Pennsylvania Act 2002-70 — CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN DAUPHIN COUNTY

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CONVEYANCE - COMMONWEALTH PROPERTY IN DAUPHIN COUNTY
                  Act of Jun. 25, 2002, P.L. 455, No. 70              Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of General Services, with the
        approval of the Governor, to grant and convey to the City of
        Harrisburg tracts of land and a building situate in the City
        of Harrisburg, Dauphin County.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

     Section 1.  Authorization.
        The Department of General Services, with the approval of the
     Governor, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the City of Harrisburg,
     Dauphin County, 1.34 acres of land and building described in
     section 2 for fair consideration equal to the fair market value
     of the property as determined by an independent appraisal in
     accordance with an executed agreement of sale.
     Section 2.  Description.
        The property to be conveyed pursuant to section 1 consists of
     all those certain lots, pieces or parcels of land situated in
     the City of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, bounded
     and described as follows:
        Tract 1
        BEGINNING at a point on the Northwest corner of Hudson and
     Caledonia Streets; thence Northwardly along the western line of
     Hudson Street, seventy-two (72) feet, more or less, to the
     southern line of Lot No. 35, on hereinafter named plan; thence
     westwardly at right angles to Hudson Street and along the line
     of said Lot No. 35, one hundred ten (110) feet to the eastern
     line of Cona Street; thence southwardly along the eastern line
     of said Cona Street, one hundred eighty-two (182) feet to
     Caledonia Street; thence northeasterly along the line of
     Caledonia Street, one hundred fifty (150) feet, more or less, to
     the place of beginning.
        Being lots Nos. 36 and 37, as shown on Plan "B", Cloverly
     Heights, Plan Book "G", Page 58, Block 12 of said plan.
        Tract 2
        BEGINNING at the northeast corner of Nineteenth and Caledonia
     Streets; thence along Nineteenth Street northwardly two hundred
     and thirty-five (235) feet to property of East End Trust
     Company; thence eastwardly along last mentioned property one
     hundred and twenty (120) feet to Cona Street; thence southwardly
     along Cona Street two hundred (200) feet to Caledonia Street;
     thence westwardly along Caledonia Street one hundred twenty-four
     (124) feet; more or less, to the place of Beginning, being lots
     one (1) to five (5), both inclusive, Block 12, Plan B, Cloverly
     Heights, recorded in Plan Book G, Page 58.
        Tract 3
        BEGINNING at a point on the west side of Hudson Street at the
     line of property now or formerly of Benjamin Baisi, being the
     northern line of Lots Nos. 36 and 37 Block 12 on Plan B,
     Cloverly Heights; recorded in the Dauphin County Recorder's
     Office in Plan Book "G", Page 58, which point is seventy-two
     (72) feet north of Caledonia Street; thence northwardly along
     the west side of Hudson Street, eighty (80) feet to the line of
     property now or formerly of the Trustees Capital Bank and Trust
     Company, being also the southern line of Lot No. 33 Block 12 on
     said Plan; thence westwardly along the line of said property;
     one hundred ten (110) feet to the east side of Cona Street;
     thence southwardly along the east side of Cona Street; eighty
     (80) feet to the northern line of said property of Benjamin
     Baisi, being the northern line of Lots Nos. 36 and 37 of Block
     12 on Plan aforesaid; and thence eastwardly along the line of
     said property; one hundred ten (110) feet to the place of
     Beginning.
     Section 3.  Covenants.
        The conveyance authorized by this act 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 telephone, telegraph, cable, water,
     electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and
     subject to any lawful and enforceable interest, estates or
     tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record for any
     portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
     Section 4.  Consideration.
        The deed of conveyance shall be by special warranty deed and
     shall ensure a return of fair consideration equal to or greater
     than $140,000 beginning on a date consistent with the executed
     agreement of sale.
     Section 5.  Historical standards.
        The deed of conveyance shall contain a clause requiring the
     City of Harrisburg to ensure that any design for new
     construction, rehabilitation, alteration or demolition work on
     the property is compatible with its original architectural
     design and landscape/site plan in terms of scale, massing,
     fenestration, materials and color and is consistent with the
     recommended approaches in the Secretary of the Interior's
     Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating
     Historic Buildings as revised in 1995, and no new construction,
     demolition, alteration, remodeling or landscaping/site work
     shall be undertaken or permitted to be undertaken on the
     property without 30 days' prior written notice to the
     Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
     Section 6.  Deed execution.
        The deed of conveyance authorized by this section shall be
     approved as provided by law and shall be executed by the
     Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania.
     Section 7.  Expenses.
        Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance authorized by
     this section shall be borne by the grantee.
     Section 8.  Alternate disposition.
        In the event that this conveyance is not executed in
     accordance with the agreement of sale, the property may be
     disposed of in accordance with section 2406-A of the act of
     April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative
     Code of 1929.
     Section 9.  Effective date.
        This act shall take effect immediately.