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SENATE AMENDED
A05491
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2216
Session of
2024
INTRODUCED BY BRIGGS AND WEBSTER, APRIL 16, 2024
SENATOR DUSH, STATE GOVERNMENT, IN SENATE, AS AMENDED,
JULY 8, 2024
AN ACT
Authorizing the Department of General Services, on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and with the approval of the
Governor, the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources and the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission, to quitclaim and release to
the United States of America any right, title or interest it
may have with respect to a certain use restriction and a
related reversionary interest related to certain portions of
Valley Forge National Historical Park situate in Upper Merion
Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; authorizing the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, with the
approval of the Governor, to grant and convey certain lands
and improvements situate in the 47th Ward of the City of
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, to New Freedom Theatre,
Inc.; authorizing the release of Project 70 restrictions on
certain land owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission in Overfield Township, Wyoming County; authorizing
the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, with
the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the City
of Philadelphia a right-of-way easement situate in the City
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, in exchange for
improvements to Benjamin Rush State Park and monetary
consideration to the Commonwealth to be used toward the
acquisition and conveyance of a tract of land to be added to
French Creek State Park; authorizing the transfer of
administrative jurisdiction of portions of State park lands
in exchange for certain lands situate in New Vernon Township,
Mercer County, from the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources to the Department of Transportation for
anticipated highway improvement projects; authorizing the
Department of General Services, with the approval of the
Department of Agriculture and the Governor, to grant and
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convey to Joshua R. Snyder a certain tract of land located in
Windsor Township, Berks County; authorizing the Department of
General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant
and convey certain lands and improvements situate in
Haverford Township, Delaware County, to Carelink Community
Support Services of PA, Inc.; authorizing the Department of
General Services, with the approval of the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission, the Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and the Governor, to grant
and convey to The Roland Curtin Foundation for the
Preservation of Eagle Furnace, certain lands, buildings and
improvements, situate in Boggs Township, Centre County, and
further authorizing the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission to transfer to The Roland Curtin Foundation for
the Preservation of Eagle Furnace its buildings located on
adjacent property leased from the United States Department of
the Army; authorizing the Department of General Services,
with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to
Franklin Township, Greene County, certain lands situate in
Franklin Township, Greene County; authorizing the Department
of General Services to convey to the Oil Region Alliance of
Business, Industry and Tourism, a Pennsylvania nonprofit
corporation, certain lands and improvements thereon, situate
in Oil City, Venango County; authorizing the Department of
General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, to convey to
the Oil Region Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, a
Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, certain lands and
improvements thereon, situate in Oil City, Venango County;
authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Department of Transportation and the
Governor, to grant and convey to the Bear Creek Township
Volunteer Hose Company an access easement and two storm water
easements from certain lands situate in Bear Creek Township,
Luzerne County; and authorizing the Department of General
Services, with the approval of the Governor, to release a
portion of a use restriction affecting certain real property
situate in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, which the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania previously conveyed to the
School District of the City of Harrisburg; authorizing the
sale and transfer of title for a 0.232 acre of Project 70
lands owned by Springettsbury Township, York County, to the
Department of Transportation for highway right-of-way;
authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Department of Human Services and the
Governor, to grant and convey to the University of Pittsburgh
a certain permanent easement through and across lands of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the City of Pittsburgh,
Allegheny County, and to accept from the University of
Pittsburgh a certain permanent easement through and across
lands of the University of Pittsburgh in the City of
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County; authorizing the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum Commission, with the approval of the
Governor, to grant and convey certain lands and improvements
situate in the 47th Ward of the City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, to New Freedom Theater, Inc.; and
authorizing the State Armory Board to enter into such
agreements as may be necessary to exchange with a branch of
the United States Armed Forces the right of occupancy in, use
of and obligations belonging to certain proprieties owned,
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managed or occupied by either the State Armory Board or a
branch of the United States Armed Forces.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Quitclaim and release to United States.
(a) Authorization.--
(1) The Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Governor, the Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources and the Executive Director of the
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, is authorized
on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to quitclaim
and release to the United States of America any right, title
or interest it may have with respect to a certain use
restriction and a related reversionary interest as set forth
in that certain deed from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
the United States of America, dated March 19, 1982, and
recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Montgomery
County at Book 4683, Page 645, solely with respect to the
land described below, to enable the United States of America
to convey to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and
through the Department of Transportation, all those permanent
property interests required for Project ID MPMS# 66952,
Route/Section: SR 23 Section 2NG, and to convey to utility
companies all those permanent property interests required for
utility relocations necessitated by such project, without
violating the use restriction and effecting a reversion.
(2) The Department of General Services is authorized to
acknowledge, as part of the quitclaim and release, that a
grant of a temporary property interest in furtherance of the
project, either to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting
by and through the Department of Transportation, or to a
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utility company will not violate the use restriction and
effect a reversion. The use restriction and related
reversionary interest shall remain in full force and effect
with respect to all land from which a permanent property
interest is not required for project purposes.
(3) The quitclaim and release shall be made for
consideration in the amount of $1.00 and on any other terms
and conditions as are acceptable to the Secretary of General
Services.
(b) Use restriction and reversion.--The use restriction and
related reversionary interest referenced under subsection (a)
shall be as follows:
This instrument is made to the Grantee on the further
condition that if, as and when the Grantee shall cease to
use the above described premises for recreational and
historical purposes, or shall alienate or attempt to
alienate such land, the title and right of possession
thereto shall immediately revert to and revest in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and its assigns and further
that the United States, if, as and when the property
above described is no longer used for such purposes,
shall surrender and vacate the premises immediately
notifying the Department of General Services or its
successor in function, of its action, and will agree to
seek congressional authority to execute and acknowledge a
good and proper Deed conveying the premises to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, free and clear of all liens
and encumbrances not burdening the above described lands
as of the date of the recordation of this instrument, in
the respective Counties, as well as recording the same,
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all at the cost of the United States of America.
(c) Property description.--The property to be released from
the use restriction and related reversionary interest consists
of portions of the property conveyed to the United States of
America by the referenced deed, the portions being described as
follows, all located in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania:
HIGHWAY EASEMENT
PARCEL 1
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
point being the Point of Beginning;
Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
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minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
1432.40 feet with arc length of 757.71 feet, chord bearing of
North 51 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West chord length of
748.91 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 260.00 feet with arc length of 34.68 feet,
chord bearing of North 70 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds West
chord length of 34.65 feet to a point, North 15 degrees 52
minutes 13 seconds East, 16.35 feet to the beginning point of
Parcel 1.
Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 1 proceeds
along the following lines:
1. North 15 degrees 52 minutes 13 seconds East, 8.65 feet to
a point on a curve,
2. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 285.00 feet
with arc length of 38.01 feet,
chord bearing of South 70 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds East
chord length of 37.99 feet to a point on a curve,
3. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 1457.40
feet with arc length of 264.61 feet, chord bearing of South 61
degrees 17 minutes 09 seconds East chord length of 264.25 feet
to a point,
4. North 71 degrees 41 minutes 46 seconds West, 9.39 feet to
a point,
5. North 59 degrees 31 minutes 28 seconds West, 40.45 feet to
a point,
6. North 61 degrees 46 minutes 07 seconds West, 99.37 feet to
a point,
7. North 62 degrees 56 minutes 12 seconds West, 50.47 feet to
a point,
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8. North 64 degrees 41 minutes 28 seconds West, 49.59 feet to
a point,
9. North 68 degrees 57 minutes 04 seconds West, 18.28 feet to
a point on a curve
10. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 301.50 feet
with arc length of 33.35 feet, chord bearing of North 72 degrees
07 minutes 20 seconds West chord length of 33.33 feet to the
first mentioned point and place of beginning.
CONTAINING Area of 1,913 sf ( 0.044 acres).
HIGHWAY EASEMENT
PARCEL 2
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
point being the Point of Beginning;
Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
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circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
1432.40 feet with arc length of 757.71 feet, chord bearing of
North 51 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West chord length of
748.91 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 260.00 feet with arc length of 34.68 feet,
chord bearing of North 70 degrees 18 minutes 31 seconds West
chord length of 34.65 feet to a point, South 15 degrees 52
minutes 13 seconds West, 16.66 feet to the beginning point of
Parcel 2.
Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 2 proceeds
along the following lines:
1. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 268.50 feet
with arc length of 30.36 feet, chord bearing of South 72 degrees
11 minutes 37 seconds East chord length of 30.35 feet to a
point,
2. South 68 degrees 57 minutes 04 seconds East, 17.05 feet to
a point,
3. South 64 degrees 41 minutes 28 seconds East, 47.86 feet to
a point,
4. South 62 degrees 56 minutes 12 seconds East, 49.63 feet to
a point,
5. South 61 degrees 46 minutes 07 seconds East, 98.39 feet to
a point,
6. South 59 degrees 11 minutes 34 seconds East, 8.52 feet to
a point on a curve,
7. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 33.01 feet
with arc length of 59.38 feet, chord bearing of South 07 degrees
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58 minutes 24 seconds East chord length of 51.69 feet to a
point,
8. South 43 degrees 34 minutes 41 seconds West, 9.27 feet to
a point on a curve,
9. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1372.40 feet
with arc length of 36.75 feet, chord bearing of North 57 degrees
04 minutes 26 seconds West chord length of 36.75 feet to a
point,
10. North 32 degrees 09 minutes 23 seconds East, 35.00 feet
to a point on a curve,
11. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1406.34
feet with arc length of 212.39 feet, chord bearing of North 62
degrees 09 minutes 51 seconds West chord length of 212.19 feet
to a point on a curve,
12. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 235.00 feet
with arc length of 31.35 feet, chord bearing of North 70 degrees
18 minutes 31 seconds West chord length of 31.32 feet to a
point,
13. North 15 degrees 52 minutes 13 seconds East, 8.34 feet to
the first mentioned point
and place of beginning.
CONTAINING Area of 4,112 sf (0.094 acres).
HIGHWAY EASEMENT
PARCEL 3
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
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point being the Point of Beginning;
Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
1432.40 feet with arc length of 470.18 feet, chord bearing of
North 45 degrees 34 minutes 58 seconds West chord length of
468.07 feet to a point, South 35 degrees 00 minutes 50 seconds
West, 60.00 feet to the beginning point of Parcel 3.
Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 3 proceeds
along the following lines:
1. North 41 degrees 57 minutes 08 seconds East, 24.10 feet to
a point on a curve,
2. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 33.00 feet
with arc length of 49.96 feet, chord bearing of North 85 degrees
19 minutes 37 seconds East chord length of 45.33 feet to a point
on a curve,
3. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 299.78 feet
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with arc length of 189.47
feet, chord bearing of South 33 degrees 11 minutes 54 seconds
East chord length of 186.34 feet to a point on a curve,
4. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1372.40 feet
with arc length of 211.66 feet, chord bearing of North 50
degrees 34 minutes 05 seconds West chord length of 211.45 feet
to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
CONTAINING Area of 7,816 sf (0.179 acres).
HIGHWAY EASEMENT
PARCEL 4
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
point being the Point of Beginning;
Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
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length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
1432.40 feet with arc length of 328.14 feet, chord bearing of
North 42 degrees 44 minutes 31 seconds West chord length of
327.42 feet to a point, North 40 degrees 41 minutes 43 seconds
East, 55.00 feet to the beginning point of Parcel 4.
Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 4 proceeds
along the following lines:
1. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 1487.40
feet with arc length of 340.72 feet, chord bearing of South 42
degrees 44 minutes 32 seconds East chord length of 339.97 feet
to a point on a curve,
2. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 2919.80
feet with arc length of 288.92 feet, chord bearing of South 33
degrees 20 minutes 41 seconds East chord length of 288.80 feet
to a point,
3. North 59 degrees 29 minutes 24 seconds East, 6.43 feet to
a point on a curve,
4. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 978.80 feet
with arc length of 41.79 feet, chord bearing of South 09 degrees
35 minutes 45 seconds East chord length of 41.79 feet to a
point,
5. North 79 degrees 19 minutes 04 seconds East, 10.00 feet to
a point on a curve,
6. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1092.14 feet
with arc length of 221.50 feet, chord bearing of South 16
degrees 29 minutes 32 seconds East chord length of 221.12 feet
to a point,
7. South 22 degrees 18 minutes 09 seconds East, 258.70 feet
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to a point,
8. South 41 degrees 57 minutes 55 seconds West, 46.07 feet to
a point,
9. South 67 degrees 41 minutes 51 seconds West, 19.23 feet to
a point on a curve,
10. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 5679.60
feet with arc length of 136.42 feet, chord bearing of North 21
degrees 52 minutes 23 seconds West chord length of 136.42 feet
to a point on a curve,
11. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 2814.80
feet with arc length of 669.02 feet, chord bearing of North 29
degrees 22 minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 667.45 feet
to a point on a curve,
12. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1382.40
feet with arc length of 112.48 feet, chord bearing of North 38
degrees 30 minutes 36 seconds West chord length of 112.45 feet
to a point,
13. South 49 degrees 09 minutes 32 seconds West, 10.00 feet
to point on a curve,
14. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1372.40
feet with arc length of 77.60 feet, chord bearing of North 42
degrees 27 minutes 39 seconds West chord length of 77.59 feet to
a point,
15. North 13 degrees 13 minutes 28 seconds West, 51.46 feet
to a point,
16. North 76 degrees 57 minutes 02 seconds East, 8.67 feet to
a point on a curve,
17. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 611.62
feet with arc length of 88.95 feet, chord bearing of North 08
degrees 52 minutes 59 seconds West chord length of 88.87 feet to
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a point,
18. North 01 degree 44 minutes 35 seconds East, 33.15 feet to
the first mentioned point
and place of beginning.
CONTAINING Area of 97,467 sf (2.238 acres).
HIGHWAY EASEMENT
PARCEL 5
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
point being the Point of Beginning;
Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 288.57 feet to a point along
baseline State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road), South 22
degrees 17 minutes 38 seconds East, 54.13 feet to the beginning
point of Parcel 5.
Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 5 proceeds
along the following lines:
1. North 67 degrees 41 minutes 51 seconds East, 64.37 feet to
a point,
2. South 22 degrees 18 minutes 09 seconds East, 234.59 feet
to a point,
3. South 67 degrees 41 minutes 51 seconds West, 20.00 feet to
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a point,
4. South 22 degrees 18 minutes 09 seconds East, 258.85 feet
to a point on a curve,
5. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 942.14 feet
with arc length of 127.66 feet, chord bearing of South 18
degrees 25 minutes 15 seconds East chord length of 127.56 feet
to a point,
6. North 75 degrees 27 minutes 39 seconds East, 30.00 feet to
a point on a curve,
7. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 972.14 feet
with arc length of 201.97 feet, chord bearing of South 08
degrees 35 minutes 15 seconds East chord length of 201.61 feet
to a point,
8. South 02 degrees 38 minutes 08 seconds East, 33.57 feet to
a point,
9. South 87 degrees 21 minutes 52 seconds West, 23.19 feet to
a point,
10. North 30 degrees 15 minutes 04 seconds West, 101.37 feet
to a point,
11. North 59 degrees 44 minutes 56 seconds East, 10.00 feet
to a point,
12. North 30 degrees 15 minutes 04 seconds West, 226.13 feet
to a point,
13. North 30 degrees 15 minutes 04 seconds West, 150.19 feet
to a point,
14. North 64 degrees 21 minutes 11 seconds East, 34.53 feet
to a point on a curve,
15. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 5639.60
feet with arc length of 81.42 feet, chord bearing of North 16
degrees 37 minutes 19 seconds West chord length of 81.42 feet to
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a point,
16. North 72 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds East, 10.00 feet
to point on a curve,
17. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 5649.60
feet with arc length of 288.49 feet, chord bearing of North 18
degrees 29 minutes 55 seconds West chord length of 288.46 feet
to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
CONTAINING Area of 65,782 sf (1.510 acres).
DRAINAGE EASEMENT
PARCEL 6
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
point being the Point of Beginning;
Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
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length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
1432.40 feet with arc length of 469.40 feet, chord bearing of
North 45 degrees 34 minutes 02 seconds West chord length of
467.30 feet to a point, North 35 degrees 02 minutes 42 seconds
East, 33.36 feet to the beginning point of Parcel 6.
Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 6 proceeds
along the following lines:
1. North 34 degrees 47 minutes 36 seconds East, 215.79 feet
to a point,
2. North 11 degrees 27 minutes 05 seconds West, 350.00 feet
to a point,
3. North 33 degrees 12 minutes 56 seconds West, 100.00 feet
to a point,
4. North 63 degrees 54 minutes 37 seconds East, 90.00 feet to
a point,
5. South 11 degrees 27 minutes 05 seconds East, 374.55 feet
to a point,
6. South 57 degrees 11 minutes 42 seconds East, 115.52 feet
to a point,
7. South 06 degrees 54 minutes 21 seconds West, 147.10 feet
to a point
8. South 42 degrees 08 minutes 38 seconds West, 150.00 feet
to a point on a curve
9. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 1512.40
feet with arc length of 63.02 feet, chord bearing of South 48
degrees 40 minutes 54 seconds East chord length of 63.02 feet to
a point,
10. South 69 degrees 27 minutes 57 seconds East, 340.50 feet
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to a point,
11. South 03 degrees 03 minutes 51 seconds East, 27.28 feet
to point,
12. North 69 degrees 27 minutes 57 seconds West, 356.21 feet
to point on a curve,
13. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1487.40
feet with arc length of 51.86 feet, chord bearing of North 48
degrees 18 minutes 21 seconds West chord length of 51.86 feet to
a point
14. North 01 degree 44 minutes 35 seconds East, 29.61 feet to
a point,
15. North71 degrees 41 minutes 46 seconds West, 135.95 feet
to the first mentioned point
and place of beginning.
CONTAINING Area of 73,701 sf (1.692 acres).
DRAINAGE EASEMENT
PARCEL 6A
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
point being the Point of Beginning;
Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
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point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
1432.40 feet with arc length of 470.18 feet, chord bearing of
North 45 degrees 34 minutes 58 seconds West chord length of
468.07 feet to a point, South 35 degrees 00 minutes 50 seconds
West, 60.00 feet to the beginning point of Parcel 6A.
Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 6A proceeds
along the following lines:
1. Arc of a circle curving to the right Radius of 1372.40
feet with arc length of 60.96
feet, chord bearing of South 53 degrees 42 minutes 49 seconds
East chord length of 160.96 feet to a point,
2. South 69 degrees 55 minutes 27 seconds West, 100.79 feet
to a point,
3. North 55 degrees 35 minutes 30 seconds West, 13.51 feet to
a point,
4. North 41 degrees 57 minutes 08 seconds East, 84.77 feet to
the first mentioned point
and place of beginning.
CONTAINING Area of 3,139 sf (0.072 acres).
SLOPE EASEMENT
PARCEL 7
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ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land BEGINNING at a point on the
Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road), said point being the intersection of
said Easterly line of the Legal Right of Way of State Route 0023
(West Valley Forge Road) with the Westerly line of the Legal
Right of Way of State Route 0422 (County Line Expressway), said
point being the Point of Beginning;
Latitude North 40 degrees 06 minutes 03.90 seconds and
Longitude West 75 degrees 25 minutes 07.70 seconds
Thence from the said Point of Beginning North 22 degrees 17
minutes 38 seconds West, 23.27 feet to a point along baseline
State Route 0023 (West Valley Forge Road) thence, South 67
degrees 42 minutes 22 seconds West, 206.58 feet to a point, said
point being the intersection of baseline State Route 0023 (West
Valley Forge Road) and baseline State Route 0023 (Relocated Port
Kennedy Road) to point on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to
the left Radius of 5729.60 feet with arc length of 202.55 feet,
chord bearing of North 21 degrees 32 minutes 54 seconds West
chord length of 202.54 feet to a point on a curve, Arc of a
circle curving to the left Radius of 2864.80 feet with arc
length of 680.91 feet, chord bearing of North 29 degrees 22
minutes 12 seconds West chord length of 679.30 feet to a point
on a curve, Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of
1432.40 feet with arc length of 116.55 feet, chord bearing of
North 38 degrees 30 minutes 59 seconds West chord length of
116.20 feet to a point, North 49 degrees 09 minutes 32 seconds
East, 55.00 feet to the beginning point of Parcel 7.
