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[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 7053-7062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3548]

Description of Lands in Governors Island National
Monument

This document describes the lands that are set apart
and reserved as the Governors Island National Monument
pursuant to the accompanying proclamation. The national
monument boundaries include the lands identified as
Tract 01-101, Tract 01-102, Tract 01-103, and Tract 01-
104. Legal descriptions of these tracts are set out
below. These tracts also appear on the map entitled
``Governors Island National Monument, Boundary Map,''
dated August 20, 2002, map number 019/80,001A, which is
attached to this document for reference purposes.

The United States owns Tract 01-101, Tract 01-102, and
Tract 01-103 in fee simple. Within Tract 01-104, the
United States owns a perpetual and exclusive right and
easement consisting of the right, but not the
obligation, to utilize, occupy, manage, reconstruct,
remodel, maintain, and improve approximately 1,000
square feet on the first (1st) floor in the Building
known as ``Building 140'' located on that portion of
the land known and identified as Tract 01-104. As set
out in the accompanying proclamation, the National Park
Service will manage all property owned by the United
States within the national monument boundary.

The national monument will also include all rights,
hereditaments, easements, and appurtenances to property
owned by the United States, belonging or otherwise
appertaining, as well as any associated federally owned
personal property of historic interest.

Tract 01-101

All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and
being situated on Governors Island in the City of New
York, New York County, State of New York, and being
more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point at the intersection of the
southerly side of Andes Road and the base of a concrete
retaining wall on the southerly side of Andes Road,
said point of beginning being South 14[deg] 28' 10''
West, 141.01 feet from the southeasterly corner of
Building 107, said point of beginning being further
described as being at North 677,056.72 and East
626,751.86, said coordinates being based upon the New
York State Plane Coordinates, East Zone, NAD 1983;
thence from said point of beginning, severing the lands
of the subject owner, the following forty four (44)
courses and distances:

1. South 80[deg] 58' 48'' East, along the said
intersection of the southerly side of Andes Road and
the base of a concrete retaining wall on the southerly
side of Andes Road, 55.80 feet to a point;

2. South 45[deg] 14' 55'' East, along the intersection
of the base of a concrete retaining wall and sidewalk,
4.40 feet to a point;

3. South 24[deg] 46' 24'' East, along the said
intersection of the base of a concrete retaining wall
and sidewalk, 13.37 feet to a point;

4. South 16[deg] 56' 20'' East, along the said
intersection of the base of a concrete retaining wall
and sidewalk, 13.16 feet to a point;

5. South 10[deg] 05' 36'' East, along the said
intersection of the base of a concrete retaining wall
and sidewalk, 15.64 feet to a point on the westerly
edge of a brick sidewalk;

6. South 05[deg] 40' 25'' West, along the said westerly
edge of a brick sidewalk, 274.67 feet to a point;

7. North 84[deg] 45' 49'' West, along the northerly
edge of said brick sidewalk, 84.24 feet to a point;

8. South 45[deg] 45' 14'' West, along the northwesterly
edge of said brick sidewalk, 24.85 feet to a point on
the back of the concrete curb on the northerly side of
the cul-de-sac on Evans Road;

9. A non-tangent curve to the left, along the said back
of the concrete curb on the northerly side of the cul-
de-sac on Evans Road, having a radius of 34.00 feet, a
central angle of 132[deg] 11' 45'' and an arc length of
78.45 feet to a point, said curve having a chord
bearing and distance of South 69[deg] 51' 24'' West,
62.17 feet;

10. North 81[deg] 25' 23'' West, leaving the said back
of the concrete curb and crossing the Parade Ground,
764.47 feet to a point on the northeasterly face of a
concrete curb on the northeasterly side of Comfort
Road;

11. North 23[deg] 06' 23'' West, along the said
northeasterly face of a concrete curb on the
northeasterly side of Comfort Road, 94.46 feet to a
point of curve;

12. A curve to the right, along the said northeasterly
face of a concrete curb on the northeasterly side of
Comfort Road, having a radius of 80.00 feet, a central
angle of 41[deg] 01' 44'' and an arc length of 57.29
feet to a point of reverse curve;

13. A curve to the left, along the said northeasterly
face of a concrete curb on the northeasterly side of
Comfort Road, having a radius of 70.67 feet, a central
angle of 41[deg] 04' 47'' and an arc length of 50.67
feet to a point of tangent;

14. North 23[deg] 09' 26'' West, along the intersection
of the northeasterly side of Comfort Road and the said
face of a concrete curb on the northeasterly side of
Comfort Road, 240.84 feet to a point;

