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<br />DRAFT <br /> <br />f:attorney\reswork\current\ Texas Clean Air Cities Coalition <br />December 6, 2006 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS (THE "CITY"), APPROVING THE BYLAWS OF THE <br />TEXAS CLEAN AIR CITIES COALITION (THE "COALITION"); <br />ACCEPTING MEMBERSHIP IN SAID COALITION; APPOINTING A <br />REPRESENTATIVE TO THE COALITION; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS <br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Texas local governments and local government organizations including the <br />City are dedicated to attaining clean air and reasonably-priced electric energy in sufficient quantities; <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, pending plans for the construction of approximately seventeen coal-burning <br />electric power plants in Texas before 2010 may adversely impact air quality in numerous Texas <br />locales; may adversely affect the ability of the City and of other local governments to attain and <br />maintain federally-mandated clean air standards, and have other adverse effects; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, jointly participating as a member of the Coalition in clean-air permitting <br />proceedings and related efforts with other local governments and local government organizations <br />will allow the City to benefit from the outcome of intervention in these proceedings while <br />minimizing the costs of intervention; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City has been assured that the Coalition will allow the City to join the <br />Coalition without payment of membership dues and without liability for any expense or other <br />obligations of the Coalition; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, upon review and consideration of the Bylaws for the Coalition, the City <br />Council is of the opinion that it is in the best interest of the City and of its residents to become a <br />member of the Coalition; NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things <br />approved with the understanding that this resolution is null and void if the Coalition's Participation <br />Agreement and By-Laws are not amended on or about November 17,2006, to state in substance that <br />no member of the Coalition shall be liable for any legal expenses or other obligations of the <br />Coalition. <br /> <br />..,_.,,.. ~"."""^""-"-'-' "'~' <br />