HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 10, Page 1145, No Resolution NumberA RESOLUTION AITI OVIIG '0113 P110VI3101;:; 01" A CO;iIMXT
TO EE EIITERED INTO EET11.71 �ti THE PADUCAH AIRPORT CORPORATION AND
TIM KENTUCKY INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS RELATING TO THL I:uIIIAGI+ EMIT,
CONTROL AND OPERATION Or' TIIE PADUCAH-ILCCRACKEMi COUNTY AIRPORT
WHEREAS, the iaducah Airport Corporation has submitted
to the =card of Commissioners for a proval a contract which is in
words and higures as follows, to -wit:
"THIS AGREEId-1I1T, made and entered into this the _ day
of Varch, 1945, by and between Paducah -airport Corporation, a
Kentucky Corporation, wluth all the corporate powers and rights
to contract in its name, Party of the first part, and hereinafter
referred to as the "Corporation", anc I_enjucky Institute of Aero-
nautics, a Kentucky Corporation, with principal place of business
in Paducah, ;.:cCrac'.cen County, ,:,ntucky, Party of the second .art,
and hereinafter referred to as "Second ?arty".
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"That, whereas, on '_:ovember 20, 1944, the Paducah Airn
Corporation and C. 'ichard LeRoy entered into a :erittcn contract
wherein the said C. Richard LeRoy was .ranted the operatin nrivi-
lees on the Paducah M:cCracicen county =.irport for the cohsideration
specified in said contract; and, whereat, it appears to the mutual
benefit of both parties to said contract that the contract dated
November 2n, 1944, be cancelled, and this Agreement entered into
between the Paducah Airport Corporation and Kentucicy Institute of
Aeronautics shall be in the place and stead of said contract dated
November 20, 1946, and that contract is, by agreement of parties,
cancelled and held for nau.-ht. ?io:r, in consideration of the cove-
nants and conditions as hereinafter set out, the parties to this
Agreement do hereby agree each for itself, successors and assiynn
as follon-c:
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GRAPIT
"In consideration of the amounts to be paid to the
Corporation by :second arty and all covenants and agreements
herein expressed on the part of the Second Party, to be 'ccbt and
performed, the Corporation hereby grants to said Party of the
Second Part the operating privileges, as hereinafter defined,
on the present iaducah "1cCracken County Airport, located
approximately ei •;ht (3) miles ''.Vest of the city limits of
Paducah. Kentuc'cy, on United .hates Highway ido. CO, for a
period of ton (10) years, beginning on the day of
1944.
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_.c used herein the toren, "Operating Privileges",
-:iall include and be limited to the following:
• "(a) '"iio cxlucdive privilege of operating a
flying school and all other forms of aeronautical
instructions for compensation and charges, that shall
be comparable to like services in similar schools,
extent of equipment and personnel employed considered;
but, t!e exclusive privilege of operatin--- a flying
school and all other forms of aeronautical :instruction
for compensation shall be limited ane.' restricted to
the extent that the Corporation reserves Lao ri_it to
-rant unto the iadunah Junior C011e o and the
accredited high schools of t'e City of Paducah and
County of 1„cCracken the privile�-c to use the laducah
ccracken County Airnort for any and all courses of
aeronautical instruction that may be embraced in
Courses of study at ,c.i0 Institutions,'for any ci'
its students in attendance thereat, cut the Corporation
will see to it that if instruction is needed at L -1:e
a::ove described-irnorL- the services of tee tarty
of the Second ?art mill be e:7nloyed ii' parsi to and
it is unders tool t'.,at the privilege of operatin , a
flyini- sch-,ol and riving aeronautical instruction, as
shave provided for, includes the exclusive privilege
of rent.in_ planes and equipment for use L;, others.
"(b) 'he exclusive privile c to operate an ai_crafL
repair station, provided hol-'evor, nothir-_ in this
clause snail prevent schedule-_ connercial all -linos £,or1
erectin-- and naintainin; e,ai_ :,1>>,:; for t:.e re air
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ma -1, of vi;^ir 0,.:,t ec.u':�ii_nt.
