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<br />DRAFT #5
<br />COUNTY OF LAMAR§
<br />KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
<br />STATE OF TEXAS§
<br />INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, TAX TRUST AGREEMENT,
<br />AND LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY BY AND AMONG
<br />THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS,
<br />PARIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, NORTH LAMAR INDEPENDENT
<br />SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND PARIS JUNIOR COLLEGE
<br />This Agreement is entered into by and among the City of Paris, Texas (CITY), the County
<br />of Lamar (COUNTY), Paris Independent School District (PISD), North Lamar Independent School
<br />District (NLISD), and Paris Junior College (PJC), hereinafter referred to as the Taxing Entities,
<br />pursuant to Charter 791 of the Texas Government Code, The Interlocal Cooperation Act.
<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> the continued proliferation of vacant and abandoned lots and structures within
<br />the City Limits of the City of Paris constitutes a blight on affected neighborhoods, encourages crime
<br />and illegal activity, and generally is detrimental to the health, safety, and welfare of the community;
<br />and,
<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> in the past, the City of Paris has utilized its own resources to periodically clean
<br />up such real property because the owners thereof have failed to meet their obligations as property-
<br />owners; and,
<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> neglected properties are often properties on which taxes are unpaid, and when
<br />foreclosed for delinquent taxes often continue in a blighted condition, whether sold for taxes or not;
<br />and,
<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> the City of Paris, as a participant and active supporter in that program known
<br />as Keep Paris Beautiful, has already embarked on an ambitious series of ordinance changes to clean
<br />up and control junk, litter, substandard structures, waste hauling, and to promote historic
<br />preservation, all intended to address blighted conditions and the health, safety, and welfare of the
<br />City; and,
<br />WHEREAS,
<br /> as part of said effort, the City of Paris intends to create programs for recycling
<br />or placing single family residential lots or parcels of real property which have been foreclosed for
<br />delinquent ad valorem taxes or for other reasons and have not been redeemed by their owners in
<br />accordance with state law, into a pool for use by designated non-profit entities for the construction
<br />of new single family residential houses or for use by the City to afford qualified low and moderate
<br />income individuals the opportunity to obtain said lots, participate in other grant and loan programs,
<br />and construct new houses thereon, thereby alleviating said blight, removing said property from the
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