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DRAFT <br /> <br />ALICEhO. ESWORK\CURRENTEVIaint Smallwood Rd Contract Res <br /> September 14, 2001 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, <br />PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN INTERLOCAL <br />CONTRACT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 791 OF THE TEXAS <br />GOVERNMENT CODE BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE <br />COUNTY OF LAMAR FOR REPAIR OF A PORTION OF A ROAD KNOWN <br />AS SMALLWOOD ROAD BETWEEN A POINT 2,314 FEET, MORE OR <br />LESS, EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SMALLWOOD ROAD WITH <br />36TH STREET N.E. AND CONTINUING EASTWARD AN ADDITIONAL <br />2,025 FEET, TO A POINT 4,339 FEET EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF <br />SMALLWOOD ROAD AND 36TH STREET N.E. TO PROVIDE IMPROVED <br />ACCESS TO CITIZENS ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING <br />OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND <br />DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City of Paris has previously annexed residences and property located off <br />Wildwood Road in Lamar County; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the primary access to the properties annexed to the City of Paris off Wildwood <br />Road is down a road designated as Smallwood Road, the portion of which serves Wildwood Road <br />between a point 2,314 feet, more or less, east of the intersection of Smallwood Road with 36th Street <br />N.E. and continuing eastward an additional 2,025 feet, to a point 4,339 feet east of the intersection <br />of Smallwood Road and 36th Street N.E. being located in Lamar County; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, because the aforesaid portion of said Smallwood Road is generally in a state <br />of disrepair, and because residents annexed to the City of Paris must access their homes primarily <br />through the use of Smallwood Road, said residents have requested the City to undertake <br />improvements to said access road; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, repairs to that portion of Smallwood Road referenced herein are not imminent <br />by Lamar County; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines it is in the best interests of the citizens <br />of the city of Paris, and especially those annexed to the city on Wildwood Road, to undertake certain <br />improvements to that portion of Wildwood Road necessary to serve the aforesaid citizens, the same <br />being that portion of Smallwood Road beginning at a point 2,314 feet, more or less, east of the <br />intersection of Smallwood Road with 36th Street N.E. and continuing eastward an additional 2,025 <br />feet, to a point 4,339 feet east of the intersection of Smallwood Road and 36th Street N.E., and the <br />City has requested the County's agreement to allow the City to undertake such improvements; and, <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the purpose of Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code, styled Interlocal <br />Cooperation Contracts, at Section 791.001, is to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of local <br /> <br /> <br />