2002-068-RES APPROVE/AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF REAL ESTATEPURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR NEW POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS BUILDING
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-068
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF
AREAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PURCHASE OFA
SITE FOR A NEW POLICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS BUILDING;
MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, City Council, at its January 14, 2002, meeting, authorized City staffto pursue
further negotiations regarding all properties currently under consideration for possible siting of a new
police and municipal courts building; and,
WHEREAS, as a consequence of said authorization, letters were forwarded by the City
Legal Department to the owners and/or agents for thirteen (13) potential sites for the new building;
and,
WHEREAS, as a result of said solicitations and inquiries, a review of responses to said
solicitations, input from the City's architect regarding said project, and comment and review by City
staff, including the City Manager, City Attorney, and the Police Chief, the City Council, at its March
11,2002, meeting, determined the best possible site for said building; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council did heretofore, on the 11th day of March, 2002, in
Resolution No. 2002-060, authorize the City Manager, City Attorney, and Police Chief to enter
into negotiations for a formal earnest money contract for the purchase of that property located at
Collegiate Drive and Clarksville Street, known as the "UARCO" property and owned by Rodgers
and Wade Corporation, with a negotiated purchase price of $1,275,000.00, subject to the
necessary rights, reservations, terms, and conditions associated with the purchase of said property,
including the obligation for conveyance by fee simple warranty deed accompanied by appropriate
title work and insurance guaranteeing clear title thereof; and,
WHEREAS, the City Manager should be authorized to execute a Real Estate Purchase
Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Manager and the City Attorney; 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 to this resolution are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute, on behalf of the City
of Paris, a Real Estate Purchase Agreement with Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, a Missouri
corporation, for the purchase of that property located at Collegiate Drive and Clarksville Street,
known as the "UARCO" property, under the terms and conditions and in a form acceptable to the
City Manager and the City Attorney.
Section 3. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of April, 2002.
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: