[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council
of the Borough of Heidelberg 7-15-1980 as Ch. 8 of the 1980 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
It is hereby determined and declared as a matter
of public policy that flood control in the Chartiers Valley District
is necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the Borough
of Heidelberg and its people, and that flood control can best be accomplished
by joining with other municipalities in the watershed of Chartiers
Creek and its tributaries and particularly with the City of Pittsburgh
and the Boroughs of Bridgeville, Carnegie and Rosslyn Farms and the
Townships of Collier, Robinson, Scott and Upper St. Clair in the formation
of Chartiers Valley District Flood Control Authority under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945,[1] as supplemented and amended.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301
et seq.
The Mayor, the President of the Borough Council
and the Borough Secretary are hereby authorized and directed to join
with the City of Pittsburgh and the boroughs and townships aforesaid
in preparing and filing with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Articles of Incorporation for the creation of a body
politic and corporate in accordance with the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945,[1] as supplemented and amended, said body politic and corporate to be known as the "Chartiers Valley District Flood Control Authority," the purpose of which will be to do any or all things necessary to control the flooding of Chartiers Creek and its tributaries and for this purpose to enjoy and exercise all powers and privileges set forth in the aforesaid Act of the General Assembly known as the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as supplemented and amended, subject however to the limitation as hereinafter provided in § 8-3 hereof.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301
et seq.
The enactment of this chapter shall in no manner
whatsoever commit or be construed by the other participating municipalities
or third parties as committing the Borough of Heidelberg to finance,
in whole or in part, the proposed Authority or any of the facilities
or agreements of said Authority, nor shall the participation by officials
of the Borough of Heidelberg as members of the board of said Authority
in any manner create liability on the part of the Borough of Heidelberg
for the financing, in whole or in part, of said Authority, its facilities,
agreements or administrative costs. The Borough of Heidelberg reserves
the right through its Council to determine at the proper time whether
or not it will accept liability for the financing, in whole or in
part, of said Authority, its facilities, agreements or administrative
costs.
In accordance with the provisions of the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945,[1] as supplemented and amended, the municipal authorities
shall cause a notice of this chapter to be published and, together
with the municipal authorities of the City of Pittsburgh and the boroughs
and townships aforesaid, shall file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania Articles of Incorporation in substantially the following
form.[2]
The Borough of Heidelberg hereby appoints Alfred
J. Maas as its first member of the board of said Chartiers Valley
District Flood Control Authority, effective upon the issuance by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of the certificate of
incorporation of said Chartiers Valley District Flood Control Authority,
to serve without compensation for the respective term designated.
