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Regular Council Meeting January 23, 2012 Page 7 A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Grossnickle and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. 13. Deliberate and provide direction to staff on a petition for disannexation of approximately 386 acres of land located in an area East of U.S. 271 North, North of NLISD property and West of Stillhouse Road, forming a portion of the current outer boundaries of the city limits of the City of Paris. Mayor Hashrni said that he wished to be recused, because some of the people involved in this request were friends of his. A Motion to recuse Mayor Hashmi was made by Council Member Grossnickle and seconded by Council Member Avila. Motion carried, 7 ayes - 0 nays. Mayor Hashmi left the room. Mayor Pro-Tem Grossnickle asked if anyone who wished to speak in support of this proposed disannexation, to please come forward. Robert Zimmerman said he lived in the area of the proposed disannexation and that the property was annexed thirteen years ago and that there had been no indication that services were ever to be provided. Dr. Zimmerman also said that the fire and police departments did not know that this property was in the City and had denied services. He said this disannexation was warranted for lack of services and denial of services. Mayor Pro-Tem Grossnickle asked City Engineer Shawn Napier to clarify the City's position on this disannexation. Mr. Napier said the request submitted was not signed by all of the property owners, citing Sterling House nor Christian Fellowship Church signed the petition. Mr. Napier explained that he had been in contact with Chief Hundley who had put a request into the COG to find out where the areas were tagged in respect to police and fire districts. Mr. Napier said part of the problem was that they did not have good addresses on the properties, so they could not identify who was responding to some of the areas. He also said that some of the other addresses definitely had services, such as Sterling House Nursing Home and the Fellowship Church. Mr. Napier said this area was annexed by the City of Paris prior to September 1, 1999, the date the State Legislature passed new annexation laws requiring municipalities to prepare service plans and commit to full infrastructure development in the annexed area within a 2.5 year period. Mr. Napier also said that the City had provided municipal services to the area, such as water and sewer services as they developed Police, Fire and EMS services to the entire annexed area since April 26, 1999, the date of annexation. He provided information related to market value and taxes paid. Mr. Napier recommended if acting on the entire acreage, that Staff recommended the entire area, developed and undeveloped acreage remain inside the City limits. He said when developed, these areas would have a significant impact on the City's tax base and added that if the areas were disannexed, the City would have no control over zoning and construction in the areas. Council Member Pickle said he opposed the disannexation. When Mayor Pro-Tem asked City Council how they wanted City Staff to proceed, the City Council did not act on this item. A Motion to return Mayor Hashmi was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Grossnickle. Motion carried, 6 ayes - 0 nays.