Substitute House Bill No. 6917
Substitute House Bill No. 6917
SPECIAL ACT NO. 97-20
AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN
PARCELS OF STATE LAND.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding any provision
of the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey to the
town of Colchester, subject to the approval of the
State Properties Review Board and at a cost equal
to the administrative costs of making such
conveyance, the following parcels of land located
in the town of Colchester:
(1) A parcel of land having an area of
approximately 1.54 acres and identified as the
property shown on a map entitled "Town of
Colchester, Map Showing Land Acquired from Abraham
Alpert et al by The State of Connecticut,
Relocation of Route 2, Scale 1"=40', Jan. 1967",
which map was received for filing in the
Colchester Town Clerk's Office in February 1967;
and
(2) A parcel of land having an area of
approximately 0.2 acre and identified as Lot 72 on
town of Colchester Tax Assessor's Map 10.
(b) The town of Colchester shall use the
parcel of land described in subdivision (1) of
subsection (a) of this section for wetlands
mitigation purposes and the parcel of land
described in subdivision (2) of said subsection
(a) for public works purposes. If, in the case of
either of such parcel, the town of Colchester (1)
does not use the parcel for the applicable such
purposes, (2) does not retain ownership of all of
the parcel, or (3) leases all or any portion of
the parcel, the parcel shall revert to the state
of Connecticut.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of the conveyance of said
parcels of land not later than thirty days after
it receives a proposed agreement from the
Department of Transportation. The parcels of 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, which deed or instrument shall
include provisions to carry out the purposes of
subsection (b) of this section, and the
Commissioner of Transportation shall have the sole
responsibility for all other incidents of such
conveyance.
Sec. 2. Section 2 of special act 94-16 is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the
general statutes to the contrary, the commissioner
of public works shall convey to the Museum of
Connecticut Glass, Incorporated, subject to the
approval of the state properties review board and
at a cost of one dollar, a parcel of land and the
structure thereon located in the town of Coventry,
having an area of approximately 2.06 acres and
described as follows: The parcel of land known as
the Lee Farm, located on the southeast corner of
the intersection of River Road North and Route 44
in said town.
(b) The Museum of Connecticut Glass,
Incorporated shall use said parcel of land for a
glass museum. If said corporation does not begin
construction of a glass museum within [three]
EIGHT years after [the effective date of this
section] JUNE 8, 1994, or if, after completion of
such construction, said parcel is not used for
said purpose, it shall revert to the state of
Connecticut.
(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 public works. 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,
which shall include provisions to carry out the
purposes of subsection (b) of this section, and
the commissioner of public works shall have the
sole responsibility for all other incidents of
such conveyance.
Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey to the
town of Cheshire, 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
of Cheshire, having an area of approximately
11,816 square feet and identified as the excess
state property from Department of Transportation
Project No. 25-114 on the northwest side of the
intersection of Routes 68 and 70, which property
abuts said routes and property owned by Frank
Salvatore.
(b) (1) The town of Cheshire shall use said
parcel of land for open space purposes or may
lease said parcel of land to Frank Salvatore for
open space purposes. (2) Said parcel of land shall
revert to the state of Connecticut if (A) the town
of Cheshire (i) does not use said parcel for said
purposes, (ii) does not retain ownership of all of
said parcel, or (iii) leases all or any portion of
said parcel except to Frank Salvatore as provided
in subdivision (1) of this subsection, or (B) the
town of Cheshire leases said parcel of land to
Frank Salvatore and Frank Salvatore does not use
the parcel for open space purposes.
(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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of
this section, and the Commissioner of
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility
for all other incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 4. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey to the
town of East Hartford, subject to the approval of
the State Properties Review Board and at a cost
equal to the cost of making such conveyance, five
parcels of land located on Arnold Drive in the
town of East Hartford, which are identified as the
same premises described in deeds recorded on the
East Hartford Land Records at (1) Volume 402, Page
91; (2) Volume 404, Page 312; (3) Volume 405, Page
93; (4) Volume 396, Page 315; and (5) Volume 411,
Page 497. The total area of said parcels of land
is approximately 1.35 acres.
