§ 1-2-7.1. Relating to airport and landing fields.
(a) The Rhode Island airport corporation has jurisdiction over the state airports and
airport facilities, and the general assembly recognizes that the safe and efficient
operation of the airports and airport facilities is of paramount importance to the
citizens of the state of Rhode Island. The general assembly has found and hereby declares
that it is in the public interest and essential to the welfare and well-being of the
citizens of the state for the Rhode Island airport corporation to lease or grant concessions
of real property not necessary from time to time for airport use to state or municipal
governmental authorities to enable such governmental authorities to carry out their
governmental functions and purposes.
(b) The Rhode Island airport corporation, together with the Rhode Island department of
transportation, is hereby authorized to lease to the town of Westerly that certain
parcel of real property located at the Westerly Airport consisting of approximately
one hundred and twenty-two thousand nine hundred and sixty-four (122,964) square feet
situated easterly of Airport Road in the town of Westerly, county of Washington, state
of Rhode Island, and described as follows: Beginning at a railroad spike set on a
point of tangency a bearing of S 77 degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds E and a radial distance
of two hundred ten and forty hundredths (210.40) feet from Station 44-25.15 as shown
on Rhode Island State Highway Plat No. 1159 at the northwesterly corner of the herein-described
parcel;
thence N 88 degrees 20 minutes 30 seconds E along a line forty (40) feet southerly
and parallel with the northerly Westerly Airport property line of an access road leading
to the Westerly Airport terminal a distance of six hundred ninety-four and seventeen
hundredths (694.17) feet to an iron pin with cap set at a point of curvature;
thence proceeding easterly bearing southerly along a curve with a radius of fifteen
and zero hundredths (15.00) feet with a central angle of 144 degrees 45 minutes 45
seconds, with a chord bearing of S 19 degrees 16 minutes 38 seconds E and a chord
distance of twenty-eight and fifty-nine hundredths (28.59) feet, an arc length of
thirty-seven and ninety hundredths (37.90) feet to an iron pin with cap set at a point
of tangency;
thence S 53 degrees 06 minutes 15 seconds W along access road a distance of three
hundred thirty-nine and seventy-one hundredths (339.71) feet to an iron pin with cap
set at a point of curvature;
thence proceeding southwesterly bearing westerly along said access road along a curve
with a radius of two hundred twenty and zero hundredths (220.00) feet, a central angle
of 81 degrees 40 minutes 24 seconds, with a chord bearing of N 86 degrees 03 minutes
33 seconds W and a chord distance of two hundred eighty-seven and seventy-two hundredths
(287.72) feet, an arc distance of three hundred thirteen and sixty hundredths (313.60)
feet to an iron pin with cap set at a point of tangency;
thence N 45 degrees 13 minutes 21 seconds W along said access road a distance of two
hundred twenty-two and seventy-four hundredths (222.74) feet to an iron pin with a
cap set at a point of curvature;
thence proceeding northwesterly bearing northerly along a curve with a radius of twenty
and zero hundredths (20.00) feet, a central angle of 133 degrees 33 minutes 51 seconds,
a chord bearing of N 21 degrees 33 minutes 34 seconds E and a chord distance of thirty-six
and seventy-six hundredths (36.76) feet, an arc distance of forty-six and sixty-two
hundredths (46.62) feet to the point and place of beginning.
The herein described new Lot A contains one hundred twenty-two thousand nine hundred
sixty-four (122,964) square feet of land or two and eight hundred twenty-three thousandths
(2.823) acres be the same, more or less.
The herein-described new Lot A is shown on that plan entitled "Minor Subdivision,
Proposed Westerly Police Station, out of AP 108, Lot 19, Westerly Airport, Westerly,
Rhode Island, scale 1″ =40″, dated 5/21/05, prepared for the Rhode Island airport
corporation by Bryant Associates, Inc., Engineers and Surveyors, Thomas D. Drury,
Jr., PLS� together with all structures and improvements located and/or to be built
thereon, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a police station, for a period
not in excess of ninety-nine (99) years.