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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-073 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />APPROVI111G AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A JOINT USE <br />AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ACTING BY AND <br />THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE <br />CITY OF PARIS FOR THE TRAIL DE PARIS OVERPASS PROJECT; MAKING <br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBjECT; AND <br />PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris owns the Trail de Paris, a multi-use all-season asphalt <br />pavement trail which begins at 12th Street SE and extends to US 271, and which it desires <br />to extend eastward by constructing a pedestrian overpass on US 271 south to a location <br />where Old Clarksville Road crosses the abandoned railroad; and, <br />WHEREAS, joint usage for both highway and Trail de Paris project purposes will be <br />made of the area within the overpass limits as such area is defined and to the extent <br />indicated on the plans for said project as set out in the Joint Use Agreement attached hereto <br />as Exhibit "A", and should in all things be approved, and the Mayor should be authorized to <br />execute the same; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. That the form of the Joint Use Agreement with the State of Texas, acting <br />by and through the Texas Department of Transportation, attached hereto as Exhibit A, for <br />the joint usage for both highway and Trail de Paris project purposes in the area within the <br />overpass limits be, and the same is hereby, approved. <br />Section 3. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to <br />execute, on behalf of the City of Paris, the Joint Use Agreement with the State of Texas upon <br />the terms and conditions and in the form shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto. <br />Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage. <br />PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of September, 2008. <br />sse Ja s Freelen, Mayor <br />