Thence from the said beginning point of Parcel 7 proceeds
along the following lines:
1. South 48 degrees 09 minutes 43 seconds East, 89.57 feet to
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a point,
2. South 41 degrees 24 minutes 17 seconds East, 85.07 feet to
a point,
3. South 37 degrees 34 minutes 03 seconds East, 178.11 feet
to a point on a curve,
4. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1102.14 feet
with arc length of 68.40 feet, chord bearing of South 06 degrees
43 minutes 55 seconds East chord length of 68.39 feet to a point
5. South 59 degrees 29 minutes 24 seconds West, 6.43 feet to
a point on a curve,
6. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 2919.80 feet
with arc length of 144.45 feet, chord bearing of North 31
degrees 55 minutes 39 seconds West chord length of 144.43 feet
to a point on a curve,
7. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 2881.46 feet
with arc length of 144.45 feet, chord bearing of North 34
degrees 45 minutes 43 seconds West chord length of 144.43 feet
to a point on a curve,
8. Arc of a circle curving to the left Radius of 1487.40 feet
with arc length of 121.02 feet, chord bearing of North 38
degrees 30 minutes 36 seconds West chord length of 120.99 feet
to the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
CONTAINING Area of 8,153 sf (0.187 acres).
(d) Utility relocations.--The property to be released from
the use restriction and related reversionary interest includes
the portions of the property from which permanent property
interests are required for utility relocations necessitated by
Project ID MPMS# 66952, Route/Section: SR 23 Section 2NG.
(e) Legal instruments.--The legal instruments necessary to
effectuate the quitclaim and release of any right, title or
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interest the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania may have with respect
to the use restriction and related reversionary interest
referenced under subsection (b) shall be executed by the
Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
(f) Costs and fees.--Any costs and fees incidental to the
release authorized shall be borne by the Department of
Transportation.
Section 2. Conveyance in City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County.
(a) Authorization.--The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized on
behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey
the following tract of land together with any improvements
thereon, situate in the 47th Ward of the City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, to New Freedom Theatre, Inc., for $1, under
terms and conditions to be established in an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consists of the following:
ALL that certain unit in the property known, named and
identified in the Declaration referred to below as "Freedom
Theatre Condominium," located in the 29th Ward of the City and
County of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which has
heretofore been submitted to the provisions of the Pennsylvania
Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S. Section 3101, et seq., by
the recording in the Philadelphia Department of Records of a
Declaration dated July 10, 1992, recorded on July 13, 1992 in
Deed Book VCS 111, Page 353, being and designated in such
Declaration as Unit 1, as more fully described in said
Declaration, together with a proportionate undivided interest in
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the Common Elements (as defined in the Declaration) of 30%.
BEING the same premises conveyed by New Freedom Theatre, Inc.
to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission by deed
dated July 10, 1992, and recorded at the Department of Records
of the City and County of Philadelphia at Deed Book VCS 123 Page
132, Document Number 45614463.
ALSO BEING Philadelphia County OPA Account Number 772726001.
(c) Conditions.--The conveyance under this section shall be
made under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements,
servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to,
streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
the land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) Restriction.--The conveyance authorized under this
section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which
shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of
the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as
defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any
other similar type of facility authorized under State law. The
condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be
binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns. Should the
grantee, its successors or assigns permit any portion of the
property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be used in
violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert
to and revest in the grantor.
(e) Deed of conveyance.--The conveyance shall be made by
special warranty deed to be executed by the Executive Director
of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in the name
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of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(f) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance under this
section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
(g) Alternate disposition.--In the event that the conveyance
authorized under this section is not completed within two years
of the effective date of this subsection, the authority to
convey the property as specified in subsection (a) shall expire,
and the property may be disposed of in accordance with section
2405-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as
The Administrative Code of 1929.
SECTION 2. (RESERVED).
Section 3. Release of restrictions in Overfield Township,
Wyoming County.
(a) Authorization.--Pursuant to the requirements of section
20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess.1, P.L.131, No.8),
known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act, the
General Assembly authorizes the release of Project 70
restrictions on land owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission in Overfield Township, Wyoming County, which is more
particularly described in subsection (b).
(b) Land to be released from Project 70 restrictions.--The
two parcels of land to be released from Project 70 restrictions
are located in Overfield Township, Wyoming County, and more
particularly are described as follows:
FIRST PARCEL
COMMENCING at a point located along the easterly right-of-way
line of Lake Road (S.R.2031) at a common corner of lands now or
formerly of TCO, Inc. as described in Deed Book 338 at Page 633,
said point also being the southwesterly corner of lands conveyed
to Sterling Reality, LLC, as described in Instrument 2021-3766;
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THENCE along the easterly right-of-way line of Lake Road, North
12°31'02" East a distance of 49.47 feet to a point, the POINT OF
BEGINNING;
THENCE along the easterly right-of-way line of Lake Road, North
11°27'57" East a distance of 34.63 feet to a point;
THENCE along now or formerly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
for use of the Pennsylvania Fish Commission as described in Deed
Book 170 at Page 320, South 61°44'57" East a distance of 76.26
feet to an iron pin at a common corner;
THENCE along lands now or formerly of Sterling Reality, LLC.
North 88°19'45" West a distance of 74.09 feet to a point along
the easterly right-of-way line of Lake Road, the POINT OF
BEGINNING.
CONTAINING an area of 1,264 S.F. or 0.029 acres of land, more or
less.
SECOND PARCEL
COMMENCING at a point located along the easterly right-of-way
line of Lake Road (S.R.2031) at a common corner of lands now or
formerly of TCO, Inc. as described in Deed Book 338 at Page 633,
said point also being the southwesterly corner of lands conveyed
to Sterling Reality, LLC. as described in Instrument: 2021-3766;
THENCE along the easterly right-of-way line of Lake Road, North
12°31'02" East a distance of 49.47 feet to a point;
THENCE along the same, North 11°27'57" East a distance of 34.63
feet to a point;
THENCE North 61°44'57" West a distance of 20.55 feet to a
railroad spike found at the centerline of Lake Road (SR 2031),
the POINT OF BEGINNING;
THENCE along the centerline of Lake Road, North 11°06'25" East a
distance of 57.36 feet to a railroad spike found;
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THENCE South 47°22'38" East a distance of 102.10 feet to a
point;
THENCE South 01°33'55" West a distance of 32.98 feet to an iron
pin found at the northeasterly corner of lands now or formerly
of Sterling Reality, LLC.;
THENCE North 61°44'57" West a distance of 96.81 feet to a point;
the POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING an area of 3,923 S.F. or 0.090 acres of land, more or
less.
(c) Deposit of proceeds.--All proceeds from the sale of the
property described in subsection (b) shall be deposited into a
restricted revenue account within the Fish Fund and used for the
acquisition of lands meeting the standards for acquisition
described in section 18(b) of the Project 70 Land Acquisition
and Borrowing Act.
Section 4. Conveyance in the City of Philadelphia.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, is
authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
grant and convey to the City of Philadelphia a right-of-way
easement situate in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, in exchange for improvements to Benjamin Rush State Park
and monetary consideration to the Commonwealth to be used toward
the acquisition of a tract of land to be added to French Creek
State Park in accordance with subsection (c).
(b) Property description.--The property interest to be
conveyed in accordance with subsection (a) consists of a right-
of-way easement totaling approximately 0.32869 acres and
improvements thereon, bounded and more particularly described as
follows:
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ALL THAT CERTAIN piece of ground, situate in the 66th Ward of
the City of Philadelphia and described in accordance with a
survey plan by Pennoni Associates Inc., entitled "Proposed Right
of Way Plan", drawing number V-0601, project number BRRTX20015,
dated 05/16/2022, and being more particularly described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the Northeasterly side of
Southampton-Byberry Road (70 feet wide, Legally Open, On City
Plan number 385), said point being measured North 02 degrees 15
minutes 31 seconds West, the distance of 934.38 feet from a
point of curve, said curve having a radius of 25.000 feet and an
arc distance of 38.495 feet, which connects the Northeasterly
side of Southampton-Byberry Road and with the Northwesterly side
of McNulty Road (70 feet wide, Legally Open, On City Plan number
385); thence extending from said beginning point, along the
Northeasterly side of Southampton-Byberry Road, North 02 degrees
15 minutes 31 seconds 150.000 feet to a point; thence along a
curve to the left, radius 734.407 feet, an arc distance of
464.950 feet, a chord bearing of North 20 degrees 26 minutes 36
seconds West, and a chord distance of 457.223 feet to a point;
thence along a curve to the right, radius of 25.029 feet, an arc
distance of 37.900 feet, a chord bearing of North 04 degrees 47
minutes 40 seconds East, and a chord distance of 34.378 feet to
a point; thence South 48 degrees 05 minutes 49 seconds West, a
distance of 25.047 feet, to a point; thence along a curve to the
left, radius of 25.554, an arc distance of 39.060 feet, a chord
bearing of South 03 degrees 10 minutes 36 seconds West, and a
chord distance of 35.370 feet to a point; thence along a curve
to the right, radius 760.000 feet, an arc distance of 480.840
feet, a chord bearing of South 20 degrees 26 minutes 23 seconds
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East, and a chord distance of 472.857 feet to a point; thence
South 07 degrees 12 minutes, 20 seconds West, 152.095 feet to
the first mentioned point of beginning.
Easement contains 14,318 square feet or 0.32869 acres.
Being a portion of the lands, now and formerly of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, OPA number 88-4291485, and listed
as Map number 150-N-08.
(c) Authorization to receive property.--The Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources, with the approval of the
Governor, is authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to receive that certain tract of land situate in
Union Township, Berks County, in exchange for that property
interest to be conveyed to the City of Philadelphia in
accordance with subsection (a).
(d) Monetary consideration and improvements.--The City of
Philadelphia, through funding and assistance provided by
Brandywine Byberry, LP, its successors or assigns, shall
contribute $203,500 toward the acquisition and conveyance of
property to the Commonwealth, acting by and through the
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The property
to be conveyed in accordance with subsection (c) consists of
approximately 12.016 acres and improvements thereon described as
follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN parcel of land SITUATE in Union Township,
Berks County, Pennsylvania, being shown on Boundary Plan
prepared for Natural Lands Trust, Inc., dated April 7, 2022 by
Regester Associates, Inc., Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and
being more fully described as follows:
BEGINNING at the southerly corner in common of lands now or
late of Daniel A. and Karen L. Stauffer (a/k/a Tax Parcel no.
