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<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2004-032
<br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
<br />PARIS, TEXAS, ACCEPTING THE PROPOSAL OF FREESE AND
<br />NICHOLS, INC. FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RELATED TO THE
<br />PERFORMANCE OF A WATER SYSTEM VULNERABILITY
<br />ASSESSMENT PURSUANT TO THE REQillREMENTS OF THE PUBLIC
<br />HEALTH SECURITY AND BIOTERRORISM RESPONSE ACT;
<br />AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
<br />CONTRACT WITH FREESE AND NICHOLS, INC. FOR SUCH STUDY,
<br />SUBJECT TO THE NEGOTIATION OF AN ACCEPTABLE FEE; MAKING
<br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT;
<br />AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />WHEREAS, on June 12, 2002, President George Bush signed into law the Public Health
<br />Security and Bioterrorism Response Act, which constituted in part the congressional response to
<br />the terrorism attacks of September 11, 2001; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the purpose of said Act is to formulate a comprehensive strategy for water
<br />system security nation wide; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid Act empowered the Environmental Protection Agency Water
<br />Protection Task Force with implementing the provisions of said Act related to drinking water; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, a requirement under said Act is that each community water system serving
<br />a population greater than 3,300 conduct an assessment on the vulnerability of its system to
<br />intentional acts intended to substantially disrupt the ability of the system to provide a safe and
<br />reliable supply of drinking water; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the aforesaid Act provides no funding to assist local entities in performing
<br />said vulnerability assessment; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 8th day of
<br />December, 2003, in Resolution No. 2003-186, authorize the City Manager, in conjunction with
<br />the City Engineer, to prepare and advertise for requests for proposals for qualified consultants to
<br />perform an assessment of the vulnerability of the City of Paris water system to intentional acts
<br />intended to substantially disrupt the ability of the system to provide a safe and reliable supply of
<br />drinking water, the same constituting a vulnerability assessment pursuant to said Act; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris did heretofore advertise for said requests for proposals for
<br />the Water System Vulnerability Assessment Project, which proposals were received until 5:00
<br />o'clock p.m., Thursday, the 22nd day of January, 2004; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, as a result of the solicitation of said proposals, and the review of same, the
<br />City Manager, City Engineer, and City Utilities Director have determined that, of the five (5)
<br />proposals deemed acceptable, the firm of Freese and Nichols, Inc. has presented the best proposal
<br />for the performance of said study; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council desires to accept the aforesaid proposal of Freese and
<br />Nichols, Inc., and the Mayor should be authorized to execute a contract for such assessment
<br />services, under the terms and conditions and in the form approved by the City Attorney, subject
<br />to the negotiation of a fee acceptable to the City Engineer, otherwise to award the contract to the
<br />next most qualified proposer who can perform the services at a fee acceptable to the City
<br />Engineer; NOW, THEREFORE,
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