Agreement Reached Between City & County on Airport Easement
I write a short note to let you know that that airport avigation easement/golf course reparation issue between the County and the City came to a resolution tonight. The City Council voted 5-0 to accept the County’s latest offer of $550,000, to be paid in two installments. The first County payment to the City will be for $300,000 upon execution of the necessary expanded avigation easement and the second for $250,000 to be paid by March 1, 2011. The trees will be immediately trimmed as required by FAA regulations upon receipt of the first payment.
I am very happy that the County and the City, through compromise and negotiation, were finally able to come to an agreement. I feel that with this issue now resolved, the City and County can move forward in good faith for the citizens of our community. It is by working together that we can accomplish the work with which we have been entrusted by you, the people of Fredericksburg and Gillespie County.
I thank you for your input on this matter over the past several months and for your patience in its resolution.
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