PRINTER'S NO. 210
No. 219 Session of 1999
INTRODUCED BY DALLY, JANUARY 28, 1999
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JANUARY 28, 1999
AN ACT 1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the 2 approval of the Governor, to convey to East Allen Township, 3 Northampton County, certain land situate in East Allen 4 Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. 5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 6 hereby enacts as follows: 7 Section 1. (a) Authorization.--The Department of General 8 Services, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby 9 authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of 10 Pennsylvania to grant and convey to East Allen Township the 11 tract of land described in subsection (b), as a dedication of 12 land in lieu of payment of the full amount that could be 13 assessed against the Department of General Services as set forth 14 in section 1007 of the East Allen Township Subdivision and Land 15 Development Ordinance. 16 (b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to 17 subsection (a) is the following tract of land situate in East 18 Allen Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, bounded and
1 described as follows: 2 BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of the center line 3 of Weaversville Road (SR 3017) and the center line of Colony 4 Drive (T-437) at the Southeast corner of the property herein 5 described, thence 6 (1) South 54 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds West along the 7 dividing line of the Parcel herein described and Parcel VI of 8 the Allentown State Farm for a distance of 870 feet to a 9 concrete monument; 10 (2) North 33 degrees 47 minutes 40 seconds West along the 11 dividing line of the parcel herein described and Parcel VI of 12 the Allentown State Farm for a distance of 624.49 feet to a 13 concrete monument; 14 (3) North 57 degrees 01 minutes 07 seconds East along the 15 dividing line of the parcel herein described and lands now or 16 formerly of Northampton County for a distance of 517.79 feet to 17 a concrete monument; 18 (4) North 21 degrees 32 minutes 31 seconds East along the 19 dividing line of the parcel herein described and lands now or 20 formerly of Northampton County for a distance of 52.51 feet to a 21 concrete monument; 22 (5) North 63 degrees 21 minutes 08 seconds along the 23 dividing line of the parcel herein described and lands now or 24 formerly of Northampton County for a distance of 299.92 feet to 25 a center line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017); 26 (6) South 36 degrees 11 minutes 04 seconds East along the 27 center line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017) for a distance of 28 181.18 feet to a point; 29 (7) South 33 degrees 49 minutes 30 seconds East along the 30 center line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017) for a distance of 19990H0219B0210 - 2 -
1 277.49 feet to a point; 2 (8) South 35 degrees 20 minutes 50 seconds along the center 3 line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017) for a distance of 127.53 4 feet to a point; said point being the point of beginning. 5 CONTAINING an area of 12.16 acres as per survey of Kurtanich 6 Engineers & Associates, Inc., Hermitage, PA dated May 5, 1997. 7 Revised April 28, 1998. 8 (c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and 9 subject to all easements, and rights of others, including, but 10 not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, 11 telegraph, cable, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline 12 companies, as well as under and subject to any interest, estates 13 or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not appearing 14 of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected 15 thereon. 16 (d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance shall be approved as 17 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of 18 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of 19 Pennsylvania. Within two years of this conveyance, East Allen 20 Township shall have the right of declaring in writing in the 21 form of notice sent to the Department of General Services, 22 Bureau of Real Estate, 505 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 23 17125, a reversion of the property to the Department of General 24 Services in the event that East Allen Township determines that 25 there are environmental problems, not originating during East 26 Allen Township ownership, for which it chooses not to undertake 27 abatement and/or remediation of those problems. In the event the 28 property reverts to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within two 29 years of this conveyance: 30 (1) East Allen Township shall assume financial 19990H0219B0210 - 3 -
1 responsibility for any costs of restoring the Premises to the 2 condition it was in at the time of this transfer, if the 3 Premises are damaged as a result of East Allen Township's use 4 thereof, ordinary wear and tear excluded. Costs shall include, 5 but not be limited to, remediation of environmental 6 contamination, if any, resulting from East Allen Township's use 7 thereof. 8 (2) The Department of General Services will not be 9 responsible for any fees that were nullified by the dedication 10 of land in lieu of payment as set forth in section 1007 of East 11 Allen Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance. 12 (3) At the discretion of the Secretary of General Services, 13 the property shall be offered for sale through auction, sealed 14 bid or request for proposal, under terms of the act of April 9, 15 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 16 1929, and conditions in section 2405-A of The Administrative 17 Code of 1929, authorizing the conveyance of the herein noted 18 property to East Allen Township shall automatically cease and 19 become null and void. 20 (e) Costs.--All other costs and fees, including, but not 21 limited to, appraisal fees, title insurance and surveys, 22 incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee. 23 Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately. A21L85JS/19990H0219B0210 - 4 -