Pennsylvania Act 1974-28 — PROJECT 70 LAND TRANSFER

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PROJECT 70 LAND TRANSFER
                  Act of Mar. 1, 1974, P.L. 114, No. 28               Cl. 85
                                  AN ACT

     Authorizing the Department of Property and Supplies with the
        approval of the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania
        Historical and Museum Commission and the Governor, to
        transfer certain Project 70 lands in Lancaster County to the
        Commissioners of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, for a
        highway project under certain conditions.

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

        Section 1.  Pursuant to the requirements of subsection (b) of
     section 20, act of June 22, 1964 (Special Session, P.L.131,
     No.8), known as the "Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing
     Act," the General Assembly authorizes the Department of Property
     and Supplies with the approval of the Executive Director of the
     Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Governor,
     to transfer the hereinafter described land in Manheim Township,
     Lancaster County to the Commissioners of Manheim Township,
     Lancaster County for a right-of-way for construction of Kissel
     Hill Road Bypass, Kissel Hill Road Cul-de-sac, northern
     extension of Kissel Hill Road, Apple Road Extension, and Delp
     Road Extension.
        Such land shall be free of the restrictions on use and
     alienation prescribed by section 20, act of June 22, 1964
     (Special Session, P.L.131, No.8), known as the "Project 70 Land
     Acquisition and Borrowing Act," upon:
        (1)  Reimbursement of the "Project 70 Land Acquisition Fund"
     or the "Project 70 Land Acquisition Sinking Fund" by the
     Commissioners of Manheim Township, Lancaster County in an amount
     equal to the fair market value of the land transferred; or
        (2)  At the option of the Executive Director of the
     Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, acquisition by
     the Commissioners of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, of
     suitable replacement as approved by the Department of Justice;
     and
        (3)  Execution and filing of a document of transfer and
     release, citing such reimbursement or acquisition and release of
     the said land from the restrictions on use and alienation
     prescribed by subsection (b) of section 20 of said act.
        The document of transfer and release in such cases shall,
     upon such reimbursement or acquisition, be approved by the
     Department of Justice and filed in the office of the Recorder of
     Deeds of the county in which the said land is located.
     Compliance with this subsection constitutes the express approval
     of the General Assembly of release of the restrictions on use
     and alienation of lands acquired by the Department of
     Transportation required by subsection (b) of section 20 of said
     act.
        Section 2.  The land to be transferred by the Department of
     Property and Supplies, with the approval of the Executive
     Director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
     and the Governor to the Commissioners of Manheim Township,
     Lancaster County for a right-of-way for construction of Kissel
     Hill Road Bypass, Kissel Hill Road Cul-de-sac, northern
     extension of Kissel Hill Road, Apple Road Extension and Delp
     Road Extension, is composed of five tracts which together with
     the right-of-way for which it is to be used is more particularly
     described as follows:

