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ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS DISANNEXING THREE TRACTS OF LAND BEING 1.16 ACRES, 2.45 ACRES AND 160.7 ACRES FOR A TOTAL OF 164.31 ACRES LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CHISUM ABSTRACT NO. 175 AND NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE BOURLAND ABSTRACT NO. 70 BEING 0.75 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF FM HWY 79 AND THE 2.45 ACRE TRACT BEING LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF FM HWY 79 INCLUDING ADDRESSES RANGING FROM 3194 FM HWY 79 TO 3930 FM HWY 79, OF THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A ATTACHED HERETO, IN RESPONSE TO LANDOWNER REQUESTS FOR DISANNEXATION; ADJUSTING CITY BOUNDARIES TO REFLECT NEW CITY LIMITS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, on January 25, 2016, property owners Terry and Dedra Dollins, Peter and Lisa Zacharias, Jessie Tucker, O.B. McCuin, Stacy and Shelia Pendergraft, Ronald Dockray, Carolyn Patterson, Arthur and Joyce Lay and Carol Diggs filed applications for disannexation with the City of Paris, Texas requesting that their properties be disannexed from the Paris City Limits due to a lack of city water and sewer services; and WHEREAS, the request includes three tracts of land being 1.16 acres, 2.45 acres and 160.7 acres for a total of 164.31 acres located in the southeastern corner of the Chisum Abstract No. 175 and northeastern corner of the Bourland Abstract No. 70 being 0.75 miles northwest of the intersection of FM Hwy 79 and the 2.45 acre tract being located along the south side of FM Hwy 79 including addresses ranging from 3194 FM Hwy 79 to 3930 FM Hwy 79, of the city of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein; and WHEREAS, City of Paris engineering staff and third -party engineering consultants have studied the area to determine if it is feasible or practical to run new sanitary sewer lines and install sewer lift stations to serve this area; and WHEREAS, the engineers determined that it is not currently feasible or practical to install new sanitary sewer lines and lift stations in this area which is still mostly undeveloped with low population; and WHEREAS, on February 8, 2016, the majority of the City Council voted to move forward with disannexation and called for public hearings on May 16, 2016 and May 23, 2016 in accordance with state law; and WHEREAS, notice of the public hearings was published in The Paris News on April 22, 2016, and on the City website, in accordance with state law; and