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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-04-08 91-168 ORDERCOUNCIL ACTION Item No. 91-168 Date April 1, 1991 item/Subject: Authorizing City Manager to execute Deed Conveying 4629 Sq. Ft. of Land to be Acquired on Lower Broad Street (Nap 42, Lot #222) Department: Community and Economic Development The attached Council Order relates to the City's recent acquisition, by eminent domain, of property of Maine Central Railroad and others off lower Broad Street, par Council Order 91-114, passed on March 13, 1991. The City's eminent domain action will result in acquisition of all of Lot 222, thus extinguishing fee and reversionary interests now existing under a 999 -year lease from JamesS. Rowe and others to European 6 North American Railway Co. recorded at the Penobscot Registry in August, 1881. UNA is Maine Central's predecessor in title. The attached Order, at Maine Central Railread's request, would authorize conveyance back to MCRR a portion of Lot 222 sufficient to expand the existing fee -owned railroad right-of-way to 50 feet in width. MCRR presently owns a 25 -foot right-of-way in fee. A separate Council Order pending on the Council's agendaaddresses the financial aspects of this conveyance. DePartnsnt Head City Manager Associated Information,0 Budget Approvals R/)(�- Finance Director Legal Approval, City Solicitor• % Passage _First Reading Page 1 of _g_ Referral 91-168 Areigned b CounNor Sasnaud, April 8. 1991 �ryCITY OF BANGOR (J (TITLE.) @r�1ET1- Autho 1 SOB City. "at to Execute Deed comeyin8 4629 Sq.. Ft - of lend to be 'Aequlred on Lower Broad Street (Map 42, Lot %{E'22) --- ......... __.......... ...... .............. _... -- By the City Cousea of du City ofRON ., ORDERED, THAT WR9RBAS, by Council Order 91-114, passed on March 13, 1991, the City Council authorised acquisition by eminent domain for Community Development purposes, of land of Maine Central Railroad and others on Lower Broad Street adjacent to the Eenduskeag Stream Bridge (Bangor City Tax Map 42, Lot 222); and WHEREAS, a portion of said land to be acquired is surplus to the City's requirements, NOW, THEREFORE, by the City Council of the City of Bangor be it Ordered, THAT the City Manager is hereby authorised to execute a Municipal Quitclaim Deed conveying 4629 square feet of land on either side of the existing Maine Central Railroad right-of-way across said property, to Maine Central Railroad, for the purpose of widening the existing railroad right-of-way. - In City Council ADvil 8,1991 Passed e r :Y L 91-168 ORDER Title, Authorising City Merger to R outs Deed Conveying 4629 3q. 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ZR 41i'..�I/D! .......... ..unci..... coaneilman Two lots or parcels of land in the City of Bangor, County of Penobscot and State of Maine adjacent to the Kenduskeag Stream Railroad Bridge, more particularly described as follows: Parcel No. 1 BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly sideline of Broad Street in said Bangor with the northerly sideline of the existing Maine Central Railroad right-of-way, said intersection being at a Point 187 feet, more or leas, from the westerly footing of the Kenduskeag Stream Railroad Bridge as measured along said northerly sideline; Thence with the easterly sideline of Broad Street N 190 07. 23" E a distance of 15 feet, more or less, to a point on said easterly sideline 25 feet distant, at right angles, from the baseline of the existing Maine Central Railroad right-of-way; Thence easterly parallel to and 25 feet distant from the baseline of the existing Maine Central Railroad right-of-way a distance of 145 feet, more or less, to a point; Thence northerly at right angles to said baseline a distance of ten feet; Thence easterly parallel to and 35 feet distant from said baseline a distance of 30 feet, more or leas, to the easterly line of the Kenduskeag Stream; Thence southerly with the westerly line of the Eenduakeag Stream a distance of 1S feet, more or less, to the westerly footing of the Kenduskeag Stream Railroad Bridge; Thence westerly within the northerly sideline of the existing Maine Central Railroad right-of-way, said northerly sideline running parallel to and 19.23 feet, more or less, north of the baseline of the existing Maine Central Railroad right -o£ -way, a distance of 187 feet, more or lees, to the -place of BEGINNING; - Ming portions of the several premises described in Volume 384, Page 531 and Volume 390, Page 68, Penobscot Registry of Deede and in Volume 524, Page 259, Penobscot Registry of Deeds, and containing 1513 square feet in area, more or less, said premises being depicted as 'Parcel B" on a Plan prepared by the Bangor City Engineer's Office, to be recorded herewith. BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly line of the City of Bangor "Ferry Slip" property, so-called, with the southerly sideline of the existing Maine Central Railroad right-of-way, said intersection being within the travelled portion of Front Street, as the same now exists, at a point 181 feet more or less from the westerly footing of the Nenduskeag Stream Railroad Bridge as measured along said southerly sideline; and being located near Station 12+95 on the baseline of said Maine Central Railroad right-of-way; Thence with the southerly sideline of said Maine Central Railroad right-of-way easterly a distance of 181 feet, more or less, to the westerly footing of the Eenduskeag Stream Railroad Bridge; said southerly sideline running parallel to and 5.52 feet, more r lase, distant from the baseline of said Maine Central Railroad right-of-way; Thence southwesterly with the westerly line of the Renduskeag Stream a distance of 35 feet, more or leas, to a point 25 feet distant, at right angles, from said Maine Central Railroad baseline; Thence westerly, parallel to and 25 feet distant Prom said baseline, a distance of 150 feet, more or less to a point on the easterly line of the "Ferry Slip' property, so-called; Thence with the easterly line of the "Perry Slip" property N 670 22' 37' W a distance of 22feet, more or less, to the place of BEGINNING; Being a portion of the premises described in a Lange from James S. Rowe at als to The European aM North American Railway dated August 18, 1881 and recorded in Volume 524, Page 259, Penobscot Registry of Deeds, and containing 3116 square feet in area, more or less, said promisee being depicted as "Parcel B" on a Plan prepared by the Bangor City Engineerings Office, to be recorded herewith. Bearings given in the above two parcel descriptions are referenced to Grid North. Both the above parcels being portions of land acquired by the City of Bangor from Maine Central Railroad and others by eminent domain pursuant to 30-A M.R.6.A. 5 5204, on or after Narch 13, 1991, said taking to be recorded with this conveyance.