Borough of Lansdowne, PA Authorities

The Borough of Lansdowne does hereby signify intention to organize an Authority, together with the Townships of Springfield and Upper Darby and the Boroughs of Aldan, Clifton Heights, Collingdale, Colwyn, Darby, Sharon Hill and Yeadon, under the provisions of the Acts of Assembly and the amendments and supplements thereto.

§ 12-2 Execution and filing of documents.

The proper officers are hereby authorized and directed to organize said Authority in conjunction with the proper officers of the aforesaid townships and boroughs, and together with the aforesaid officers to execute the Articles of Incorporation and to file the same with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as provided by law.

§ 12-3 Articles of Incorporation.

The Articles of Incorporation shall be as follows:

The name of the Authority shall be "Darby Creek Joint Authority."

The Authority is formed under the provisions of the Acts of Pennsylvania, No. 191 of the Session of 1935 and No. 200 of the Session of 1937.

No other Authority organized under the Municipal Authority Act of 1937 (Act No. 200), nor under Act approved December 27, 1933 (Special Session 1933, P.L. 114), is in existence in or for the incorporating municipalities.

The names of the incorporating municipalities, together with the names and addresses of its municipal officers, are as follows:

	The Township of Springfield, whose Commissioners are:
	Guy M. Kennedy	411 North Rolling Road Springfield, PA
	George H. Chatham	284 Ballymore Road Springfield, PA
	Alfred Berger, Jr.	45 School Lane Springfield, PA
	A. A. Ackerman	404 Yale Avenue Morton, PA
	Louis Wagner	97 S. Forest Road Springfield, PA
	The Township of Upper Darby, whose Commissioners are:
	Cyrus F. Agnew	34 Overhill Road Upper Darby, PA
	Frederick C. Hoopes	Fernwood, PA
	N. Joseph Connelly	242 Wiltshire Road Upper Darby PA
	John E. Burt	344 Kingston Road Upper Darby, PA
	J. Frank McCloskey	7236 Hilltop Road Upper Darby, PA
	Walter C. Fetters	57 Sunshine Road Upper Darby, PA
	George T. Wadas	8144 West Chester Park Upper Darby, PA
	Richard G. Kelly	212 Magnolia Avenue, Kirklyn Upper Darby, PA
	Walter B. Riddell	396 Lakeview Avenue Drexel Hill, PA
	James F. Conner	919 Wilde Avenue Drexel Hill, PA
	James S. Hughes	4117 Sommers Avenue Drexel Hill, PA
	Edward R.S. Tull, Jr.	445 Burmont Road Drexel Hill, PA
	Clark W. Wooding	361 Blanchard Road Drexel Hill, PA
	The Borough of Aldan, whose Councilmen are:
	Arthur Piercey	125 S. Woodland Avenue Aldan, PA
	Merritt G. Magee	13 Ridley Avenue Aldan, PA
	George M. Nichol	43 S. Clifton Avenue Aldan, PA
	Frank H. Blythe	216 Birchwood Road Aldan, PA
	August C. Jauss	301 W. Providence Road Aldan, PA
	James R. Essler	218 W. Providence Road Aldan, PA
	Clifford Betson	28 Linden Avenue Aldan, PA
	The Borough of Clifton Heights, whose Councilmen are:
	Daniel J. Sweeney	Clifton Heights, PA
	S. Garchinsky	Clifton Heights, PA
	Wm. S. Evans, Jr.	Clifton Heights, PA
	Joseph Carson	Clifton Heights, PA
	John Banner	Clifton Heights, PA
	The Borough of Collingdale, whose Councilmen are:
	Samuel A. Jackson	417 Lafayette Avenue Collingdale, PA
	Herbert L. Shallcross	500 Collingdale Avenue Collingdale, PA
	Joseph MacDougall	907 MacDade Boulevard Collingdale, PA
	Robert K. Atwood	103 Roberta Avenue Collingdale, PA
	Paul Harper	208 Lincoln Avenue Collingdale, PA
	W. Ashton Mousley	701 MacDade Boulevard Collingdale, PA
	Charles Hockey	76 Chester Pike Collingdale, PA
	The Borough of Colwyn, whose Councilmen are:
	John I. Young	400 Colwyn Avenue Colwyn, PA
	Charles O. Bennett	3 S. Front Street Colwyn, PA
	L. B. Grimstone	419 S. 4th Street Colwyn, PA
	Frank W. Burr	307 S. 4th Street Colwyn, PA
	Victor E. Bernaurer	103 Walnut Street Colwyn, PA
	D. W. Butts	21 S. Second Street Colwyn, PA
	George A. Mason	405 S. Fifth Street Colwyn, PA
	The Borough of Darby, whose Councilmen are:
	Andrew J. McClure, Jr.	1112 Main Street Darby, PA
	Charles Fink	119 S. Fifth Street Darby, PA
	Frank J. Lynn	630 Darby Terrace Darby, PA
	P. J. Griffin	24 N. 6th Street Darby, PA
	Ralph Parish	1132 Main Street Darby, PA
	Thos. G. Chadwick	1034 Pine Street Darby, PA
	E. Howard Tomlinson	13 N. Second Street Darby, PA
	Edward C. Taylor	9 South 13th Street Darby, PA
	George W Beacher	107 S. 6th Street Darby, PA
	The Borough of Lansdowne, whose Councilmen are:
	Harold L. Bauder	Lansdowne Court Lansdowne, PA
	David R. A. Carson	N. Wayne Avenue Lansdowne, PA
	Howard S. Cornog	McKinley Avenue Lansdowne, PA
	George W. Shuster	Gladstone Manor Lansdowne, PA
	Richardson Shoemaker	W. Baltimore Avenue Lansdowne PA
	Alexander Wilson, 3rd	N. Owen Avenue Lansdowne PA
	Mrs. Ethel V. Patterson	N. Highland Avenue Lansdowne, PA
	The Borough of Sharon Hill, whose Councilmen are:
	Clarence E. Steel	720 Bonsall Avenue Sharon Hill, PA
	Harry E. Ball	55 High Street Sharon Hill, PA
	John F. Carson	33 High Street Sharon Hill, PA
	John W. R. Watson	216 Bartlett Avenue Sharon Hill, PA
	Edgar Hewish	1438 Melrose Avenue Sharon Hill, PA
	Harvey L. Kirk	235 Felton Avenue Sharon Hill, PA
	Frederick A. Stockwell	82 Kenney Avenue Sharon Hill, PA
	The Borough of Yeadon, whose Councilmen are:
	Robert Platzer	828 Bullock Avenue Yeadon, PA
	George E. Kane	844 Whitby Avenue Yeadon, PA
	Harry L. Biester	966 Tunbridge Road Yeadon, PA
	Hugh R. Carlon	47 Bailey Road Yeadon, PA
	George H. Knauder	904 Serrill Avenue Yeadon, PA
	Richard T. Kinsella	954 Tunbridge Road Yeadon, PA
	Hiram A. Hansen	518 Bonsall Avenue Yeadon, PA

