In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Civil Division
In the Matter of Condemnation by the Municipal Authority of the Township of Robinson of Easements on Certain Parcels of Land in the Township of Robinson, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Being Docketed at Case No. GD 26-005710, to Include Property of:
Britta E. Knapper, her heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors, assigns, or any and/or all other parties claiming, or found to have, any interest in the following property: All that certain tract of vacant, unimproved real property situate within the Township of Robinson, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, located on and along Hickman Road, being designated as Block and Lot No. 337-M-134 in the Department of Real Estate of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
Notice to Condemnee of Condemnation
In accordance with Section 305(b)(2) of the Eminent Domain Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Municipal Authority of the Township of Robinson hereby gives notice that:
1. The Municipal Authority of the Township of Robinson (the “Authority”) filed a Declaration of Taking on May 29, 2026 (the “Declaration”) at Docket No. GD 26-005710 in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, pursuant to the requirements of the Act of June 22, 1964, P.L. No. 84, as amended, 26 Pa. C.S.A. §101, et seq., known as the Eminent Domain Code (the “Eminent Domain Code”). The address of the Authority is 4200 Campbells Run Road, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 15205.
2. This condemnation is specifically authorized by §5615 of the Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa. C.S.A. §5615, and by the Amended and Restated Resolution No. 1 of 2026 of the Authority, dated May 13, 2026.
3. The Authority by Amended and Restated Resolution No. 1 of 2026 duly adopted on May 13, 2026, condemned an easement on the property referred to above in the Township of Robinson at GD 26-005710 and authorized its Solicitor and its Director of Administration and Finance to execute and file the aforementioned Declaration of Taking and any related documentation.
4. The purpose of this condemnation is to condemn several easements, including one on the above-described property, for the construction, installation, operation, maintenance, repair, replacement and/or reconstruction, as necessary, of a main water transmission line and other utility-related facilities by the Authority.
5. The nature of the title or interest acquired hereby is a permanent easement.
6. The easement on and over the aforementioned property has been condemned as of the date set forth in Paragraph 1.
7. A plan showing a description and drawing of the precise location of the easement on the property referenced above may be inspected at the offices of the Authority, 4200 Campbells Run Road, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania 15205.
8. Just compensation for the condemnation of the easement, if any, is secured by a bond, without surety, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the use of the condemnee, the condition of which shall be that the Authority, as condemnor, shall pay all such damages as shall be determined by law pursuant to the provisions of Article III, §303 of the Eminent Domain Code.
9. If you wish to challenge the power or right of the Authority to appropriate the condemned easement, the sufficiency of security, the procedure followed by the Condemnor, or the Declaration of Taking, you are required to file Preliminary Objections with the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, within thirty (30) days after publication of this Notice.
Furthermore, Notice is Hereby Given that the Authority, pursuant to §522 of the Eminent Domain Code, will, no less than twenty (20) days subsequent to the expiration of the statutory period for the filing of Preliminary Objections to the Declaration of Taking, present a Petition to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County to deposit into Court the just compensation estimated by the Authority to be due to the party(ies) in interest for damages sustained as a result of the condemnation of the easement on the property described above.
Kevin J. O’Hare, Esquire
Tucker Arensberg, P.C.
Attorneys for Condemnor, The Municipal Authority of the Township of Robinson
