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Regular Council Meeting July 11, 2022 Page 4 SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Assistant City Manager Robert Vine said the City of Paris had over 100 homes on a list to be demolished and the list consisted of houses that had burned, partially or completely, houses that posted a health and safety risk and were unsafe structures. Mr. Vine explained that when the City demolishes a house or structures, all of the building materials and contents of the structures were placed in a large commercial dumpster and then taken to the landfill. He said the City pays a tipping fee for these large dumpsters with the costs calculated by the ton, and the dumpsters with remnants of the house were emptied into a landfill and eventually covered with more refuse and earth. Mr. Vine said the City initially pays for the demolition of house, the property owner is responsible for the cost and a demolition lien is placed on the property. He said if the lien was not paid, the City did not recoup the initial expense of the demolition. Mr. Vine explained that the combination of deconstruction and traditional demolition was a viable combination to increase the number of structures demolished without increasing the budget this line item. He said deconstruction pro -grams had become popular in larger cities and that staff was proposing a smaller scale program somewhat similar. Mr. Vine also said that a deconstruction program would allow a contractor to remove building materials prior to demolition. He also explained the City planned to engage professional contractors that met the insurance and program requirements to engage in the process of deconstructing selected houses on the demolition list. Mr. Vine answered questions from City Council about the process and advertisement of the process. A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes and seconded by Council Member Pankaj. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 13. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2022-051: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH NORTH LAMAR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RELATED TO A COLLECTOR STREET IN THE DISTRICT'S NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. City Manager Grayson Path said the City had worked closely with NLISD to develop an Interlocal Agreement for the cost sharing of this collector street and sidewalk. He said the City was agreeing to waive some landscaping requirements as well as the requirement that sidewalks be on both sides of the street, and that only one side would be served by a sidewalk. He also said the sidewalk would be phased to time with TxDOT's anticipated sidewalk project along North Main Street. Mr. Path said NLISD received bids for the collector street and submitted to the City their estimate for a cost share. Mr. Path also said Hayter Engineering had reviewed the proposed cost share and determined it to be a fair estimate for the cost to upsize the project, and that staff recommended approval of the Interlocal Agreement to cost share this project. He said the agreement called for a City participation of $162,079.71 to upsize the project, that this was not budgeted, but the City had adequate reserve funds to cover this expense.