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DRAFT <br />F:ALICE\RFSWORK\CURRENT\ TRPA Grant Applicarion - Downtown Park <br />July 9, 2004 <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, <br />APPROVING APPLICATION FOR A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE <br />DEPARTMENT, TEXAS RECREATION AND PARKS ACCOUNT <br />PROGRAM (TRPA), 50% GRANT IN FLTRTHERANCE OF THE <br />CREATION OF A DOWNTOWN (BROWN BAG) PARK; MAKING <br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; <br />AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, has received a proposal from <br />a local property owner to donate certain property located in downtown Paris for purpose of <br />creation of a Downtown Park; and <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, by and through its Texas Parks <br />and Recreation Account Program, an outdoor recreation grant, provides 50 % percent of the <br />funding in furtherance of the creation of parks; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, is desirous of filing a grant <br />application for the purposes of receiving funding from the aforesaid grant program in <br />furtherance of a Downtown (Brown Bag) Park, at a total cost of $ , with <br />$ to be provided by a grant and $to be provided by the City of <br />Paris in the form of funds and in kind services; NOW, THEREFORE, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COLTNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, <br />TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble of this resolution are hereby in all <br />things approved. <br />Section 2. That an application be made to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, <br />for a Texas Recreation and Parks Account Program (TRPA) outdoor recreation grant in the <br />amount of $ , being approximately 50% of the estimated cost of the proposed <br />Downtown (Brown Bag) Park, with the City of Paris providing $ in <br />funds and in kind services. <br />Section 3. That the City Manager of the City of Paris, be, and he is hereby appointed <br />as the authorized official of said project and is authorized and directed to execute on behalf of <br />the City of Paris the application for said grant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. <br />