2001-067-RES ACCEPTING GRANT AWARD FROM TXDOT ETAL FOR AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

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RESOLUTION NO. 2001-067 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE GRANT A WARD FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT ATION, AVIATION DIVISION, FOR THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT KNOWN AS THE 2001 COX FIELD AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, TXDOT PROJECT NO. AP PARIS 1; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT, TXDOT CONTRACT NO. lXXFA094; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 12th day of April, 2001, in Resolution No. 2001-036, request federal Non-Primary Entitlement funds from the Texas Department of Transportation for improvements to Cox Field Airport as follows: (I) install new water lines throughout the airport terminal and hangar area; (2) provide drainage and dirt work in preparation for the building of new T-hangars to be rented to the flying public; and (3) install taxi lanes around the new T -hangars to be built and rented to the flying public; and, WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation, Aviation Division, has issued its Grant Award for the airport development project known as the 2001 Cox field Airport Improvement Project, TxDOT Project No. AP PARIS I, in the total amount of$150,000.00, requiring matching contribution of$16,667.00; and, WHEREAS, acceptance of the same must occur within fifteen (15) days of the date of said award, which occurred on May 3,2001; and, WHEREAS, it is deerned to be in the best interests of the citizens of Paris that the City of Paris accept said Grant Award and continue to improve Cox field Airport; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the Grant Award for the airport development project known as the 200 I Cox Field Airport Improvement Project, TxDOT Project No. AP PARIS I, in the total amount of $150,000.00, requiring matching contribution of$16,667.00, be, and the same is hereby, accepted. Section 3. That the form of Grant Agreement, TxDOT Contract No. IXXF A094, attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the same is hereby, approved.