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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET <br />Submittal Date: <br />Originating Department: <br />Presented By: <br />Agenda Item No.: <br />04/20/10 <br />Engineering, Planning & <br />Shawn Napier, P.E. Director of <br />Council Date: <br />Development <br />Engineering, Planning & <br />16. <br />04/26/10 <br />Develo ment <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION: <br />Move to approve a Resolution authorizing a$200,000 application for a Texas Parks & Wildlife <br />Recreational Trails grant to extend the Trail de Paris west from 8th Street SE along the railroad right-of- <br />way to 4~' Street SW and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary <br />documents. <br />POLICY ISSUE(S): <br />Grant <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The next Recreational Trail Grant application deadline is May lst. A proposed route is attached that will <br />carry the Trail de Paris from SE 8`" Street along the railroad corridor west to SW lst Street. From SW ls' <br />Street, the route will follow along the south side of the Hearne Street right-of-way to SW 4th Street. This <br />project will be the first rails with trails project in Paris and will include a fence to separate Trail traffic <br />from rail traffic. The total project cost is $307,000 with funding from the following sources: <br />Source Amount <br />TP&W Grant (80/20 match) $160,000 <br />City Match (cash & in-kind) 60,000 <br />First Federal Community Bank Foundation 25,000 <br />Legacy Foundation 25,000 <br />Lennox Foundation 15,000 <br />Gary Brown 10,000 <br />Liberty National Bank 6,000 <br />Guaranty Bond Bank 5,000 <br />Lamar National Bank 1,000 <br />Total $307,000 <br />Earl Erickson and the Friends of the Trail are preparing the grant application, which is still in progress. <br />Mr. Erickson will be available at the meeting to answer any questions. <br />BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: <br />EXHIBITS: <br />Resolution; location map; application <br />ACTION: <br />BUDGET INFO: <br />❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order <br />Expense <br />$ <br />❑ Department Report Z Resolution <br />gudgeted Amt. <br />$ <br />❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance <br />y'I'D Actual <br />$ <br />❑ Public Hearing ❑ Other <br />Acct. Name <br />Acct. Number <br />FISCAL NOTES: <br />REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY: <br />~ Administrarion Z City Clerk ❑ Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire <br />❑ Municipal Court Z Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police Z Eng./Public Works ❑ Urilities <br />City of Paris <br />Revised 2/04/08 <br />160 <br />