2000-003-RES AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF 80' ROW
RESOLUTION NO. ?OOO-003
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN EIGHTY-
FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY AND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT RIGHT-OF-
WAY PROPERTY FROM LAMAR COUNTY TO THE CITY OF PARIS IN
ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE EXTENSION OF HEARNE STREET;
MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council ofthe City of Paris has heretofore by prior Resolution No.
90-020, requested the transfer of right-of-way across the south end of property purchased by Lamar
County from Foy Crockett, et ux, described in deed recorded in Volume 126, Page 188, Real
Property Records, Lamar County, Texas, in order to accommodate the extension of Hearne Street
for the purpose of providing adequate turning space for large trucks as part of the economic
development effort to support the expansion of industries located in the immediate vicinity thereof,
and to minimize the impact on adjacent residential properties; and,
WHEREAS, the Pace Group, in a Business Retention Survey and Flexible Incentive Plan
for the City of Paris, dated May 12, 1994, advised the Paris Economic Development Corporation of
the inadequacy of access roads to Delta Logistics and Rodgers-Wade Manufacturing to properly
service the expanding business demands of these vital industries; and,
WHEREAS, the current route used to access Delta Logistics, Rodgers-Wade Manufacturing,
and warehouses in the vicinity thereof is through residential areas on streets which do not provide
adequate turning space for large trucks, and significant amounts of traffic by large vehicles through
residential areas causes deterioration to the street; and,
WHEREAS, the Paris Economic Development Corporation deemed it appropriate and in
the interest of retaining the aforesaid important businesses and enlarging the operation of those
businesses at the current locations that the Paris Economic Development Corporation participate in
the extension of Hearne Street from 1st Street S.W. to 4th Street S.W., through the project entitled
"PEDC Hearne Street Extension, 1999," at a cost not to exceed $265,000.00, in order to provide an
adequate route for large vehicles traveling to Rodgers-Wade and the warehouses in the vicinity
thereof and to alleviate the road deterioration caused by large vehicles traveling through residential
areas; and.
WHEREAS, the Paris Economic Development Corporation did, based on these
considerations, pass Resolution No. 99-007 on September 13, 1999, as thereafter amended by
subsequent resolution adopted on November 29, 1999, the purpose of said resolutions addressing
the extension of Hearne Street from 1st Street S.W. to 4th Street S.W., thereby authorizing the
"PEDC Hearne Street Extension, 1999" to be funded at a cost not to exceed $265,000.00 by the Paris
Economic Development Corporation and requesting the City of Paris to perform the construction of
the aforesaid Hearne Street extension; and,
WHEREAS, it was deemed by the Commissioners Court of Lamar County, Texas, to be in
the best interests of the County of Lamar and its citizens, and in the interest of promoting economic
development while at the same time benefitting affected residences in the immediate area, that said
right-of-way request by the City and the Paris Economic Development Corporation be honored in
order that Hearne Street may be extended West from 1 st Street S. W. to 4th Street S. W., thereby
providing additional access for industrial truck traffic and alleviating similar traffic through residential
areas and at the same time thereby promoting improved traffic circulation in and adjacent to the
Lamar County Jail; and,
WHEREAS, as a consequence of said conclusion, the Commissioners Court of Lamar
County, Texas, at an official meeting convened on December 27, 1999, did at that time consider and
adopt a resolution authorizing the transfer of the aforesaid right-of-way to the City of Paris,
conditioned upon compliance with state law requiring the preparation of an appraisal in payment of
fair market value by or on behalf of the City of Paris to Lamar County, in full conformance with the
requirements of Section 272.001 (b) (5) of the Local Government Code; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is prepared to accept said conveyance by
and on behalf of the Paris Economic Development Corporation and Lamar County, and to authorize
the City Manager to proceed in undertaking the necessary action to cause the completion of said
Hearne Street Extension; 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 of this resolution are hereby in all things
approved.
Section 2. That the City Council does hereby authorize and accept the conveyance by Right-
of-Way Deed of that property immediately south of the County Jail as described in said deed as a
necessary acquisition incident to the extension of Hearne Street.
Section 3. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to expend city funds pursuant to a
certified appraisal prepared in conformance with Section 272.001 (b) (5) of the Local Government
Code to Lamar County as full and complete payment for the fair market value of the right-of-way so
acquired, such funds to be contributed by the Paris Economic Development Corporation in
conformance with Resolution No. 99-007 adopted by the Economic Development Corporation Board
on September 13, 1999, and as thereafter amended by subsequent Resolution adopted November 29,
1999.
Section 4. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to undertake any and all other actions
necessary to initiate the construction of the Hearne Street Extension as described herein.
Section 5. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 10th day of January, 2000.
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ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Charles H. Neeley, Mayor