02/21/1944
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CITY CO~{ISSIOl~ },IINUTES
CITY OF ClEJUtWATEH, ELORIDA'.' FEBRUARY 21, 1944.
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The Oi ty Oo.mm1ssion o~ the 01 ty of Clearwater, Florida met in regular
session the evemi~g of February 21st, 1944 at 7:30 p. m. in the city Hall
with the tollowi~ members present:
Geor~e R. Seavy, Mayor-commissioner
van ~. stoutamire, CO~8sioner
Herbert Griae, oommissioner
Jessie G. sm1 th, Commis3ioner
sumner R. Lowe, Comniss1oner
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The meeting was duly oalled to order by Mayor Seavt and the minutes
ot the previous meeting were read and approved.
city Manseer Hendrix read a letter addressed to the Board trom AS8~-
oiated Builders ot st. petersburg, Florida, aSking that the Oity Oommission
endorse an appeal tor a Federal liousing Administration offioe to be opera-
ted in the Tampa Bay area. The City Commission, without formal aot1on dir-
ected City Manager uendr1x to write a letter approving suoh a plan. Below
and set out elsewhere in these minutes :1s the letter above referred to.
Moved by Mr. "'owe and seoonded by Mr. Gr1ve a.nd 86rried that s
$25,000.00 transfer of funds from the Gas and water Fund to the General
Fund on February 8th, 1944 be approved.
It was moved by Mr. Grice, seoonded by Mr. Smith and carried that a
transfer of lease trom Dr. John Pishotta to Charles c. syphers be approved.
The property involved is knO\Yn as the Imperial Dooks.
It was moved by Mr. smith, seconded by ~r. "'owe and carried that a
transfer of lease from G. E. Dillard to Ulearwater Boats Inoorporated be
approved.
It was moved by Mr. SmitP, seconded by ~r.Lti~. and oarried that a
lease with the ~iedmont.~ljinG Gompa~, ~noorporated relative to ~lying
sohool privile~eB at the Marymont Airport be approved. Below and set out
elsewhere in these minutes is a oopy of this lease.
There being no further business to come before the Board the m.eet-
ing was adjourned.
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ASSOCIATED BUILDERS
62) - 8th .Avenue Sou th
St. petersburg, Florida
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It is believed essential, ror a miximum building program on the
west Coast of Flori da, that a Federal housing Awuinis tration offioe .be
operated in this area. HeretOfore. an application oribinat1~ 1n this
area had to be cleared. through the Tampa offioe where it was prooessed
and appraisal mads, then to Jaoksonv11~e wher~ in due time, if all. papers
were in order, the oomm1~ent was issued and mailed back to ~ampb and
thenoe to point of ori~1nation. This prooess oonsumed too much t~e. In
many oases Sixt~ days elapsed tr~ date of applioation to start or aotual
oonstruotion.' Tbirty day's was extremely good time if a.U papers were in
perteat order and the TaDlpa .or Jaokson~11le offioes were not orowded with
applioations. I~ priority applioations were involved it would add thirty
days more.
In the post ~~ period the Jaoksonville otfioe will be burd8ned with
thousands ot applioations and it w111 be physioally impossible tor that
'oftioe tohandle.the volume antlo1pa~8d~ithout great delay. ObViously
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this would ourtail oonstruction and 'Wi th large numbers of defense
workers seeking employment~ prompt aotion with a large bu1ldln8
progr~ would be most essential.
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TJ:wre~or~. it is believed tllst an 1nsur1n~ offioe in tlds
area 8m>>owed to prooess loans and 1ssae oommitments. is absolute-
ly neoessary. Utl1erJI1se the building ,protlrBm in this urea 'Will be
11m! tad in a.mount and delayed in startin~. Miami has sucb an O1'f10e
havin~ all neoessary authoritY' to dot.tIns. Vie are en titled to suoh
an offioe ror the rollowln~ reasons:
1. ~he population ot' the Twnpa Bay area alone..exoeeds any
othor suoh area in the state.
