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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4884 

To adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 21, 2004 

Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Resources 

A BILL 

To adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National 

Heritage Area. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. YUMA CROSSING NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA 

4 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. 

5 Section 3(b) of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage 

6 Area Act of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 461 note; Public Law 106– 

7 319) is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(b) BOUNDARIES.—The Heritage Area shall be com9 prised generally of the riverfront and downtown areas. 

10 More specifically, the boundaries shall be as follows: 
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1 ‘‘A boundary with a true point of beginning and in2 clusive of a section of land located at Township 8 South, 

3 Range 22 West, Section 19 and excepting there from 

4 parcels108–16–004 and 108–16–002 and said boundary 

5 beginning at the northwest section corner in alignment 

6 with the north right-of-way line of the Colorado River 

7 Levee and thence westerly along the north right-of-way 

8 line of the Colorado River Levee a distance of 15,840 ft 

9 (+/¥) to the point of intersection of the north right-of10 way line of the Colorado River Levee and the centerline 

11 of Quechan Road/Penitentiary Avenue, thence southerly 

12 along the centerline of Quechan Road/Penitentiary Avenue 

13 a distance of 1,320 ft (+/¥) to the point of intersection 

14 of the centerline of Quechan Road/Penitentiary Avenue 

15 and the north full bank line of the Colorado River, thence 

16 westerly along the north full bank line of the Colorado 

17 River a distance of 10,579 ft (+/¥) to the point of inter18 section of the north full bank line of the Colorado River 

19 and the centerline of 23rd Avenue, thence southerly along 

20 the centerline of 23rd Avenue a distance of 1,320 ft (+/ 

21 ¥) to the point of intersection of the centerline of 23rd 

22 Avenue and the southern right-of-way line of the Yuma 

23 Valley Levee/Yuma Valley Railroad right-of-way, thence 

24 easterly along the southern right-of-way line of the Yuma 

25 Valley Levee/Yuma Valley Railroad right-of-way a dis-
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1 tance of 6,953ft (+/¥) to the point of intersection of the 

2 southern right-of-way line of the Yuma Valley Levee/Yuma 

3 Valley Railroad and the centerline of Lovers Lane, thence 

4 southwesterly along the centerline of Lovers Lane a dis5 tance of 948 ft (+/¥) to the point of intersection of the 

6 centerline of Lovers Lane and the centerline of First 

7 Street, thence easterly along the centerline of First Street 

8 a distance of 1,390 ft (+/¥) to the point of intersection 

9 of the centerline of First Street and the centerline of the 

10 alleyway mid-block between 1st and 2nd Avenues, thence 

11 southerly along the centerline of the alleyway mid-block 

12 between 1st and 2nd Avenues a distance of 2,030 ft (+/ 

13 ¥) to the point of intersection of the centerline of the 

14 alleyway mid-block between 1st and 2nd Avenues and the 

15 centerline of Giss Parkway, thence westerly along the cen16 terline of Giss Parkway a distance of 190 ft (+/¥) to 

17 the point of intersection of the centerline of Giss Parkway 

18 and the centerline of 2nd Avenue, thence southerly along 

19 the centerline of 2nd Avenue a distance of 660’ (+/¥) 

20 to the point of intersection of the centerline of 2nd Avenue 

21 and the centerline of 4th Street, thence westerly along the 

22 centerline of 4th Street a distance of 570 ft (+/¥) to 

23 the point of intersection of the centerline of 4th Street 

24 and the centerline of the alleyway between 3rd and 4th 

25 Avenues, thence southerly along the centerline of the alley-
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1 way between 3rd and 4th Avenues a distance of 660 ft 

2 (+/¥) to the point of intersection of the centerline of the 

3 alleyway between 3rd and 4th Avenues and the centerline 

4 of 5th Street, thence westerly along the centerline of 5th 

5 Street a distance of 190 ft (+/¥) to the point of intersec6 tion of the centerline of 5th Street and the centerline of 

7 4th Avenue, thence southerly along the centerline of 4th 

8 Avenue a distance of 660 ft (+/¥) to the point of inter9 section of the centerline of 4th Avenue and the centerline 

10 of 6th Street, thence easterly along the centerline of 6th 

11 Street a distance of 190 ft (+/¥) to the point of intersec12 tion of the centerline of 6th Street and the centerline of 

13 the alleyway between 3rd and 4th Avenues, thence south14 erly along the centerline of the alleyway a distance of 660 

15 ft (+/¥) to the point of intersection of the centerline of 

16 the alleyway between 3rd and 4th Avenues and the center17 line of 7th Street, thence easterly along the centerline of 

18 7th Street a distance of 190 ft (+/¥) to the point of 

19 intersection of the centerline of 7th Street and the center20 line of 3rd Avenue, thence southerly along the centerline 

21 of 3rd Avenue a distance of 440 ft (+/¥) to the point 

22 of intersection of the centerline of 3rd Avenue and the cen23 terline of 8th Street, thence easterly along the centerline 

24 of 8th Street a distance of 1,140 ft (+/¥) to the point 

25 of intersection of the centerline of 8th Street and the cen-
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1 terline of Madison Avenue, thence northerly along the cen2 terline of Madison Avenue a distance 1,765 ft (+/¥) to 

3 the point of intersection of the centerline of Madison Ave4 nue and the centerline of 5th Street, thence easterly along 

5 the centerline of 5th Street a distance of 2,035 ft (+/¥) 

6 to the point of intersection of the centerline of 5th Street 

7 and the centerline of the Union Pacific/Southern Pacific 

8 Railroad right-of-way, thence north/northwesterly along 

9 the centerline of the Union Pacific/Southern Pacific Rail10 road right-of-way a distance of 5,402 ft(+/¥) to the point 

11 of intersection of the centerline of the Union Pacific/ 

12 Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way and the centerline 

13 of Prison Lane, thence east/southeasterly along the center14 line of Prison Lane a distance of 535 ft (+/¥) to the 

15 point of intersection of the centerline of Prison Lane and 

16 the southern right-of-way line of the Gila River Levee, 

17 thence southeasterly along the southern right-of-way line 

18 of the Gila River Levee a distance of 3,320 ft (+/¥) to 

19 a point, thence easterly along the southern right-of-way 

20 line of the Gila River Levee a distance of 13,540 ft (+/ 

21 ¥) to the southwest section corner of Township 8 South, 

22 Range 22 West, Section 19, inclusive of the section and 

23 excepting there from the aforementioned parcels, as the 

24 true point of beginning.’’. 

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