Section 2. Borough of Royalton.
(a) Authorization to release restrictions.--The land described in subsection (b) is hereby released from any restrictions or encumbrances on the title resulting from the provisions of the act of January 19, 1968 (1967 P.L.996, No.443), known as The Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act, in exchange for the imposition of the Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act provisions on land owned by the Borough of Royalton and described in subsection (c).
(b) Description of land to be released of restrictions.--All that certain parcel of land located in the Borough of Royalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a monument on the southerly side of Canal Street; thence south 10 degrees 03 minutes west along the easterly side of a private road, 123.55 feet to a spike; thence south 79 degrees 50 minutes west 100 feet to a spike in the easterly line of lands, now or late, of Margaret Ellen Kerr Beckley; thence north 12 degrees 42 minutes east 97.46 feet to a spike in the southerly line of Canal Street; thence along the southern line of said Canal Street, north 75 degrees 50 minutes east 45.51 feet to a spike; thence still along the southerly line of said Canal Street, south 07 degrees 40 minutes east, 54.50 feet to a monument, the place of beginning.
Being the same premises which Kenneth P. Dudley and Doris M. Dudley, his wife, by Deed dated August 7, 1984, and recorded in the Office of Recorder of Deeds, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in Record Book 526, at page 252, granted and conveyed to the Borough of Royalton. And being also Tract 2 upon which the Borough of Royalton by deed dated September 26, 1988, and recorded in the Office of Recorder of Deeds, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in Record Book 1179, at page 363, previously imposed the restriction that the said Tract 2 be used for municipal park, recreation and open space purposes as defined in the Land and Water Conservation and Reclamation Act.
(c) Description of land to be restricted.--All of that certain portion of land in the Borough of Royalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the intersection of the northern right-of-way line of Burd Street (50' wide) with the eastern line of lands now or formerly of Amtrak, said point also being at the southwest corner of the herein described Lot No. 2; thence, along the aforementioned lands of Amtrak, and along the western side of a 10 feet wide drainage easement, North 19 degrees 32 minutes 24 seconds West, 143.21 feet to a concrete monument (set); thence, along Lot No. 1, as shown on the above referenced plan, South 84 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East, 142.39 feet to a concrete monument (set); thence, continuing along the aforementioned Lot No. 1, along the western side of a 25 feet wide access and utility easement, South 05 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West, 129.75 feet to a 3/4 inch rebar with cap (set) at the northern right-of-way line of the aforementioned Burd Street; thence, along said right-of-way line and along the southern side of the aforementioned drainage easement, North 84 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West, 81.77 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 14,542.6 square feet or 0.3339 acres. Identified as "Lot No. 2", on a plan titled, "Final Subdivision Plan for Borough of Royalton", prepared by Light-Heigel & Associates, Inc., dated July 26, 2002, Job Number 02-0372, recorded in the Office of Recorder of Deeds, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in Plan Book I, Volume 8, at Page 95, and being a portion of the piece or parcel of land which the Middletown Area School District by deed dated June 25, 2001, and recorded in the Office of Recorder of Deeds, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in Record Book 4042, at page 492 granted and conveyed to the Borough of Royalton. Together with the right of ingress, egress, and regress, from Burd Street, over and across a 25 feet wide access and utility easement over lands granted and conveyed to the Borough of Royalton by the aforesaid deed of June 25, 2001, said easement being set forth on the aforesaid Final Subdivision Plan, and said easement being further described as follows: Beginning at a 3/4 inch rebar with cap (set) on the northern right-of-way line of Burd Street (50' wide) in the Borough of Royalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, said rebar being at the southeast corner of Lot No. 2, at a corner common to lands now or formerly of the Borough of Royalton (Lot No. 1) as shown on the above referenced plan, said point also being at the southwest corner of the herein described Proposed 25 feet Wide Access and Utility Easement on the above referenced plan; thence, along the aforementioned Lot No. 2, North 05 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds East, 129.75 feet to a concrete monument (set); thence, through the aforementioned lands of the Borough of Royalton, South 84 degrees, 30 minutes, 00 seconds East, 25.00 feet to a point, thence, along lands now or formerly of Michael S. Richards, described in Deed Book 2429, at Page 110, South 05 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West, 129.75 to a pin (found) on the northern right-of-way line of the aforementioned Burd Street; thence, along said right-of-way line, North 84 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West, 25.00 feet to the Point of the Beginning.
(d) Authorization to impose restrictions.--The following restriction shall be added to the deed for the land described in subsection (c):
This land is to be used for municipal park, recreation
and open space purposes as defined in The Land and Water
Conservation and Reclamation Act.
(e) Special account.--Further, in consideration for releasing the restrictions on the property described in subsection (b), the borough shall place in a special account of the borough an amount of money equal to the fair market value of this property. For purposes of this section, the fair market value has been determined to be $16,500. Within five years of the effective date of this section, this money shall be used exclusively to make improvements to existing borough-owned parks and playgrounds in accordance with a plan approved by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.