (continued) :

More money is needed to complete the re-pairs of the wall on Brighton Heights Boulevard. Hopefully it will be forthcoming.

Treasurer’s report:

ASSETS:

Cash and bank accounts:

Bank CD $0.00

Housing Account $0.00

Monument $1715.16

Operating Account $18,876.92

State Grant Account $904.95

United Way $2728.00

TOTAL Cash & Bank Accounts $24,225.03

Treasurer’s report approved by the member-ship.

Special Guests:

Colin, U.S. Census Bureau Representative:Trying to recruit 1500 people to fill jobs for the City of Pittsburgh to go door-to-door for the census. Starts at $15.75 per hour. Workers will also be reimbursed 55 cents per mile for any travel they need to do. That is, reimbursed from the moment they leave their house. (Their home is their office.)

The census helps decide the number of rep-resentatives per area, as well as helping focus where schools are needed, et cetera.

Jobs are temporary, lasting 14 to 16 weeks. Once a person has worked for them, they receive a form from the government giving them first dibs at the position the next time.

Pittsburgh is behind its goals for the year by about 50 percent. There is less competition for the number of positions available. Job starts mid-March, although hiring is already starting for train-ing. Training is four days, fully paid. The job tries to keep workers in their own neighborhoods, or close to them. You can ask to be assigned to specific neighborhoods. You can bring someone along with you if you feel uncomfortable going alone. If you deal with someone unfriendly, you can report them, and the census office will deal with them. The job's hours are very flexible – many evenings and weekends. A census worker can work around their own schedule.

Crime and Safety Report – Donna Kramer:

The commander was at the most recent meet-ing. December saw a 9 percent decrease in crime throughout the city. Zone 1 saw an 11 percent decrease. A reminder that the city's curfew law states that if any child 16 or under, Sunday through Thursday night, is out on the streets

after 11 PM, you can call 911 and they will be picked up.

The majority of the crimes within the neighbor-hood have been criminal mischief.

Block Watch meetings will start up again in April at Riverview Manor high rise.

Portal Project – Joan Bellisario for Susan Benn:

Treevitalize Program: five trees have been planted along the California Avenue business district. Ap-plications are still available for anyone interested in getting a tree planted along their sidewalks. Plantings will happen along Brighton Heights Boulevard later this year. All applications should be turned in from Brighton Heights as a com-munity, (they want 10 requests before granting trees to the neighborhood). Also, we're looking for tree tenders. You will be educated on how to care for the trees.

New Business:

A neighborhood resident (Kelly Day) is trying to get a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) pickup in the neighborhood. If anyone is inter-ested, please leave contact info with her. [email protected]

A new family is taking over the management of what used to be the Vault – it is now Friendly Grounds Cafe.

Old Business:

November's Board election: position of vice president is still vacant. This all volunteer board needs help. It needs to teach others about the ins and outs of the neighborhood and to groom the next generation. We'll also need someone to learn about zoning laws to be able to represent us, to stay ahead of any problems, zoning related, within Brighton Heights.

The Riverview Park soccer field: construction to start this April.

Davis Avenue Bridge: no new development. No next steps. Maybe setting up another meeting with representatives to make sure they remem-ber we are here and still expecting things to move forward. It’s up to us to continue putting pressure on city and county representatives. Still trying to find enough money to move forward with engineering and design of the bridge.

Adjournment: Meeting adjourned 8:15 PM.

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The Work of the City GovernmentDarlene Harris, President, City Council of Pittsburgh

Yes, District 1, I still represent you! This ques-tion has come up so often this year, and I hope most of you know how dedicated I am to the concerns and well-being of District 1. I am very honored to serve now as President of the Council, and I hope that along with my added responsibilities as President my new position will give us even more leverage for attention

to District 1.

As I write this, we are in the middle of the Snow Emergency of 2010. The City is snowed under, the head of 311 has been at her desk for 29 hours straight, and the phones do not stop ringing.

When constituents call my office concerning any issue in the neighborhoods, my staff will take your name, address and phone number. We will not release that information to anyone else unless you say so. We will advocate on your behalf until there is some resolution to your concern.

If you call about something within the jurisdiction of the various City of Pittsburgh departments, we will personally contact those involved. If you call about something concerning outside agencies, we will help you deal with them, and may also call them on your behalf. Whatever your concern, we will do our best to see you through to resolution.

You must be aware, though, that as a legislator, I am not the supervisor of any employee in any City Department other than City Council. I cannot order snow plows to plow your streets, but I can advocate for the City employees to plow them. I cannot order that a problem house be demolished, but I can advocate for the City employees to demolish it.

So many of you have called my office, and I hope we have been helpful. There is, though, a certain percentage of individuals who call with anger in their voices, demanding that I have certain work done, that this is why they voted for me. I still advocate for the work to be done, but the order for the work still rests with the Mayor of the City.

Again, I do appreciate all of your phone calls. Right now, as we take in phone calls concerning the snow, we know that there are more than 1200 lane-miles of narrow and sloped City streets that need attention. That is the equivalent of plowing snow from here to Miami. Add in 20+ inches of snow, downed trees and power lines and you have a disaster that will take time to clean up, with more snow on the way. We have a lot of road surface to plow, and a lot to pave as well. (By the time you read this, of course, I hope the crisis will be over and we will have survived.)

Since the City is under Act 47 oversight, we have far fewer employees to do the needed work. We do not have the wealth of labor we used to have, and our equipment is not new. The Mayor does not have the manpower to cover the whole City at once, nor do we have the money to do so.

