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RESOLUTION NO. C!.. - 'I (j 0
'WHEREAS, the property and equipment of what is now
known as the Jefferson County Airport, formerly a part of
the Fort Townsend Military Reservation, which was acquired
by Jefferson County from the United States of America,
acting by and through its War Assets Administrator, and
by virtue of the laws, powers, regulations and legal de-
scription imposed in certain documents, recorded in the
office of the County Auditor of Jefferson County, to-wit:
Resolution No. C-2, adopted by the Board of County Commis-
sioners for Jefferson County, January 19, 1947, and recorded
in Volume N at page 21 of County Commissioners' Proceedings;
Quit-claim deed from the United States of America to Jef-
ferson County, filed for record February 5, 1947, receiv-
ing No. 109412, and recorded in Volume 120 of deeds on
page 120 et seq, records of said county, and,
vlliEREAS, it has been the consensus of those inter-
ested in air transportation development, that the said
airport property could, due to flexibility of the Washing-
ton statutes insofar as they pertain to port aistr~c~s,
be better operated as an airport facility by the Port of
Port Townsend; and,
iffiEREAS, this Board of County Commissioners has
been informed that said Port of Port Townsend is desirous
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of acquiring said airport facility, and,
VffiEREAS, said Port of Port Townsend is a municipal
corporation and authorized inter alia, to operate airports,
and that a lawful and adequate consideration for the trans-
fer of the airport from Jefferson County to the Port of
Port Townsend, would be the promises and agreement of the
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1 Port of Port Townsend to operate the same as a service to
2 all the people of the county, and others, and as an aid
3 to t he economic activity and development of Jefferson
4 County, and to assume all the duties and obligations here-
5 tofore imposed on Jefferson County by the several documents
6 hereinabove referred to, and
7 ~VHEREAS, it further appearing that said Port of
8 Port Townsend by law has greater means and ability t~
9 operate and maintain said airport to its maximum capacity,
10 and,
11 :ffiEREAS, the Port of Port Townsend has agreed to
~ accept a transfer of the property involved, and this Board
13 of County Commissioners deems that it is in the public
14 innerest, and to the benefit 'of the community at large,
15 and to others, that said Port of Port Townsend acquire
H said airport and operate and maintain the same, now,
U therefore,
18 BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners
19 of Jefferson County, in consideration of the agreement by
20 the Port of Port Townsend to operate and maintain said
21 Jefferson County airport, and its facilities, and equip-
~ ment, for the use and benefit of the public, and to assume
23 the duties, burdens, covenants and conditions imposed by
~ the several documents as herein noted, this said Board
25 does now and hereby authorize and direct the execution of
~ a quit-claim deed of conveyance by Jefferson County to the
27 Port of Port Townsend, a municipal corporation, of all of
~ said airport property as reflected in the deed from the
~ United States of America to Jefferson County, dated Janu-
30 ary 19) 1947, as aforesaid; and said deed having been pre-
31 pared and executed by the Board of County Commissioners
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for Jefferson County, simultaneously with the adoption of
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this resolution, the same shall be irrevocable from date
of delivery, subject, however:
(1) That the Administrator of Civil Aeronautics
shall a pprove the transfer of s aid airport, and its opera-
tion and maintenance, by the Port of Port To.wnsend;
(2) That the Port of Port Townsend shall, pursuant
to its statutory processes and powers, lawfully and pro-
perly accept said property and assume the duties, burdens,
covenants and conditions as set forth under Resolution
No. C-2 of the Board of County Commissioners of Jefferson
County, as aforesaid, and said quit-claim deed from the
United States of America to Jefferson County, dated Janu-
ary 19, 1947;
(3) That upon approval of the Administrator of Civil
Aeronautics and the acceptance thereof by the Port of Port
TO\Vllsend, possession of said property, and the whole there-
of, and the operation and maintenance of said airport shall
be transferred to the Port of Port Townsend on the first
day of the month following said acceptance and approval.
ADOPTED by the BOARD of COUNTY cO~~crSSIONERS at a
regular and stated meeting, to-wit, this 5th day of June,
1959.
BOARD OF COUNTY cO~~crSSIONERS
For JEFFERSON COU TY
By
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