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Timestamp: 2018-10-21 02:18:49
Document Index: 624506566

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 6', '§ 6', '§ 6', '§ 6', '§ 6', '§ 6', '§ 6']

Township of East Whiteland, PA Authorities, Municipal
Ch 6 Art I (Reserved)
§ 6-1 through § 6-6. (Reserved)
Ch 6 Art II East Whiteland - Tredyffrin Joint Transportation Authority
§ 6-7 Organization of Authority.
§ 6-8 Articles of Incorporation.
§ 6-9 Appointment of members.
§ 6-10 Execution of Articles of Incorporation.
§ 6-11 Payment of fee.
Article II East Whiteland - Tredyffrin Joint Transportation Authority
Editor’s Note: Former Art. I, East Whiteland Municipal Authority, adopted 7-5-1967 by Ord. No. 32-67, as amended, was repealed 7-8-2015 by Ord. No. 269-2015.
Article II: East Whiteland - Tredyffrin Joint Transportation Authority
[Adopted 12-9-1985 by Ord. No. 76-85]
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Whiteland, Chester County, Pennsylvania, constituting the Municipal Authority of the said Township as defined in the Act of Assembly known as the "Municipality Authorities Act of 1945," P.L. 382,[1] hereby signifies its intention to organize, together with the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Tredyffrin, an Authority under the provisions of the said Act of Assembly, its supplements and amendments.
In pursuance of said intention, the Articles of Incorporation of the said Authority are hereby approved by the Board of Supervisors on behalf of the said Township in the following form:
The name of the Authority is EAST WHITELAND - TREDYFFRIN JOINT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY;
The said Joint Authority is formed under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, approved May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amended;
Tredyffrin Township Municipal Authority, organized by the Township of Tredyffrin and incorporated on June 22, 1959; and
The names and addresses of the municipal authorities of said municipalities are:
Lee F. Seybert
4 Lizbeth Lane
Tracy C. Massey
317 McMull Drive
Herbert G. Keene, Jr.
234 West Valley Road
432 Schoolhouse Lane
Harold F.E. Jeunet
412 Conestoga Road
Florence D. Hunt
The Board shall consist of five members. Two members shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Whiteland. Two members shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Tredyffrin. One member shall be mutually agreed upon and appointed jointly by the Boards of Supervisors of both the Township of East Whiteland and the Township of Tredyffrin.
Each member shall be a taxpayer in, maintain a business in, or be a citizen (resident) of either the Township of Tredyffrin or the Township of East Whiteland, but no more than one (1) nonresident may be appointed to the Board.
The term of office for each member of the Board of the Joint Authority shall commence as of the date of appointment and shall be for a term as indicated in paragraph (4) below from the first Monday in January next succeeding the date of incorporation of the Joint Authority.
The names, addresses, appointing municipalities, and terms of office of the first members of the Board of the Joint Authority are:
Appointing Municipality
768 N. Wayne Ave.
Tredyffrin and
345 New Market Crt.
41 Birch Rd.
Millstream, R.D.3,
Upon the expiration of the term of any member, the Board of Supervisors of the Township which has the power of appointment shall appoint a member of the Board for a term of five years from the date of expiration of the prior term. Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled (for the unexpired term) by the Board of Supervisors of the Township in the representation of which the vacancy occurs. One Seat on the Board shall continue to be held jointly by the Townships of Tredyffrin and East Whiteland and all subsequent appointments to this seat shall be made by mutual agreement of the Boards of Supervisors of such Townships. Elected or appointed officials of either the Township of Tredyffrin or the Township of East Whiteland shall not be eligible for appointment to the seat held jointly by such Township.
The existence of the Joint Authority shall commence on the date of issuance of the Joint Authority's certificate of incorporation by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and shall expire upon final payment on the Bonds or other indebtedness issued by the Joint Authority to finance or refinance the projects described in paragraph (g) below. The term of existence of the Joint Authority shall only be extended as provided in articles of amendment filed with and approved by the Secretary of the Commonwealth pursuant to applicable provisions of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended.
The Joint Authority is organized in order to finance, acquire, hold, construct, improve, maintain, operate, own and lease, either as lessor or lessee, either individually or by agreement with any other corporation, municipality, authority or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (including its departments and agencies), transportation facilities or business improvement projects in the area property acquired by the Authority or within the rights-of-way of local, state or federal roadways including but not limited to, bridges, tunnels, highways, parkways, local streets, roads, sidewalks, passageways, roadbeds, traffic control systems, traffic distribution centers, parking spaces and all facilities and rights-of-way necessary or incident thereto, all as described in the plan approved by the governing bodies of the incorporating municipalities pursuant to paragraph (h) hereto. To these ends, the Joint Authority is authorized to exercise all those powers enumerated in Section 5(B) of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, and in the Transportation Partnership Act, approved July 9, 1985, P.L. ____; provided, however, that the Joint Authority shall comply with the procedures set forth in Section 4(E) of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, prior to its approval and implementation of any proposed project.
The Township of East Whiteland and the Township of Tredyffrin have retained the right existing under the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, as amended, and under the Transportation Partnership Act to approve the plan for improvements, together with estimated costs and proposed methods of assessments, for any project undertaken by the Joint Authority in the Transportation development and Business Improvement District to be designated, or from time to time redesignated, by the mutual agreement of the governing bodies of the incorporating municipalities.
The Chairman and members of the Board of Supervisors of the Township of East Whiteland are hereby authorized and directed to execute said Articles of Incorporation on behalf of said Township, and the Secretary of the Township is authorized and directed to attest said signatures and affix thereto the Seal of said Township, cause a notice of intention to file said Articles of Incorporation to be published once in the legal periodical of Chester County and once in a newspaper published and of general circulation in such county, and to file a certified copy of this article, together with proofs of publication of the notice of the public meeting and the notice of intention to file said Articles of Incorporation, with the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, accompanied by the required filing fee as provided by said Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, its supplements and amendments.
An order is to be drawn on the Treasurer of said Township of East Whiteland to pay the required fee for filing said Articles of Incorporation and the amount necessary to pay said fee is hereby appropriated from the general treasury of the said Township of East Whiteland.