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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-068 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR <br />COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCEPTING A PROPOSAL FROM GRANTWORKS, INC. <br />FOR ADMINSTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE TDHCA HOME PROGRAM; <br />AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL <br />SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH GRANTWORKS, INC.; MAKING OTHER <br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELEATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris has participated in various housing programs offered <br />through the Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs (TDHCA), including the <br />HOME program, which provides replacement housing for certain qualified persons; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has relied on vendors who specialize in these state programs <br />to administer applications, paperwork, communications, and payments in order to <br />ensure compliance with grant requirements; and <br />WHEREAS, in October, staff advertised a formal request for proposals for grant <br />administration services to assist with the recently awarded HOME program grant and <br />received a single proposal from Grantworks, Inc., with whom the city has worked <br />successfully with in the past; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas hereby accepts the proposal for <br />administrative services attached hereto as Exhibit A with Grantworks, Inc. for <br />administration of the HOME program grant; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR <br />COUNTY, TEXAS: <br />SECTION 1. That the findings set out in the preamble of this resolution are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />SECTION 2. That the proposal of Grantworks, Inc. for administration of the HOME <br />Program grant provides the best value to the City, and is hereby accepted, and that the City <br />Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City of <br />Paris, the Agreement with Grantworks, Inc. in accordance with said proposal. <br />SECTION 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage. <br />