15. North 46[deg] 15' 33'' West, along the said
intersection of the northeasterly side of Comfort Road
and the said face of a concrete curb on the
northeasterly side of Comfort Road and its
northwesterly projection thereof, 111.36 feet, crossing
Tampa Road to a point at the intersection of the
northerly side of an access road and the face of a
concrete curb on the northerly side of the access road;

16. South 86[deg] 21' 32'' West, along the said
intersection of the northerly side of an access road
and the face of a concrete curb on the northerly side
of the access road and its westerly projection thereof,
133.51 feet to a point;

17. North 85[deg] 02' 31'' West, crossing Hay Road and
along the back of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of an asphalt parking lot, 139.69 feet to a point at
the intersection of the easterly side of an access road
and the face of a concrete curb on the easterly side of
the access road;

18. North 06[deg] 11' 10'' East, along the said
intersection of the easterly side of an access road and
the face of a concrete curb on the easterly side of the
access road, 8.97 feet;

19. North 84[deg] 30' 23'' West, passing through a
brick connecting-wall between Building 513A and
Building 515, and along the back of a concrete curb,
200.29 feet to a point at the intersection of the
easterly side of Carder Road and the face of a concrete
curb on the easterly side of Carder Road;

20. North 09[deg] 30' 51'' East, along the said
intersection of the easterly side of Carder Road and
the face of a concrete curb on the easterly side of
Carder Road and its northerly projection thereof, 35.34
feet to a point;

21. North 16[deg] 40' 16'' East, along the said
easterly side of Carder Road, 98.56 feet to a point at
the intersection of the easterly side of Carder Road
and the face of a concrete curb on the easterly side of
Carder Road;

22. North 17[deg] 39' 33'' East, along the said
intersection of the easterly side of Carder Road and
the face of a concrete curb on the easterly side of
Carder Road, 180.86 feet to a point;

23. North 23[deg] 48' 41'' East, along the said
intersection of the easterly side of Carder Road and
the face of a concrete curb on the easterly side of
Carder Road, 83.68 feet to a point of curve;

24. A curve to the right, along the said intersection
of the easterly and southerly side of Carder Road and
the face of a concrete curb on the easterly and
southerly side of Carder Road, having a radius of
100.46 feet, a central angle of 69[deg] 53' 28'' and an
arc length of 122.55 feet to a point of tangent;

25. South 86[deg] 17' 52'' East, continuing along the
said intersection of the southerly side of Carder Road
and the face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Carder Road and its easterly projection thereof,
149.02 feet, crossing Hay Road to a point;

26. South 08[deg] 57' 35'' West, along the easterly
side of Hay Road, 120.18 feet to a point;

27. South 12[deg] 12' 20'' East, 62.43 feet, crossing
Andes Road to a point at the intersection of the
southerly side of Andes Road and the face of a concrete
curb on the southerly side of Andes Road;

28. A non-tangent curve to the right, along the said
intersection of the southerly side of Andes Road and
the face of a concrete curb on the southerly side of
Andes Road, having a radius of 58.00 feet, a central
angle of 48[deg] 54' 20'' and an arc length of 49.51
feet to a point of tangent, said curve having a chord
bearing and distance of North 70[deg] 02' 51'' East,
48.02 feet;

29. South 85[deg] 29' 59'' East, along the said
intersection of the southerly side of Andes Road and
the face of a concrete curb on the southerly side of
Andes Road and its easterly projection thereof, 123.62
feet to a point;

30. South 85[deg] 29' 44'' East, along the said
intersection of the southerly side of Andes Road and
the face of a concrete curb on the southerly side of
Andes Road, 428.81 feet to a point;

31. South 85[deg] 17' 33'' East, along the southerly
face of a concrete curb on the southerly side of Andes
Road, 107.02 feet to a point;

32. South 83[deg] 11' 58'' East, along the said
southerly face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Andes Road, 49.20 feet to a point;

33. South 82[deg] 30' 10'' East, along the said
southerly face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Andes Road, 49.51 feet to a point;

34. South 81[deg] 33' 52'' East, along the said
southerly face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Andes Road, 86.61 feet to a point;

35. A non-tangent curve to the right, along the said
southerly face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Andes Road, having a radius of 8.50 feet, a central
angle of 47[deg] 16' 55'' and an arc length of 7.01
feet to a point, said curve having a chord bearing and
distance of North 75[deg] 41' 40'' East, 6.82 feet;

36. South 80[deg] 39' 53'' East, along the said
southerly face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Andes Road, 8.32 feet to a point;

37. A non-tangent curve to the right, along the said
southerly face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Andes Road, having a radius of 8.00 feet, a central
angle of 46[deg] 10' 15'' and an arc length of 6.45
feet to a point, said curve having a chord bearing and
distance of South 57[deg] 34' 45'' East, 6.27 feet;

