1700 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING PAVING AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF

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ORDINANCE NO. 1700 AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING THE PAVING AND IMPROVEMENT OF A CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THERE- OF, IN THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUCH WORK; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH WORK; DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES; INVOKING THE PRO- CEDURE PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 110513 REVISED CIVIL STATUTES OF TEXAS AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS ADOPTING SUCH STA- TUTE; DETERMINING THAT A PART OF THE COSTS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE CITY AND THE BALANCE THEREOF SHALL BE BORNE BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTIES AND THE OWNERS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PORTION OF THE COSTS TO BE BORNE BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS; PROVIDING FOR THE FIXING OF A LIEN TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS ON THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF GRAHAM STREET, BE- GINNING AT THE E. B. LINE OF 34TH STREET, N. W., WHERE THE PAVING AND CURB AND GUTTER NOW ENDS ON GRAHAM STREET, AND EXTENDING WEST TO THE E. B. LINE OF LOOP HIGHWAY 286; SETTING THE TIME AND MANNER PROPOSED FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALL SUCH COSTS; AND DIRECT- ING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A NOTICE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE TO BE FILED IN THE MORTGAGE OR DEED OF TRUST RECORDS OF LAMA,R COUNTY, TEXA5. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1. That a necessity exists for thepermanent improvement of those certain portions of the public street hereinafter listed, by excavating, grading, and paving the same, by the installation of drainage facilities therein, by the con- struction of curb and gutters where adequate curbs and gutters are not now in place, and such improvements are hereby ordered, the portions of such public street to be so improved being designated and defined as follows, to-wit: (1) The proposed extension of Graham Street, beginning at the E. B. Line of 34th Street, N.W., where the present pavement and curb and gutter ends on Graham Street, and continuing West to the E. B. Line of Highway Loop 286. Section 2. Said street and portions thereof shall be paved with the following type of pavement: A soil stabilization base with a one and one-half inch (1 -1/2 compacted hot or cold mix asphalt surfacing, all according to standard City of Paris specifications for the building and construction of such type streets. Such street will be constructed thirty-nine feet (391) wide, being nineteen and one-half feet (19-1/21) on each side of the centerline of afifty foot (501) strip dedicated for street purposes by Netseo Trails Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America, same to be paved from curb to curb, and curbs and gutters of standard City of Paris de- sign and specifications will be constructed where the Il)irector of Public Works of the City of Paris determines that adequate curbs and gutters do not existp and necessary drainage facilities will be installed. The plans and specifications for all such improvements, heretofore prepared by the Department of Public Works of the City of Paris9 and now on file with the City Council, are hereby, in all things, approved. Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to take the necessary steps for the improvement work herein described, in accordance with the Charter of the City of Paris and the laws of the :State of Texas. The Director of Public Works of the City of Paris is directed to prepare and file with the City Council his estimate of the total cost of the improvements herein ordered and the total amount of the part of the co sts thereof to be paid by the City of Paris, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 hereof and the instructions which may be given him by the City Council.