607 RES CITY COUNCIL REVEALED WATER DISTRIBUTION AND FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES ARE INADEQUATE9 •
P.ESOLUTIOiJ jv0. 6~?
udHEREAS, deliberGtive studies conducted by the administrative
personr.el of the City of Faris, under the directicn and at the instar;ce
of the City Council reveal that the water distribution and fire pro-
tection services oi the City of Faris are er.tire.ty inadequate for the
distribution of water ar.d providing fire protection for numerous areas
within said City; and,
l'y'ri-E-REZ, the City Council loo;cs forward to the immediate and
ccntinued grokwth, expansion and develo;oment of the water distributien,
fire protection and other municipal facilities of said City sc that
both residential ana com~iiercial develop;nent may be enccuraged and the
'6later Department oi the City may keep pac2 witn existing ar,d future
residential and ir;dustrial develoamer,ts; and,
'J'diIEREAS, ti^rise and eceno.nically sour.d ex;:;ar.sion) develo~rlent aric
rehabilitation of the wGter Gistributicn a~;d fire ~-rotection facilities
and installatior,s o; the "suater De, art;ner.t of t-he City of Faris c;ictates
that nela- enlaroernent and extension or sucil facilities be efiected on
the uasis uf reconunendatier,s, plans, supervision anu inspection of and
by experiercec ard c,uGliiied consultinc; en,ir.eers; ar:d,
'~JEER.EAS, the City Council nas fully considered the matter of
centractinc~ rvith consul;,in(j er.gir.eers for such er.gineerinc services ac;d
has cLully investigated the reliabilityj intecrity anG experience of the
fir;n of Forrest and Cotton, Consulting Engineers of Dallas~ Texas, a
partnership firm ccmposed of T. C. Forrest, Jr. and James A. Cotton, the
result of v.;ich considerations and investigation is that such firm of
Consulting Engineers are in every material respect quGlified to render
the desired and recuired encineering servicES for the City of Paris:
NOl'J, TrIEREFORE, BE IT R1=SOLVED B`: T~-IE CI1Y COuIvCIL OF Tf:E CIT`1'
OF PARIS, That the enoineerinr services of said firm oi i=orrest and
Cotton, Corisultinc; Encineers, be, anc are hereby, engaged upcn the terr,-~s
and in acccrdance Gvith the provisior.s ci a certain prcposed contractual
agreement between the City of Paris and said firrl this day prESented fcr
the apprevGl of the City Council, whicn Nroposed a5reement outlines and
specifies in detail the engineering services to be performed and pro-
vided by such firm, and whicl-i proposed contract and agreement provides
for the payraent to said ergineering firn: of the usuGi and customGry
engineerinc; fee in the arnount GcUG1 to five L er cent (5;;) of the cost
of the installaticns and facilities to be installed in and by the City
of Paris in connec-Lion with such proNosed enlargement, extension and re-
}:abilitation of its er.istinc water distribution and fire protection in-
stallations~ sucn cor,tractual fee to be paid in three pnases, as in such
proposed contract and ar,ree;rent sNeciiied, and the :onorable James R.
Gill, (ti;aycr of the City of Faris, is nereby auttiorized and directed te
bind the City of Faris in accordUnce 4vitn the terr,:s of such proposed cc>n-
tract and acree;nent by executing the sa;tie on behalf of the City of Faris
as its Mlayor.
Passed and adopted by the City Cour.cil of the City of Paris in
regular session corvened on this 9tn day of Jar,uary, 1956.
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