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88-5343-00-43-1337) and lands now or late of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Parks Department (a/k/a Tax Parcel no. 88-5352-00-
57-9606) in the bed of Geigertown Road; thence from the point of
beginning, along said lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Parks Department, the following three (3) courses and distances:
(1) leaving the bed of said road, passing over a rebar (found)
at a distance of 18.41 feet, North 70 degrees 00 minutes 21
seconds West 594.00 feet to a rebar (found); (2) North 33
degrees 44 minutes 39 seconds East 404.26 feet to a capped rebar
(found); (3) also along lands now or late of Thomas M. and
Christine L. Gatz, North 65 degrees 30 minutes 21 seconds West
1,124.15 feet to a point on line of the aforesaid lands of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Parks Department; thence along said
lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Parks Department,
North 07 degrees 10 minutes 46 seconds East 182.02 feet to a
capped rebar (set), a corner of lands now or late of William J.,
Jr. and Felicia A. O'Neil; thence along said lands of O'Neil and
along the aforesaid lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Parks Department, South 65 degrees 30 minutes 21 seconds East
1,783.87 feet to a capped rebar (set); thence continuing along
said lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Parks Department,
the following two (2) courses and distances: (1) South 30
degrees 59 minutes 39 seconds West 174.90 feet to a capped rebar
(found); (2) passing over a rebar (found) 112.22 feet from the
southwesterly terminus of this course, South 33 degrees 55
minutes 46 seconds West 357.22 feet to the point of beginning;
and ENCOMPASSING 12.016 acres of land, be the same, more or
less.
(e) Easements and encumbrances.--The conveyances described
in this section shall be made concurrently and under and subject
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to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights
of others, including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and
rights of any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or
pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful
and enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons
appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements
erected thereon.
(f) Deed.--The deed to the Commonwealth, for the conveyance
of the property as described in subsection (d), shall be by
special warranty deed.
(g) Costs and fees.--All costs and fees incidental to the
conveyances contained in this section shall be borne by their
respective parties.
Section 5. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources, with the approval of the Governor, is
authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to
transfer administrative jurisdiction of portions of State park
lands described under subsection (c), free of restrictions
imposed by section 20 of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess. 1,
P.L.131, No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and
Borrowing Act, to the Department of Transportation, situate in
various State parks, in exchange for certain property to be
conveyed to the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources, which shall be subject to the restrictions specified
in the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act.
(b) Highway improvement project replacement land.--The land
acquired by the Department of Transportation and described under
subsection (d) shall be conveyed to the Department of
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State park lands needed for highway improvement projects.
(c) Transfer of administrative jurisdiction.--
(1) The transfer of administrative jurisdiction of State
park lands from the Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources to the Department of Transportation, in accordance
with subsection (a), shall consist of portions of State park
land, with most ranging from approximately 0.03 acres to 1.5
acres per a Department of Transportation highway improvement
project. The exact acreage to be transferred for each highway
improvement project will be determined upon the completion of
the Department of Transportation's schematic design for each
transportation project, which are limited to the pre-
identified projects in paragraph (2). The schematic design
for each highway improvement project, which have not been
completed at this time, is required to determine the
project's impact to the State park land.
(2) Pre-identified highway improvement projects:
State Park
Project
Description Project Narrative County
Bald Eagle
State Park
Bridge
improvements
SR 0026 over Bald Eagle
Creek, Howard Township
Centre
Bucktail
State Park
Bridge
improvements
SR 0120 over Dry Run,
Noyes Township
Clinton
Clear Creek
State Park
Resurfacing SR 2001 (Greenwood Road)
from SR 0089 to Coon
Road, Barnett Township
Forest
Codorus State
Park
Bridge
Replacement
SR 3070 (Black Rock
Road) over Tributary of
West Branch of Codorus
Creek, West Manheim
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Cook Forest
State Park
Resurfacing SR 0899 from Jefferson
County line to Bear Run
Road, Barnett Township
Forest
Kettle Creek
State Park
Maintenance BOX
culvert
SR 4001 over Summerson
Run, Leidy Township
Clinton
Laurel Hills
State Park
Bridge
improvements
Over Laurel Hill Creek,
Jefferson Township
Somerset
Lehigh Gorge
State Park
Bridge
replacement
I-80 over SR 1005,
Lehigh River and Reading
Blue Mountain and
Northern Railroad
Carbon
Oil Creek
State Park
Bridge
preservation
SR 0008 (William Flinn
Highway), Rynd Farm
Bridge over Oil Creek,
Cornplanter Township
Venango
Oil Creek
State Park
Bridge
preservation,
rehabilitation
or replacement
SR 1004 (Petroleum
Center Road), Bridge
over Oil Creek,
Cornplanter Township
Venango
Promised Land
State Park
Bridge
replacement
SR 0390 (Promised Land
Road) over Outlet to
Promised Land Lake,
Greene Township
Pike
Pymatuning
State Park
Bridge
preservation or
rehabilitation
SR 3011 (Hartstown
Road), Bridge over
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Pine Township
Crawford
Tyler State
Park
Bridge
Replacement
Swamp Road at Pennswood
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(d) Deed of conveyance.--The replacement land to be conveyed
in accordance with subsection (b) consists of approximately
19.51 acres and improvements thereon as follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situated in the Township of
New Vernon, County of Mercer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
BEGINNING at a point in the center of Township Road No. 308
at the west line of land of Palermino Lachiatto; hence South 0°
55' 13" East along the west line of the land of Lachiatto a
distance of 540.0 feet to a point; thence North 72° 11' 27" west
along the land of Merle and Fran Elder a distance of 610.10 feet
to a point; thence continuing along the land of Elder or along
the property of the other abutting owner North 0° 43' 39" West a
distance of 365.39 feet to a point in the center line of said
Township Road no. 308; thence along the center line of said road
South 55° 36' 50" East 1115.31 feet to a point and south 53° 22'
57" East a distance of 295.54 feet to the place of beginning.
Containing 19.51 acres.; and BEING Uniform Parcel Identifier no.
19-062-032.
(e) Easements and encumbrances.--The conveyances described
in this section shall be under and subject to all lawful and
enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others,
including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of
any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline
companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and
enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons
appearing of record for any portion of the land or improvements
erected thereon.
(f) Restrictions.--The replacement land referenced in
subsection (d) will be under and subject to the following
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restriction: "This indenture is given to provide land for
recreation, conservation and historical purposes, as said
purposes are defined in the 'Project 70 Land Acquisition and
Borrowing Act,' approved June 22, 1964, P.L.131."
(g) Deeds of conveyance.--The deed for the conveyance of the
replacement land referenced in subsection (d) shall be by
quitclaim deed.
(h) Costs and fees.--All costs and fees incidental to the
conveyances contained in this section shall be borne by their
respective parties.
Section 6. Conveyance in Windsor Township, Berks County.
(a) Authorization for conveyance of parcel.--The Department
of General Services, with the approval of the Department of
Agriculture and the Governor, is authorized on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Joshua R.
Snyder a certain tract of land situate in Windsor Township,
Berks County, part of Hamburg State Farm. The purchase price
shall be $63,000. Any such conveyance shall be made under terms
and conditions to be established in an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The lands to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consist of approximately 5.23 acres and
improvements thereon, bounded and described as follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel or tract of land with
improvements thereon located in Windsor Township, Berks County,
bounded and described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point in the centerline of a township road
(Mountain Road T-816) on the line N/F of Candance M. Brown and
at a corner N/F of Byron A. & Kay L. Fritz; thence along the
property N/F of Candance M. Brown through an iron pin set on the
twenty-five foot dedicated right-of-way N07°16'38''E a distance
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of 33.59'. Thence along the line N/F of Candance M. Brown,
N07°16'38''E a distance of 881.33' to a concrete monument on the
line N/F of Brown and marking the corner N/F of Ralph W. &
Patricia A. Sensenig. Thence along the line N/F of Sensenig,
N85°41'47''E for a distance of 261.68' to a concrete monument
marking the corner of said Sensenig and other lands of N/F of
Ralph W. & Patricia A. Sensenig also being the north west corner
N/F of John V. Heffner. Thence along the line N/F of said
Heffner, S7°38'00''W a distance 420.91' to an iron pin at the
southwest corner N/F of said Heffner and the northwest corner
N/F of John Marko, JR. Thence along lands N/F of John Marko, JR
and also another tract of land N/F of John Marko, JR
S10°58'33''E for a distance 382.27' to a magnail in the
centerline of the road marking the corner of Proposed Lot 6 and
Residual Lot 1 being lands N/F of Comm. Of PA, Dept. of Property
Supplies. Also being a corner with lands N/F of John Marko, Jr
and lands N/F of Joesph & Bonnie L. Mastromatto. Thence through
the centerline of Mountain Road and along Residual Lot 1 a curve
to the left, having a radius of 383.50' an arc length of 129.07'
having a chord bearing S73°59'02''W a chord distance of 128.46'
to a point. Thence along the same, S64°20'31''W a distance of
100.36' to a concrete monument and marking the corner N/F of
Byron A. & Kay L. Fritz. Thence along the line N/F of said
Fritz, S60°43'39''W a distance of 201.10', the point of
BEGINNING.
CONTAINING an area of 227,789.63 S.F. or 5.23-acres, more or
less. Being a portion of UPI 46449514431213.
(c) Existing encumbrances.--The conveyance authorized by
this section shall be made under and subject to existing
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and rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets,
roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
the land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) Condition.--The conveyance authorized by this section
shall be made under and subject to the condition, which shall be
contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of the
property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as the
term is defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions),
or any other similar type of facility authorized under State
law. The condition shall be a covenant running with the land and
shall be binding upon the grantee, his heirs and assigns. Should
the grantee, his heirs or assigns permit any portion of the
property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be used in
violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert
to and revest in the grantor.
(e) Easements.--The Secretary of General Services may grant
any easements to benefit, or retain any easements from, the
property to be conveyed pursuant to this section as the
Secretary of General Services deems necessary or appropriate.
(f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
(g) Time for conveyance and alternate disposition.--In the
event the conveyance authorized by this section is not executed
within two years after the effective date of this subsection,
the property may be disposed of in accordance with section 2405-
A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
Administrative Code of 1929.
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(h) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance authorized
in this section shall be deposited into the Department of
Agriculture's Agricultural Farm Operations Restricted Account.
Section 7. Conveyance in Haverford Township, Delaware County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Governor, is authorized on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey the tract of
land described under subsection (b) together with any
improvements thereon, being a portion of the lands of the former
Haverford State Hospital, situate in Haverford Township,
Delaware County, to Carelink Community Support Services of PA,
Inc., for $300,000, under terms and conditions to be established
in an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed
pursuant to subsection (a) consists of the following:
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece, parcel, or tract of land situated in
Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, being Parcel
- 2 as shown on a plan titled "Haverford Hospital Property"
prepared by Precision Land Surveyors, dated July 12, 1998, and
being further described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point in the bed of Haverford and Darby Road,
a corner in common with Parcel - 1 of the Haverford Hospital
Property plan; thence leaving the road and continuing along
Parcel - 1 the following two courses and distances: 1.) South 34
degrees 5 minutes 28 seconds West a distance of 318.67 feet to
an iron rod and 2.) South 79 degrees 29 minutes 35 seconds West
a distance of 790.88 feet to an iron rod, a corner in common
with Parcel - 1 of the Haverford Hospital Property plan and
lands now or formerly of Allgates West Development; thence along
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three courses and distances: 1.) North 51 degrees 56 minutes 10
seconds West a distance of 165.76 feet to a stone monument; 2.)
