HomeMy WebLinkAbout24 of 1939 - A resolution authorizing the Commissioner of Streets & Public Improvements to petition the Secretary REMARKS c�
Resolution No. 24
By Commissioner Wallace
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{ Authorizing the Comsr. of
! i Streets & Public Improvements
to petition the Sec. of War of
the U.S. for permission to con-
struct and maintain street and
boulevard across portion
U.S.Military Reservation at
Ft. Douglas, Utah, land to be
used as part of Wasatch Blvd.and
Virginia St. and to further peti-
tion for easement to construct
& repair, gas, water, se\,er
and pipelines within said h,of
W., etc.
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Mr.Chairman - - - REOLOTION
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WHEREAS, between the years of 1893 and 1914, Salt Lake
1 City, a municipal corporation of the State of Utah, constructed,
maintained and used the Wasatch Boulevard extending through both
the northwest arm and the main body of Fort Douglas Military Reser-
vation; and
WHEREAS, during the years prior to 1923 the citizens of
Salt Lake City used an unimproved road across the northwest arm of
the military reservation known as Virginia Street, which road extend-
ed from Wasatch Boulevard into the City; and
.4 WHEREAS, pursuant to an Act of Congress of February 25,
1907, (34 Stat. 927, Chap. 1188) on October 16, 1923, the Secretary
of War granted to Salt Lake City the right to maintain said Wasatch
Boulevard over and across the main portion of said military reserva-
tion from the south side of Popperton Place to the south boundary
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, line of the military reservation but no permission was requested and
none has been granted by the Secretary of War for the maintenance of
6 ri, , said boulevard and Virginia Street across the northwest arm of said
military reservation; and
WHEREAS, the 76th Congress passed legislation now known
as Chapter 479 1st Session (Public No. 293 - 76th Congress, H.R. 5911
• which Act reads as follows, to sit:
"FORT DOUGLAS MILITARY RESERVATION.
CHAPTER 479 - 1ST SESSION
(PUBLIC - NO. 293 - 76th CONGRESS)
( H. B. 5912)
An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to permit Salt Lake
City, Utah, to construct and maintain certain roads,
streets, and boulevards across the Fort Douglas Mili-
tary Reservation.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unit
States of America in Congress assembled, THAT:
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The Secretary of War is authorized to permit the Board of Com-
missioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, to construct and maintain such
• roads, streets, and boulevards across lands of the United States
located within the Fort Douglas Military Reservation in the State
of Utah as he may determine will not interfere with the use of such
lands in such manner as the public interest may require. Any grant
of permission to construct and maintain any such road, street, or
boulevard shall be made subject to such conditions as the Secretary
may prescribe for the purpose of protecting the public interest.
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Approved, August 5, 1939."
and
WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable by the Board of Commission.
ers of Salt Lake City to request the Secretary of War to grant a
right of way under and pursuant to the above mentioned law for the
construction and continued maintenance of said Wasatch Boulevard
system including the extension of Virginia Street where said grant
-s' has not already been made as aforesaid, thereby enabling said Salt
Lake City to maintain a continuous highway system safe and free froo
hazards, turns and curves and to afford access to said boulevard
system by means of Virginia Street from the northeast section of
Salt Lake aity.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissio
ers of Salt Lake City for and on behalf of said city that_the com-
missioner of Streets and Public Improvements be and he is hereby
authorized and directed to petition the Secretary of War for permis
sion to construct and maintain a street and a boulevard upon and
across the following described tracts of land to be used as a part
of the Wasatch Boulevard system and known as Wasatch Boulevard and
Virginia Street respectively under and pursuant to the aforesaid
Act of Congress, Chapter 479, 1st Session, said land being a portio,
of the northwest arm of the military reservation of ort �.,v
Utah, and described as follows, to-wit:
WASATCH BOULEVARD.
A right of way 66 feet wide being 33 feet on each
side of the following described center line: Beginning
at a point in the north line of Popperton Place, a sub-
division of part of Section 33, T. 1 N., R. 1 E., Salt
Lake Base and Meridian, said point being in boundary
line of U. S. Military Reservation and 33 feet east from
the N. E. Corner of Block 2, said Popperton Place, running
thence N. 0 degrees 02' W. along center line of Alta
Street produced 1.0 feet thence along a 43 degree curve
to the left 116.7 feet, thence N. 50 deg. 121 W. 160.9
feet; thence along a 10 degree curve to the left 111.7
feet, thence N. 61 degrees 22! W. 404.2 feet, thence along
a 10 degree curve to the left 76.3 feet, thence N. 69 de-
grees W. 39.64 feet more or less to'the west boundary line
of the U. S. Military Reservation; known as Wasatch Drive.
The following land to be used as Virginia Street, divided
into a roadway for vehicular travel with drains, curb and gutter
on either side thereof, sidewalks for pedestrian travel and a por-
tion thef;tdfatt bsnglarkidclamd landscaped, and no structures to be
erected on the surface thereof:
Beginning at the northwest corner of Block 1, Popper-
-- ton Place (Plat IA"l), a subdivision of part of Section 33,
T. 1 N., R. 1 E., S. L. B. & M., said point being in the
boundary line of the Fort Douglas Military Reservation and
running thence West 94.75 feet; thence North along the west
boundary of said reservation 482.62 feet to a point on the
south line of the 66 foot right-of-way above described;
thence southeasterly along said south line 101.41 feet more
':'%t1 • or less to a point in the east line of Virginia Street pro-
duced and 440.5 feet north from point of beginning, thence
south 440.5 feet to point of beginning; known as Virginia
Street.
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the said Commissioner is
hereby likewise authorized and directed to petition the Secretary
of War for the grant of an easement to Salt Lake City under Section
1351, Title 10 U. S. C. A., for the installation, construction,
continued maintenance and repair of gas, water, sewer and pipelines
within said right of way and that the said Secretary of War be re-
quested to grant unto Salt Lake City or any utility franchised by
it an easement for the right of way for electric poles and lines
for the transmission and distribution of electric power and for
telephone and telegraph purposes in or upon said rights of way
under Section 761, 'Title 43, U. S. C. A.
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Passed by the Board of,Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah, this 41 ,day of /b`' -, , 1939.
Mayor.
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City Recorder.
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