PRINTER'S NO. 2602
No. 2000 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY FAIRCHILD, NOVEMBER 25, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 25, 1997
AN ACT
1 Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
2 with the approval of the Governor, to convey tracts of land
3 and buildings, consisting of a portion of the former
4 Laurelton Center, located in Hartley Township, Union County,
5 Pennsylvania.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. The Department of General Services, with the
9 approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed, on
10 behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to grant and convey
11 the following described tracts of land and the improvements
12 erected thereon:
13 All those certain tracts or parcels of land, with
14 improvements thereon erected, situate in Hartley Township, Union
15 County, Pennsylvania, more particularly bounded and described as
16 follows:
17 TRACT 1
18 Beginning at an existing steel pin and stones located on or
19 near the northern right of way of S.R. 0045 and on the
1 jurisdictional division line between lands of the Commonwealth
2 of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Forestry and lands of the
3 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare.
4 Thence along lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
5 Bureau of Forestry by the 4 following courses and distances;
6 1. North 22 degrees 29 minutes 55 seconds East, 3685.15
7 feet, to an existing witnessed stone pile;
8 2. North 74 degrees 47 minutes 54 seconds East, 831.53 feet,
9 to an existing witnessed stone pile;
10 3. South 75 degrees 02 minutes 58 seconds East, 143.22 feet,
11 to a point east of Stony Run Road;
12 4. South 25 degrees 32 minutes 58 seconds East, 1472.86
13 feet, to an existing witnessed stone pile east of Stony Run
14 Road;
15 5. Thence along lands of William G. Rodgers and lands of W.
16 James Beamesderfer and Craig A. Beamesderfer and crossing Stony
17 Run Road South 75 degrees 56 minutes 43 seconds West, 221.73
18 feet, to an existing stone pile;
19 6. Thence along lands W. James Beamesderfer and Craig A.
20 Beamesderfer and lands of Eileen R. Wiand and Lisa L. Mattern;
21 South 20 degrees 40 minutes 20 seconds East, 1491.80 feet, to an
22 existing witnessed stone pile;
23 7. Thence along lands of Eileen R. Wiand and Lisa L.
24 Mattern, North 65 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds, East, 319.07
25 feet, to a point in the center of Stony Run Road;
26 Thence along the center of Stony Run Road and lands of the
27 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Forestry, by the 8
28 following courses and distances;
29 1. South 33 degrees 57 minutes 45 seconds East, 570.05 feet,
30 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
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1 2. South 33 degrees 07 minutes 08 seconds East, 653.60 feet,
2 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
3 3. South 30 degrees 01 minute 39 seconds East, 122.79 feet,
4 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
5 4. South 21 degrees 25 minutes 18 seconds East, 74.09 feet,
6 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
7 5. South 07 degrees 41 minutes 59 seconds East, 91.09 feet,
8 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
9 6. South 04 degrees 55 minutes 47 seconds West, 109.33 feet,
10 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
11 7. South 09 degrees 10 minutes 51 seconds West, 414.31 feet,
12 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
13 8. South 09 degrees 14 minutes 46 seconds West, 603.60 feet,
14 to point on the northern right of way of S.R. 0045
15 Thence along the northern right of way S.R. 0045 by the 13
16 following courses and distances;
17 1. North 70 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West, 263.53 feet,
18 to a point;
19 2. North 19 degrees 39 minutes 48 seconds East, 5.00 feet,
20 to a point;
21 3. North 70 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West, 150.00 feet,
22 to a point;
23 4. South 19 degrees 39 minutes 48 seconds West, 5.0 feet, to
24 a point;
25 5. North 70 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West, 250.29 feet,
26 to a point;
27 6. North 71 degrees 27 minutes 12 seconds West, 359.32 feet,
28 to a point;
29 7. North 70 degrees 18 minutes 12 seconds West, 700.74 feet,
30 to a point;
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1 8. North 70 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds West, 1288.90
2 feet, to a point;
3 9. North 19 degrees 17 minutes 48 seconds East, 5.00 feet,
4 to a point;
5 10. North 70 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds West, 1145.04
6 feet, to a point;
7 11. By a curve to the left having a radius of 3854.70 feet
8 an arc length of 5.01 feet and a central angle of 0 degrees 04
9 minutes 28 seconds, and a chord of North 70 degrees 44 minutes
10 26 seconds West, 5.01 inches;
11 12. South 19 degrees 13 minutes 20 seconds West, 5.00 feet,
12 to a point;
13 13. By a curve to the right having a radius of 3849.70 feet
14 an arc length of 277.72 inches and a central angle of 4 degrees
15 08 minutes 00 seconds, and a chord of North 72 degrees 50
16 minutes 40 seconds West, 277.66 feet, to an existing steel pin
17 and stones the point and place of beginning;
18 Tract 1 containing 266.428 acres as above described.
19 TRACT 2
20 Beginning at an existing steel pin located approximately 2850
21 feet East of the intersection of S.R. 0045 and S.R. 0235 and
22 being on or near the southern right of way line of S.R. 0045 and
23 on the division line between lands of the Commonwealth of
24 Pennsylvania and lands of Arlon E. Wallace and Crystal A.
25 Heeter.
26 1. Thence along lands of Arlon E. Wallace and Crystal A.
27 Heeter and lands of Bradley F. Walter and Angelia Walter South
28 08 degrees 15 minutes 05 seconds West, 1253.61 feet, to an
29 existing twin oak tree;
30 2. Thence along lands of Raymond Hoover and Wilma Hoover,
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1 North 79 degrees 40 minutes 38 seconds West, 859.47 feet, to an
2 existing steel pin;
3 3. Thence along lands of Richard J. Harvey and Janet L.