North 3 degrees 23 minutes 36 seconds East a distance of 284.94
feet to a stone monument and 3.) North 38 degrees 38 minutes 53
seconds East a distance of 370.43 feet to a point, a corner in
the bed of Haverford and Darby Road; thence continuing in the
bed of Haverford and Darby Road the following four courses and
distances:
1.) South 67 degrees 44 minutes 32 seconds East a distance of
88.36 feet to a point; 2.) South 62 degrees 46 minutes 20
seconds East a distance of 201.01 feet to a point; 3.) South 77
degrees 35 minutes 38 seconds East a distance of 217.42 feet to
a point and 4.) South 75 degrees 20 minutes 21 seconds East a
distance of 377.98 feet to a point, the place of beginning.
CONTAINING 10.43 acres, more or less, as shown on said plan.
Tax ID / Parcel No. 22-04-00185-00. Known as 3520 Darby Road,
Haverford, Pennsylvania, 19041.
BEING a portion of the same premises condemned by The General
State Authority, predecessor to the Department of General
Services, in 1956 from Eckley B. Coxe & Mary Owens Coxe, in
accordance with the Act of March 31, 1949, P.L. 372, Section 12,
which taking is evidenced by the Petition for Appointment of
Viewers recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of
Delaware County at Deed Book 1807 Page 34.
ALSO BEING a portion of the same premises conveyed by Elmer
H. Hutchinson and Sally M. Hutchinson, his wife, to The General
State Authority by deed dated March 2, 1956, and recorded at the
Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Delaware County at Deed Book
1763 Page 564.
TOGETHER WITH a 20-foot-wide sanitary sewer easement as
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described in a Deed from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the
Township of Haverford, dated December 17, 2002 and recorded at
Delaware County Deed Book 2631, Page 947 (Instrument
#2002138609).
(c) Existing encumbrances.--The conveyance shall be made
under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements,
servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to,
streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
the land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) Restrictions.--
(1) Any conveyance authorized under this section shall
be made under and subject to the condition, which shall be
contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of the
property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as
defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any
other similar type of facility authorized under State law.
The condition shall be a covenant running with the land and
shall be binding upon the grantee, its successors and
assigns. Should the grantee, its successors or assigns,
permit any portion of the property authorized to be conveyed
in this section to be used in violation of this subsection,
the title shall immediately revert to and revest in the
grantor.
(2) Any conveyance authorized under this section shall
be made under and subject to the condition that Carelink
Community Support Services of PA, Inc., its successors and
assigns, shall utilize the property solely for residential
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services, including behavioral health, rehabilitation and
life skills training, for persons with disabilities, and for
no other purpose. Should Carelink Community Support Services
of PA, Inc., or its successors or assigns, utilize the
property for any other purpose, Carelink Community Support
Services of PA, Inc., or its successor or assigns, shall pay
$300,000 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and
through the Department of General Services, within 90 days
after the change in use. Should Carelink Community Support
Services of PA, Inc., its successor or assigns, fail to pay
such sum within such time frame, the property shall, at the
Department of General Service's election, revert and revest
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This provision is
intended to create a fee simple subject to a condition
subsequent. This condition shall terminate on the 15th
anniversary of the date of the deed and thereafter be of no
further force or effect.
(e) Deed of conveyance.--The conveyance shall be made by
special warranty deed to be executed by the Secretary of General
Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
conveyance shall be borne by Carelink Community Support Services
of PA, Inc.
(g) Alternate disposition.--If the conveyance authorized
herein is not completed within two years after the effective
date of this subsection, the authority to convey the property as
specified in subsection (a) shall expire, and the property may
be disposed of by a competitive bidding process in accordance
with section 2405-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177,
No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, except that
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Section 8. Authorization for real property conveyance.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
and the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to The Roland
Curtin Foundation for the Preservation of Eagle Furnace, the
following tract of land together with any buildings, structures
and improvements thereon, being a portion of the historic Curtin
Village, situate in Boggs Township, Centre County, for $1.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consists of a tract of land totaling
approximately 10.28 acres, including all buildings, structures
and improvements located thereon, more particularly described as
follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land situate in Boggs
Township, Centre County, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point on the centerline of Curtin Village Road
(SR 1003), said point being the southwestern point of the lot
herein described. Thence along the centerline of Curtin Village
Road (SR 1003) the following four courses:
1. N 26° 21' 16" W a distance of 36.08 feet to a point;
2. N 54° 02' 16" W a distance of 141.11 feet to a point;
3. N 38°15'13" W a distance of 149.16 feet to a point;
4. N 34°22'09" W a distance of 221.94 feet to a point;
Thence along lands of the United States Government the
following 5 courses:
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feet for, a total distance of 432.48 feet to a concrete
monument;
2. S 39°39'15" E a distance of 420.02 feet to a concrete
monument;
3. N 77°00'34" E a distance of 161.98 feet to a concrete
monument;
4. S 57°03'26" E a distance of 379.13 feet to a concrete
monument;
5. S 70°09'30" E a distance of 515.53 feet to a concrete
monument;
Thence along the SEDA COG Joint Authority the following 3
courses:
1. N 88°46'08" W a distance of 445.00 feet to a rebar;
2. S 01° 13' 52" W a distance of 17.00 feet to a rebar;
3. N 88°46'08" W a distance of 793.79 feet to a point on the
centerline of Curtin Village Road (SR 1003), said point being
the point of beginning.
All as shown on a drawing by Kerry A. Uhler & Associates,
Inc. titled "PA Historical Museum Commission Curtin Village
Survey", dated 07/20/22.
CONTAINING 10.28-acres of land, more or less.
BEING the same tract or tracts of land acquired by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania pursuant to a Declaration of Taking
(402) filed in the Office of the Prothonotary of the Court of
Common Pleas of Centre County at No. 1 January Term 1971 and
recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Centre County
at Miscellaneous Book 112 Page 254.
BEING Tax ID No. 07-009-010D
(c) Existing encumbrances.--The conveyance authorized by
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enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others,
including but not confined to streets, roadways and rights of
any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline
companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and
enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons
appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements
erected thereon.
(d) Conditions.--Any conveyance authorized under this
section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which
shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of
the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as
defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any
other similar type of facility authorized under State law. The
condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be
binding upon the grantee and its successors and assigns. Should
the grantee, its successors or assigns, permit any portion of
the property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be
used in violation of this subsection, the title shall
immediately revert to and revest in the grantor.
(e) Transfer of buildings.--The Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission is authorized to transfer to The Roland Curtin
Foundation for the Preservation of Eagle Furnace its buildings
located on adjacent property leased from the United States
Department of the Army.
(f) Historic preservation covenants.--The conveyance and
transfer authorized by this section shall be made under and
subject to historic preservation covenants, which covenants
shall be determined by the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum
Commission and may include a reversionary interest.
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subsection (a) shall be made by special warranty deed to be
executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The transfer authorized by
subsection (e) shall be by bill of sale or other appropriate
transfer document, to be executed by the Executive Director of
the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
(h) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
conveyance and transfer authorized by this section shall be
borne by the grantee. The conveyance under this section shall be
exempt from the realty transfer tax established under Article
XI-C of the act of March 4, 1971 (P.L.6, No.2), known as the Tax
Reform Code of 1971.
(i) Expiration.--If the conveyance and transfer are not
effectuated within 18 months after the effective date of this
section, the authority provided under this section shall expire.
Section 9. Conveyance in Franklin Township, Greene County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Governor, is authorized on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to Franklin
Township, located in Greene County, certain land and buildings
situate in Franklin Township, Greene County, for fair market
value, under terms and conditions to be established in an
agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
this section consists of approximately 0.6485 acres and any
improvements thereon, bounded and more particularly described as
follows:
ALL THAT CERTAIN tract of land situate in Franklin Township,
Greene County, Pennsylvania, more particularly bounded and
described as follows:
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Beginning at a 4 inch steel casing with concrete, at the edge
of the right of way of Willow Road, Township Road 571, lands now
or formerly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of
General Services, and lands now or formerly of Daniel Greenlee;
thence by lands now or formerly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, Department of General Services, and lands now or
formerly of Daniel Greenlee, North 65 degrees 29 minutes 40
seconds West 200.00 feet to a 4 inch steel casing with concrete,
the place of BEGINNING; thence by lands now or formerly of
Daniel Greenlee, South 20 degrees 48 minutes 30 seconds West
105.00 feet to an iron pin; thence by lands now or formerly of
Jack E. Williams OR Daniel Greenlee, North 54 degrees 33 minutes
57 seconds West 93.87 feet to an iron pin; thence by same, North
60 degrees 35 minutes 19 seconds West 194.08 feet to an iron
pin; thence by same, North 46 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West
182.62 feet to an iron pin; thence by lands now or formerly of
the Commonwealth Pennsylvania, Department of General Services,
South 66 degrees 53 minutes 02 seconds East 431.58 feet to a 4
inch steel casing with concrete, the place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 0.6485 of an Acre, according to an Exhibit for the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of General Services,
dated May 14, 2021.
BEING a portion of the same tract of land which was conveyed
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through The
Department of General Services, by The General State Authority,
by Deed dated June 16, 1989, and recorded January 18, 1990 in
the Recorder's Office of Greene County, Pennsylvania in Record
Book Vol. 74, page 895, and designated as Tract No. 3 therein.
Being a portion of Tax Parcel No. 07-07-114D.
(c) Easements, servitudes and rights of others.--The
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conveyance shall be made under and subject to all lawful and
enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others,
including, but not limited to, streets, roadways and rights of
any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline
companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and
enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons
appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements
erected thereon.
(d) Prohibited use.--Any conveyance authorized under this
section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which
shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of
the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as
defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any
other similar type of facility authorized under State law. The
condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be
binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns. If the
grantee, its successors or assigns permit any portion of the
property authorized to be conveyed under this section to be used
in violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately
revert to and revest in the grantor.
