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<br />CSJ:0901-29-017 <br />Project: STP 2000 (615) TE <br /> <br />STATE OF TEXAS ~ <br />COUNTY OF TRA VIS ~ <br /> <br />ADVANCE FUNDING AGREEMENT <br />For a TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT PROJECT <br /> <br />This Advance Funding Agreement for a transportation enhancement project (the <br />Agreement) is made by and between the State of Texas, acting by and through the Texas <br />Department of Transportation, hereinafter called the "State", and the Citv of Paris City Council. <br />acting by and through its duly authorized officials hereinafter called the "Local Government." <br /> <br />WITNESSETH <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Local Government prepared and submitted to the State a nomination form for <br />consideration under the Statewide Transportation Enhancement Program for the project which is <br />briefly described as downtown sidewalk beautification, hereinafter called the Project; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) and the <br />Transportation Equity Act for the 21 st Century (TEA-21) codified under Title 23 D.S.C. Section <br />101 et seq., authorize transportation programs to meet the challenges of protecting and enhancing <br />communities and the natural environment and advancing the nation's economic growth and <br />competitiveness; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, IS TEA and TEA-21 establish federally funded programs for transportation <br />improvements to implement its public purposes; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Title 23 U.S.C. Section 134 requires that Metropolitan Planning Organizations and <br />the States' Transportation Agencies to develop transportation plans and programs for urbanized <br />areas of the State; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code, Sections 201.103 and 222.052 establish that the <br />State shall design, construct and operate a system of highways in cooperation with local <br />governments; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, federal and state laws require local governments to meet certain contract standards <br />relating to the management and administration of State and federal funds; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Commission passed Minute Order 108065 awarding <br />funding for projects in the 1999 Program Call of the Statewide Transportation Enhancement <br />Program, including the Project; and <br /> <br />1 <br />