1622 ORD DECLARING NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING PAVING AND IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN STEETS AND PORTIONS THEREOF IN COP0~3DrNnrlUE Noo 1622
AN 0RDINANCE DECT.A'3.ING TIiT V~?1C7]S3ITY FOR AND ORDERING TIiE PAVING
AND IIVIPROVEB1ETdT 0F CEERTa Iv STRE ETS AND PORTI0NS THERE07' IN 'TI-IE C IT`i'
OF PARIS, APPROVIiqG PLANS AND SPECIFICATSONS FOR S?JCFi WORk, AUTIIORIZ-
TINtG TI-iE CITi' MANAGE i TO PROVZD :~'0'ri SUCiI ?'JORK~ DIRE, CTIIJG THE PREPARA-
TION OF ESTMkTi.S, IN'VOKTNG TI-FE PROCEDURE PROVIDED BY ARTICLF 1105b,
IIEVISED C NI.L STATUTLS OF TEKAS AND TKE CHARTLR OF+ Ti-IE C IT -\T 0?i' Pr`1R.IS'
T`E_,KAS ADOPTING SLJCH STATUTE, DEZTRNII'~itlNG THAT A Pr1LaT OF THE COSTS
SHAIAL RE DORTTE BTY' TIiE CITY AN?) THE BAL.ANCE THIERECF SIIALL BE BORNE BY
TI-fl_'~ ABTJTTIPIG PROPEI.RTIES AND THF 0WNERS Ti-iEREOF, PROVIDTNG F0i-i THE
A SSESS~~TI3NT 0F T%IE PORTION OF THE COSTS TO BE, BORNE BY THE PROPER'I`Y
Q`JNERS, PROVIDING FOR Ti-1L FIXING OF A LIEAT TO SECURE THE PAYiy7ENT OF
SUCu ASSESSM'TITS, ON GRAHAM STRFET, R7-:GINNING 18 FEET EAST OF TI-I'E
F, B. LINE OF PARIS TNDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PROP :RTY AND F'..~TEND-
1NG '^TEST TO T"iF E. R. LTNE OF j4TH S'I'HEET, IvT .W,, AND OT_d j2ND STREET,
T,7, '.'T. ,-_9FGI~\TPJl?TG AT T%M Tv .B. L11vE OF BONHAM STR JJT AND CONTINUING TO
THE S. B. I,IA1E OF GRAHAM STREET, SETTING T-fiE TITMEE, AND MANI`dER PROPOSED
FOR T%iE PAYMENT OP ALI, SUCI-i COSTS, AND DI'1i ECTING THE CITY CLERK TO
CILUSE A NOTICE OF TH'C: ENACTMET?T OIi' THIS 0RDINANCE TO _9E F'ILED IN THE
P'iORTG.AGF OR DEED Or THUST :RECORDS OF L.4MAR COUNTY, TEXAS.
BE TT ORDA INED BY TIF, C TTY C OUNC IL 4F THE C ITY OF PAR IS :
Section l. That a necessity exists for the permanent improvement
of those certain portions of the public streets hereinai'ter listed,
by excavating, grading, and pavinb the same, by the instal.lation of
dr.ainage f'acilities therein, by the constructlon of' curb and gutters
whe»e adequate curbs and gutters a.re not new in place, and such im-
provements are hereby ordered, the portions of such public streets to
be so improved being designated and defined as -follov,rs, to-wit:
(Z) Graham Street, from a point beginning 16 feet East of the
F. B. I,ine of the Paris Independent School District
property and continuing SJest to the E. B Line of ~4th
Street, N. TNT.
(2) _~2nd Street, N. sJ1. , beginning a'c the N. 'R. Line of
Bonham Street and continuing North to the 9. B. Line
of Graham Street.
Section 2. Said streets and portions thereof sha11 be paved with
the following type of pavement: A soil stabilization base with a one
and one-nalf inch (1-1/211) compacted hot or cold mix asphalt surfacing,
all according to standard City of Paris specifications for the building
and construction of such type streets. Such streets will be widened
from curb to curb, a width of thirty-nine feet (--)9`), same to be paved
from curb to curb, and curbs and gutters of standard City of Faris de-
sign and specifications will be constructed where the Director of Public
?"lorks of the City of Paris determines that adequate curbs and 0-utters
do not exist, and necessary drainage facilities will be ?nstalleda The
pla.ns and specifications for all such improvements, heretofore prepared
by the Department of Public Works of the City of Paris, and now on file
wlith the City Council, are hereby, in all things, approved.
Section 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
take the necessary steps for the improvement work herein described, in
accordance vritn the Cha.rter 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 i'ile with the City Council his estimate of the
total cost of the improvements herein orda-ed and 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 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, R.C.S. 1925, and the provisions of the
Charter of the CitJ of Paris adopting said statute of the State of Texas.
Section 5. The costs of said i.riprouements shall be paid as
follows, to-wit:
(a) The City shall pay all of the costs of drainage in-
stallations, wherever located, if any, al1 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 vahere 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 ovJner thereof, as herein provided, for the cost
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 oi' said streets and
the owners thereofo
(b) The remainder of the costs of such improvements sha11
be assessed against the respective abutting properties
and the real and true owners thereof in accordance with
the statutes of Texas and the Chartercf the City of
Paris herein referred to. No assessment shall be made
against any abutting property or tne real and true
owner thereof .'or cests in excess of the benef its to
such property in enhance value thereof by means of
such improvement. The arnolznts oi' such assessments
shall constitute afirst and prior lien upon all such
properties and a personal liability of the real and
true owners thereof, vlhether correctly named or not,
and sha11 be payable in installments as follows: TnThen
the improvements herein ordered for the streets desig-
nated above and portions thereof have been completed
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 installments, due
respectively thirt (30) days after one (1), two (2),
three (3), four (4~, and f ive (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 (bo) per annum,
nayable 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 matur ity thereof by paying the total amount of
the principal ofsuch installments, tobether with the
interest accrued thereon to the date of payment.
Fu.rther, if def ault be made in the payment of any of
said installments of principal or interest promptly as
the same matia.re, then at the option of the City of
Paris, the entire a.mount of the assessment upon which
default is made, togetn.er with reasonaUle attorne7T' s
fees and a11 collection costs inclarred, shal_l be and
become immediately ciue and pa;,able.
Section 6. The City IViana.ger of the City of Parls ls hereby au-
thorized to secure and obtain any securlty 11en, or document desired,
in actdition to the pavin; assessments and certificates authorized by
law to secUre the payment of the .respective property oti•mer's part of
the costs and irnprovements, and if he sha11 be unable to obtain
reasonable satisfactorJ secizrity as to any abuttin- property or
owner, the whole city block to which the frontage oi any such property
or properties belong may be by him deleted f'rom the construction con-
tract and the lien upon the properties abutting any such city block
and portion of saia construction project fixed b;r the filing of notiee
of the enactment of' this ordinance will be released.
Section 7. The City Clerk is hereby ds.rected to cause to be
prepared a notice of enactment of this ordinance and. to file said
notice with the County Clerk of T,amar County,Texas, among the Mortgage
or Peed of Trust Records of said County.
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Parls,
in regu.lar session convened, on this llth day of March, A. D., 19b_,).
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