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N,egular Council Meeting March 11, 2024 Page 3 City Council commended Ms. Hammond on her efforts and accomplishments in economic development. 10. Discuss a request received from the Red River Valley Veteran's Memorial Museum to consider expanding the lease to add a facility and parking and provide direction to staff. City Manager Grayson Path said the City of Palis leases land to the RRVVMM for the Red River Valley Veterans Memorial Museum next to the Love Civic Center. He said they built and maintained a memorial honoring veterans. Mr. Path explained that the RRVVMM approached the City about amending their lease to allow them to construct a building, that would provide an on-site office, restroom, and provide a free meeting space for Veteran groups. George Wood with RRVVMM said they would make the building look good. Mayor Hughes inquired about the start date and Mr. Wood estimated one year. It was a consensus of City Council that Staff begin negotiations for an amendment to the existing lease for the purpose of building a facility on the premises. C0111411"CIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, REPEALING ARTICLE 12.04,, "SOLID WASTE." OF CHAPTER 12, "'UTILITIES,"" OF THE CITY OF PARIS CODE OF ORDINANCES AND REPLACING SAME WITH A NEW ARTICLE 12.04"SOLID WASTE-" MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING A REPEALER CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Assistant City Manager Doug Harris said collection of solid waste was contracted to a third -party and began for residential customers on February 5, 2024. He also said the commercial solid waste collection was scheduled to begin by a third -party contract on September 1, 2024. Mr. Ham's explained that the implementation of contracted solid waste collection pertaining to residential collection and commercial collection required amending the current solid waste ordinance. A Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Pro -Tem Pankaj and seconded by Council Member Savage. Motion carried, 5 ayes 12. Discuss and act on a 90 -day Moratorium for the 5 -In -5 Housing In -Fill Development Program. Deputy City Manager Robert Vine said a few years ago the 5 -in -5 Housing In -fill Program was created and the program had been successful. He said so far there were 25 dwellings completed and when the agreements were done, the City would have a total of 75 completed dwellings. Mr. Vine also said staff wanted this program to get even better and wanted to make sure it was the best it could be. He explained there was a housing study that had been done by a third party and those results were expected to be to the City in April. Mr. Vine explained that Staff would like to get the results and evaluate what changes need to be made. He said Staff's request was to hit the pause button for up to 90 days. He said there were