(b) The town of East Hartford shall use said
parcels of land for open space purposes. If the
town of East Hartford (1) does not use any such
parcel for said purposes, (2) does not retain
ownership of all of any such parcel, or (3) leases
all or any portion of any such parcel, the parcel
shall revert to the state of Connecticut.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of the conveyance of said
parcels of land not later than thirty days after
it receives a proposed agreement from the
Department of Transportation. The parcels of 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, which deed or instrument shall
include provisions to carry out the purposes of
subsection (b) of this section, and the
Commissioner of Transportation shall have the sole
responsibility for all other incidents of such
conveyance.
Sec. 5. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation, upon completion of
State Project No. 63-376 (Founders Bridge), shall
convey four parcels of land located in the city of
Hartford to the Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance
Company, subject to the approval of the State
Properties Review Board and at a cost equal to the
fair market value of said parcels as determined by
the average of the appraisals of two independent
appraisers who shall be selected by such
commissioner, plus the administrative costs of
making such conveyance. Said parcels are
identified as parcels 4, 5, 9 and 10 on a map
entitled: "Map Prepared for Phoenix Home Life
Mutual Insurance Co., State of Connecticut
Parcels, Commerce Street and Grove Street,
Hartford, Connecticut", Scale 1 inch = 50 feet,
Date 2/14/97, as revised, Sheet 1 of 1, said map
being prepared by Close, Jensen & Miller, P.C.,
Consulting Engineers, Land Planners & Surveyors,
1137 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield,
Connecticut.
(1) Parcel 4 has an area of approximately .03
acre and is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point, said point being the
intersection of the westerly street line of
formerly Commerce Street and the northwesterly
taking and nonaccess line for Ramp "D" of I-91
said point having coordinates of North 339269.56
and East 622209.07 on the North American Datum of
1927:
thence running South 23 degrees 29 minutes 12
seconds East along said southwesterly line of
formerly Commerce Street a distance of eight and
no one-hundredths (8.00) feet to a point;
thence running South 54 degrees 38 minutes 48
seconds West along land now or formerly of State
of Connecticut a distance of one hundred
thirty-five and nineteen one-hundredths (135.19)
feet to a point;
thence running South 84 degrees 13 minutes 44
seconds West along land now or formerly of State
of Connecticut a distance of one hundred thirteen
and no one-hundredths (113.00) feet to a point,
said point being on the northerly line of Grove
Street;
thence running North 81 degrees 24 minutes 04
seconds East along land now or formerly of Phoenix
Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. a distance of one
hundred nine and sixteen one-hundredths (109.16)
feet to a point;
thence running North 54 degrees 09 minutes 08
seconds East along land now or formerly of Phoenix
Home Life Mutual Insurance Co. a distance of one
hundred thirty-seven and sixty-three
one-hundredths (137.63) feet to the point and
place of beginning, said point being on the
southwesterly line of formerly Commerce Street.
(2) Parcel 5 has an area of approximately
Beginning at a point, said point being the
intersection of the easterly street line of
Columbus Boulevard and the southerly street line
of Grove Street, said point being twenty-six and
fifty one-hundredths (26.50) feet southerly of the
ramp C and D baseline of I-91 and said point
having coordinates of North 339158.60 and East
621797.91 on the North American Datum of 1927:
thence running South 78 degrees 57 minutes 57
seconds East along said southerly line of Grove
Street a distance of ninety-eight and forty-five
one-hundredths (98.45) feet to a point;
thence running South 09 degrees 01 minutes 47
seconds West along land now or formerly of 238
Columbus Boulevard Inc. a distance of thirty-two
and two one-hundredths (32.02) feet to a point;
thence running North 79 degrees 27 minutes 27
seconds West along land now or formerly of 238
Columbus Boulevard Inc. a distance of forty-eight
and eighty one-hundredths (48.80) feet to a point;
thence running North 81 degrees 24 minutes 06
seconds West along land now or formerly of 238
Columbus Boulevard Inc. a distance of forty-nine
and fifty-five one-hundredths (49.55) feet to a
point, said point being on the easterly line of
Columbus Boulevard;
thence running North 08 degrees 54 minutes 34
seconds East along said easterly line of Columbus
Boulevard a distance of thirty-four and fifty-five
one-hundredths (34.55) feet to the point and place
of beginning.
