2003-09RESOLUTION NO. 2003 - 9
AIRPORT AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2002-3, the Airport Authority for the City of Blair,
Nebraska ("Airport Authority") authorized the expansion of the airport, acquisition of property
for the expansion and empowering designated staff representatives, agents and employees of the
Airport Authority to proceed with the proposed expansion project;
WHEREAS, the Airport Authority has identified certain lands (hereinafter referred to
collectively as "the property") necessary to be acquired by the Airport Authority for a portion of
the project consisting of certain parcels to be acquired in fee simple title and certain easements in
furtherance of the project, the description of the parcels encompassing the property being
identified by the Airport Authority to the owners of the fee simple title and certain easements to
the land which will be affected by the acquisition of the property, and that the Airport Authority
has negotiated in good faith with the owners of said parcels of real estate for a voluntary purchase
thereof, but that such negotiations have failed and that the Airport Authority has not been able to
voluntarily acquire the property described on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated by this
reference herein for the project and must now acquire the same by the exercise of eminent
domain;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the Board of the Airport
Authority as follows, to wit:
1. The project is a plan facility work and program relating to the aviation, operation,
air navigation and air safety operation of the Airport Authority within the
contemplation of Neb. Rev. Stat. 3-502, et. seq, and therefore the Airport
Authority is authorized to undertake this project; and
2. For purposes of the project, it is necessary that the Airport Authority acquire the
property described on Exhibit "A" for the project as the parcels encompassing the
same are identified in the Airport Authority's offer heretofore submitted to the
owners thereof, and
3. The Airport Authority has negotiated in good faith with the respective owners of
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said parcels described on Exhibit "A" and has offered the owners of each
respective parcel, an amount of money equal to the full fair market value of the
damages from the acquisition of the property, as appraised by two licensed real
estate appraisers retained by the Airport Authority and a third licensed real estate
appraiser who served as a review appraiser; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT in the absence of a voluntary grant of the
property by any of the respective landowners for the real estate described on Exhibit "A", the
Airport Authority's legal counsel is hereby authorized and directed to initiate the filing of a
petition in the County Court of Washington County, Nebraska on behalf of the Airport Authority,
for the appointment of appraisers to ascertain and determine the damages from the Airport
Authority's taking of the property described on Exhibit "A", pursuant to the procedures,
governing eminent domain, as provided in Nev. Rev. Stat. 76-701, et. seq.
BOARD MEMBER COMBS MOVED THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS READ,
WHICH SAID MOTION WAS SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER JOHNSON. UPON
ROLL CALL, BOARD MEMBERS COMBS, HAVEKOST, JOHNSON, MEYER AND VAN
SLYKE VOTING "AYE", AND BOARD MEMBERS NONE VOTING "NAY", THE
CHAIRMAN DECLARED THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION PASSED AND ADOPTED
THIS 15TH DAY OF JULY, 2003.
AIRPORT AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY OF BLAIR
BY
Chairman
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