92 STAT. 3508
9 Stat. 496; 10 Stat. 158, 305.
Comprehensive plan.
Transmittal to President of the Senate and Speaker of the House.
Management and administration. Assistance.
Grants.
Lands and interests, acquisition.
Administration.
PUBLIC LAW 95-625—NOV. 10, 1978 (2) settlement by Colonel Isaac Neff Ebey who led the first permanent settlers to Whidbey Island, quickly became an important figure in Washington Territory, and ultimately was killed by Haidahs from the Queen Charlotte Islands during a period of Indian unrest in 1857; (3) early active settlement during the years of the Donation Land Law (1850-1855) and thereafter; and (4) the growth since 1883 of the historic town of Coupeville. The reserve shall include the area of approximately eight thousand acres identified as the Central Whidbey Island Historic District. (b)(1) To achieve the purpose of this section, the Secretary, in cooperation with the appropriate State and local units of general government, shall formulate a comprehensive plan for the protection, preservation, and interpretation of the reserve. The plan shall identify those areas or zones within the reserve which would most appropriately be devoted to— (A) public use and development; (B) historic and natural preservation; and (C) private use subject to appropriate local zoning ordinances designed to protect the historical rural setting. (2) Within eighteen months following the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall transmit the plan to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. (c) At such time as the State or appropriate units of local government having jurisdiction over land use within the reserve have enacted such zoning ordinances or other land use controls which in the judgment of the Secretary will protect and preserve the historic and natural features of the area in accordance with the comprehensive plan, the Secretary may, pursuant to cooperative agreement— (1) transfer management and administration over all or any part of the property acquired under subsection (d) of this section to the State or appropriate units of local government; (2) provide technical assistance to such State or unit of local government in the management, protection, and interpretation of the reserve; and (3) make periodic grants, which shall be supplemental to any other funds to which the grantee may be entitled under any other provision of law, to such State or local unit of government for the annual costs of operation and maintenance, including but not limited to, salaries of personnel and the protection, preservation, and rehabilitation of the reserve except that no such grant may exceed 50 per centum of the estimated annual cost, as determined by the Secretary, of such operation and maintenance. (d) The Secretary is authorized to acquire such lands and interests as he determines are necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section by donation, purchase with donated funds, or exchange, except that the Secretary may not acquire the fee simple title to any land without the consent of the owner. The Secretary shall, in addition, give prompt and careful consideration to any offer made by an individual owning property within the historic district to sell such property, if such individual notifies the Secretary that the continued ownership of such property is causing, or would result in, undue hardship. Lands and interests therein so acquired shall, so long as responsibility for management and administration remains with the United States, be administered by the Secretary subject to the provisions of
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