PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2049, 2238 PRINTER'S NO. 2252
No. 1461 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY C. WILLIAMS, JUNE 7, 2002
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, SEPTEMBER 30, 2002
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Governor, to grant and convey certain tracts
3 of land situate in Haverford Township, Delaware County.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Haverford Township, Delaware County.
7 (a) The Department of General Services, with the approval of
8 the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth
9 of Pennsylvania to grant and convey TO Haverford Township, or <--
10 its assigns, certain land and buildings known as Haverford State
11 Hospital described in subsection (b) under terms and conditions
12 to be established in an Agreement of Sale with the Department of
13 General Services.
14 (b) The property to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a)
15 consists of approximately 212.17 acres and numerous buildings
16 bounded and more particularly described as follows:
17 Parcel 1
18 BEGINNING at a point along the Northern right-of-way line of
1 Marple Road, point being the Southernmost corner of property 2 herein described; thence along property now or formerly of Peco 3 Energy Company the following; North 71 degrees, 15 minutes, 21 4 seconds West for a distance of 21.65 feet to a point; thence 5 North 32 degrees, 41 minutes, 58 seconds East for a distance of 6 438.89 feet to an iron rod; thence North 65 degrees, 24 minutes, 7 37 seconds West for a distance of 33.86 feet to an iron rod; 8 thence North 38 degrees, 58 minutes, 11 seconds West for a 9 distance of 68.90 feet to a concrete monument; thence North 40 10 degrees, 00 minutes, 53 seconds West for a distance of 134.41 11 feet to a concrete monument; thence North 45 degrees, 32 12 minutes, 05 seconds West for a distance of 254.83 feet to an 13 iron rod; thence North 39 degrees, 10 minutes, 01 seconds West 14 for a distance of 51.00 feet to an iron rod; thence South 55 15 degrees, 01 minutes, 19 seconds West for a distance of 169.64 16 feet to a point in Darby Creek; thence along Darby Creek North 17 86 degrees, 22 minutes, 37 seconds West for a distance of 39.46 18 feet to a point on the Northeastern Right-of-Way line of 19 Interstate 476 (formerly LR 1010); thence North 26 degrees, 18 20 minutes, 27 seconds West for a distance of 1691.24 feet to a 21 point; thence South 63 degrees, 41 minutes, 33 seconds West for 22 a distance of 60.00 feet to a point; thence North 26 degrees, 18 23 minutes, 27 seconds West for a distance of 924.46 feet to an 24 iron rod; thence along property now or formerly of Philip & 25 Grace Sharples North 13 degrees, 18 minutes, 34 seconds West for 26 a distance of 239.35 feet to a point in Haverford Darby Road; 27 thence North 79 degrees, 03 minutes, 30 seconds East for a 28 distance of 49.88 feet to a point; thence leaving said road and 29 along property now or formerly of Herbert W. Schmidt, Jr. and 30 Deborah Schmidt South 13 degrees, 20 minutes, 30 seconds East 20020S1461B2252 - 2 -
1 for a distance of 374.64 feet to a concrete monument; thence 2 North 72 degrees, 04 minutes, 19 seconds East for a distance of 3 165.17 feet to a concrete monument; thence North 58 degrees, 15 4 minutes, 21 seconds East for a distance of 37.34 feet to a 5 concrete monument; thence along same and also lots 2 and 1 6 respectively as shown in Plan Book Volume 16, Page 56 North 59 7 degrees, 37 minutes, 15 seconds East for a distance of 414.07 8 feet to a concrete monument; thence along property now or 9 formerly of John P. Rosin North 68 degrees, 08 minutes, 03 10 seconds East for a distance of 399.97 feet to a stone monument; 11 thence North 21 degrees, 52 minutes, 25 seconds West for a 12 distance of 281.08 feet to a point in said Haverford and Darby 13 Road; thence North 72 degrees, 35 minutes, 45 seconds East for a 14 distance of 50.14 feet to a point; thence leaving said road and 15 along property now or formerly of Eliz K. Van Allen South 21 16 degrees, 52 minutes, 25 seconds East for a distance of 277.15 17 feet to a stone monument; thence North 68 degrees, 07 minutes, 18 26 seconds East for a distance of 189.26 feet to a stone 19 monument; thence along property now or formerly of Samuel M. 20 Lennox North 43 degrees, 31 minutes, 38 seconds East for a 21 distance of 347.87 feet to a stone monument; thence North 46 22 degrees, 28 minutes, 15 seconds West for a distance of 320.13 23 feet to a point in said Haverford and Darby Road; thence North 24 43 degrees, 30 minutes, 36 seconds East for a distance of 49.97 25 feet to a point; thence leaving said road and along property now 26 or formerly of Albert S. Woodward South 46 degrees, 28 minutes, 27 53 seconds East for a distance of 320.18 feet to a stone 28 monument; thence North 43 degrees, 35 minutes, 40 seconds East 29 for a distance of 226.49 feet to an iron pipe; thence along 30 property known as Allgates West Development South 18 degrees, 47 20020S1461B2252 - 3 -
