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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
COMMISSION OF PROPERTY
LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
WEST PENNSBORO, CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE TOTAL
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and 46-
07-0477-014)
CONDEMNEE: CUMBERLAND
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION BOARD
CIVIL DIVISION
NO. 03- 5q.SI Civil Tu^m
DECLARATION OF TAKING
IN REM
EMINENT DOMAIN
FILED ON BEHALF OF: Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR THIS
PARTY:
?William P. Bresnahan, Esquire
PA ID No. 00119
David L. Nixon, Esquire
PA ID No. 10707
William P. Bresnahan, II, Esquire
PA ID No. 85543
John F. Dwyer, Esquire
PA ID No. 89649
HOLLINSHEAD, MENDELSON,
BRESNAHAN & NIXON, P.C.
2901 Grant Building
310 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 355-7070
Firm No. 628
"'I6/CU ERLAND CTY AGR/DEC OF TAKING
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
COMMISSION OF PROPERTY
LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
WEST PENNSBORO,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE TOTAL
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
FROM MILEPOST 214 TO
MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085
and 46-07-0477-014)
NO.
IN REM
EMINENT DOMAIN
CONDEMNEE: CUMBERLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION BOARD
DECLARATION OF TAKING
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission files this Declaration of Taking as provided for in
the Act of May 4, 2006, P.L. 112, No. 34 §1, 26 Pa. C.S.A. §302, and respectfully declares the
following:
1. The Condemnor is the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, an instrumentality of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with its principal office at Exit 247 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
system located in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Its post office address
is P.O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17106-7676.
2. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is authorized and empowered by Section
6 of the Act of May 21, 1937, P.L. 774, No. 211, as amended, to acquire by condemnation any lands,
rights, easements, franchises and other property deemed necessary or convenient for the construction
or efficient operation of the Turnpike.
FTCNCUIBERLAND CTY AGR/DEC OF TAKING
3. This Declaration of Taking was authorized by a Resolution adopted August 5, 2008
by said Condemnor. A copy of said Resolution is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit
"A". The record thereof may be examined at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's Central
Office at Exit 247 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
4. The purpose of the condemnation is to acquire property interests and a conservation
easement, necessary to construct the total reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike project from
milepost 214 to milepost 227 and its requirements.
5. The property condemned is situate in the Township of West Pennsboro, Cumberland
County and consists of 0.069 acres in fee as required right-of-way for Township Road 405 and 0.166
acres in fee as required limit of slope for Township Road 405; a partial take. A plan of the property
condemned sufficient for its identification, is set forth in Exhibit "B", attached hereto and made a
part hereof. Plans showing the property condemned are on the same day as this Declaration is being
filed with the Prothonotary, being filed with the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cumberland
County in accordance with §304 of the Eminent Domain Code of 2006.
6. The nature of the title hereby condemned is (i) fee simple in the surface, (ii) only so
much of any minerals, oil or gas beneath the surface of any separate estate in any of those minerals,
oil or gas as is necessary for the lateral and subjacent support of the surface and any improvement
now or hereafter erected thereon, (iii) the right to access those minerals, oil, or gas from the surface
of the land hereby condemned, and (iv) any and all rights of way into, upon, or over the surface of
said land, including the right to explore and test drill the minerals, oil or gas; including the right to
drill for, dig, mine, drain, ventilate, transport, or carry away said minerals, oil or gas now owned or
hereafter acquired by the condemnees; together with the right to use any of the surface for storing
materials, disposing of refuse or overburden, or to erect any buildings, structures, or fixtures
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necessary, convenient, or incident to the producing, mining or removing the minerals, oil, or gas
from beneath the surface of the land hereby condemned or from any other lands of the condemnees.
7. A plan showing the condemned property may be inspected at the offices of West
Pennsboro Township Building, 2150 Newville Road, Carlisle, PA 17013, during regular business
hours.
8. The Condemnor files with this Declaration of Taking its Open End Bond without
surety pursuant to Section 303(a) of the Eminent Domain Code of 2006. Just Compensation is made
or secured by the filing of said Bond, attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "C".