                               Tract No. 1

        Relocated Kissel Hill Road. Tract No. 1 defines an area for
     right-of-way for the proposed relocation of a portion of Kissel
     Hill Road through lands of the Landis Valley Farm Museum,
     providing for a nominal width of 60 feet for the relocated
     Kissel Hill Road, plus intersection clearances at Landis Valley
     Road and the connection to existing Kissel Hill Road near the
     northern property line of the museum lands and more specifically
     defined as follows:
        Beginning at a point, said point being the intersection of
     the proposed northerly right-of-way line of L.R. 36042 and the
     westerly property line of the Landis Valley Farm Museum
     (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), thence along the herein
     described right-of-way line for the proposed relocation of
     Kissel Hill Road, the following courses and distances: north 60
     degrees, 53 minutes and 24 seconds east, a distance of 48.52
     feet, thence along a curved line to the left, having a radius of
     200 feet, said curved line having a chord with a bearing of
     north 1 degree, 31 minutes and 49 seconds west and a length of
     86.76 feet and an arc length of 87.45 feet, thence north 14
     degrees, 03 minutes, and 26 seconds west, a distance of 706.96
     feet, thence along a curved line to the right, having a radius
     of 280 feet, said curved line having a chord with a bearing of
     north 29 degrees, 30 minutes, and 52 seconds east and a length
     of 385.99 feet and an arc length of 425.87, thence north 73
     degrees, 05 minutes and 11 seconds east, a distance of 508.35
     feet, thence along a curved line to the left, having a radius of
     220 feet, said curved line having a chord with a bearing of
     north 29 degrees, 07 minutes and 59 seconds east, and a length
     of 305.39 feet and an arc length of 337.54 feet, thence north 14
     degrees, 49 minutes, 07 seconds west, a distance of 7.75 feet to
     a point, the intersection of the proposed herein described
     right-of-way line for the proposed relocation of Kissel Hill
     Road and the northern property line of the Landis Valley Farm
     Museum, thence along the property line the following two courses
     and distances, north 73 degrees, 06 minutes, 00 seconds east, a
     distance of 30.75 feet to a point in the present Kissel Hill
     Road, thence south 14 degrees, 46 minutes, and 08 seconds east,
     a distance of 370.72 feet, thence south 75 degrees, 16 minutes,
     and 50 seconds west, a distance of 30.61 feet to a point on the
     proposed herein described right-of-way for the proposed
     relocation of Kissel Hill Road, thence along the proposed herein
     described right-of-way line for the proposed relocation of
     Kissel Hill Road, the following courses and distances, north 14
     degrees, 43 minutes, 10 seconds west, a distance of 16.37 feet,
     thence along a curved line to the left having a radius of 120
     feet, said curved line having a chord with a bearing of north 35
     degrees, 10 minutes and 07 seconds west, and a length of 83.85
     feet and an arc length of 85.66, thence north 55 degrees, 37
     minutes, and 05 seconds west, a distance of 20.78 feet, thence
     along a curved line to the left having a radius of 32 feet, said
     curved line having a chord with a bearing of south 85 degrees,
     06 minutes, and 47 seconds west, and a length of 40.51 feet, and
     an arc length of 43.86 feet, thence along a curved line to
     right, having a radius of 280 feet, said curved line having a
     chord with a bearing of south 59 degrees, 27 minutes, and 54
     seconds west, and a length of 131.88 feet, and an arc length of
     133.13 feet, thence south 73 degrees, 05 minutes and 11 seconds
     west, a distance of 508.35 feet, thence along a curved line to
     the left having a radius of 220 feet, said curved line having a
     chord with a bearing of south 29 degrees, 30 minutes and 52
     seconds west, and a length of 303.28 feet and an arc length of
     334.61 feet, thence south 14 degrees, 03 minutes, and 26 seconds
     east, a distance of 706.96 feet, thence along a curved line to
     the right, having a radius of 260 feet, said curved line having
     a chord with a bearing of south 01 degree, 31 minutes, and 49
     seconds east, and a length of 112.78 feet, and an arc length of
     113.69 feet, thence south 14 degrees, 07 minutes and 47 seconds
     east, a distance of 72.34 feet to a point, the intersection of
     the proposed herein described right-of-way line for the
     relocation of Kissel Hill Road and the proposed northern right-
     of-way line for L.R. 36042, thence along the proposed right-of-
     way line for L.R. 36042, along a curved line to the left having
     a radius of 704.07 feet, said curved line having a chord with a
     bearing of north 64 degrees, 00 minutes, and 28 seconds west,
     and a length of 132.33 feet and an arc length of 132.53 feet to
     a point, the place of beginning, containing 3.15 acres, more or
     less.

