2022-051 - Approving an Interlocal Agreement with North Lamar Independent School District related to a Collector Street in the District's New Elementary School Development and Declaring an Effective Date

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RESOLUTION 2022-051 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH NORTH LAMAR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RELEATED TO A COLLECTOR STREET IN THE DISTRICT'S NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the North Lamar Independent School District (the "District") has platted property north of existing school buildings (the "Property") for the construction of a new elementary school; and WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas (the "City") has enacted a Subdivision Ordinance governing the construction of streets in new developments and adopting a Master Thoroughfare Plan (the "Plan"); and WHEREAS, the Plan requires a collector street comprising the dedication of land in the minimum width of sixty feet (60') and a minimum paved width of thirty- nine feet (39'), back of curb to back of curb, to be constructed on the property to be developed (the "Property"); and WHEREAS, the City desires to participate in the financing of the construction of this collector street which will be to the benefit of the City and to future development to the east of the subject Property; and WHEREAS, the Subdivision Ordinance also requires the construction of sidewalks along both sides of said collector street; and WHEREAS, due to the heavily wooded nature of the Property to the north of the proposed elementary school, the City recognizes the sufficiency of constructing a sidewalk on the south side of the Property only; and WHEREAS, the City has also enacted Sec. 30 of Zoning Ordinance 1710 providing for certain requirements for landscaping and buffering; and WHEREAS, the City, recognizing certain financial challenges encountered by the District, desires to accommodate the District by allowing for the phasing of the construction and installation of the required sidewalks and landscaping; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the terms and conditions of the proposed Interlocal Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A. and incorporated herein by reference, having been reviewed by the City Council of the City of Paris and found to be