I am currently serving on a task force to develop ways of saving more money and adding to the City’s coffers. Additionally, every day members of Council work on legislation aimed at doing the same.

And that is Council’s main role – creating legislation (including allocating money) to make the City of Pittsburgh better.

I will continue to do my best for District 1, and for the entire City of Pitts-burgh. And I continue to welcome input from each constituent. Again, it is my honor to serve you.

Councilwoman Darlene M. Harris can be reached at 412-255-2135, or by e-mail through her city web page, http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/district1/

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl

The Police Can Have a Thousand Eyes. Two of Them Can Be Yours.

Dear Residents,

In 2009, our most livable City of Pitts-burgh saw 40 percent fewer homicides than in 2008. While crime has not been eliminated, we are making great gains in protecting our City’s streets and neigh-borhoods.

Over the past few years, we have imple-mented public safety initiatives that com-

plement the solid police work of our local law enforcement. However, the safety of our streets cannot be achieved by the work of the Police Bureau alone. It takes the collaboration of City residents such as yourselves – busi-ness owners, students, parents, engaged community members – to commit to working with law enforcement to develop preventative, proactive ap-proaches that will lead to real gains in public safety.

The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is dedicated to working with neighbor-hood residents, schools and businesses to identify community problems and concerns, and help solve them. Each police zone has a Community Policing Officer dedicated to working in collaboration with neighborhoods.

What is a Community Policing Officer (CPO)? Every police zone has a single officer, the CPO, who is assigned to answer calls in the area, attend com-

munity meetings to help identify and strategize around community issues, and work with residents to develop crime reducing strategies. You can play a critical role in ensuring your and your neighbor’s safety by engaging with community-oriented policing strategies.

How do you do that? One way is to attend your Zone Public Safety Council meetings, where your CPO reports on crime trends and incidents in the zone. Another is to call your CPO to discuss what is happening on your block and what you can do to make a difference.

You can work with your CPO to start a Block or Neighborhood Watch to stop crime before it happens. Block Watches keep community members aware of the current crime happenings on your street and provide an av-enue to get to know your neighbors while developing crime problem solving strategies.

I encourage you to reach out to your local Community Policing Officer and get involved in protecting the safety of your community.

(Brighton Heights is in Zone 1 and our CPO is Officer Forrest Hodges, 412-323-7201)

A map of the City’s six police zones is at http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/police/html/police_zones_map.html for more information.


UNITED WAY # 188 Did you now that the Brighton Heights Citizens Federation is a United Way agen-cy? You can make a donation to the Fed-eration by choosing # 188 on your dona-tion form. All United Way donations are used exclusively for our children’s activi-ties such as the Halloween Parade. For the past few years, the donations have not cov-ered the costs involved for these activities. Any member making a United Way dona-tion receives a one year extension on their membership. Usually the paperwork does not catch up with us until the year follow-ing the donation.

If so, let us know and we’ll add them for one year as a free “New Resident.” And if you’d like to write something about Brighton Heights, please feel free to send your article to:

BHCF Newsletter, Box 99696, Pittsburgh, PA 15233

Or e-mail it to Ron Lindow: [email protected]

Please include “Brighton Heights” in the subject line.

This newsletter is printed for us by Allegheny General Hospital and we appreciate their gener-

osity!

Newsletter CommitteeIrene Jakubowski

Gert Long Tom Kaylor

Jill McGlothlinRon Lindow, Editor

The opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those

of the membership or the:

BHCF Board of Directors

OfficersPresident Pete BellisarioVice President Treasurer Joan BellisarioCorresponding Secretary Jessica Mooney Recording Secretary Becky Spevack

DirectorsJudy BendtsenSusan BennJanice Johns EnglemanBill GoodrichTom KaylorCathy KernanDonna KramerBeth LazzaraBill LazzaraRon LindowJill McGlothlinRay MeyerJohn UribePeggy UrzuaJeff Worsinger

Directors Emeritus: Gert Long Helen Wehner

Answer Line (412) 734-0233

Website www.brightonheights.org

E-mail [email protected]

Building permits (412) 255-2175(Bureau of Building Inspection)

City Council Office (412) 255-2136

City Council Representative (412) 255-2135

Mayor’s Office (412) 255-2626

Report a burned-out street light (412) 255-5483(Seven days a week, 24 hours a day) If you can, provide the closest address, side of the street, and SL number located on the pole.

ALCOSAN (Odor Control Hotline) (412) 766-9445Organized Crime, Narcotics and Intelligence Division (ONI) (412) 665-4300

Pittsburgh School Police (412) 622-3520

Police, Zone One Station (412) 323-7201

Mayor’s Response LineNon-emergency services and government information Monday through Friday 8 am to 4:30 pmIf you’re unable to get through, dial 255-2621

311PoliceFireAmbulanceEmergencies

911

Brighton Heights Citizens Federation Info Quick List

Do You Have a New Neighbor?

Brighton Heights Citizens Federation

PO Box 99696 • Pittsburgh, PA 15233 • Phone/Fax: 412-734-0233

NEIGHBORHOOD

COMPLAINT FORMYou may call the Mayor’s Service Center at 412-255-2621 to report a problem you see in your neighbor-hood. You may also provide the Public Service Com-mittee with this information by using this form. The Public Service Committee will send your complaint to the Mayor’s Service Center on your behalf, or in ad-dition to your complaint. You may drop this form off at the General Membership Meeting, or send it to the above address.

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