2006-143-RES-Grant Application-Grand Theater

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WHEREAS, the City of Paris Community Development Department has recently invited officials from the Ark - T ex Council of Governments and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency to view The Grand Theater in hopes of securing a Brownfield Grant to mitigate the environmental hazards that now exist in the building, including bird feces and possibly asbestos and lead paint; and, WHEREAS, upon viewing the inside of the building, EP A officials immediately granted the City Phase I and Phase II Environmental Assessments of the structure to determine what hazards are in actual existence; and, WHEREAS, Genesis Environmental Consulting, Inc., a contractor for the EP A, is currently in the process of completing the Environmental Assessments as the first required steps in allowing the City of Paris to follow up with an application for a Brownfield Grant; and, WHEREAS, according to the requirements of the Environmental Protection Agency, in order for the City of Paris to be eligible to file such grant application, it must be the sole owner of the property by June 30, 2007; and, WHEREAS, in order to save this most historic structure and provide the City with the opportunity to obtain a Brownfield Grant to mitigate the environmental hazards found inside the building, it is deemed appropriate that the City of Paris accept the donation from Lamar County, Paris Junior College, and Paris Independent School District of their undivided interest in and to The Grand Theater; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is desirous of processing a grant application with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a Brownfield Grant in the amount of$200,000.00, with the City of Paris providing $40,000.00 in matching funds and in-kind services, all of which matching funds will be attempted to be raised through local fund-raising; and, WHEREAS, the City Council desires to make application and authorize the Mayor, City Manager, and appropriate City staff to accept and implement said grant (if same is received) without further action of City Council; NOW, THEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LAMAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the City of Paris is authorized to request grant funding from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency for a Brownfield Cleanup Grant for the purpose of mitigating environmental hazards found inside The Grand Theater in the amount of$200,000.00, with the City of Paris providing $40,000.00 in matching funds and in-kind services, all of which matching funds will be attempted to be raised through local fund-raising.