PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 2206, 2585 PRINTER'S NO. 2903
No. 1769 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY DEMPSEY AND FEESE, SEPTEMBER 23, 1997
AS RE-REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 9, 1998
AN ACT
1 Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
2 with the approval of the Department of Environmental
3 Protection and the Governor, to sell and convey to Marc G.
4 and Susan K. Springman, certain land situate in Old Lycoming
5 Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; and authorizing and <--
6 directing the Department of General Services, with the
7 approval of the Governor, to convey tracts of land and
8 buildings, consisting of a portion of the former Laurelton
9 Center, located in Hartley Township, Union County,
10 Pennsylvania.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. (a) The Department of General Services, with the <--
14 approval of the Department of Environmental Protection and the
15 Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the
16 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant, sell and convey to Marc
17 G. and Susan K. Springman for consideration in the amount of
18 $375 the following tract of land and buildings.
19 The property to be conveyed is the following tract of land
20 situate in Old Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania,
21 bounded and described as follows:
1 Beginning at an existing iron pin, at the intersection of the
2 southern right-of-line of Chatham Lane (also known as Township
3 Road, No. 430) and the northeastern corner of land of Lycoming
4 Creek Realty Company, Inc., said beginning point being north 84
5 degrees 54 minutes 40 seconds east 262 feet from a point, at the
6 intersection of the southern right-of-way line of said Chatham
7 Lane, projected (also known as Township Road, No. 430) and the
8 center of Pennsylvania State Highway, State Route No. 0015 (also
9 known as Lycoming Creek Road).
10 Thence from the said place of beginning and continuing along
11 the southern right-of-way line of said Chatham Lane (also known
12 as Township Road, No. 430) north 84 degrees 54 minutes 40
13 seconds east 31.87 feet to an iron pin, at the intersection of
14 the southern right-of-way line of said Chatham Lane (also known
15 as Township Road, No. 430) and the northwestern corner of land
16 of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Flood Control Bureau,
17 District No. 13, Parcel No. 13OL-528. Thence along the western
18 line of land of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Flood Control
19 Bureau, District No. 13, Parcel No. 13OL-528, south 5 degrees 39
20 minutes 40 seconds east 13.37 feet to an iron pin, at the
21 intersection of the southeastern corner of land of the
22 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Flood Control Bureau, District No.
23 13, Parcel No. 13OL-528, and the northern line of land of Marc
24 G. and Susan K. Springman. Thence along the northern line of
25 land of said Marc G. and Susan K. Springman, north 85 degrees 10
26 seconds west 33.98 feet to an existing iron pin, at the
27 intersection of the northwestern corner of land of said Marc G.
28 and Susan K. Springman and the eastern line of land of the
29 aforesaid Lycoming Creek Realty Company, Inc. Thence along the
30 eastern line of land of said Lycoming Creek Realty Company,
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1 Inc., north 5 degrees 58 minutes 20 seconds east 7.56 feet to
2 the place of beginning.
3 Containing 341 square feet.
4 (b) The Department of General Services, with the approval of <--
5 the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed, on behalf of
6 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to grant and convey the
7 following described tracts of land and the improvements erected
8 thereon:
9 All those certain tracts or parcels of land, with
10 improvements thereon erected, situate in Hartley Township, Union
11 County, Pennsylvania, more particularly bounded and described as
12 follows:
13 TRACT 1
14 Beginning at an existing steel pin and stones located on or
15 near the northern right of way of S.R. 0045 and on the
16 jurisdictional division line between lands of the Commonwealth
17 of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Forestry and lands of the
18 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare.
19 Thence along lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
20 Bureau of Forestry by the 4 following courses and distances;
21 1. North 22 degrees 29 minutes 55 seconds East, 3685.15
22 feet, to an existing witnessed stone pile;
23 2. North 74 degrees 47 minutes 54 seconds East, 831.53 feet,
24 to an existing witnessed stone pile;
25 3. South 75 degrees 02 minutes 58 seconds East, 143.22 feet,
26 to a point east of Stony Run Road;
27 4. South 25 degrees 32 minutes 58 seconds East, 1472.86
28 feet, to an existing witnessed stone pile east of Stony Run
29 Road;
30 5. Thence along lands of William G. Rodgers and lands of W.
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1 James Beamesderfer and Craig A. Beamesderfer and crossing Stony
2 Run Road South 75 degrees 56 minutes 43 seconds West, 221.73
3 feet, to an existing stone pile;
4 6. Thence along lands W. James Beamesderfer and Craig A.
5 Beamesderfer and lands of Eileen R. Wiand and Lisa L. Mattern;
6 South 20 degrees 40 minutes 20 seconds East, 1491.80 feet, to an
7 existing witnessed stone pile;
8 7. Thence along lands of Eileen R. Wiand and Lisa L.
