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This Part is enacted pursuant to authority granted in the Pennsylvania
Intergovernmental Cooperation Act, Act 177 of 1996 (53 Pa.C.S.A. § 2301
et seq.), as amended.
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By enactment hereof, the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Honey Brook hereby approves entering into the Upper West Branch
Brandywine Creek Watershed Cost-Sharing and Cooperation Agreement
("agreement"), in substantially the form attached to this Part, and
authorizes and directs the Chairman of the Board of Supervisors to
execute, and the Secretary of the Township to attest, such agreement.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The agreement is on file in the Township
offices.
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The initial term of the agreement shall be for the MS4 permitting
period running from approximately March 10, 2018, through March 9,
2023, and shall only continue for additional permitting periods thereafter
if agreed to, in writing, by both municipalities.
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The Township of Honey Brook and the Borough of Honey Brook (the
"municipalities"), as municipalities within the Upper West Branch
Brandywine Creek Watershed, have negotiated an agreement whereby and
whereunder the municipalities desire to coordinate and cost-share
the implementation requirements of the Christina Basin TMDL, per the
MS4 permitting regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection on behalf of the United States Environmental Protection
Agency, within the Upper West Branch Brandywine Creek Watershed.
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The Township shall contribute 20% of the cost of all cooperative
activities undertaken pursuant to the agreement, in accordance with
the provisions of the agreement.
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Each municipality shall appoint its municipal engineer and one
other member to serve on a steering committee which shall make recommendations
to the governing bodies of the municipalities. Additional terms on
the organizational structure for the steering committee are set forth
in paragraphs 5 through 10 of the agreement.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The agreement is on file in the Township
offices.
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All property shall be acquired, managed or disposed of directly
by the municipalities, in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
No acquisition of real property or real estate is authorized.
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No new entity has been created by the agreement, and therefore
no employees are required. The utilization of municipal consultants
to be compensated directly by their respective municipalities is contemplated
in the agreement.
