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Regular Council Meeting August 28, 2023 Page 5 Mr. Claunch said the Catalyst Team would meet with city management and development staff to discuss housing goals, objectives and approach to the process. He said they would tour the focus areas, which consisted of growth areas, existing neighborhoods and housing options that could accommodate affordable housing. Mr. Claunch also said they would ask the City to coordinate interviews with additional individuals or groups to provide guidance on desire outcomes and identify issues relevant to the growth of Paris. Mr. Claunch reported they would identify City strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, aspiration, and results in regard to affordability, existing housing stock, planned housing developments and future housing developments that could accommodate corporate, families, workforce, and affordable needs based upon the market demand findings. Mr. Claunch explained that Catalyst would provide a written summary and debrief the City Staff to discuss findings from the physical inventory and initial existing conditions analysis. Mayor Pro -Tem Pankaj inquired about a timeline. Mr. Claunch estimated six to nine months, and up to twelve months at the most. A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Pro -Tem Pankaj and seconded by Council Member Pilgrim. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 20. Receive presentation from Lynn Lantrip, representative of Solid Waste Specialists, regarding solid waste service, discuss and award the residential and commercial trash service bid to CARDS; and authorize signing of the contract, to include one/week pickup in carts, and excluding industrial roll -offs. City Manager Grayson Path said the City Council had discussed at their meeting of May 23, 2022, the difficulty keeping the service of residential solid waste going due to staffing levels. Mr. Path also said at that time, the situation had been ongoing for nearly a year and was reaching a critical point. He said at that meeting, City Council authorized a reduction from twice a week to once a week pickup, which cut the number of positions needed. He also said that City Council and City management staff discussed that efforts should be made to outsource the City's solid waste service as a permanent solution. Mr. Path said discussions continued at the Council meetings of November 14, 2022, January 23, 2023 and February 27, 2023. Mr. Path said the City contracted with Solid Waste Specialists (SWS) to provide third party consulting services to assist the City with preparation and issuance of procurement documents necessary to seek qualified bidders for the City's solid waste service. Mr. Path explained that it was agreed in order to attract more attention, commercial would be added to the residential bid. He said that temporary construction roll -offs were taken out. Mr. Path also said that an ad-hoc review committee was formed which consisted of Mayor Hughes, Mayor Pro -Tem Pankaj, Council Member Savage, Grayson Path, Rob Vine, Michael Smith and Edwayne Samis. Mr. Path reported a pre-bid meeting was held which resulted in four interested bidders, with Sanitation Solutions/Waste Connections and CARDS submitting bids. Mr. Path said bids were opened July 10, 2023; the review process by SWS and the Committee began. Mr. Path turned over the presentation to Lynn Lantrip who reviewed the Committee's process, conclusion and recommendations.