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<br />DRAFT <br />F:ALICE\ORDWORK\CURREENT\ Lamar Ave Construction Zone speed Limit Request Res <br />February 23, 2005 <br />RESOLUTION NO. __________ <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR A MAXIMUM, <br />REASONABLE RATE OF SPEED IN THE AREA OF CONSTRUCTION <br />ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF LAMAR AVENUE IN THE CITY OF <br />PARIS AND REQUESTING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF <br />TRANSPORTATION TO DECLARE SAID AREA A CONSTRUCTION <br />ZONE AND LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT IN SAID CONSTRUCTION <br />ZONE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED <br />TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, <br /> the Texas Department of Transportation has undertaken a construction <br />th <br />project on that portion of Lamar Avenue between 20 Street N.E. and Collegiate Drive <br />within the city limits of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas; and, <br />WHEREAS, <br /> the purpose of the aforesaid TxDOT construction project is for utility <br />th <br />relocation and widening of Lamar Avenue between 20 Street N.E. and Collegiate Drive; <br />and, <br />WHEREAS, <br /> the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas, has previously expressed <br />its wholehearted support for the aforesaid project; and, <br />WHEREAS, <br /> as the project has proceeded, it has become apparent that it is <br />necessary to reduce the speed limit on Lamar Avenue to reduce the hazard to construction <br />workers and the trafficking public during the aforesaid construction project; and, <br />WHEREAS, <br /> the City Council further finds and determines that lowering the speed <br />limits on Lamar Avenue during the aforesaid construction project is necessary to protect <br />the health and safety and is in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Paris and the <br />Texas Department of Transportation should be requested to declare said area a <br />NOW, <br />Construction Zone and lower the speed limit in said Construction Zone; <br />THEREFORE, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. <br /> That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby <br />in all things approved. <br />Section 2. <br /> That by copy of this resolution the Texas Department of Transportation <br />th <br />is hereby requested to declare that portion of Lamar Avenue from 20 Street N.E. east to <br /> <br />