Pittsburgh City Council brought together local experts Tuesday to learn more about the state of mental and behavioral health services. As part of that conversation, Council President Theresa Kail-Smith asked about the count of 911 calls about a homeless shelter that opened last year."I wanted to know, one, a little bit about Second Avenue Commons, what the needs are now for the homeless population; is there something we as council should be doing something differently? I wanted to address overall, the state of mental health in the city of Pittsburgh and what it is we can be doing together and individually to help their efforts," Kail-Smith told Pittsburgh's Action News 4.At the table to answer council questions were leaders from the Allegheny County Department of Human Services as well as the Keystone Pennsylvania National Alliance on Mental Illness. "Things, I think, have settled well. Staffing has stabilized and these are always going to be difficult to run. But I think things have turned a corner and are going pretty well," said Director Erin Dalton, Allegheny County Human Services, concerning Second Avenue Commons.Kail-Smith said she had heard about the 911 calls during a community meeting."I think it was over 200 911 calls to the shelter at the time. And that was a couple of weeks ago, so it might have stabilized by then. So I want to know if they're calling, if they stopped calling, because they're not getting the help that they needed," Kail-Smith said during the meeting. "You would hear about calls for overdose but there's also medical transports. I don't want to be wrong but I think initially there could have been challenges with the fire alarm system that would create (911) calls," Dalton responded. Dalton told council that Second Avenue Commons opened last year as a state-of-the-art homeless shelter and navigation system for directing services. She said it was built in partnership with Action Housing and UPMC, with PNC Bank being a major contributor. Dalton said Pittsburgh Mercy runs the human services programs at the Commons.She told council the shelter itself has just over 90 beds, with 43 single-room occupancy apartments and an overflow area that can accommodate 45 people."Things, I think, have settled well, staffing has stabilized, and these are always going to be difficult to run. But I think things have turned a corner and are going pretty well," Dalton said.Dalton says the most recent federal Housing and Urban Development figures show a combined 750 people in homeless shelters and transitional housing in Allegheny County, plus another 150 people who are homeless with no shelter at all.