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Regular Council Meeting January 27, 2020 Page 6 A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Chief Hundley said requests were made by residents along Church Street for additional traffic control devices to reduce speeds, as well as deter through traffic. He also said staff supported the installation of stop signs on Church Street that would accommodate a safe and pronounced pedestrian crossing at Sherman. Chief Hundley informed the City Council that the Traffic Commission approved placing stop signs for north and south traffic at Church and Sherman, creating a four way stop. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Knox and seconded by Council Member Portugal. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 27. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2020-007: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, FORGIVING CERTAIN CIVIL PENALTIES ASSESSED AGAINST THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1416 W. KAUFMAN STREET; FINDING A PUBLIC PURPOSE IN SUPPORT OF SAME; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Ms. Harris explained that in October of 2012, the Building and Standards Commission issued an order of demolition on the residential structure located at 1416 W. Kaufinan and ordered civil penalties in the amount of $1,000 per day if work was not completed within 30 days. She said rather than demolish the structure, the then -owner sold the property to its current owners who were able to rehabilitate the structure and make it code complaint. Ms. Harris further explained the now -owners have been residing in the home since 2013; the structure is still in good condition and code compliant. Ms. Harris said the owners would like to sell the property but the order for civil penalties was still attached to the property, and as of January 15, the civil penalties were up to $426,000.00 plus 10% compounding interest. Ms. Harris also said there is a public purpose in forgiving the civil penalties in that doing so would allow sale of the property to an owner who could maintain the property and thus contribute to the well-being of the neighborhood. Council Member Knox questioned how this could happen and the City not know about it. Ms. Harris said she did not know but that it just now showed up. Council Member Pilgrim said if it were a cash deal, they might not have gone through a title company so this would not have been picked up in 2013. Council Member Knox said when the City places liens on property there should be some type of recheck or follow-up. Mayor Clifford wanted to know if there were other houses in this same type of situation. Council Member Portugal said there needed to be follow-up. Ms. Harris said she did not know how this happened, but that she was willing to work with code enforcement to set up some sort of tickler system.