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DRAFT <br />F.attorney\reswork\current\Rails to Trails TIGER Final Discretionary Grant Suppor[ Res 2009 <br />October 12, 2007 <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; IN <br />SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATIOIV TO THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION, TIGER DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM, BY THE <br />CITY OF PARIS, FOR FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE NORTHEAST TEXAS <br />(RED RIVER VALLEY) TRAIL, APPROXIMATELY 130 MILES OF <br />PEDESTRIAN/ BIKING/ EQUINE TRAILS FROM FARMERSVILLE, TEXAS, <br />TO NEW BOSTOIV, TEXAS, ALONG ABANDONED RAIL BA1VK; MAKING <br />OTHER FI11iDINGS A1VD PROVISIOIVS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND <br />DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, cities, counties, chambers of commerce, industrial development groups, <br />and other non-profit entities along the proposed route desire to construct a multi-use, <br />non-motorized pedestrian/biking/equine trail utilizing the abandoned rail bank corridor <br />contiguous from Farmersville, Texas, to New Boston, Texas; and, <br />WHEREAS, these groups plan to unite and form the Northeast Texas (Red River <br />Valley) Trail Coalition in order to coordinate efforts to construct this pedestrian/biking/ <br />equine trail to provide a safe trail system in the ATCOG region; and, <br />WHEREAS, federal stimulus money has been made available for trails projects by <br />the U. S. Department of Transportation, TIGER Discretionary Grant Program, that will be <br />administered by the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT); and, <br />WHERES, the City of Paris has applied for $20 million for the "Northeast Texas (Red <br />River Valley) Trail" project to reconstruct bridges and build up the trail along the rail bank <br />to join the pedestrian/biking/equine trail from Farmersville to New Boston; and, <br />WHEREAS, this trail would be the longest in the State of Texas and one of the <br />longest "Rails to Trails" projects in the United States, thus bringing national attention to our <br />region and creating additional tourism and dollars spent in the cities and counties along the <br />trail; and, <br />WHEREAS, similar trails in other parts of the country have been immednsely <br />successful and we feel this pedestrian/biking/equine trail would provide economic, health <br />and welfare benefits to the citizens in our region. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />a v.. v l5V <br />