(3) Parcel 9 has an area of approximately
Beginning at a point, said point being
located a distance of five hundred fifty and four
one-hundredths (550.04) feet northerly of the
intersection of the northerly line of Potter
Street and the westerly line of Commerce Street,
as measured along said westerly line of Commerce
Street, said point having coordinates of North
338935.91 and East 622301.30 on the North American
Datum of 1927:
thence running North 03 degrees 07 minutes 31
seconds East along land now or formerly of Phoenix
Home Life Mutual Insurance Company a distance of
thirty-four and forty-five one-hundredths (34.45)
feet to a point;
thence running northerly along a curve to the
left having a radius of three hundred twenty-one
and no one-hundredths (321.00) feet a distance of
three and fifty-nine one-hundredths (3.59) feet
along land now or formerly of Phoenix Home Life
Mutual Insurance Company to a point;
thence running North 21 degrees 14 minutes 15
seconds West along land now or formerly of Phoenix
Home Life Mutual Insurance Company, which course
is also along a taking and nonaccess line for
I-91, a distance of one hundred and no
one-hundredths (100.00) feet to a point, said
point being sixty-six and thirteen one-hundredths
(66.13) feet offset from the curved ramp "C"
baseline of I-91 at ramp "C" baseline station
664+93;
thence running South 78 degrees 57 minutes 57
seconds East a distance of seventy-eight and
eighty one-hundredths (78.80) feet to a point;
thence running South 20 degrees 18 minutes 07
seconds East along land now or formerly of State
of Connecticut a distance of one hundred fourteen
and fifty-one one-hundredths (114.51) feet to a
point;
thence running South 69 degrees 41 minutes 53
seconds West along land now or formerly of City of
Hartford a distance of thirty-three and
twenty-five one-hundredths (33.25) feet to a
point;
thence running North 86 degrees 52 minutes 29
seconds West along land now or formerly of City of
Hartford Street Division a distance of fifty-one
and eighty one-hundredths (51.80) feet to the
point and place of beginning.
(4) Parcel 10 has an area of approximately
Beginning at a point, said point being the
intersection of the taking line for Ramp "J" of
I-91 and the northerly line of formerly Commerce
Street, which line is also the nonaccess line for
Ramp "J" of I-91 said point having coordinates of
North 339451.76 and East 622138.13 on the North
American Datum of 1927:
thence running North 61 degrees 06 minutes 16
seconds West along the nonaccess line for Ramp "J"
of I-91 and northeasterly street line of formerly
Commerce Street a distance of two hundred three
and sixty-nine one-hundredths (203.69) feet to a
point;
thence running South 63 degrees 48 minutes 30
seconds East along land now or formerly of State
of Connecticut a distance of one hundred
ninety-one and ninety-five one-hundredths (191.95)
feet to a point;
thence running South 23 degrees 58 minutes 19
seconds East along land now or formerly of State
of Connecticut a distance of fifteen and no
one-hundredths (15.00) feet to the point and place
of beginning, said point being on the
northeasterly line of formerly Commerce Street.
(b) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of the conveyance of said
parcels 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.
Sec. 6. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey to the
city of Middletown, 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 city
of Middletown, having an area of approximately
0.169 acre. Said parcel of land is bounded and
described as follows:
NORTHWESTERLY - by present Washington Street,
Route 66, 60.0 feet;
EASTERLY - by land now or formerly of Carol
R. Olson et al, 158 feet;
SOUTHERLY - by land now or formerly of Philip
C. Dunn et al, 50 feet;
WESTERLY - by land now or formerly of The
City of Middletown, Proposed
Thomas Street, 120 feet.
Said parcel of land comprises the same premises
described in a deed from James A. Moses and
Lillian H. Moses, dated August 31, 1993, and
recorded in Volume 1022 at Page 523 of the
Middletown Land Records.
