PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1326 PRINTER'S No. 1516
No. 1097 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY HELFRICK, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999
AS AMENDED ON THIRD CONSIDERATION, NOVEMBER 16, 1999
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to sell and convey to Transitional
3 Housing and Care Center of Columbia and Montour Counties
4 certain land and a building, referred to as the Gatehouse,
5 situate on Danville State Hospital, Montour County; AND <--
6 AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WITH THE
7 APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR, TO SELL AND CONVEY TO THE PUBLIC
8 AUDITORIUM AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY CERTAIN LAND SITUATE
9 IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, COMMONWEALTH
10 OF PENNSYLVANIA.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Conveyance at Danville State Hospital, Montour
14 County.
15 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
16 the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
17 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to
18 Transitional Housing and Care Center of Columbia and Montour
19 Counties the tract of land and building, referred to as the
20 Gatehouse, described in subsection (b), for fair consideration
21 based on a fair market value as determined by an independent
1 appraisal.
2 (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to
3 subsection (a) is the following tract of land and building
4 situate on Danville State Hospital, Montour County bounded and
5 described as follows:
6 BEGINNING at a point on the northerly edge of the macadam on
7 an access road, said point being North 18 degrees 19 minutes 56
8 seconds West 122.66 feet from a point in the centerline
9 intersection of another macadam access road and existing
10 railroad tracks; thence along the northerly edge of the macadam
11 on the first mentioned access road, North 42 degrees 42 minutes
12 48 seconds West, a distance of 650.73 feet to a point; thence
13 passing through a rebar set on line 5.00 feet from the last
14 mentioned corner, North 46 degrees 38 minutes 57 seconds East, a
15 distance of 195.62 feet to a rebar set; thence passing through a
16 rebar set on line 5.00 feet from the next mentioned corner,
17 South 43 degrees 18 minutes 25 seconds East, a distance of
18 332.45 feet to a point on a curve on the westerly edge of the
19 macadam on another access road; thence along the westerly edge
20 of the macadam on said access road and along a curve to the left
21 having a radius of 182.19 feet, arc length of 113.80 feet, delta
22 angle of 35 degrees 47 minutes 20 seconds, a chord bearing of
23 South 14 degrees 24 minutes 38 seconds West, and a chord length
24 of 111.96 feet to a point; thence along the same and along a
25 curve to the left having a radius of 100.32 feet, arc length of
26 57.92 feet, delta angle of 33 degrees 04 minutes 44 seconds, a
27 chord bearing of South 15 degrees 35 minutes 36 seconds East,
28 and a chord length of 57.12 feet to a point; thence along the
29 same, South 23 degrees 46 minutes 43 seconds East, a distance of
30 120.26 feet to a point; thence along the same, South 24 degrees
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1 20 minutes 09 seconds East, a distance of 100.60 feet to a point
2 of curve; thence the same and along a curve to the right having
3 a radius of 4.87 feet, arc length of 9.84 feet, delta angle of
4 115 degrees 51 minutes 53 seconds, a chord bearing of South 49
5 degrees 47 minutes 15 seconds West, a chord length of 8.25 feet
6 to the place of BEGINNING.
7 CONTAINING 2.000 acres of land in all.
8 (c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and
9 subject to any and all easements for utilities which cross said
10 property, including, but not limited to, streets, roadways and
11 rights of any storm sewer, electric service, potable water
12 service and a sanitary sewer lateral, as well as under and
13 subject to any interest, estates or tenancies vested in third
14 persons appearing of record, for any portion of the land or
15 improvements erected thereon.
16 (d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be approved as
17 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
18 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
19 Pennsylvania. In the event this property is not conveyed to
20 Transitional Housing and Care Center of Columbia and Montour
21 Counties within 12 months of the effective date of this act, at
22 the discretion of the Secretary of General Services, the
23 property shall be offered for sale through auction, sealed bid
24 or request for proposal, under the terms of the act of April 9,
25 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of
26 1929. and conditions in section 2405-A of The Administrative <--
27 Code of 1929 authorizing the sale of the herein noted property
28 to Transitional Housing and Care Center of Columbia and Montour
29 Counties shall automatically cease and become null and void.
30 (e) Costs.--All other costs and fees, including, but not
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1 limited to, appraisal fees, title insurance and surveys,
2 incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee.
