1998-027-RES WHEREAS, CITY COUNCIL, IN EFFORT TO KEEP TAX RATE LOW,
RESOLUTION NO. 98-027
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, in an effort to keep the tax rate as low
as possible, did budget in the 1997-1998 Budget funds to be generated from the sale of surplus
property; and,
WHEREAS, the strip of land that is approximately 100' wide x 2,650' long, located in
the Southwest Industrial Park, east of 13th Street S.W. and Loop 286 S.W., has no planned
municipal use, either presently or in the foreseeable future, and it is deemed appropriate that said
property be declared surplus and sold in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the
Charter of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the form of the instrument of conveyance appropriate to the title owned by
the City of Paris, attached hereto as Exhibit A, should, in all things, be approved, and the Mayor,
Eric S. Clifford, should be authorized to execute the same; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, that the
strip of land that is approximately 100' wide x 2,650' long, located in the Southwest Industrial
Park, east of 13th Street S.W. and Loop 286 S.W., be, and the same is hereby, declared to be
surplus; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said property should be sold in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of the City of Paris; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the form of the instrument of conveyance
appropriate to the title owned by the City of Paris, attached hereto as Exhibit A, be, and the same
is hereby, approved; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor, Eric S. Clifford, be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to execute the instrument of conveyance appropriate to the title owned by
the City of Paris to the Paris Economic Development Corporation, under the terms and conditions
and in the form shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of February, 1998.
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Eric S. liffor, ayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk