PRINTER'S NO. 2028
No. 1453 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY THOMPSON, JUNE 4, 2002
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, JUNE 4, 2002
AN ACT
1 Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
2 approval of the Department of Transportation and the
3 Governor, to grant and convey to the West Chester Area School
4 District, certain lands in West Goshen Township, Chester
5 County.
6 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
7 hereby enacts as follows:
8 Section 1. Conveyance in West Goshen Township, Chester County.
9 (a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
10 the approval of the Department of Transportation and the
11 Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of
12 Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the West Chester Area School
13 District, the Department of Transportation's Chester County
14 Maintenance Facility, land and buildings described in subsection
15 (b) for fair market value as determined by independent
16 appraisal.
17 (b) Legal description of land.--The property to be conveyed
18 pursuant to this section consists of the Department of
19 Transportation's Chester County Maintenance Facility, bounded
1 and more particularly described as all that certain piece or
2 parcel of land in West Goshen Township, Chester County,
3 Pennsylvania bounded and described as follows:
4 PARCEL 1
5 BEGINNING at a point, an iron pipe, in the lands of Edward
6 Haley and Thomas F. Haley (Deceased) on the production of the
7 north building line of Biddle Street, said point being 16.11
8 feet in an easterly direction from a brass plug in the concrete
9 roadway of State Highway Application 7326; thence along said
10 State Highway Application N. 23 degrees W. a distance of 330.31
11 feet to an iron pipe, the corner of lands of Edward Haley and
12 Thomas F. Haley (Deceased) and the West Chester Nursery Company;
13 said iron pipe being 16.11 feet in an easterly direction from a
14 brass plug in the concrete roadway of State Highway Application
15 7326; thence by the lands of Edward Haley and Thomas F. Haley,
16 (Deceased) and the West Chester Nursery Company N. 67 degrees E.
17 a distance of 534.00 feet to a concrete monument in the line of
18 lands of Hannah Parker; thence by the lands of Edward Haley, and
19 Thomas F. Haley (Deceased) and Hannah Parker S. 26 degrees 52
20 minutes 42 seconds E. a distance of 131.13 feet to a point;
21 thence by the lands of Edward Haley and Thomas F. Haley
22 (Deceased) and George H. Kelling S. 26 degrees 52 minutes 42
23 seconds E. a distance of 59 feet to a point; thence thru the
24 lands of Edward Haley and Thomas F. Haley (Deceased) S. 26
25 degrees 52 minutes 42 seconds E. a distance of 52.00 feet to an
26 iron pipe; thence continuing thru the lands of Edward Haley and
27 Thomas F. Haley (Deceased) S. 22 degrees 05 minutes E. a
28 distance of 86.07 feet, to an iron pipe on the production of the
29 North Building Line of Biddle Street; thence along the
30 production of the north building line of Biddle Street, thru the
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1 lands of Edward Haley and Thomas F. Haley (Deceased) S. 66
2 degrees 44 minutes W. a distance of 542.00 feet to the point of
3 BEGINNING.
4 Containing 4.110 acres, be the same more or less.
5 PARCEL 2
6 TRACT 1 - BEGINNING at an iron pipe on the easterly side of
7 Montgomery Avenue, State Application 7326, said pipe being on
8 the legal right of way line and on the line dividing the lands
9 of Edward D. Haley and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
10 Department of Highways; thence along lands of the said
11 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Highways, North
12 sixty six degrees, forty four minutes East, a distance of five
13 hundred forty nine (549.00) feet to an iron pipe in the line of
14 lands of E. Duie Pyle South twenty two degrees, five minutes
15 East, a distance of one hundred fifty six and thirty hundreths
16 (156.30) feet to an iron pipe; thence South sixty seven degrees
17 West, a distance of five hundred forty six and fifty hundredths
18 (546.50) feet to an iron pipe on the easterly side of said
19 Montgomery Avenue, State Aid Application 7326; thence along the
20 legal right of way line of said Montgomery Avenue, State Aid
21 Application 7326, North twenty three degrees West, a distance of
22 one hundred fifty three and forty four hundredths (153.44) feet
23 to the point of BEGINNING and containing one and nine thousand
24 four hundred fifty four ten thousandths (1.9454) acres more or
25 less, with the privilege of entering upon adjoining land to
26 clean the aforesaid ditch and subject to the privilege to the
27 owners of adjoining land through which the said ditch passes of
28 entering upon the lots hereby granted and cleaning the said
29 ditch whenever it may become obstructed.
30 TRACT 2 - BEGINNING at an iron pipe on the easterly side of
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1 Montgomery Avenue, State Aid Application 7326, said pipe being
2 on the legal right of way line and the line of lands of Edward
3 D. Haley; thence North sixty seven degrees East, a distance of
4 five hundred forty six and fifty hundredths (546.50) feet to an
5 iron pipe in line of lands of E. Duie Pyle; thence along the
6 lands of E. Duie Pyle South seventeen degrees forty four minutes
7 East, a distance of eighteen and ninety nine hundredths (18.99)
8 feet to an iron pipe in the line of lands of the West Chester
9 Paper Box Company, Inc.; thence along the lands of said West
10 Chester Paper Box Company Inc. and Edward D. Haley South sixty
11 seven degrees, six minutes, thirty seconds West, a distance of
12 five hundred forty five (545.00) feet to an iron pipe on the
13 easterly side of said Montgomery Avenue, State Aid Application
14 7326; thence along the legal right of way line of said
15 Montgomery Avenue, State Aid Application 7326, North twenty
16 three degrees West, a distance of seventeen and eighty eight
17 hundredths (17.88) feet to the point of BEGINNING and containing
18 two thousand two hundred forty one ten thousandths (0.2241)
19 acres more or less, with the privilege of entering upon
20 adjoining land to clean the aforesaid ditch and subject to the
21 privilege to the owners of adjoining land through which the said
22 ditch passes of entering upon the lots hereby granted and
23 cleaning said ditch whenever it may become obstructed.
24 (c) Conditions.--The conveyance shall be made under and
25 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and
26 rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets,
27 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
28 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
29 subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies
30 vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of
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1 the land or improvements erected thereon.
2 (d) Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by Special
3 Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General
4 Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5 (e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
6 conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee.
7 (f) Deposit of proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale shall
8 be deposited in the Motor License Fund to pay for costs and fees
9 incurred for the replacement of a new Chester County Maintenance
10 Facility as well as the costs and fees incurred by the
11 Department of General Services as authorized under section 2406-
12 A of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The
13 Administrative Code of 1929.
14 (g) Alternate disposition.--In the event that this
15 conveyance is not executed within 12 months of the effective
16 date of this act, the property may be disposed of in accordance
17 with section 2406-A of the Administrative Code of 1929. The
18 proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in accordance with
19 subsection (f).
20 Section 2. Effective date.
21 This act shall take effect immediately.
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