2001-173-RES APPROVING/AUTHORIZING INTERLOCAL CONTRACT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 791 OF TX GOVERNMENT CODE

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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-173 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL CONTRACT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 791 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY OF LAMAR FOR REPAIR OF A PORTION OF A ROAD KNOWN AS OLD BROOKSTON ROAD BETWEEN THE INTERSECTION OF SAID ROAD WITH FM 137, NORTH AND EAST TO THE INTERSECTION OF SAID ROAD WITH SOUTHWEST LOOP 286 TO PROVIDE IMPROVED ACCESS TO CITIZENS AND PROPERTY ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris has previously annexed residences and property located off of Old Brookston Road between FM 137 and Southwest Loop 286 in Lamar County; and, WHEREAS, the primary access to the properties annexed to the City of Paris off FM 137 is down that road designated as Old Brookston Road; and, WHEREAS, because the aforesaid portion of said Old Brookston Road is generally in a state of disrepair, and because residents and business owners annexed to the City of Paris must access their homes and property primarily through the use of said Old Brookston Road, said residents and property owners have requested the City to undertake improvements to said access road; and, WHEREAS, repairs to that portion of Old Brookston Road referenced herein are not imminent by Lamar County; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines it is in the best interests of the citizens of the city of Paris to undertake certain improvements to that portion of Old Brookston Road necessary to serve the aforesaid citizens, the same being that portion of Old Brookston Road beginning at the intersection of said road with FM 137 and continuing north and east along said Old Brookston Road to the intersection with Southwest Loop 286, and the City has requested the County's agreement to allow the City to undertake such improvements; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, styled Interlocal Cooperation Contracts, at Section 791. 00 1, is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness oflocal governments, including cities and counties, by authorizing them to jointly participate by interlocal contracts in various shared governmental functions, to the mutual benefit of each governmental entity and their respective constituents; and,