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Regular Council Meeting January 23, 2023 Page 4 Planning Director Andrew Mack explained the change in zoning was consistent with the previous FLUM amendment, and the proposed use would serve as an appropriate transitional land use between more intensive commercial development to the north and single-family areas to the south. He said that the Planning and Zoning Commission and staff recommended approval of this item. Mayor Portugal opened the public hearing and asked for anyone wishing to speak about this item to please come forward. With no one speaking, Mayor Portugal closed the public hearing. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by Council Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 24. Discuss, conduct a public hearing and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2023-003: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, MAKING MINOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IN THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Mr. Mack explained the City had initiated a minor amendment to the Future Land Use Map to provide for the current zoning and existing land uses to be consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan. He said the proposed changes were essentially a housekeeping matter. Mayor Portugal opened the public hearing and asked for anyone wishing to speak about this item to please come forward. With no one speaking, Mayor Portugal closed the public hearing. A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes and seconded by Council Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 25. Discuss, conduct a public hearing and act on an Ordinance approving Amendments to the Master Thoroughfare Plan in the Northeast Quadrant of the City. Mr. Mack explained that at the Planning& Zoning Commission meetings of October 3 and November 7, they had held discussions regarding updating and making amendments to the Master Thoroughfare Plan. He said the last action to be approved by the P&Z and Council was to delete the planned future arterial roadway between FM 195 and Lamar Avenue, because it was unrealistic in relation to what had been constructed over several decades. Mr. Mack also said since that time, Staff continued to work on analyzing areas in the Northeast Quadrant of the City where continued new development interest was occurring. He said the area studied included proposed revisions for the area between Main Street North and the Stillhouse Road were midpoint between FM 195. He also said a slight revision was proposed with the future arterial roadway A-8 that would intersect with Lake Crook Road to better align with the intersection and continuing straight East until its intersection with Stillhouse. Mr. Mack said there were a series of slight adjustments shown to the collector roadways through the C-8 thru d area. Mr. Mack