PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 712
PRINTER'S NO. 732
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
617
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY CORMAN, MAY 3, 2019
SENATOR FOLMER, STATE GOVERNMENT, AS AMENDED, MAY 7, 2019
AN ACT
Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the County
of Mifflin certain lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
at the State Fire Academy situate in the Borough of
Lewistown, Mifflin County, together with appurtenant parking,
for the benefit of the general public.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Conveyance in the Borough of Lewistown, Mifflin
County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with
the approval of the Governor and the State Fire Commissioner, is
hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to grant and convey to Mifflin County a permanent easement from
lands of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania at the State Fire
Academy situate in the Borough of Lewistown, Mifflin County, for
the purpose of establishing and maintaining a recreational
hiking trail, together with appurtenant parking for the benefit
of the general public for $1 and under terms and conditions to
be established in an easement agreement.
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(b) Property description.--The permanent easement to be
conveyed pursuant to section 1 SUBSECTION (A) consists of an
area of approximately 1.02-acres, bounded and more particularly
described as follows:
ALL that certain piece, parcel or lot of land situate in the
Borough of Lewistown, County of Mifflin, Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, depicted on a plan prepared by The EADS Group,
dated March 2019, as last revised, and being more fully
described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point along Riverside Drive, THENCE North
57°22'17" East, 247.79 feet to a point of non-tangency;
THENCE South 85°11'29" East, 166.94 feet to the beginning of
a curve concave southerly, said curve has a radius of 65.00
feet;
THENCE easterly along said curve through a central angle of
25°36'54" an arc distance of 29.06 feet to a point of tangency;
THENCE South 59°34'35" East, 81.41 feet to the beginning of a
non-tangent curve concave southwesterly, said curve has a radius
of 42.38 feet, to which a radial line bears North 30°45'54"
East;
THENCE southeasterly along said curve through a central angle
of 71°20'32" an arc distance of 52.77 feet to a point of non-
tangency;
THENCE South 7°38'35" West, 28.79 feet to a point of non-
tangency;
THENCE North 65°11'11" East, 72.23 feet to a point of non-
tangency; to a shared boundary with now or formerly Mifflin
Concrete, Inc, THENCE along that boundary South 46°20'50" East,
32.25 feet to a point of non-tangency;
THENCE South 65°11'11" West, 96.68 feet to the beginning of a
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curve concave southeasterly, said curve has a radius of 85.00
feet;
THENCE southwesterly along said curve through a central angle
of 25°30'52" an arc distance of 37.85 feet to a point of
tangency;
THENCE South 39°40'19" West, 344.42 feet to the beginning of
a curve concave southeasterly, said curve has a radius of 85.00
feet;
THENCE southwesterly along said curve through a central angle
of 14°14'23" an arc distance of 21.13 feet to a point of
tangency;
THENCE South 25°25'56" West, 442.21 feet to a point of non-
tangency; to a shared boundary with now or formerly Lowes Home
Center, Inc;
THENCE along that boundary, North 77°36'20" West, 30.79 feet
to a point of non-tangency;
THENCE North 25°25'56" East, 449.15 feet to the beginning of
a curve concave southeasterly, said curve has a radius of 115.00
feet;
THENCE northeasterly along said curve through a central angle
of 14°14'23" an arc distance of 28.58 feet to a point of
tangency;
THENCE North 39°40'19" East, 344.42 feet to the beginning of
a curve concave southeasterly, said curve has a radius of 115.00
feet;
THENCE northeasterly along said curve through a central angle
of 10°19'14" an arc distance of 20.71 feet to a point of reverse
curvature, said curve is concave northwesterly and has a radius
of 15.00 feet;
THENCE northeasterly along said curve through a central angle
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of 42°20'58" an arc distance of 11.09 feet to a point of
tangency;
THENCE North 7°38'35" East, 46.54 feet to the beginning of a
non-tangent curve concave westerly and has a radius of 12.38
feet, to which a radial line bears South 74°05'35" East;
THENCE northerly along said curve through a central angle of
74°51'05" an arc distance of 16.18 feet to a point of non-
tangency;
THENCE North 59°34'35" West, 81.29 feet to the beginning of a
curve concave southerly and has a radius of 35.00 feet;
THENCE westerly along said curve through a central angle of
25°36'54" an arc distance of 15.65 feet to a point of tangency;
THENCE North 85°11'29" West, 192.42 feet to a point of non-
tangency;
THENCE South 32°21'43" East, 21.67 feet to a point of non-
tangency;
THENCE South 57°22'19" West, 119.98 feet to a point of non-
tangency;
THENCE North 32°25'08" West, 14.73 feet to a point of non-
tangency;
THENCE South 57°34'52" West, 89.30 to a point of non-
tangency;
THENCE North 32°37'41" West, 14.95 feet to the point of
beginning.
CONTAINING 1.02-acres.
The permanent easement is located entirely within the lands
known as the State Fire Academy, acquired by an Indenture dated
November 13, 1986 from the General State Authority to the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, acting by and through the
Department of General Services, and recorded at the Office of
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the Recorder of Deeds of Mifflin County at Deed Book 318, Page
998.
(c) Agreement.--The easement agreement, and any other
documents necessary to effectuate the above described
conveyance, shall be executed by the Secretary of General
Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(d) Restriction RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.--The easement
agreement shall contain a condition PROVISION that the easement
shall be utilized by the grantee, its successors or assigns,
solely for the purposes of establishing and maintaining a
recreational HIKING trail, together with appurtenant parking,
for the benefit of the general public and for no other purpose.
Should the easement not be utilized for the purposes set forth
in this section, the easement shall automatically extinguish.
(e) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to the
conveyance described herein shall be borne by the grantee.
(f) Expiration.--If the parties have not entered into an
easement agreement within two years of the effective date of
this act, the authorization contained herein shall expire.
Section 2. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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