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Comprehensive Plan, City of Paris, Texas Future Land Use directly or indirectly, to surface or subsurface waters, including sinkholes, dry stream beds, flowing streams, wet weather tributaries, and drainage ditches. • The no-discharge requirements of the TNRCC, Division of Environmental Quality, should be met. • A copy of any TNRCC permitting or similar approval, if required, should be submitted with the Site Plan Review. • Separation requirements of the TNRCC for Concentrated Feeding Operations should be met. Such reviews should be placed as an item on the regular meeting schedule of the Planning Commission. A notice of the meeting should be sent to landowners in the notification areas. Recommendation-Public Facilities Research and Consider Adoption of an "Adequate Public Facilities" Policy Relating to Road Improvements, Public Utilities and Other Capital Improvements in the Newly annexed Areas of Paris. • Establish fees for developer contributions as part of an "Adequate Facilities" policy relating to arterial streets, public utilities and related development improvements on unplatted lots in Paris. • Restrict development approval where public facilities need to be extended based on the readiness of the public to invest. Examine alternative means of funding major road improvements, for example, an impact fee for engineering and construction, rights-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, bridge construction, and other improvements associated with major road development. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMMING In order to be effective, a capital improvements program (CIP) must integrate community desires and goals in a formalized process of needs assessment and financial programming. The recommended CIP for Paris includes a"Capital Facilities Team" or "Committee to undertake a cooperative ranking process. The ranking of projects creates consensus among participants. Appendix A, Capital Facilities Planning summarizes a basic process for the City. Appendix A provides for the City to undertake the Capital Improvements Process every year. The "Capital Facilities Committee" meets initially to list projects, and is comprised of the City Manager, City staff inembers, a Planning Commissioner, and a City Commission member. Appendix A spells out a detailed, yet simple and straightforward process for creating and adopting a formal CIP. 5:\98288\WPCUinal rcpm 2-01.yx 75 B WR