2000 ORD CLOSING HEARING GIVEN TO REAL AND TRUE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING UPON CERTAIN STREET IN COP

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(d) That the City Council caused the Director of Public Works to prepare and file estimates of the costs of such im- pro vements and estimates of the amount per front foot proposed to be assessed against the property abutting said street within the limits defined, and against the r eal and t rue owner s th er eof . (e) That upon the filing of said estimates, the City Council did, by ordinance duly enacted on the 14th day of December, 1970, provide for and order a hearin g to be held at 7:00 o'clock P. M., on the llth day of January, 1971, 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 pro- perty, or any interest therein, and their agents and attorneys,and all other persons 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 required by law. (f) That after due publication of notice, as required by law, on the llth da.y of January, 1971, at 7:00 o'clock P. M., said hearing was opened and held in accordance with said ordinance and notice, at which time and place an oppor- tunity was given to all o.f the above mentioned parties and their agents and attorneys to be heard or offer evi- dence as to all matters in accordance with said ordinance and notice, at which time the following appeared and tes- tified as follows: J. E. Albright, the Director of Public Works of the City of Paris, briefly described the improvements constructed an d explained the method of apportionment of the costs of such improvements between the City an d the abutting property and the owners thereof. The City Attorney 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 con- tained 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, C. L. Walker, 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.