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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 805

marina and boat basin, and to construct buildings, piers and
structures for commercial activities and ventures reasonably
necessary or desirable in connection therewith, is generally
directed to the power to construct, own, operate and
maintain the structures, piers, buildings and facilities
involved as distinct and separate from the commercial
endeavor or activity conducted therein or thereon, nor shall
the commission engage in any of the commercial activities
or supply any goods, wares, or services, except by and
through a lease or agreement with a private person, firm, or
corporation, unless the commission finds and determines that
no such person, firm, or corporation is willing or able,
consistent with economic operation of the facility and with
the continued maintenance and operation of the flood control
and navigation project, to supply the goods, wares or
services and that the same are necessary or desirable to
further the development of the marina and boat basin and
make the facilities there constructed of greater benefit to
the public.

13-2. Development of site and facilities.

The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission is
authorized and empowered to develop the land, interest in
land, sites and facilities heretofore or hereafter acquired
and used in the Anacostia River flood control and navigation
project in or near Bladensburg, Prince George's County,
Maryland, for a marina and boat basin, and to construct
additional piers and other waterfront works and facilities,
including a seafood building if the commission in its
judgment determines that such construction is necessary to
the proper development of the marina. The commission shall
have the power and authority to make contracts and leases
and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient,
including contracts or leases with respect to the use of
facilities of the marina or boat basin, piers, structures or
buildings, parking facilities, concessions, or other
facilities on such terms and for such purposes as the
commission may deem advisable. The commission is also
authorized to lease land at the marina to persons, firms or
corporations who desire to construct buildings or other
facilities thereon where such facilities are determined by
the commission to be necessary, desirable, or compatible
with the development of the marina or boat basin for use and
enjoyment by the public. Such leases of land shall be for a
period of not in excess of twenty years and shall be made
subject to the provision that at the natural expiration of
the lease all right, title and interest in [said] THE
buildings, including fixtures, shall pass to the commission
and the lessee shall have no claim to ownership therein.
Before any lease is entered into by the commission with
respect to the land or use of the facilities at the marina,
the commission shall publish a notice of the extent and
purpose of [said] THE lease in no less than two issues of
any newspaper published in Prince George's County, and call
for sealed proposals to be publicly opened and read. The
commission may accept the proposal which in its judgment