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Regular Council Meeting February 27, 2023 Page 7 17. Discuss, conduct a public hearing and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2023-008: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS APPROVING AND ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE CITY OF PARIS AS IT PERTAINS TO THE PJ WILLIS AND BROS. ADDITION, BLOCK A, LOTS 6 AND 7B, LOCATED AT 1307 E. POLK STREET (LCAD 20734) FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (LDR) TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL (MDR); MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Planning Director Andrew Mack explained the applicant requested the zoning change to allow for a medium-high density residential use of the property. He said it was appropriate for medium density residential based upon the surrounding uses of land to the West, which were duplex apartments. He also said that the development was planned as a 5 -In -5 Infill Housing Improvement. He said no inputs were received. Mr. Mack said that the Planning and Zoning Commission and staff recommended approval. Mayor Portugal opened the public hearing and asked for anyone wishing to speak about this item to please come forward. Dean Emmit said he wasn't opposed but did not know what was going to be built there. He said his hunch was it was going to be apartments which would be a lot more traffic and there was a park across the street. He said that water would drain to Cedar, and his yard was already a muddy mess. He said he really did not want this to go through because of the park, Paris Living Authority was there and there were houses along the street. Judith Malone said she had some experience with Pope Street because her grandma's house was west of there, close to 8th Street, so at 12th Street, four blocks from 8a' Street. She said there was a drainage ditch what went past her grandma's house and flooded her grandpa's garage continuously and when they died, the house was torn down and nothing could be built there because there was so much water drainage. Ms. Malone said she would like to encourage the engineering department to consider the way the water drains on Polk Street and other streets. She said 12a' Street was higher and everything west was going to receive a lot of water. She also said where her grandma's house was would be a perfect pond retention area. She said they had all of the paperwork on the elevation in Paris and Paris was suppose to be 600 feet above sea level but there were fewer places than on her hand that were above sea level. Dr. Brandon Del Toro referenced the drainage map in his hand and said it reflected the different tributaries and pointed on his map to an area that ran over 12a' and Polk Streets, citing it was a high water flow area. He said we need to know what we are approving and what the plan was from start to finish. He said a retention pond was a great idea. Dr. Del Toro questioned how was this going to be controlled and what the ordinances addressed, what was required for retention on the site. He said if ordinances existed, he would like to get a copy. He also said everything north of him came right up to his back door every time there was a lot of rain. He wanted to know if ordinances were followed and if there was follow-up. Ray Pierce, 405-N.E. 20a', he said he was not opposed of responsible development but did oppose any items on the agenda that reflected past zoning development that was approved and exasperated