The QVCOG Board of Directors meets next at 7 PM, April 15, 2020 online via Google Meet.
Comments on meeting Agenda may be submitted  via email to Susan Hockenberry, Executive Director.
Persons wishing to attend the Google Meet Meeting may request a link to be emailed to them in advance of the meeting, by 4:00 PM April 15, 2020.  

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call 
3. Check-In regarding COVID-19
4. Omnibus:  Approval of January Minutes; February  Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Budget to Actual, Bill Payment List, Unpaid Bills List, and February Payroll Summary, February Bank Reconciliations, February CC Card Account Detail and March Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Budget to Actual, Bill Payment List, Unpaid Bills List, and March Payroll Summary, March Bank Reconciliations, March CC Card Account Detail 
5. Presidents Report 
6. March 2020 Executive Directors Report  
7. New Business
   1. Bylaws - regarding voting via Teleconference/Video conference
   2. QVCOG Vision 2020
8. Old Business
   1. CDBG Project Review
9. Other Concerns by Delegates
10. Adjournment

As public administration, Quaker Valley Council of Governments remains open to assist our members and other municipalities in Pennsylvania during this emergeny.   In observance of social distancing, our physical officies remain closed to the public.  Individuals with business with QVCOG may contact the COG at 412.766.7458.  

QVCOG staff is available for meetings via its Google Meet platform.  QVCOG Board meetings will be conducted over Google Meet for the duration of the emergency and as necessary to comply with the Commonwealth instructions limiting group meetings.  The meetings are open to the public via Google Meet and will be recorded.  Individuals with business with the QVCOG or wishing to attend the Google Meet  should contact Susan Hockenberry for assistance and to receive a link to the meeting.  Please contact the QVCOG, and consult the QVCOG website, www.qvcog.org regularly to obtain updates on meeting formats.  

Municipalities neeing assistance conducting online meetings may also contact QVCOG to use our platform.  

Thank you for your cooperation during this time.  Stay home and stay safe!

The QVCOG Board of Directors meeting scheduled for March 18 at Bellevue Borough has been cancelled as part of the precautions being taking to reduce the risk of the COVID-19 virus. 

QVCOG Delegates have the ability to discuss items of mutual concern via web-conferencing, and should contact Susan Hockenberry, Executive Director for more information.  Member communities, please contact your Delegates to add agenda items.  

 The next meeting will be April 15, 2020 at 7 PM, Leet Township.  

The 2019 Program Review is now available.  

A big thank you to all who made the 2019 Annual Dinner a success!  Including Keynote Kelly Kocahmba Weslosky, the QVCOG Board of Directors, and member municipalities who donated and participated.  We hosted state and regional leaders, reflected on the past year, raised funds to donate to North HIlls Community Outreach and enjoyed some fun door prizes!  All in all, it was an evening of cooperation and friendship. 

​ Mark your calendar for next year:  Wednesday, October 21, 2020!

A Special Thank You to our Sponsors!
Gold
Alcosan
Goehring Rutter and Boehm
 
Silver
 Building Inspection Underwriters of PA
Civil and Environmental Consultants
The Gateway Engineers
 
Bronze
 Allegheny Land Trust
Babst Calland
Cohen Law Group
Comcast
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic
Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering
Racunas Law Group
Tucker Arensberg Attorneys
Waste Management
WesBanco
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The QVCOG 2020 Proposed Budget is Available.  The Budget is scheduled for adoption on October 23, 2019.  Please contact Susan Hockenberry, Executive Director,  with any questions.  

Elected Officials, Members of the Public and Community Partners are invited to attend the following education and outreach events on the Route 65 Corridor Study! Visit 65corridor.org to register and for more information! 

