The City Council of the City of Coatesville
hereby signifies its intention and desire to organize and form a Municipality
Authority under and by virtue of the Municipality Authorities Act
of 1945, approved the second day of May 1945, A.D., P.L. 382, as amended.
The name of the authority shall be "Coatesville
Downtown Improvement District Authority."
The Authority shall have authority and the purpose
thereof shall be to develop and make business improvements and provide
administrative services and to impose an assessment on each benefited
property in the designated district.
The City Council of the City of Coatesville
hereby declares that it is desirable for the preservation and revitalization
of the central business district to have an Authority providing a
management process to coordinate the collective public and private
efforts of the commercial district in providing improvements and services.
The Articles of Incorporation of the Authority,
a true and correct copy of which attached hereto and made a part hereof
by reference, are approved and adopted, and the President and Secretary
of City Council are authorized and directed to execute the same on
behalf of the City of Coatesville.
[Amended 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1012-96]
The names and original terms of office of the
first members of the Authority's Board are.
The City Solicitor is directed to cause to be
published, as required by and in accordance with the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, a notice containing a brief statement of the substance
of this Article and of the Articles of Incorporation, which notice
shall state that on a day certain, not less than three (3) days after
the complete publication of said notice, the Articles of Incorporation
will be filed with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The proper officers of the city shall file with
the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Articles of
Incorporation, together with proofs of publication of said notice.
Pursuant to the Act of April 10, 1980, P.L.
105, the City of Coatesville retains the right to approve any plan
of the Authority for the purpose of making business improvements or
providing for administrative services and levying assessments or charges
related thereto. No plan for services or improvements shall be approved
which extends three (3) years from the date of organization or formation
of the Authority unless this Article is otherwise amended by City
Council. The date of formation or organization shall be the date of
the Certificate of Incorporation issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
for this Authority.
[Amended 5-4-1993 by Ord. No. 922-93; 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1021-96]
The term of existence of the Downtown Improvement
District Authority shall be extended until May 25, 1999; the Authority
shall terminate only upon official action of the Council of the City
of Coatesville.
[Added 5-28-1996 by Ord. No. 1021-96]
The City Council hereby authorizes the filing
of Articles of Amendment by DIDA's Board of Directors which shall
be filed with the appropriate offices of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, the Department of State and the Corporation Bureau
of the commonwealth. Said Articles of Amendment shall extend the term
of DIDA three (3) years until May 25, 1999, or until formal action
approving termination by City Council. The Articles of Amendment shall
be submitted to the City Council for its approval prior to filing.