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Regular Council Meeting May 23, 2016 Page 4 A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Clifford and seconded by Council Member Trenado. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 13. Approve a contract with HWH Construction in the amount of $638,644.80 for construction of the West Paris Multi -Use Trail. City Engineer Carla Easton explained this was for construction of a multi -use trail connecting Bonham Street to the Boys and Girls Club. She said two bids were received and that HWH submitted the lower bid. Ms. Easton also said that 74% of the construction funds were provided by a FHWA grant through the Transportation Enhancement Program, and the remaining costs were covered with local matching funds. Mayor Hashmi said it was good that a majority of the funds was coming from a grant. A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Hashmi and seconded by Council Member Frierson. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 14. Discuss and appoint a City Council representative to serve on the Airport Development Committee. Mr. Godwin told the City Council an airport development advisory committee was being created and that three representatives from the City would include one Council Member. He asked Council for a volunteer to serve on this committee and Council Member Lancaster volunteered her services. It was a consensus of City Council that Council Member Lancaster serve on the Airport Development Committee. 15. Discuss plan for cleaning up affected areas from recent floods (trash pickup, cleaning growth, dirt, trash from drainage system) and possibly take action. Discuss possible timeline for going forward with the released funds from the last council meeting of May 16, 2016, and possibly take action. Council Member Drake said all districts were affected by the recent floods and that she had seen city crews in her area on Thursday, but there was a lot of debris, trash and small articles in the ditches. She said she was very concerned about the City and how they were going to go about cleaning up of the ditches in a timely manner so that citizens' homes do not flood. Council Member Drake said this needed to be a priority and they also needed a plan for picking up trash by the curbs when citizens were cleaning up from the floods. She inquired if employees were going to be doing all of the cleanup work, or if temps were going to be hired. She also mentioned the use of community service workers. Mr. Godwin reported that upon Council approving funds at the last meeting for drainage work, that City staff pulled up the plan from last summer. Mr. Godwin said that the Southeast