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BOVEY, AKERS & BOJORQUEZ, LLP <br />Attorneys at Law <br />12325 Hymeadow Drive, Suite 2-100 4 Austin, Texas 787501 Phone: (512) 250-0411 Fax; (512) 250-0749 <br />Attorney-Client Privileged and Confidential <br />Not for Puhlic Release <br />MEMORANDUM <br />T0: Mayor, City Council Members, City Manager, City of Paris <br />FROM: Monte Akers <br />DATE: November 9, 2006 <br />RE: Potential Amendments of the Paris Home Rule Charter <br />Please accept this memo as the report requested at the meeting on October 30, 2006. <br />Following is a list of potential amendments of the Paris Home Rule Charter based upon <br />examination of the Charter by the City's staff and myself. Each issue is presented in the <br />following format: <br />a. Identification of Issue <br />b. Brief explanation of Issue <br />c. Suggested amendment <br />d. Advantage of change, possible consequence of failure to change, or other relevant <br />comment <br />For the purposes of this report the issues are presented in the order in which they appear in <br />the Charter. No attempt has been made to prioritize the importance of the issues at this time, <br />and it will be obvious that some of the suggestions and comments are of very low priority <br />(e.g. Comment 38), some may be unacceptable to the voters (e.g. Comment 9), while others <br />are quite important. The list is rather long-41 suggested changes-but it is probable that <br />other proposals and suggestions will be identified hereafter. At this point it is recommended <br />that the Council identify issues that it has no interest in pursuing, so that the remaining issues <br />may be prioritized. <br />Those issues marked with an asterisk were identified by City staff. <br />"C" l. a. Section 3, entitled "Boundaries" does not contain boundary information. <br />b. As the section states, this provision is obsolete because the boundaries have <br />changed since the Charter was originally adopted. <br />c. Delete Section 3 and re-number accordingly. <br />