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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: Originating Department: Presented By: Agenda Item No.: <br />4/22/08 City Manager Kevin Carruth 11 <br />Council Date: <br />4/28/08 <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Motion to approve a resolurion authorizing the submission of a$150,000 Texas Parks and <br />Wildlife Recreational Trails Grant application and authorizing the City Manager to negoriate <br />and execute all necessary documents. <br />POLICY ISSUE~S~: <br />Match requirement <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The proposed $150,000 project will extend the Trail de Paris .29 miles from its west end at <br />12th St. SE to 8t" St. SE. The scope of work includes placement and refurbishment of an <br />iron truss bridge donated by the Lamar Counry Historical Commission, clearing of brush, <br />removal of 400 feet of rails and ries, construction of a 12-foot wide asphalt trail, plus <br />miscellaneous items such benches, bike racks, and signage. This is the same grant program <br />that helped fund the recently completed southern trail extension near the civic center. <br />BOARD~COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />N/A <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Resolution and Grant application <br />ACTION: BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order Expense $ <br />❑ Department Report ~ Resolution Budgeted Amt. $ <br />❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance y'I'D Actual $ <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />Keep Paris Beautiful, Kiwanis Club, Chamber of Commerce, and Lamar County Power <br />Partners will each contribute $5,000 towards the local match requirement of $30,000 and the <br />City will contribute the balance of $10,000 in-kind so there is no cash requirement from the <br />Ci <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />~ Administration ~ Ciry Clerk ❑ Communiry Development ❑ EMS/IT ~ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court ~ Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ~ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities <br />Revised 2/04/08 <br />City of Paris <br />