"(c) The p. ivile e, but not the e;cclusive privilege,
to operate planes ^01• charter and non-scheduled carry-
ing of passengers and £Pref -it for hire; and, the
exclusive ri`ht to sell airplanes from the irport and
to fly si;;ht wain trips and students to and £Prom the
jyirport within a twenty-five (25) mile radius.
"(d) The exclusive concession f -)r the sale of -
aviation supplies (exclucinl, any concession for the
sale and districution of petrolour; products) and air-
craft parts, and the ri`ht to install the nedessary
facilities for the exercise of these privileges,
This grant, hor.ever, shall in no ,rise apply to
scheduled airline operators or to other persons,
firms or Corporations from whom such scheduled
operators may wish to purchase such supplies on the
Airport property.
"(e) Me ri;rhL- to construct such hangars and shops
as he deems necessary for the successful operation of
the privileges ranted in this contract, and the use
of sufficient space in any buildings cons!.rueted on
said field necessary to the successful operation of
the p1•ivileges herein granted, extent that the location
and clesi_-n of any buildings erected by .1ocond Party
shall be agreed to bettireen the .Parties of thin Contract.
(f) The privilege to rent hamar space to the
Public for the storage of airplanes on the Airport property.
II
PA L-121'1TS
The 6tandard oil Company of Kentucky has agreed to furnish
to the Corporation a sum of money not to exceed fourteen Thousand
(?,"14,000.00) Dollars to be used for the construction and erection
of a hangar building on the Airport property above referred to,
and the Tarty of the Second Part herein has agreed to make the
necessary monthly payments to ,standard Oil Company in a sufficient
sum to repay the said sunt so advanced durinI the term of this
Contract, it being: understood and agreed b%= the parties hereto
that Second Tarty shall have the exclusive use of the hangar build
in; above referred to. lion, in consiclera. ,ion ni r.ae ri ^hts and
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privileges herein Granted to it by the Corporation, the .Second
Party covenants.to pay to the said Corporation for tie first
three (3) years of this Contract o sum equal to rive (5;'') percent
of the new profits earned or derived from the use of the privileges
herein granted to Second Party, and for the remaining ,even (7)
years of said Contract a sura equal to e'ive (5,") per cent of the
gross receipts collected from the use of the privileges herein
granted to Second party; provided, however, there shall be excluded
from this provision the payment of any income derived from the sale
of airplanes by Jecond iart,y. The payment of all sums on the net
and gross revenues shall be due and payable each three (3) months
of each year durin the terra of this agreement, and the Second
Party shall receive as a credit on any amount due the Corporation,
the total of all the monthly payments not heretofore credited whict.
have been paid to Standard Oil Company on the indebtedness of
said sum above referred to. it is the .intent of the Parties
to this Contract that Second arty shall not be liable for payment
of any sums to the lorp-ration unless the earnings of net and gross
as above referred to, shall exceed the total suras paid :Standard
Oil Company, and then only to the e;ctent of such excess. The
Corporation shall have the right to examine and audit the boobs of
Second Party at the time the payments, above provided for, shall
become due. "Net Profits" as used herein shall mean profits rema
ing after all charges, including reasonable salaries and depreciati n
of equipment, as determined by the bureau of Internal Revenue, but
before Federal and State income taxes have been determined.
III
OPERATION
it is further understood and agreed that the Kentucky
Institute of Aeronautics shall be responsible for the annointing
of a manager of said Airport, and it hereby alpoints C. Pichard
LeRoy as such manager, it being understood that he or such other
person, as may be designated by him and a proved by the ..irport
Corporation, will serve in such capacity without compensation from
the Corporation, and it shall be the duty of such manager to
recommend all needful rules, regulations and charges for the
proper operation of said Airport, and he shall be charged with the
enforcement of all such rules and regulations that are adopted by
the Corporation, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the Civil
Aeronautics ,administration. The manager shall supervise all
maintenance of the field and buildings constructed during the
term of this Contract if requested to do so by the Corporation
and make recommendations to the Corporation regarding the nec
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maintenance, up -keep and improvement of said i+irport. It is furthe.
agreed that said manager shall have the right and authority to
suspend any flight operation, or, operations, other than those of
commercial scheduled airlines, at said J+irport when the safety of
the public or the safety,of the operation is involved.
"(2) It is a. -reed and understood by the parties hereto
that all landin, fees derived from the operation of scheduled
commercial airlines shall be paid to t: -e Corporation.
"(3) All utility charCes made and incurred by Party of
the Second Part in the exercise of the privileCes herein conferred
shall be paid by it.
"(n) Due to the emergency brought about by 'orld 'iar II
certain parts and materials for equipping an aircraft repair shmp
are not obtainable, and the Second Party agrees that as soon as the
equipment can be obtained it will equip and maintain the aircraft
shop with such equipment as, in its judgment, may be necessary.
"(5) During the present emergency brought about by 1'rld
'7nr II the Kir: ort Tanager will, without expense to the Corporation,
provide a responsible person to serve as a watchman at said Field
Burin; the hours required by the Civil Aeronautics Administration
as a war measure.
"(6) It is further at;reod that the said .second Party will
see that there is Present at said Kirport from the houro of 8
o'clock A.J.I.. until 6 o'clock P.31., a Arson properly qualified
to service airplanes, and to act as Paducah and McCracken rountyTs
representative to the flying public, which service shall be
rendered to the Corporation without cost.
IV
AIR SCHOOL APID REPAIR SHOP
"(1) The Party of the second Part further covenants and
agrees that it will for ten (10) months during each year, beginning
as s,on as a hangar is constructed, operate a school for aeronautical
instruction at said Airport.
"(2) That it will, at all times, except as herein other-
wise provided, maintain an aircraft repair and service station at
said Airport.
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1 OVISIO`1:; TO BIND AM I3LI1$FIT SUCC1;:i.;0R3ASSIGN'S, ETC.
"It is further covenanted and agreed b;., and between the
parties hereto that all covenants, agreements, conditions and
undertakings in this Agreement contained shall extend to and
be binding upon the legal representatives, successors and assigns
)f the respective parties hereto the same as if they were in
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every case named and expressed; and wherever in this Agreemenu
reference is made to either of the parties hereto it shall be
hold to include and apply to the legal representatives, successors
and assigns of such party, the same as if in each and every case
so expressed; provided, however, the Party of the Uecond Part shall
not assign this contract, or assign or sub -let any of the rights or
privileges to him herein granted without the Corporations consent
in writing thereon, signed b;, the President of the Corporation, or
other chief executive officer of said Corporation, and any such
purported, or attempted assignment of this agreement, or of any
rights or privileges hereby granted, Without such writton consent,
as aforesaid, shall not be binding upon the Corporation, but as
to the Corporation, its successors in interest and assigns shall
The void and of no effect whatever.
VI
FORF%ITURE
"It is further covenanted and agreed between the parties
hereto that if default shall, at any time, be reside by said Second
Party in the payment of any amounts due the Corporation when due,
as herein provided, and shall continue for the space of thirty
(30) days after written notice thereof shall have been given to
said Party of the :second Part, or if default shall be made in any
of the other provisions, covenants, or agreements to be kept,
observed and performed by said Second Party, and such default
shall continue for thirty (3C) days after notice thereof in
writing,to said tarty of the Second Part, then the Corporation
may, at any time thereafter, prior to the remedying of such
default, declare this contract ended and terminated by giving
the Party of the Second Part written notice of such intention.
"Failure of the Corporation to exercise its right to
cancel this contract f(br aay one or more defaults, shall not
operate to waive the Corporationts right to exercise its option
to cancel said contract for any other or subsequent defaults.
VII
G E ERAL PROVISIONS
"l. Should ah any time the :'econd Party fail to properly
discharge the duties, as herein provided, or fail to properly
rerform any of the provisions of this contract, then in that event
the Corporation may give written notice to the Second Party, calli
unon it to correct and psnperly perform such duties and provisions
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The written notice s)all be given by registered mail, and shall
set forth specifically the grounds and reasons relied upon by the
Corporation. It shall then become the duty of the .second jarty
within thirty days from the receipt of written notice, to
remedy and correct any deficiencies in operation or.,management
complained about by said Corporation.