All meetings are at municipal buildings and start at 7 p.m.
Register to attend

• August 21, 2019 - Multi-Municipal Multi-Modal- Emsworth Borough (171 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA  15202).  Connecting communities through a range of transporation options is the focus of this program.  Walkers, bikers, commuters, exercisers, transit-users and others connect through our communities.  What are the issue they confront?  What alternatives exist to improve mobility, safety, convenience?  What is the best way to connect people to amenitities without necessitating the use of the car?  What cooperation must occur  to maximize the pros of our corridor and minimize the cons?
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• September 18, 2019 - Placemaking and Attracting Investment - Bellevue Borough (537 Bayne Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202).  What are the tangible and intangible qualities that make an area unique and a magnet for private and public investment?  What are the unique characteristics of our 65 Corridor communities that make it a location of choice--culturally, economically,  and environmentally? How do we build on our assets and overcome our weaknesses?
  
  
• September 25, 2019 - Route 65 Roadway Safety - Leetsdale Borough (373 Beaver Street, Leetsdale, PA 15056)- In this session we turn our attention to the highway itself and its relationship with our communities.  Speeding, accidents, and crime are often a fact of life along major roadways and this places demands on local resources like emergency services.  Residents, businesses and commuters rely on Rt. 65, but traffic and safety impact its utility to them.  At this session learn what public safety professionals experience in dealing wih a major transportation corridor in their communities, everything from pedestrian safety to GPS location errors.  Further we will learn about what activities are underway to protect the public.  Lastly, attendees will be asked to provide input on your concerns about the corridor, to begin to form a common voice in interactions with other levels of government.
  
  
• October 23, 2019 - Land Use and Community Development in the Corridor - Avalon Borough (640 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15202).  The process of regulating land uses contributes to the effort to promote desirable social, environmental, and economic outcomes and more efficient use of resources.  The Route 65 corridor is home to some unique and special places!  How do local governments develop and coordinate land use and transporation policy and shape development patterns in the most positive way for people who live in the corridor?

Quaker Valley Council of Governments is pleased to announce Kelly Kochamba Wesolosky will Keynote the 2019 Annual Dinner on October 16, 2019.  

Mrs. Wesolosky is the Community Outreach Specialist for the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office.  She is the primary liaison between the FBI Pittsburgh Division and the Private, Public and Non-Profit Business Sectors of the Pittsburgh Region.  Mrs. Wesolosky’s current Community Outreach extends to various ethnic and non-profit sectors of the Pittsburgh area, including, but not limited to the Asian, Turkish, Hispanic, Jewish, and African American Communities, as well as various non-profits focused on families, schools, at-risk youth, Special Olympics of Western PA, Big Brother, Big Sister of Greater Pittsburgh, and various other area non-profit groups.  

Mrs. Wesolosky oversees the annual FBI Citizens Academy, an eight week hands-on inside look at the FBI programs and priorities, bringing together a cross section of local business and community leaders. This program, currently in its 19th year, has over 900 area graduates, and is geared to not only demystify the FBI from what is portrayed on film and television, but also to create and build new lasting relationships with the community for working together to combat crime by joint efforts through the FBI Pittsburgh Division Citizens Academy Alumni Association. Other programs under Mrs. Wesolosky’s supervision include: the HOPE (Heroin Outreach Prevention and Education) Initiative, a program designed to educate our youth and communities on the dangers of Rx Opioid abuse and Heroin use, the Teen Academy Program (beginning Fall of 2019), and the FBI Pittsburgh Big in Blue Program. 

Mrs. Wesolosky received Bachelor of Arts degrees in Economics and Spanish from Ohio University, an MBA in Human Resource Management and a Masters of International Business in Corporate Development from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business. She is fluent in Spanish, and has worked abroad in both Latin America and Europe. Previous assignments include Mérida, México and Barcelona, Spain. 

The QVCOG Annual Dinner brings together members of the QVCOG community for fellowship and learning.  We are honored to have Kelly joining us and her presenation will highlight the power of working together intergovernmentally and within the the community at large.  Register today to attend the Annual dinner on October 16, 2019.   Visit our complete Annual Dinner page and find out about how to get involved as a sponsor.  See you there!