9 Mattern, North 65 degrees 52 minutes 26 seconds, East, 319.07
10 feet, to a point in the center of Stony Run Road;
11 Thence along the center of Stony Run Road and lands of the
12 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Forestry, by the 8
13 following courses and distances;
14 1. South 33 degrees 57 minutes 45 seconds East, 570.05 feet,
15 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
16 2. South 33 degrees 07 minutes 08 seconds East, 653.60 feet,
17 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
18 3. South 30 degrees 01 minute 39 seconds East, 122.79 feet,
19 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
20 4. South 21 degrees 25 minutes 18 seconds East, 74.09 feet,
21 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
22 5. South 07 degrees 41 minutes 59 seconds East, 91.09 feet,
23 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
24 6. South 04 degrees 55 minutes 47 seconds West, 109.33 feet,
25 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
26 7. South 09 degrees 10 minutes 51 seconds West, 414.31 feet,
27 to point in the center of Stony Run Road;
28 8. South 09 degrees 14 minutes 46 seconds West, 603.60 feet,
29 to point on the northern right of way of S.R. 0045
30 Thence along the northern right of way S.R. 0045 by the 13
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1 following courses and distances;
2 1. North 70 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West, 263.53 feet,
3 to a point;
4 2. North 19 degrees 39 minutes 48 seconds East, 5.00 feet,
5 to a point;
6 3. North 70 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West, 150.00 feet,
7 to a point;
8 4. South 19 degrees 39 minutes 48 seconds West, 5.0 feet, to
9 a point;
10 5. North 70 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds West, 250.29 feet,
11 to a point;
12 6. North 71 degrees 27 minutes 12 seconds West, 359.32 feet,
13 to a point;
14 7. North 70 degrees 18 minutes 12 seconds West, 700.74 feet,
15 to a point;
16 8. North 70 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds West, 1288.90
17 feet, to a point;
18 9. North 19 degrees 17 minutes 48 seconds East, 5.00 feet,
19 to a point;
20 10. North 70 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds West, 1145.04
21 feet, to a point;
22 11. By a curve to the left having a radius of 3854.70 feet
23 an arc length of 5.01 feet and a central angle of 0 degrees 04
24 minutes 28 seconds, and a chord of North 70 degrees 44 minutes
25 26 seconds West, 5.01 inches;
26 12. South 19 degrees 13 minutes 20 seconds West, 5.00 feet,
27 to a point;
28 13. By a curve to the right having a radius of 3849.70 feet
29 an arc length of 277.72 inches and a central angle of 4 degrees
30 08 minutes 00 seconds, and a chord of North 72 degrees 50
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1 minutes 40 seconds West, 277.66 feet, to an existing steel pin
2 and stones the point and place of beginning;
3 Tract 1 containing 266.428 acres as above described.
4 TRACT 2
5 Beginning at an existing steel pin located approximately 2850
6 feet East of the intersection of S.R. 0045 and S.R. 0235 and
7 being on or near the southern right of way line of S.R. 0045 and
8 on the division line between lands of the Commonwealth of
9 Pennsylvania and lands of Arlon E. Wallace and Crystal A.
10 Heeter.
11 1. Thence along lands of Arlon E. Wallace and Crystal A.
12 Heeter and lands of Bradley F. Walter and Angelia Walter South
13 08 degrees 15 minutes 05 seconds West, 1253.61 feet, to an
14 existing twin oak tree;
15 2. Thence along lands of Raymond Hoover and Wilma Hoover,
16 North 79 degrees 40 minutes 38 seconds West, 859.47 feet, to an
17 existing steel pin;
18 3. Thence along lands of Richard J. Harvey and Janet L.
19 Harvey and lands of Montana L. Schlegel and Janice M. Schlegel
20 North 18 degrees 33 minutes 56 seconds West, 840.74 feet, to an
21 existing steel pin;
22 4. Thence along lands of Montana L. Schlegel and Janice M.
23 Schlegel South 72 degrees 46 minutes 49 seconds West, 762.09
24 feet, to a point on the eastern right of way of S.R. 0235.
25 Thence along the eastern right of way of S.R. 0235 by the four
26 following courses and distances;
27 1. North 26 degrees 19 minutes 18 seconds West, 731.70 feet,
28 to a point;
29 2. By a curve to the right having a radius of 2844.79 feet,
30 an arc length of 354.94 feet, and a central angle of 7 degrees
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1 08 minutes 55 seconds, and a chord of North 22 degrees 44
2 minutes 50 seconds West, 354.71 feet to a point;
3 3. North 19 degrees 10 minutes 23 seconds West, 478.05 feet
4 to a point;
5 4. By a curve to the right having a radius of 35 feet, an
6 arc length of 78.70 feet, and a central angle of 128 degrees 50
7 minutes 11 seconds, and a chord of North 45 degrees 14 minutes
8 43 seconds East, 63.14 feet to a point on the southern right of
9 way of S.R. 0045;
10 Thence along the southern right of way of S.R. 0045 by the three
11 following courses and distances;
12 1. South 70 degrees 20 minutes 12 seconds East, 1020.05
13 feet, to a point;
14 2. South 69 degrees 40 minutes 12 seconds East, 1556.28
15 feet, to a point;
16 3. By a curve to the right having a radius of 1318.45 feet,
17 an arc length of 192.46 feet, and a central angle of 8 degrees
18 21 minutes 49 seconds, and a chord of South 65 degrees 29
19 minutes 18 seconds East, 192.28 feet to an existing steel pin,
20 the point and place of beginning.
