PRINTER'S NO. 2367
No. 1580 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY GERLACH, NOVEMBER 13, 2002
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 13, 2002
AN ACT 1 Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services, 2 with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to 3 Pennhurst Associates, certain lands and buildings situate in 4 East Vincent Township, Chester County. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. Conveyance in East Vincent Township, Chester County. 8 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with 9 the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed 10 on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and 11 convey to Pennhurst Associates certain lands and buildings 12 described in subsection (b) for fair consideration equal to fair 13 market value as determined by an independent appraisal. 14 (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to 15 subsection (a) consists of five tracts of land totaling 16 approximately 106.78 acres, bounded and more particularly 17 described as follows: 18 Tract 1
1 BEGINNING at a spike in Commonwealth Drive, a corner of lands 2 formerly of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company; 3 thence leaving said road and along lands formerly of the 4 Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, North 9 degrees 15 5 minutes 43 seconds West, 221.19 feet to an iron pin, a corner of 6 lands of Philadelphia Electric Company; thence along said lands 7 the nine following courses and distances: (1) in an easterly 8 direction by a line curving to the left having a central angle 9 of 06 degrees 00 minutes 07 seconds, a radius of 1970.00 feet, 10 an arc length of 206.36 feet, and a chord bearing North 68 11 degrees 30 minutes 05 seconds East, a distance of 206.27 feet to 12 a monument; (2) in a northeasterly direction by a line curving 13 to the left having a central angle of 12 degrees 56 minutes 26- 14 seconds, a radius of 2665.00 feet, an arc length of 601.91 feet, 15 and a chord bearing North 59 degrees 02 minutes 30 seconds East, 16 a distance of 600.63 feet to a monument; (3) North 52 degrees 34 17 minutes 17 seconds East, 322.49 feet to a monument; (4) South 37 18 degrees 25 minutes 43 seconds East, 5.00 feet to a monument; (5) 19 in a northeasterly direction by a line curving to the right 20 having a central angle of 23 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds, a 21 radius of 1258.00 feet, an arc length of 505.79 feet, and a 22 chord bearing North 64 degrees 05 minutes 21 seconds East, a 23 distance of 502.39 feet to a monument; (6) South 44 degrees 02 24 minutes 35 seconds East, 17.29 feet to a monument; (7) in an 25 easterly direction by a line curving to the right having a 26 central angle of 30 degrees 59 minutes 54 seconds, a radius of 27 1243.00 feet, an arc length of 672.49 feet, and a chord bearing 28 South 88 degrees 29 minutes 57 seconds East, a distance of 29 664.32 feet to a monument; (8) South 49 degrees 31 minutes 17 30 seconds West, 23.80 feet to a iron pin; (9) in a southeasterly 20020S1580B2367 - 2 -
1 direction by a line curving to the right having a central angle 2 of 13 degrees 37 minutes 49 seconds, a radius of 1223.00 feet, 3 an arc length of 290.94 feet, and a chord bearing South 66 4 degrees 47 minutes 04 seconds East, a distance of 290.26 feet to 5 an iron pin, a corner of lands of East Vincent Municipal 6 Authority; thence along lands of the same the ten following 7 courses and distances along the north side of Commonwealth 8 Drive: (1) South 16 degrees 08 minutes 33 seconds West, 697.71 9 feet to an iron pin on the north side of Commonwealth Drive; (2) 10 South 56 degrees 47 minutes 39 seconds East, 68.50 feet to an 11 iron pin; (3) South 40 degrees 01 minutes 57 seconds East, 52.83 12 feet to an iron pin; (4) South 32 degrees 34 minutes 02 seconds 13 East, 102.59 feet to an iron pin; (5) South 42 degrees 23 