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• • <br />RESOLUTION N0. <br />WtIEREAS, a number of interested citizens in the City of Paris and in <br />and around the Paris trade territory have been interested in developing what <br />is known as the Sanders Creek Dam and Reservoir Project; and, <br />WHEREAS, it is contemplated that the future growth of Paris wi:ll <br />eventually render Lake Crook inadequate to furnish the necessary water <br />supply for the City of Paris; and, <br />WHEREAS, there is a strong probability that it will be necessauy for <br />the City of Paris to arrange in the future for a more adequate reservoir of <br />water; and, , <br />WHEREAS, the United States Government has interested itself in the <br />building af the dam to create such lake and reservoir on Sanders Creek;; and, <br />WI-EREAS, it will be necessary for the City of Paris, at the prciper <br />time, to enter into a contract wi.th the Government to pay for its propcir- <br />tionate part of the cost of such dam; and, <br />WI-EREAS, the amount of water contemplated to be used or needed by <br />the City of Paris for industrial and municipal purposes is approximated, to be <br />in the neighborhood of fifty thousand (50,000) acre feet; NOW, THEREFORE9 <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TI-iE CITY OF PARIS, Thet the <br />City of Paris agrees to enter into a contract wri.th the Government of the <br />United States, at the proper time, to pay fos its proportionate part of the <br />building of the dam on Sanders Creek to create such lake and reservoir. <br />Passed and adopted this 9th day of December, A. D., 1957. <br />Mayor <br />ATTESTs <br />City Clerk <br />APPRQVPD AS TO FqRM; <br />. <br />City Attorney.~ <br />~ <br />