21 Tract 2 containing 64.428 acres as above described.
22 TRACT 3
23 Beginning at an existing steel pin located approximately 1180
24 feet West of the intersection of S.R. 0045 and S.R. 0235 and
25 being on or near the southern right of way of S.R. 0045 and on
26 the jurisdictional division line between lands of the
27 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and
28 Natural Resources and lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
29 Department of Public Welfare.
30 Thence along lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
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1 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources by the 12
2 courses and distances;
3 1. South 19 degrees 12 minutes 21 seconds West, 198.88 feet
4 to an existing steel pin;
5 2. South 67 degrees 09 minutes 50 seconds East, 127.12 feet
6 to a point;
7 3. South 28 degrees 08 minutes 01 second East, 256.88 feet
8 to a point;
9 4. South 150 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds West, 191.06 feet
10 to an existing steel pin;
11 5. South 40 degrees 31 minutes 46 seconds East, 230.04 feet
12 to an existing steel pin;
13 6. South 71 degrees 04 minutes 15 seconds West, 186.38 feet
14 to an existing steel pin;
15 7. South 84 degrees 43 minutes 54 seconds West, 300.50 feet
16 to an existing steel pin;
17 8. North 68 degrees 29 minutes 54 seconds West, 173.17 feet
18 to an existing steel pin;
19 9. North 04 degrees 18 minutes 51 seconds East, 692.26 feet
20 to an existing steel pin;
21 10. North 30 degrees 23 minutes 16 seconds West, 123.70 feet
22 to an existing steel pin;
23 11. North 13 degrees 21 minutes 43 seconds West, 206.87 feet
24 to an existing steel pin;
25 12. South 70 degrees 42 minutes 12 seconds East, 94.27 feet
26 to an existing steel pin;
27 13. Thence along the southern right of way of S.R. 0045,
28 South 70 degrees 18 minutes 12 seconds East, 356.77 feet to an
29 existing steel pin, the point and place of beginning.
30 Tract 3 containing 9.832 acres as above described.
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1 Section 2. The two tracts under section 1(b) or parts
2 thereof may be offered together or separately.
3 Section 3. Notwithstanding the Surplus Property Disposition
4 Act 71 ps. 2401-A et seq., as amended by Act 1981-48, the
5 Department of General Services shall, through sealed bids,
6 auction or request for proposal select the purchaser of the
7 tracts and sell the property under section 1(b). Acceptance of
8 an offer shall be subject to a minimum price requirement as
9 established by the department which shall be within a range of
10 fair market value as established through independent appraisal.
11 Proposals submitted in response to a request for proposal must
12 demonstrate a value to the Commonwealth equivalent to the fair
13 market value range as established by the department through
14 independent appraisal. In establishing the value equivalent the
15 department shall consider the following factors: actual monetary
16 consideration, creation of construction jobs, creation of
17 permanent jobs, expansion of local tax base, economic growth,
18 community development, highest and best use, and public purpose.
19 Section 4 2. The conveyances CONVEYANCE shall be made under <--
20 and subject to all easements, servitudes and rights of others,
21 including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of
22 any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, sewer, gas or
23 pipeline companies, as well as under the subject to any
24 interest, estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether
25 or not appearing of record, for any portion of the land or
26 improvements erected thereon.
27 Section 5 3. The proceeds of the sale under section 1(a) <--
28 THIS SALE shall be paid into the State Treasury and deposited in <--
29 the General Fund.
30 Section 6 4. The deeds DEED of conveyance shall be approved <--
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1 as provided by law and shall be executed by the Secretary of
2 General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
3 Pennsylvania.
4 Section 7. (a) SECTION 5. Costs and fees incidental to the <--
5 conveyance under section 1(a) shall be borne by the grantee. <--
6 (b) The cost and fees incurred by the Department of General <--
7 Services for preparing the property under section 1(b) for sale,
8 including, but not limited to, environmental assessments,
9 marketing services, title searches, advertising, appraisals,
10 auctioneer fees and surveys, and by the Department of Public
11 Welfare for protecting and securing the property shall be
12 deducted from the purchase price and that amount shall be an
13 executively authorized augmentation to the appropriation from
14 which the costs and fees were paid by the departments, with
15 priority reimbursements being made to the Department of General
16 Services and then the Department of Public Welfare.
17 Section 8 6. This act shall take effect immediately. <--
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