2290 ORD CLOSING HEARING GIVEN TO REAL AND TRUE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON CERTAIN STREET AND HIGHWAY IN COP

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(d) That the City Council caused the Department of Public Works to file estimates of the costs of such improvements and estimates of the amount per front foot proposed to be assessed against the property abutting said street and highway within the li - mits defined, and against the real and true owners thereof. (e) That upon the filing of said estimates the City Council did, by ordinance duly enacted on the lOth day of May, 1976, provide for and order a hearing to be held at 7:00 0' clock P. M. , on the 14th day of June, 1976, in the City Council Room, City Hall, Paris, Texas, at which time and place all persons, firms, corporations and estates owning or claiming any such abutting property, or any interest therein, and their agents and attorneys, and all other per- sons interested therein, were to appear and to be heard in person or by counsel, and such ordinance directed that the City Clerk give due notice of such hearing in the manner reguired by law. (f) That after due publication of notice, as required by law, on the 14th day of June, 1976, at 7:00 0' clock P. M. , said hearing was opened and held in accordance with said ordinance and notice, at which time and place an opportunity was given to all of the above mentioned parties and their agents and attorneys to be heard or offer evidence as to all matters in accordance with said ordinance and notice, at which time the following appsared and testified as follows : The Director of Public Works of the City of Paris, Ennis Killingsworth, Jr. , explained the method of appor- tionment of the costs of such improvements between the City and the abutting property and the owners thereof. Mr. Richard Stauter of the Texas Highway Department briefly described the improvements constructed. The City Attorney, T. K. Haynes, then pointed out that notice of the hearing had been published in the Paris News at the time and in the manner required by law, and that such contained proposed rates to be assessed against the abutting property and its owners and the estimated total amount of the whole improvement, and that a copy of the notice had been mailed to the abutting property owners. The City Manager, Kerry R. Sweatt, further explained the project as being within city policy, testified and advised the Council of the respective values of the improvements and the degree to which they enhanced the value of the re - spective abutting property and that, in his opinion, the abutting properties, and each of them, were enhanced in value by the building of said improvements in an amount greater than the assessments against such properties. Mrs. C. M. Morgan, agent for Harry C. Jenkins Estate, and Mr. O. O. Hare, agent for Michel T. Halbouty, voiced objections as hereinafter stated.