House Bill No. 6936
Special Act No. 23-26
AN ACT CONVEYING PARCELS OF STATE LAND TO THE NEW
HAVEN PORT AUTHORITY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) (1) Notwithstanding any
provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Transportation
shall convey to the New Haven Port Authority five parcels of land
located in the city of New Haven, at a cost equal to the fair market value
of the properties, as determined by the average of the appraisals of two
independent appraisers selected by the commissioner, plus the
administrative costs of making such conveyance.
(2) (A) The first parcel of land has an area of approximately 1.49 acres
and is identified as "Release Area=6,032 ± m² (1.490 ± Acres)" on a map
entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing Land
Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of Connecticut
Department of Transportation, Waterfront Street @ Waterfront
Connector, Scale 1:500, December 2016, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief
Engineer–Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Town No. 92,
Project No. 92-43, Serial No. 50F, Sheet 1 of 1", revised February 27, 2023.
Said parcel shall be conveyed subject to (i) a drainage right-of-way in
favor of the state, (ii) an easement for the purposes of inspection,
maintenance, rehabilitation and future construction of bridge structures House Bill No. 6936
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and supporting tiers in favor of the state, and (iii) a pipeline easement
in favor of Magellan Terminal Holdings, L.P., n/k/a Buckeye PT
Terminals LP.
(B) The second parcel of land has an area of approximately .293 acre
and is identified as "Release Area=1184.9 ± m² (12,754 ± Sq. Ft.)" on a
map entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing
Land Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of Connecticut
Department of Transportation, Waterfront Connector @ Stiles Street,
Scale 1:500, August 2015, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief Engineer–Bureau of
Engineering and Construction, Town No. 92, Project No. 92-532, Serial
No. 34A, Sheet 1 of 1", revised June 8, 2016, and February 27, 2023.
(C) The third parcel of land has an area of approximately .898 acre
and is identified as "Release Area=3637.2 ± m² (39,152 ± Sq. Ft.)" on a
map entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing
Land Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of Connecticut
Department of Transportation, Waterfront Connector (S.R. 921), Scale
1:500, August 2018, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief Engineer–Bureau of
Engineering and Construction, Town No. 92, Project No. 92-531, Serial
No. 11B, Sheet 1 of 1", revised February 27, 2023. Said parcel shall be
conveyed subject to a drainage right-of-way in favor of the state. Any
lease or license agreement in effect at the time of closing shall be
automatically assigned to the New Haven Port Authority at such time.
(D) The fourth parcel of land has an area of approximately .111 acre
and is identified as "Release Area=447.3 ± m² (4,815 ± Sq. Ft.)" on a map
entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing Land
Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of Connecticut
Department of Transportation, Waterfront Connector (S.R. 921), Scale
1:500, February 2021, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief Engineer–Bureau of
Engineering and Construction, Town No. 92, Project No. 92-532, Serial
No. 12B, Sheet 1 of 1", revised February 27, 2023. Said parcel shall be
conveyed subject to an easement for existing utilities in favor of the House Bill No. 6936
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state.
(E) The fifth parcel of land has an area of approximately .192 acre and
is identified as "Parcel B Release Area=777.9 ± m² (8,373 ± Sq. Ft.)" on a
map entitled "Compilation Plan, Town of New Haven, Map Showing
Land Released to New Haven Port Authority by the State of Connecticut
Department of Transportation, Reconstruction of I-95 over West River
New Haven-West Haven, Scale 1:500, July 2021, Scott A. Hill, P.E., Chief
Engineer–Bureau of Engineering and Construction, Town No. 92,
Project No. 92-522, Serial No. 14A, Sheet 1 of 1", revised July 26, 2021,
and March 1, 2023. Said parcel shall be conveyed subject to (i) an
easement for existing utilities in favor of the state, and (ii) an easement
for sewer lateral in favor of the state.
(3) The conveyance of the parcels described in subdivision (2) of this
subsection shall be subject to the approval of the State Properties Review
Board.
(b) 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 concerning property rights
retained by the state under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this
section. The Commissioner of Transportation shall have the sole
responsibility for all other incidents of such conveyance.