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An Ordinance authorizing the County of Allegheny to convey excess real estate located on the Montour Trail to adjacent landowners
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Whereas, Allegheny County acquired portions of the Montour Railroad corridor within Allegheny County from Moon Township, Robinson Township, Findlay Township, North Fayette Township, the Municipality of Bethel Park and South Park Township by deed dated December 23, 1991 and recorded in Deed Book Volume 8684, Page 571 (the “Property”) to develop the Montour Trail; and
Whereas, said Property contains several areas of excess real estate along the edges of the corridor not needed for development, operation and maintenance of the Montour Trail; and
Whereas, the excess real estate within the Property authorized to be conveyed herein were used by adjacent landowners before Allegheny County acquired the Property; and
Whereas, the County Manager approved Executive Action No. 6107-07 dated 8/27/2007 authorizing the County to file subdivision plans and enter into property agreements with Jack T. Duncan and Jeffrey E. Duncan and with Anthony J. Koonse and Sharon Ann Koonse to convey and acquire properties to develop the Montour Trail in South Park Township; and
Whereas, at their meeting March 10, 2008, the South Park Township Board of Supervisors approved the Montour Trail and Duncan Plan of Subdivision, the Montour Trail and Koonse Plan of Subdivision and the Montour Trail, Phase 8E Land Development Plan; and
Whereas, in its letter dated October 6, 2003, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources approved conveyance of certain land obtained with financial assistance from the RIRA program, which contains restrictions on the change of use and sale of the property to develop the Montour Trail; and
Whereas, County Council deems it to be in the public interest to convey excess real estate to develop the Montour Trail, to reduce liability risk and convert tax-exempt property to taxable pro...
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