Respectfully submitted,
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION
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William P. Bresnahan
David L. Nixon
William P. Bresnahan, II
John F. Dwyer
2901 Grant Building
310 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 355-7070
Attorneys for the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission
Our Mission:
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America's First Superhighway
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF THE REQUIRED PROPERTY FOR
RIGHT-OF-WAY BY PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION FOR THE
TOTAL RECONSTRUCTIO PROJECT
FROM MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227 OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate vehicular traffic within and across the
Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is authorized and
empowered to construct, operate and maintain the Turnpike, which project now
before the Commission consists of the construction of the total reconstruction of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike from milepost 214 to milepost 227 specifically includes a
conservation easement owned by the Cumberland County Agricultural Land
Preservation Board, Right of Way No. 3173-B, a partial take;
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as required by
Act of Assembly No. 211, P. L. 774 dated May 21, 1937 (36 P.S. § 652a) as amended,
has approved the location of the total reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
from milepost 214 to milepost 227; Now
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and it is
hereby resolved by authority of the same, that the acquisition of required property by
purchase or condemnation according to law is authorized for this the total
reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike from milepost 214 to milepost 227
specifically includes a conservation easement owned by the Cumberland County
Agricultural Land Preservation Board, Right of Way No. 3173-B, a partial take;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the property necessary for the required
right-of-way for the total reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike from milepost
214 to milepost 227 shall be acquired by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission by
purchase or condemnation under the provision of the Acts of Assembly, in fee simple
or such lesser estate as the Commission shall determine necessary therefore.
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EXHIBIT "A"
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I, ANN LOUISE EDMUNDS, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and
correct copy of an excerpt of the n tei of the eating of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission, held on the 5 day 2008, in Highspire, Pennsylvania, at
which a quorum was present, and th said lotion was unanimously adopted.
cir, S y hand and the Official Seal of said Commission this 5 -day of
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION
OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE
TOWNSHIP OF WEST PENNSBORO,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH :
OF PENNNSYLVANIA, FOR THE
TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE :
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and
46-07-0477-014
NO.
INREM
EMINENT DOMAIN
CONDEMNEES: CUMBERLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION BOARD
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, an
instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is held firmly bound to the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the use and benefit of the owner or owners of the property interests which have been
condemned by the Declaration of Taking filed in the above-named Court at the above term and number and pay
such damages as shall be determined by law.
Now the condition of this obligation is such that if the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall pay to
the said owner or owners of the property interests condemned such damages as shall be determined by law, this
obligation shall be void; otherwise to be and remain in full force and effect.
Baled with the official seal of the said Commission and dated this day of
2008.
ATTEST: PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION
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Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
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Chairman
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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
SS.
Joseph G. Brimmeier, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that
he is the Chief Executive Officer of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and makes
this Affidavit on its behalf, being familiar with the facts and having authority so to do;
and that all the statements in the foregoing Declaration of Taking are true and correct to
the best of his information, knowledge and belief
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Sworn to and subscribed before
me this J day of
2008.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
COMMISSION OF PROPERTY
LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
WEST PENNSBORO, CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE TOTAL
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and 46-
07-0477-014)
CONDEMNEE: CUMBERLAND
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION BOARD
CIVIL DIVISION
NO. 08-5451 CIVIL TERM
MEMORANDUM OF DEED BOOK
VOLUME
IN REM
EMINENT DOMAIN
FILED ON BEHALF OF: Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR THIS
PARTY:
William P. Bresnahan, Esquire
PA ID No. 00119
David L. Nixon, Esquire
PA ID No. 10707
William P. Bresnahan, H, Esquire
PA ID No. 85543
John F. Dwyer, Esquire
PA ID No. 89649
HOLLINSHEAD, MENDELSON,
BRESNAHAN & NIXON, P.C.
2901 Grant Building
310 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 355-7070
Firm No. 628
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE )
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE )
COMMISSION OF PROPERTY )
LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF ) NO. 08-5451 CIVIL TERM
WEST PENNSBORO, CUMBERLAND )
COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH OF ) IN REM
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE TOTAL )
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE ) EMINENT DOMAIN
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM )
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227 )
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and )
46-07-0477-014) )
CONDEMNEE: CUMBERLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION BOARD
MEMO OF DEED BOOK VOLUME
On September 15, 2008, NOTICE OF CONDEMNATION of the filing of the Declaration of
Taking, in reference to the captioned action was recorded in the Recorder of Deeds of Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, at Instrument No. 200831199.