The names and addresses and terms of office of the first members of the Board of said Authority are as follows:

Municipality	Representative/Address	Term of Office (years)
Township of Springfield	J. W. Calder Springfield, PA	5
Township of Upper Darby	John T. Brosnan Drexel Hill, PA	5
Borough of Aldan	Arthur Piercey Aldan, PA	2
Borough of Clifton Heights	Ellwood B. Revell Clifton Heights, PA	1
Borough of Collingdale	Robert K. Atwood Collingdale, PA	2
Borough of Colwyn	L. B. Grimstone, Jr. Colwyn, PA	1
Borough of Darby	Ralph Parish Darby, PA	3
Borough of Lansdowne	Alex. Wilson, 3rd Lansdowne, PA	4
Borough of Sharon Hill	Edgar Hewish Sharon Hill, PA	4
Borough of Yeadon	Fred Bachman Yeadon, PA	3

Commissioners or Councils, as the case may be, of each municipality creating the Joint Authority shall appoint one member of the Board.

(1)

The Townships of Springfield and Upper Darby shall appoint one member each for a period of five years; the Boroughs of Sharon Hill and Lansdowne for a period of four years; the Boroughs of Darby and Yeadon for a period of three years; the Boroughs of Collingdale and Aldan for a period of two years; and the Boroughs of Clifton Heights and Colwyn for a period of one year, and thereafter the Commissioners or Councils, as the case may be, shall, at a meeting held not later than one month prior to January 1 in each year in which a vacancy occurs in the office filled by that municipality, appoint as a member of the Board a citizen of that municipality for a term of five years to succeed the member whose term expires on January 1 next succeeding.

