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DRAFT f:attorney\reswork\currentlSulphur River Regional Mobility Authority Res 2007 October 26, 2007 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, DECLARING SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SULPHUR RIVER REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY AND THE APPOINTMENT BY LAMAR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT OF CURTIS FENDLEY AND TANIS HAGER TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SULPHUR RIVER REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITY; DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS RESOLUTION WAS PASSED COMPLIED WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Paris recognizes the importance of regional partnerships to meet common transportation goals; and, WHEREAS, the State of Texas has established that Regional Mobility Authorities will be important to the future development of new transportation corridors; and, WHEREAS, the State of Texas has established new Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) powers through the passage ofHB 3588; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris supports the creation of the Sulphur River Regional Mobility Authority (SURRMA) covering Lamar, Delta, Hopkins, and Hunt Counties; and, WHEREAS, the City of Paris also supports and recommends the appointment of Curtis Fendley and Tanis Hager to the Sulphur River Regional Mobility Authority Board of Directors by the Lamar County Commissioners' Court; and, WHEREAS, SURRMA would be charged with the planning, financing, constructing, maintaining and operating the widening of State Highway 19/24" from a two-lane divided highway to a four-lane divided highway corridor joining communities and other major transportation corridors; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things approved. .. . T T .1r..