HOLLINSHEAD, MENDELSON,
BRESNAH & NIXON, P.C.
Dated: 2008 BY 7>?
William P. Bresnahan, Esquire
David L. Nixon
William P. Bresnahan, II, Esquire
John F. Dwyer, Esquire
2901 Grant Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 355 7070
Attorneys for the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
(?I day of 2008.
N,6tary Public
COMMONWEAi H OF PENNSYLVANIA
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: seal
Elizabeth J Notary Public
City Of PittsbUtO1, A, ti:?gnenyCounty
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
COMMISSION OF PROPERTY
LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
WEST PENNSBORO, CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE TOTAL
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and 46-
07-0477-014)
CONDEMNEE: CUMBERLAND
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION BOARD
CIVIL DIVISION
NO. 08-5451 CIVIL TERM
AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE OF NOTICE
TO CONDEMNEE
IN REM
EMINENT DOMAIN
FILED ON BEHALF OF: Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR THIS
PARTY:
William P. Bresnahan, Esquire
PA ID No. 00119
David L. Nixon, Esquire
PA ID No. 10707
William P. Bresnahan, II, Esquire
PA ID No. 85543
John F. Dwyer, Esquire
PA ID No. 89649
HOLLINSHEAD, MENDELSON,
BRESNAHAN & NIXON, P.C.
2901 Grant Building
310 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 355-7070
Firm No. 628
. . , FrF&CUMB CfY AGRIAFF OF SERVICE
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION
OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP
OF WEST PENNSBORO, CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE TOTAL
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and
46-07-0477-014)
NO. 08-5451 CIVIL TERM
IN REM
EMINENT DOMAIN
CONDEMNEE: CUMBERLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION BOARD
AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
SS.
COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, personally appeared William P. Bresnahan II, who being duly sworn according
to law, states that on September 22, 2008, he caused to be mailed by First Class, Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, to
Cumberland County Agricultural Preservation Board, a copy ofthe NOTICE TO CONDEMNEE, a copy ofwhich is attached hereto
as Exhibit "A". Also attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "B" is a copy of the return receipt cards evidencing that
Cumberland County Agricultural Preservation Board acknowledged receipt of said NOTICE TO CONDEMNEE on September 25,
2008.
Dated: bc,Not>L¢_ l0 , 2008
Swop} to and subscribed before me this
1l? day of , 2008.
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MY COMMISSION EXPIRES:
HOLLINSHEAD, MENDELSON,
BRESNAHAN & NIXON, P.C. /
BYZ v?--Lr
William P. Bresnahan, Esquire
David L. Nixon, Esquire
William P. Bresnahan, II, Esquire
John F. Dwyer, Esquire
2901 Grant Building
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 355 7070
Attorneys for the Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Nota:rk eal
Elizabeth J. Ba Notary Public
City OF Pittsburgv-gheny County
My Commission Es Aug. 22, 2010
Member, Pennsylvania Association of Notaries
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIIM COMMISSION
OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE
TOWNSHIP OF WEST PENNSBORO,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH :
OF PENNNSYLVANIA, FOR THE
TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE :
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and
46-07-0477-014
NO. 08-5451 CIVIL TERM
IN REM
EMINENT DOMAIN
CONDEMNEES: CUMBERLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION BOARD
NOTICE TO CONDEMNEES
TO: Cumberland County Agricultural Preservation Board
18 North Hanover Street, 3rd Floor
Carlisle, PA 17013
You are hereby NOTIFIED that a Declaration of Taking, a copy of which is attached
hereto and made a part hereof, was filed by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in the
above-named Court on September 15 , 2008, at the above term and number.
Your conservation easement has been condemned by the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission.
A Condemnation Plan showing the entire conservation easement owned and/or occupied
by you and the area condemned along with a property description is also attached.
You are further NOTIFIED that if you wish to challenge the power or the right of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission to appropriate the condemned property, the sufficiency of
security, the procedure followed by the Condemnor or the Declaration of
EXHIBIT A.
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Taking, you are required to file preliminary objections within thirty (30) days after having been - - -
served with this NOTICE.
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION
By: L?Ljk'?' ?
William P. Bresnahan, Esquire
Hollinshead, Mendelson,
Bresnahan & Nixon, P. C.
