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Main Street Manager. This Historic Preservation Officer advised the Commission this was solely to remove the chain link fence. Motion to approve the Certificate of Appropriateness was made by Sue Lancaster, seconded by Becki Norment. Motion carried 5-0. 3. Discussion of and possible action regarding the following structures considered by code inspectors to be in violation of Article lll of Chapter 7 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, entitled "Substandard and Dangerous Buildings and Structures," to determine whethersuch buildings orstructures can be rehabilitated and designated on the National Register of Historic Places, as a recorded Texas Historic Landmark, or as historic property as designated by the City Council of the City of Paris: A. 610 W. Austin. Motion to remove this item from the table was made by Paul Denney, seconded by Sue Lancaster. Motion carried 5-0. Commissioner Denney advised the Commission that he thought this structure was historically significant but could be rehabilitated. He made a motion to forward this structure to the Building and Standards Commission, seconded by Brian Wear. Motion carried 5-0. 4. Consideration of and possible action on recommending revisions to the Historic Preservation Ordinance to provide for tax abatement incentives for improvements to historic properties. The Historic Preservation Officer presented the Greenville ordinance to the Commission and stated that this was, in her opinion, a good example of the type of ordinance that might be effective in Paris and would make a good starting point for the Commission to work from. The Commission recommended the reduction of the minimum investment from $25,000 to $5,000 for an abatement amount of 100% for a maximum of l years. Motion to approve those changes and forward the ordinance to the City Council was made by Becki Norment, seconded by Brian Wear. Motion carried 5-0. 5. Receipt of report from the Historic Preservation Officer. The HPO reported that (1) ArchiTexas would be coming to Paris to speak at the next meeting, and (2) the Nichols lease at the Airport was still in the negotiation stage. 6. Request items from Board for future agendas. The Commission requested that the HPO request that Main Street not remove granite curbs during the StreetScape Project, that the City start filing historic district ordinances with the County Clerk, that we try to find a way to do something about trash being set out on the curbs for pickup in the downtown area. There were no items for future agendas.