(e) Conditions and restrictions.--The Secretary of General
Services may include in the deed of conveyance any covenants,
conditions or restrictions on the property as determined to be
in the best interests of the Commonwealth.
(f) Easements.--The Department of General Services is
authorized, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to
grant any easements benefiting the property to be conveyed, or
to retain any easements from the property to be conveyed, as the
Secretary of General Services shall determine to be necessary or
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(g) Deed.--The conveyance shall be made by a special
warranty deed to be executed by the Secretary of General
Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(h) Local ordinances.--The conveyance shall be exempt from
the requirements of the Franklin Township subdivision and land
development ordinance.
(i) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
(j) Expiration.--If the conveyance authorized under this
section is not completed within two years after the effective
date of this section, the authority contained under this section
shall expire.
(k) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance authorized
under this section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
Section 10. Authorization for conveyance by Department of
General Services.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to convey to the Oil Region
Alliance of Business, Industry and Tourism, a Pennsylvania
nonprofit corporation, certain lands, and improvements thereon,
situate in Oil City, Venango County, being a portion of the
Venango Campus of Pennsylvania Western University (Clarion), for
the sum of $1, under terms and conditions to be established in
an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consists of the following, with any improvements
thereon:
ALL THAT CERTAIN piece or parcel of land situate in the
Fourth Ward of the City of Oil City, Venango County,
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Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a monument at the intersection of the center
line of West First Street with the center line of Osborne
Street; thence by the center line of Osborne Street, south
sixty-two degrees forty-five minutes east (S. 62 degrees 45
minutes E.) eight hundred and five tenths (800.5) feet to a
point at an angle in said street; thence still by the center
line of Osborne Street South seventy-one degrees fifty-five
minutes east (S. 71 degrees 55 minutes E.) seven hundred five
and eight-tenths (705.8) feet to a point; thence north fourteen
degrees sixteen minutes east (N. 14 degrees 16 minutes E.)
twenty-three and seven tenths (23.7) feet to a stone in the
northerly line of Osborne Street; thence by land now or late of
Venango Oil and Land Company, formerly of Artesian Oil Company,
north fifty-five degree thirty minutes east (N. 55 degrees 30
minutes E.) twelve hundred fifty-four and nine tenths (1254.9)
feet to a stone on the line of land of J.W. Kirkwood Estate;
thence by land of J.W. Kirkland Estate south forty-eight degrees
fifty-five minutes east (S. 48 degrees 55 minutes E.) eleven
hundred forty-four and six tenths (1144.6) feet to a stone;
thence still by land of J.W. Kirkwood Estate south forty-five
degrees fifty-four minutes west (S. 45 degrees 54 minutes W.)
five hundred two and seven tenths (502.7) feet to a corner
stone; thence by land of J.W. Kirkwood Estate and land formerly
of L.E. Kellar south eighty-nine degrees twenty-five minutes
west (S. 89 degrees 25 minutes W.) thirteen hundred sixty-four
and five tenths (1364.5) feet to an iron pipe by a white oak;
thence by said Kellar land and by land of Morck Estate south
fifty-seven degrees seventeen minutes west (S. 57 degrees 17
minutes W.) nine hundred eighty-nine and two tenths (989.2) feet
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to a stone; thence by land of Morck Estate south eighty-nine
degrees twenty-five minutes west (S. 89 degrees 25 minutes W.)
one hundred sixty-three and five tenths (163.5) feet to a stone;
thence still by land of Morck Estate south eighteen degrees
fifty-one minutes west (S. 18 degrees 51 minutes W.) nine
hundred sixty (960) feet to a corner stone; thence by land now
or formerly of S.P. McCalmont Estate north seventy-one degrees
nineteen minutes west (N. 71 degrees 19 minutes W.) twelve
hundred seventy-one and five tenths (1271.5) feet to a stone;
thence by land now or late of Elizabeth Weir Jones
northeastwardly six hundred thirty-five (635) feet to a stone in
the line between the original Hays Farm and Bushnell Tract;
thence by land now or formerly of Elizabeth Weir Jones north
sixty-one degrees ten minutes west (N. 61 degrees 10 minutes W.)
two hundred twelve and four tenths (212.4) feet to the center
line of West First Street; thence by the center line of West
First Street North twenty-five degrees seven minutes east (N. 25
degrees 07 minutes E.) thirteen hundred eight-five (1385) feet,
more or less, to a monument at an angle in center line of West
First Street; and thence by the center line of West First Street
north twenty degrees fifteen minutes east (N. 20 degrees 15
minutes E.) one hundred forty-five (145) feet to the monument at
the intersection of the center line of Osborne Street with the
center line of West First Street, the place of beginning.
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to any and all exceptions, reservations or
rights-of-way as contained in prior deeds, and subject to any
and all conveyances by the Executors and Trustees under the Last
Will and Testament of John H. Glass, late of Oil City, Venango
County, Pennsylvania; and subject, also, to any and all
conveyances made during the lifetime of said John H. Glass.
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Excepting therefrom that certain piece or parcel of land
conveyed by instrument dated March 15, 1966 by Venango Campus,
Inc., to Dor-May Company, Inc., bounded and described as
follows:
1. BEGINNING at a point, which point is presently marked
and designated by a concrete monument located South 62
degrees 8 minutes 40 seconds East one hundred ninety-seven
and twenty-two one-hundredths (197.22) feet, more or less,
from the center line of West First Street, said beginning
point being likewise the Northeast corner of land now or
formerly of Elizabeth Weir Jones, said beginning point being
likewise the "stone" in the line between the original Hays
Farm and Bushnell Tract mentioned in the 29th line of the
description in the Deed from First Seneca Bank & Trust
Company, et al, Executors and Trustees under the Last Will
and Testament of John H. Glass, to Venango Campus, Inc.,
bearing date November 8, 1961, recorded in Venango County,
Pennsylvania, in Deed Book 658, at page 37, and which said
beginning point is likewise Northeastwardly six hundred
thirty-five (635) feet from the southwest corner of the land
conveyed to Venango Campus, Inc., as aforesaid; thence by
other land now or formerly of Venango Campus, Inc., North 25
degrees 7 minutes East three hundred thirty-three and
seventy-one one-hundredths (333.71) feet to a point; thence
likewise by land now or formerly of Venango Campus, Inc.,
North 64 degrees 53 minutes West, one hundred eighty-two and
one one-hundredths (182.01) feet, more or less, to a point on
the Southeasterly boundary of West First Street; thence along
the said Southeasterly boundary of said Street, South 25
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to a point on the Northerly line of land now or formerly of
Elizabeth Weir Jones, said point being also on one of the
original southerly tract lines of the land conveyed to
Venango Campus, Inc., by the Deed recorded in Deed Book 658,
at page 37, as aforesaid; thence along land now or formerly
of Elizabeth Weir Jones, South 62 degrees 08 minutes 40
seconds East, one hundred seventy-eight and forty-seven one-
hundredths (178.47) feet, more or less, to the place of
beginning.
Containing one and thirty-eight one-hundredths (1.38) acres
of land, more or less.
2. A Right-of-Way for ingress and egress by vehicles or
otherwise across lands presently owned by Grantor, which
right-of-way is bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northerly boundary of the
parcel of land above conveyed, which beginning point is North
sixty-four degrees Fifty-three Minutes West (N. 64 degrees 53
minutes W.) seventy-three and eighteen hundredths (73.18)
feet from the northeasterly corner of the parcel above
described; thence North Eight Degrees Seven Minutes East (N.
8 degrees 07 minutes E.) Twelve and twenty-three hundredths
(12.23) feet to a point; thence along a curve, the radius of
which curve is two thousand four hundred twenty-one and
twelve hundredths (2421.12) feet and the length of which
curve is two hundred five and twenty-eight hundredths
(205.28) feet, to a point; thence North three degrees fifteen
minutes thirty seconds East (N. 3 degrees 15 minutes 30
seconds E.) ninety-nine and seventy-one hundredths (99.71)
feet to a point in the southern boundary of West First
Street; thence along southern boundary of West First Street
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South twenty-five degrees seven minutes West (S. 25 degrees
07 minutes W.) one hundred seven and forty-three hundredths
(107.43 feet) to a point; thence along a curve, the radius of
which curve is two thousand three hundred eighty-seven and
five tenths (2387.5) feet and length of which curve is two
hundred two and forty-three hundredths (202.43) feet to a
point on the northerly boundary of land first described
above; thence south sixty-four degrees fifty-three minutes
East (S. 64 degrees 53 minutes E.) forty-one and eighty-three
hundredths (41.83 feet) to the place of beginning.
CONTAINING 0.24 acres, more or less.
The premises hereby conveyed are in accordance with a Plan or
Survey made by Russell Hart, R.P.E., in May, 1965.
BEING THE SAME premises conveyed by Venango Campus, Inc., to
the Department of Property and Supplies of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (a predecessor of the Department of General
Services) by deed dated February 20, 1970, and recorded at the
Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Venango County at Book 723
Page 150.
EXCEPTING AND RESERVING that certain tract of land bounded
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the southerly line of
Osborne Street (unopen) and the easterly City Limits Line of
Oil City, which point is the northeast corner of City Lot No.
13900; thence along City Limits Line south 89 degrees 25
minutes 168 feet more or less to an iron pipe; thence
continuing along said City Limits Line south 57 degrees 54
minutes west 809.2 feet, more or less, to the true place of
beginning of the parcel herein to be conveyed; thence
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Line 180.00 feet to a stone monument; thence south 89 degrees
58 minutes east along the City Limits Line 70.85 feet; thence
north 32 degrees 06 minutes west 242.32 feet; thence north 57
degrees 54 minutes east 240.00 feet; thence south 32 degrees
06 minutes east 280.00 feet to the place of beginning. Being
a part of City Lot No. 13900, containing 1.52 acres.
BEING the same tract of land conveyed by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to the City of Oil City by deed dated August 24,
1976, and recorded at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of
Venango County at Book 781, Page 614.
Being Tax Parcel Number 16-031-012.
CONTAINING 60.72 acres, according to the Venango County
Assessment Office.
(c) Easements, servitudes and rights of others.--The
conveyances authorized by this section shall be made under and
subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and
rights of others, including but not confined to streets,
roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
vested in third persons whether or not appearing of record, for
any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) Deed.--The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) shall
be made by quitclaim deed to be executed by the Secretary of the
Department of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
(e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
conveyances authorized by this section shall be borne by the
grantee.
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expire on the third anniversary of the effective date of this
section.
