2165 RES PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEV ACT OF 1965

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RESOLUTION N0, 2165 WHEREAS, the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, being Public Law No. 89-136 as amended, pro- vides funding for Special Economic Development and Adjust- ment Assistance; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris did on the 2nd day of April, 1982 suffer damage and destruction from a tornado; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, deems it to be in the best interest of the City of Paris to seek assistance under such Act by processing a grant application for professional assistance to help over- come the socio-economic devastation suffered by the City on April 2, 1982; and, WHEREAS, an application for such grant in the amount of $95,000.00, being 100% federal funding, should be made; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: l. That an application be made to U. S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, Southwest Regional Office, Austin, Texas 78701 for a grant in the amount of $95,000.00, being 100a/o of the federal cost of professional assistance to help overcome the socio-economic devastation suffered by the City of Paris on April 2, 1982. 2. That Robert W. Sakoll, Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and he Certifying Representative and i; rected on behalf of the City of mit the application in the form A. City Manager of the City of is hereby designated 3 hereby authorized and di- Paris to execute and trans- attached hereto as Exhibit 3. That Joe McCollum, Director of Community Development of the City of Paris, be, and he is hereby designated Contact Person to execute and deliver all other communications, in- struments and documents necessary for the coxnpletion, of said project. Passed and adopted this 21st day of Qpril, 1982. , J f . alter F, Williams, Mayor Pro Tem ATTEST: H. C. Gr ene, City C er APPROVED TO FORM: VT. . Haynes, City Attorney