A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF MT. JOY BOROUGH AUTHORITY PROVIDING FCR THE AS- SESSMENT OF CERTAIN OF THE COSTS OF CON- STRUCTION OF CERTAIN CAPITAL ADDITIONS TOC THE SANITARY SEWAGE COLLECTION SYSTEM OF THE AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE BOROUGH OF MOUNT JOY UPON PROP- ERTIES BENEFITED, IM- PROVED OR ACCOMMO- DATED BY SAID CAPITAL ADDITIONS IN ACCORD:- ANCE WITH THE FOOT FRONT RULE OR IN AC- CORDANCE WITH BENE- FITS AS DETERMINED BY A JURY OF VIEW; FOR THE MATTER OF COLLEC- TION; FOR THE FILING OF LIENS: AND FOR THE PAY- MENT OF THE AMOUNTS COLLECTED TO UNION NATIONAL MOUNT JOY BANK, TRUSTEE WHEREAS, pursuant to Or- dinance duly enacted, the Council of the Borough of Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (the “Borough”) created Mt. Joy Borough Au- thority (the “Authority”) and by further ordinance duly enacted has designated the sewer project for the Author- ity; and WHEREAS, in carrying out said project, Authority has heretofore commenced and completed the construction of a Sewer System in, and for, the Borough, in accordance with plans and specifications dated January and February, 1956, as respectively revised, prepared by Joseph A. Mich- els, Registered Professional Engineer, Dallastown, Pa; and WHEREAS, in connection with the construction of the Sewer System, the said Jos- eph A. Michels submitted his Report and Plan, dated March 16, 1956 to the Board of the Authority and. in turn, to the Council of the Bor- ough, all for the purposes of, and pursuant to the provis- ions of Section 4B (s) of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, P.L. 382, as amend- ed, and the Board of the Authority and the Council of the Borough by Resolution adopted April 5. 1956 and by Ordinance enacted April 5, 1956, respectively, approv- ed such Report and Plan all for the purposes and with the effect of enabling the Auth- oritvy to assess a portion of the cost of such Sewer Sys- tem construction against the properties benefited, improv- ed or accommodated thereby, according to the foot front rule; and WHEREAS, Authority, by Resolution duly adopted on May 22, 1956, provided a- mong other things, for the assessment of certain of the costs of construction of the Sewer System, pursuant to the aforesaid Report and Plan, upon properties bene- fited, improved or accommo- dated by said sewer construc- tion in accordance with the foot front rule; and WHEREAS, Authority has determined to construct cer- tain extensions to the Sewer Syvstem (the “Sewer System Extensions”) not originally included in the aforesaid plans and specifications dated January and February, 1956 as respectively revised, as prepared by the aforesaid Joseph A. Michels and desires to charge the assessable por- tion of the cost of construc- tion of such Sewer System Extensions against the prop- | been completed which abut upon or otherwise accessible erties benefited, improved or accommodated thereby ac- cording to the foot front rule or as may otherwise be auth- orized by law; and WHEREAS, Authority has caused Gannett Fleming Cord- dry & Carpenter, Inc., Con- sulting Engineers, Harrisburg, Ps. (the “Consulting Engin- eers’’) to prepare specifica- tions dated May, 1964 and plans dated June, 1964 for the construction of the afore- said Sewer System Exten- sions: and WHEREAS, the Consulting Engineers have submitted to Authority a Report and Plan dated August 24, 1964, of such construction and the es- timated cost thereof and WHEREAS, Authority by Resolution unanimously a- dopted September 1, 1964, approved the Report and Plan of the Consulting Engin- eers dated August 24, 1964, determined that a portion of the cost of the Sewer Sys- tem Extensions should be as- sessed against the properties benefited, improved or acco-shall determiine the amount modated. -thereby according to the foot front rule, pur- suant to Paragraph (s) Sub- division B of Section 4 of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, approved May 2, 1945, P.L. 382, as amend- ed, or where, in the opinion of the Authority, an assess- ment by the foot front rule cannot legally be made a- gainst, or would not actually measure the benefit to any property, according to bene- fits in accordance with para- graph (r) of Section 4 of said Act and submitted a certified copy of resolution and a copy of such Report and Plan and deter- mination to assess to the Council of the Borough; and jdeclared and determined WHEREAS, the Council of the Borough by Ordinance al- so duly enacted September 1, 1964 and approved by the Mayor, approved said Report and Plan and method of as- sessment; and WHEREAS, Authority, by separate Resolution, has au- thorized the issuance of Sew- er Revenue Bonds in the ag- gregate principal amount of $640,000 