When requested in writing by a duly authorized representative of the United States to provide the site for an aircraft control and warning station to be operated by the federal government in the vicinity of the city, any city in this state may acquire, by purchase, gift or condemnation, not more than 50 acres of land suitable for such aircraft control and warning station, and thereafter may, for a nominal consideration convey such land in fee simple to the United States of America for use as such aircraft control and warning station. Such land shall be purchased only after a resolution directing such purchase has been adopted by the governing body of the city, and no contracts or conveyances relative to acquiring or disposing of the land shall be valid unless signed by the officer or officers designated to perform such duty in the resolution.

Should the governing body of any city which has been requested by the United States to furnish the site for an aircraft control and warning station and the federal authorities deem it best to condemn the needed land in the name of the United States of America under the power of eminent domain vested in the federal government, then such city is authorized to pay any awards made to the owners of such property so taken for use as an aircraft control and warning station and all court costs incurred in connection with the condemnation proceedings to the same extent that they could pay such costs if the condemnation had been filed in the name of the city.

Any city furnishing the site for an aircraft control and warning station is hereby further authorized to take any and all further action deemed appropriate by the municipal governing body to cooperate with the federal government in the establishment and operation of such aircraft control and warning station.