Section 3. Land in the City of Bethlehem, Lehigh County.
(a) Authorization.--The Department of General Services, with the approval of the Governor and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, is hereby authorized on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to grant and convey to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Bethlehem, or its successors or assigns, certain lands, buildings and improvements situate in the City of Bethlehem, Lehigh County, for $272,000 and under terms and conditions to be established in an agreement of sale.
(b) Description.--The property to be conveyed pursuant to subsection (a) consists of two parcels with approximately 1.58 acres of land and one building with 27,258 square feet of space, bounded and more particularly described as follows:
ALL THOSE CERTAIN tracts of land situate in the City of Bethlehem, Lehigh County more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Tract 1
BEGINNING at the point of the intersection of the south street line of Prospect Avenue with the west street line of Second Avenue, thence along the west street line of Second Avenue South 14 degrees 05 minutes West, a distance of 215 feet to a point in other lands of the City of Bethlehem, PA, thence along the property of the City of Bethlehem, PA, North 75 degrees 55 minutes West for a distance of 107.20 feet to other property of the City of Bethlehem, thence partly along the property of the City of Bethlehem and partly along the property now or formerly of Alice T. Boyd North 13 degrees 30 minutes East, 213.90 feet to a point in the south street line of Prospect Avenue, thence along the south street line of Prospect Avenue South 76 degrees 30 minutes East, 109.38 feet to its intersection with the west line of Second Avenue, the point or place of BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 21,612 square feet, more or less.
BOUNDED on the North by Prospect Avenue, on the East by Second Avenue, on the South by the property of the City of Bethlehem, PA, and on the West partly by property of the City of Bethlehem and partly by the property now or formerly of Alice T. Boyd.
Tract 2
BEGINNING at a point, the intersection of the westerly street line of Prospect Avenue with the northerly street line of Filbert Street; thence extending North 75 degrees fifty-four minutes 30 seconds West along the northerly street line of Filbert Street a distance of 242.48 feet to a point; thence extending North 14 degrees 27 minutes East along the easterly street line of Ranch Street a distance of 217.24 feet to a point; thence extending South 76 degrees 30 minutes East along the southerly side of the a twenty-three (23.0) foot wide Private Alley a distance of 132.79 feet to a point; thence extending southwardly and eastwardly along lands now or late of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (National Guard Armory), the two (2) following courses and distances, to wit:
(1) South 13 degrees 30 minutes West, a distance of 65.89 feet to a point;
(2) Thence extending South 75 degrees 55 minutes East, a distance of 107.64 feet to a point on the westerly street line of Second Avenue.
Thence extending South 14 degrees 5 minutes West along the westerly street line of Second Avenue a distance of 152.73 feet to a point, being the place of BEGINNING
BOUNDED on the North by a Private Alley and lands now or late of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; on the South by Filbert Street, and on the West by Rauch Street.
BEING Tax Parcel Nos. 642747310879 001 and 642747202360 001.
(c) Oil, gas and mineral rights.--The oil, gas and mineral rights shall be retained by the Department of General Services, on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and may be leased by the Department of General Services in accordance with the authority granted in the act of October 8, 2012 (P.L.1194, No.147), known as the Indigenous Mineral Resources Development Act.
(d) Easements.--This conveyance 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 any telephone, telegraph, water, electric, gas or pipeline companies, as well as under and subject to any lawful and enforceable estates or tenancies vested in third persons appearing of record, for any portion of the land or improvements erected thereon.
(e) Prohibited use.--This conveyance shall be made under and subject to the condition, which shall be contained in the deed of conveyance, that no portion of the property conveyed shall be used as a licensed facility, as defined in 4 Pa.C.S. § 1103 (relating to definitions), or any other similar type of facility authorized under the laws of this Commonwealth. The condition shall be a covenant running with the land and shall be binding upon the grantee, its successors and assigns. Should the grantee, its successors or assigns, permit any portion of the property authorized to be conveyed in this section to be used in violation of this subsection, the title shall immediately revert to and revest in the grantor.
(f) Discretion to Secretary of General Services.--The Secretary of General Services may impose any covenants, conditions or restrictions on the property at settlement as determined to be in the best interests of this Commonwealth.
(g) Deed.--The deed of conveyance shall be by special warranty deed and shall be executed by the Secretary of General Services in the name of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(h) Costs and fees.--Costs and fees incidental to this conveyance shall be borne by the grantee.
(i) Deposit of proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale shall be deposited in the State Treasury Armory Fund.
(j) Alternate disposition.--In the event that this conveyance is not executed per the terms and conditions as established in the agreement of sale, with the Department of General Services, within five years of the effective date of this section, the property may be disposed of by competitive bid.