1989-016-RES WHEREAS, STATE DEPT OF HIGHWAYS ND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS ADDITIONAL

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RESOLUTION NO. 89-016 WHEREAS, the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation is requesting additional right-of-way on Loop Highway 286 S.W., Southwest of Paris at the Missouri Pacific Railroad Overpass; and, WHEREAS, said right-of-way is needed to reduce the steep slopes of the railroad overpass embankment, thereby improving Loop 286 S.W.; and, WHEREAS, the right-of-way acquisition is estimated to cost approximately $11,000.00, and the City of Paris ~s requested to contribute an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the right-of-way cost; and, WHEREAS, it would be beneficial to the citizens of the City of Paris and the traveling public to improve Loop 286 S.W. and to enter into an Agreement to Contribute Funds with the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, and; WHEREAS, the form of Agreement to Contribute Funds attached hereto as Exhibit A, should be in all things approved and the Mayor of the City of Paris, Eric S. Clifford, should be authorized and directed to execute said Agreement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, That the form of Agreement to Contribute Funds attached hereto as Exhibit A, is in all things approved; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Mayor of the City of Paris, Eric S. Clifford, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the City of Paris the Agreement to Contribute Funds, upon the terms and conditions and in the form shown in Exhibit A attached hereto, with the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Director of Finance, W. E. Anderson, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be drawn a City of Paris check in the amount of $1,100.00, payable to the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation and delivered to Mr. Bobby L. Myers, P. E., District Engineer, State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, P. O. Box 250, Paris, Texas 75461, along with three copies of the Agreement executed by the City of Paris. Passed and adopted this 13th day of February, 1989. U7~ ~_ 2;y(/ ~ _~ - Eric S. or , Mayor ATTEST: