Substitute House Bill No. 6609
Substitute House Bill No. 6609
SPECIAL ACT NO. 97-3
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF A PARCEL OF STATE
LAND CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF HARTFORD PURSUANT TO
SPECIAL ACT 90-37.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 3 of special act 90-37 is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the
general statutes to the contrary, the Commissioner
of Transportation shall convey to the town and
city of Hartford, subject to the approval of the
State Properties Review Board and at a cost equal
to the administrative costs of making such
conveyance, a parcel of land located in the town
and city of Hartford and having an area of
approximately 12.18 acres. Said parcel is bounded
on the north by Farmington Avenue, a distance of
425 feet; by a portion of the rear property line
of 379-381 Farmington Avenue, a distance of 25
feet; by a portion of the property owned by the
town and city of Hartford and occupied by Hartford
Public High School, a distance of 295 feet; by a
portion of the side property line of 40 Owen
Street, a distance of 30 feet; by a side property
line of 26 Owen Street, a distance of 60 feet; by
the side property line of 16 Owen Street, a
distance of 175 feet; on the east by the side
property line of 379-381 Farmington Avenue, a
distance of 240 feet; by the westerly property
line of the town and city of Hartford and occupied
by Hartford Public High School, a distance of
1,185 feet; on the south by property of the state
of Connecticut Department of Transportation (I-84
off-ramp to Sisson Avenue), a distance of 685
feet; by the side property lines of 24 and 26 Owen
Street, a distance of 175 feet; by the side
property line of 16 Owen Street, a distance of 50
feet; and on the west by the rear property line of
Shepherd Park Company (known as 170 Sisson
Avenue), a distance of 870 feet; by the rear
property line of 40 Owen Street, a distance of 245
feet; by the rear property line of 26 Owen Street,
a distance of 100 feet; by Owen Street, a distance
of 30 feet; by the rear property line of 16 Owen
Street, a distance of 80 feet; and by the side
property line of the lot adjacent to 419-421
Farmington Avenue; in part by each, with all
distances being more or less.
(b) The town and city of Hartford (1) shall
use said parcel of land for the expansion of
athletic facilities for Hartford Public High
School [and] OR for recreational use by adjacent
neighborhoods OR (2) MAY CONVEY ANY PORTION OR
PORTIONS OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND TO THE MARK TWAIN
MEMORIAL FOR THE EXPANSION OF ITS FACILITIES. If
said parcel is not used for said purposes, it
shall revert to the state of Connecticut, PROVIDED
(A) THE TOWN AND CITY OF HARTFORD OR THE MARK
TWAIN MEMORIAL MAY EXCHANGE ANY PORTION OR
PORTIONS OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND FOR ONE OR MORE
OTHER PARCELS OF LAND AND (B) ANY PORTION OF SAID
PARCEL OF LAND THAT THE TOWN AND CITY OF HARTFORD
OR THE MARK TWAIN MEMORIAL CONVEYS TO ANOTHER
PARTY IN SUCH AN EXCHANGE SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO
ANY SUCH RESTRICTION ON THE USE OF THE LAND OR
REVERTER TO THE STATE, AS ORIGINALLY SET FORTH IN
THOSE CERTAIN DEEDS BY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT TO
THE CITY OF HARTFORD DATED JANUARY 9, 1992, AND
RECORDED IN THE HARTFORD LAND RECORDS IN VOLUME
3322 AT PAGE 10 AND PAGE 16, WHICH RESTRICTION AND
REVERTER SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BE RELEASED UPON
CONVEYANCE OF SUCH PORTION OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND.
IN ADDITION, THE STATE TREASURER SHALL EXECUTE AND
DELIVER A RECORDABLE QUITCLAIM DEED OR RELEASE OF
THE APPLICABLE USE RESTRICTION AND REVERTER
PROVISION, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBSECTION, IN
FAVOR OF THE TRANSFEREE OF ANY PARCEL CONVEYED BY
THE CITY OR THE MARK TWAIN MEMORIAL, WITHIN
FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER WRITTEN REQUEST BY THE
TRANSFEROR, WHICH QUITCLAIM DEED OR RELEASE SHALL
BE DELIVERED TO THE TRANSFEREE UPON THE CONVEYANCE
OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL. EACH PARCEL OF LAND THAT
THE TOWN AND CITY OF HARTFORD RECEIVES FROM
ANOTHER PARTY IN SUCH AN EXCHANGE SHALL BE
AUTOMATICALLY SUBJECT TO SUCH RESTRICTION ON THE
USE OF THE LAND AND AN EXECUTORY INTEREST IN FAVOR
OF THE STATE. THE CITY, AS THE TRANSFEREE OF ANY
EXCHANGE PARCEL, SHALL CAUSE THE DEED FOR SUCH
EXCHANGE PARCEL TO SET FORTH THE REQUIRED USE
RESTRICTION AND REVERTER PROVISION PRIOR TO THE
RECORDING OF SUCH DEED ON THE LAND RECORDS. THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY
NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 4b-3
AND 4b-21 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AND ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, TO THE
CONTRARY.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of the conveyance of said
parcel of land not later than thirty days after it
receives a proposed agreement from the Department
of Transportation. The land shall remain under the
care and control of said department until a
conveyance is made in accordance with the
provisions of this section. The State Treasurer
shall execute and deliver any deed or instrument
necessary for a conveyance under this section and
the Commissioner of Transportation shall have the
sole responsibility for all other incidents of
such conveyance.
Approved April 18, 1997