38. South 79[deg] 00' 27'' East, along the said
southerly face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Andes Road, 41.54 feet to a point;

39. South 70[deg] 49' 07'' East, along the said
southerly face of a concrete curb on the southerly side
of Andes Road, 61.48 feet to a point of curve;

40. A curve to the right, along the southwesterly face
of a concrete curb on the southwesterly side of Andes
Road, having a radius of 257.96 feet, a central angle
of 21[deg] 12' 48'' and an arc length of 95.51 feet to
a point of compound curve;

41. A curve to the right, along the westerly face of a
concrete curb on the westerly side of Andes Road,
having a radius of 154.12 feet, a central angle of
48[deg] 42' 34'' and an arc length of 131.02 feet to a
point of tangent;

42. South 00[deg] 53' 45'' East, along the intersection
of the westerly side of Andes Road and the face of a
concrete curb on the westerly side of Andes Road, 83.86
feet to a point of curve;

43. A curve to the left, along the said intersection of
the westerly side of Andes Road and the face of a
concrete curb on the westerly side of Andes Road,
having a radius of 148.98 feet, a central angle of
16[deg] 25' 57'' and an arc length of 42.73 feet to a
point of tangent; and,

44. South 17[deg] 19' 42'' East, along the said
intersection of the westerly side of Andes Road and the
face of a concrete curb on the westerly side of Andes
Road and its southerly projection thereof, 155.84 feet
to the point of beginning.

The above bearings are based on Grid North, New York
State Plane Coordinates, East Zone, NAD 1983.

The above-described parcel is more particularly shown
and described on a survey plat by Clough, Harbour &
Associates, LLP.

Containing 21.69 acres, more or less.

Tract 01-102

All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and
being situated on Governors Island in the City of New
York, New York County, State of New York, and being
more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Dock 102
on a line being the westerly projection of the
northerly face of the lower concrete seawall, said
point of beginning being South 74[deg] 39' 57'' East,
535.78 feet from the southeasterly corner of Building
107, said point of beginning being further described as
being at North 677,051.57 and East 627,303.76, said
coordinates being based upon the New York State Plane
Coordinates, East Zone, NAD 1983; thence from said
point of beginning, severing the lands of the subject
owner, the following eight (8) courses and distances:

1. South 88[deg] 24' 18'' East, to and along said
northerly face of the lower concrete seawall, 84.29
feet to a point;

2. South 01[deg] 35' 54'' West, continuing along the
easterly face of the lower concrete seawall, 22.82 feet
to a point;

3. South 87[deg] 30' 04'' East, along the wood face of
Dock 102, 100.26 feet to a point;

4. South 02[deg] 05' 32'' West, continuing along the
said wood face of Dock 102, 19.27 feet to a point;

5. North 87[deg] 31' 51'' West, continuing along the
said wood face of Dock 102, 101.94 feet to a point on
the easterly face of a stone or granite seawall;

6. South 00[deg] 14' 20'' West, along the said easterly
face of the stone or granite seawall, 6.34 feet to a
point;

7. South 89[deg] 25' 54'' West, to and along the
southerly side (back) of the southerly concrete curb,
80.69 feet to a point; and,

8. North 00[deg] 34' 06'' West, 51.53 feet to the point
of beginning.

The above bearings are based on Grid North, New York
State Plane Coordinates, East Zone, NAD 1983.

The above-described parcel is more particularly shown
and described on a survey plat by Clough, Harbour &
Associates, LLP.

Containing 0.14 of an acre, more or less (6,084 +/-
square feet).

Tract 01-103

All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and
being situated on Governors Island in the City of New
York, New York County, State of New York, and being
more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point at the intersection of the
easterly side of Andes Road and the face of the
concrete curb on the easterly side of Andes Road, said
point of beginning being South 59[deg] 06' 01'' West,
60.15 feet from the southeasterly corner of Building
107, said point of beginning being further described as
being at North 677,162.36 and East 626,735.48, said
coordinates being based upon the New York State Plane
Coordinates, East Zone, NAD 1983; thence from said
point of beginning, severing the lands of the subject
owner, the following thirteen (13) courses and
distances:

1. North 17[deg] 19' 42'' West, 50.11 feet along the
said intersection of the easterly side of Andes Road
and the face of the concrete curb on the easterly side
of Andes Road to a point of curve;

2. A curve to the right, along the said intersection of
the easterly side of Andes Road and the face of the
concrete curb on the easterly side of Andes Road,
having a radius of 133.04 feet, a central angle of
16[deg] 26'' 45' and an arc length of 38.19 feet to a
point of tangent;

3. North 00[deg] 53' 45'' West, along the said
intersection of the easterly side of Andes Road and the
face of the concrete curb on the easterly side of Andes
Road, 83.86 feet to a point of curve;

