Section 1049.102 - Findings and purposesThe General Assembly finds that improving the quality of life in Pennsylvania's metropolitan areas is of primary importance in stimulating further development of the Commonwealth and that to accomplish that end on a coordinated basis that there is a need to:
(1) Utilize more effectively the expertise available in the field of public administration and encourage the interchange of this expertise.(2) Develop more effective cooperation among political, civic, industrial and commercial leadership.(3) Provide the necessary incentives for Federal-State-local cooperation to meet the economic, physical, social and institutional needs of Pennsylvania communities.(4) Establish the framework, both organizational and financial, for a closer and more cooperative relationship between the public and the private sectors.(5) Provide the necessary framework for the development and delivery of solutions to the interrelated problems of the metropolitan centers of Pennsylvania.1970, March 21, P.L. 195, No. 77, § 2.