2003-117-RES APPROVING/AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE EXTENSION OF SEWER COLLECTOR LINE

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SEWER EXTENSION CONTRACT AND ACCOMPANYING CONTRACTUAL LIEN STATE OF TEXAS ~ KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: COUNTY OF LAMAR ~ WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, in conjunction with other governmental entities, private groups, and private individuals, has supported and participated in a community-wide beautification program intended to remove junk, litter, and other unsightly materials, generally improve blighted areas of the City, remove substandard buildings and structures, preserve historically significant structures in areas, and protect and preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, and generally improve the over-all appearance of the community; and, WHEREAS, in pursuit of said goals, the City of Paris (hereinafter referred to as the "City"), among other actions, has adopted Article VII entitled Historic Preservation, to Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, known as the Historic Preservation Ordinance, to provide for the preservation of significant historical landmarks and properties within the City; and, WHEREAS, the City has likewise adopted amendments to its Zoning Ordinance to provide for the creation of areas designated as Historic Districts pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Historic Preservation Ordinance and the Zoning Ordinance; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has, by adoption of Ordinance No. 2003-023 designated a substantial portion of the Paris downtown area as an Historic Overlay District; and, WHEREAS, the City Council has likewise found and determined that structures located within the Downtown Historic District present special problems associated with their construction, reconstruction, and rehabilitation, and accessing sewer mains for said historical structures presents special problems which require the adoption of special policies and regulations associated therewith to foster and encourage the rehabilitation and reconstruction of structures located within the aforesaid historic district; and, WHEREAS, in furtherance of said goal of assisting the owners of historical structures located within historic districts to access sewer mains, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2003-027 on June 16, 2003, amending Section 10 of Ordinance No. 1315, the City Subdivision Ordinance, to provide a process for City participation in the extension of alternate sewer collectors for existing structures located in Historic Districts ("the Ordinance"); and, Page 1 of 11 EXHIBIT A