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