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Regular Council Meeting December 13, 2021 Page 9 A Motion to table this item to the January 10" meeting was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by Council Member Stone. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 31. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2021-053: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A CONSTRUCTION SPEED ZONE ON US 82/LOOP 286 IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, DURING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FROM US 271 EXIT RAMP TO THE FM 79 ENTRANCE RAMP; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Police Chief Salter explained that the Texas Department of Transportation had contracted Highway 19 Construction to construct a concrete overlay on westbound lanes of NW Loop 286 from the Campbell Soup entrance west to intersection of FM 79. He said TxDOT had requested a temporary reduction of the speed limit from 60 mph to 50 mph for safety of the workers. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 32. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2021-052: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING THE CITY OF PARIS' INTENT TO PROVIDE 1% OF THE NEEDED FUNDING FOR THE NORTHEAST LOOP 286, TXDOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City Manager Grayson Path said Sulphur River Regional Mobility Authority Members Jay Hodge and Curtis Fendley were in attendance, as well as TxDOT Engineer Dan Perry. Mr. Path explained that TxDOT had been planning major improvements to Loop 286 and this project consisted of several potential phases if the entire project is not funded at once. He said one phase was the Northeast Loop from Stillhouse Road to Pine Mill Road and was one of the busiest stretches of roadway in Lamar County. He also said it would consist of building a new overpass at North Collegiate, rebuilding the overpass at FM 195, adding one-way frontage roads along both sides of Loop 286, and replacing Loop 286 from Stillhouse Road to Pine Mill Road. Mr. Path explained it was estimated this project could help reduce crashes by 65% given the area at North Collegiate Drive accounted for nearly a third of crashes on the entire Loop. Mr. Path said this project was approximately 90% through schematic drawing and nearly 30% through construction design, which allowed them to estimate it at nearly $90 million. He said the projects were competitive across all of Texas and funding limiting so the local TxDOT regional office and members of SURRMA recommended that both the City of Paris and Lamar County agree to contribute approximately 1% each of the necessary funds for this project. He also said this would be approximately $900,000.00 each but was strictly an estimate given known data.