"In the event the Second Party shall believe that it has
properly discharged its cuties as Airport :..anager, and properly
fulfilled the provisions of this contract, and refuses and fails
to correct and remedy the deficiencies relied upon by the Corpo-
ration, within the time herein specified, it shall be the duty
of the Party of the Second cart to so notify the Corporation by
reCistered mail, addressed to the President thereof, settin-, :orth
the reasons relied upon by it for such refusal, and to;,w^rithin
the days from the date of mailin% of said notice 'to the said
Corporation, dosi,nate a person to act as a nember of a Loard of
Arbitration, giving to the Corporation written notice specifyin_-
the name of said desi-nated person, within ten days from the
receipt by the Corporation of said smitten notice that said
Second Party fails and refuses to correct and remedy the alleged
deficiencies, it shall be the duty of the Corporation to desig-
nate some person, not a member of said Corporation, to act as a
member of the Loard of hrbitration, giving to Second Party
written notice, speficying the name of the person so designated.
Tho two desi,nated members shall, within ten days fr^m the
appointment of the second member, select a person mutually
agreeable to both members, to act as the third member of the
Board of Arbitration. It shall be the duty of the Loard of
Arbitration to hear evidence produced by the Corporation, and
by the Second Party, and after hearing such evidence, to
determine whether or not the Second Party has failed to properly
discharge its duties and obligations under this contract.
"It is hereby agreed that the decision of said ',card of
Arbitration shall be final and binding gpon the parties to this
contract, and in the event the said zpard of Arbitration
determine that said :second Party has failed to property dis-
charge its duties and obliations under the contract, then in
that event, the said Corporation, may, at its option, declare
this contract cancelled and of no effect, otherwise said con-
tract shall remain in full force and effect.
2. !To provision of this contract shall be construed
now or hereafter to in anyway interfere with any contract or
with any provisions in any contract mat may be entered into by
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the Corporation with the Chicago and Southern Airlines or the
American Airlines or with any other commercial scheduled airlines;
and, if there are any provisions in this contract that conflict
ir•ith any of the provisions of the contracts that may be entered
into by the Corporation with any of the above described airlines,
it is agreed and understood by all of the parties hereto that the
provisions of this Contract shall sive way and shall not apply in
the event of a conflict in that respect.
"3. The Second Party may begin the exercise of the
privileges herein granted as soon as said Airport has been
released by the United States Government to civilian use.
"4. It is agreed that title to any buildings or equip-
ment placed upon said �-irport by Second tarty shall .remain and be
in ^aid Second Party and at the expiration or termination of this
Contract, or any renewal thereof, said :Second i,arty shall have
the ri--ht, at its expense, to remove from said Airport any ouch
buildings, or equipment, so placed thereon, it being understood
that this provision does not include the han_-ar building to be
constructed with funds furnished by Standard Cil Company and repaid
by the Kentucky Institute of Aeronautics.
"5. The provisions of this Contract are hereby declared
to be separable and should any provision or part of said provisions
be declared void by a court of competent jurisdiction the remaining
provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
116. It is agreed between the parties hereto that at the
expiration of this Contract the said .Second tarty shall have the
option to rent the hangar building, herein referred to as the one
being constructed by funds advanced by Standard Oil Company, for
the rental set by the Corporation.
"IN WITNEiS 1n4iEREOF, the Paducah airport Corporation has
caused these presents to be si3ned pursuant �o a resolution by its
Board of Directors in its corporate name by 1rady i;. Stewart, as
President, and attested by Christine Alliston, as Secretary, and
the Kentucky Institute of Aeronautics has caused this Contract to
be signed pursuant to a resolution by its ward of Directors in its
corporate name by C. i:ichard LeRoy, as President, and attested by
Thomas J. Marshall, as Secretary, and this instrument is executed
in du3licate, each copy to be considered as an original, on this
the day and year first above written."
NOW THEREFORE, BE II RESOLVED uY THE LOARD OF COLM?I.S
OF m1fE CITY OF PADUCAII, KEPITUCI{Y:
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SECTION 1.
That the aforesaid Contract to be entered into between
the Faducah hirport Corporation and the Kentucky Institute of
Aeronautics and all of the terms, conditions and agreemonts
contained therein :�c and the same are hereby approved.
SECTION 2.
This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
",q -.7 or �! —
Passed by the ,:oard of Commissioners, April 3, 1945
Recorded by Rudy Stewart, City Clerk, hpril 3, 1945.