PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 1720 PRINTER'S NO. 1878
No. 1330 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY BRIGHTBILL, MARCH 8, 2000
SENATOR LEMMOND, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, APRIL 11, 2000
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to sell and convey to the
3 Wernersville Municipal Authority certain land situate on
4 Wernersville State Hospital, South Heidelburg Township, Berks
5 County.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. (a) Authorization.--The Department of General
9 Services, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby
10 authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of
11 Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Wernersville Municipal
12 Authority the tract of land described in subsection (b), for
13 fair consideration based on a fair market value as determined by
14 an independent appraisal IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF A <--
15 CERTAIN LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WERNERSVILLE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
16 AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ACTING THROUGH THE
17 DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
18 DATED THE 14TH DAY OF MAY, 1999.
19 (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to
1 subsection (a) is the following tract of land situate on <--
2 Wernersville State Hospital, Berks County, bounded and described
3 as follows:
4 BEGINNING at a point on the northeastern side of Hospital Lane
5 at edge of the road, said point being South 30 degrees 20
6 minutes 59 seconds East a distance of 237.93 feet from a marble
7 monument to a point, then South 30 degrees 20 minutes 59 seconds
8 East a distance of 227.27 feet to a point, then South 59 degrees
9 57 minutes 49 seconds West a distance of 264.64 feet to a point,
10 then South 45 degrees 25 minutes 59 seconds West a distance of
11 143.34 feet to a point, then North 31 degrees 72 minutes 38
12 seconds West a distance of 249.37 feet to a point, then North 58
13 degrees 47 minutes 22 seconds East a distance of 383.99 feet to
14 a point, being the place of beginning.
15 CONTAINING 2.000 acres of land in all. ALL THAT CERTAIN <--
16 PARCEL OR TRACT OF LAND SITUATE AT THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF
17 HOSPITAL LANE AND FURNACE ROAD IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH
18 HEIDELBERG, COUNTY OF BERKS, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AS
19 SHOWN ON DRAWING NO. 5221-131-C-011, DATED OCTOBER 11, 1999,
20 PREPARED BY SPOTTS, STEVENS AND MCCOY, INC. CONSULTING ENGINEERS
21 OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, AND BEING MORE FULLY BOUNDED AND
22 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT:
23 BEGINNING AT A RAILROAD SPIKE FOUND AT OR NEAR THE CENTERLINE
24 INTERSECTION OF HOSPITAL LANE AND FURNACE ROAD (T-382) AND ON
25 THE NORTHWESTERN LINE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO KENNETH A. ORR
26 AND POLLY KAHL; THENCE ALONG SAID LAND AND RUNNING PARTIALLY
27 ALONG THE CENTER ON FURNACE ROAD, SOUTH FORTY-TWO DEGREES FORTY-
28 TWO MINUTES SIXTEEN SECONDS WEST (S. 42 DEGREES 42' 16" W.), A
29 DISTANCE OF THREE HUNDRED FIVE AND EIGHTY HUNDREDTHS FEET
30 (305.80') TO A STEEL PIPE FOUND; THENCE ALONG PROPERTY BELONGING
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1 TO FRANCIS W. AND MAEBELLE S. RUTH, SOUTH FOUR DEGREES TWENTY-
2 THREE MINUTES ZERO SECONDS WEST (S. 04 DEGREES 23' 00" W.), A
3 DISTANCE OF EIGHTY-NINE AND THIRTY-TWO HUNDREDTHS FEET (89.32')
4 TO A STEEL PIN SET; THENCE THROUGH PROPERTY BELONGING TO THE
5 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA (WERNERSVILLE STATE HOSPITAL),
6 GRANTOR HEREIN, THE TWO (2) FOLLOWING BEARINGS AND DISTANCES,
7 VIZ: (1) PASSING THROUGH A STEEL PIN SET ON LINE SEVENTY-FIVE
8 AND ZERO HUNDREDTHS FEET (75.00') FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED
9 CORNER, NORTH FORTY-SEVEN DEGREES THIRTY-EIGHT MINUTES TWENTY-
10 FIVE SECONDS WEST (N. 47 DEGREES 38' 25" W.), A DISTANCE OF TWO
11 HUNDRED EIGHTY AND THIRTY-NINE HUNDREDTHS FEET (280.39') TO A
12 STEEL PIN SET, AND (2) PASSING THROUGH A STEEL PIN SET ON LINE
13 TWENTY-FIVE AND ZERO HUNDREDTHS FEET (25.00') FROM THE NEXT
14 DESCRIBED CORNER, NORTH FORTY-TWO DEGREES TWENTY-ONE MINUTES
15 THIRTY-FIVE SECONDS EAST (N. 42 DEGREES 21' 35" E.), A DISTANCE
16 OF THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN AND SIX HUNDREDTHS FEET (377.06')
17 TO A RAILROAD SPIKE SET IN OR NEAR THE CENTER OF HOSPITAL LANE;
18 THENCE ALONG OR NEAR THE CENTER OF HOSPITAL LANE, BEING THE
19 SOUTHWESTERN LINE OF PROPERTY BELONGING TO EVELYN B. WILLETTS
20 REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST, EVELYN B. WILLETTS AND J. MACDONALD
21 WILLETS, TRUSTEES, SOUTH FORTY-SEVEN DEGREES TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES
22 TWENTY SECONDS EAST (S. 47 DEGREES 25' 20" E.), A DISTANCE OF
23 TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWENTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS FEET
24 (227.27') TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING.
25 CONTAINING IN AREA TWO AND ZERO HUNDREDTHS ACRES (2.00 ACRES)
26 OF LAND.
27 BEING A PORTION OF THE SAME PROPERTY WHICH THE GENERAL STATE
28 AUTHORITY BY DEED DATED DECEMBER 3, 1985 AND RECORDED IN DEED
29 BOOK VOLUME 1893, PAGE 333, BERKS COUNTY RECORDS AT READING,
30 PENNSYLVANIA, GRANTED AND CONVEYED UNTO THE COMMONWEALTH OF
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1 PENNSYLVANIA.
2 (c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and
3 subject to any and all Easements for utilities which cross said
4 property, including, but not limited to, streets, roadways and
5 rights of any storm sewer, electric service, potable water
6 service, as well as under and subject to any interest, estates
7 or tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for
8 any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
9 (d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be approved as
10 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
11 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
12 Pennsylvania. In the event this property is not conveyed to
13 Wernersville Municipal Authority within five years of the
14 effective date of this act, at the discretion of the Secretary
15 of General Services, the property may be offered for sale
16 through auction, sealed bid or request for proposal, under terms
17 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
18 Administrative Code of 1929, and conditions in section 2405-A of
19 The Administrative Code of 1929 authorizing the sale of the
20 herein noted property to Wernersville Municipal Authority shall
21 automatically cease and become null and void.
22 (e) Costs.--All other costs and fees, including, but not
23 limited to, appraisal fees, title insurance and surveys,
24 incidental to this conveyance, shall be borne by the Grantee.
25 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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