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,, Motion was made by Johnny Norris, seconded by Wendell Moore to recuse Don Wilson from discussion and action on 260 South Main St. Motion carried unanimously. 4 -0 Motion was made by Johnny Norris to appoint Wendell Moore as acting chairman, seconded by Zach Saffle. Motion carried unanimously. 3 -0 Wendell Moore, Secretary took over the meeting. A. 260 South Main; Lot 6, City Block 178 -A Owner: Boomer Trends Magazine INC. 225 S. Collegiate Apt. 261 Paris, TX 75460 Present: Kenny Kammer, 225 South Collegiate Apt. 261 Paris, TX 75460 Robert Talley stated that this property has come before the Commission several times. An engineer's report from Dietz Engineers, LLC was presented as part of the BSC packet. Mr. Talley read over several key elements of the report which stated that the building was in danger of collapsing toward the street on the south side and would be a danger to the public. Mr. Talley spoke with Michael Bugh of Dietz Engineers and he suggested closing off the south side of the building up to the street. Mr. Talley did this and stated that Mr. Kammer had already put up a fence up along the east side, which was another concern stated by Mr. Bugh. Mr. Talley stated that the property went before the Historical Preservation Commission and they believe that the building was a danger to the public. Mr. Talley recommended demolition to this property in 90 days. Mr. Kammer handed out paperwork to all committee members and Code Enforcement, and some members of the audience listing all the work he has done to the building in the 22 years that he has owned it. He made note that he read about the report of his property in the Paris News and that he would have liked to have known about it before the newspaper did. He also stated that he did not know the building went before HPC, if he had known he would have been at that meeting as well. Mr. Kammer began reading the list of the work he has done on the building. Mr. Kammer believes that the City of Paris, the Harper family /corporation(s) and the Wilson family /corporation(s) should pay for the cost of repairs to his building "out of restitution for years of neglect of duty ". Wendell Moore stated that you can't make your neighbor replace your roof and asked Mr. Kammer what his plans were for repairing the building as stated in the engineers report. Mr. Kammer said he was going to have the City of Paris, the Harper's and the Wilson's to restore it. Zach Saffle asked if that meant he was going to do nothing and Mr. Kammer stated that is correct. Robert Talley again recommended demolition of the property in 90 days due to the current state of the property, the engineers report and that Mr. Kammer has no plans to do anything. Motion was made by Johnny Norris, seconded by Chris Brown to follow Robert Talley's recommendation for the property owner to demolish the property in 90 days, if not the City has the right to demolish and apply a $1000 per day civil penalty to the property. Motion carried unanimously. 4 -0 A motion was made by Zack Saffle, seconded by Johnny Norris to allow Don Wilson to return to the BSC meeting as President. Motion carried