(b) The city of Middletown shall use said
parcel of land for public works purposes. If the
city of Middletown (1) does not use said parcel
for said purposes, (2) does not retain ownership
of all of said parcel, or (3) leases all or any
portion of said parcel, the parcel shall revert to
the state of Connecticut.
(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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of
this section, and the Commissioner of
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility
for all other incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 7. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey a
parcel of land located in the town of North Canaan
to the Robert C. Geer Memorial Hospital, subject
to the approval of the State Properties Review
Board and at a cost equal to the fair market value
of said parcel as determined by the average of the
appraisals of two independent appraisers who shall
be selected by such commissioner, plus the
administrative costs of making such conveyance.
Said parcel of land has an area of approximately
described in a deed from the Robert C. Geer
Memorial Hospital, Inc., dated August 13, 1957,
and recorded in the North Canaan Land Records at
Volume 29, Pages 616 and 617.
(b) The Robert C. Geer Memorial Hospital
shall use said parcel of land for nursing home
purposes. If the Robert C. Geer Memorial Hospital
(1) does not use said parcel for said purposes,
(2) does not retain ownership of all of said
parcel, or (3) leases all or any portion of said
parcel, the parcel shall revert to the state of
Connecticut.
(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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of
this section, and the Commissioner of
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility
for all other incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 8. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey to the
town of Trumbull, 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
of Trumbull, having an area of approximately 3.35
acres and identified as Parcel No. 36 on town of
Trumbull Tax Assessor's Map I12.
(b) The town of Trumbull shall use said
parcel of land for affordable housing purposes. If
the town of Trumbull (1) does not use said parcel
for said purposes, (2) does not retain ownership
of all of said parcel, or (3) leases all or any
portion of said parcel, the parcel shall revert to
the state of Connecticut.
(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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of
this section, and the Commissioner of
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility
for all other incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 9. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall
enter into an agreement with the town of
Litchfield for the exchange of two parcels of land
located in the town of Litchfield, simultaneously
and each in consideration of the other. The parcel
of land to be conveyed by the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection in such exchange is
identified as the property shown on a map entitled
"13.737 plus or minus ACRES MAP PREPARED FOR TOWN
of LITCHFIELD SHOWING PROPERTY TO BE ACQUIRED FROM
the STATE of CONNECTICUT KNIFE SHOP ROAD and
CONNECTICUT ROUTE 254 NORTHFIELD SECTION
LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT SCALE 1" -60' FEBRUARY
1994 SAMUEL P. BERTACCINI, JR.". The parcel of
land to be conveyed by the town of Litchfield in
such exchange is identified as follows: Those
certain roads or highways located within the town
of Litchfield within the boundaries of "Topsmead
Forest", so called, owned by the State of
Connecticut, and shown as Chase Road, Jefferson
Hill Road, and Jefferson Hill Road South on a map
or plan entitled:
"'TOPSMEAD' Property of Miss Edith M. Chase
Litchfield, Connecticut Scale -one inch Equals 200
Feet Based on Surveys by W. Bruce Hubbard 1924 By:
W.A. Williston 1938 By: Douglas G. Little
1947-1950
All Courses North of East Litchfield Road,
Magnetic 1938
All Courses South of East Litchfield Road,
Magnetic 1924
Douglas G. Little Surveyor October 5, 1950",
revised with hand written notes without revision
date and recorded on October 3, 1960 in Map Volume
5 at Page 61 of the Litchfield Land Records.
For further reference, see original maps of same
title dated October 5, 1950 without handwritten
notes recorded in Volume 3 at Page 49 of the
Litchfield Land Records.
(b) The exchange of said parcels of land
shall be subject to the approval of the State
Properties Review Board. The town of Litchfield
shall pay for the administrative costs incurred by
the state in the exchange of said parcels of land.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of the exchange of said
parcels of land not later than thirty days after
it receives a proposed agreement from the
Department of Environmental Protection. The state
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 the conveyance of
state land under this section and the Commissioner
of Environmental Protection shall have the sole
responsibility for all other incidents of such
conveyance.