for the purpose, in part, of providing funds for and toward the cost of con- struction, as defined in the Indenture and Supplemental Indenture hereinafter refer- red to. of the Sewer System Extensions and has provided for the charging of certain tapping or connection fees and annual sewer rentals and charges for the use thereof; and NOW, THEREFORE, - BE IT RESOLVED THAT: Section 1. The Authority authorizes the construction of the Sewer System Exten- sions in and for the Borough in accordance with the plans, drawings and specifications orepared by the Consulting Engineers, and approved by the Pennsylvania Sanitary Water Board, in the streets, alleys, roads and rights-of- way as therein set forth, and hereby ratifies, confirms and validates all action taken in awarding and executing the ~ontract providing for such construction, or otherwise such action as hereby auth- orized and directed to be taken, the aforesaid plans and specifications being dated June and May, 1964, respect- ively. Section 2. The Authority hereby undertakes and di- rects that certain of the costs of the construction of the Sewer System Extensions be- ing constructed as aforesaid, will be and hereby are charg- ed and assessed against the assessable properties benefit- ed, improved or accommodat- ed thereby in accordance with the foot front rule; or where, in the opinion of the Author- ity, an assessment by the foot front rule cannot legally be made against, or would not adequately measure the bene- fit to, any property, the costs of construction may be asses- sed against such property ac- cording to the extent of ben- efits as determined by a Jury of View. The rate per front foot of such assessments shall hereby be fixed at $5.70 per front foot which is hereby to be less’ than the asaessable cost per front foot of the sewers to be so constructed. Section 3. Assessments un- der the front foot rule shall (ties, and has been be made in the following | manner: A. Whenever the construc- tion of a sewer or sewers has shall be to a particular property or group of proper- approved for assessment purposes by (the Consulting Engineers (which term shall mean and |include any successor consult |ing engineer, duly appointed iby Authority) the Consulting Engineers shall file with the Authority a statement certi- fying that such sewer or sew- ers has or have been com- pleted and approved by them for assessment purposes, stat- ing the date of such comple- tion and describing such sew- er or sewers in reasonable detail. B. Upon receipt by the Au- thority of each certificate of ithe Consulting Engineers, as 'provided for in Paragraph A above, the Authority shall ex- amine the same and shall de- termine the property or prop- erties abutting upon er acces- sible to such sewer or sewers described in said certificate which are benefited, improv- ed or accommodated thereby, Section B of. or amounts of the proposed assessment or assessments, computed in accordance with the provisions of this Resolu- tion, and shall determine the name or names of the owner or owners of such property or properties. Thereon, the Con- sulting Engineers shall certi- fy that such proposed asses- ment or assessments, togeth- er with all assessments there- tofore made by the Author- ity under the provisions hereof and together with the estimated amount of all as- sessments thereafter to be made under the provisions ‘hereof will not exceed the lestimated costs heretofore | approved by the Borough or the actual cost of construc- ‘tion. After making such de- itermination and receiving the | certificate of the Consulting Engineers as provided for in this Paragraph B, the Auth- ority shall direct the prepar- ation of a proper assessment bill for the amount charged against each property. C. The assessment bills so prepared thereupon shall be dated and signed on behalf of the Authority by its Chair- man or Vice-Chairman, or such other agent as Authority shall, by Resolution (a certi- fied copy of which shall be furnished to the Trustee un- der the Indenture hereinafter referred to), duly appoint; and shall be collected from the owner or owners of each of the properties against which such assessments are charged and assessed hereby. D. A schedule of all assess- ments shall be kept by the Secretary of the Authority and filed with Union Nation- al Mount Joy Bank, Mount Joy, Pa., Trustee under the Trust Indenture between the Authority and said Bank, as Trustee, dated as of May 1, 1956 and Supplemental In- denture dated as of October 1, 1964 and a duplicate copy of all assessment bills shall be filed with the Treasurer of the Authority. The Secretary of the Authority may also cause a brief notice to be in- serted in a newspaper or newspapers of general circul- ation in the Borough that as- sessment