THE GOVERNOR

Concurrent Legislative Jurisdiction; Letterkenny Army Depot, Franklin County, PA

[29 Pa.B. 3619]

   On March 8, 1999, Governor Ridge accepted concurrent legislative jurisdiction over a portion of the Letterkenny Army Depot Military Reservation in Franklin County, PA, under the act of August 5, 1977, P. L. 181 No. 47, §§ 1-2; 74 P. S. §§ 3-4. Notification that the Governor intended to accept concurrent legislative jurisdiction on behalf of the Commonwealth was published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on February 6, 1999. The Governor's final written acceptance is printed in full as follows:

March 8, 1999

Paul W. Johnson
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
Installations Logistics and Environment
110 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-0110

RE:  Notice of Acceptance of Concurrent Legislative Jurisdiction Letterkenny Army Depot, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Dear Deputy Assistant Secretary Johnson:

   I write in response to the Department of Army's March 11, 1998 proposal to retrocede concurrent legislative jurisdiction over a portion of the Letterkenny Army Depot Military Reservation in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. On behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I am pleased to accept concurrent legislative jurisdiction over the portion of the military reservation that is open to local traffic pursuant to the act of August 5, 1977, P. L. 181 No. 47, §§ 1-2; 74 P. S. §§ 3-4.

   With best regards, I remain

Yours truly,

Thomas J. Ridge,   
Governor

   The metes and bounds description for the property within Letterkenny Township over which the Commonwealth accepted concurrent legislative jurisdiction is as follows:

   All those certain two tracts, or parcels of land situate in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Franklin, Township of Letterkenny, being a portion of the Letterkenny Army Depot Military Reservation, owned by the United States of America, and more particularly bounded and described as follows:

Parcel A

   Beginning at a point on the southerly Letterkenny Army Depot Military Reservation boundary, said point being approximately 780 feet offset from and perpendicular to the intersection of the centerlines of Georgia Avenue and South Patrol Road; thence leaving the southerly Military Reservation boundary and crossing said Military Reservation boundary,

   North 63° 00` 08" West 72.21 feet to a point on a fence line; thence running and binding along said fence line, the following courses:

   North 39° 33` 45" East 79.99 feet,
   North 25° 49` 09" East 91.04 feet,
   North 07° 36` 04" West 230.35 feet,
   North 68° 31` 05" West 23.98 feet,
   North 08° 22` 41" East 161.49 feet,
   North 26° 11` 44" East 447.93 feet,
   North 50° 09` 37" West 70.60 feet,
   North 17° 52` 02" West 410.48 feet,
   North 48° 55` 53" East 351.98 feet,
   North 66° 31` 16" East 2,186.09 feet,   North 53° 00` 45" East 604.27 feet,
   North 52° 55` 54" East 726.01 feet,
   North 48° 23` 21" East 39.77 feet,
   North 39° 42` 45" East 424.92 feet,
   North 76° 13` 28" East 783.82 feet,
   North 10° 58` 28" East 165.70 feet,
   North 13° 04` 51" East 847.97 feet,
   North 61° 54` 06" East 239.83 feet; thence running and binding along another fence line which runs west of and parallel to Pennsylvania Avenue,

   South 16° 40` 54" East 479.94 feet to a point; thence leaving said fence line and crossing Pennsylvania Avenue,

   North 76° 41` 52" East 48.06 feet to a point on the easterly side of Pennsylvania Avenue; thence running and binding along the easterly side of Pennsylvania Avenue,

   North 16° 38` 53" West 1,626.51 feet to the intersection of the easterly side of Pennsylvania and the southerly side of Georgia Avenue; thence running and binding along the southerly side of Georgia Avenue, the following courses:

   North 02° 39` 24" East 36.57 feet,
   North 28° 50` 36" East 23.26 feet,
   North 46° 31` 33" East 24.88 feet,
   North 54° 45` 27" East 52.12 feet,
   North 62° 15` 10" East 484.49 feet,

   by a curve to the left 253.55 feet, having a radius of 161.30 feet, subtended by a chord North 15° 08` 20" East 228.24 feet; thence continuing along said southerly side of Georgia Avenue,

   North 26° 13` 42" West 33.47 feet,
   North 32° 27` 15" West 226.83 feet,

   by a curve to the right 70.78 feet, having a radius of 53.47 feet, subtended by a chord North 19° 14` 19" East 65.72 feet,

   North 62° 42` 45" East 3,592.39 feet,
   North 49° 15` 38" East 301.41 feet,
   North 57° 26` 26" East 80.63 feet,
   North 63° 50` 58" East 352.39 feet; thence leaving southerly side of Georgia Avenue and continuing onto the westerly side of California Avenue,

   by a curve to the right 73.94 feet, having a radius of 49.44 feet, subtended by a chord South 73° 24` 04" East 67.25 feet; thence running and binding along the westerly side of California Avenue, the following courses:

   South 30° 48` 42" East 2,120.51 feet,
   South 41° 02` 49" East 131.90 feet,
   South 49° 38` 26" East 75.20 feet,
   South 56° 05` 55" East 78.13 feet,
   South 65° 55` 12" East 86.43 feet,
   South 70° 19` 05" East 118.37 feet,
   South 76° 36` 49" East 93.41 feet to the intersection of the southerly side of California Avenue and the westerly side of an unnamed road; thence running and binding along the westerly side of an unnamed road,

