Section 1

Act 153 of 1992, § 1, under CONVEYANCES - PENNDOT TO VARIOUS COUNTIES.

Act 153 of 1992, § 1

Section 1. The Department of Transportation, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to sell and convey:

(1) To Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, Inc., of Montgomery County for a consideration equal to one-half the fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser appointed by the Department of Transportation the following tracts of land:

(i) All that certain lot of ground with the dwelling thereon erected, situate in the Township of Upper Gwynedd, Montgomery County, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being Lot No. 14 and part of Lot No. 13 on Plan of Lots of John Rorer, bounded and described according to a survey thereof made by Herbert H. Metz, Civil Engineer, January 21, 1925, as follows:

Beginning at an iron pin on the northeasterly side of Rorer Avenue (36 feet wide) 250 feet southeastwardly for the southeasterly side of Dickerson Avenue (50 feet wide).

Containing in front or breadth southeastwardly along Rorer Avenue to an iron pin 91.68 feet and extending of that width in length or depth northeastwardly 182 feet to the southwesterly side of Wissahickon Avenue.

Also all those three certain building lots, with the messuage thereon erected, situate in the Township of Upper Gwynedd, Montgomery County, and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being Lots Nos. 15, 16 and 17 on a Plan of Lots in said township made by Ralph Schafenacker, Architect and Engineer, for John Rorer and Thomas Rorer and recorded in Deed Book 749, Page 598, bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point a corner in the middle of Rorer Avenue (also known as Wissahickon Avenue), said point being 100 feet southeasterly from the intersection of the southeasterly side of Dickerson Avenue and in the center of Rorer Avenue; thence along the middle of Rorer Avenue south 27 degrees 15 minutes east 150 feet to a point a corner in the middle of said Rorer Avenue; thence extending in depth of that width between parallel lines at right angles to said Rorer Avenue northeast 200 feet to the southwesterly side of Wissahickon Avenue.

Being, as to premises first above described, the same premises which August C. Bantel and Frances T. Bantel, his wife, by Indenture bearing date of February 28, 1942, and recorded in the Office for the Recording of Deeds in and for the County of Montgomery at Norristown, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book 1450, Page 162, granted and conveyed unto Christian Unrath and Freda Unrath, his wife, in fee.

Being, as to premises last above described, the same premises which The Harleysville National Bank and Trust Company, Administrator C.T.A. of the estate of Henrietta V. Hess, deceased, by Indenture bearing date of August 5, 1957, and recorded in the Office for the Recording of Deeds in and for the County of Montgomery at Norristown, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book 2811, Page 339, granted and conveyed unto Christian Unrath and Freda Unrath, his wife, in fee. Under and subject to restrictions of record.

(ii) All that certain lot or piece of ground, situate in the Township of Upper Gwynedd, County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, being Lot No. 18 on a plan of property surveyed for John Rorer by Herbert H. Metz, Civil Engineer, April 19, 1920, and recorded in the Office for the Recording of Deeds at Norristown, in Deed Book No. 759, Page 600, bounded and described according to said plan as follows:

Beginning at a point in the northeasterly side of Rorer Avenue 50 feet southeastwardly from the southeasterly side of Dickerson Avenue being a corner of Lot No. 19 on said plan.

Containing in front or breadth on said Rorer Avenue, 50 feet and extending of that width in length or depth northeastwardly between parallel lines at right angles to said Rorer Avenue 182 feet to the southwesterly side of Wissahickon Avenue.

Bounded on the southwest by Rorer Avenue, on the northwest by Lot No. 19, on the northeast by said Wissahickon Avenue and on the southeast by Lot No. 17 on said plan.

Also all that certain building lot or piece of ground, situate in the Township of Upper Gwynedd (formerly Gwynedd), County of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, being Lot No. 19 on the plan of lots made by Ralph Schafenacker, Architect and Engineer, and also on a subsequent plan of lots made by Herbert H. Metz, Civil Engineer, April 19, 1920, and recorded in the Office for the Recording of Deeds at Norristown, in Deed Book No. 759, Page 600 &c., bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at a point a corner in the middle of Rorer Avenue at the intersection of the middle of said Rorer Avenue and the southeasterly side of Dickerson Avenue; thence along the southeasterly side of Dickerson Avenue, north 66 degrees 45 minutes east 15 minutes by the latter plan, 200 feet to the southwesterly side of Wissahickon Avenue; thence along the southwesterly side of Wissahickon Avenue, south 27 degrees 15 minutes east 36 feet to a point, a corner in the line of Lot No. 18 on said plan of lots; thence along Lot No. 18, southwesterly 200 feet to the middle of Rorer Avenue; thence along the middle of Rorer Avenue, north 27 degrees 15 minutes west 50 feet to the place of beginning.

Being the same premises which William F. Rosenberger, Jacob C. Rittenhouse and Abraham L. S. Alderfer, Trustees of the Plain Mennonite Church, by Indenture bearing date the 17th day of June, A.D. 1942, and recorded in the Office for the Recording of Deeds in and for the County of Montgomery at Norristown, Pennsylvania, in Deed Book 1469, Page 482, granted and conveyed unto Bernard T. Neal and Sara Neal, his wife, in fee.

(2) To Allegheny Property Development Corporation for fair market value as determined by an independent appraiser appointed by the Department of Transportation the following tract of land in Tarentum Borough, Allegheny County:

Beginning at a point on the dividing line of Parcels 139 and 140 as shown on the plan prepared by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for the relocation of Route 1037 (L.R.02276), Section 5B-R/W, Sheet 39 of 151; thence from said point of beginning and along East Tenth Avenue north 57 degrees 38 minutes 39 seconds east, a distance of 118 feet more or less to a point; thence by a line curving to the right concentric to and 25.00 feet offset from the construction centerline of ramp "K," as shown on the aforementioned plan, and having a radius of 125.00 feet and an arc distance of 276.98 feet to a point; thence continuing by the same north 04 degrees 36 minutes 16 seconds east, a distance of 171.02 feet to a point; thence by a line parallel to and 57.00 feet east of the construction centerline of Route 1037 as shown on the aforementioned plan north 08 degrees 31 minutes 38 seconds east, a distance of 437.29 feet to a point opposite highway station 49+81; thence by a line perpendicular to Route 1037 south 81 degrees 28 minutes 22 seconds east, a distance of 113.06 feet to a point; thence by a line south 05 degrees 47 minutes 16 seconds west, a distance of 209.24 feet to a point; thence by a line south 18 degrees 54 minutes 53 seconds west, a distance of 183.00 feet to a point; thence by a line south 29 degrees 43 minutes 43 seconds east, a distance of 54.39 feet to a point on the northerly line of East Eleventh Street; thence by a line south 86 degrees 29 minutes 56 seconds east, a distance of 62.49 feet to a point; thence by a line south 29 degrees 43 minutes 43 seconds east, a distance of 44.12 feet to a point; thence by a line south 53 degrees 43 minutes 17 seconds west, a distance of 22.67 feet to a point on line dividing Lots Numbers 139 and 140 aforementioned; thence along said dividing line south 29 degrees 43 minutes 43 seconds east, a distance of 178 feet to a point at the place of beginning.

Containing 2.61 acres.