14 minutes 23 seconds East, 57.48 feet to an iron pin; (6) South 52 15 degrees 12 minutes 21 seconds East, 45.56 feet to an iron pin; 16 (7) South 66 degrees 29 minutes 36 seconds East, 55.23 feet to 17 an iron pin; (8) South 86 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East, 18 242.24 feet to a railroad spike; (9) South 57 degrees 05 minutes 19 26 seconds East, 344.55 feet to an iron pin; (10) South 51 20 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds East, 137.23 feet to an iron pin; 21 thence passing along other lands of the Commonwealth of 22 Pennsylvania the three following courses and distances: (1) 23 South 18 degrees 33 minutes 30 seconds East, crossing 24 Commonwealth Drive, 200.98 feet to an iron pin; (2) South 00 25 degrees 48 minutes 29 seconds West, 431.82 feet to an iron pin; 26 (3) South 29 degrees 47 minutes 56 seconds East, 196.01 feet to 27 an iron pin on the north side of Dunlap Road; thence continuing 28 along the lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania along the 29 north side of Dunlap Road the five following courses and 30 distances: (1) South 89 degrees 49 minutes 58 seconds West, 20020S1580B2367 - 3 -
1 630.26 feet to an iron pin; (2) South 87 degrees 20 minutes 55 2 seconds West, 63.69 feet to an iron pin; (3) North 87 degrees 19 3 minutes 07 seconds West, 376.72 feet to an iron pin; (4) South 4 87 degrees 41 minutes 11 seconds West, 277.88 feet to an iron 5 pin; (5) South 83 degrees 13 minutes 52 seconds West, 142.29 6 feet to a point on the western edge of a stone walkway; thence 7 continuing along lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 8 leaving Dunlap Road and along the western edge of the stone 9 walkway the eleven following courses and distances: (1) North 10 10 degrees 20 minutes 29 seconds East, 72.93 feet to a point; (2) 11 North 10 degrees 15 minutes 01 seconds East, 47.17 feet to a 12 point; (3) North 12 degrees 19 minutes 12 seconds East, 40.36 13 feet to a point; (4) North 14 degrees 25 minutes 34 seconds 14 East, 19.41 feet to a point; (5) North 10 degrees 19 minutes 14 15 seconds East, 25.64 feet to a point; (6) North 15 degrees 23 16 minutes 59 seconds East, 61.09 feet to a point; (7) North 13 17 degrees 32 minutes 05 seconds East, 38.73 feet to a point; (8) 18 North 19 degrees 35 minutes 21 seconds East, 22.59 feet to a 19 point; (9) North 14 degrees 40 minutes 16 seconds East, 42.56 20 feet to a point; (10) North 14 degrees 37 minutes 23 seconds 21 East, 159.58 feet to an iron pin on the southern side of Brown 22 Drive; (11) North 81 degrees 34 minutes 19 seconds West, 23 crossing Brown Drive, 396.87 feet to an iron pin; thence 24 continuing along lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and 25 along Parcel 3, North 12 degrees 59 minutes 23 seconds East, 26 504.49 feet to an iron pin; thence continuing along Parcel 3, 27 North 75 degrees 50 minutes 18 seconds West, 290.06 feet to an 28 iron pin; thence continuing along Parcel 3 and along lands of 29 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, South 12 degrees 59 minutes 23 30 seconds West, 518.85 feet to a spike on the north side of Brown 20020S1580B2367 - 4 -
1 Drive; thence continuing along the north side of Brown Drive and 2 along the lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the four 3 following courses and distances: (1) North 76 degrees 55 minutes 4 04 seconds West, 254.35 feet to an iron pin; (2) North 69 5 degrees 59 minutes 13 seconds West, 202.70 feet to an iron pin; 6 (3) North 78 degrees 00 minutes 09 seconds West, 102.83 feet to 7 an iron pin; (4) North 03 degrees 01 minutes 41 seconds West, 8 leaving Brown Drive 87.39 feet to an iron pin; thence continuing 9 along other lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, North 63 10 degrees 05 minutes 34 seconds West, passing through an iron pin 11 on line 67.05 feet from the next described corner, a total 12 distance of 664.30 feet to a spike, the place of BEGINNING. 