bills have been pre- pared and will forthwith be served upon the property owners subject to assessment in the Borough. E. Promptly after filing with the Authority of each certificate provided for in ‘Paragraph A above, the assessment bills, so dated and executed shall be served by the Authority or its employees and/or ag- ents, upon the owner or own- ers of such properties, either personally or by leaving the same with an adult member of the family with whom the said owner or owners reside. If the owner or owners of such properties have no resi- dence, or cannot be found, in the Borough, then the assess- | ment bill shall be posted up- on the assessed property or a icopy thereof left with the occupant, if there be one, and shall further be mailed by registered or certified United States mail to the owner or owners or his or their agent or attorney at his or their last known address. Section 4. Where any prop- erty shall be situate at the intersection of, or otherwise adjacent to or adjoining more than one public street, road or other public highway in which sewer lines shall be constructed, which sewer lines shall therefor pass in front of, or be adjacent to more than one side of such property, the owner or own- ers of such assessable proper- ty shall be assessed for the full frontage of one (if un- equal in length, then the |shortest) side of such proper- |ty, which shall be known and designated as the “front, and shall be assessed for one- fourth (%) of the full front- age of each such other side abutting on or accessible to a sewer. It is the intention of this Resolution that equitable as- sessments be made against the assessable properties ben- efited, improved or accomo- dated by the Sewer System according to the foot front rule, and the Authority re- serves the right to make any other adjustments in such as- sessments as may be neces- sary to carry out such inten- tion. Section 5. All such assess- ments shall be payable forth- with to the Treasurer of the Authority who shall pay, ) orsixty (60) cause to be paid over to the Union National ®Mount Joy Bank, Mount Joy, Pa., Trus- tee under the Trust Inden- ture dated as of May 1, 1956 and supplemental indenture dated as of October 1, 1964 on the business day next suc- ceeding the collection or re- ceipt thereof all revenues re- ceived therefrom together with the interest and penal- ties, if any, paid thereon, but less any proper costs and ex- penses, including legal fees, of such collection accompan- ied by a statement showing the amounts col'ected. Until so paid over, all such reven- ues shall be segregated, sep- arate from any funds. of the Authority not relating to the Sewer System and shall be held in trust for the purposes of the Indentures above re- ferred to. Union National Mount Joy Bank, Trustee, shall, upon receipt thereof, deposit all such assessment revenues as shall be provided in the Supplemental Inden- ture. : Section 6. If any owner or owners against which | such an assessment shall have been made, refuse or neglect to pay such assessment with- in 6C days after service of the assessment bill shall have been made in the manner as set forth in Paragraph E of Section 3 hereof, the Author- ity shall forthwith cause to be filed a municipal claim or lien therefor, which shall include interest thereon at the rate of six (6%) per cent per annum from the date of completion of the work. A penalty of five (5%) per cent shall be added to any assess- ments not paid within ninety days after service thereof, unless such owner or owners have been granted the priv- ilege of paying such assess- ments in installments as pro- vided by Section 7 hereof, and the interest as aforesaid shall be computed on the total thereof. The Treasurer of the Authority shall certi- fy to the Authority Solicitor all such unpaid assessments, and the Authority Solicitor shall so file municipal claims therefor in the proper office of Lancaster County, as pro- vided by law, against the property or preperties upon which such assessments shall have been made. The Author- ity Solicitor shall thereupon proceed to collect the same under the general law relat- ing to the collection of muni- cipal claims, including, if so directed by the Authority, the filing of suits in assump- sit, unless the owner or own- ers shall have been granted the privilege of paying such assessment or assessments in installments as provided in Section 7 hereof and is cur- rently not in default in such installment payments. All such municipal claims shall be filed not later than the last day permitted by law for the filing of such municipal claims. The certificates of the Consulting Engineers filed, from time to time, with the Authority pursuant to Para- graph A of Section 3 shall be conclusive as to times of the