[Adopted as Article 156 of the Codified Ordinances]
The Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into
an intergovernmental cooperation agreement among Lancaster Township,
the School District of Lancaster and the City of Lancaster in order
to create an entity to be known as the "Lancaster Park Commission,"
which shall have all powers and authorities necessary or appropriate
to provide for the establishment, operation and maintenance of a public
park and public recreation area in such portion of the Millersville
Pike property which is leased from
The agreement shall continue in effect so long
as any portion of the park property is leased by the School District
of Lancaster to the Lancaster Park Commission.
The purposes and objectives of the
agreement are to provide for the establishment, operation and maintenance
of a public park and public recreation area. The parties to the agreement
shall delegate to the Lancaster Park Commission such powers and authorities
as are necessary to implement the purposes of the agreement including
without limitation, the authority to acquire property by purchase
or gift, the authority to have employees, the authority to enter into
contracts for group insurance and employee benefits, including social
security, the authority to enter into a lease for the park property
and such other powers as are reasonably related to the purposes expressed
herein, provided that the Commission shall have no power to incur
any obligation which is binding upon any of the parties except upon
specific approval by that party's governing body.
The Lancaster Park Commission shall be self-supporting
and shall derive its revenues from reasonable fees charged for the
use of the park property and from donations. Each party to the agreement
may, but shall have no obligation to, contribute money or any other
item of value to the Commission.
The Lancaster Park Commission shall be governed
by a Board of Directors consisting of seven persons of which two persons
shall be residents of the City of Lancaster and appointed by the Council,
two persons shall be residents of the School District of Lancaster
and shall be appointed by the Lancaster School District Board of School
Directors, two persons shall be residents of the Township of Lancaster
and shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the Township
of Lancaster and one person shall be a resident of the School District
of Lancaster and shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the
School District of Lancaster upon recommendation by the Commission.
Real or personal property may be acquired by
purchase or gift and shall be managed by the Lancaster Park Commission
in order to fulfill its public purposes. Upon termination of the intergovernmental
cooperation agreement, the real property which is leased to the Commission,
including any structures or fixtures constructed thereon, shall be
the property of the School District of Lancaster and all other property
shall be divided equally among the City of Lancaster, the School District
of Lancaster and the Township of Lancaster.
The Lancaster Park Commission shall be empowered
to enter into contracts for policies of group insurance and employee
benefits, including Social Security, for its employees.
