Offer coming for Monessen municipal complex
A Westmoreland County judge Tuesday approved the sale of Eastgate 11 from the city of Monessen to a Pittsburgh businessman.
Dave Lamb, of Pittsburgh-based On Site Rep, addresses the Monessen city council agenda meeting, saying he anticipates presenting an offer to buy the municipal building and Eastgate 11 at next week's regular council meeting.
Christine Haines
A therapy center could be moving into the Monessen City Building pending completion of a sales agreement.
MONESSEN — A Pittsburgh businessman who told Monessen City Council three weeks ago that his company was interested in buying the municipal building was at Monday’s agenda meeting to say he’s moving forward with his plans.
Dave Lamb of On Site Rep said he has met with Councilman John Scott Nestor and reviewed the financials for the building.
“Most of the work these past three weeks has been doing a financial analysis,” Lamb said. “I can find no reason not to move forward.”
The purchase would include the municipal building, Eastgate 11, whcih is a small er buioding across the street, the parking lots and several storage buildings located on the property.
Lamb said he received some additional information he received Monday that he will have to analyze before making a final decision, but he expects to make an offer for the building at next Monday’s regular council meeting.
Solicitor Gary Matta said the city has already covered all the legal requirements for disposing of the property.
“It’s been through the process under the Third Class City Code, so we can negotiate a price and just get court approval,” Matta said.
Council also heard from a resident interested in purchasing a defunct city park on Hoover Street. John Yadlosky said he lives across the street from the overgrown park and regularly sees drug deals and has picked up as many as 17 used syringes in the park. Yadlosky said he is worried for the safety of his grandchildren and the children in the neighborhood and just wants to clean up the lot to make it less desirable for drug dealers.
“The other day it was bad. There were four drug deals in an hour,” Yadlosky said. “This was at 1:00 in the afternoon. They drop a runner off, he hides in the bushes and makes a call, the next guy comes, they make the transaction and they’re off.”
Yadlosky said he wants to cut down the weeds and bushes on the overgrown lot, providing clear visibility and eliminating places where dealers can hide.
“If they can be seen, they’ll go somewhere else,” Yadlosky said.
Nestor said the city would have to follow the procedure for disposing of public property before selling the lot to Yadlosky.
Council next week is also expected to take official action on the resignation of Edward Lea from the Monessen Redevelopment Authority. Lea was named to city council during a special meeting last week and is no longer able to sit on the redevelopment authority.