PRINTER'S NO. 4673
No. 3003 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY KENNEY, NOVEMBER 21, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, NOVEMBER 21, 2002
AN ACT
1 Authorizing and directing the Department of General Services,
2 with the approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the
3 Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, certain
4 lands situate in the City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
5 County; and authorizing and directing the Department of
6 General Services, with the approval of the Governor, to grant
7 and convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial
8 Development a tract of land situate in the City of
9 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County.
10 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11 hereby enacts as follows:
12 Section 1. Philadelphia County to Department of Conservation
13 and Natural Resources.
14 (a) Conveyance authorized.--The Department of General
15 Services, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby
16 authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of
17 Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Department of
18 Conservation and Natural Resources, certain lands situate in the
19 City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia County as more fully
20 described in subsection (b).
21 (b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed
1 pursuant to this section consists of approximately 22.29 acres,
2 more particularly described as follows:
3 All THAT CERTAIN lot or piece of ground with the buildings
4 and improvements erected thereon situate in the Fifty-eight Ward
5 of the City of Philadelphia and described as follows (subject to
6 an official survey and Plan):
7 BEGINNING at a point on the southwesterly side of Southampton
8 road (sixty feet wide) the two following courses and distances
9 from the northwesterly side of The Roosevelt boulevard (two
10 hundred fifty-four feet wide): (1) north forty-two degrees
11 fifty-four minutes forty seconds west along the southwesterly
12 side of said Southampton road the distance of eight hundred
13 seventy-three and three hundred thirty-five feet to an angle
14 point; and (2) north forty-five degrees six minutes forty
15 seconds west along the southwesterly side of said Southampton
16 road the distance of two hundred six and one hundred sixty-eight
17 one-thousandths feet to said beginning point; thence extending
18 south forty-eight degrees forty-six minutes fifty seconds west
19 the distance of nine hundred seventy-one and sixty-nine one-
20 thousandths feet to a point; thence extending north forty-four
21 degrees forty-six minutes fifty-four seconds west the distance
22 of nine hundred fifty-seven and four hundred seventy-four one-
23 thousandths feet to a point; thence extending north forty-three
24 degrees nine minutes one second east the distance of nine
25 hundred fifty-nine and seven hundred sixty-seven one-thousandths
26 feet to a point on the southwesterly side of said Southampton
27 road; thence extending south fifty-four degrees ten minutes
28 eight seconds east along the southwesterly side of said
29 Southampton road the distance of twenty-five and four hundred
30 one-thousandths feet to an angle point; thence extending south
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1 forty-five degrees six minutes forty seconds east along the
2 southwesterly side of said Southampton road the distance of one
3 thousand twenty-seven and four hundred one one-thousandths feet
4 to a point, being the first mentioned point and place of
5 beginning.
6 CONTAINING in area nine hundred seventy thousand nine hundred
7 thirty-eight square feet or twenty-two and two thousand eight
8 hundred seventy-four ten-thousandths acres.
9 (c) Conditions.--This conveyance shall be made under and
10 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and
11 rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets,
12 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
13 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
14 subject to any other easement of record. The Grantee shall be
15 responsible for payment of all costs associated with the
16 transfer, including, but not limited to, those involving the
17 removal of the structures, hazardous waste and debris from the
18 property to insure that the property will be free from all
19 hazardous material.
20 (d) Removal of structures.--The grantee shall remove all
21 structures, debris and hazardous waste from the property
22 described in subsection (b).
23 (e) Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by Special
24 Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General
25 Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
26 (f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
27 conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee.
28 Section 2. Philadelphia County to the Philadelphia Authority
29 for Industrial Development.
30 (a) Conveyance authorized.--The Department of General
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1 Services, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby
