Bill Text: PA SB568 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Governor, to grant and convey to East Vincent Township, certain lands situate in East Vincent Township, Chester County.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-27 - Act No. 27 [SB568 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB568-Amended.html

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HOUSE AMENDED
PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 579 PRINTER'S NO. 1240
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 568 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY DINNIMAN, MARCH 4, 2009
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 30, 2009
AN ACT
Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
and the Governor, to grant and convey to East Vincent
Township, certain lands situate in East Vincent Township,
Chester County.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Conveyance to East Vincent Township, Chester County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
and the Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to East Vincent
Township two tracts of land, being a portion of the Southeastern
Pennsylvania Veterans' Center, situate in East Vincent Township,
Chester County for $1.
(b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to
subsection (a) consists of approximately 95.903 acres and any
improvements thereon bounded and more particularly described as
follows:
TRACT "A"
ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or piece of land situate on the east
side of Pennhurst Road (50 feet wide) and the north side of King
Street (T-577, 57 feet wide), being Tract "A" of the
Southeastern PA Veterans' Center Subdivision in the Township of
East Vincent, County of Chester and Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, being more fully bounded and described in
accordance with a survey by Kent Surveyors, designated
214-005-08, as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point near the centerline of Pennhurst Road
(50 feet wide), a corner of lands of Joyce M. Fox; thence along
said centerline the three following courses and distances: (1)
North 06 degrees 37 minutes 55 seconds East, 363.72 feet to a
point; (2) in a northerly direction by a line curving to the
left having a radius of 1098.14 feet, a delta angle of 9 degrees
22 minutes 14 seconds, an arc length of 179.60 feet and a chord
bearing North 01 degrees 56 minutes 48 seconds East, a chord
distance of 179.40 feet to a point; (3) North 02 degrees 44
minutes 19 seconds West, 82.48 feet to a point, a corner of
Tract "B" in the above-mentioned subdivision; thence leaving
said road along Tract 'B" the two following courses and
distances: (1) South 88 degrees 15 minutes 10 seconds East,
999.47 feet to a point; (2) North 00 degrees 23 minutes 12
seconds West, 329.02 feet to a point, a corner of residue lands
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the above-mentioned
subdivision; thence along lands of the same the four following
courses and distances: (1) North 88 degrees 03 minutes 06
seconds East, 754.07 feet to a point; (2) South 29 degrees 54
minutes 13 seconds East, 580.85 feet to a point; (3) South 79
degrees 58 minutes 15 seconds East, 447.91 feet to a point; (4)
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South 87 degrees 46 minutes 40 seconds East, 1163.25 feet to a
point, a corner of lands of PECO; thence along lands of the same
the seven following courses and distances: (1) in a southerly
direction by a line curving to the left having a radius of
1258.00 feet, a delta angle of 13 degrees 45 minutes 16 seconds,
an arc length of 302.00 feet and a chord bearing South 03
degrees 21 minutes 57 seconds East, a chord distance of 301.27
feet to a point; (2) South 10 degrees 14 minutes 35 seconds
East, 112.00 feet to a point; (3) south 03 degrees 03 minutes 35
seconds East, 233.00 feet to a point; (4) in a southerly
direction by a line curving to the left having a radius of
3213.00 feet, a delta angle of 3 degrees 36 minutes 01 second,
an arc length of 201.90 feet and a chord bearing South 04
degrees 51 minutes 36 seconds East, a chord distance of 201.87
feet to a point; (5) South 06 degrees 39 minutes 35 seconds
East, 143.00 feet to a point; (6) North 88 degrees 04 minutes 32
seconds West, 35.00 feet to a point; (7) South 12 degrees 04
minutes 32 seconds East, 75.00 feet to a point in the centerline
of King Street (57 feet wide-unimproved); thence along the
centerline of said road the five following courses and
distances: (1) North 88 degrees 04 minutes 32 seconds West,
92.27 feet to a point; (2) North 85 degrees 04 minutes 32
seconds West, 195.84 feet to an iron pipe; (3) North 87 degrees
00 minutes 21 seconds West, 25.82 feet to a point; (4) North 86
degrees 17 minutes 21 seconds West, 433.94 feet to a point; (5)
North 82 degrees 15 minutes 21 seconds West, 836.05 feet to an
iron pin, a corner of the Haverfield Subdivision (Chester County
Plan No. 13682); thence along said subdivision the four
following courses and distances: (1) North 82 degrees 24 minutes
57 seconds West, 15.15 feet to an iron pin; (2) North 05 degrees
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26 minutes 39 seconds East, 280.17 feet to a point; (3) North 82
degrees 17 minutes 05 seconds West, 833.23 feet to an iron pin,
a corner of lands of David L. Simon and Elizabeth R. Simon, and
the Mennonite Foundation, Inc.; thence along lands of the same,
North 82 degrees 17 minutes 43 seconds West, 865.24 feet to a
point, a corner of lands of Joyce M. Fox; thence along lands of
the same, North 82 degrees 45 minutes 59 seconds West, 215.67
feet to a point near the centerline of Pennhurst Road, the place
of BEGINNING.
Containing 79.521-acres.
TRACT "B"
ALL THAT CERTAIN tract or piece of land situate on the east
side of Pennhurst Road (50 feet wide) and the south side of
Dunlap Road (50 feet wide), being Tract "B" of the Southeastern
PA Veterans' Center Subdivision in the Township of East Vincent,
County of Chester and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being more
fully bounded and described in accordance with a survey by Kent
Surveyors, designated 214-005-08, as follows, to wit:
BEGINNING at a point near the centerline of Pennhurst Road
(50 feet wide), a corner of Tract "A" in the above-mentioned
subdivision in line of lands of SHGC; thence along lands of SHGC
and residue lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the
above-mentioned subdivision along said centerline, North 02
degrees 44 minutes 19 seconds West, 645.37 feet to a point;
thence leaving said road along said residue lands and along the
southern right of way line of Dunlap Road (50 feet wide), North
84 degrees 59 minutes 40 seconds East, 1028.60 feet to a point;
thence leaving said road along said residue lands and along
Tract "A" in the above-mentioned subdivision, South 00 degrees
23 minutes 12 seconds East, 764.87 feet to a point, a corner of
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Tract "A"; thence along Tract "A", North 88 degrees 15 minutes
10 seconds West, 999.47 feet to a point near the centerline of
Pennhurst Road, the place of BEGINNING.
Containing 16.382-acres.
(c) Conditions.--The following conditions shall apply: <--
(1) 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.
(2) In no event shall the conveyance of the parcel known <--
as Tract B be executed until living accommodations have been
arranged and permanently established for all residents of the
Southeastern Veterans Center that occupy buildings situate on
land to be conveyed.
(3) The Veterans Administration clinic occupying certain
buildings located on the land to be conveyed shall be
permitted, and is hereby authorized, to continue to occupy
those buildings until such time as accommodations have been
arranged and permanently established in conformity with the
provision of paragraph (2).
(d) Restrictive covenant.--The deed of conveyance shall
contain the following restrictive covenant: Under and subject to
a restriction that the land conveyed herein shall be used solely
for recreational open space for the benefit of the public at
large. Should the Grantee, or its successors, attempt to convey
the property, or utilize it for any other purpose, the property
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shall immediately revert to the Grantor.
(e) Restriction.--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. Should the
Grantee, or its successors, 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.
(f) Deed of conveyance.--The deed of conveyance shall be by
Special Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of
General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania.
(g) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee.
(h) Expiration.--In the event that this conveyance is not
executed within five years of the effective date of this
section, the authorization contained herein shall expire.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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