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C <br /> <br />RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIUN OF THE CITY OF LA PO RTE, TEXAS <br />• <br />STATE OF TEXAS ~ <br />COUNTY OF HARRIS ~ <br />WHEREAS, on the 10th day of February= A. D. 1947, a lease was executed <br />between Arthur J. Mandel, A. W. Wadsworth, W. W. McMillan and Herman Wright, as <br />Lessees, and the City of La Porte, Texas, as Lessor, covering the use of La Port <br />Municipal Airport by Lessees; the execution of such lease was duly authorized <br />and approved by the City Council of the City of La Porte, by Ordinance No. 330, <br />on the 10th day of February, A. D. 1947; and <br />WHEREAS, on the 27th day of February, A. D. 1947, in accordance with <br />• <br />the terms of said lease, the Lessees assigned such lease to Hou-Port Aviation, <br />Inc., a Texas Corporation; and <br />WHEREAS, said lease provides that Lessees shall maintain the airport <br />to conform to the Civil Aeronautics Administration specifications and to keep <br />said airport on the C. A. A. Approved list; and <br />WHEREAS, the said lease and certain amendments thereto provide that th <br />Lessee has certain options to extend the term of the lease for additional period <br />on terms not more than ten per cent. (10%) less favorable to Lessee than the pre <br />ceding term; and <br />WHEREAS, in cooperation with the City of La Porte and the Civil Aero- <br /> <br />nautics Administration, to have the Northwest-Southeast runway on the La Porte <br />Municipal Airport hard-surfaced, in accordance with C. A. A. specifications ~ nd <br />requirements, the said Hou-Port Aviation, Inc., has agreed to contribute to the <br />City of La Porte the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00 cash, to be used <br />by the City in payment of apart of the cost of hard-surfacing said runway; and <br />WHEREAS, the said Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) donation is entire <br />ly voluntary on the part of Hou-Port Aviation, Inc., to obtain the hard-surf ac in <br />of said runway for the mutual benefit of the said Hou-Port Aviation, Inc., and <br />the La Porte Municipal Airport; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br />• <br />LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAT the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) will be ac- <br />cepted from the said Hou-Port Aviation, Inc., to be used by the City of La Porte <br />pay a part of the cost of hard-surfacing the Northwest-Southeast runway on the <br />~t <br />