2901 Grant Building
310 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-2257
Certificate of Residence is: P.O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, PA 17106-7676
• PTCGICUMGERLAND CPY AGRIOEC OR TAKING
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
COMMISSION OF PROPERTY
LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
WEST PENNSBORO, CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE TOTAL
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and 46-
07-0477-014)
CONDEMNEE: CUMBERLAND
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION BOARD
CIVIL DIVISION
NO.
DECLARATION OF TAKING
IN REM
EMINENT DOMAIN
FILED ON BEHALF OF: Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission
COUNSEL OF RECORD FOR THIS
PARTY:
William P. Bresnahan, Esquire
PA ID No. 00119
David L. Nixon, Esquire
PA ID No. 10707
William P. Bresnahan, II, Esquire
PA ID No. 85543
John F. Dwyer, Esquire
PA ID No. 89649
HOLLINSHEAD, MENDELSON,
BRESNAHAN & NIXON, P.C.
2901 Grant Building
310 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 355-7070
Firm No. 628
PMUCUMEERLAND CTY AGRIDEC OF TAKING
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE )
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE )
COMMISSION OF PROPERTY )
LOCATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF ) NO.
WEST PENNSBORO, )
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ) IN REM
COMMONWEALTH OF )
PENNSYLVANIA, FOR THE TOTAL ) EMINENT DOMAIN
RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF )
THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE )
FROM MILEPOST 214 TO )
MILEPOST 227 )
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 )
and 46-07-0477-014) )
CONDEMNEE: CUMBERLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND
PRESERVATION BOARD
DECLARATION OF TAKING
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission files this Declaration of Taking as provided for in
the Act of May 4, 2006, P.L. 112, No. 34 §1, 26 Pa. C.S.A. §302, and respectfully declares the
following:
1. The Condemnor is the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, an instrumentality of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with its principal office at Exit 247 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
system located in Lower Swatara Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Its post office address
is P.O. Box 67676, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17106-7676.
2. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is authorized and empowered by Section
6 of the Act of May 21, 1937, P.L. 774, No. 211, as amended, to acquire by condemnation any lands,
rights, easements, franchises and other property deemed necessary or convenient for the construction
or efficient operation of the Turnpike.
PTC6lCUMBERLAND CTY AGRIDEC OF TAKING
3. This Declaration of Taking was authorized by a Resolution adopted August 5, 2008
by said Condemnor. A copy of said Resolution is attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit
"A". The record thereof may be examined at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's Central
Office at Exit 247 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
4. The purpose of the condemnation is to acquire property interests and a conservation
easement, necessary to construct the total reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike project from
milepost 214 to milepost 227 and its requirements.
5. The property condemned is situate in the Township of West Pennsboro, Cumberland
County and consists of 0.069 acres in fee as required right-of-way for Township Road 405 and 0.166
acres in fee as required limit of slope for Township Road 405; a partial take. A plan of the property
condemned sufficient for its identification, is set forth in Exhibit "B", attached hereto and made a
part hereof. Plans showing the property condemned are on the same day as this Declaration is being
filed with the Prothonotary, being filed with the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cumberland
County in accordance with §304 of the Eminent Domain Code of 2006.
6. The nature of the title hereby condemned is (i) fee simple in the surface, (ii) only so
much of any minerals, oil or gas beneath the surface of any separate estate in any of those minerals,
oil or gas as is necessary for the lateral and subjacent support of the surface and any improvement
now or hereafter erected thereon, (iii) the right to access those minerals, oil, or gas from the surface
of the land hereby condemned, and (iv) any and all rights of way into, upon, or over the surface of
said land, including the right to explore and test drill the minerals, oil or gas; including the right to
drill for, dig, mine, drain, ventilate, transport, or carry away said minerals, oil or gas now owned or
hereafter acquired by the condemnees; together with the right to use any of the surface for storing
materials, disposing of refuse or overburden, or to erect any buildings, structures, or fixtures
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necessary, convenient, or incident to the producing, mining or removing the minerals, oil, or- gas
from beneath the surface of the land hereby condemned or from any other lands of the condemnees.
7. A plan showing the condemned property may be inspected at the offices of West
Pennsboro Township Building, 2150 Newville Road, Carlisle, PA 17013, during regular business
hours.