4 Harvey and lands of Montana L. Schlegel and Janice M. Schlegel
5 North 18 degrees 33 minutes 56 seconds West, 840.74 feet, to an
6 existing steel pin;
7 4. Thence along lands of Montana L. Schlegel and Janice M.
8 Schlegel South 72 degrees 46 minutes 49 seconds West, 762.09
9 feet, to a point on the eastern right of way of S.R. 0235.
10 Thence along the eastern right of way of S.R. 0235 by the four
11 following courses and distances;
12 1. North 26 degrees 19 minutes 18 seconds West, 731.70 feet,
13 to a point;
14 2. By a curve to the right having a radius of 2844.79 feet,
15 an arc length of 354.94 feet, and a central angle of 7 degrees
16 08 minutes 55 seconds, and a chord of North 22 degrees 44
17 minutes 50 seconds West, 354.71 feet to a point;
18 3. North 19 degrees 10 minutes 23 seconds West, 478.05 feet
19 to a point;
20 4. By a curve to the right having a radius of 35 feet, an
21 arc length of 78.70 feet, and a central angle of 128 degrees 50
22 minutes 11 seconds, and a chord of North 45 degrees 14 minutes
23 43 seconds East, 63.14 feet to a point on the southern right of
24 way of S.R. 0045;
25 Thence along the southern right of way of S.R. 0045 by the three
26 following courses and distances;
27 1. South 70 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds East, 1020.05
28 feet, to a point;
29 2. South 69 degrees 40 minutes 12 seconds East, 1556.28
30 feet, to a point;
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1 3. By a curve to the right having a radius of 1318.45 feet,
2 an arc length of 192.46 feet, and a central angle of 8 degrees
3 21 minutes 49 seconds, and a chord of South 65 degrees 29
4 minutes 18 seconds East, 192.28 feet to an existing steel pin,
5 the point and place of beginning.
6 Tract 2 containing 64.428 acres as above described.
7 TRACT 3
8 Beginning at an existing steel pin located approximately 1180
9 feet West of the intersection of S.R. 0045 and S.R. 0235 and
10 being on or near the southern right of way of S.R. 0045 and on
11 the jurisdictional division line between lands of the
12 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and
13 Natural Resources and lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
14 Department of Public Welfare.
15 Thence along lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
16 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by the 12
17 courses and distances;
18 1. South 19 degrees 12 minutes 21 seconds West, 198.88 feet
19 to an existing steel pin;
20 2. South 67 degrees 09 minutes 50 seconds East, 127.12 feet
21 to a point;
22 3. South 28 degrees 08 minutes 01 second East, 256.88 feet
23 to a point;
24 4. South 115 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds West, 191.06 feet
25 to an existing steel pin;
26 5. South 40 degrees 31 minutes 46 seconds East, 230.04 feet
27 to an existing steel pin;
28 6. South 71 degrees 04 minutes 15 seconds West, 186.38 feet
29 to an existing steel pin;
30 7. South 84 degrees 43 minutes 54 seconds West, 300.50 feet
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1 to an existing steel pin;
2 8. North 68 degrees 29 minutes 54 seconds West, 173.17 feet
3 to an existing steel pin;
4 9. North 04 degrees 18 minutes 51 seconds East, 692.26 feet
5 to an existing steel pin;
6 10. North 30 degrees 23 minutes 16 seconds West, 123.70 feet
7 to an existing steel pin;
8 11. North 13 degrees 21 minutes 43 seconds West, 206.87 feet
9 to an existing steel pin;
10 12. South 70 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds East, 94.27 feet
11 to an existing steel pin;
12 13. Thence along the southern right of way of S.R. 0045,
13 South 70 degrees 18 minutes 12 seconds East, 356.77 feet to an
14 existing steel pin, the point and place of beginning.
15 Tract 3 containing 9.832 acres as above described.
16 Section 2. The tracts under section 1 or parts thereof may
17 be offered together or separately.
18 Section 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article XXIV-A
19 of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
20 Administrative Code of 1929, the Department of General Services
21 shall, through sealed bids, auction or request for proposal
22 select the purchaser of the tracts and sell the property under
23 section 1. Acceptance of an offer shall be subject to a minimum
24 price requirement as established by the department which shall
25 be within a range of fair market value as established through
26 independent appraisal. Proposals submitted in response to a
27 request for proposal must demonstrate a value to the
28 Commonwealth equivalent to the fair market value range as
29 established by the department through independent appraisal. In
30 establishing the value equivalent the department shall consider
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1 the following factors: actual monetary consideration, creation
2 of construction jobs, creation of permanent jobs, expansion of
3 local tax base, economic growth, community development, highest
4 and best use, and public purpose.
5 Section 4. The conveyance shall be made under and subject to
6 all easements, servitudes and rights of others, including, but
7 not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of any telephone,
8 telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as
9 well as under the subject to any interest, estates or tenancies
10 vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for
11 any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
12 Section 5. The proceeds of the conveyances shall be paid
13 into the State Treasury and deposited in the General Fund.
14 Section 6. The deed of conveyance shall be approved as
15 provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
16 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
17 Pennsylvania.
18 Section 7. Costs and fees incurred by the Department of
19 General Services for preparing the property under section 1 for
20 sale, including, but not limited to, environmental assessments,
21 marketing services, title searches, advertising, appraisals,
22 auctioneer fees and surveys, and by the Department of Public
23 Welfare for protecting and securing the property shall be
24 deducted from the purchase price and that amount shall be an
25 executively authorized augmentation to the appropriation from
26 which the costs and fees were paid by the departments, with
27 priority reimbursements being made to Department of General
28 Services and then Department of Public Welfare.
29 Section 8. This act shall take effect immediately.
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