Section 1. East Allen Township, Northampton County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor, is hereby authorized and directed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to East Allen Township the tract of land described in subsection (b), as dedication of land in lieu of payment of the full amount that could be assessed against the Department of General Services as set forth in Section 1007 of the East Allen Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance.
(b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) is the following tract of land situate in East Allen Township, Northampton County, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of the center line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017) and the center line of Colony Drive (T-437) at the Southeast corner of the property herein described, thence:
(1) South 54 degrees 38 minutes 40 seconds West along the dividing line of the parcel herein described and Parcel VI of the Allentown State Farm for a distance of 870.00 feet to a concrete monument;
(2) North 33 degrees 47 minutes 40 seconds West along the dividing line of the parcel herein described and Parcel VI of the Allentown State Farm for a distance of 624.49 feet to a concrete monument;
(3) North 57 degrees 01 minutes 07 seconds East along the dividing line of the parcel herein described and lands now or formerly of Northampton County for a distance of 517.79 feet to a concrete monument;
(4) North 21 degrees 32 minutes 31 seconds East along the dividing line of the parcel herein described and lands now or formerly of Northampton County for a distance of 52.51 feet to a concrete monument;
(5) North 63 degrees 21 minutes 08 seconds East along the dividing line of the parcel herein described and lands now or formerly of Northampton County for a distance of 299.92 feet to center line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017);
(6) South 36 degrees 11 minutes 04 seconds East along the center line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017) for a distance of 181.18 feet to a point;
(7) South 33 degrees 49 minutes 30 seconds East along the center line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017) for a distance of 277.49 feet to a point;
(8) South 35 degrees 20 minutes 50 seconds East along the center line of Weaversville Road (SR 3017) for a distance of 127.53 feet to a point; said being the point of beginning.
CONTAINING an area of 12.16 acres as per survey of Kurtanich Engineers & Associates, Inc., Hermitage, PA, dated May 5, 1997. Revised April 28, 1998.
(c) Easements.--The conveyance shall be made under and subject to all easements and rights of others, including, but not confined to, streets, roadways and rights of any telephone, telegraph, cable, water, electric, sewer, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any interest, estates or tenancies vested in third persons, whether or not appearing of record, for any portion of land or improvements erected thereon. For purposes of this act, the terms "easements" and "rights of others" shall include any avigation easements and aerial rights-of-way, whether or not appearing of record, currently in existence and used by the Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority.
(d) Execution.--The deed of conveyance 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. Within four years of this conveyance, East Allen Township shall have the right of declaring in writing in the form of notice sent to the Department of General Services, Bureau of Real Estate, 505 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17125, a reversion of the property to the Department of General Services in the event that East Allen Township determines that there are environmental problems not originating during East Allen Township ownership for which it chooses not to undertake abatement and/or remediation of those problems. In the event the property reverts to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within four years of this conveyance:
(1) East Allen Township shall assume financial responsibility for any costs of restoring the Premises to the condition it was in at the time of this transfer if the Premises are damaged as a result of East Allen Township's use thereof, ordinary wear and tear excluded. Costs shall include, but not be limited to, remediation of environmental contamination, if any, resulting from East Allen Township's use thereof; and
(2) the Department of General Services will not be responsible for any fees that were nullified by the dedication of land in lieu of payment as set forth in Section 1007 of East Allen Township Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance; and
(3) at the discretion of the Secretary of General Services, the property shall be offered for sale through auction, sealed bid or request for proposal, under terms of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, and conditions in section 2405-A of the Administrative Code of 1929 authorizing the conveyance of the herein noted property to East Allen Township shall automatically cease and become null and void.
((d) amended Apr. 23, 2002, P.L.270, No.37)
(e) Purpose.--Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in subsection (d), the deed of conveyance shall contain a clause that the land conveyed shall be used only for purposes which are compatible to the provisions under the Surplus Property Disposition Plan No. 1 of 1995 or for other municipal purposes. ((e) amended Dec. 20, 2000, P.L.712, No.97)
(f) Costs.--All other costs and fees, including, but not limited to, appraisal fees, title insurance and surveys, incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the Grantee.