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2. Due to the taot that this area nas more defense workers
than any similar seotion of the state. it is neoessary that theren
be no extended period of unemployment after the termination ot war
oontracts. A Buildfn~ program to take up the slack must state
immed1a t ely .
3. Sinoe the F. H. A. is a self Bupporting agenoy. it 'Would
not add any burden to the ~ublio. Un the other hand, it will. by
inoreasing effioienoy. expedite prooessin~ and inorease volwme over
'a period of t~e. thereby oreating more insuranoe premiums for the
agenoy.
4. An office looated in the seotion it serves would Qe in a
better Position to pass all ~tl.nd values and building.oosts and ooop-
erate to a greater extent in proteot1D6 property futures through in-
telligent ~lanning. .,
5. Tl~ p~riod of time ~rom applioation to issuanoe of ~le
o~itments ~ould be out by 8S muoh as 75%.
6. The Jaoksonville offioe 'Would be relieved ot: .the burden of
applioations from the area whioh this offioe served and be,in better
position to render servioe in tbe balanoe of the state. This offioe
oould effioiently se~v1oe applioatlops \~t~n a hundered wdle radius
of Texnpa.
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CITY OF CLEARIATER, FLOR~
February 23. 194~
Assooiated Builders
62) 8th Avenae South
st. PeterSburg. Flori de.
Gentlemen:
Your letter was read before the meeting ot the. City Commission.
Monday night, February twan~y-ti~st.
The Citr commiSSion would heartily endorse haVing an F. H. A.
branoh o~fioe looated in this area for the purposes of ~re promptly
serving loans.
We feel that his proposal would be a deoided advantage to thi 8
large an area.
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F. L. Hendrix
CITY MANAGER
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AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is entered into by and between the CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, hereinafter called City, and PIEDMONT FLYING
COMPANY, INCa, a Georgia corporation, hereinafter called Piedmont,
as follows:
1.
Piedmont is hereby granted the exclusive right and
privilege of using the Clearwater Municipal Airport, located in
the Marmont Section of Clearwater, for the purpose of con-
ducting a flying school thereon.
2.
Piedmont shall conduct a flying school in acoordance
with the usual praotioes and standards for such sohools, and
shall at all times offer flying instructions to the general
publio by competent teachers using airplanes suitable for suoh
purpose.
3.
Piedmont shall also maintain facilities for providing
all usual and necessary services for all airplanes using the
field with the exception of air lines granted a permit to operate
on regular schedule runs; but this right shall not be exclusive,
and the City shall have the right to furnish airplane servioe
itself or grant the right to others to furnish suoh service.
4.
Piefumont shall not erect any building on the airport or
make any material alteration to any building without first submitting
plans and specifications to the City Manager- or the Oity of Clearwater
and seouring his written approval.
5.
City shall maintain the field at its expense, and this
maintenance shall include keep~ng the grass out and keeping the run-
ways in a smooth and usable condition. This provision shall not~
however, obligate the City to pave or otherwise hard-surface the run-
ways.
8.
For the use of the field, Piedmont shall pay to City two
per cent (2%) of its gross income received from all souroes in con-
nection with its pperations at Clearwater Municipal Airport. Sworn
statements shall be submitted by Piedmont on or before the tenth of
each month showing gross income during the preceding month, and a
check for the amount due City shall be submitted with each statement.
Commencing with the seventh month after operations are oommenced, and
continuing thereafter during ~ life of this agreement, Piedmont
guarantees that the amount paid City by Piedmont shall not be less
than fifty dollars ($50.00) per month. Proper books of account shall
be kept by Piedmont showing all gross receipts, and such books shall
be available for inspection by City at all times. .
7.
Piedmont shall take the necessary steps to have the field
designated as an approved field by the Civil Aeronautios Authority
(C.A.A.). If the field has not been so designated wit hint six months
from the date of this agreement, then this agreement shall thereupon
beoome null and void. '
8.