1 minutes, 51 seconds East for a distance of 879.23 feet to a pipe 2 monument; thence North 50 degrees, 39 minutes, 14 seconds East 3 for a distance of 968.63 feet to an iron rod; thence along 4 Parcel 2 of the Plan of Haverford Hospital Property North 79 5 degrees, 29 minutes, 35 seconds East for a distance of 790.88 6 feet to an iron rod; thence North 34 degrees, 05 minutes, 28 7 seconds East for a distance of 318.67 feet to a point in said 8 Haverford and Darby Road; thence South 75 degrees, 20 minutes, 9 21 seconds East for a distance of 104.80 feet to a point; thence 10 South 75 degrees, 04 minutes, 47 seconds East for a distance of 11 30.18 feet to a point; thence leaving said Haverford and Darby 12 Road and along property now or formerly of Marriott Corporation 13 South 34 degrees, 05 minutes, 28 seconds West for a distance of 14 567.23 feet to an iron rod; thence South 35 degrees, 02 minutes, 15 28 seconds West for a distance of 630.55 feet to a concrete 16 monument; thence South 60 degrees, 12 minutes, 29 seconds East 17 for a distance of 443.19 feet to an iron rod; thence South 35 18 degrees, 11 minutes, 31 seconds West for a distance of 468.57 19 feet to a concrete monument; thence South 81 degrees, 21 20 minutes, 33 seconds East for a distance of 967.92 feet to a 21 concrete monument; thence South 81 degrees, 13 minutes, 05 22 seconds East for a distance of 426.29 feet to a concrete 23 monument; thence along property now or formerly of Robert C. 24 Clarison South 22 degrees, 57 minutes, 44 seconds West for a 25 distance of 214.99 feet to a concrete monument; thence South 66 26 degrees, 59 minutes, 14 seconds East for a distance of 325.93 27 feet to a point in Marple Road; thence South 23 degrees, 00 28 minutes, 32 seconds West for a distance of 50.10 feet to a 29 point; thence leaving said Marple Road and along property now or 30 formerly of John G. Person North 66 degrees, 59 minutes, 14 20020S1461B2252 - 4 -
1 seconds West for a distance of 325.93 feet to a concrete 2 monument; thence South 22 degrees, 59 minutes, 31 seconds West 3 for a distance of 220.21 feet to an iron pipe; thence along 4 properties now or formerly of Robert W. Copeland, Samuel L. 5 Floyd and Malcom D. Kerbaugh South 60 degrees, 28 minutes, 20 6 seconds West for a distance of 411.12 feet to a concrete 7 monument; thence along property now or formerly of said Malcom 8 D. Kerbaugh South 29 degrees, 41 minutes, 10 seconds East for a 9 distance of 113.81 feet to a concrete monument; thence along 10 property now or formerly of John G. Lennon South 64 degrees, 04 11 minutes, 32 seconds West for a distance of 175.58 feet to a 12 concrete monument; thence North 29 degrees, 32 minutes, 56 13 seconds West for a distance of 436.21 feet to a concrete 14 monument; thence South 40 degrees, 51 minutes, 47 seconds West 15 for a distance of 196.62 feet to a concrete monument; thence 16 along property now or formerly of said John G. Lennon and also 17 Ahmand Nazari South 76 degrees, 19 minutes, 06 seconds West for 18 a distance of 1096.77 feet to an iron rod; thence along property 19 of said Nazari and also property known as The McDee Partnership 20 Subdivision South 26 degrees, 33 minutes, 20 seconds West for a 21 distance of 1322.96 feet to an iron rod; thence South 24 22 degrees, 55 minutes, 03 seconds East for a distance of 115.94 23 feet to an iron rod; thence along Northern right-of-way line of 24 said Marple Road on a curve to the left having a radius of 25 250.37 feet, an arc length of 354.91 feet and a chord bearing of 26 South 83 degrees, 19 minutes, 37 seconds West for a chord 27 distance of 434.61 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. 28 CONTAINING 184.64 acres as shown on survey prepared by Precision 29 Land Surveyors dated 12 July 1998, being PARCEL 1. 30 PARCEL 2 20020S1461B2252 - 5 -
