HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 17, Page 918, Ordinance Number 72-2-605918
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ORDINANCE NO. 72-2-605
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR
A 50% FEDERAL GRANT FOR EXTENSION OF SEWAGE COLLECTION FACILITIES FROM
THE CITY OF PADUCAH TO THE GREATER PADUCAH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATION COLEMAN ROAD INDUSTRIAL SITE
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah, Kentucky is undertaking the
prosecution of a Grant Application through the U. S. Department
of Commerce, Economic Development Administration, requesting
federal assistance for a Public Works Project, under the provisions
of Section 101 of Public Law 89-136, as amended, known as the Coleman
Road Industrial Site Sewage Collection Facility, and
WHEREAS, it has been found and determined by the Board of
Commissioners of the City of Paducah and the Greater Paducah Industrial
Development Association that the lack of a sewage collection system
for the Coleman Road Industrial Site does impair the ability of said
site to attract new industry, thus reducing the possibility of economic
development in the Paducah area, and
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah, Kentucky, has heretofore been
authorized to make a feasibility study and prepare an application for
submission to the Economic Development Administration for assistance
in the City;'.s public improvement program, and
WHEREAS, said study and application are now complete and
prepared and conclusions find it desirable and advantageous for the City
to seek the assistance of the Economic Development Administration in
making public improvements, and
WHEREAS, the public portion of the improvements can be obtained
at 501% cost to the City, and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the grant of funds pursuant
to Public Law 89-136 will impose certain obligations and responsi-
bilities upon the City as applicant,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That an application be filed with the Economic
Development Administration on behalf of the City of Paducah, Kentucky,
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pursuant to Section 101 of Public Law 89.136, as amended, for a Public
Works Grant of 50% of the cost of undertaking and carrying out a
program estimated to total $268,000.00 for an area specifically desig-
nated in such application, and that the Mayor is hereby authorized and
directed to execute and file such application and provide such additional
information and furnish such documents as maybe required by the
Economic Development Administration.
SECTION 2. The estimated $134,000.00 for local contribution
for the cost of the project shall be made available in and paid from
the Sewer Depreciation and Extension Fund, and the contributions to the
project to be paid by the County of McCracken and the Greater Paducah
Industrial Development Association shall be deposited in and to the
account of said fund, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to assure
the Economic Development Administration that the 50% cost to be borne
by the City shall be available on demand after the award of the grant
and as expenditures require during the progress of the construction of
the new sewage collection facility.
SECTION 3. An emergency is declared to exist and this ordinance
shall therefore be introduced and remain on file for at least one week
for public inspection in the completed form in which it shall be put
upon its final passage, and if adopted shall be in full force and
effect immediately thereafter.
Mayor
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners January 25, 1972
Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 1, 1972
Recorded.by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 1, 1972.