1392 RES PUBLIC CONVENIENCE, SAFETY AND NECESSITY OF COP TO COOPERATE WITH ST OF TX

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RFSOLUTION NO. 1392 WHEREAS, the public convenience, safety and necessity of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, and of the citizens of the City of Paris, require that the City Council of the City of Paris cooperate with the State of Texas in every manner in which the State Highway routes and other streets within the City of Paris may be improved; and, WHEREAS, the State of Texas has made it known to the City of Paris that it is prepared to commence the installa- tion of a system of 19 interconnected signals in the central business district between Kaufman Street on the South, Graham Street on the North, West 3rd Street on the West, and East 3rd Street on the East, and the installation of 12 traffic actuated signals on Loop 469 and Loop 480 between West 19th Street and East 28th Street and between Center Street and Ea,st 17th Street under the Federal TOPICS Program; and, WHEREAS, it is deemed to the best interest of the City of Paris that said city fully cooperate with the Highway Commission and the Texas Highway Department in participating in this Federal TOPICS Program by accepting Highway Commis- sion Minute Order No. 64386, dated November 19, 1970, wherein the City of Paris is required to provide for the following: l. Preparation of constructions plans and specifications for the proposed improvements; 2. Maintenance and operation of the signals upon com- pletion in a manner satisfactory to the Department; 3. Adoption and enforcement of such ordinances and regulations as may be necessary for proper opera- tion of the installation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TF.XAS, That Highway Commission Minute Order No. 64386, dated November 19, 1970, be, and the same is hereby in all things accepted. Passed and adopted this 14th day of December, 1970. B. M. Felty, Mayor ATTEST : H. C. Greene, City Clerk APPROVED A T FORM: , . ~ T. K. ayne , City Attorney