Title 45
Towns and Cities

Chapter 32
Redevelopment Projects

§ 45-32-25.1. Transfer of property by the state.

The director of the Rhode Island department of administration is hereby authorized and directed to grant, transfer, and convey in fee simple, in the name of and for the State of Rhode Island to the Providence redevelopment agency, and the Providence redevelopment agency is authorized to accept title to, that certain real estate described below and all improvements on the real estate belonging to the State of Rhode Island situated in the City of Providence, Rhode Island. The provisions of chapters 6 and 7 of title 37 shall not be applicable to the conveyance set forth in this section:

That certain parcel or tract of land with all improvements thereon situated on the easterly side of Cottage Street and Fountain Street and the northerly side of Washington Street in the City of Providence, County of Providence, State of Rhode Island and bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at the northeasterly corner of Cottage Street;

Thence running N49-59′-52″E bounding northerly by property now or formerly belonging to Speedy Muffler, Inc. for a distance of 3.87 feet to a corner;

Thence running southerly curving to the left along the arc of a circle having a radius of 1582.20 feet, a central angle of 14-10′-03″ for an arc distance of 391.23 feet to a point of reverse curvature, the chord of the curve having a bearing of S25-16′-05″E;

Thence continuing southerly curving to the right along the arc of a circle having a radius of 32.00, a central angle of 54-22′-23″ for an arc distance of 30.37 feet to a corner in the northerly street line of Washington Street;

Thence running S51-24′-32″W along the northerly street line of Washington Street for a distance of 3.00 feet to a corner and property now or formerly belonging to Providence redevelopment agency;

Thence running N39-30′-28″W bounding southwesterly by the Providence redevelopment agency property for a distance of 89.60 feet to a corner and other property now or formerly belonging to Providence redevelopment agency;

Thence running N51-24′-32″E bounding northwesterly by the Providence redevelopment agency property for a distance of 1.50 feet to a corner;

Thence running N47-05′-38″W bounding southwesterly by the Providence redevelopment agency for a distance of 71.54 feet to a corner in the northerly street line of Fountain Street;

Thence running N34-48′-32″E along the southerly street line of Fountain Street from a distance of 35.65 feet to the southeasterly corner of Fountain Street;

Thence running N44-12′-38″W along the easterly terminus of Fountain Street for a distance of 50.29 feet to a corner and property now or formerly belonging to Providence redevelopment agency;

Thence running N38-37′-28″W bounding southwesterly by the Providence redevelopment agency property for a distance of 150.69 feet to a corner in the southerly street line of Cottage Street;

Thence running N49-59′-52″E along the southerly street line of Cottage Street for a distance of 75.00 feet to the southeasterly corner of Cottage Street;

Thence running N16-32′-38″W along the easterly terminus of Cottage Street for a distance of 32.80 feet to the point and place of beginning;

This parcel contains 15,163 square feet.