Sec. 10. Section 8 of special act 95-25 is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the
general statutes to the contrary, the commissioner
of environmental protection shall convey Fort
Shantok State Park, which is located in the town
of Montville and has an area of approximately 138
acres, [to] AS FOLLOWS:
(1) TO THE MOHEGAN TRIBE OF INDIANS OF
CONNECTICUT, (A) A PARCEL OF LAND HAVING AN AREA
OF APPROXIMATELY 2.0 ACRES AND IDENTIFIED AS
PARCEL "A" ON A SURVEY PLAN PREPARED BY HARRIS &
CLARK, INC. ENTITLED "PERIMETER SURVEY PREPARED
FOR THE MOHEGAN TRIBE OF INDIANS OF CONNECTICUT,
FORT SHANTOK STATE PARK, CONNECTICUT ROUTE #433
AND MASSAPEAG SIDE ROAD, MONTVILLE, CONNECTICUT,
SCALE: 1"=100', DATED: JANUARY, 1997, JOB
IDENTIFICATION #1966, SHEET 1 OF 2, LAST REVISED
2/21/97"; AND (B) A PARCEL OF LAND HAVING AN AREA
OF APPROXIMATELY 0.29 ACRE AND IDENTIFIED AS
PARCEL "B" ON THE SURVEY PLAN DESCRIBED IN
SUBPARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION; AND
(2) TO the United States of America in trust
for the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of Connecticut,
THE REMAINDER OF FORT SHANTOK STATE PARK.
(b) THE CONVEYANCES DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
(a) OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE (1) in
accordance with the provisions of the agreement
between the State of Connecticut and the Mohegan
Tribe of Indians of Connecticut, which resolved
the Tribe's land claims against the State and was
executed on May 17, 1994, and (2) subject to the
approval of the State Properties Review Board.
[(b)] (c) Said park shall be conveyed subject
to a restriction that it shall not be used for any
gaming operations or gaming-related development.
Said restriction shall run with said land and
shall be binding on all parties to said conveyance
and all persons claiming under said parties.
[(c)] (d) The State Properties Review Board
shall complete its review of the conveyance of
said land not later than thirty days after it
receives a proposed agreement from the department
of environmental protection. 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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection [(b)] (c)
of this section, and the commissioner of
environmental protection shall have the sole
responsibility for all other incidents of such
conveyance.
Sec. 11. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey a
parcel of land located in the city and town of
Milford to MSA International, Inc., subject to the
approval of the State Properties Review Board and
at a cost equal to the fair market value of said
parcel, taking into consideration the open space
restriction set forth in subsection (b) of this
section, plus the administrative costs of making
such conveyance. The fair market value of said
parcel shall be determined by the average of the
appraisals of two independent appraisers who shall
be selected by such commissioner. Said parcel of
land has an area of approximately 2.24 acres and
is identified as Parcel 43 in Block 812 on city
and town of Milford Tax Assessor's Map 90.
(b) MSA International, Inc. shall use said
parcel of land for open space purposes. If MSA
International, Inc. (1) does not use said parcel
for said purposes, (2) does not retain ownership
of all of said parcel, or (3) leases all or any
portion of said parcel, the parcel shall revert to
the state of Connecticut.
(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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of
this section, and the Commissioner of
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility
for all other incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 12. Section 6 of public act 96-249 is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the
general statutes to the contrary, the Commissioner
of Public Works shall convey to the 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 at 40 Clifford Street in
the city of Hartford, having an area of
approximately one-half acre and identified as lot
21 in block 3 of city [of] ON Hartford Tax
Assessor's Map 204.
(b) (1) The city of Hartford shall use said
parcel of land for community facilities OR MAY
LEASE ALL OR ANY PORTION OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND TO
A NONPROFIT ENTITY FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES. (2)
If the city of Hartford [(1)] (A) does not use
said parcel for said purposes, [(2)] (B) does not
retain ownership of all of said parcel or [(3)]
(C) leases all or any portion of said parcel
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED UNDER SUBDIVISION (1) OF THIS
SUBSECTION, the parcel shall revert to the state
of Connecticut.
