Township of Mount Joy, PA Article II Adams County Green Space Grant Program

[Adopted 9-20-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-3]

§ 9-5 Short title.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Adams County Green Space Grant Program Participation Ordinance" (ordinance").

§ 9-6 Legislative intent; applicability.

The background of this article and the legislative intention of the Board of Supervisors in enacting it are as follows:

A. Mount Joy Township is a Pennsylvania second-class township.

B. The Act of December 19, 1996, P.L. 1158, No. 177, as amended, referred to as the "Intergovernmental Cooperation Law," 53 Pa. C.S.A. § 2301 et seq., provides that local governments may jointly cooperate in the exercise or in the performance of their respective governmental functions, powers or responsibilities.

C. The Adams County Green Space Grant Program ("program") was established by the Board of Commissioners of Adams County for the purpose of open space preservation for the benefit of county residents, pursuant to authority contained in the Act of January 19, 1968, P.L. 992 (1967), as amended, referred to as the "Open Space Lands Act," 32 P.S. § 5001 et seq.

D. The Board of Supervisors of Mount Joy Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, determines that it is in the best interest of the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens to participate in the program.

§ 9-7 Terms of agreement.

A. The conditions of membership, duration, purpose and objectives of the program, including the powers and scope of authority delegated therein, manner and extent of financing, organizational structure necessary to implement the program, and manner in which real and personal property, and/or an interest in property, will be acquired and managed are set forth in the intergovernmental cooperation agreement ("ICA"), for municipal participation in the program, and in the program guidelines, copies of which are attached to this article as Exhibit A and incorporated herein as if set forth in full.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: The Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement for Municipal Participation in the Adams County Green Space Grant Program, Exhibit A, is included as an attachment to this chapter.

B. Any funds for the program may be appropriated by the Board of Commissioners of Adams County as it shall determine, in its sole discretion, from time to time.

C. Real and personal property, and/or an interest in property, may be acquired and managed under this article.

§ 9-8 Authority to enter agreement.

The Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Mount Joy Township is hereby authorized to execute all documents and perform all actions necessary to cause Mount Joy Township to enter the ICA.