FAA grant has strings
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The Federal Aviation Administration is urging the city of Venice to purchase federal obligations tied to land leased to Sharky's on the Pier and the Senior Friendship Centers.
Venice City Council held an emergency meeting this week after the Federal Aviation Administration added eleventh-hour conditions to its $7.1 million grant to rehabilitate runway 4-22, the Venice Municipal Airport’s noise-mitigation runway.
Council already approved acceptance of the grant, but agreed unanimously to the latest conditions after-the-fact.