Senate Bill No. 1112
Public Act No. 21-147
AN ACT AMENDING THE CONVEYANCE OF PARCELS OF STATE
LAND TO THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 6 of public act 17-238 is repealed and the following
is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the
Commissioner of Transportation shall convey to the city of New Haven
[eleven] six parcels of land located in the city of New Haven, at a cost
equal to the administrative costs of making such conveyance. Said
parcels of land are identified as [follows: (1) The first parcel has an area
of approximately .45 acre and is identified as 41 Dwight Street at Lot 500
in Block 176 on city of New Haven Assessor's Map 298; (2) the second
parcel has an area of approximately .088 acre and is identified as 999 Ella
T Grasso Boulevard at Lot 3300 in Block 151 on city of New Haven
Assessor's Map 342; (3) the third parcel has an area of approximately .45
acre and is identified as 283 Legion Avenue at Lot 2100 in Block 173 on
city of New Haven Assessor's Map 314; (4) the fourth parcel has an area
of approximately .13 acre and is identified as 786 Legion Avenue at Lot
100 in Block 151 on city of New Haven Assessor's Map 342; (5) the fifth
parcel has an area of approximately 4.36 acres and is identified as 38
Miller Street at Lot 1000 in Block 165 on city of New Haven Assessor's Senate Bill No. 1112
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Map 340; (6) the sixth parcel has an area of approximately .025 acre and
is identified as 45 Miller Street at Lot 2700 in Block 166 on city of New
Haven Assessor's Map 340; (7) the seventh parcel has an area of
approximately .65 acre and is identified as 203 Orchard Street at Lot 100
in Block 1290 on city of New Haven Assessor's Map 315; (8) the eighth
parcel has an area of approximately .34 acre and is identified as 41
Sherman Avenue at Lot 100 in Block 1279 on city of New Haven
Assessor's Map 314; (9) the ninth parcel has an area of approximately .15
acre and is identified as 7 Waverly Street at Lot 200 in Block 1292 on city
of New Haven Assessor's Map 315; (10) the tenth parcel has an area of
approximately .29 acre and is identified as Lot 1000 in Block 1279 on city
of New Haven Assessor's Map 314, located on Fayette Street; and (11)
the eleventh parcel has an area of approximately 1 acre and is identified
as Lot 1500 in Block 173 on city of New Haven Assessor's Map 314,
located on Orchard Street] parcels numbered 1 to 6, inclusive, on sheets
1 to 4, inclusive, of a map entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New
Haven, Map Showing Land Released to City of New Haven, by The
State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation, Reverend Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Legion Avenue, February 2019,
scale 1"=40', Mark D. Rolfe, P.E., Chief Engineer - Bureau of Engineering
and Construction, Town No. 92, Project No. 156-79, Serial No. 1A". The
conveyance shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties
Review Board.
(b) The city of New Haven shall use said parcels of land for open
space purposes. If the city of New Haven:
(1) Does not use said parcels for said purposes;
(2) Does not retain ownership of all of said parcels; or
(3) Leases all or any portion of said parcels,
the parcels shall revert to the state of Connecticut. Senate Bill No. 1112
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(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. The Commissioner of Transportation shall
have the sole responsibility for all other incidents of such conveyance.