The field shall be kept available for use by private planes
commercial airlines, or any other type of aircraft which may wis~ to
use it, and ~16dmont shall not have the right to assess landing fees
or other charges against any aircraft using the field. Provided, of
course, that Piedmont shall have the right to make oharges for services
it renders to aircraft which desire such services.
9.
This agreement shall beoome effective sixty days from the date
on whioh the Clearwater Municipal Airport is designated as an approved
field by the C. A. A., and shall remain in effect for a periOd of five
years thereafter unless sooner terminated as herein provided.
10.
Piedmont shall have the right to oanoel this agreement at
any time by giving City thirty days written notioe of its intention
. .to oanoel; and upon the expiration of said thri ty days period, this
. agreement shall be null and vo1d$
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In all of its operations at Clearwater Municipal Airport,
partioularly in conneotion with the operation of aircraft by it or
under its oontrol. Piedmont agrees to oomply with the provisions ot
all applioable ordinanoes of the City of Clearwater, whether now
existing or hereinafter enacted.
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IN ~~TNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands
and seals this day of , A. D. 1944.
CITY OF CLEARWATER, P'LO RIDA
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City Manager
Countersigned:
Mayor-Commissioner
City Auditor and Clerk
Signed,' sealed and delivered
in the presenoe of:
PIEDMONT FLYING COMPANY, INC.
As to City
By
President
Secretary
As to Piedmont
Approved as to Form and Correctness:
CitY' Attorney
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CITY CONI�4ISSIOTv P.IIT3UTES
CITY OF CI�u�.1';ATEI�, FZORII]A: FEBRUAHY 2I, 1944.
The City Comoiission of the City oP Clearwater, Florida net in regular
session ti�a eve�i�g of February 21st, 1941a at 7:'30 p, n. in the City ga11
with the Pollowin� members pres�nt;
Geor�ge R• Seavy, Mayor-�omtdissioner
Dan L. gtoutamire, Commissioner
Herbert Grice, �ommissioner
���gie G• Smith, �ommissioner
Sumner R, I,owe, Gommisaionex
Absent: None.
Tha m�eting was du],y ca].led to order bg �+�ayor Seav� and the minutes
of t�e oreviou� nieetin� were read and approved.
CitY 2�5anager Hendrix read a letter addressed ta the Board Prom Asa�-
ciated Builders aP St. petersburg, Florida, asking that the City C�mmission
endorae an appeaT Par a Federal �ousin��Administration o�Pice to be opara-
ted in the Tampa Bay area. The City �ommission, without Porra�l action dir-
ected City Manager hendrix ta write a letter appruving,:such a pl�n. Belov�
and set out elaev�here in these m.inutes is the letter above rePerred to.
Moved by i�ir. Lowa and seconded by I�Ir. Grive and earried that s
�25,0OO.OU transPer of �'unds Pro� the Gas and j^later rund to •the General
Fund on �ebruary 8th, T944 be approved.
It was moved by �+Ir. �.rice, seconded 'oy �r, Smith and c�rried that a
transfer of lease frosn Dre John Pishotta to Charles C. Syphers be approved.
The �roperty involved is kno�vn as the Imperial Docks. �
It was moved by Mr. �th, seconded by �r. Lowe and carried th�t a
transPer of lease Yron G, E. Dillard to �learv:ater Boats Incarporated be
ap�roved.
I't was moved by i�ir. Smit�, secon�led by �+r.L�a�� and carried that a
lease with the Yiedmont Flxin� �ompany, lncorporated relative to flyin�
school privile�es at the r�tarym�nt Airuart be approved. Below a,nd set out
elsewhere in theae minutes is a �opy of this lease.
Thare bein€; no further i�usiness to come bePore the gaard the meet-
ing wes adjaurnad.
