679-A RES CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED COMMITTEE FROM CITY COUNCIL TO CONFER AND REPORT ON PROPOSED SOIL CONSERVATION AND FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICTt
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RESOLUTION N0.679-A .
WHEREAS, the City Council has heretofore appointed a
committee from the City Council of the City of Paris to confer
with and report upon a proposed Soil Conservation and Flood
Control District for the Pine Creek Water Shed; and,
WHEREAS, said committee has reported and made its
recommendations; and,
WHEREAS, the report of the committee has been
approved by the City Council of the City of Paris; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that said
project is beneficial to the area involved; NOVd, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PARIS, That the City Council join with the representatives
of the Soil Conservation and Flood Control District for the
Pine Creek area and with the Commissionerst Court of Lamar
County, Texas in requesting that a survey be made of said
Pine Creek Water Shed to determine the feasibility of the
water control and conservation project for said area; pro-
vided, however, that nothing in this resolution be construed
to waive any of the existing water rights of the City of
Paris in and to the Lake Crook Water Shed.
Passed and adopted this llth day of February, A. D.,
1957.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk.
APPR VED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney.
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APPLiC,ATION FOR I'LAN!V'ING ASSIS'.'ANO E
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T'PATEP.SrED PRD'I'EC TIX Ar11) Fi,GOP P?TEti'E'IT'iION AC T 1he loaal organizati,on( s) signing this aLpplicati on reque sts the
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State Soil Con$ervation Board, ".'emple, Texas to join in aak_ing the
USP.A to proyida_assistanoe~in developirig a rrork plan for the
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watei•shad. 1he following
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inforim -t;ion is subrnittsd in support of the applicationt
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L- -Size of waters~iec~s_ . aares.
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a. Soi2 Conservation pistrict (s)
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. 'Vatershed ?'roblems:
1. Approx3.mately 130$06 aarea af gcod botitomland it`=bain&.°f,I.acdad
1 to 3 times each year• Au esti:nated 4,000 aores has besn
abandoned from cultivatian beaause of freqti.iene~ of-f-1eodI-ng,-
2. Most of the approximate 2,800 acres naw in oultivation needs
drainage but canno4 be adequartely and es,fely drair_ed due to
i'lcoding, ~
3, Silt depositian from. hill land on bottomland is also a problem,
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It ia the belief of tt~a undersigned looal orge.nizat3ons tY:at Federal
assistanoe under the '~'atershed Proteqtiou and Flood Pr~Tentia~ Act is
needed. We hereby apply ~or Flanning asaistanoe to determir,s whether or
not the projec~ proposed is physiaaliy and eaonomically sound.
Signeds J.S.Shs
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hGgTH. TE~AS
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Notcs To avoid delays one~~~opy of the applica±ion should be sont to
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H. N. S~r,~t3~, State Conser:*ationist, Soil yo~servQt,ion Servicei P.C~. Bwc I~l?,
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Temp~e,_Tbxas, at -thQ _ sama time that, t~ont co~iea are sexit to thq State Soil
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