City of Bradford, PA Article IV Downtown Bradford Business District Authority

[Adopted 5-12-1981 as Ord. No. 3021]

§ 6-9 Intention to organize Authority.

It is the desire of the City Council of Bradford, McKean County, Pennsylvania, and City Council hereby signifies its intention to organize a Downtown Bradford Business District Authority under the Municipality Authorities Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 301 et seq.

§ 6-10 Findings; business district outlined.

The City Council of the City of Bradford hereby finds and determines that improvement of the business districts by the creation of the Downtown Bradford Business District Authority is desirable for the entire City of Bradford and hereby defines said business district, for the purposes contemplated by this Article, as the areas within the City of Bradford which are designated from time to time by City Council and which are used for general commercial purposes, or in contiguous areas, provided that the inclusion of a contiguous area is directly related to the improvements and services to be provided. It is specified that City Council retains the right existing under the Act to approve any plan of the Authority.

§ 6-11 Board members.

A. The Board of the Downtown Bradford Business District Authority shall consist of nine (9) members.

B. The following persons are hereby appointed members of the Board of the Downtown Bradford Business District Authority for the terms of office indicated.[1]

[1] Editor's Note: The names and addresses of the appointed members of said Board at the time this Article was enacted are included in the original ordinance, Ord. No. 3021, on file in the City Clerk's office.

§ 6-12 Articles of Incorporation.

Pursuant to said desire and intention of the Council of the City of Bradford and in conformance with the terms and provisions of said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 and its amendments, the proposed Articles of Incorporation are hereby set forth in full, as follows:

Articles of Incorporation
To the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
In compliance with the requirement of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, approved the second day of May 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, and pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the Council of the City of Bradford in the County of McKean and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that a Municipal Authority be established and that a Certificate of Incorporation be issued to said Authority, does hereby certify:
	A.	The name of the Authority shall be: Downtown Bradford Business District Authority.
	B.	The Authority is formed under the Act of May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended, known as the "Municipal Authorities Act of 1945."
	C.	The only other Authorities organized under the provisions of the Act, or the Act approved the 28th day of June 1945, P.L. 463, and still in existence within said City of Bradford are the following:
		(1)	Bradford Sanitary Authority.
		(2)	Bradford City Water Authority.
	D.	The name of the incorporating municipality is: City of Bradford in the County of McKean and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its Council officials are.E[1]
	E.	The purpose or purposes for which the Authority is organized and the powers relating thereto are as provided for in said Municipal Authorities Act of 1945, as amended; provided, however, that all plans for the use of said powers of the Authority are approved by City Council.
	F.	The names and addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of said Authority are as follows.[2]

[1] Editor's Note: The names of the Council officials at the time this Article was enacted are included in the original ordinance, Ord. No. 3021, on file in the City Clerk's office.

[2] Editor's Note The names and addresses of the appointed members of said Board at the time this Article was enacted are included in the original ordinance, Ord. No. 3021, on file in the City Clerk's office.