2024-016 - Approving a Partial Waiver of the Paris Housing Authgority of the City of Paris 2023 payment in lieu of Taxes (Pilot)

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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-016 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING A PARTIAL WAIVER OF THE PARIS HOUSING AUTHORITY ("PHA") OF THE CITY OF PARIS' 2023 PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES ("PILOT"); MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on March 7,1950, the City of Paris and the Paris Housing Authority of the City of Paris (commonly referred to as "PHA") entered into an establishing agreement that created a housing authority for the provision of low income housing within the City; and, WHEREAS, a term of the establishing agreement is that PHA annually remit a "Payment In Lieu of Taxes" ("PILOT") in lieu of ad valorem tax, the amount of which payment is calculated by a formula from United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and, WHEREAS, in August of 2021, the City initiated a project to convert PHA properties Booker T. Washington Homes and George Wright Homes to 911 -based addressing to expedite the City's provision of emergency services; and, WHEREAS, as a result of this initiative, PHA incurred expenses including but not limited to multiple letters, door-to-door education, numerous meetings, assistance with making contacts for address changes, and giving residents several months to make the changes to their personal billing; and, WHEREAS, in 2021, PHA sought a waiver of its obligation to pay its 2021 PILOT of $4,000.00 to defray those expenses, and the City Council granted that waiver; and WHEREAS, in 2023, PHA incurred additional non -budgeted expenses related to the re -addressing initiative related to additional signage in the amount of $5,177.75 and has sought a partial waiver of its 2023 PILOT in that amount; and WHEREAS, the amount of the 2023 PILOT is $9,460.44, and a partial waiver in the amount of $5,177.75 will leave a balance of $4,462.69 payable to the city; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that it is in the best interest of the City of Paris and its citizens that the City Council approve a partial waiver of PHA's 2023 PILOT in the approximate amount of Five Thousand One Hundred Seventy -Seven Dollars and 75/100 ($5,177.75) . NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved and are incorporated herein for all purposes. Section 2. That the City Council agrees to waive a portion PHA's 2023 PILOT in the