1999-017-TURNER INTERNATIONAL PIPING SYSTEMS , SEC 2303.402 TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT
RESOLUTION NO.
99-017
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Economic Development (the "Department")
designated the City of Paris Enterprise Zone (the "Zone") on November 13, 1997; and,
WHEREAS, the Department will consider Turner International Piping Systems, Inc.
("Turner") as an enterprise project pursuant to a nomination and an application made by the City
of Paris, Paris, Texas (the "City"); and,
WHEREAS, the City desires to pursue the creation of the proper economic and social
environment in order to induce the investment of private resources in productive business
enterprises located in the Zone and to provide employment to residents of the Zone and to other
economically disadvantaged individuals; and,
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 2303, Subchapter F of the Texas Enterprise Zone Act,
Texas Government Code (the "Act"), Turner has applied to the City for designation as an enterprise
project; and,
WHEREAS, the City fmds that Turner meets the criteria for designation as an enterprise
project under Chapter 2303, Subchapter F of the Act on the following grounds:
I. Turner is a "qualified business" under Section 2303.402 of the Act since it
will be engaged in the active conduct of a trade or business in the Zone and
at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the business' new employees will be
residents of a Zone within the City's jurisdiction or economically
disadvantaged individuals;
2. Turner is located in the Zone, or has made a substantial commitment to
locate in the Zone, which has an unemployment rate of not less than one
and one-half (1-1/2) times the state unemployment rate;
3. There has been and will continue to be a high level of cooperation between
public, private, and neighborhood entities within the Zone; and
4. The designation of Turner as an enterprise project will contribute
significantly to the achievement of the plans of the City for development
and revitalization of the Zone; and,
WHEREAS, the City finds that Turner meets the criteria for tax relief and other incentives
adopted by the City and nominates Turner on the grounds that it will be located wholly within the
Zone and will create a higher level of employment, economic activity, and stability; and,
WHEREAS, the City fmds that it is in the best interest of the City to nominate Turner as
an enterprise project pursuant to the Act; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS, that the fmdings of the City and its actions approving this resolution taken at the council
meeting are hereby approved and adopted; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Turner International Piping Systems, Inc. is a
"qualified business," as defined in Section 2303.402 of the Texas Enterprise Zone Act and meets
the criteria for designation as an enterprise project as set forth in Section 2303, Subchapter F of
the Act; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the enterprise project shall take effect on the date
of designation of the enterprise project by the Texas Department of Economic Development and
terminate five (5) years after that date of designation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 8th day of Februa ~1999.
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Scott P. Foster, City Attorney
STATE OF TEXAS )
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COUNTY OF LAMAR )
I, Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 99-_, passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, on the 8th day of February, 1999.
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
STATE OF TEXAS )
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COUNTY OF LAMAR )
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Mattie
Cunningham, City Clerk of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, known to me to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that she executed the
same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this 8th day of February, 1999.
Notary Public, State of Texas