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Regular Council Meeting October 12, 2020 Page 4 review the building and fire codes and make recommendations to the City Council regarding amendments. She said Mark Lacey was very involved in that process and was going to over the process with Council. Mark Lacey said they assembled a seven member committee, which included an architect, structural engineer, fire suppression engineer, master electrician, master plumber, builder and developer. He stated that the city staff ad hoc members were Building Official John Ankrum, Fire Marshal Clyde Crews and City Engineer Carla Easton. He said each member was given a copy of the code amendments for review, a citizen's forum was held and the committee met over several months. Mayor Clifford referenced item number five in the memo, which set out the city manager would have the authority to waive any local amendment after hearing both sides of the issue and making sound judgment based on the information provided. Mayor Clifford said he thought the Building Board of Appeals should be tasked with that role. Mark Lacey agreed. Ms. Easton said number five had been removed from the ordinance. City Council discussed in detail with Mr. Lacey about sprinkler systems as to requirements with regard to the square footage of commercial buildings and residential properties. The recommendation of the committee was to eliminate the local amendment requiring buildings over 6000 square feet to have fire sprinklers, because the code minimum was based on construction type and was typically 12,000 square feet. Mr. Lacey said the local amendment was adopted due to the size of the fire department and available resources to respond to fire. Next, City Council discussed the ISO rating and Council Member Portugal said Paris' rating of three was excellent. Interim Fire Chief Thomas said he was concerned the next time Paris was rated that the score might not be as good, because of the aging equipment and loss of manpower. He did say there were other factors, which include the availability of water and Paris was good on that factor. Mayor Clifford asked how many firefighters were needed. Chief McMonigle said to open the East side station, they would need an additional fifteen firefighters over the next ten years. Council Member Pilgrim confirmed with Mark Lacey that sprinkling a building was not necessary if you had a warehouse with non- combustible materials, such as storing of pipe. Ms. Easton and Mr. Path answered questions from City Council with regard to plan review. Mr. Lacey recommended approval of the amendments. With the exception of number five, a Motion to approve the amendments was made by Mayor Clifford and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 14. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2020-052: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE II, "FIRE CODE," SECTION 12-53, "FIRE CODE AMENDMENTS;" MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.