Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-25


manifested its desire that
the City Commission call an election
for the purpose of deciding whether
the City should issue bonds in the
approximate sum Of One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (s1O0.oOO.O0) for
the purpose of securing and INSTALL
ing an Airport and Park; and,
WHEREAS, in the interest Of pub
lie pa<nEo and in response to the de-
sires Of many of the citizens the
Commission Of said City has pledged
the citizenship Of same that before
the holding OF said election it would
advise the public which of the con-
templated sites in its judgment and
discretion most nearly Appropriated
h City's needs in he above named
particulars; and,
WHEREAS, the Airport Committee
Of the Chamber Of Commerce has
mad intensive and extensive survey
of the situation and has secured OPP
tions on four sites located around
and about said city and has made,
through w. B. Clint, its recommends
tions to the City of the tract of land
best suited for the purposes dis
cussed herein; and,
WHEREAS, the Commission has not
only given'a great deal of time and
thought TO the study of the problems
involved and the sites offered, but
has also gone upon the ground and
has viewed each of the sites, and are
therefore each of them personally
acquainted with the advantages and
disadvantages Of the sites offered:
NOW. THEREFORE, BE 1T RE-
SOLVED that the citizens of Browns
vile be apprized that when and if.
IN the exercise Of its judgment and
sound discretion, the City Commits
SIGN decides to purchase a site for a
Park and an Airport. provided of
course the citizenship at the oncom-
Ing election decides the funds avail
able for such purpose shall be voted,
then ard in that event the said City
Commission. acting on the recon-
mendation of the Airport Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce and
upon their own knowledge of the
various sites, has decided upon the
purchase Of,
Four Hundred and Eighty Eight
and Forty One-Hundredths (4sS.40)
acres Of land, or SO much thereof as
in their judgment il is feasible and
practicable 10 use for said Park and
Airport, located about three and a
half miles from the City of Browns
vile on the Boca Chica Road, near
the FL Jardin Independent school Dis
trict's building, from Z. S. Hunt,
Frank Rabb, 4. b. Camiade, Daven-
port and West, DR.. Nelson and 4. "A.
Landlord, for the reason that il is
the closest Of the practicable sites
near the city, is on a concrete road
and close to a high power electric
line. is we'll drained, is served by the
Cameron County Water Improvement
District No. 5, with whom satisfac-
tory and economical arrangements
can readily be effected for the irri-
cation and upkeep of same. and is
land of such quality and so located
that in the event IL should ever be-
come necessary for the City Of
Brownsville to abandon its use for
the contemplated purposes the City
could easily be able 10 recover from
the sale thereof the purchase price
of same.
Upon the above Resolution being
put TO a vote, the same was carried
by the unanimous vote Of the mem
DNiS PLSSeHt anu fObAAks MayOr Oo4e
and Commissioners Cobolini and
Hipp voting AYE.
The City Secretary was instructed
to give the widest possible publicity
TO said Resolution.
A. B. COLE, Mayor,
City Of Brownsville, Texas.
ATTEST:
A. Z. Munday, Secretary,
City Of Brownsville, Texas.
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