2248 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN STREET AND HIGHWAY AND PORTION THEREOF IN COP

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ORDINANCE NO. 2248 . AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR AND OR - DERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF A CERTAIN STREET AND HIGH- WAY AND PORTION TI-E REOF IN THE CITY OF PARIS; APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS PREPARED BY THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; APPROVING ESTIMATE OF APPROXIMATELY $2. 70 PER FRONT FOOT FOR CURB AND GUTTER, BASED UPON BIDS HERE- TOFORE ADVERTISED FOR AND RECEIVED BY THE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT; INVOKING THE PROCEDURE PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 1105b, VERNON'S ANNOTATED TEXAS STATUTES, AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, ADOPTING SUCH STATUTE; DETERMINING THAT A PART OF THE COSTS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, AND THE BALANCE THEREOF SHALL BE BORNE BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY AND OWNERS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND THE TIME, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENTS AND DEFAULTS OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND PRESCRIBING THE RATE OF INTEREST THEREON; PROVIDING FOR THE FIXING OF A LIEN TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, ON F. M. HIGHWAY NO. 1507, FROM THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 19 AND 24, EAST TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF PARIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY, l. 585 MILES; AND DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A NOTICE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE TO BE FILED AMONG THE RECORDS OF THE COUNTY CLERK OF LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. That a necessity exists for the permanent improve- ment of that certain portion of the public street and highway herein- after listed, by cooperating with the Texas Highway Department in the widening, shaping and partial relocation of said public street and highway, and providing for curb and gutter on each side of said street and highway and providing for storm sewer and paving, and such improvements are hereby ordered, the portion of such public street and highway to be so improved being designated and described as follows, to-wit: F. M. Highway No. 1507, from the East Boundary Line of State Highway 19 and 24, East to the East Boundary Line of Paris Independent School District Property, 1. 585 miles. Section 2. Said street and highway and portion thereof shall be improved with curb and gutter, storm sewer and paving. The plans and specifications for such improvements, heretofore prepared by the Texas Highway Department, and furnished to the Department of Public Works of the City of Paris, and now on file with the City Council, are hereby, in all things, approved. The Texas Highway Department has heretofore advertised for and received bids for the construction of said improvements and has estimated the cost per front foot for said curb and gutter to be approximately $2.70.