Subject: 21295/Appl/TDOT/IndAccess/BurnerSystemsInternational
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1993 09:13:43 -0500


                               RESOLUTION NO. 21295
                 
                 
                  A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT
                  AN APPLICATION TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF
                  TRANSPORTATION FOR ASSISTANCE AND CONSTRUCTION
                  OF AN INDUSTRIAL ACCESS ROAD FOR BURNER
                  SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. UNDER THE
                  PROVISIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL HIGHWAY ACT OF
                  1959.
                 
                 
                                                    
                 
                 
       	    	 WHEREAS, the City of Chattanooga, Tennessee, is vitally
       interested in the economic welfare of its citizens and wishes to
       provide the necessary leadership to enhance this area's
       capabilities for growth and development; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the provision of jobs to area citizens by local
       industry is both necessary and vital to the economic well-being 
of
       the City of Chattanooga; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, the Industrial Highway Act of 1959 authorizes
       the Tennessee Department of Transportation to contract with 
cities
       and counties for the construction and maintenance of "Industrial
       Highways" to provide access to industrial areas and to facilitate 

       the development and expansion of industry within the State of
       Tennessee; and
       	    	 WHEREAS, Burner Systems International, Inc. plans to
       construct a 125,000 square foot facility in order to consolidate
       its Rossville and Lewisburg plants and expand its operations to
       manufacture and distribute manifolds and burners in Chattanooga;
       and
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       	    	 WHEREAS, the construction of an industrial access road
       to serve said proposed plant is necessary and vital to the
       successful completion of this project and the future economic
       well-being of this area;
                                NOW, THEREFORE,
       	    	 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That the Mayor be and is hereby 
authorized
       to make application to the Tennessee Department of Transportation 

       for assistance and construction of an industrial access road for
       Burner Systems International, Inc. under the provisions of the
       Industrial Highway Act of 1959, and pursuant to the "Rules and
       Regulations for the Construction of Industrial Highways"
       promulgated by the Commissioner of Transportation.
      
       ADOPTED:	 March 11, 1997
      
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