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<br />project being consistent with the original considerations regarding providing adequate sewer to the
<br />affected citizens in protecting the health, safety, and welfare; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the prior estimate for the cost of the project has now been escalated to a total
<br />cost of $476,700.00 plus engineering costs to accommodate the expanded scope of said project;
<br />and,
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<br />WHEREAS, as a consequence, in order to comply with State law and City ordinance, it
<br />is necessary to conduct a subsequent public hearing concerning the estimate of the project cost,
<br />the public need and necessary for said project, and to receive input from the affected citizens and
<br />the citizens in general regarding the aforesaid project; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the did heretofore, on August 13, 2001, in Resolution
<br />No. 2001-130, approve setting a public hearing concerning the same at the regular Council
<br />meeting on October 8, 200 1; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, due to scheduling conflicts the October 8,2001, regular Council meeting is
<br />being consolidated with the Thursday, October 4, 2001, regular Council meeting, and the October
<br />8, 2001, public hearing should be changed; and,
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<br />WHEREAS, it would be right and proper to have a public hearing concerning the same
<br />at the regular Council meeting on Thursday, October 4, 200 1, at which time the City Council will
<br />determine whether or not the pro rata project expansion should be had; NOW, THEREFORE,
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<br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
<br />TEXAS:
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<br />Section 1. That the fmdings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all
<br />things approved.
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<br />Section 2. That the City Council finds and determines that there is a public necessity in
<br />order to preserve and protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Paris to
<br />construct the aforesaid project as currently proposed.
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<br />Section 3. That the estimate of the total cost for said project is now at $80,000.00 for
<br />engineering cost and $476,700.00 for construction cost, for a total estimated cost of $556,700.00.
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<br />Section 4. That a public hearing be held by and before the City Council of the City of
<br />Paris in regular session convened on the 4th day of October at 6:00 o'clock p.m., in the Paris
<br />Junior College Applied Technology Building, Room 1016, at 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris,
<br />Texas, at which time the matter of the expansion of the sanitary sewer line pro rata extension for
<br />the Cope Addition along Meadowlark, Mockingbird, Cope, and Pine Mill Streets, thence southerly
<br />to tie into existing City collection system will be considered.
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