2009-003-RES-APPROVING/RATIFYING ACCEPTANCE OF TWO TXDOT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANTS

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RESOLUTION 1110. 2009-003 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND RATIFYING THE ACCEPTANCE OF TWO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (TXDOT) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GRANTS; APPROVING AND RATIFYING TWO AIRPORT PROJECT PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTS NOS. 09MPPARIS AND 0901PARIS WITH TXDOT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on October 13, 2008 the City Council of the City of Paris, did approve an application for a Texas Department of Transportation Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Grant for various projects at Cox Field Airport in the amount of $4,911,088.00, with $491,108.80 or ten percent (10%) to be provided by the City of Paris in the form of cash; and, WHEREAS, projects include preparing a new airport master plan, performing runway and taxiway overlays and markings, pavement repairs, drainage repairs, airfield lighting, and sign replacements, and crack sealing runways, taxiways, and aprons which will take place over four (4) fiscal years with expenses spread out over that period; and, WHEREAS, the Department of Transportation issued two grant awards in the amounts of $180,000.00, TxDOT CSJ No. 09MPPARIS for completion of a new Airport Master Plan, and $157,500.00 TxDOT CSJ No. 0901PARIS for engineering and design of the construction projects with the city of Paris providing a$37,500.00 cash match; and, WHEREAS, as directed, the City Manager of the City of Paris did execute Airport Project Participation Agreements for TxDOT CSJ No. 009MPPARIS and TxDOT CSJ No. 0901PARIS, which execution should be in all things ratified. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble of this resolution are hereby in all things approved. Section 2. That the acceptance of the two Texas Department of Transportation Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Grants for completion of a new Airport Master Plan and for engineering and design of the construction projects in the form of the two Airport Projectrt sA nd Bg ae hereby ra fi dtand the fo rmrof and TxDOT, attached hereto as Exhib such agreements is approved.