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AS�OCIATED BUILDI:r:B
623 � gth �venue South
St. petersburg, Florida
It is believed essential, ior a raiximum building program on the
Vdest Coast o� Floricls, that a Federal Housing Administratian office be
operated in tYiis area. Herot�fore, an application ori�ivabin� in this
area had to be cleared.through the Ta;rupa ofi'ice wY�ere it was prooessed
and appraisal macie, then tc� Jacksonvilla whera in due time, if alZ papers
were in order, the oommitment was issued and raailed back ta a�p� and
thsnoe to po3.nt oP origination, This prooess consuraed too much tinie. In
many a�ses eixty, days elapsed �rom d�te of application to start oP aetual
aonstruotion. Tl�irty dciys �vas extremel� �ood time if �ll papers were in
perPect order and tY,e Tampa or J'ackaon�ille oPfices vaere not czrowded with
appliaatzons. Tf priority applications were invo].ved it would add thirty
days more.
In the post w��s period the Jacksonville offioe will be burdHndd with
�housands of applicati�ns and it will ba physioally impos�ible far that
nPfiae to hahdls the volvme antioipatsd without great delay, Obviously
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this would curtail construation and wi�Gh ler�e numbers of deiense
worke`rs seekin� employment; prompt action with s large building
progracn would be most essent3,aL
Therefore, it is belie,g$ tliat an insuring offiea 3n tYiis
area empowed to proaess lor�ns and issue comtnitments, is absolute-
ly necessary. �thernai�e the building program in this Area will be
limited in amaunt and delayed in starting. bIiami ha3 such an of'fioa
havin� all necessary authority to dortliis. Y1e are er�titled tio such
an of�ice ior the foll,owin� Teasons:
1, The population af the Tampa gay area alone,,exceeds any
other such area in the state.
2o Due to the Paot that this area has more defense workers
than any similar secti�n of the state, it is necessxr� that �;h ere�,
be no extended period of unemployment after the terminaticn of war
oontracts. A Builc2in� program to take up the slack must st4te
immedi�tely.
3• Since the F. H. A. ia a se1P supportiu� agency, it would
not add any burden to the piiblic. �n the other hr�nd, it will, by
incressing eP�iciericg, expedite proce�sin� and inorease volume aver
'a period o� time, thereby oreating more insurance pre�iums i'or the
a�ency.
4. An offico located in :he section it serves would be iYi a
better positi;on �o pass on lanq values and building.costs �n�;i coop-
eTate to a greatar extent in pr�tee�in� property futures 'throu(�h in-
telli�ent plannin�,
5. The period of time Prom a�:�lication to �:ssuance oP the
oommitment3 vtould be cut by as much as 79p,
6. The JacY.sonville oYPice would be r�elieved of •the burdett of
appli�ations from the area which this office served and be.in bettEr
position to render service in the balance oi the state. This oi'�ico
could efficiently service applioations wi thin e hundered mile radius
o� Tampas -
CITY OF CL�A.R�•lATER, FLORIDA
February 23 , 19kl,.
Associated Builders
623 Sth �venne South
St� Petersburg, F1or.i;da
Gentlamen:
Your lstter was read before the mee•�in� of the City Comiriissian,
Monc�ay nl�ht, February twenty-�i�st.
The ��ty �oramission would heartily endorse havin�; an F. He �,
branch ofYice ].ocated in this area for the purposes of morQ promptly
serving lo�ns.
Sh1e Peel that his proposal was�.d be � aeoiaea advcintage to thi s
large an area.
Very truly yours,
F. L. Hendrix
FLH� mmP �I`l'Y b�NAGER
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THIS AGR�L�'VIENT is entered into by an3 betvueen the CITY OF
CLEARWATER, FLORTDA, hexeinaPter called City, and PIEDP�IONT FL'Y'ING
COrRp�y� TNC., a Georgir� corporation, hereinaPter called Piedmont,
as Pollows:
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P3edmont is hereby granted the exclu�ive right and
privilege of using the Clearwater Municipal Airport, located in
the Marmor_t Seetion of Clearwater, for the purpose oi con-
ductin� a Plying school thereon.
