21-Lease agreement between the City of Paris and AGPRO Inc.CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET
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Gene Anderson
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7-25-11
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Move to approvresolution approving a new Lease Agreement between the City of Paris and AGPRO,
Inc. for acres of land at Cox Field Airport.
POLICY ISSUE(S):
Lease
BACKGROUND:
AGPRO has leased a 400 acre tract of the Airport Property from City of Paris for livestock grazing and
dairy farm research facilities for the last 35 years. The original Lease Agreement has expired and the
parties desire to enter into a new Lease Agreement of 400 acres located at the Airport Property.
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS,
APPROVIIVG A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PARIS,
TEXAS AND AGPRO, INC. FOR 400 ACRES OF LAND AT COX FIELD
AIRPORT IN THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUIVTY TEXAS; AUTHORIZIIVG
THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY
DOCUMEIVTS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO
THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Agpro, Inc. has leased 400 acres of land from the City at Cox Field
Airport for grazing, crop production and dairy research for the last thirty (30) years and
the last extension on the existing lease expires in August 2011; and
WHEREAS, Agpro, Inc. a Texas Corporation located at 859 Airport Road, Paris,
Texas, desires to enter into a new 20-year Lease Agreement with the City of Paris for the
400 acre tract at Cox Field Airport in the City of Paris, Lamar County Texas; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris hereby finds that it is in the best
interest of the City of Paris and its citizens to enter into a new Lease Agreement and does
hereby authorize the City Manager to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the
Lease Agreement with Agpro, Inc., for the 400 acres of land identified in the Lease
Agreement attached hereto and incorporated herein as Exhibit "A"; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUIVCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, TEXAS, THAT:
Section 1. The findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in
all things approved.
Section 2. The new Lease Agreement between the City of Paris and Agpro, Inc., a
copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A," be, and the same is hereby approved.
Section 3. The Mayor and/or City Manager of the City of Paris be, and is hereby
authorized to execute said lease agreement and any and all other documents necessary to
effectuate the lease agreement.
Section 4. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED this 25th day of July, 2011.
A.J. Hashmi, M.D., Mayor
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ATTEST:
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
W. Kent McIlyar, City Attorney
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