2002-118-RES APPROVE/AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND COP

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RESOLUTION NO. 2002-118 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A MUNICIPAL MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the public convenience, safety, and necessity of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, and of the citizens of the city of Paris require that State Highways within the city be adequately maintained; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris has requested that the State of Texas enter upon and contribute financially to the maintenance of said State Highways; and, WHEREAS, the State of Texas has made it known to the City of Paris that it will, with its forces and equipment and at its sole cost and expense, enter upon and maintain said State Highways, conditioned upon the provisions concerning liabilities and responsibilities for maintenance, control, supervision, and regulation which are set out in the Municipal Maintenance Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A; and, WHEREAS, said routes consist of those United States, State, and Farm-to-Market Highways which are described on the map attached as Exhibit A to the aforementioned Municipal Maintenance Agreement; and, WHEREAS, the form of the Municipal Maintenance Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A, should, in all things, be approved, and the Mayor should be authorized to execute the same; 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 form of the Municipal Maintenance Agreement with the State of Texas, acting by and through the Texas Department of Transportation and the Texas Transportation Commission, attached hereto as Exhibit A, for the maintenance, control, supervision, and regulation by the State of Texas of certain State Highways and/or portions of State Highways located within the corporate limits of the City of Paris be, and the same is hereby, approved.