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324 RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -005 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT AND REVISION TO THE REGIONAL CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE APPREHENSION PROGRAM GRANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE A WAIVER OF CASH MATCH ON BEHALF OF RED RIVER COUNTY AND THE CITY OF CLARKSVILLE; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SAID WAIVERS; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT APPLICATION COVER SHEET; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 9th day of December, 1999, in Resolution No. 99 -140, authorize an application to be made to the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division, for the Texas Narcotics Control Program (TNCP) grant; and, WHEREAS, the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division, issued its grant award entitled "Regional Controlled Substance Apprehension Program" grant, No. DB- 00 -A10- 13854 -02 for the period beginning June 1, 2000, and ending May 31, 2001, in the total amount of $449,100.00, requiring a matching contribution of $149,700.00 in the form of cash; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris deemed it in the best interests of the citizens of Paris that the City of Paris accept said grant award and continue to suppress drug activity in and around the City of Paris, and thereby adopted Resolution No. 2000 -072 on June 12, 2000, accepting the aforesaid Regional Controlled Substance Apprehension Grant; and, WHEREAS, since the aforesaid approval, the City of Paris has been advised that, pursuant to state and federal guidelines, Red River County and the City of Clarksville, participants in the aforesaid program, have been classified as economically disadvantaged and have qualified for and received a waiver for the present grant year (2000/2001) of the cash contributions to be made by the aforesaid entities to the overall program, said waived cash contributions to be assumed by the grantor Texas Narcotics Control Program, with the total cash match so waived for the two entities being $49,900.00; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris further deems it to be in the best interests of the citizens of Paris to approve and acknowledge the aforesaid waiver of cash match on behalf of Red River County and the City of Clarksville in the total amount of $49,900.00; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved.