RESERVING AS PUBLIC OPEN SPACE THE AREA IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BETWEEN 3 STREET AND CONSTITUTION AVENUE AND 23RD AND 25TH STREETS, NORTHWEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00965R000400060016-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 13, 2004
• Sequence Number: 16
• Content Type: REPORT

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JOINT RESOLUTION
Reserving as public open apace the area in the District of ColuMbia
between E Street and Constitution Avenue and 23rd and 25th Streets,
Northwest
MUMS, the area in the District of Columbia between. E Street
and Constitution Avenue and 23rd and 25th Streets, Northwest, desig-
nated on the original 1803 King Plats for the City of Washington as
Appropriation No. 4, includes one of the highest points of land of
the original city as contemplated by Pierre Charles L'Enfant; and
WHEREAS, because of its height it affords an unexcelled view
of the Washington Monument and Potomac Park to the southeast and of
the Potomac River and surrounding hills in, Virginia to the south and
west; and
WHEREAS, ail of the early plans for the city, including the
Ellicott Plan of 1800, designated its use as an open space of
considerable prominence; and
WHEREAS, the construction of any governmental office or similar
structure -on this site would detract from the significance of the
National Cultural Center and the Lincoln Memorial;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN
CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, That the area in the District of Columbia
between E Street and Constitution Avenue and 23rd and 25th Streets,
Northwest, shall be reserved for public open space and maybe used
only as a national: monument or memorial site.
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SEC. 2. No structure shall hereafter be constructed in the
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area, except monuments and memorials of such dimensions, including
height, as will not detract from the use of the area as public open
space or from the significance of the National Cultural Center and
the Lincoln Memorial.
SEC. 3. Reservation of the area as public open space shall
not preclude construction by the District of Columbia within the
area of approaches to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, the
West Lag of the Inner Loop, and roadways in connection therewith.
SEC. 4. Reservation of the area as public open space shall not
preclude the construction of sewers, water mains, and other under-
ground municipal utility lines deemed necessary by the District of
Columbia.
SEC. 5. Nothing contained herein shall limit the present use
of_the area, including proper .maintenance of existing buildings) by
the Department of the. Navy and other agencies,p...l_ridelira, that np new
buildings shall, be constructed and no existing buildings shall be
Ialtered orxesiovatedp and ErgAlt! further, that eXiating.buildings
shall be vacated and removed as soon as reasons.bly feasible.
SEC. 6. Use of the area or any part thereof for monument or
memorial purposes emu be in accordance with plans approved by the
National Capital Planning Commission, the Commission of Fine Arts,
and the Secretary CT VIA Interior.
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