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Regular City Council Meeting November 9, 2009 Page 6 D' ARC STREET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by or Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. 18. Deliberate and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2009 -117: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY .� COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO CREATE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO WALK OR RIDE BIKES TO AND FROM SCHOOLS IN THE PARIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR ACCEPTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SAID GRANT UPON NOTICE THEREOF; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. 19. Deliberate and possibly take action on certificates of obligation and refunding bond issues. Council Member Pickle questioned whether or not the City could save money on refunding the 1998 and 2001 bond series. Mr. Anderson said he would contact Dan Almon to come to a future meeting to answer additional questions. Mayor Freelen inquired about moving forward with the bond refunding of the bonds in which they could save money. A Motion to move forward on refunding the bonds that could save the City money was made by Council Member Biard and seconded by Council Member Rogers. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays. Mayor Freelen inquired about the funding of the Collegiate Drive Project. A Motion to issue certificates of obligation for the Collegiate Drive Project was made by Council Member Rogers and seconded by Council Member Kear. Motion carried, 4 ayes - 2 nays, with Council Members Biard and Council Member Pickle casting the dissenting votes. 20. Receive and deliberate on status of Capital Improvement progress. Shawn Napier told Council that the CR 32900 bridge had been demolished and that he expected to issue a request forbids for the replacement bridge in the summer of 2010. In addition, Mr. Napier stated that Hayter Engineering was preparing the specs for the Lake Crook pier and