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IN RE BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN

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161 A.3d 844 (2017)

IN RE: Petition of the BOROUGH OF DOWNINGTOWN. Appeal of: Friends of Kardon Park and Ann Feldman. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Friends of Kardon Park and Ann Feldman. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Friends of Kardon Park and Ann Feldman. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Friends of Kardon Park and Ann Feldman. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Borough of Downingtown, Council of the Borough of Downingtown, Progressive Housing Ventures, LLC and J. Loew & Associates, Inc. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Borough of Downingtown, Council of the Borough of Downingtown, Progressive Housing Ventures, LLC and J. Loew & Associates, Inc. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Borough of Downingtown, Council of the Borough of Downingtown, Progressive Housing Ventures, LLC and J. Loew & Associates, Inc. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Borough of Downingtown, Council of the Borough of Downingtown, Progressive Housing Ventures, LLC and J. Loew & Associates, Inc. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Kim Manufacturing Company and Stewart Hall, L.P. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Kim Manufacturing Company and Stewart Hall, L.P. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Kim Manufacturing Company and Stewart Hall, L.P. In re: Petition of the Borough of Downingtown. Appeal of: Kim Manufacturing Company and Stewart Hall, L.P.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

DECIDED: June 20, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Concini Clark, Esq. , Wix, Wenger & Weidner, P.C., for Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors, Amicus Curiae.

George Jugovic, Jr., Esq. , Kurt John Weist, Esq. , Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, for PA Land Trust Association & PA Recreation and Park Society, Amicus Curiae.

Samuel C. Stretton, Esq. , Law Office of Samuel C. Stretton, for Friends of Kardon Park and Ann Feldman, Appellee.

Robert L. Byer, Esq. Duane Morris, L.L.P. Louis J. Colagreco Jr., Esq. , Riley, Riper, Hollin & Colagreco, P.C., Robert McCarthy Palumbos, Esq. , for J. Loew & Associates, Inc and Progressive Housing Ventures, LLC, Appellee.

David Dembe, Esq. , Claudia M. Tesoro, Esq. , PA Office of Attorney General, for Office of Attorney General, Appellee.

Henry Fintan McHugh, Esq. , Petrikin, Wellman, Damico, Brown & Petrosa, P.C., for Kim Manufacturing Company and Stewart Hall, L.P., Appellee.

Patrick C. O'Donnell, Esq. , Gawthrop Greenwood, PC, Patrick Michael McKenna, Esq. , for Borough of Downingtown and Council of the Borough of Downingtown, Appellee.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

In these consolidated cross-appeals, we accepted review to consider whether three statutory provisions — the "Donated or Dedicated Property Act" ("DDPA"),1 the "Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act" ("Project 70 Act"),2

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