                               Tract No. 2

        Apple Road Extension. Tract No. 2 defines an area for a
     right-of-way for the extension of Apple Road from the westerly
     property line of the museum lands to the proposed relocation of
     Kissel Hill Road, providing for a nominal width of 50 feet plus
     intersection clearances and more specifically defined as
     follows:
        Beginning at a point, the intersection of the southern right-
     of-way line of Apple Road and the western property line of the
     Landis Valley Farm Museum (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), thence
     along the western property line and crossing Apple Road, north
     16 degrees, 28 minutes, 00 seconds west, a distance of 50 feet
     to a point, the intersection of the northern right-of-way line
     of Apple Road and the western property line of the Landis Valley
     Farm Museum (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), thence along the
     proposed herein described northern right-of-way line of the
     proposed extension of Apple Road the following courses and
     distances, north 73 degrees, 34 minutes and 07 seconds east, a
     distance of 75.59 feet, thence along a curved line to the left,
     having a radius of 20 feet, said curved line having a chord with
     a bearing of north 29 degrees, 45 minutes and 22 seconds east,
     and a length of 27.69 feet and an arc length of 30.59 feet to a
     point on the proposed western right-of-way line of the proposed
     relocation of Kissel Hill Road, thence along the proposed
     western right-of-way line of the proposed relocation of Kissel
     Hill Road south 14 degrees, 03 minutes and 26 seconds east, a
     distance of 90.08 feet, thence along the proposed herein
     described southern right-of-way line of the proposed extension
     of Apple Road the following courses and distances, along a
     curved line to the left, having a radius of 20 feet, said curved
     line having a chord with a bearing of north 60 degrees, 14
     minutes and 40 seconds west, and a length of 28.86 feet, and an
     arc length of 32.24 feet, thence south 73 degrees, 34 minutes
     and 07 seconds west, a distance of 71.83 feet to a point, the
     place of beginning, containing 0.11 of an acre, more or less.

                               Tract No. 3

        Future Northerly Extension of Relocated Kissel Hill Road.
     Tract No. 3 defines an area for right-of-way for the future
     extension of relocated Kissel Hill Road from the location
     defined in Tract No. 1 to project to the northerly property line
     of museum lands, providing for a nominal width of 60 feet, plus
     intersection clearances at the connection with the westerly leg
     of relocated Kissel Hill Road and more specifically defined as
     follows:
        Beginning at the point of curve of the 280 feet radius curve
     on the proposed western right-of-way line of relocated Kissel
     Hill Road as more fully described in Tract No. 1, thence along
     the herein described proposed right-of-way line for the future
     northerly extension of Kissel Hill Road, north 14 degrees, 03
     minutes, and 26 seconds west, a distance of 486.59 feet to a
     point, the intersection of the proposed right-of-way line with
     the northern property line of Landis Valley Farm Museum
     (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), thence along the northern
     property line north 73 degrees, 06 minutes and 00 seconds east,
     a distance of 60.07 feet, thence along the herein described
     proposed right-of-way line for the future northerly extension of
     Kissel Hill Road, the following courses and distances, south 14
     degrees, 03 minutes, and 26 seconds east, a distance of 188.67
     feet, thence along a curved line to the left, having a radius of
     30 feet, said curved line having a chord with a bearing of south
     60 degrees, 29 minutes, and 05 seconds east, and a length of
     43.47 feet and an arc length of 48.62 feet, thence north 73
     degrees, 05 minutes and 11 seconds east, a distance of 174.77
     feet to a point on the proposed right-of-way line for the
     relocation of Kissel Hill Road as more fully described in Tract
     No. 1, thence along the proposed right-of-way line for the
     relocation of Kissel Hill Road, along a curved line to the left
     having a radius of 280 feet, said curved line having a chord
     with a bearing of south 29 degrees, 30 minutes and 52 seconds
     west and a length of 385.99 feet and an arc length of 425.87
     feet to a point, the place of beginning, containing 0.65 acres.