Section 11. Conveyance by Department of General Services and
the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services and
the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education are hereby
authorized to convey to the Oil Region Alliance of Business,
Industry and Tourism certain land and buildings situate in Oil
City, Venango County, being the remaining portion of the Venango
Campus of Pennsylvania Western University (Clarion), for the sum
of $1.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consists of approximately 1.38 acres, and
improvements thereon, bounded and described as follows:
All that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the
Fourth Ward of the City of Oil City, County of Venango, and
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point, which point is presently marked and
designated by a concrete monument located South 62 degrees 8
minutes 40 seconds East one hundred ninety-seven and twenty-
two one-hundredths (197.22) feet, more or less, from the
center line of West First Street, said beginning point being
likewise the Northeast corner of land now or formerly of
Elizabeth Weir Jones, said beginning point being likewise the
"stone" in the line between the original Hays Farm and
Bushnell Tract mentioned in the 29th line of the description
in the Deed from First Seneca Bank & Trust Company, et al,
Executors and Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of
John H. Glass, to Venango Campus, Inc., bearing date November
8, 1961, recorded in Venango County, Pennsylvania, in Deed
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Book 658, at page 37, and which said beginning point is
likewise Northeastwardly six hundred thirty-five (635) feet
from the southwest corner of the land conveyed to Venango
Campus, Inc., as aforesaid; thence by other land now or
formerly of Venango Campus, Inc., North 25 degrees 7 minutes
East three hundred thirty-three and seventy-one one-
hundredths (333.71) feet to a point; thence likewise by land
now or formerly of Venango Campus, Inc., North 64 degrees 53
minutes West, one hundred eighty-two and one one-hundredths
(182.01) feet, more or less, to a point on the Southeasterly
boundary of West First Street; thence along the said
Southeasterly boundary of the said Street, South 25 degrees
07 minutes West, three hundred twenty-five (325) feet to a
point on the Northerly line of land now or formerly of
Elizabeth Weir Jones, said point being also on one of the
original southerly tract lines of the land conveyed to
Venango Campus, Inc., by the Deed recorded in Deed Book 658,
at page 37, as aforesaid; thence along land now or formerly
of Elizabeth Weir Jones, South 62 degrees 08 minutes 40
seconds East, one hundred seventy-eight and forty-seven one-
hundredths (178.47) feet, more or less, to the place of
beginning.
Being Tax Parcel Number 16-031-029.
Containing one and thirty-eight one-hundredths (1.38) acres
of land, more or less.
TOGETHER with all of Grantor's right, title and interest in
and to a certain right-of-way for ingress, egress and regress as
the right-of-way is made, contained, limited and defined in
Venango County Deed Book 686, Page 189 and Deed Book 696, page
489.
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Being the same premises conveyed by Clarion University
Foundation to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State System of
Higher Education, by deed dated September 17, 1987, and recorded
at the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Venango County at Book
898, Page 74.
(c) Easements, servitudes and rights of others.--The
conveyances authorized by this section shall be made under and
subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and
rights of others, including but not confined to streets,
roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
vested in third persons whether or not appearing of record, for
any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) Deed.--The conveyance authorized by subsection (a) shall
be made by quitclaim deed to be executed by the Secretary of the
Department of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania and by the Chancellor of the State System of
Higher Education in the name of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, State System of Higher Education.
(e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
conveyances authorized by this section shall be borne by the
grantee.
(f) Expiration.--The authority granted by this section shall
expire on the third anniversary of the effective date of this
section.
Section 12. Conveyance in Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Department of Transportation and the
Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of
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Pennsylvania to grant and convey to The Bear Creek Township
Volunteer Hose Company an access easement and two storm water
easements from certain land situate in Bear Creek Township,
Luzerne County for $1, on terms and conditions to be set forth
in an easement agreement.
(b) Property description.--The access easement area to be
conveyed under subsection (a) consists of one-half of an
existing shared drive, which drive in its entirety is
approximately 28 feet wide and 150 long and shown as "Paved
Drive" on that certain Final Minor Subdivision Plan prepared by
LaBella dated November 10, 2021 recorded at the Office of the
Recorder of Deeds of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, as Instrument
Number 202218825. The one-half of the shared drive to be
subjected to the easement is that half lying on Lot #2 as
depicted on the said Final Minor Subdivision Plan, which Lot is
under the control of the Department of Transportation. The two
stormwater easement areas to be conveyed consist of two existing
points of stormwater discharge from Lot #1 onto Lot #2, as such
lots are depicted on the referenced Final Minor Subdivision
Plan. One such point of discharge lies along the southern
boundary of Lot #2, and the other lies on Lot #2 near the
southwest end of an area depicted on the referenced Final Minor
Subdivision Plan as "New Pavement."
(c) Easements, servitudes and rights of others.--The
easement grants shall be made under and subject to all lawful
and enforceable easements, servitudes and rights of others,
including, but not limited to, streets, roadways and rights of
any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline
companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and
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appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements
erected thereon.
(d) Easements.--The easement agreement granting the
easements shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services
in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
Section 13. Conveyance in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to release a portion of a use
restriction affecting certain real property that the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania previously conveyed to the School
District of the City of Harrisburg under the authority granted
by the act of December 4, 1972 (P.L.1256, No.281) for $1.
(b) Property description.--The use restriction referenced in
subsection (a) affects a tract of land situate in the Township
of Susquehanna, County of Dauphin, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northern edge of right-of-way of
Legislative Route No. 1 Spur A, (Herr Street By-Pass) said point
being located and referenced north 3 degrees 20 minutes east
30.00 feet from the center line of station 41+54.15 of
Legislative Route No. 1 Spur A; thence along the line of lands
now or late of The General State Authority north 75 degrees 33
minutes west 192.84 feet to a point; thence along same north 14
degrees 41 minutes east 481.17 feet (erroneously designated as
537.64 feet in Act Number 281, approved December 4, 1972) to a
point; thence north 31 degrees 36 minutes 57 seconds east
1586.73 feet to a point; thence along line of lands of others
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south 85 degrees 57 minutes 25 seconds east 81.22 feet to a
point; thence along same south 73 degrees 32 minutes 23 seconds
east 43.30 feet to a point; thence along same south 78 degrees
47 minutes 23 seconds east 155.00 feet to a point; thence along
same south 88 degrees 21 minutes 08 seconds east 289.62 feet to
a point; thence along same south 1 degree 13 minutes 20 seconds
east 216.59 feet to a point on the southern right-of-way line of
Wayne Avenue; thence along the southern right-of-way line of
Wayne Avenue south 73 degrees 25 minutes 48 seconds east 777.57
feet to a point on line of lands of others; thence along line of
lands of others south 21 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds west
520.07 feet to a point on the line of lands of the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation; thence along the line of lands of
the line of lands of the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation and across lands of others south 69 degrees 50
minutes 55 seconds west 1648.06 feet to a point; thence south 14
degrees 41 minutes west 377.43 feet to a point on the northern
edge of right-of-way of Legislative Route No. 1 Spur A (Herr
Street By-Pass); thence along the northern right-of-way line of
Legislative Route No. 1 Spur A (Herr Street By-Pass) on a curve
curving to the left, having a radius of 985.35 feet, an arc
distance of 248.64 feet to a point the place of beginning;
EXCEPTING AND RESERVING THEREFROM, HOWEVER, all that certain
parcel or tract of land, situate in the Township of Susquehanna,
County of Dauphin, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, bounded and
described, as follows:
BEGINNING at P.C. Station 40 + 27.85 back on centerline of
Herr Street Bypass known as Legislative Route No. 1 Spur; thence
thirty feet (30') northerly at right angle to a point in the
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distance of one hundred thirty and twenty-five hundredths feet
(130.25') (chord length = 130.15'), said chord having a bearing
of North 89 degrees 29' East to P.O.C. Station 41 + 54.13 ahead
and Point of BEGINNING: Thence along lands now or formerly of
the Commonwealth, Department of Transportation the following
courses, North seventy-five degrees, thirty-three minutes and
zero hundredths seconds West (75 degrees 33' 00") a distance of
one hundred ninety-two and eighty-four hundredths feet (192.84')
to a point; Thence North fourteen degrees, forty-one minutes,
and zero hundredths seconds East (14 degrees 41' 00'') a
distance of four hundred eighty-one and seventeen hundredths
feet (481.17') (erroneously designated as 537.64 feet in Act
Number 281, approved December 4, 1972), to a point; Thence along
lands now or formerly of the Commonwealth, Department of Public
Welfare the following courses South eighty-one degrees, forty
minutes and twenty seconds East (81 degrees 40' 20") a distance
of three hundred twenty five and zero hundredths feet (325.00')
to a point and South eight degrees nineteen minutes, forty
seconds West (8 degrees 19' 40") a distance of five hundred and
three-hundredths feet (500.03') to a point in the Northerly
Right-of Way Line of Legislative Route No. 1 Spur; Thence along
aforesaid Right-of-Way Line on a curve to the left an arc
distance of one hundred eighty-six and eighty-one hundredths
feet (186.81') (chord length = 186.53' said chord having a
bearing North 81 degrees 17' 43" West) to the Point of
BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 3.98-acres, more or less.
The area of land conveyed to GRANTEE after deduction of the
above exception and reservation of 3.98 acres is a net acreage
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of forty-two and two hundredths acres (42.02 A.), more or less.
(c) Use restriction.--The use restriction referenced in
subsection (a) is as follows:
"The net acreage of forty-two and two hundredths acres
(42.02A.) of land herein conveyed shall be used for public
school purposes by the School District of the City of Harrisburg
and if at any time the said School District of the City of
Harrisburg or its successor in function conveys said property or
authorizes or permits said property to be used for any purpose
other than public school purposes, the title thereto shall
immediately revert to and revest in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania."
(d) Portion of restriction to be released.--The portion of
the use restriction to be released is that portion that limits
the property to use by the School District of the City of
Harrisburg. The remainder of the use restriction, which limits
the property to use for public school purposes shall remain in
effect.
(e) Legal instrument.--Any legal instruments necessary to
release the portion of the use restriction authorized by this
section shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services
in the name of the Commonwealth.
(f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
release authorized by this section shall be borne by the
grantee.
(g) Proceeds.--Proceeds received by the Department of
General Services for the release authorized under this section
shall be deposited into the General Fund.
Section 14. Springettsbury Township, York County.
(a) Authorization.--In accordance with the requirements of
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section 20(b) of the act of June 22, 1964 (Sp.Sess. 1, P.L.131,
No.8), known as the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing
Act, the General Assembly authorizes the fee simple transfer of
title for a portion of the Project 70 lands owned by
Springettsbury Township, known as Fayfield Park, which are more
particularly described under subsection (c), to the Department
of Transportation.