3 SECTION 2. CONVEYANCE TO PUBLIC AUDITORIUM AUTHORITY, <--
4 ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
5 (A) AUTHORIZATION.--THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WITH
6 THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY
7 ADMINISTRATION, IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF THE
8 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA TO GRANT AND CONVEY TO THE PUBLIC
9 AUDITORIUM AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY FOR FAIR CONSIDERATION
10 AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THE TRACT OF
11 LAND DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B).
12 (B) DESCRIPTION.--THE PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED PURSUANT TO
13 SUBSECTION (A) IS THE FOLLOWING TRACT OF LAND SITUATE IN THE
14 21ST WARD, CITY OF PITTSBURGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, BOUNDED AND
15 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
16 BEGINNING AT A POINT AT THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
17 ALLEGHENY AVENUE, SAID POINT BEING LOCATED SOUTH 2 DEGREES 31
18 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST 49.98 FEET FROM STATION 1039+56.99 FEET
19 AT THE CENTERLINE OF THE SOUTHBOUND LANE OF LEGISLATIVE ROUTE
20 1039. THENCE SOUTH 14 DEGREES 02 MINUTES 43 SECONDS EAST 17.26
21 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE OF THE WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF
22 ALLEGHENY AVENUE, SAID LINE BEING 32.00 FEET FROM CENTERLINE OF
23 ALLEGHENY AVENUE, THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. THENCE BY A CURVE
24 BEARING TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF 1064.60 FEET FOR AN ARC
25 DISTANCE OF 156.35 FEET TO A POINT OF TANGENCY ON THE WESTERN
26 RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ALLEGHENY AVENUE. THENCE ALONG THE WESTERN
27 RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF ALLEGHENY AVENUE, SOUTH 05 DEGREES 37
28 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 20.57 FEET, TO A POINT ON
29 THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF RELOCATED REEDSDALE STREET.
30 THENCE ALONG THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF REEDSDALE STREET
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1 SOUTH 74 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 43 SECONDS WEST 209.83 FEET TO A
2 POINT OF CURVE OF A CURVE BEARING TO THE RIGHT WITH A RADIUS OF
3 296.00 FEET FOR AN ARC DISTANCE OF 51.61 FEET TO A POINT OF
4 TANGENCY. THENCE SOUTH 84 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 05 SECONDS WEST A
5 DISTANCE OF 6.64 FEET TO A POINT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE
6 NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF REEDSDALE STREET (RELOCATED) AND
7 THE EASTERN LINE OF WALKER STREET. THENCE BY THE EASTERLY LINE
8 OF WALKER STREET (A 40 FEET RIGHT OF WAY) NORTH 14 DEGREES 04
9 MINUTES 42 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 239.73 FEET. THENCE BY A
10 NEW LINE, THE FOLLOWING FIVE COURSES AND DISTANCES: NORTH 84
11 DEGREES 59 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST, A DISTANCE OF 25.54 FEET,
12 SOUTH 79 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 65.41
13 FEET, SOUTH 88 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 15 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF
14 79.40 FEET, NORTH 75 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 59 SECONDS EAST A
15 DISTANCE OF 80.46 FEET AND SOUTH 87 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 24
16 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 42.33 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
17 CONTAINING AN AREA OF 1.30 ACRES ACCORDING TO A SURVEY BY L.
18 ROBERT KIMBALL AND ASSOCIATES DATED APRIL 29, 1999.
19 THIS CONVEYANCE IS COMPRISED OF A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AS
20 CONVEYED TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA BY THE URBAN
21 REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH BY DEED DATED
22 AUGUST 24, 1994, AND RECORDED IN DEED BOOK VOLUME 9930, PAGE 151
23 IN THE RECORDERS OFFICE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
24 (C) CONDITION.--PRIOR TO EXECUTION OF A DEED OF CONVEYANCE,
25 THE SLOPE OF STATE ROUTE 65 ADJACENT TO THE TRACT OF LAND
26 DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B) SHALL BE STABILIZED AND RETURNED TO
27 ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION IN A MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT
28 OF TRANSPORTATION.
29 (D) EASEMENTS.--THE CONVEYANCE SHALL BE MADE UNDER AND
30 SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS OF OTHERS, INCLUDING, BUT
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1 NOT CONFINED TO, STREETS, ROADWAYS AND RIGHTS OF ANY TELEPHONE,
2 TELEGRAPH, CABLE, WATER, ELECTRIC, SEWER, GAS OR PIPELINE
3 COMPANIES, AS WELL AS UNDER AND SUBJECT TO ANY INTEREST, ESTATES
4 OR TENANCIES VESTED IN THIRD PERSONS, WHETHER OR NOT APPEARING
5 OF RECORD, FOR ANY PORTION OF THE LAND OR IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED
6 THEREON.
7 (E) EXECUTION.--THE DEED OF CONVEYANCE SHALL BE APPROVED AS
8 PROVIDED BY LAW AND SHALL BE EXECUTED BY THE SECRETARY OF
9 GENERAL SERVICES IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
10 PENNSYLVANIA.
11 (F) COSTS.--ALL OTHER COSTS AND FEES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
12 LIMITED TO, APPRAISAL FEES, TITLE INSURANCE AND SURVEYS
13 INCIDENTAL TO THIS CONVEYANCE, SHALL BE BORNE BY THE GRANTEE.
14 (G) DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.--REVENUE FROM THE SALE
15 AUTHORIZED BY THIS ACT SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE MOTOR LICENSE
16 FUND.
17 Section 2 3. Effective date. <--
18 This act shall take effect immediately.
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