1942 ORD CLOSING HEARING GIVEN TO REAL AND TRUE OWNERS OF PROPERTY ABUTTING ON CERTAIN STREET IN COP

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(e) That upon the filing of said estimates, the City Council did2 by ordinance duly enacted on the 8th day of December, 1969, provide for and order a hearing to be held at 7:00 o'clock P. M., on the 12th day of January, 1970, 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 in- terest 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 di- rected 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 12th day of January, 1970, 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 of the above mentioned parties and their agents and attorneys to be heard or offer evi- dence as to all matters in accordance with sa id 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 proposed to be constructed and explained the method of apportionment of the costs of such improvements between the City and 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 respective abutting property and that, in his opinion, the abutting properties, and each of them, would, if said street were improved, in accordance with the contract and plans and specifications, be enhanced in value in an amount greater than the proposed assessments against such properties. (g) That at said hearing the following property owners were present and offered objections or testimony as to said improvements, contracts or assessments therefor, or as to proceedings with reference thereto. (1) Marion W. Parker