(b) Project 70 restrictions.--The lands described under
subsection (c) shall be transferred with none of the existing
restrictions currently imposed by the Project 70 Land
Acquisition and Borrowing Act upon conveyance of the lands to
the Department of Transportation. Mitigation for the loss of
Project 70 lands shall consist of park reconstruction and
rehabilitation.
(c) Property description.--The parcel of land to be
transferred with none of the existing Project 70 restrictions is
located in Springettsbury Township, York County, and is as
follows:
All that certain parcel of ground, lying and being situate in
Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania, being more
particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the intersection of the legal right-
of-way line for limited access of State Route 0083 and the
property line of Parcel 231, in the southern corner of Lot 7;
thence along the legal right-of-way line for limited access of
State Route 0083 north 55 degrees 52 minutes 29 seconds west a
distance of 2.06 feet to a bend in the legal right-of-way line
for limited access of State Route 0083; thence along the legal
right-of-way line for limited access of State Route 0083 north
37 degrees 03 minutes 00 seconds west a distance of 617.01 feet
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to the intersection of the legal right-of-way line for limited
access of State Route 0083 and the legal right-of-way line for
township road of Township Road 997 (5th Avenue); thence along
the legal right-of-way line for township road of Township Road
997 (5th Avenue) along an arc 79.38 feet to the left, having a
radius of 143.32 feet, the chord of which is south 52 degrees 55
minutes 05 seconds east for a distance of 78.37 feet to the
intersection of the legal right-of-way line for township road of
Township Road 997 (5th Avenue) and the required right-of-way
line for limited access of State Route 0083; thence along the
required right-of-way line for limited access of State Route
0083 south 36 degrees 16 minutes 57 seconds east a distance of
528.69 feet to the intersection of the required right-of-way
line for limited access of State Route 0083 and the property
line of Parcel 231 Lot 7; thence along the property line of
Parcel 231 Lot 7 south 5 degrees 26 minutes 58 seconds west a
distance of 20.25 feet to the point and place of beginning and
having an area of 0.232 Acres.
Section 15. Conveyance in City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Department of Human Services and the
Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to grant and convey a permanent easement from the
grounds of the Western Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute,
situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, to the
University of Pittsburgh for purposes of the construction, use,
maintenance, inspection, repair and replacement of certain
improvements made by the University of Pittsburgh as part of
building projects on adjoining University of Pittsburgh
property.
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(b) Property description.--The easement area to be conveyed
in accordance with subsection (a) consists of the following:
ALL THAT CERTAIN easement area, situate in the 4th Ward, City
of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny, more particularly bounded
and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the line dividing lands now or
formerly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and lands now or
formerly of the University of Pittsburgh, said point being the
following two (2) courses and distances from a point common to
the line dividing lands now or formerly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and lands now or formerly of the University of
Pittsburgh, at the intersection of the northeasterly right of
way line of Desoto Street, 60.00 feet wide, and the
northwesterly right of way line of Terrace Street, 60.00 feet
wide:
N 37° 53' 05" E a distance of 50.00 feet;
N 55° 10' 55" E a distance of 89.85 feet, to the point of
beginning;
thence from said point of beginning by the line dividing
lands now or formerly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
lands now or formerly of the University of Pittsburgh N 55° 10'
55" E a distance of 104.96 feet to a point; thence continuing by
same S 43° 31' 15" E a distance of 58.53 feet to a point; thence
by a line through lands now or formerly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania the following four (4) courses and distances:
S 82° 30' 41" W a distance of 42.72 feet;
N 43° 31' 15" W a distance of 73.88 feet;
S 46° 59' 12" W a distance of 64.42 feet;
N 72° 17' 25" W a distance of 23.38 feet to a point on the
line dividing lands now or formerly of the Commonwealth of
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Pennsylvania and lands now or formerly of the University of
Pittsburgh, at the point of beginning.
Containing 3006 square feet, more or less.
Being a portion of Tax Parcel Number: Block 27-P, Lot 90.
(c) Acceptance.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Department of Human Services and the
Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania to accept a permanent easement from the University
of Pittsburgh, situate in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, for purposes of the construction, use, maintenance,
inspection, repair and replacement of a retaining wall partly
located on lands of the University of Pittsburgh, to benefit the
Western Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, for $1 and on such
other terms and conditions to be set forth in an easement
agreement.
(d) Easement area.--The easement area to be accepted in
accordance with subsection (c) consists of the following:
ALL THAT CERTAIN easement area, situate in the 4th Ward, City
of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, more particularly
bound and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the line dividing lands now or
formerly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and lands now or
formerly of the University of Pittsburgh, said point being the
following two (2) courses and distances from a point common to
the line dividing lands now or formerly of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and lands now or formerly of the University of
Pittsburgh, at the intersection of the northeasterly right of
way line of Desoto Street, 60.00 feet wide, and the
northwesterly right of way line of Terrace Street, 60.00 feet
wide:
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N 37° 53' 05" E a distance of 50.00 feet;
N 55° 10' 55" E a distance of 89.85 feet, to the point of
beginning;
thence from said point of beginning by a line through lands
now or formerly of the University of Pittsburgh the following
three (3) courses and distances:
N 30° 13' 12" W a distance of 14.21 feet;
N 59° 46' 48" E a distance of 68.48 feet; to a point of
curvature;
in an easterly direction by a curve bearing to the right
having a radius of 31.00 feet through an arc distance of 37.88
feet to a point on the line dividing lands now or formerly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and lands now or formerly of
the University of Pittsburgh;
thence by the line dividing lands now or formerly of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and lands now or formerly of the
University of Pittsburgh S 55° 10' 55" W a distance of 97.80
feet to a point, at the point of the beginning.
Containing 1,527 square feet, more or less.
Being a portion of Tax Parcel Number: Block 27-P, Lot 80-0-3.
(e) Easement agreements.--The easement agreements to be
executed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under this section
shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the
name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Section 16. Conveyance in City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County.
(a) Authorization.--The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission, with the approval of the Governor, is authorized on
behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey
the following tract of land together with any improvements
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thereon, situate in the 47th Ward of the City of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia County, to New Freedom Theatre, Inc., for $1, under
terms and conditions to be established in an agreement of sale.
(b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed under
subsection (a) consists of the following:
ALL that certain unit in the property known, named and
identified in the Declaration referred to below as "Freedom
Theatre Condominium," located in the 29th Ward of the City and
County of Philadelphia, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which has
heretofore been submitted to the provisions of the Pennsylvania
Uniform Condominium Act, 68 Pa.C.S. Section 3101, et seq., by
the recording in the Philadelphia Department of Records of a
Declaration dated July 10, 1992, recorded on July 13, 1992 in
Deed Book VCS 111, Page 353, being and designated in such
Declaration as Unit 1, as more fully described in said
Declaration, together with a proportionate undivided interest in
the Common Elements (as defined in the Declaration) of 30%.
BEING the same premises conveyed by New Freedom Theatre, Inc.
to the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission by deed
dated July 10, 1992, and recorded at the Department of Records
of the City and County of Philadelphia at Deed Book VCS 123 Page
132, Document Number 45614463.
ALSO BEING Philadelphia County OPA Account Number 772726001.
(c) Conditions.--The conveyance under this section shall be
made under and subject to all lawful and enforceable easements,
servitudes and rights of others, including, but not confined to,
streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
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the land or improvements erected thereon.
(d) Restriction.--The conveyance authorized under this
section shall be made under and subject to the condition, which
shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of
the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as
defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any
other similar type of facility authorized under State law. The
condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be
binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns. Should the
grantee, its successors or assigns permit any portion of the
property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be used in
violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert
to and revest in the grantor.
(e) Deed of conveyance.--The conveyance shall be made by
special warranty deed to be executed by the Executive Director
of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission in the name
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(f) Proceeds.--The proceeds from the conveyance under this
section shall be deposited into the General Fund.
(g) Alternate disposition.--In the event that the conveyance
authorized under this section is not completed within two years
of the effective date of this subsection, the authority to
convey the property as specified in subsection (a) shall expire,
and the property may be disposed of in accordance with section
2405-A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as
The Administrative Code of 1929.
Section 17. Agreements with the United States Army Reserve.
(a) Authorization.--The State Armory Board is hereby
authorized to enter into such agreements as may be necessary to
exchange with the United States Army Reserve the right of
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occupancy in, use of and obligations belonging to, the
properties described in subsection (b) under such terms and
conditions as they may determine, subject to the conditions
specified in subsections (c) and (d).
(b) Property descriptions.--
(1) The Johnstown Walters Avenue Readiness Center
consists of approximately 15.0 acres of land and improvements
located at 656 Walters Avenue, Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Tax
Parcel No. 50-05-123.1). The Readiness Center was used by the
Pennsylvania National Guard to serve and support its mission.
The Readiness Center is owned by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and is maintained, managed and regulated by the
State Armory Board.
(2) Building #228 is a hangar facility and surrounding
infrastructure situated on land owned by the Johnstown-
Cambria County Airport Authority. The Johnstown-Cambria
County Airport Authority leases Building #228 to the United
States Army Reserve. The United States Army Reserve currently
uses Building #228 to serve and support its mission.
(c) Funds required.--Prior to the execution of such
agreements that may be necessary to effectuate the exchange of
rights and obligations authorized under subsection (a), the
State Armory Board must establish that the Department of
Military and Veterans Affairs has funds necessary to implement
and to support the terms of the agreements, including terms that
allocate obligations for maintenance and renovations.
(d) Terms and conditions.--The terms and conditions of the
exchange authorized under subsection (a) shall be determined by
the State Armory Board and the United States Army Reserve. All
terms and conditions must comply with Federal and State statutes
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and governing regulations. However, notwithstanding the
provisions of 51 Pa.C.S. § 1509(a) (relating to rental or lease
of armories and of buildings or structures at Fort Indiantown
Gap) or any other provision of law or regulation that prescribes
time periods for leases or other agreements, the State Armory
Board may execute a lease or other agreement for a term of not
less than 25 years.
(e) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"State Armory Board." The State Armory Board established
under 51 Pa.C.S. Ch. 15 (relating to State Armory Board).
"United States Army Reserve." The reserve component of the
United State Army, exclusive of the various National Guards,
established under 10 U.S.C. Subt. E (relating to reserve
components).
Section 14 18. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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