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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2004-162 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, RESCINDING ITS PRIOR ACTION AND REPEALING <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2002-157, PASSED OCTOBER 10, 2002, WmCH <br />APPROVED AND RATIFIED THE EXECUTION OF AN APPLICATION <br />FOR A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL <br />RECREATION TRAILS GRANT AND AUTHORIZED THE ACCEPTANCE <br />OF SAID GRANT; AUTHORIZING THE NOTIFICATION OF THE TEXAS <br />PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT AS TO THE CITY'S INTENTION <br />NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROJECT DESIGNATED THE LAKE <br />CROOK TRAILS PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ANY <br />AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR RESCISSION AND RETURN <br />OF SAID GRANT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS <br />RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, previously ratified a grant <br />application and authorized the acceptance of the grant for that project designated the Lake Crook <br />Trails Project, said project to have a total cost of $102,050.00, with $81,640.00 to be provided <br />by said grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department through the National Recreational <br />Trails Grants Program, and $20,410.00 to be provided by the City of Paris in the form of <br />matching funds; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid project has not begun and no grant funds have been expended; <br /> <br />and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris finds and determines that in <br />consideration of current budgetary restraints for fiscal year 2004-2005, the expenditure of the <br />City's matching grant funds for the aforesaid project would not be in the best interest of the City <br />of Paris; and, <br /> <br />WHEREAS, as a consequence, the City Council desires to take appropriate action to <br />rescind acceptance of the aforesaid grant and repeal the resolution in support thereof, and advise <br />the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department accordingly; NOW, THEREFORE, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br /> <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br /> <br />Section 2. That City Council Resolution No. 2002-157, passed and approved October 10, <br />2002, which approved and ratified the execution of an application for and authorized the <br />acceptance of a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department National Recreational Trails Grant in <br />support of that project known as the Lake Crook Trails Project, be and is hereby in all things <br />