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Regular Council Meeting April 11, 2022 Page 5 JEFFREY S. BROWN; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City Planner Andrew Mack said this was a 5 In 5 Agreement with Jeffery Brown for the construction of three new duplexes, who was unable to be at the meeting due to health issues. Mr. Mack introduced Mr. Brown's contractor Adam Bolton. Mr. Bolton explained the project consisted of three new duplexes, one of which would be wheel chair accessible for Mr. Brown. Mr. Bolton expressed his appreciation to the City Staff and stated how easy it had been to work with them. A Motion to approve this item Council Member Knox and seconded by Council Member Pankaj. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 14. Receive presentation from staff about the new Community Development On -Line Permitting, Management and Information System Overview. Mr. Mack introduced new Building Official Duke McGee and Assistant Building Official James Hooten. Mr. McGee explained that Staff had been working on developing a Building and Development Manual for Paris, and then presented each Council Member with a manual. He said the intent was to utilize this tool to not only improve the quality of communications with the development customer base, but to improve the level of consistency for the building and development process. Mr. McGee said on April 1St City Staff initiated a new On -Line Permitting, Management and Information System to better assist the general public, developers, contractors, engineering and architectural firms through the development process. He also said that the permitting system, as defined in the Development Process Manual had been implemented and integrated into the City's MyGov software suite. He reviewed the goals of the new system and set out the manner in which to accomplish the goals. Mr. McGee reported that informational handouts, instructional sheets and checklists had been created to inform and educate developers, general contractors, business owners and the public. 15. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2022-030: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, INDICATING SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED FORESTBROOK ESTATES MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT TO BE LOCATED AT 3375 JEFFERSON ROAD, PARIS, TEXAS, MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mayor Portugal said prior to discussing this item she was going to convene City Council into executive session under Section 551.087. City Attorney Stephanie Harris suggested they take up matters 16 A, B, and C. Council Member Pankaj said for the record, he had recused himself on item 16C. City Attorney Stephanie Harris said there would need to be a Motion. A Motion to allow Council Member Pankaj to recuse himself from 16C was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays.