PRINTER'S NO. 1696
No. 1439 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY CASORIO, MAY 1, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, MAY 1, 1997
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions imposed on
2 certain lands owned by the City of Jeannette, Westmoreland
3 County, in return for the imposition of Project 70
4 restrictions placed on certain lands purchased by the City of
5 Jeannette.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The lands described in section 2 are hereby
9 released from restrictions imposed under the act of June 22,
10 1964 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land
11 Acquisition and Borrowing Act, in exchange for the imposition of
12 restrictions under the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing
13 Act on the lands described in section 3.
14 Section 2. The lands authorized to be released from
15 restrictions are more particularly described as follows:
16 Beginning at a point where the northerly line of College
17 Avenue intersects with the easterly line of Whiteman Street,
18 thence along the easterly line of Whiteman Street north 44
19 degrees 45 minutes east a distance of 455 feet to a point;
1 thence south 42 degrees 15 minutes east a distance of 66.5 feet
2 to a point; thence north 36 degrees 5 minutes east a distance of
3 178 feet, more or less, to a point; thence south 24 degrees 41
4 minutes east a distance of 315 feet, more of less, to a point;
5 thence south 42 degrees west a distance of 120 feet, more or
6 less, to a point; thence south 16 degrees 13 minutes east a
7 distance of 345 feet, more or less, to a point; thence north 72
8 degrees 42 minutes west a distance of 181.67 feet to a point;
9 thence south 17 degrees 18 minutes west a distance of 40 feet to
10 a point; thence north 72 degrees 42 minutes west a distance of
11 40 feet to a point; thence north 17 degrees 18 minutes east a
12 distance of 131 feet to a point on the northerly line of College
13 Avenue; thence along the northerly line of College Avenue north
14 72 degrees 42 minutes west a distance of 448 feet to a point on
15 the easterly line of Whiteman Street, the place of beginning.
16 Containing approximately 4.7 acres.
17 Section 3. The land to be subject to restrictions is more
18 particularly described as follows:
19 Beginning at a point at the southwesterly line of Harrison
20 Avenue and the easterly line of School Street, thence along the
21 southwesterly line of Harrison Avenue south 77 degrees 4 minutes
22 east 145 feet to a point; thence by same by a line curving to
23 the right, having a radius of 23 feet, an arc distance of 31.50
24 feet to a point in the westerly line of Sellers Avenue; thence
25 along the westerly line of Sellers Avenue south 10 degrees 40
26 minutes west 20.6 feet to a point; thence along same by a line
27 curving to the left, having a radius of 332.56 feet, an arc
28 distance of 97.27 feet to a point; thence leaving Sellers Avenue
29 south 67 degrees 48 minutes west 5.87 feet to a point; thence
30 again along Sellers Avenue south 24 degrees 25 minutes east
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1 126.20 feet to a point, corner of property of the Jeannette
2 School District; thence along line of lands of Jeannette School
3 District south 78 degrees 1 minute west 130.92 feet to a point;
4 thence along the same north 40 degrees 42 minutes west 38.78
5 feet to a point; thence along the northerly line of Morris
6 Avenue, an unopened street in the Westmoreland Home and Land Co.
7 Plan, north 77 degrees 4 minutes west 125.76 feet to a point,
8 corner of the northerly line of Morris Avenue and School Street,
9 north 12 degrees 56 minutes east 265 feet to the point at the
10 place of beginning.
11 Containing approximately 1.3 acres.
12 Section 4. The restrictions to be included in the deed to
13 the land described in section 3 shall read as follows:
14 This indenture is given to provide recreation, conservation
15 and historical purposes as defined in the act of June 22, 1964
16 (Sp.Sess., P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land
17 Acquisition and Borrowing Act.
18 Section 5. The sum of $20,000 or proceeds from the sale of
19 the land described in section 2, whichever is greater, shall be
20 deposited into a special account established by the City of
21 Jeannette and used exclusively by the City of Jeannette for
22 recreational improvements on the land described in section 3.
23 Section 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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