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1958 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING PAVING OF CERTAIN STREETS AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN COP1958 ORDINANCE NO. _ AN ORDINANCE DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING THE PAVING OF CERTAIN STREETS AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN THE CITY OF pARIS; APPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUCH WORK; AU- THORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BI ~oORNG THE PRO~ DIRECTING THE PREPARATION OF FINAL ESTIMATES; CEDURE PROVIDED BY ARTICLE 1105b, VERNON'S ANNOTATED TEXAS STATUTES2 AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TF.XAS, ADOPTING SUCH STATUTE; DETERMINING THAT A PART OF THE COSTS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE CITY OF PARIS AND THE BALANCE THEREOF SHAL.L BE BORNE BY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY AND OWNERS THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE L3SSFSSMENT AND THE TIME, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENTS AND DEFAULTS OF SUCH ASSFSSMENTS AND PRESCRIBING THE RATE OF INTgt EST THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE FIXING OF A LIEN TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS, ON 18TH STREET, N. W., FROM THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF GRAHAM STREET TO THE STREET, FROM SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE SHILOH ND ~1 SHILOH THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE BOUNDARY LINE OF 19TH STREET, N. W., INCLUDING A SMAI.L PARKIn1AY THEREIN; AND DIRBCTIE CLERK MOROTGAGE OR DEED ENACTMENT OF THIS ORDINANC OF TRUST RDCORDS OF LANIAR COUNTY, TFXAS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section 1e That a necessity exists for the permanent im- provement of those certain portions of the public streets herein- after listed, by excavating, grading, paving, constructing s sewer and constructing curb and gutter, and such improvement is hereby ordered, the portions of such public streets to be so im- proved being designated and defined as follows, to-wit: 18th Street, N. W., from the North Boundary Line of Graham Street to the South Boundary Line of Shiloh Street, and Shiloh Street, from the East Boundary Line of 18th Street, N. W. to the Ea.st Boundary Line of 19th Street, N.W., including a small parkway therein. Section 2. Said streets and portions thereof shall be paved with the following type of pavement: A six inch (6") soil cement base with an one and one-half inch (1211) asphalt surface. The plans and specifi.cations for such improvements, heretofore prepared 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 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 improve- ments herein ordered an d the total amount of the part of the costs thereof to be paid by the City of Paris, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 hereof and the instructions whic h 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 streets 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 cre- dited adjustment which may be allowed in the assess- ment of abutting properties an d the owners thereof, as herein provided, for the costs of excavation, base preparation, and paving, and of installation of curbs and gutters. The remaining costs of all such improvements shall be paid by the property abutting such portion of said streets 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 accord.ance 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 streets desig- nated above and portions thereof have been com- pleted and accepted by the City of Paris, the amount of the assessment against each 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 saiddate 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 with 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 aseess- ment upon which default is made, together with reasonable attorney's fees and all collection costs incurred, shall be and become immediately due and payable. Section 6. The City Manager of the City of Paris is hereby authorized to secure and obtain any security lien, or document desired, in addition to the paving assessments and certificates autharized by law to secure the payment of the respective property owner's part of the costs of improvements, and if he sha ll 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 abutting any such city block and portion of sa id construction project fixed by the filing of notice of the enactment ofthis 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 13th day of April, 1970. . B. M. Felty, Mayor ATTEST • X~` H. C. Gr d'ene, City Clerk APP OVED O FORM: . T. . Haynes City Attorney