2001-071-ORD DETERMINING NEED FOR SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS IN SPECIFIC SUBDIVISIONS

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5. "Cost of Improvement" shall include engineering expenses, fiscal fees, and other expenses incident to the construction of improvements to the sanitary sewer system pursuant to the project, as the aforesaid project is described herein. Section 3. That the City Council ofthe City of Paris, Paris, Texas, having reviewed proposed plans and specification, having received input from the general public, having received petitions from interested and affected citizens, and having found and determined that the provision of sanitary sewer service is a necessary and proper service provided by municipalities in general and the City of Paris specifically, and that such service is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, does hereby find and determine and declare the need for sanitary sewer improvements as provided by the project to the benefitted property, that such project is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and hereby directs that said project shall proceed in accordance with state law. Section 4. That the general nature and extent of the improvements to be provided by the project shall be and is hereby identified as approximately 7 ,967 linear feet, more or less, of eight (8) inch diameter PVC sanitary sewer line and appurtenances, installed in accordance with any and all applicable city codes, such improvements to be located in those subdivisions generally described as the Cope Addition, Suburban Estates Addition, Golden Acre Addition, and certain tracts ofthe E. Crow Survey, along Meadowlark Street, Mockingbird Street, Cope Street, Pine Mill Road, Thomas Drive, Welch Circle, and 46th Street N.E. in the city limits of the City of Paris. Section 5. That the detailed plans, specifications, and cost estimates for the project, previously authorized by the City Council and submitted to the City Council by the engineering firm of Hayter Engineering, shall be and are hereby in all things approved, ratified, and incorporated herein by reference. Section 6. That the aforesaid project is hereby ordered for construction; that following the acquisition of necessary easements for the installation of the project, as such acquisitions shall be authorized by separate action of City Council, competitive bids shall be taken for the project; and that the project shall be contracted for construction. Section 7. That pursuant to state law, the City Council finds and determines that the benefitted properties as the same are described generally herein, and as are more specifically described in Exhibit A attached here to and for all purposes incorporated herein, are and shall receive an enhancement in value following the construction of the project equal to orin excess ofthe amount shown in Exhibit A attached hereto. Section 8. That the City Council does hereby invoke and authorize the implementation of the authority pursuant to Subchapter D of Chapter 402 of the Local Government Code to assess a portion of the cost of the project against the benefitted property owners whose properties are enhanced in value as determined herein.