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City Council Meeting February 12, 2001 Page 4 occurring in commercial zoning and at this time we do not know what that is, but the main point is based on the past. The City will be responsible to pick up that additional cost difference between 28 foot street and a 39 foot street." Mr. Tidwell said essentially this is what they are asking for from the City Council. Mr. Tidwell pointed out the differences between Mr. Moore's development and the Hills Development being developed by Brownstone. He said the Hills Development is going to contain approximately 250 residential structures which is an upscale development. Mr. Tidwell said just yesterday in the Paris News, Jack Harris, the Research Economist at the Real Estate Center with the Texas A&M University in College Station, was talking aboutsome of the upscale retirementcommunities and quoted what Mr Harris said "generally, upscale residences provide more tax revenue than they require services," Harris said, explaining the communities require less police and fire protection and even less maintenance of highways systems." Mr. Tidwell asked that we compare Mr. Moore's development with that of Brownstone. He said Mr. Moore's has commercial development and loading docks as you can see from the pictures. It is contemplated there are going to be heavy industrial trucks coming through on a daily basis. He advised that Brownstone does not. It is all residential with no commercial. Mr. Moore's street also connects 34t" Street N. E. with the Loop, which is heavily traveled, not just by those that are going to live in Mr. Moore's development, but also those that live in those other developments up through Elk Hollow Rd. Mr. Tidwell said it is a cut through; further more, you could have, because it is a commercial development, on-street parking problems. He said that when you are looking at the Brownstone Development you are talking about upscale houses that are going to have probably two, if not three, maybe even four garages that are set on very large lots. There are not going to be on-street parking problems. Mr. Tidwell said in his discussion with Mr. Schenk, that they had talked about the need for fire, police, and garbage trucks getting down through those 28 foot streets. He pointed out that in the packet that he gave the City Council, he noted that there are a number of different Paris Subdivision Code provisions (Appendix B) which are going to apply to this, but essentially, he advised the City Council that he thinks there is a conflict in the code. Mr. Tidwell stated that these issues need to be addressed at some point in time as builders work so diligently to try and increase the tax roll for the city. Mr. Tidwell said what they are asking for is a reimbursement of $33,351.00 for the 11 foot overage of the