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ORDINANCE NO. 2025 - ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE FORESTBROOK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT PLAN AND IMPROVEMENT AREA #1 ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE FORESTBROOK PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. l; MAKING A FINDING OF SPECIAL BENEFIT TO CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE DISTRICT; LEVYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AGAINST CERTAIN PROPERTY WITHIN IMPROVEMENT AREA #1 OF THE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING A LIEN ON SUCH PROPERTY; PROVIDING FOR THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT AND THE PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 372, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AS AMENDED; PROVIDING PENALTIES AND INTEREST ON DELINQUENT ASSESSMENTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the Public Improvement District Assessment Act, Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 372, as amended (the "Act"), authorizes the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Paris, Texas (the "City"), to create a public improvement district within the City; and WHEREAS, on October 14, 2024, the Council approved Resolution No. R-2024-044 authorizing, establishing and creating the Forestbrook Public Improvement District No. 1 (the "District"); and WHEREAS, on June 23, 2025, the Council adopted a resolution (i) determining the total costs of certain authorized public improvements to be undertaken in Improvement Area #1, (ii) approving a preliminary service and assessment plan, including a proposed Improvement Area #1 Assessment Roll (defined below), and (iii) directing the City Clerk of the City (the "City Clerk") to publish and mail notice of a public hearing (the "Assessment Hearing") to consider an ordinance levying assessments (the "Improvement Area #1 Assessments") on certain benefitted property within Improvement Area #1 (the "Improvement Area #1 Assessed Property"); and WHEREAS, the City Clerk filed the proposed Improvement Area #1 Assessment Roll and made the same available for public inspection; and WHEREAS, the City Clerk (i) published notice of the Assessment Hearing on June 29, 2025 in The Paris News, which is a newspaper of general circulation in the City, pursuant to Section 372.016(b) of the Act, and (ii) mailed notice of the Assessment Hearing to the last known address of the owners of the property liable for the Improvement Area #1 Assessments on June 25, 2025, pursuant to Section 372.016(c) of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Council convened the Assessment Hearing on July 14, 2025, at which all persons who appeared, or requested to appear, in person or by their attorney, were given the opportunity to contend for or contest the Improvement Area #1 Assessment Roll and the proposed Improvement Area #1 Assessments, and to offer testimony pertinent to any issue presented on the amount of the Improvement Area #1 Assessments, the allocation of the costs of the authorized