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Regular Council Meeting January 9, 2017 Page 8 Trenado amended his Motion to support the program in the amount of $6,000 and it was seconded by Council Member Jenkins. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 21. Receive update on drainage work. Council Member Drake said she had requested this item and asked for a timeline on clean-up of ditches in Johnson Woods between Clarksville Street and Clark Lane. Public Works Director Jerry McDaniel gave an update on drainage work in the City which included a timeline of nine months. Council Member Drake depicted photos of work which needed to be done and discussed it with Mr. McDaniel. 22. Receive disannexation request from Andrew Preston, discuss and provide direction to staff. Mr. Preston told City Council the reason he was requesting disannexation was because the City did not provide water and sewer and there was neglected property around his property. Mayor Hashmi said one concern he had was disannexation of his property would create an island type situation. Following additional discussion, City Attorney Stephanie Harris advised that it was against the City's guidelines to create an island. It was a consensus of City Council to not move forward with disannexation of this property, but if the adjoining property owner to Mr. Preston also filed an application they would consider disannexation of both properties. 23. Discuss development practices and procedures. City Engineer Carla Easton reviewed with City Council the ten general steps to consider during the development process. She explained the process generally took from four to twelve weeks, depending on the project. 24. Discuss and act on renting large trash containers for clean-up along the West Trail de Paris. Council Member Lancaster said she requested this item because there were dilapidated buildings that had been tagged for years along the trail that was being built. She said she would like to start a clean-up project along this area, provide trash containers, and that she could get volunteers. Mr. Godwin said they were working on the area and if they got the trash containers, he believed that people would use them. It was a consensus of City Council to place trash containers along the West Trail de Paris. 26. Discuss the holiday sanitation schedule for the upcoming year. Council Member Drake stated that several people had contacted her in regard to trash not being picked up during holidays. Mr. Godwin provided City Council with a schedule and said that not all the zones got the same number of pick -ups. Council Member Drake said trash trucks did not run on Friday due to weather and there were homes that still had trash sitting by the