   South 40° 39` 52" East 110.62 feet,
   South 39° 55` 03" East 162.67 feet,
   South 38° 03` 42" East 190.00 feet; thence leaving said unnamed road,

   South 11° 46` 30" East 285.77 feet,

   South 01° 36` 16" East 255.53 feet, to a point on the westerly side of Tank Road; thence running and binding along a portion of said Tank Road, the following courses:

   South 16° 56` 13" West 188.12 feet,
   South 18° 54` 01" West 143.07 feet,
   South 25° 22` 59" West 55.23 feet,
   South 32° 22` 06" West 53.71 feet,
   South 41° 00` 08" West 60.58 feet,
   South 48° 44` 37" West 77.37 feet; thence leaving said westerly side of Tank Road,

   South 32° 30` 35" West 641.04 feet,
   South 59° 32` 00" East 489.70 feet,
   South 52° 24` 03" East 130.20 feet,
   South 30° 40` 28" East 48.68 feet,
   South 56° 54` 52" East 242.63 feet,
   South 70° 29` 56" East 218.70 feet,
   North 85° 09` 04" East 265.40 feet,

   by a curve to the left 533.57 feet, having a radius of 872.89 feet, subtended by a chord North 68° 06` 03" East 525.30 feet,

   North 52° 37` 17" East 121.53 feet,
   North 26° 09` 34" East 72.15 feet,
   North 51° 12` 41" East 172.71 feet,
   South 18° 51` 17" East 104.61 feet, to a point along the westerly side of California Avenue; thence running and binding along said westerly side, the following courses:

   South 03° 01` 34" East 53.57 feet,
   South 06° 00` 13" West 92.55 feet,
   South 05° 36` 48" West 66.78 feet,
   South 17° 30` 42" West 52.05 feet; thence leaving the westerly side of California Avenue, and running north of and parallel to the northerly side of Coffey Avenue,

   North 64° 21` 23" East 1,780.38 feet, to another point on the reservation boundary; thence running and binding along said reservation boundary, the following course:

   North 63° 54` 31" East 190.97 feet,
   South 53° 37` 23" East 189.26 feet,
   South 08° 52` 48" West 1,839.65 feet,
   South 03° 25` 44" West 1,902.23 feet,
   South 08° 26` 33" West 658.62 feet,
   South 23° 36` 23" West 2,481.18 feet,
   North 63° 38` 48" West 5,332.34 feet,
   North 46° 56` 43" East 151.65 feet,
   North 58° 28` 21" West 2,245.36 feet,
   North 78° 20` 41" West 561.86 feet,
   South 26° 31` 23" West 1,240.60 feet,
   South 04° 29` 04" East 311.45 feet,
   South 84° 40` 48" West 77.38 feet,
   South 76° 06` 12" West 368.24 feet,
   South 89° 50` 30" West 286.01 feet,
   North 62° 18` 31" West 1,750.15 feet,
   South 89° 15` 33" West 622.25 feet,
   South 53° 41` 43" West 782.19 feet,
   South 65° 23` 01" West 111.01 feet,
   South 82° 06` 20" West 410.19 feet,
   South 75° 30` 56" West 188.23 feet,
   South 36° 12` 30" West 211.66 feet,
   South 31° 58` 40" West 519.01 feet,
   South 39° 14` 18" West 108.51 feet,
   South 46° 29` 39" West 116.52 feet,
   South 53° 11` 27" West 124.93 feet,
   South 53° 54` 03" West 140.80 feet, to the point of beginning, containing 1,492.70 acres, more or less.

Parcel B

   Beginning at a point along the southeasterly Letterkenny Army Depot Military Reservation Boundary, said point being approximately 50 feet offset from and perpendicular to the centerline of East Patrol Road, said point being further located approximately 2,900 feet along the centerline of East Patrol Road from the intersection of the centerlines of California Avenue and East Patrol Road; thence running and binding along said Reservation Boundary line, the following courses:

   North 24° 09` 00" West 87.90 feet,
   North 70° 04` 03" East 202.62 feet,
   South 24° 44` 23" East 2,910.46 feet; thence leaving said Military Reservation boundary line and crossing lands of the Letterkenny Army Depot Military Reservation of the United States of America,

   South 88° 24` 53" West 127.56 feet,
   North 85° 04` 27" West 75.49 feet,
   North 87° 49` 33" West 75.52 feet,
   South 87° 01` 13" West 44.71 feet,
   South 77° 42` 36" West 57.80 feet, to a point on the northeasterly side of a railroad spur; thence with said spur, the following courses:

   North 54° 02` 52" West 107.99 feet,
   North 57° 08` 16" West 141.76 feet,
   North 61° 09` 46" West 128.97 feet,
   North 58° 21` 00" West 229.23 feet,   North 52° 25` 41" West 67.18 feet; thence leaving said railroad spur,

   North 24° 14` 44" West 2,125.36 feet, to a point on a fence line, thence running and binding along said fence line,

   North 65° 47` 19" East 490.56 feet, to the point of beginning, containing 42.06 acres, more or less.

   The bearings used herein are referenced to the Pennsylvania State Plane Coordinate System Zone 5151, NAD 1927.

   It is the intent of the foregoing description to include a portion of the same lands acquired by the United States of America as part of Letterkenny Army Depot Military Reservation as recorded in the Office of Land Records, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 99-1084. Filed for public inspection July 9, 1999, 9:00 a.m.]

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