The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-11-06
City Offers Meaeham Airport Owners
$780, 900 For Only $50 Acres; Had
Previously Wanted 264 Acres Of Land
OFFICIALS ASK
FOR 20 DAYS
TIME TO CONSIDER
OFFER

city Commissioners reduced
meir acreage demands and upped
their price for Meacham airport in
meeting held this morning with
Key West Improvement Inc, own
ers of the 264 acre airport.
Fodsy's offer to the company
was TO purchase only 100 OF
Meaeham's asa acres for $780,
900. the price the city offered for
the whole 26a acres. two years
sgo. This was rejected at the
time by the company.
Representatives Of the company
meeting with City Manager Dave
King and attorneys this morning
said they had no comment TO make
on the new offer. that they would
have to consult with their attorney,
5. Pierre Robineau of Miami.
King said that a meeting has
been set for November q with
the company, ''at which time we
will get an expression from them
on the offer as made,
THE case which is in court at
the present time, said King. will
be held open until this date where
in the purchase of the airport viii
be contaminated or falling to
come to an agreement the con
domination proceedings will be ac-
tlyated at once ~
This mornings meeting with
the company came after Key West
commissioner had decided that
as no form of lease would be ac-
ceptable to the Civil Aeronautics
Administration his other pro-
posal would be offered to the Key
West Improvement, Inc. for their
consideration.
The City Commission feel"
SEED Ki'sg. Tssf 70 acquire
Meseham and maintain the air
port in accordance with cAA
rules and regulations governing
sirporss - that without cAA as.
sistance, the airport would be
TOO much Of drain on city FL
nanees.
Through conference with
CAA an agreement was reached
whereby the area of land required
for the runways at Meacham field
could be reduced to such point
that only two runways would be
required for irp0rt purposes
tthere are four now1
1T was necessary that a side
clearance of 200 feet on each side
of the runways be secured and
500 foot end clearance be secured.
by adopting the clearances,
said King, and utilizing only two
runways, one running practically
East and West, the other in a
Southwest direction, the acreage
involved was reduced from 264
acres originally requested to 100
acres. For this land the city of !
fered the Key West Improvement, |
Inc, 100000, hoping that the pro-
posal would be accepted.
Representing the company this
morning and asking for 20 days I'M
which TO consider the new prOposalI
were A. f.. Golan and Vincent
Conley, company officials.
The city was represented byl
King, City Attorney M. Ignatius
Lester and Attorney Curry Harris. |
King said that the torrentiall
downpour yesterday postponed the
meeting since it was impossible to
get TO or from City Hall
King quoted the official letter
from Washington notifying him of
the allotment of 5000 for Mea-i
cham field.
The CAA letter states
This money can only be made
available after you have made al
project application and is subject
to meeting the requirements of the
CAA act and rules and regula-
tons. 7"
CAA requires that its airport
money can only be made available
TO publicly owned field.
The $50. 900 allotted to Key West
is specifically earmarked by CAAi
for grading and paving one run
way, aprons and taxiway. forl
building an arlineS terminal
building, and for medium in-l
tenSity lighting fixtures.
Key West applied for CAA funds
last March 2,