1450 RES SECTION 709 OF TITLE VII OF HOUSING ACT OF 1961 PROVIDES FOR MAKING OF GRANTSRESOLUTION NO. 1450
WHEREAS, Section 709 of Title VII of the Housing Act of
1961, as amended, provides for the making of grants of Federal
funds by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to
States and local public bodies to assist in financing the ac-
quisition of title to or other permanent interests in areas,
sites, and structures of historic or architectural value in
urban areas, and in their restoration and improvement for
public use and benefit, in accord with the comprehensively
planned development of the locality; and,
WHER EAS, the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, herein some-
times referred to as "Applicant", deems it necessary and in
the public interest to undertake an historic preservation
project, hereinafter called the "Project", with Federal grant
assistance to improve and restore the General Sam Bell Maxey
Home for historic preservation located within the corporate
limits of the City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, being a
Greek Revival Style two-story home,constructed in 1867, with
gardens and grounds, located upon the following described
property:
FIRST TRACT: A part of the Larkin Rattan Survey
within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, de-
scribed by metes and bounds as follows in accordance
with a survey made by W. R. Abbott, Registered Public
Surveyor, on the 27th day of April, 1966:
SEGINNING at a stake at the Northeast corner of
a brick marker at the intersection of the South
Boundary Line of Washington Street with the West
Boundary Line of Church Street;
THENCE South along the West Boundary line of
Church Street, a distance of 256 feet to a stake for
corner at the Northeast corner of a tract of land
conveyed Paul Franklin by deed recorded in Vol. 361,
Page 117, of the Deed Records of Lamar County;
THENCE West a distance of 282 feet, a stake for
corn er ;
THENC E North a distance of 262 feet, a stake for
corner in the South Boundary line of Washington Street;
THEIVCE East along the South Boundary line of
Washington Street a distance of 285 feet to the place
of beginning.
S DCOND TRACT: A part of the Larkin Rattan Survey
within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, de-
scribed by metes and bounds as follows in accordance
with a survey made by W. R. Abbott, Registered Public
Surveyor, on the 27th day of April, 1966:
BEGINNING at a stake for corner at the Northwest
corner of a tract of land conveyed Paul Franklin by
deed recorded in Book 361, Page 117, of the Deed
Records of Lamar County;
THEIVCE West a distance of 52 .feet, a stake for
corner, said point being 262 feet South of the South
Boundary line of Washington Street;
THENCE South a distance of 90 feet, a stake for
corner;
THENCE East a distance o.f 52 feet, a stake for
corner at the Southwest corner of said Franklin tract
of land;
THENCE North a distance of 90 feet to the place
of beginning.
WHER EAS, title to or other permanent interests insaid
property have been previously acquired by the Applicant; and,
WHEtEAS, it is estimated that the cost of said improve-
ment and restoration will be $49,700.00:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS:
1. That an application be made to the Department of
Housing and Urban Development for a grant in an amount au-
thorized by Section 709 of Title VII of the Housing Act of
1961, as amended, which amount is presently estimated to be
$24,850.00, and that the Applicant will pay the balance of
the cost from funds available to it.
2. That C. L. Walker, City Manager of the City of Paris,
Paris, Texas, is hereby on behalf of the Applicant authorized
and directed to execute and to file such application, and an
assurance of compliance with the Department of Housing and
Urban Development regulatio ns under Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, to execute such contract or contracts as
may be necessary for the grant applied for, to provide such
information and furnish such documents as may be required by
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and to act as
the authorized correspondent and representative of the
Applicant in the accomplishment of the Project.
3. That the proposed Project is in accord with the com-
prehensively planned development of th e locality, and that,
should said grant be made, the Applicant will retain, maintain
and preserve said property for public use and benefit and for
the historic preservation purposes designated in said applica-
tion and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
4. That the United States of America and the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are,
assured of full compliance by the Applicant with regulations
of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and with Federal re-
quirements relating to equal employment opportunity.
5. That the United States of America and the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are,
assured of full compliance by the Applicant with the Federal
labor standards imposed under Title VII of the Housing Act of
1961, as amended.
Passed and adopted this 8th day o November, 1971.
am94 W. Farris, M yor
ATTEST• /
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H. C. Greene, City Clerk
APP VED O FORM:
T. K. Hayne , City Attorney