(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 Public Works. 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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of
this section, and the Commissioner of Public Works
shall have the sole responsibility for all other
incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 13. Section 5 of special act 87-101 is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commissioner of transportation,
subject to the approval of the state properties
review board, shall convey to the town of
Greenwich, for the sum of one dollar and the
administrative costs of the making of such
conveyance, the Cos Cob Power Plant and the land
on which it is located, comprising approximately
thirteen acres in the town of Greenwich. [,
twenty-five]
(b) TWENTY-FIVE per cent of the usable land
[of which] DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (a) OF THIS
SECTION shall be used by said town with the
approval of the commissioner of [housing] ECONOMIC
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT and the Board of
Selectmen to provide housing for low-income
persons, moderate-income persons or senior
citizens, [and seventy-five] PROVIDED SUCH
COMMISSIONER MAY WAIVE SUCH USE RESTRICTION IF HE
DETERMINES THAT SAID TOWN HAS PROVIDED, ON AND
AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1997, HOUSING UNITS ON OTHER
PROPERTIES IN SAID TOWN, WHICH ARE EQUIVALENT TO
THE HOUSING UNITS REQUIRED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION.
(c) SEVENTY-FIVE per cent of [such] THE
usable land DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (a) OF THIS
SECTION AND, IF SUCH COMMISSIONER ISSUES SUCH A
WAIVER, THE OTHER TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT OF SUCH
LAND, shall be used for PUBLIC open space
purposes. [, provided the] IF THE TOWN OF
GREENWICH (1) DOES NOT USE SAID LAND FOR SAID
PURPOSES, (2) DOES NOT RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF ALL OF
SAID LAND, OR (3) LEASES ALL OR ANY PORTION OF
SAID LAND, THE COS COB POWER PLANT AND THE LAND ON
WHICH IT IS LOCATED SHALL REVERT TO THE STATE OF
CONNECTICUT.
(d) THE commissioner may retain a
right-of-way over the land DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
(a) OF THIS SECTION for use of the state and may
provide for the continuing use by the state of
such portion of the land as the commissioner deems
necessary. With respect to property acquired by
the town of Greenwich pursuant to this section,
discrimination on the basis of residence,
including preferential reservation or membership
systems, is prohibited except to the extent that
reasonable differences in admission and other fees
may be maintained on the basis or residence. The
land shall remain under the care and control of
the commissioner of transportation 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 administrative services shall
have the sole responsibility for all other
incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 14. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey a
parcel of land located in the town of Brookfield
to the Danbury Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol,
subject to the approval of the State Properties
Review Board and at a cost of one thousand five
hundred dollars, a parcel of land designated as
File No. 18-101-27A maintained by the Department
of Transportation. Said parcel of land has an area
of approximately 0.215 acre.
(b) The Danbury Slovak Gymnastic Union Sokol
shall use said parcel of land exclusively for
civic functions and shall not construct a
permanent structure on the parcel. The parcel
shall revert to the state of Connecticut if the
grantee vacates the abutting property, ceases to
use the parcel for civic functions or uses the
parcel for another purpose.
(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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of
this section, and the Commissioner of
Transportation shall have the sole responsibility
for all other incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 15. Section 4 of public act 95-127 is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the
general statutes to the contrary, the commissioner
of transportation shall convey a certain parcel of
land to the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church,
subject to the approval of the State Properties
Review Board and at a cost equal to the fair
market value of the parcel of land. Said parcel of
land is located in the town of Enfield, has an
area of approximately 7.4 acres, and is bounded
and described as follows:
EASTERLY: By land of the State of Connecticut,
being Interstate 91;
SOUTHERLY: By land of the State of Connecticut,
being the northwesterly ramp leading
from Connecticut State Highway Route
190 to U.S. Route 5, Enfield Street;
WESTERLY: By land of the State of Connecticut,
being U.S. Route 5, Enfield Street;
NORTHERLY: By land now or formerly of J. Stewart
Cowhey, et al, land now or formerly
of Tennessee Gas Transmission Co.,
the Town of Enfield, being Claremont
Avenue, land now or formerly of
William Aloisa, et al, land now or
formerly of Robert M. Lantry, et al,
partly by each;
WESTERLY
AGAIN: By land now or formerly of Robert M.