1 BEGINNING at an iron rod at corner of property now or formerly 2 of Philip and Grace Sharples and along the Southwest right-of- 3 way line of Interstate 476 (formerly LR 1010); thence along said 4 right-of-way line South 26 degrees, 18 minutes, 27 seconds East 5 for a distance of 753.00 feet to a point; thence South 63 6 degrees, 41 minutes, 33 seconds West for a distance of 40.00 7 feet to a point; thence South 26 degrees, 18 minutes, 27 seconds 8 East for a distance of 1402.03 feet to a point in Darby Creek; 9 thence along said creek the following: North 82 degrees, 38 10 minutes, 35 seconds West for a distance of 62.32 feet to a 11 point; thence North 84 degrees, 25 minutes, 59 seconds West for 12 a distance of 209.98 feet to a point; thence North 73 degrees, 13 43 minutes, 48 seconds West for a distance of 77.60 feet to a 14 point; thence North 79 degrees, 24 minutes, 39 seconds West for 15 a distance of 100.07 feet to a point; thence North 76 degrees, 16 32 minutes, 40 seconds West for a distance of 22.26 feet to a 17 point; thence North 76 degrees, 33 minutes, 53 seconds West for 18 a distance of 78.16 feet to a point; thence North 78 degrees, 32 19 minutes, 33 seconds West for a distance of 118.86 feet to a 20 point; thence North 55 degrees, 00 minutes, 14 seconds West for 21 a distance of 100.01 feet to a point; thence North 58 degrees, 22 26 minutes, 21 seconds West for a distance of 200.13 feet to a 23 point; thence North 48 degrees, 12 minutes, 48 seconds West for 24 a distance of 294.44 feet to a point; thence North 60 degrees, 25 07 minutes, 19 seconds West for a distance of 225.11 feet to a 26 point; thence North 47 degrees, 40 minutes, 25 seconds West for 27 a distance of 227.68 feet to a point; thence North 55 degrees, 28 59 minutes, 10 seconds West for a distance of 192.35 feet to a 29 point; thence North 29 degrees, 41 minutes, 40 seconds East for 30 a distance of 353.49 feet to a point; thence leaving said creek 20020S1461B2252 - 6 -
1 and along property of said Sharples South 56 degrees, 23
2 minutes, 44 seconds East for a distance of 334.37 feet to an
3 iron rod; thence South 59 degrees, 15 minutes, 08 seconds East
4 for a distance of 100.13 feet to an iron rod; thence South 57
5 degrees, 48 minutes, 37 seconds East for a distance of 200.09
6 feet to an iron rod; thence South 50 degrees, 26 minutes, 35
7 seconds East for a distance of 36.60 feet to an iron rod; thence
8 North 14 degrees, 12 minutes, 46 seconds West for a distance of
9 704.98 feet to an iron rod; thence North 15 degrees, 49 minutes,
10 11 seconds East for a distance of 489.97 feet to an iron rod;
11 thence North 78 degrees, 53 minutes, 40 seconds East for a
12 distance 36.55 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
13 CONTAINING 27.53 acres as shown on survey prepared by Precision
14 Land Surveyors dated 12 July 1998, being PARCEL 2.
15 (c) The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all
16 lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of
17 others, including but not confined to streets, roadways and
18 rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or
19 pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful
20 and enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons
21 appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements
22 erected thereon.
23 (d) The deed of conveyance shall contain the following
24 restrictive covenant: UNDER AND SUBJECT to the restrictions,
25 limitations and conditions that the land herein depicted on the
26 attached site plan shall be used, and limited to, permitted open
27 space benefits as defined in section 2 of the act of January 19,
28 1968 (1967 P.L.992, No.442), entitled, as amended, "An act
29 authorizing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the local
30 government units thereof to preserve, acquire or hold land for
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1 open space uses." 2 (e) The restrictive covenant in the deed of conveyance shall 3 contain approximately 135 acres of open space recreation 4 restrictions on a portion of the currently undeveloped lands 5 conveyed, consistent with the terms established in the Agreement 6 of Sale, to include approximately 120 acres to be reserved 7 strictly for passive recreation where active sports fields are 8 prohibited and that may include hiking and biking trails and 9 picnic pavilions. 10 (f) The deed of conveyance shall be by Special Warranty Deed 11 and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in 12 the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 13 (g) Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be 14 borne by the Grantee. 15 (h) The cost and fees incurred by the Department of General 16 Services for preparing the property for sale, including, but not 17 limited to, environmental assessments, marketing services, title 18 searches, advertising, appraisal, auctioneer fees and surveys, 19 and by the Department of Public Welfare for protecting and 20 securing the property shall be deducted from the purchase price, 21 and that amount shall be an executively authorized augmentation 22 to the appropriation from which the costs and fees were paid by 23 the departments, with priority reimbursements being made to the 24 Department of General Services and then the Department of Public 25 Welfare. 26 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. F4L85SFL/20020S1461B2252 - 8 -