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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, setting forth funding guidelines for the Allegheny Regional Asset District.
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WHEREAS, Allegheny County Council, through Ordinance No. 32066, created the Allegheny Regional Asset District; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 32066 was enacted in 1994 under the authority contained within the Allegheny Regional Asset District Act, 16 P.S. 6101-B et. seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Allegheny Regional Asset District Act, 16 P.S. §6101-B, provides that the District, if established, would assume the responsibilities of Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh in funding regional assets that are vital to the “…health, welfare, education and quality of life of the citizens of the region.”; and
WHEREAS, the Allegheny Regional Asset District Act, 16 P.S. §6130-B, restricts the funding decisions to be made by the District in only four ways: first by mandating that no health care facilities or institutions which predominantly provide education may be funded, second by establishing that no parks under 200 acres (other than linear parks and parks laying within more than one municipality) are to be funded, third by requiring that any funded entity serve a significant number of individuals not residing in the municipality in which the asset is located, and fourth by mandating that no library that is not part of a system serving multiple municipalities may be funded; and
WHEREAS, volunteer fire and emergency medical service providers are charged with responsibility for the health and welfare of the citizens of the region, these entities routinely serve individuals not residing in the municipalities in which the department or provider is located, and do not fall within any of the other restrictions on District funding; and
WHEREAS, the Allegheny Regional Asset District has created its own internal guidelines for granting discretionary funding, under which it refuses to accept or review...
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