completion as therein set forth. Section 7. Any owner or owners of property against whom and which assessments have been made as above provided shall have the priv- lilege, upon written request in the form prepared by the Au- thority filed with the Secre- tary of the Authority within thirty (30) days after service of the assessment bill has been made as provided in Paragraph E of hereof and upon payment of not less than one-fifth (1/5) of the amount of the assessment plus lien costs against the property of such owner or oners, of paying the balance of said assessment plus lien costs in equal annual or semi- annual installments within the next following four years and the said unpaid install- ments shall bear interest at the rate of six (6%) percent from the date of completion of the work, provided, how- ever, that the granting of such privilege of paying the assessment in installments shall not relieve the Author- ity of the duty of filing a lien or municipal claim for every assessment not paid in full within sixty (60) days of such service of the assess- ment bill. In case of default of any owner in the payment of any installment and interest as aforesaid for a period of ‘days after the THE BULLETIN MOTI OY Pa WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 same shall become due, the entire balance of the assess- ment plus a penalty of five (5%) per cent on such bal- ance and accrued interest on the total thereof shall become due and payable; and it shall be the duty of the Authority Treasurer when any such de- fault shall occur, to notify the Authority Solicitor there- of promptly; and the Author- ity Solicitor shall thereupon proceed to collect the same under the general law relat- ing-to the collection of muni- cipal claims, including, if so directed by the Authority, the filing of suits in assump- sit. Any such owner who has been ‘granted the privilege of paying such assessment in installments as provided in this Section, may pay the bal- ance remaining due in full at any time, with interest there- on to the next installment payment, together with the costs of filing and satisfying the lien, and such payment shall discharge the lien or claim against such owner. Section 8. The proper offic- ers of the Authority are here- by authorized and directed to do all matters and things required to be done by the Acts of Assembly and by this Resolution for the purpose of carrying out the purposes hereof. : Section 9. Authority re- serves the right to make any modifications, supplements or amendments to this Resolu- tion, provided that the assess- ment at the rate of $5.70 per foot front as fixed herein and the provisions as to interest, penalties and times of pay- ment of the assessments or the installments:-and of the filing of municipal claims or liens shall not be changed. Section 10. When in the opinion of the Authority an assessment by the foot front rule, all as hereinbefore pro- vided, cannot legally be made against, or would not ade- quately measure the benefits of the sewers to any proper- ty, the cost of construction may be assessed against such property according to the extent of benefits, as determ- ined by a Jury of View pur- suant to Paragraph (r), Sub- division B of Section 4 of the Municipality Authorities Act of 1945, P.L. 382, as amend- ed. Section 11. Notwithstand- ing the provisions of Section 6 hereof, Authority may make settlements with property owners as to the amount of their assessments, if Authori- ty receives an opinion of the Authority Solicitor to the ef- fect that a failure to make such settlement may endang- er the possibility of making recovery of such assessment from such property owners. Duly adopted by the Board of Mt. Joy Borough Authori- ty this sixth day of October, 1964. MT JOY BOROUGH AUTHORITY B. T. Rutt, Chairman Attest: D. M. Wolgemuth Secretary 29-1c Publisher's Statement Statement of ownership, management and circulation, required by the Act of Cong- ress, Oct. 23, 196) Sec. 4369, Title 39, United States Code. The Mount Joy Bulletin Published weekly, except one week at Christmas and one week at Fourth of July, at 11 East Main street, Mount Section 31| Joy. Penna. The name and address of the owner is Richard A. Rain- bolt, Mount Joy, Penna. Known bondholders, mort- gagees and other security holders, owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities is the Lancaster County Farmers National Bank. Ave. No. Single Copies Each Issue Total Issue During Nearest Number - Preceding To Filing Copies 12 Mos. Date Printed 2275 2275 Pd. Circulation to subscribers 1841 Sales through agents, dealers etc. Free Distribution Total 1841 200 200 234 234 Distribution 2275 2275 I certify the statements made by me above are cor- rect and complete. Owner Richard A. Rainbolt