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January 12, 2002
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, REFERRING A REQUEST FROM LAMAR COUNTY, THE
ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, TO THE PLANNING & ZONING
COMMISSION FOR THE ABANDONMENT OF A PORTION OF A FORTY
(40) FOOT STREET KNOWN AS W. PRICE STREET IN CITY BLOCK 41
BETWEEN N. MAIN STREET (U.S. HWY 271) AND 1ST STREET N.W.
BEGINNING AT THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF N. MAIN STREET
GOING WEST TO THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF 1ST STREET N.W.;
SETTING PUBLIC HEARINGS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND
PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris is in receipt of a request from Lamar
County, the adj acent property owner, requesting that a portion of the street known as W. Price
Street in City Block 41 be abandoned from the west boundary line of N. Main Street west to the
east boundary line of lst Street N.W.; and,
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the citizens of Paris that such
request for street abandonment be reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City
of Paris and that a recommendation be made to the City Council for final action; and,
WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper that a public hearing be set before the Planning and
Zoning Commission at 5:30 p.m., in the City Council Chamber, City Hall, Paris, Texas, on the
4th day of February, 2002, and before the City Council at 6:00 p.m. on the 7th day of February,
2002; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all
things approved.
Section 2. That the matter of abandoning a portion of the street known as W. Price
Street from the west boundary line of N. Main Street (U. S. Hwy 271) west to the east boundary
line of lst Street N.W., be, and the same is hereby, referred to the Planning and Zoning
Commission of the City of Paris for its recommendation.
Section 3. That a public hearing be held by and before the Planning and Zoning
Commission of the City of Paris at 5:30 p.m. in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology
Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas, on the 4th day of February, 2002,
and that a public hearing be held by and before the City Council of the City of Paris at 6:00 p.m.
in the Paris Junior College Applied Technology Building, Room 1016, 2400 Clarksville Street,
Paris, Texas, on the 7th day of February, 2002, said public hearings to be held concerning the
abandonment of said street.
Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of January, 2002.
Michael J. Pfiester, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mattie Cunningham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry W. Schenk, City Attorney