,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #cj1 #bjac  
,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick 7for herself1 ,mr4   
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1 and ,mr4      
,franks of ,arizona7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to remove use and disposal  
restrictions on property located in the 
,city of ,winslow1 ,navajo ,county1     
,arizona4  #a4 ,removal of use and      
disposal restrictions on ,winslow       
,hospitality ,park  7a7 ,findings       
,congress finds as follows3  7#a7       
,according to the #bjaj ,census1 the    
,city of ,winslow1 located in ,navajo   
,county1 is a rural community of #i1fee 
residents4  7#b7 ,the community is      
dependent on revenue from economic      
development and tourism to fund vital   
city services4  7#c7 ,winslow           
,hospitality ,park1 a #abc-;acre        
property1 has been owned by the ,city of
 ,winslow since ,february #ab1 #aiec1   

when the ,city gained title to the land 
from the ,santa ,fe ,railroad4  7#d7    
,the ,city received a ,land and ,water  
,conservation ,grant on ,may #af1 #aigi1
 for #bii1iae to match ,city funds for  
the purpose of developing the land into 
a golf course4  7#e7 ,over the next #bc 
years1 the ,city spent #c1ice1cfc on    
managing1 maintaining1 and operating the
 golf course4  7#f7 ,due to poor turf   
growth and lack of patronage1 course    
management became so costly and         
burdensome to the ,city that the golf   
course ceased operations in #bjjc1 while
 it remained open for public use4  7#g7 
,the ,city signed an intergovernmental  
agreement with ,state of ,arizona       
,outdoor ,recreation ,coordinating      
,commission that was subsequently       
approved by the ,department of the      
,interior1 through the ,national ,park  
,service1 as the administrator of the   
grant that stated that the ,city shall  
be responsible for the operation and    
maintenance after completion of said    

project for a #be-year period of time as
 determined by the ,,aorcc or the       
,director of the ,heritage ,conservation
 and ,recreation ,service as            
commensurate with the project fund      
investment and federal requirements1 if 
any4 ,any term of maintenance and       
operation of less than #be years        
described by the participant must be    
approved by the ,,aorcc and the         
,heritage ,conservation ,service4  7#h7 
,in #bjjc1 due to the failure of the    
golf course1 the ,city inquired with    
,arizona ,state ,parks1 the successor   
agency to the ,arizona ,outdoor         
,recreation ,coordinating ,commission1  
regarding how to terminate the #be-year 
agreement one year early and the        
,national ,park ,service informed the   
,city for the first time that the land  
must be used in perpetuity for public   
recreation contrary to the original     
intergovernmental agreement which the   
,national ,park ,service had approved4  
7#i7 ,the ,national ,park ,service      

stated the only way to release the lien 
on the land was to donate to the        
,federal ,government land of equal or   
greater value4  7#aj7 ,the ,city of     
,winslow owns title to the land known as
 ,winslow ,hospitality ,park and should 
not have to donate additional land to   
the ,federal ,government to use land    
that it already owns for non-public     
purposes1 especially when the ,city was 
never informed of the in perpetuity     
maintenance requirement during its      
performance of the intergovernmental    
agreement4  7#aa7 ,the estimated value  
of this land according to a ,february   
#b1 #bjaa1 appraisal is #baa1jjj4  7#ab7
 ,using this land for non-public        
purposes would financially enable the   
,city by encouraging development without
 any cost to the ,federal ,government4  
7b7 ,removal of restrictions            
,notwithstanding section #f7;f77#c7 of  
the ,land and ,water ,conservation ,fund
 ,act of #aife 7#af ,u4,s4,c4           
#dfjl-#h7;f77#c771 the approximately    

#abc acres of land located in the ,city 
of ,winslow1 ,navajo ,county1 ,arizona1 
and designated as the ,winslow          
,hospitality ,park1 may be disposed of  
or used for purposes other than public  
recreation4