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<br />RESOLUTION NO.2001-035 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, RECOGNIZING THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND <br />FUTURE IMPORTANCE OF THE SANTA FE FRISCO TRAIN DEPOT <br />TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM PROJECT, THE ADJOINING LAMAR <br />COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM PROJECT, AND THE <br />ACCOMPANYING PARK PROJECT TO COMPLETE THE HERITAGE <br />CENTER; ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE <br />COMPLETION OF THE PARK PROJECT TO OFFER FUTURE <br />GENERATIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE <br />CONTRIBUTIONS OF PAST GENERATIONS WHILE ENJOYING THE <br />BENEFITS OF PARK AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES UNA V AILABLE <br />ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE LAMAR COUNTY AREA FOR THE MUTUAL <br />BENEFIT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH, ADULTS, AND SENIOR CITIZENS; <br />IMPLORING THE TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT TO <br />CONSIDER FA VORABL Y THE APPLICATION OF THE CITY OF PARIS <br />FORA TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS ACCOUNT (TRP A) PROGRAM <br />GRANT IN FURTHERANCE OF THE HERITAGE PARK PROJECT; <br />AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, AND ALL <br />APPROPRIATE CITY STAFF TO ACTIVELY AND AGGRESSIVELY <br />PURSUE APPROVAL OF SAID GRANT FUNDS AS A MATTER OF <br />HIGHEST PRIORITY TO THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER <br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND <br />DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the history of railroading is the history of the development of the United States, <br />from sea to shining sea on a ribbon of rails; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Santa Fe Frisco Train Depot in the City of Paris has seen young men and <br />women of the City of Paris and Lamar County board trains to leave and return from two world wars <br />and the conflict in Korea; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, some of the same young people returned home at the same Depot as fallen <br />heros, having given the last full measure in sacrifice for their home and country; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid Santa Fe Frisco Train Depot is being refurbished in part by a 1.2 <br />million dollar grant from the TxDot Enhancement Program to ultimately be re-designated as the Sante <br />Fe Frisco Train Depot Transportation Museum as a tribute to the history of railroading in Paris and <br />elsewhere, and to focus the attention of new generations on the sacrifices and ways of the past which <br />ultimately lead to our future; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the refurbished museum structure will also ultimately house the Lamar County <br />Chamber of Commerce to continue to focus attention on the complex; and, <br />