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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, <br />DISANNEXING 566.58 ACRES OF LAND FROM AN AREA LOCATED NORTH <br />AND SOUTH OF FM 1508 /AIRPORT ROAD IN THE CITY OF PARIS, LAMAR, <br />COUNTY TEXAS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN FOUR SEPARATE <br />TRACTS IN EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETO, IN RESPONSE TO <br />LANDOWNER REQUEST FOR DISANNEXATION; ADJUSTING CITY <br />BOUNDARIES TO REFLECT NEW CITY LIMITS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS <br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER <br />CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN <br />EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />WHEREAS, Over the last two years, numerous property owners from areas located <br />north and south of FM 1508 /Airport Road, Paris, Texas have filed applications for <br />disannexation with the City of Paris requesting that their property be disannexed from the <br />Paris City Limits due to a lack of full city services; and, <br />WHEREAS, during this time City engineering staff along with third -party engineering <br />consultants have studied the area to determine if it was feasible or practical to run new <br />sanitary sewer lines and install sewer lift stations to serve this area; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Engineers determined that it was not currently feasible or practical to <br />install new sanitary sewer lines and lift stations in this area which was still mostly <br />undeveloped with low population; and, <br />WHEREAS, the majority of the City Council voted to move forward with disannexation <br />and called for public hearings on August 24, 2015 and August 31, 2015 in accordance with <br />state law, and, <br />WHEREAS, notice of the public hearings has been published in The Paris News and on <br />the City website, in accordance with state law; and <br />WHEREAS, the City Council, having reviewed the disannexation requests, maps and <br />exhibits for the proposed disannexations and having received public comment, hereby finds <br />and determines that the proposed disannexation of the Properties is in the best interests of <br />the City of Paris, Texas and its citizens. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />PARIS, TEXAS: <br />Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in <br />