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Resolution authorizing the City of Pittsburgh to enter into an Agreement to execute the ALCOSAN Service Agreement Amendment by and among the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority, the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, the Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority, the North Huntingdon Township Municipal Authority, the Township of North Huntingdon, the Penn Township Sewage Authority, and the Township of Penn regarding the Cavettesville-Ardara Area.
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WHEREAS, the City of Pittsburgh ("Pittsburgh"), Allegheny County Sanitary Authority ("ALCOSAN"), the Western Westmoreland Municipal Authority ("WWMA"), the North Huntingdon Township Municipal Authority ("NHTMA"), the Township of North Huntingdon ("North Huntingdon"), the Penn Township Sewage Authority ("PTSA"), and the Township of Penn ("Penn Township") are the parties to an agreement with an effective date of November 20, 1974 ("ALCOSAN Service Agreement") which defines areas within North Huntingdon and Penn Township for which ALCOSAN is designated as the sole and exclusive agency to provide sewage treatment and disposal service for the Cavettesville-Ardara Area as defined in the ALCOSAN Service Agreement; and
WHEREAS, there is currently pending in the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania litigation filed at case No. 9494 of 2009, to which ALCOSAN is not a party, regarding alleged violations by NHTMA of certain covenants and agreements set forth in the agreement constituting the WWMA as the same is further detailed in the litigation referenced; and
WHEREAS, NHTMA is pursuing the assignment and transfer of its certain sewage facilities ("C-A Facilities") flowing in North Huntingdon Township as currently owned and operated by WWMA for the transportation and treatment of sewer flows with the same to be ultimately conveyed into the ALCOSAN system; and
WHEREAS, as part of the actions required to effectuate transfer and conveyance of the C-A Facilities from WWMA to NHTMA, the parties h...
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