2016-012 - SALE OF 811 BONHAM ST. PROPERTY

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016 -012 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND BUILDING LOCATED AT 811 BONHAM STREET IN THE CITY OF PARIS AND BEING ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS A PART OF THE ASA JARMAN SURVEY, ABSTRACT NO. 479, A PART OF THE 2.62 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF PARIS BY DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 541, PAGE 568 OF THE LAMAR COUNTY DEED RECORDS AND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED HEREIN; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas, owns certain real property and the improvements situated thereon familiarly known as the former Paris Police department, located at 811 Bonham St., Paris, Texas and more particularly described in Exhibit A hereto, which is incorporated herein by reference; and, WHEREAS, said property and improvements are now vacant and in need of substantial repair, including asbestos remediation, and the City Council of the City of Paris, Texas has determined that the City has no further use for such property and it would be advantageous and in the best interests of the City for the property to be sold pursuant to the authority granted by sec. 253.001(a) and Sec. 272.001 of the Texas Local Government Cod and Sec. 145 of the Charter of the City of Paris, Texas; and WHEREAS, the City previously sought estimates for the remediation of asbestos in the building, which estimates varied between $160,000 and $225,000; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to the City Council to sell said property, the City of Paris solicited sealed bids for the sale and purchase of the property pursuant to the authority granted by Sec. 272.001(a) of the Texas Local Government Code, upon certain specifications, and the notice of such solicitation for bid was published twice in The Paris News, a newspaper of general circulation in the City, which publications occurred on April 19, 2016 and April 24, 2016, and which notices specified that the opening of such sealed bids would occur at 10:00 a.m. on May 9, 2016; and WHEREAS, the tabulation of bids then received reflects that 1 Priority Environmental Services, Inc. submitted the highest bid, with no exceptions listed thereon and agreeing to be responsible for all remediation and management of any kind, whether related to asbestos or otherwise, in accordance with all federal, state and local law; and WHEREAS, the bid by Mo Abdalla of 1 Priority Environmental Service, Inc., of $1.00, in conjunction with the bidder's assumption of all responsibility for remediating