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<br />21 <br /> <br />THURSDAY <br /> <br />DECEMB~-q 19. 1963 <br /> <br />A spedal and duly-called meeting of the CO"'L'1cil of the City of Me..rtinsvill,,,,, Virginia, <br /> <br />with Mayor J. Frank Wilson presiding, was held in the City Manager's oft'ice, City Hall, <br /> <br />Thursday, December 19, 1963, beginning at 5:00 P.M., for the pU1~ose of receiving, <br /> <br />considering, and acting upcn--lf deamed appropriate--a report fro;n the Martinsville- <br /> <br />Henry County Airport Study Commission. All member~3 of Council were present, viz., <br /> <br />Mayor J. Frank Wilson; Fred T. Renick, M.D.; Harry L. Boaz; Thomas J. Burch; and <br /> <br />E. E. Stone. Also present was Mr. R. P. Gravely, Jr.~ Chairman of the Airp:Jrt Study <br /> <br />Commission. <br /> <br />Following the stating of the p1.:.rpose of this meeting, by Mayor Wilson, Commission <br /> <br />Chairman R. P. Gravely sur:rrnar2.zed the Commission's recoIrlffi!Omdati:ms, copies of whic~h <br /> <br />had been previously forwarded to members of Council and to members of the Henry County <br /> <br />Board of Superv~c;3ors, and, in so doing, Mr. Gravely emphasized the fact that options <br /> <br />obtained by the Martinsville-Henry County Airport Developme::1t Corporation for the <br /> <br />purchase of two adjoining tracts of land in the Spencer area (west of Route 58) will <br /> <br />expire December 31, 1963, and that if allowed to lapse will probably result in an <br /> <br />increase in the cost of the land chosen for the site of a new airport. The Commission <br /> <br />reported, too, that it recomrnends action by both the Council and the Henry County <br /> <br />Board of Supervisors to,rards estqblishing--ty appropriate action of the General <br /> <br />Assembly--a chartered aLrport authority which, as soon as organized, would make <br /> <br />application for an allocatLm of State and Federal funds which, the Commission <br /> <br />advL3ed, wouLl be forthcoming. The ee timated cost of constructing the airport, <br /> <br />including cost of land, was given by the Commission as $466,500.00, to be shared as <br /> <br />follows: <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Federal Aviation Agency <br />Commonwea10h of Virginia <br />City of Martinsville <br />County of Henry <br />Private Soul'ces <br /> <br />. $192,000.00 <br />96,000.00 <br />57,250.00 <br />57,250.00 <br />64.000.00 <br /> <br />$/+66.500.0q <br />