2123 RES CITY COUNCIL DID RECEIVE REQUEST FOR PRO-RATA SEWER SERVICE EXTENSION

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RESOLUTION N0. 2123 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City cr Paris did heretofore receive a request for a pro-rata sewer service extension to the area adjacent to West Campbell Street, beginning at 30th Street, N.W., West approximately 430 feet; and, WHEREAS, unon the receipt of the same preliminary nlans, specifica.tions and estir.iate of the total cost of the project were prepared and delivered to the City Manager and considered at the regular Council Meeting on the 14th day of Septern.ber, 1981, and a public hearing concerning the same was set for and held on the 12th day of October, 1981; an3, WHEREAS, after hearing the matters presented at the public hearing tne City Council is of tize opinion that it is in the best interest of the citizens of Paris and particularly the citizens in the vicinity of the proposed project that the City of Paris act as sponsor for said project, which is necessary for the protection of health and welfare in this undeveloped area; and, WHEREAS, due to the extraordinary width of the four (4) lots fronting on the proposed sewer line, it would be proper for the City of Paris to absorb fif ty percent (50%) of tize total cost of such extension and the remaining fifty percent (50°%) to be distributed in accordance with the pro- rata front foot plan; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, That the West Campbell Street sanitary sewer ex- tension, being from 30th Street, N. W., West approximately 430 feet, with the Water and 9ewer Fund of the City of Paris absorbing fifty percent (50%) of the extension costs with the remaining fifty percent (50%) being distributed in accordance with the pro-rata front foot plan, be, and the same is hereby approved; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City Manager Rob-ert W. Sokoll, be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to proceed with said project and that a pro-rata contract is waived with regard to this project, but upon completion of the project the actual costs of said project shall be fixed and the price per foot established for the purpose of the charging of the pro-rata charges to property owners adjacent to and benefitting from the same and the amounts to be collected in the event of connection to the line so constructed. Passed and adopted this 12th day of October, 1981. ATTEST: Bi y urnett, Mayor c - H. . Gr ene, City Clerk JAPP OVED A TO FORUM: T. K. Haynes, City Attorney