4. A curve to the left, along the said intersection of
the easterly side of Andes Road and the face of the
concrete curb on the easterly side of Andes Road,
having a radius of 169.95 feet, a central angle of
10[deg] 50' 45'' and an arc length of 32.17 feet to a
point of reverse curve;

5. A curve to the right, along the said intersection of
the easterly side of Andes Road and the face of the
concrete curb on the easterly side of Andes Road,
having a radius of 20.64 feet, a central angle of
108deg; 22' 59'' and an arc length 39.04 feet to a
point of tangent;

6. South 83[deg] 21' 31'' East, along the intersection
of the southerly side of the access road between
Building 107 and Building 108 and the face of the
concrete curb on the southerly side of said access
road, 69.23 feet to a point of curve;

7. A curve to the right, along the said intersection of
the southerly side of the access road between Building
107 and Building 108 and the face of the concrete curb
on the southerly side of said access road, having a
radius of 16.08 feet, a central angle of 78[deg] 17'
48'' and an arc length of 21.97 feet to a point of
tangent;

8. South 05[deg] 03' 43'' East, along the intersection
of the westerly side of the access road between
Building 107 and Building 135A, B & C and the face of
the concrete curb on the westerly side of the access
road, 10.73 feet to a point;

9. South 06[deg] 11' 02'' West, 106.20 feet to a point;

10. South 08[deg] 26' 06'' West, 37.63 feet to a point;

11. South 06[deg] 06' 28'' West, 39.06 feet to a point;

12. North 85[deg] 53' 21'' West, along the southerly
side of the retaining wall and steps/banister, 20.09
feet to a point; and,

13. South 72[deg] 31' 49'' West, through the sidewalk
adjacent to Building 106, 41.42 feet to the point of
beginning.

The above bearings are based on Grid North, New York
State Plane Coordinates, East Zone, NAD 1983.

The above-described parcel is more particularly shown
and described on a survey plat by Clough, Harbour &
Associates, LLP.

Containing 0.44 of an acre, more or less (19,354 +/-
square feet).

Tract 01-104

All that certain tract or parcel of land lying and
being situated on Governors Island in the City of New
York, New York County, State of New York, and being
more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Carder
Road on the southerly projection of the easterly face
(back) of the concrete curb at the east end of the
parking lot immediately adjacent to Building 140, said
point of beginning being South 80[deg] 04' 13'' East,
115.55 feet from the southeasterly corner of Building
140, said point of beginning being further described as
being at North 677,594.25 and East 626,794.40, said
coordinates being based upon the New York State Plane
Coordinates, East Zone, NAD 1983; thence from said
point of beginning, severing the lands of the subject
owner, the following ten (10) courses and distances:

1. North 83[deg] 26' 43'' West, 87.06 feet to a point
in said Carder Road;

2. North 75[deg] 34' 32'' West, 181.16 feet to a point
in said Carder Road;

3. North 14[deg] 25' 29'' East, 4.94 feet to a point at
the intersection of the northerly side of Carder Road
and the face of the concrete curb on the northerly side
of Carder Road;

4. North 75[deg] 50'11'' West, along the said
intersection of the northerly side of Carder Road and
the face of the concrete curb on the northerly side of
Carder Road, 12.81 feet to a point;

5. A non-tangent curve to the right, along the said
intersection of the northerly side of Carder Road and
the face of the concrete curb on the northerly side of
Carder Road, having a radius of 12.88 feet, a central
angle of 75[deg] 32' 13'' and an arc length of 16.98
feet to a point, said curve having a chord bearing and
distance of North 19[deg] 31' 30'' West, 15.78 feet to
a point;

6. North 35[deg] 19' 06'' East, along the intersection
of the easterly side of the Soissons Docks access road
and the face of the concrete sidewalk on the easterly
side of the Soissons Docks access road, 57.05 feet to a
point;

7. South 50[deg] 30' 54'' East, 7.92 feet to a point on
the eastern side of a brick retaining wall;

8. North 35[deg] 17' 38'' East, along and parallel to
the said eastern side of a brick retaining wall, 15.36
feet to a point on the southerly side of the granite
seawall;

9. South 75[deg] 38' 30'' East, along the southerly
side of the granite seawall, 255.90 feet to a point;
and,

10. South 14[deg] 18' 59'' West, 70.64 feet to the
point of beginning.

The above bearings are based on Grid North, New York
State Plane Coordinates, East Zone, NAD 1983.

The above-described parcel is more particularly shown
and described on a survey plat by Clough, Harbour &
Associates, LLP.

Containing 0.51 of an acre, more or less (22,265 +/-
square feet).

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