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RESOLUTION 2015 -022 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR ACQUIRING BY EMINENT DOMAIN A <br />MULTI -USE TRAIL EASEMENT OVER LOT 6, BLOCK 47, LOTS 8 - 10 <br />BLOCK 50, IN THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS AND FEE <br />SIMPLE TITLE TO LOT 1, BLOCK 50 FOR A MULTI -USE RECREATIONAL <br />TRAIL IN WEST PARIS, TEXAS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY, <br />OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO FILE PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN TO <br />ACQUIRE THE EASEMANTS AND REAL PROPERTY; MAKING OTHER <br />FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City Council has previously approved a project to build a Multi - <br />Use recreational trail extending approximately 2.36 miles from The Depot at 1125 <br />Bonham Paris, Texas north to the Red River Valley Fairgrounds and the Paris Girls and <br />Boys Club; and <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation has approved a <br />Transportation Enhancement Program grant which will provide some of the funding for <br />the Multi -Use Trail Project in west Paris; and <br />WHEREAS, there is a public purpose, need and necessity to acquire a multi -use <br />trail easement across some properties and fee simple title on other property for the <br />construction, use, operation and maintenance of a multi -use trail through parts of West <br />Paris, Lamar County, Texas; and <br />WHEREAS, in accordance with the above, the City Council of the City of Paris, <br />Texas, hereby finds that there is a public need and necessity to acquire such real <br />properties for such purposes set forth above. The public improvements will be for the <br />benefit and enjoyment of the citizens of the City of Paris, Texas and the public at large; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the real property to be acquired is a twenty -five foot (25') wide <br />multi -use trail easement running generally south to north over and across the following <br />properties located in the City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas: <br />LOT & BLOCK <br />Lot 6 Block 47 <br />PROPERTY ID NO. <br />108309 <br />OWNER <br />Kenneth Humphreys <br />Lot 1, Block 50 14170 Ricky & Venus Castor <br />