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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-550—OCT. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 2753

SEC. 11. TRANSFER OF BUREAU OF RECLAMATION'S WILBUR SQUARE RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CITY OF BOULDER CITY.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Contracts, the Interior is authorized and directed to enter into an agreement with the City of Boulder City, Nevada (hereinafter referred to as the "City"), which will provide that, upon acceptance by the City of title to and financial responsibility for continued maintenance of the parcel of land described in this subsection, all remaining repayment obligations owing to the United States, pursuant to contract numbered 14-06-300-978, dated January 4, 1960, between the United States and the City, as of the date of enactment of this Act, shall be discharged. The land shall be maintained as a public park by the City at its own cost and expense, and shall be conveyed to the City, without consideration, by quit claim deed subject to the conditions, restrictions, and protective covenants as established in the Guidelines of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (36 Code of Federal Regulations, part 800). Title shall revert to the United States if the land ceases to be used for park purposes. The agreement shall also stipulate that the City shall provide, without cost to the United States, the water supply required to water the Federal grounds surrounding the Bureau of Reclamation's administration building in the City, for as long as Federal ownership is retained, or through the year 2010, which ever occurs first. The land to be conveyed to the City is described as follows: approximately 3.25 acres, comprising all of block six, according to sheet 1 of 20, block plats of Boulder City, Nevada, drawing numbered X-300-460, dated July 15, 1959, and known as Wilbur Square or Government Park. (b) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to enter into an agreement for the City to provide gardening services on Bureau of Reclamation land within the City; and in partial payment for this gardening service to transfer to the City any or all lawn and garden equipment owned and used by the Bureau of Reclamation as of the date of enactment of this Act, which is used to maintain the Bureau's grounds within the City. (c) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to transfer title to the City to all or any portion of the City water supply system which remains in Federal ownership and located outside of the Hoover Dam security area, and to provide the City with a permanent easement across all Federal lands necessary to properly operate and maintain any facility so transferred. The agreement referred to in this section shall also provide that all obligations to make payments to the United States for operation, maintenance, and replacement for works transferred to the City shall be discharged as of the date

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