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Regular Council Meeting August 14, 2023 Page 4 15. Receive presentation from Mayor Hughes about the West Paris Town Hall Project. Mayor Hughes said he and Mayor Pro -Tem Pankaj had heard from a number of citizens who felt like the West side was left behind, so they decided they would like to have five town hall meetings to encourage citizens to express concern about housing, development, safety, and streets. He also said that all five meetings would be located in West Paris. Mayor Pro -Tem Pankaj said the main intent was to address issues brought forward by citizens in West Paris and to figure out what they could do. Council Member Savage encouraged residents to show up for these meetings with facts and be specific. He said if the citizens did not call them, they had no data. Mayor Hughes said he also did not want other citizens to think they only cared about West Paris, but that it was the area that needed immediate attention. City Manager Grayson Path said press releases would be going out soon and asked everyone to monitor social media for location, dates and times. He said the plan was to stagger the meetings out over six weeks. 16. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2023-045: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CHAPTER 8, ARTICLE 8.02, "CURFEW FOR CHILDREN," INCLUDING SECTION 8.02.031 THROUGH 8.02.039 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, AND DECLARING THE SAME TO BE NULL AND VOID AND OF NO EFFECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCE OF PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Assistant Police Chief Randy Tuttle said the City currently had a curfew ordinance that did not allow children under 17 be out at certain times of the evening without an adult. He also said in June the State Legislature repealed that law for all cities and in order for the City to be compliant with State Law, staff was asking that the local ordinance be repealed. City Manager Grayson Path said the former Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and City Staff issued letters to the State Representative opposing the repeal this law. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pilgrim and seconded by Council Member Kessel. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 17. Discuss and act on ORDINANCE NO. 2023-046: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, REMOVING THE NO PARKING ZONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF 2ND STREET SW FROM AUSTIN STREET TO SHERMAN STREET; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Assistant Police Chief Tuttle said Paris Main Street Coordinator requested the Traffic Commission to consider removing the No Parking Zone on the East side of 2nd S.W. from Austin to Sherman. He reported that the Traffic Commission unanimously approved it. Ms. Bedford spoke in support citing the attendance to the Farmers Market had increased and there was need for additional parking.