13 CONTAINING 84.17 acres. 14 Tract 2 15 BEGINNING at an iron pin on the northern edge of lands of the 16 Philadelphia Electric Company and a corner of lands of the East 17 Vincent Municipal Authority; thence along lands of the 18 Philadelphia Electric Company the six following courses and 19 distances: (1) North 47 degrees 47 minutes 14 seconds West, 20 11.84 feet to an iron pin; (2) North 53 degrees 52 minutes 17 21 seconds West, 390.46 feet to an iron pin; (3) South 49 degrees 22 31 minutes 17 seconds West, 6.91 feet to an iron pin; (4) in a 23 westerly direction by a line curving to the left having a 24 central angle of 38 degrees 59 minutes 56 seconds, a radius of 25 1408.00 feet, an arc length of 958.36 feet, and a chord bearing 26 North 88 degrees 18 minutes 42 seconds West, a distance of 27 939.96 feet to a monument; (5) South 44 degrees 02 minutes 35 28 seconds East, 22.34 feet to an iron pin; (6) in a southwesterly 29 direction by a line curving to the left having a central angle 30 of 20 degrees 01 minutes 31 seconds, a radius of 1388.00 feet, 20020S1580B2367 - 5 -
1 an arc length of 485.11 feet, and a chord bearing South 62 2 degrees 35 minutes 02 seconds West, a distance of 482.64 feet to 3 a point in the low water mark of the Schuylkill River, a corner 4 of Tract 3; thence along the Schuylkill River the four following 5 courses and distances: (1) North 48 degrees 11 minutes 26 6 seconds East, 186.27 feet to a point; (2) North 56 degrees 13 7 minutes 17 seconds East, 356.70 feet to a point; (3) North 42 8 degrees 40 minutes 28 seconds East, 181.35 feet to a point; (4) 9 North 21 degrees 38 minutes 48 seconds East, 447.95 feet to a 10 point, a corner of lands of Eden Valley Farm Partners; thence 11 along said lands South 67 degrees 03 minutes 35 seconds East, 12 passing through an iron pin on line 279.25 feet distant, and an 13 iron pin on line 1162.23 feet from the next described corner, a 14 total distance of 1471.99 feet to an iron pin, a corner of lands 15 of the East Vincent Municipal Authority; thence along said lands 16 the two following courses and distances: (1) South 68 degrees 52 17 minutes 35 seconds West, 330.79 feet to an iron pin; (2) South 18 23 degrees 39 minutes 34 seconds West, 220.88 feet to an iron 19 pin, the place of BEGINNING. 20 CONTAINING 13.77 acres. 21 Tract 3 22 BEGINNING at a point in the low water mark of the Schuylkill 23 River, a corner of Tract 2, and a corner of lands of the 24 Philadelphia Electric Company; thence along lands of the 25 Philadelphia Electric Company, the six following courses and 26 distances; (1) South 37 degrees 25 minutes 43 seconds East, 27 35.00 feet to an iron pin; (2) South 52 degrees 34 minutes 17 28 seconds West, 322.49 feet to a monument; (3) in a southwesterly 29 direction by a line curving to the left having a central angle 30 of 12 degrees 56 minutes 26 seconds, a radius of 2575.00 feet, 20020S1580B2367 - 6 -
1 an arc length of 581.59 feet, and a chord bearing South 59 2 degrees 02 minutes 29 seconds West, 580.35 feet to an iron pin; 3 (4) North 24 degrees 29 minutes 16 seconds West, 20.00 feet to a 4 monument; (5) in a southwesterly direction by a line curving to 5 the right having a central angle of 5 degrees 27 minutes 06 6 seconds, a radius of 1860.00 feet, an arc length of 176.97 feet, 7 and a chord bearing South 68 degrees 13 minutes 31 seconds West, 8 a distance of 176.91 feet to an iron pin; (6) North 9 degrees 16 9 minutes 43 seconds West, 48.28 feet to a point in the low water 10 mark of the Schuylkill River; thence along the Schuylkill River 11 the three following courses and distances: (1) North 67 degrees 12 54 minutes 04 seconds East, 417.74 feet to a point; (2) North 62 13 degrees 10 minutes, 29 seconds East, 204.78 feet to a point; (3) 14 North 51 degrees 59 minutes 44 seconds East, 437.45 feet to a 15 point, the place of BEGINNING. 16 CONTAINING 1.04 acres. 