1912 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING PAVING OF CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN COPORDINANCE NO. 1912
AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING THE
PAVING OF A CERTAIN STREET AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN THE CITY OF
PARIS; APPROVING PLANS AND SPDCIFICATIONS FOR SUCH WORK; AU-
THORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR SUCH WORK;
DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF FINAL FSTIMATFS; INVOKING THE PRO-
CEDURE PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 1105b, VERNON'S ANNOTATED TEXAS STA-
TUTFS, AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TP-XAS,
ADOPTING SUCH STATUTE; DETERMINING THAT A PART OF THE COSTS SHALL
BE BORNE BY THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE BALANCE THEREOF SHALL BE
BORNE BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY AND OWNERS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR
THE ASSFSSMENT AND THE TIME, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENTS
AND DEFAULTS OF SUCH ASSFSSMENTS AND PRFSCRIBING THE RATE OF IN-
TEREST THEREON; PROVIDING FOR THE FIXING OF A LIEN TO SECURE THE
PAYMENT OF SUCH ASSFSSMENTS, ON SIMPSON STREET, FROM ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF 25TH STREET, S. E. ,.F.AST
APPROXIMATELY 342 FEET TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF LOT 26,
BLOCK 5 ON THE NORTH AND ON THE SOUTH TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE
OF LOT l, BLOCK 8, BOTH IN THE BROOKSIDE ADDITION; AND DIRDCTING
THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A NOTICE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDI-
NANC E TO BE FILED IN THE MORTGAGE OR DEED OF TRUST RECORDS OF
LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS;
Section 1. That a necessity exists for the permanent im-
provement of those certain portions of the public street herein-
after listed, by excavating, grading, paving, constructing storm
sewer and constructing curb and gutter, and such improvement is
hereby ordered, the portion of such public street to be so im-
proved being designated and defined as follows, to-wit:
Simpson Street, from its intersection with the F-ast
Boundary Line of 25th Street, S. E., East approximately
342 feet to the East Boundary Line of Lot 26, Block 5
on the North and on the South to the East Boundary Line
of Lot 1, Block 8, both in the Brookside Addition.
Section 2. Said street and portions thereof shall be paved
with the following type of pavement; A six inch (611) soil cement
base with a one and one-half inch (12") asphalt surface. The
plans and specifications for such improvements, heretofore pre-
pared by the Department of Public Works of the City of Paris, and
now on .file with the City Council, are hereby, in all things,
approved.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and di-
rected totake 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 o.f 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 costs thereof to
be paid by the City of Paris, in accordance withthe provisions
of Section 5 hereof and the instructions which may be given him
by the City Council.
Section 4. The City Council of the City of Paris deems it
advisable and hereby determines to proceed under and exercise the
powers, terms and provisions of Article 1105b, Vernon's Annotated
Texas Statutes, and the provisions of the Charter of the City of
Paris adopting such statute of the State of Texas.
Section 5. The costs of said improvements shall be paid
as follows, to-wit:
(a) The City of Paris shall pay all of the costs of
drainage installations, wherever located, if any,
all the costs of excavation, base preparation and
paving within street intersections, and not less
than one-third of the costs of excavation, base
preparation and paving of all other portions of
the street involved. In cases where the City
Council may deem it just and proper, the City
shall also pay all or any part of the amount of any
credited adjustment which may be allowed in the
assessment of abutting properties and the owners
thereof, as herein provided, for the costs of ex-
cavation, base preparation, and paving, and of in-
stallation of curbs and gutters. The remaining
costs of all such improvements shall be paid by the
property abutting such portion of said street and
the owners thereof.
(b) The remainder of the costs of such improvements
shall be assessed against the respective abutting
properties and the real and true owners thereof in
accordance with the statutes of Texas and the
Charter of the City of Paris herein referred to.
No assessment shall be made against any abutting
property or the real and true owner thereof for
costs in excess of the benefits to such property in
enhance value thereof by means of such improvement.
The amounts of such assessments shall constitute a
first and prior lien upon all such properties and
a personal liability of the real and true owners
thereof, whether correctly named or not, and shall
be payable in installments as follows: When the
improvements herein ordered .for the street desig-
nated above and portions thereof have been completed
and accepted by the City of Paris, the amount of the
assessment against such property abutting thereon
and the real and true owner thereof shall be and
become payable in five (5) equal annual principal
installments, due respectively thirty (30) days
after one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and
five (5) years from the date of acceptance by the
City, together with interest on each installment
from said date of acceptance until paid at the rate
of six per cent (6%) per annum, payable annually;
provided, however, that the owners of any of said
property shall have the privilege of paying all or
any of said installments at any time before maturity
thereof by paying the total amount of the principal
of such installment, together Wth the interest
accrued thereon to the date of payment. Further,
if default be made in the payment of any of said
installments of principal or interest promptly as
the same mature, then at the option of the City of
Paris, the entire amount of the assessment upon
which default is made, together with reasonable
attorney's fees and all collection costs incurred,
shall be and become immediately due an d payable.
Section 6. The City Manager of the City of Paris is hereby
authorized to secure and obtain any security lien, or document de-
sired, in addition to the paving assessments and certificates au-
thorized by law to secure the payment of the respective property
owner's part of the costs of improvements, and if he shall be un-
able to obtain reasonable satisfactory security as to any abutting
property or owner, the whole city block to which the frontage of
any such property or properties belong may be by him deleted from
the construction contract and the lien upon the properties abutt-
ing any such city block and portion of said construction project
fixed by the filing of notice of the enactment of this ordinance
will be released.
Section 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause to
be prepared a notice of enactment of this ordinance, and to file
said notice with the County Clerk of Lamar County, Texas, among
the Mortgage or Deed of Trust Records of said County.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Paris,
in regular session convened, on this the 9th day of June, 1969.
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R. A. Kennedy, Mayo
ATTFST ;
H. C. Greene, City Glerk
AP RO VED= TO FOR M:
`T. K. Haynes, City Attorney ~