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Resolution approving an Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority to extend its term of existence to a date that is fifty (50) years from the date of the approval of the Amendment to Articles of Incorporation by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and adding stormwater planning, management, and implementation to the purposes of the Authority.
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WHEREAS, The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority (the “Authority”) is a body corporate and politic organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pursuant to the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S.A. §5601, et seq., as amended (the “Act”), having been duly organized by the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (the “City”); and
WHEREAS, the Authority filed Articles of Incorporation with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on February 17, 1984, as previously amended by Articles of Amendment filed on December 11, 1989 and Articles of Amendment filed on May 9, 2008; and
WHEREAS, §5605 of the Act requires that every amendment to the articles of incorporation of an authority created under the Act first be proposed by the board of the authority by the adoption of a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment and directing that said resolution be submitted to the governing authorities of the municipality composing the authority; and
WHEREAS, On October 25th, 2019, the Board of the Authority adopted Board Resolution 206 of 2019, which proposes to amend the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation to extend the term of the existence of the Authority to a date that is fifty (50) years from the date of the approval of the articles of amendment, and to amend the stated purposes of the Authority to include stormwater planning, management, and implementation,
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, Council hereby adopts an amendment to Section VII of the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation, as previously amended, to read as follows:
"The term of existence of the Authority shall be a date that is fifty (50) years from the date of the approval of the Amendment to Articles of Incorporation by the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."
Section 2. Pursuant to the provisions of the Act, Council hereby adopts an amendment to Section III of the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation, as previously amended, to read as follows:
“the purpose of this Authority is to acquire, hold, construct, finance, improve, maintain, operate, own and lease, either as lessor or lessee, projects of the following kind and character: sewers, sewer systems or parts thereof, waterworks, water supply work sand water distribution systems, stormwater systems…”
Section 3. The Mayor, the City Solicitor, and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to take any further steps required to effectuate these amendments to the Authority’s Articles of Incorporation.