782 RES CITY COUNCIL MET IN SPECIAL CALLED SESSION ON MARCH 4 1958•
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RE50LUTION ND. 782
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris met in a special called
session, at the City Hall, in the City of Paris, on h9arch 4, A. D., 1958, at
5:15 P. M.; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council was advised through the medium of the
Industrial Division of the Chamber of Comnerce of Lamar County, Texas, that
there had been recent contact made with a large well-known national industry
with reference to the location of a plant in the vicinity of the City of Paris,
and in particular upon sites R, Q, 0, L, and P on the map of the Industrial
Division of the Chamber of Commerce; and,
WHEREAS, it has been estimated that such industry will require in the
neighborhood of five million (5,000,000) gallons of water and sewer service
daily; and,
4VHEREAS, the City of Paris is now engaged in a program of extending
its water and sewer services to create better water and sewage facilities; and,
WHEREAS, it has been the policy of the City Council of the City of
Paris to extend its welcome and lend its services to any substantial prospec-
tive industrial development in the City of Paris, or in the immediate vicinity
thereof; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Paris has made a detailed study and received en-
gineering cost estimates from the Engineering Firm of Forrest and Cotton of
Dallas, Texas, on the capital expenditures that would be necessary to provide
the water and sewage services required by such industry, and that more than
sufficient funds are now available to make the improvements, and such improve-
ments would not in any way create any financial problem or burden upon the City
of Paris, nor would such improvements jeopardize any portion of the Water and
Sewer Distribution Program now being carried out by the City of Paris; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESO LVED BY THE CITY QOUNCIL OF THE CITY 0 F PARIS, That the City
of Paris is ready, willing, and entirely able, and would welcome the opportunity
to provide water and sewer services up to five million (5,000,000) gallons daily
to either of the various site5 shown on said map of the Industrial Division of
the Chamber of Commerce. That the City of Faris will furnish treated water at
the rate of eight cents (8~) per one thousand (1,000) gallons, and sewage will
be furnished at a fair and reasonable cost, not to exceed the pro rata incremen-
tal cost of processing said sewage.
IT IS FURTHER RESO LVED that the City Council of the City of Paris extend
to such industry its wholehearted welcome, and that said industry is hereby
offered the cooperation of the City of Paris in all particulars.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Paris, this 4th
day of March, A. D., 1958.
Mayor
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-~L V~ City Clerk
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