1999-094-GRANT APPLICATION FOR 4.028 ACRE HERITAGE PARK PROJECT

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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS Applicant: City of Paris, Texas Project Name: Heritage Park Preparer's Name: Earl Smith, P.E., City Engineer Terry Townsend, Director of Parks and Recreation Deseription of Proposed Project The Union Pacific Railroad recently owned the property before it was sold to the current owner William deG. Hayden, M.D. The property is located inside the City of Paris, Lamar County and the State of Texas. The property consist of approximately 3.394 acres of land. The applicant proposes to construct park related facilities in the area. Additions shall include a one half mile walking track, a picnic pavilion, parking, a crape myrtle garden, a fenced playground for 3-5 year oIds and a childrens zero depth water playground. Description of Site and Environment The site is approximately 3.394 acres ofland. The property is identified as being 3 parcels ofland out ofthe Asa Jarman Survey, A-479, Lamar County, Texas, and being situated within the city limits of the City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, and containing a called 147,834 square feet ofland. The site is bordered on the east by the Lamar County Historical Society Museum, on the north by Kaufman Street, on the south by Shennan Street, and on the west by the Union Pacific Railroad property. The site has a shallow drainage ditch running north to south through the property. Environmental Cheeklist The environmental checklist has been completed and is attached. Flood Plains and Wetlands There are no streams across or adjacent to the property. The property is not shown to be in any federally designated flood plain or flood way or flood way fringe for the 100 to 500 year floods. There are no known wetlands. The soils, plant life, and hydrology are not wetland indicative. There are no bogs, swamps, depressions, marshes, ponds, sloughs, mud flats or other surface features which could be interpreted under any definition to be statutory wetland.