                               Tract No. 4

        Cul-de-sac Kissel Hill Road. Tract No. 4 defines an area for
     right-of-way for the construction of a Cul-de-sac roadway
     adjacent to Kissel Hill Road, on present museum lands,
     approximately 600 feet north of the intersection of Valley Road
     and Kissel Hill Road and more specifically defined as follows:
        Beginning at a point, a brass disk in Kissel Hill Road, said
     point being a property corner of the Landis Valley Farm Museum
     (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), thence south 75 degrees, 39
     minutes, 11 seconds west, a distance of 35.58 feet, thence along
     a curve to the right, having a radius of 50 feet, said curved
     line having a chord with a bearing of north 27 degrees, 59
     minutes, 13 seconds west, and a length of 97.18 feet and an arc
     length of 133.27 feet, thence along a curve to the left, having
     a radius of 70 feet, said curved line having a chord with a
     bearing of north 17 degrees, 00 minutes, 48 seconds east, and a
     length of 72.86 feet and an arc length of 76.63 feet, thence
     north 75 degrees, 39 minutes, 11 seconds east, a distance of
     19.42 feet to a point in Kissel Hill Road on the easterly
     property line of the Landis Valley Farm Museum (Commonwealth of
     Pennsylvania) thence along said property line south 14 degrees,
     46 minutes, 08 seconds east a distance of 156.66 feet to the
     point of beginning, containing 0.21 acres.
        Tracts 1, 2, 3 and 4 being part of a tract of 37.848 acres
     taken by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Declaration of
     Taking filed to No.26 April term 1967, formerly the land of Ira
     B. and Ruth M. Landis, husband and wife, the Notice of
     Condemnation having been filed in the office of the Recorder of
     Deeds of Lancaster County in Deed Book P, Volume 56, Page 1172,
     April 7, 1967.

                               Tract No. 5

        Delp Road Extension. Tract No. 5 defines an area for all that
     certain right-of-way extending in a westerly direction from
     Landis Valley Road (L.R. 36042) north of Kissel Hill Road, in
     Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as shown on a
     plan prepared by Huth Engineers, Inc., dated October 19, 1972,
     Drawings No. LA-940, and being more fully bounded and described
     as follows:
        Beginning at a point on the centerline of Landis Valley Road,
     said point located a distance of 882.75 feet north of the
     centerline intersection of Landis Valley Road and Kissel Hill
     Road (Township Road T-612), thence crossing the western half of
     the bed of Landis Valley Road, south 52 degrees, 49 minutes, 50
     seconds west, a distance of 25 feet to a point on the ultimate
     right-of-way line of Landis Valley Road, thence extending along
     lands of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the two following courses
     and distances: (1) in a line curving to the left, having a
     radius of 25 feet and an arc distance of 29.85 feet, the chord
     of said arc being north 71 degrees, 26 minutes, 40 seconds west,
     a distance of 28.11 feet to a point, and (2) south 74 degrees,
     20 minutes, 50 seconds west, a distance of 187.66 feet to a
     point, a corner of land belonging to Cambridge Developers, Inc.,
     thence along the same and crossing the present eastern terminus
     of Delp Road, north 12 degrees, 54 minutes, 50 seconds west, a
     distance of 60.07 feet to a point, a corner of other land
     belonging to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, thence along the same
     the two following courses and distances: (1) north 74 degrees,
     20 minutes, 50 seconds east, a distance of 141.27 feet to a
     point, and (2) in a line curving to the left, having a radius of
     25 feet and an arc distance of 48.69 feet, the chord of said arc
     being north 18 degrees, 33 minutes, 20 seconds east, a distance
     of 41.35 feet to a point on the ultimate right-of-way line of
     Landis Valley Road, thence crossing the western half of the bed
     of Landis Valley Road, north 52 degrees, 49 minutes, 50 seconds
     east, a distance of 25 feet to a point on the centerline of
     Landis Valley Road, thence along the same south 37 degrees, 14
     minutes, 10 seconds east, a distance of 118.3 feet to a point,
     the place of beginning. Containing 14,801.06 square feet. This
     right-of-way is conveyed for use as a public road.
        Tract No. 5 being part of a tract of 5.104 acres taken by the
     Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Declaration of Taking filed to
     Number 11, April Term, 1969 formerly the land of John B. Landis
     and Kathryn E. Landis, husband and wife, the Notice of
     Condemnation having been filed in the office of the Recorder of
     Deeds of Lancaster County in Deed Book U, Volume 58, Page 109.
        Section 3.  This act shall take effect immediately.