11-F Rescind Lake Crook TrailsDRAFT
F:ALICE\RFSWORK\CURRENT\ Rescind Lake Crook Trails Project Grant
September 10, 2004
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, RESCINDING ITS PRIOR ACTION AND REPEALING
RESOLUTION NO. 2002-157, PASSED OCTOBER 10, 2002, WHICH
APPROVED AND RATIFIED THE EXECUTION OF AN APPLICATION
FOR A TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL
RECREATION TRAILS GRANT AND AUTHORIZED THE ACCEPTANCE
OF SAID GRANT; AUTHORIZING THE NOTIFICATION OF THE TEXAS
PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT AS TO THE CITY' S INTENTION
NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROJECT DESIGNATED THE LAKE
CROOK TRAILS PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ANY
AND ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR RESCISSION AND RETURN
OF SAID GRANT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, previously ratified a
grant application and authorized the acceptance of the grant for that project designated the Lake
Crook Trails Project, said project to have a total cost of $102,050.00, with $81,640.00 to be
provided by said grant from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department through the National
Recreational Trails Grants Program, and $20,410.00 to be provided by the City of Paris in the
form of matching funds; and,
WHEREAS, the aforesaid project has not begun and no grant funds have been expended;
and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris finds and determines that in
consideration of current budgetary restraints for fiscal year 2004-2005, the expenditure of the
City's matching grant funds for the aforesaid project would not be in the best interest of the City
of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, as a consequence, the City Council desires to take appropriate action to
rescind acceptance of the aforesaid grant and repeal the resolution in support thereof, and advise
the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department accordingly; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COLTNCIL 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 City Council Resolution No. 2002-157, passed and approved October 10,
2002, which approved and ratified the execution of an application for and authorized the
acceptance of a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department National Recreational Trails Grant in
support of that project known as the Lake Crook Trails Project, be and is hereby in all things
repealed, and the aforesaid acceptance of said grant by the City of Paris shall be and is hereby in
a11 things rescinded, due to consideration of current budgetary restraints for the City's fiscal year
2004-2005.
Section 3. That the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sha11 be notified by the City
Manager or his designee that due to and in consideration of severe budgetary restrictions for fiscal
year 2004-2005 and potentially beyond, the City Council deems it not in the best interest of the
City of Paris to proceed with the aforesaid Lake Crook Trails Project which included a City match
of $20,410.00.
Section 4. That the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department be notified on behalf of the City
Council as to the Council's sincere appreciation for the consideration by the Department in
determining that the City was qualified for the aforesaid grant, with the sincere hope that when
budgetary conditions improve, the Department will continue, as it has in the past, to consider
favorably future projects of the City of Paris for similar grant funding.
Section 5. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 13' day of September, 2004.
Jay Guest, Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
Sherian Dixon, Assistant City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney