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Regular Council Meeting October 24, 2022 Page 3 12. Discuss, conduct a public hearing and act on an Ordinance considering the petition of the City of Paris for a Minor Master Thoroughfare Plan Amendment altering part of the proposed minor arterial roadway section A-3, on LCAD Parcel 50218, A7 Askins Survey, Tract 8, located at 2330 N.E. 36t' Street. Mr. Mack said this item was similar to item 11 and asked that it be tabled to the next meeting. Mayor Portugal opened the public hearing and continued it to the November 14 City Council meeting. A Motion to table this item was made by Council Member Knox and seconded by Council Member Savage. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 13. Discuss and possibly act on the refinement of the City of Paris' policy on the demolition of homes as related to the 5 In 5 Neighborhood Revitalization Program. Planning Director Andrew Mack deferred to Council Member Knox. Council Member Knox said she was trying to think of ways of revitalizing the City's neighborhoods and to stop people from coming into dilapidated homes and starting fires. She also said she had met with a developer in her district about some burned out units: She said the developer was 'willing to revitalize a neighborhood block, and she thought they, might want to revise the policy'3to allow a developer who wanted to revitalize a block to move up on the list for the 5 In 5 Program. Mayor Portugal said she was supportive of doing so. Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes inquired if that was not already the process. Mr. Mack 'said it was a budgetary matter and that it had been difficult to get the demolition company to move forward. Mr. Mack also said through CARES funding the City was able to purchase two new pieces of equipment and he believed they would be ,doing more demolition in-house. Council Member Pankaj said he was glad to have an in- house team and hopefully, this would mean the list would decrease and decrease. " Council Member Savage said it was not just burned out houses they needed to look at. Council Member Knox said these properties had been red tagged for over a year. Council Member Savage reminding everyone of the existing property owners who had dilapidated houses next to their property. He said he did not feel good about someone jumping in ahead of those property owners. Mayor Portugal said none of this should be a budget issue, because the Council had placed more money in the budget for demolition and the City was now doing this in-house too. Council Member Savage emphasized that demolition in general was a priority for the citizens who owned their homes and had a dilapidated structure next door to them. Mayor Portugal said Council Member Savage made an excellent point and that Council Member Knox's idea was a good one. Mayor Portugal said she would like to see more demolitions and more expedient. She said maybe the City should look at getting a new company to work with on the demolition process. Mayor Portugal inquired if it would help Council if staff provided a list of all the homes that were on the list for demolition and for the reason. Council Member Savage said he would like the list to include how long those structures had been on the list. Mr. Mack said staff had developed a map showing the location of those properties, as well as staff had an existing list. He said if Council wished, staff could put this item on a future agenda for a presentation. It was