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Title 3 Appendix : Executive Orders

Chapter 029 : Public Property and Supplies

(Cite as: 3 App. V.S.A. ch. 29, § 37)
  • Executive Order No. 29-37 (No. 02-07) [Transfer of Certain Land and Rights in Orange from the Agency of Natural Resources to the Agency of Transportation]

    WHEREAS, certain state-owned land (the “Property”) located in the Town of Orange, County of Orange and State of Vermont, described more particularly below, presently is under the jurisdiction and control of the State of Vermont, Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation; and

    WHEREAS, the Agency of Natural Resources has determined the Property to be surplus to its needs; and

    WHEREAS, the State of Vermont, Agency of Transportation desires to obtain jurisdiction and control of the Property for the purposes of replacing the existing maintenance buildings currently on the site.

    NOW, THEREFORE, I, James H. Douglas, by virtue of the power vested in me as Governor of the State of Vermont, do hereby transfer and set over from the Agency of Natural Resources to the Agency of Transportation for the above purposes, jurisdiction and control of the following state-owned land:

    Being part of the same land and premises conveyed to the State of Vermont by Leroy E. Nelson by his Warranty Deed dated May 25, 1936, which is recorded in the land records of the Town of Orange in Book 22 Page 99, having been received for record on June 5, 1936.

    The Property herein transferred is a parcel of land containing 6.1 acres, more or less, and is bounded southerly by U.S Route 302 (AKA William Scott Memorial Highway); westerly by Town Highway No. 1 (AKA Reservoir Road); northerly and easterly by lands remaining under the jurisdiction and control of the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation. The herein transferred Property is more particularly described as follows:

    Beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly right-of-way limit of U.S. Route 302 and the easterly right-of-way limit of Town Highway No. 1. Said point of intersection having a Vermont State Plane Grid coordinate (VSPG) of 602,371.03 feet North and 1,658,746.05 feet East.

    Thence running in and along the easterly right-of-way limit of said Town Highway No 1 the following seven courses:

    1. N 25° 36′ 08″ W - 238.61 feet to VSPG coordinate 602,586.21 feet North and 1,658,642.95 feet East, which point is 24.75 feet east of centerline PT Station 109+74.53;

    2. 51.14 feet along a curve to the left with a delta of 4° 55’ 36‘ and a radius of 594.75 feet to VSPG coordinate 602,631.32 feet North and 1,658,618.89 feet East, which point is 24.75 feet east of centerline PC Station 109+25.52;

    3. N 30° 31′ 43″ W - 231.35 feet to VSPG coordinate 602,830.60 feet North and 1,658,501.37 feet East, which point is 24.75 feet east of PT Station 106+94.17;

    4. 110.61 feet along a curve to the right with a delta of 11° 41′ 31″ and a radius of 547.75 feet to VSPG coordinate 602,930.89 feet North and 1,658,455.15 feet East, which point is 24.75 feet east of centerline PC Station 105+77.33;

    5. N 18° 50′ 12″ W — 83.44 feet to VSPG coordinate 603,009.86 feet North and 1,658,428.21 feet East, which point is 24.75 feet east of PT Station 104+95.07;

    6. 393.54 feet along a curve to the right with a delta of 52° 00′ 00″ and a radius of 432.62 feet to VSPG coordinate 603,387.06 feet North and 1,658,475.62 feet East, which point is 24.75 feet east of centerline PC Station 100+79.06;

    7. N 33° 09′ 48″ E — 79.98 feet to VSPG coordinate 603,454.02 feet North and 1,658,519.37 feet East, which point is 24.75 feet east of POT Station 100+00.00, and is the northwest corner of the parcel herein transferred. Said point is to be marked by an Iron Pin to be set.

    Thence turning and running along land remaining under the jurisdiction and control of the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, the following four courses:

    1. S 58° 57′ 26″ E — 271.47 feet to VSPG coordinate 603,314.02 feet North and 1,658,751.96 feet East, which point is to be marked by an Iron Pin to be set;

    2. S 11° 03′ 55″ W — 63.44 feet to VSPG coordinate 603,251.77 feet North and 1,658,739.79 feet East, which point is to be marked by an Iron Pin to be set;

    3. S 70° 59′ 49″ E — 50.00 feet along a fence to VSPG coordinate 603,314.02 feet North and 1,658,751.96 feet East, which point is to be marked by an Iron Pin to be set;

    4. S 00° 49′ 24″ E — 888.87 feet to VSPG coordinate 602,346.93 feet North and 1,658,799.80 feet East, which point is to be marked by an Iron Pin to be set in the northerly right-of-way limit of the aforementioned U.S. Route 302.

    Thence turning and running along in the northerly right-of-way limit of said U.S. Route 302, N 65° 48′ 36″ W — 71.18 feet to the point of beginning.

    Also transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Agency of Transportation are any rights the Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation, may have in and to those lands located between the existing centerlines of U.S. Route 302 and Town Highway No. 1, and the parcel herein described and transferred.

    In addition to the above described land, also transferred hereby is the right to enforce the conditions and restrictions contained in a certain Quitclaim Deed from the State of Vermont to the Town of Orange dated July 13, 2005 and recorded in Book 45 at Page 327 of the Orange Land Records.

    In aid of the above description, reference may be had to a survey entitled, in part, as follows:

    STATE OF VERMONT
    AGENCY OF TRANSPORTATION
    ORANGE GARAGE
    Scale: 1″ = 50′
    Date: 8/24/06

    A copy of this survey is on file in the property records of the Agency of Transportation, located in Montpelier, Vermont.

    The herein described parcel of land is transferred subject to all existing licenses, leases, and easements, including, but not limited to, the present agricultural use of a portion of the herein transferred parcel.

    The remaining portion of the former Leroy E. Nelson property shall remain under the jurisdiction and control of the Agency of Natural Resources.

    This Executive Order shall take effect upon execution.

    Dated March 28, 2007.