WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                            Ch. 544

(1)      IN THE REPORT OF MAY 1992 OF THE MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY
ADMINISTRATION ENTITLED "THE CANAL PARKWAY DEVELOPMENT - STATION
SQUARE PROJECT"; AND

(2)       IN ANY REVISION THAT THE AUTHORITY MAKES UNDER § 13-1008(8)
OF THIS SUBTITLE TO THE REPORT OF MAY 1992 OF THE MARYLAND STATE
HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ENTITLED "THE CANAL PARKWAY DEVELOPMENT -
STATION SQUARE PROJECT".

(F) "PRESERVATION DISTRICT" OR "DISTRICT" MEANS THE CANAL PLACE
HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT THE BOUNDARIES OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED:

(1)       IN THE ADDENDUM OF JANUARY 1993, ENTITLED "THE CANAL
PLACE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT", TO THE REPORT OF MAY 1992 OF THE
MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ENTITLED "THE CANAL PARKWAY
DEVELOPMENT - STATION SQUARE PROJECT"; AND

(2)       IN ANY REVISIONS THAT THE AUTHORITY MAKES UNDER § 13-1008(8)
OF THIS SUBTITLE TO THE ADDENDUM OF JANUARY 1993, ENTITLED "THE CANAL
PLACE HISTORIC PRESERVATION DISTRICT", TO THE REPORT OF MAY 1992 OF THE
MARYLAND STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ENTITLED "THE CANAL PARKWAY
DEVELOPMENT - STATION SQUARE PROJECT".

13-1002.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS:

(1)      THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL IS ONE OF THE GREAT
HISTORIC WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES EXTENDING 185 MILES FROM
GEORGETOWN IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO ITS WESTERN TERMINUS IN
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND;

(2)      THE CURRENT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE CHESAPEAKE AND
OHIO CANAL IN THE CITY OF CUMBERLAND IS ONE OF SEVERE DETERIORATION
WITH THE LAST MILE OF THE CANAL BURIED UNDER A FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT
DURING THE 1950S;

(3)      AN OPPORTUNITY NOW EXISTS TO REDISCOVER THE VALUE OF THIS
WATERWAY BY TRANSFORMING THE CANAL AND ADJACENT AREAS IN THE CITY OF
CUMBERLAND TO A SHOWPIECE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION THAT WILL ENHANCE
RECREATIONAL,. COMMERCIAL, CIVIC, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATIONAL, AND
ECOLOGICAL VALUES;

(4)      IT IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE STATE, ALLEGANY COUNTY, THE
CITY OF CUMBERLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES THAT AN AREA IN THE CITY OF
CUMBERLAND TO BE KNOWN AS "THE CANAL PLACE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
DISTRICT" BE PRESERVED, DEVELOPED, MAINTAINED, AND USED IN A MANNER
SUITABLE TO ITS SIGNIFICANCE AS THE WESTERN TERMINUS OF THE HISTORIC
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL;

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