2.
Piedmont shall conduct a Ylyin:g school in accordance
witn the usual practices and standards f'or suah schools, and
shall at $ll times offer.ilyin� instructions to the general
public by competent teachers usin� airplanes suitable for such
purpose.
3.
Piedmont ahall also maintain Pacilit3es for providing
all usual and necessary sesvices �'or all airplanes using the
field with 'the exceptfon of air lines granted a permit to operate
on regular schedule runs; but this right shall not be exelusive,
ancl the City shall havs the right to furni�h airplane serv�ice
itself or grant the ri�ht to others to furnish such service.
4.
Piedmont shall not erect any building on the airport or
make any mr�terial alteration to any buildi�g without Pirst submitting
plans and speciPications to the City Manager oP the Cit� oP Clearwater
and securing his written anproval..
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C'ity shall maa.ntain the field at its eapensE, and this
maintenance shall include keep�tng the grass out and keepin? the run-
ways in a smooth and usable con�3itian. This pravision shall not,
however, oblig�te the City to pave or otherwise hard-surfac� the run-
ways,
6.
Fox the use oi the Pield, Piedmont shall pay to City two
per cent (2f) of its gross income received from all sources in con-
nection with its operations at Clearwater Municipal Airport. Sworn
statements shall be submitted by Piedmont on or bePore the tenth of
ea.r_h month showing gross income during the preceding month, and a
check for the alnount due City ehall be submitted with each statement.
Cominencing with the seventh month after operations are commenced, and
continuing thereafter during tie lsfe of this agreement, Piedmont
guarantees that the amount paid City by Piedmont shall not be less
than fiPty dollars (�50.00) per month. Proper books oP account shall
be kept by Piedmont showing a11 gross receipts, and such books shall
be available for inspection b y City at ali times. '
7.
Piedmont sha11 tase t�e necessary steps to have the Pield
designated as an appro4ed field by the Civil Aeronautics Au�hority
{C.A.A.), If the field has not been so desi�nated withint six months
from the date of this agreemen�, then this agreement shall thereupon
become null and troid, ,
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The field shall be kept available Por use by private planes
commercial airlines, or any other type of aircraPt which may �+vis� to
use it, and �iedmont shall nat have the ri�ht to assess landing fees
or other charges against any aircraft using the Pield. Provir�ed, af
course, that Piedm�nt shall hava the right to make eharges for services
it rendera to aircraft which desire such services.
9.
Tl.iis agreement shall become efPective sixty days P�om the date
on which the Clearwater Municipal �irport is designated as an abproved
#'ield by the C. A, A., and shall remain in efPeat for a period of five
years thereaPter unless sooner terminated as herein provided.
10.
Piedmont shall have the right to cancel this agreement at
any time'liy �iving City thirty days written notice of its intention
to cancel; and upon tlie expiration of said thrity da�s period, thi�
agreement shall be null and i
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ln all of its operations at C1e�ir�ater Muriicipal �irport, and
particu1�3r1y in conneotion vlith the op�ration of aircraft by it or
under its control, Pied.mont agrees'to compl�r with the provisions of
all applicable ordinanaes of the City of C1.earwater, whe3sher now
existing or hereinafter enacted.
Ird VkZTNFSS Wf�REOF, the parties hereto he,ve set t�iair hands
and seals this�,day of „ A. D. 1944.
CITY OF �LEARPI_4TER , F'LO RIDA
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l,ity n4ansger
Countersigned: ,
Mayor-Commissioner
City Auditor and Clerk
Signed,'sealed and delivered
in �he presence of:
PIEDN:ONT FLYING CON.IPANY, TNC.
By
As to City President '
Seeretary
As to Piedmont
Approved as to F'orm and Gorrectnesss
City Attorney'
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