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MINUTF~ - REGULAR 1~ECIlVG
LA PORTE CQTY C0144~'1ISSIOPd - SEPTEb~BER 27, 1957
4:30 P.M.
Regular meeting of the City Cccnmission was ca7l,ed to order by &i~,yor Prot em
L.R.Rigby, with the fo]1aw~ing members and city officials present: Commissioner
H, P. Pfeiffer Special Counsel John S. Kiibler, and City Clerk Frank G. Bahr.
Minutes of -the last meeting were read and approved,
Carried.
The following ~rere also present: Cliff Hyde, Al Wadsworth, Doc Copelarri, and
Chas. Brown, Architect.
Motior_ by Pfeiffer, second by Rigbyt that Cashiers Check No. b7g500, i.n the
amount of X8,000 in payment of advance rentals, and certified check No. 919
in the amount of $10,000 as contribution, was received with the understanding
and a~ee?nerlt that if for any reason the money is not spent in the surfacing
of the Northwest-Southeast rurn~ay, such funds will be refunded by City.
Motion by Pfeiffer, second by Rigby, that the following Resolution be adopted:
'~ RESOLUTION
STATE OF TEX.~.S ~
COUNTY OF' HARRIS ~u
WI~REAS, on the 10th day of February, A. D. 1947, a lease was executed
between A rthur J. Mandel, A.W. Wadsv~@rth, W.W. Mc Millan and Herman Wright
as Lessees, and. the City of La Porte, Texas, as Lessor, covering the use of
La ~ Porte Municipal Airport by Lessees; the execution of such lease was du],y
authorized ar~d approved by the City Council of the Cit of La Porter by
Ordinance Pdo.330, on the 10th day of February, A. d. 197; and
WHFREkS, on tY~ 27th day of February, A. D. 1947, ~ accordance with
the terms of said lease, the Lessees assigned such lease to Hou Port Aviation,
Inc., a Texas Corporation; and
WHEREAS, s ~.id lease pr ovides that Lessees shall maintain the ai rport
to conform to the Civil Aeronautics Ac~n3.nistrati on spe cif ications and to
peep said airport on tr,e C.A.A. Approved list; and
WI~.EAS, the said lease and certain amendments thereto provide that
the Lessee has certain options to extend the term of the lease for additional
periods, on terms not more than ten per cent.{10;x) less favorable to Lessee than
~t the preceding term; and
"" ~"~fiF1tEAS, in cooperation Z~rith the City of La Porte and t'ne Civil Aero-
nautics Administration, to have the Narthw~est-southeast rurnvay on the La Porte
T~unicipal Airport hard-surfaced, in accordance with C. A.A. specifications
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and requirement s~ the said Hou-Port Aviation, Inc ., has agreed to c ontribut e
to the City of La Porte the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars (~10~000.00) cash
to be used by the City in payment of apart of the cost of hard-surfacing
said ruxn~ray; and
WHEREAS, t tie said Ten ~housahcl DaLlars 010, 000.00) donati on is entire-
ly voluntary on the part of Hour-Port .Aviation, Inc•o to obtain the hard-
surfacing of said runv~ray for the mutual bens fit of the s aid Hou-Port .4viation~
Inc, and the La Porte Municipal Airport;
N09P, TF~.EF~E, BE IT RESOLVED BY TIC CITY COtg:~SSION OF TEiiE CITY OF
LA PORTE, TEXAS, THAI the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars 010,000.00) Will be
accepted from the said Hou-Port Aviation Ine.~ to be used by the City of
La Porte to pay a part of tY~e cost of hard-surfacing the Nar~thwest-Southeast
runvray~ on the d,a Porte Municipal Airpcr~t, in cooperation with the Civil
Aeronautics Admini.strat3.on; that said sum is not a rental payment or any
other kind of payment uzr3er the terms of the lease agreement existing
between the City of Lap~.~te and the said Hou-Port Aviation, Inc.; and
HE IT FURTHER RESOLVID that the City o f La Porte, Texas, shall not, i.n
any manner, take into accounts use ar mnsider~ the s a id Ten Thousand
Dollars {~10~000.00) donation in fixings calculating estimating or
determining the terms of a-~r of the additional. optional periods provided
for in the lease agreement between the City ar~d the Hou-Port Aviation, Incl.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Carried.
~~Motion by ~'feiffer~ second;by Rigby that the meeting ac~j Dorn.
Carried.
ATTEST:
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of La Porte, Tex, City of La Porte, Tex,