Lantry, et al;
NORTHERLY
AGAIN: By land of the Town of Enfield, being
Meadow Street;
WESTERLY
AGAIN: By land of the Town of Enfield, being
Meadow Street;
SOUTHERLY
AGAIN: By land of the Town of Enfield, being
Meadow Street;
WESTERLY
AGAIN: By land of the Town of Enfield, being
Meadow Street;
NORTHERLY
AGAIN: By land now or formerly of E. J.
Malley, Jr., et al;
WESTERLY
AGAIN: By land now or formerly of E. J.
Malley, Jr., et al;
NORTHERLY
AGAIN: By land now or formerly of Fred J.
Provencher.
(b) [At least sixty days before selling or
leasing all or any portion of said parcel of land,
the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church shall
notify, in writing, the commissioner of
transportation of said church's intention to sell
or lease said parcel or portion thereof. Within
forty-five days after receiving such notice, such
commissioner may give written notice of the state
of Connecticut's desire to purchase said parcel
and the state of Connecticut may repurchase the
parcel for the same price paid by said church
under this section.] IF A BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A CHURCH ON SAID PARCEL OF LAND
HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED BY THE END OF THE FIFTH YEAR
AFTER THE CONVEYANCE OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND IS
MADE, (1) THE ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH
SHALL NOTIFY, IN WRITING, THE COMMISSIONER OF
TRANSPORTATION OF SUCH NONISSUANCE, NOT LATER THAN
THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE END OF SUCH FIVE-YEAR
PERIOD, AND (2) THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT MAY
REPURCHASE THE PARCEL FOR THE SAME PRICE PAID BY
SAID CHURCH UNDER THIS SECTION, NOT LATER THAN
SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE COMMISSIONER OF
TRANSPORTATION RECEIVES SUCH NOTICE.
(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,
which deed or instrument shall include provisions
to carry out the purposes of subsection (b) of
this section, and the commissioner of
transportation shall have the sole responsibility
for all other incidents of such conveyance.
Sec. 16. Section 3 of public act 95-127 is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof:
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the
general statutes to the contrary, the commissioner
of public works shall convey to the town of
Killingly, subject to the approval of the State
Properties Review Board and at a cost [equal to
the administrative costs of making such
conveyance] OF ONE DOLLAR, a parcel of land and
the buildings on said parcel, which parcel is
located in the town of Killingly, has an area of
approximately 0.78 acres and is identified as the
same parcel of land conveyed to the state of
Connecticut by James M. Paine and recorded in the
Killingly Land Records at Volume 66, Page 263 on
July 16, 1909.
(b) The town of Killingly shall [use]
DETERMINE HOW said parcel of land and buildings
[for community purposes] SHALL BE USED. If said
town [(1) does not use said parcel and buildings
for said purposes, (2)] does not retain ownership
of [all of] said parcel or buildings, [or (3)
leases all or any portion of said parcel or
buildings,] the parcel and buildings shall revert
to the state of Connecticut. THE REVENUE GENERATED
BY THE PARCEL AND BUILDINGS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
COST TO THE TOWN OF KILLINGLY OF OWNING AND
MAINTAINING SUCH PARCEL AND BUILDINGS. IN
DETERMINING THE COST, REVENUE LOST TO THE TOWN IF
THE PARCEL AND BUILDINGS ARE NOT OPERATED BY A
PRIVATE ENTITY MAY BE CONSIDERED.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of the conveyance of said
parcel of land and buildings not later than thirty
days after it receives a proposed agreement from
the department of public works. The land and
buildings 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, which deed or instrument shall
include provisions to carry out the purposes of
subsection (b) of this section, and the
commissioner of public works shall have the sole
responsibility for all other incidents of such
conveyance.