17 Tract 4 18 BEGINNING at an iron pin, said pin being a distance of 22.92 19 feet on a bearing of North 19 degrees 05 minutes 03 seconds West 20 from the northwest corner of the Franklin Building; thence from 21 said place of beginning and along Parcel 1, Tract 1, the two 22 following courses and distances: (1) South 75 degrees 50 minutes 23 18 seconds East, 290.06 feet to an iron pin; (2) South 12 24 degrees 59 minutes 23 seconds West, 397.30 feet to an iron pin; 25 thence along other lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; 26 North 77 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West, 290.00 feet to an 27 iron pin, in line of the aforesaid Tract 1; thence along Tract 1 28 North 12 degrees 59 minutes 23 seconds East, passing 0.41 feet 29 East of the northeast corner of the Hose House and 9.34 feet 30 West of the southwest corner of the Franklin Building, 403.24 20020S1580B2367 - 7 -
1 feet to an iron pin, the place of BEGINNING. 2 CONTAINING 2.66 acres. 3 Tract 5 4 BEGINNING at a railroad spike in Brown Road, a corner of 5 lands of Citizens Utilities Home Water Company; thence leaving 6 said road and along lands of the same North 15 degrees 44 7 minutes 45 seconds East, 413.99 feet to a monument in line of 8 lands of Richard A. Heckman; thence along said lands the four 9 following courses and distances: (1) South 52 degrees 24 minutes 10 13 seconds East, 295.73 feet to a monument; (2) South 56 degrees 11 03 minutes 44 seconds East, 433.92 feet to a monument; (3) North 12 3 degrees 29 minutes 40 seconds East, 356.83 feet to an iron 13 pin; (4) North 71 degrees 56 minutes 15 seconds East, 153.89 14 feet to a monument in line of lands formerly of the Philadelphia 15 and Reading Railroad Company; thence along said lands South 3 16 degrees 13 minutes 01 seconds East, 435.72 feet to a spike in 17 the intersection of Pennhurst Road, Commonwealth Drive and Brown 18 Drive; thence in Brown Drive the four following courses and 19 distances; (1) North 89 degrees 12 minutes 25 seconds West, 20 244.23 feet to a railroad spike; (2) North 87 degrees 52 minutes 21 24 seconds West, 326.75 feet to a railroad spike; (3) in a 22 westerly direction by a line curving to the right having a 23 central angle of 3 degrees 44 minutes 56 seconds, a radius of 24 3020.00 feet, an arc length of 197.61 feet, and a chord bearing 25 North 83 degrees 50 minutes 06 seconds West, a distance of 26 197.57 feet to a spike; (4) North 81 degrees 57 minutes 38 27 seconds West, 133.32 feet to a railroad spike, the place of 28 BEGINNING. 29 CONTAINING 5.14 acres. 30 FURTHER granting to Grantee, the free uninterrupted use, 20020S1580B2367 - 8 -
1 liberty and privilege of passage in and along certain streets or 2 driveways known as Pennhurst Road, Brown Drive, and Commonwealth 3 Drive. 4 (c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and 5 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and 6 rights of others, including, but not limited to, streets, 7 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, 8 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and 9 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies 10 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of 11 the land or improvements erected thereon. 12 (d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be by special 13 warranty deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General 14 Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 15 (f) Costs.--Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance 16 shall be borne by the grantee. 17 (g) Disposal.--In the event that this conveyance is not 18 executed within 180 days of the effective date of this act, the 19 property may be disposed of in accordance with section 2406-A of 20 the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The 21 Administrative Code of 1929. 22 Section 2. Effective date. 23 This act shall take effect immediately. K1L85SFL/20020S1580B2367 - 9 -