(2)

All vacancies shall be filled by the governing body of the municipality whose appointee has vacated his office.

(3)

In witness whereof the municipalities appointed herein have hereunto caused to be written their respective names, signed by their presiding officer and attested by their Secretary, or Clerk, this _____ day of A.D. 1938.

Article II Redevelopment Authority

[Adopted 10-1-2008 by Ord. No. 1234]

§ 12-4 Declaration.

It is hereby the finding and declaration of the Borough Council that there is need for a Redevelopment Authority to function within the territorial limits of the Borough of Lansdowne.

§ 12-5 Policy.

It is the policy of the Borough of Lansdowne to promote the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants thereof by the operation of the Redevelopment Authority, which shall exist and operate for the public purposes of the elimination of blighted areas through economically and socially sound redevelopment of such areas, as provided by the Urban Redevelopment Law, in conformity with the Comprehensive General Plan of the Borough of Lansdowne for residential, recreational, commercial, industrial or other purposes, and otherwise encouraging the provision of healthful homes, a decent living environment and adequate places of employment of the people of this Borough.

§ 12-6 Name.

The name of the Authority is the "Redevelopment Authority of the Borough of Lansdowne."

§ 12-7 Statutory authority.

The Authority is formed under the Pennsylvania Urban Redevelopment Law, 35 P.S. § 1701 et seq., as amended.

§ 12-8 Incorporator.

The name of the incorporating municipality is the "Borough of Lansdowne."

The names of the municipal officials of the incorporating municipality are as follows:

(1)

Jayne Young, Borough Mayor.

(2)

Gene Wayne, Council President.

(3)

Sharon P. Coleman, Council Vice President.

(4)

Kevin Lee, Council Member.

(5)

Ellen Lustgarten, Council Member.

(6)

Barbara Silzle, Council Member.

(7)

Joseph Urban, Council Member.

(8)

Stephen Wagner, Council Member.

The address of the incorporating municipality is 12 E. Baltimore Avenue, Lansdowne, PA 19050.

§ 12-9 Board Members.

Upon certification of this ordinance[1] declaring the need for an Authority to operate in the Borough of Lansdowne, the Mayor shall appoint, as members of the Authority, five citizens. A majority of the members of the Authority shall be residents of the Borough, and the remainder may be nonresidents who own and operate businesses in the Borough. The Mayor shall announce the appointment of such persons at any regularly scheduled or special meeting of Borough Council. The Borough Council shall vote to approve or disapprove the persons appointed by the Mayor within 30 days following the date of appointment. If Borough Council fails to take action within said 30 days, then the appointment shall be deemed to have been approved by Borough Council. If Borough Council shall vote not to approve any person appointed by the Mayor within said thirty-day period, then such appointment shall be deemed rescinded, null and void, and the Mayor shall appoint another person in lieu of such person whom Borough Council did not approve.

[1]

Editor's Note: The words "this ordinance" refer to Ord. No. 1234.

§ 12-10 Terms of members.

The members who are first appointed shall serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment as shall be specified at the time of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of office shall be five years. A member shall hold office until his successor has been appointed. Vacancies for unexpired terms shall be promptly filled by the Mayor, subject to the approval of Council as set forth in § 12-9 of this article. A member shall receive no compensation for his or her services, but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties. The Borough of Lansdowne shall not be responsible for reimbursing any member for any expenses unless the member obtains the consent of the Borough Council in advance of incurring such expense.

§ 12-11 Organization.

The members of the Authority shall select from among themselves a chairman, a vice chairman, and such other officers as the Authority may determine. The Authority may employ a secretary, an executive director, its own counsel and legal staff, and such technical experts, and such other agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation of such persons.

§ 12-12 Quorum.

Three members of an Authority shall constitute a quorum for its meetings.

§ 12-13 Powers.

The Authority shall have all powers entitled to it pursuant to the Urban Redevelopment Law; provided, however, that the power to act as an agent of the Borough of Lansdowne conveyed upon the Authority pursuant to § 1709(d) of the Urban Redevelopment Law shall be conditioned upon the execution and delivery by the Borough of Lansdowne of a written agency agreement appointing the Authority as the agent of the Borough of Lansdowne and such agency shall be applied and be limited to solely the matters set forth in such written agreement.

§ 12-14 Delegation of powers.

The Authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such of its powers as it shall deem necessary to carry out the purposes of the Authority, subject always to the supervision and control of the Authority.