Sec. 17. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions
of the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Public Safety shall grant to The
Bradley Home, a charitable corporation, subject to
the approval of the State Properties Review Board
and at a cost equal to the administrative costs of
making such grant, an easement for ingress and
egress by foot and vehicle and for purposes of
laying and maintaining a drainage line with all
necessary appurtenances over, under and across a
parcel of land located on the westerly side of
Colony Street in the City of Meriden, known as 294
Colony Street (Meriden Assessor's designation
Block 230, Lot 13), which is adjacent to the real
property of The Bradley Home known as 320 Colony
Street (Meriden Assessor's designation Block 230,
Lot 88).
(b) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of such grant not later than
thirty days after it receives a proposed agreement
from the Department of Public Safety. The State
Treasurer shall execute and deliver any deed or
instrument necessary for a grant under this
section and the Commissioner of Public Safety
shall have the sole responsibility for all other
incidents of such grant.
Sec. 18. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey to the
town of South Windsor, subject to the approval of
the State Properties Review Board and at a cost
equal to the administrative costs of making such
conveyance, two parcels of land located in the
town of South Windsor which have a total area of
approximately twenty acres and which are
identified as the surplus portion of the land (1)
in Department of Transportation File No.
132-70-27B and (2) which is bounded on the north
by a HELCO right-of-way, on the east by Ellington
Road (Rte. 30), on the south by I-291 and on the
west by U.S. Rte. 5 (former Department of
Transportation File No. 132-70-26).
(b) (1) The town of South Windsor shall use
said parcels of land for open space or storm water
management and infrastructure improvement
purposes, or may sell all or any portion of said
parcels of land to a purchaser who shall use such
land for economic development purposes. Any such
sale shall be made at a cost equal to the fair
market value of the land as determined by the
average of the appraisals of two independent
appraisers who shall be selected by the
Commissioner of Transportation. Such cost shall be
subject to the approval of such commissioner, said
town and the purchaser. All moneys received by the
town of South Windsor from any such sale shall be
paid promptly to the State Treasurer and deposited
in the Special Transportation Fund.
(2) If, in the case of either such parcel,
the town of South Windsor (A) does not use the
parcel for open space or storm water management
and infrastructure improvement purposes, (B) does
not retain ownership of all of the parcel, except
for a sale of all or any portion of the parcel for
economic development purposes in accordance with
subdivision (1) of this subsection, or (C) leases
all or any portion of the parcel, the parcel shall
revert to the state of Connecticut.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of the conveyance of said
parcels 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, which deed or instrument shall
include provisions to carry out the purposes of
subsection (b) of this section, and the
Commissioner of Transportation shall have the sole
responsibility for all other incidents of such
conveyance.
Sec. 19. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of
the general statutes to the contrary, the
Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs shall convey to
the town of Rocky Hill, subject to the approval of
the State Properties Review Board and at a cost
equal to the administrative costs of making such
conveyance, a fifty acre portion of two parcels of
land located adjacent to the Veterans' Home and
Hospital in the town of Rocky Hill, which parcels
are the same parcels of land described in a
memorandum from the Office of Policy and
Management to all state agency heads, dated March
12, 1997, and entitled "Request for Re-use
Proposals - State Land in Rocky Hill".
(b) The town of Rocky Hill shall use said
fifty acre portion of said parcels of land for
recreational, educational, open space or other
municipal public purposes. If the town of Rocky
Hill (1) does not use said portion for any such
purpose, (2) does not retain ownership of all of
said portion or (3) leases all or any part of said
portion, the portion shall revert to the state of
Connecticut.
(c) The State Properties Review Board shall
complete its review of the conveyance of said
portion of said parcels of land not later than
thirty days after it receives a proposed agreement
from the Department of Veterans' Affairs. 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, which deed or instrument shall
include provisions to carry out the purposes of
subsection (b) of this section, and the
Commissioner of Veterans' Affairs shall have the
sole responsibility for all other incidents of
such conveyance.
Sec. 20. Section 2 of public act 83-126 is
repealed.
Approved July 8, 1997