8. The Condemnor files with this Declaration of Taking its Open End Bond without
surety pursuant to Section 303(a) of the Eminent Domain Code of 2006. Just Compensation is made
or secured by the filing of said Bond, attached hereto and made a part hereof as Exhibit "C".
Respectfully submitted,
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE CON MISSION
DATE `f W o BY
William P. Bresnahan
David L. Nixon
William P. Bresnahan, II
John F. Dwyer
2901 Grant Building
310 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 355-7070
Attorneys for the Pennsylvania Tumpike
Commission
Our Mission;
To operate
and manage
i safe, reliable,
cost effective
and valued
toll road
system.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
A?nerica's First Superhighway
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF THE REQUIRED PROPERTY FOR
RIGHT-OF-WAY BY PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION FOR THE
TOTAL RECONSTRUCTIO PROJECT
FROM MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227 OF
THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate vehicular traffic within and across the
Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is authorized and
empowered to construct, operate and maintain the Turnpike, which project now
before the Commission consists of the construction of the total reconstruction of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike from milepost 214 to milepost 227 specifically includes a
conservation easement owned by the Cumberland County Agricultural Land
Preservation Board, Right of Way No. 3173-B, a partial take;
WHEREAS, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation as required by
Act of Assembly No. 211, P. L. 774 dated May 21, 1937 (36 P.S. § 652a) as amended,
has approved the location of the total reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike
from milepost 214 to milepost 227; Now
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and it is
hereby resolved by authority of the same, that the acquisition of required property by
purchase or condemnation according to law is authorized for this the total
reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike from milepost 214 to milepost 227
specifically includes a conservation easement owned by the Cumberland County
Agricultural Land Preservation Board, Right of Way No. 3173-B, a partial take;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the property necessary for the required
right-of-way for the total reconstruction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike from milepost
214 to milepost 227 shall be acquired by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission by
purchase or condemnation under the provision of the Acts of Assembly, in fee simple
or such lesser estate as the Commission shall determine necessary therefore.
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CERTIFICATION
I, ANN LOUSE EDMUNDS, Assistant Secretary-Treasurer of the
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, hereby certify the foregoing to be a true and
correct copy of an excerpt of the M' ute ?of the eeting oTthe Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission, held on the .5 day , 2008, in Highspire, Pennsylvania, at
which a quorum was present, and th said solution was unanimously adopted.
SS y hand and the Official Seal of said Commission this - day of
A.D. 2008.
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
IN RE: CONDEMNATION BY THE
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION
OTPROPERTY LACATED IN THE
TOWNSHIP OF WEST PENNSBORO,
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, COMMONWEALTH :
Of PENNNSYLVANIA, FOR THE
TOTAL RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT OF THE :
PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE FROM
MILEPOST 214 TO MILEPOST 227
(PARCEL ID NOS. 46-07-0477-085 and
46-07-0477-014
NO.
IN REM
EMINENT DOMAIN
CONDEMNEES: CUMBERLAND COUNTY AGRICULTURAL LAND PRESERVATION BOARD
BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, an
instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is held firmly bound to the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania for the use and benefit of the owner or owners of the property interests which have been
condemned by the Declaration of Taking filed in the above-named Court at the above term and number and pay
such damages as shall be determined by law.
Now the condition of this obligation is such that if the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission shall pay to
the said owner or owners of the property interests condemned such damages as shall be determined by law, this
obligation shall be void; otherwise to be and remain in full force and effect.
ealed with the official seal of the said Commission and dated this B day of
)2008.
ATTEST: PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE COMMISSION
. P, 1) f JAU44.4
Lo e dmu
Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
By:
Mitc ll Rubin
Chairman
EXHIBIT "C"
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
SS.
COUNTY OF DAUPHIN
Joseph G. Brimmeier, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that
he is the Chief Executive Officer of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and makes
this Affidavit on its behalf, being familiar with the facts and having authority so to do;
and that all the statements in the foregoing Declaration of Taking are true and correct to
the best of his information, knowledge and belief.
*//oseph G. Brimmeier
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this day of
2008.
Notary Public
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: GOMM(.)NVVL N:-T:,, <ac:P NNSYI vRNIR
t4otariai Neal
Foania,m Pderhingei., Notary Public
Mld(4rituv,q'i Boiv, Dat# yin county
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Carlisle, PA 17013
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