2 authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of
3 Pennsylvania to grant and convey Philadelphia Authority for
4 Industrial Development, or their assigns, certain land and
5 improvements thereon known as Philadelphia State Hospital
6 described in section 2 under terms and conditions to be
7 established in an Agreement of Sale with the Department of
8 General Services.
9 (b) Property description.--The property to be conveyed
10 pursuant to section 1 consists of approximately 105.2 acres and
11 improvements thereon situate in the Fifty-eighth Ward of the
12 City of Philadelphia bounded and described as follows (subject
13 to an official Survey and Plan):
14 TRACT ONE
15 Beginning at the point of intersection of the northwesterly
16 side of The Roosevelt Boulevard (two hundred fifty-four feet
17 wide) and the northeasterly side of Southampton Road (sixty feet
18 wide); thence extending north forty-two degrees fifty-four
19 minutes four seconds west along the northeasterly side of the
20 said Southampton Road the distance of eight hundred seventy-five
21 and five hundred forty-two one-thousandths feet to an angle
22 point; thence continuing north forty-five degrees six minutes
23 forty seconds west along the northeasterly side of said
24 Southampton Road the distance of approximately seven hundred
25 forty-three feet to a point; thence extending northeastwardly
26 along a line the distance of approximately two thousand forty-
27 two feet to an angle point; thence extending northwardly along a
28 line the distance of approximately thirty-five feet to a point;
29 thence extending eastwardly along a line the distance of
30 approximately forty-four feet to a point; thence extending
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1 northeastwardly along a line the distance of approximately two
2 hundred twenty-one feet to an angle point along the
3 southwesterly boundary of Fairmount Park; thence extending south
4 eighty-eight degrees fifty-three minutes twenty-eight seconds
5 east along a line the distance of two hundred feet to an angle
6 point; thence extending north forty-six degrees six minutes
7 thirty-two seconds east the distance of four hundred twelve and
8 two hundred ninety-two one-thousands feet to a point; thence
9 extending south forty-one degrees fifty-four minutes eleven
10 seconds east the distance of eight hundred fifty-one and one
11 hundred sixty-eight one-thousands feet to a point; thence
12 extending south forty-eight degrees five minutes forty-nine
13 seconds west the distance of two hundred ninety-two and six
14 hundreds thirty-one one-thousandths feet to a point; thence
15 extending south degrees three degrees five minutes forty-nine
16 seconds west the distance of three hundred sixty-eight and nine
17 hundred twenty-seven one-thousands feet to a point; thence
18 extending south forty-one degrees fifty-four minutes eleven
19 seconds east the distance of three hundred seventy-six and two
20 hundred thirteen one-thousandths feet t0 a point; thence
21 extending south eighty-six degrees fifty-four minutes eleven
22 seconds east the distance of four hundred forty-two and five
23 hundred thirty one-thousandths feet to a point on the
24 northwesterly side of said The Roosevelt Boulevard; thence
25 extending south forty-eight degrees five minutes forty-nine
26 seconds west along the northwesterly side of said The Roosevelt
27 Boulevard the distance of two thousand five hundred sixty-seven
28 and one hundred fifteen one-thousands feet to a point on the
29 northeasterly side of said Southampton Road, being the first
30 mentioned point and place of beginning.
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1 Containing 105.2 acres.
2 TRACT TWO
3 All that certain lot or piece of ground with the buildings
4 and improvements erected thereon situate in the Fifty-eighth
5 Ward of the City of Philadelphia and described as follows
6 (subject to an official Survey and Plan);
7 Beginning at the point of intersection of the southwesterly
8 side of Carter Road (forty-six and fifty one-hundredths feet
9 wide) and northeasterly side of Southampton Road (sixty feet
10 wide); thence extending north forty-one degrees four minutes
11 twenty-two seconds east along the southwesterly side of said
12 Carter Road the distance of one thousand four hundred three and
13 three hundred ten one-thousandths feet to an angle point; thence
14 continuing along the southeasterly side of said Carter Road the
15 distance of nine hundred twenty-eight and four hundred forty-two
16 one-thousandths feet to a point; thence extending south forty-
17 three degrees fifty-three minutes twenty-eight seconds east the
18 distance of four hundred feet to an angle point; thence
19 extending southwestwardly along a line the distance of
20 approximately two hundred twenty-one feet to an angle point;
21 thence extending westwardly along a line the distance of
22 approximately forty-four feet to a point; thence extending
23 southwardly along a line the distance of approximately thirty-
24 five feet to an angle point; thence extending southwestwardly
25 along a line the distance of approximately two thousand forty-
26 two feet to a point on the northeasterly side of said
27 Southampton Road; thence extending north forty-five degrees six
28 minutes forty seconds west along the northeasterly side of said
29 Southampton Road the distance of approximately five hundred two
30 feet to a point on the southwesterly side of said Carter Road,
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1 being the first mentioned point and place of beginning.
2 Containing in area one million one hundred fifteen thousand
3 one hundred ninety-three square feet or twenty-five and six
4 tenths acres.
5 (c) Conditions.--This conveyance shall be made under and
6 subject to all lawful and enforceable easements, servitudes and
7 rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets,
8 roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, water,
9 electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
10 subject to any other easement of record.
11 (d) Restriction.--The deed of conveyance shall contain a
12 restriction with respect to tract 2 that the land shall be
13 preserved as open space land and no permanent structures shall
14 be erected thereon.
15 (e) Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by Special
16 Warranty Deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General
17 Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
18 (f) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this
19 conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee.
20 Section 3. Effective date.
21 This act shall take effect immediately.
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