2001-003-RES APPROVING/AUTHORIZING LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN COP AND TXDOT

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RESOLUTION NO. ?OO 1-001 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE INSTALLATION OF EMERGENCY VEHICLE PREEMPTION EQUIPMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris Fire Department has determined that the installation of emergency vehicle preemption equipment at the intersection of U.S. Highway 82 and Pine Mill Road would assist the various emergency departments of the City in speeding up the response of such emergency vehicles by affording the opportunity for those vehicles to preempt traffic signaling at such time as the emergency vehicles need to traverse said intersection; and, WHEREAS, the Paris Fire Department has applied to the Texas Department of Transportation for approval for installation of such preemption equipment at the intersection of U.S. Highway 82 and Pine Mill Road because such intersection is a state-maintained highway; and, WHEREAS, as a consequence of such request, the Texas Department of Transportation, over the signature of Mr. James G. Freeman, District Engineer, has responded with a letter agreement requesting the City of Paris to agree to the terms and conditions set out therein; 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 a letter agreement dated September 21, 2000, over the signature of Mr. James G. Freeman, District Engineer, regarding the installation of emergency vehicle preemption equipment at the intersection of U.S. Highway 82 and Pine Mill Road in the city of Paris, Texas, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and for all purposes incorporated herein, shall be and is hereby, authorized for approval on behalf of the City of Paris, and that the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized to execute said agreement on behalf of the City of Paris. Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of January, 2001.