[Adopted 11-13-1961 by Ord. No. 311-1961 (Ch. 1, Part 2A,
of the 1989 Code)]
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 Township of Robinson
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 Carnegie, Bridgeville, Heidelberg and Rosslyn
Farms, and the Townships of Collier, Scott and Upper St. Clair, in
the formation of Chartiers Valley Flood Control Authority under the
Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as supplemented and amended.[1]
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Editor's Note: The Municipality Authorities Act of 1945 was
repealed by 2001, June 19, P.L. 287, No. 22; see now 53 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 5601 et seq.
The President and the Secretary of the Board of Commissioners 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, as supplemented and amended, said body politic and corporate to be known as "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 for in § 8-3.
The enactment of this article shall in no manner whatsoever
commit or be construed by the other participating municipalities or
third parties as committing the Township of Robinson to finance, in
whole or in part, the proposed Authority or any of the facilities
or agreements of the said Authority. Nor shall the participation by
officials of the Township of Robinson as members of the Board of said
Authority in any manner create liability on the part of the Township
of Robinson for the financing, in whole or in part, of said Authority,
its facilities, agreements or administrative costs. The Township of
Robinson reserves the right through its Board of Commissioners to
determine at the proper time whether or not it will accept liability
for 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, as supplemented and amended, the municipal authorities
shall cause a notice of this article to be published and, together
with the municipal authorities of the City of Pittsburgh and the boroughs
and townships aforesaid, file with the Secretary of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania articles of incorporation in substantially the following
form:
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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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In compliance with the requirements of the Municipality Authorities
Act of 1945, as supplemented and amended, the following municipalities
do hereby apply for Articles of Incorporation for Chartiers Valley
District Flood Control Authority:
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Borough of Bridgeville, Allegheny County
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Borough of Carnegie, Allegheny County
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Borough of Heidelberg, Allegheny County
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Borough of Rosslyn Farms, Allegheny County
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Township of Collier, Allegheny County
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Township of Robinson, Allegheny County
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Township of Scott, Allegheny County
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Township of Upper St. Clair, Allegheny County
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City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County
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1.
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The undersigned officers, being authorized to do so, do hereby
certify:
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A.
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The name of the Authority is the "Chartiers Valley District
Flood Control Authority."
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B.
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The Authority is formed under the provisions of the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945, as supplemented and amended.
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C.
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No authority has been organized or exists under the Act of the
28th day of June, 1935, P.L. 463 within the City of Pittsburgh, Boroughs
of Bridgeville, Carnegie, Heidelberg or Rosslyn Farms nor within the
Townships of Collier, Scott or Upper St. Clair. Robinson Township
Authority was organized and exists under the aforesaid Act.
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2.
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The following are Authorities organized under the Municipality
Authorities Act of 1945: the Municipal Water Authority of Pittsburgh;
the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (jointly organized by the
City of Pittsburgh and the County of Allegheny); Collier Township
Municipal Authority; Municipal Authority of the Township of Upper
St. Clair, and are in existence in or for one or more of the incorporating
municipalities.
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3.
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The names of the incorporating municipalities, all of which
are located entirely within the County of Allegheny and the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, together with the names ad addresses of their municipal
officers, are as follows:
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(Here followed the names and addresses of the officers.)
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4.
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The names, addresses and terms of office of the first members
of the Board of said Authority are:
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(Here followed the names and addresses of the first members.)
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The Township of Robinson appoints (here followed member's
name) 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 the certificate of incorporation of the said
Chartiers Valley District Flood Control Authority, to serve without
compensation for the respective term designated.
