[Ord. 790, 4/17/1990, § 1]
There is hereby created an Environmental Advisory Council of
the Borough of Bridgeville, which Council shall advise and assist
other Borough agencies including, but not limited to, the Planning
Commission, Recreation Boards, and all of its elected officials, on
matters dealing with protection, conservation, management, promotion
and use of natural resources, including air, land and water resources,
and all land, water or air development, management and planning within
the territorial limits of the Borough of Bridgeville.
[Ord. 790, 4/17/1990, § 2; as amended by Ord. 830,
2/13/1995]
The Environmental Advisory Council shall be composed of five
residents of the Borough, each of whom shall be appointed by the Borough
Council and each of whom shall serve for a term of three years, except
that three of the original members appointed under the terms of this
Part shall serve until the first Monday of January of 1993, three
of such members shall serve until the first Monday of January of 1992,
and the remaining one member(s) shall serve until the first Monday
of 1991. The members of the Environmental Advisory Council shall receive
no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for expenses
actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their
duties. The Borough Council shall designate the Chairman of the Environmental
Advisory Council from year to year. Any vacancy which may occur in
the membership of the Environmental Advisory Council shall be filled
by the Borough Council.
[Ord. 790, 4/17/1990, § 3]
The Environmental Advisory Council hereby created shall have
the following powers and may from time to time adopt regulations pursuant
to the provisions of this Part and in furtherance of the administration
of the Environmental Advisory Council, but no regulation shall be
effective unless the same shall have been submitted to and approved
by the Council of the Borough of Bridgeville, nor shall any regulation
be effective which shall confer or impose upon the Environmental Advisory
Council any powers or authorize the performance of any duties which
are now or which may hereafter be conferred or imposed upon a State
agency. The Environmental Advisory Council may:
A. Identify environmental problems and recommend plans and program to
the appropriate Borough agencies for the promotion and conservation
of the natural resources and for the protection and improvement of
the quality of the environment within he Borough of Bridgeville.
B. Make recommendations as to the possible use of open land areas within
the Borough of Bridgeville.
C. Promote a community environmental program.
D. Keep an index of all open areas, publicly or privately owned, including,
but not limited to, flood-prone areas, swamps, and other unique natural
areas, for the purpose of obtaining information on the proper use
of such areas.
E. Advise the appropriate Borough agencies including, but not limited
to, the Bridgeville Borough Planning Commission, the Bridgeville Borough
Recreation Commission, the Borough Council, and all other bodies or
organizations within the Borough limits regarding the acquisition
of property, both real and personal, by gift, purchase, grant, bequest,
easement, devise, or lease on all matters dealing with the purposes
of this Part.
F. Update and otherwise define and re-define the Bridgeville Borough
Flood Control Plan and keep abreast of technical literature, reports
and documents relevant to the protection of natural resources in the
Borough.
G. Maintain liaison with appropriate municipal, State or Federal departments
or agencies concerned with the quality of life and the protection
of the environment and to the transmit such information to the appropriate
agencies of the Borough.
H. Work with Borough agencies, and, in particular, with the Planning
Commission and the Recreation Commission of the Borough, it establish
a plan for the management, use and development of open space and recreation
areas within the Borough of Bridgeville and, to the greatest extent
practicable, utilize any assistance made available to it by the State
Conservation Commission of the Department of Environmental Resources
in the form of educational services, exchange of information, assignment
of technical personnel for natural resources planning assistance,
and the coordination of State and Borough conservation and planning
activities.
[Ord. 790, 4/17/1990, § 4]
The Environmental Advisory Council shall keep records of its
meetings and activities and shall make an annual report of the same
to the Borough Council.
[Ord. 790, 4/17/1990, § 5]
The Council of the Borough of Bridgeville may appropriate funds
for the expenses incurred by the Environmental Advisory Council subject
to a request from the Environmental Advisory Council and following
the submission by the Environmental Advisory Council of a proposed
budget for each succeeding year, which budget shall be submitted by
the Environmental Advisory Council prior to December 1st of the year
preceding the year for which the proposed budget is submitted. Items
to be considered in the preparation of such budget are clerical, printing
and legal services; the Environmental Advisory Council shall be limited
to the funds appropriated by the Borough Council annually. In the
event that all or any part of the funds so budgeted and appropriated
by the Borough Council for use by the Environmental Advisory Council
in any year are not expended, they may be allowed to accumulate from
year to year or be expended in their entirety in any one year.
[Ord. 790, 4/17/1990, § 6]
In conjunction with and in furtherance of its duties and powers
set forth herein, particularly with regard to the indexing of and
making of recommendations as to the use of open land areas and advice
to the Borough Council and other agencies of the Borough with regard
to the acquisition of property, the Environmental Advisory Council
shall designate areas within the Borough of Bridgeville which might
be suitable for future public acquisition where, in the opinion of
the Environmental Advisory Council acting in conjunction with and
upon the advice of the Bridgeville Borough Recreation Commission,
such land is required for proposed parks, nature preserves, and other
open spaces. The Bridgeville Borough Council shall take such action
as it deems appropriate regarding the recommendations of the Environmental
Advisory Council, but only when the Borough Council determines that
the acquisition of some interest in the subject land is necessary
to protect or improve environmental values including ecological balances,
to protect existing visual and recreational values, to preserve existing
open spaces, or to minimize potential damages from landslides, floods,
or other natural disasters. The designation of such lands by the Environmental
Advisory Council for future public acquisition in accordance with
the provisions of this Section shall not, absent approval of the acquisition
of the land so designated by Council, be deemed, in and of itself,
to constitute a taking or acceptance of any land by the Borough of
Bridgeville or a reservation of the said area of future taking or
acquisition for public use, nor shall any such designation constitute
anything other than a recommendation based upon appropriate studies
for the limited purposes stated herein.