WHEREAS, the City Council likewise found and determined at said public hearing that the
<br />front footage method of assessing cost against individual property owners for said improvements
<br />would be inequitable, and determined that the tributary area method was a more equitable method
<br />of assessing said cost; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council thereafter instructed and directed the plans and specifications
<br />be prepared for expanding the aforesaid project to include extension of sanitary sewer service to other
<br />properties not originally included in the project; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council thereafter received detailed plans, specifications, and cost
<br />estimates for the proposed expanded project; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council, at its regular meeting of August 13,2001, thereafter adopted
<br />Resolution No. 2001-130, whereby it was found and determined that the original project should be
<br />expanded to include other properties not originally included therein, and concurrently approving
<br />plans and specifications and estimates of cost for the expanded project as set out therein; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council by adoption of said resolution likewise authorized a public
<br />hearing on the issue of assessing the cost of said expanded project against the property owners whose
<br />property would be enhanced in value by said project; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council thereafter adopted Resolution No. 2001-161 on the 17th day
<br />of September, 2001, resetting the date of the public hearing to consider the aforesaid project, said
<br />public hearing being called for Thursday, October 4, 2001, at 6:00 p.m.; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to conduct said public hearing and to allow all
<br />citizens to comment on the proposed project, stating their views both for and against, and stating
<br />other matters as the same may be relevant to the proposed project; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council, having reviewed the proposed plans and specifications for the
<br />aforesaid project, finds and determines said project is necessary for the protection of the health and
<br />welfare of the citizens and properties located within the area of the proposed project, and is necessary
<br />to provide adequate sanitary sewer service to the affected citizens within the proposed project area,
<br />thereby protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public as a whole; and,
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<br /> WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines the project should be expanded to provide
<br />sanitary sewer service to property owners located in subdivisions generally described as the Cope
<br />Addition, Suburban Estates Addition, Golden Acre Addition, and certain tracts in the E. Crow
<br />Survey, along Meadowlark Street, Mockingbird Street, Cope Street, Pine Mill Road, Thomas Drive,
<br />and Welch Circle; and,
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