2002-018-ORD ABANDONING FORTY FOOT STREET KNOWN AS W PRICE STREET

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ORDINANCE NO. 2002-018 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ABANDONING THE FORTY (40) FOOT STREET KNOWN AS W. PRICE STREET, BEGINNING AT THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF N. MAIN STREET (U.S. HWY 271) GOING WEST TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF 1ST STREET N.W.; DECLARING NO NECESSITY OR NEED OF SAID STREET FOR CITY USE OTHER THAN FOR RIGHT OF ENTRY AND SURFACE ACCESS, DRAINAGE, AND UTILITY EASEMENTS, WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY RETAINED BY THE CITY OF PARIS; AUTHORIZING THE EXCHANGE OF THE CITY'S INTEREST IN THE PRICE STREET RIGHT-OF-W AY FOR THE CONVEYANCE BY THE COUNTY OF A FUTURE UTILITY EASEMENT FOR REWCATION OF WATER LINES AND OTHER UTILITIES AND FOR THE CONVEYANCE TO THE CITY OF THE COUNTY'S INTEREST IN RIGHT-OF-WAY NECESSARY FOR THE EXTENSION OF HEARNE STREET; DETERMINING FAIR CONSIDERATION AND EQUAL VALUE IN SAID EXCHANGE; CONDITIONING SAID ABANDONMENT OF PRICE STREET ON RECEIPT OF THE UTILITY EASEMENT AND THE HEARNE STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY; AMENDING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, it has been brought to the attention of the City Council of the City of Paris that a forty (40) foot street, beginning at the west boundary line of N. Main Street (U.S. Hwy 271) going west to the east boundary line of 1st Street N.W., is of no use as a street to the City of Paris or to its citizens, but is of use and necessary to the City of Paris and its citizens for drainage and utility easement purposes, and the City Council so finds; and, WHEREAS, the City Council, in anticipation of the receipt of a letter on behalf of the Commissioner's Court of Lamar County, as owners of the property adjacent to said portion ofW. Price Street, requesting the abandonment of said portion of W. Price Street, adopted Resolution No. 2002-022 on January 14, 2002, referring the matter of said proposed street abandonment to the Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Paris for the Commission's review and recommendation to the City Council for final action; and, WHEREAS, the County Commissioner Court of Lamar County, by letter dated February 25, 2002, formally requested abandonment of the aforesaid portion of W. Price Street; and, WHEREAS, the Planning & Zoning Commission did, on the 4th day of March, 2002, and again on the 1st day of April, 2002, conduct public hearings to allow interested citizens and members of the public to comment for and against the proposal to abandon the aforesaid street right-of-way; and,