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City Council Meetrng <br />May 30, 2002 <br />Page 5 <br />that have to be adopted under law and establishing a historical program. Ms. <br />Clark said this is a good program, but the City Council needs to say yes, it is <br />a good idea and they will support and be a part of it. <br />Ken Kohls came forward again stating that the city needs to differentiate from <br />the historical homes and the dilapidated homes. Mr. Kohls wanted to know <br />if it was equitable to give the owner of a historical home two years to make <br />repairs or remove it and give the owner of a dilapidated home only ninety days. <br />City Attorney Schenk advised that the reason that is not in the current <br />ordinance is because the city is not a certified city. This specific language in <br />the state statute applies only to a municipality that has been designated as a <br />certified city by the Texas Historical Preservation Officer provided in that <br />Section of the U.S.Code. He said for the city to include this in the ordinance <br />and to enforce the provisions, Paris would have to be a certified city. City <br />Attorney Schenk said that the way he understood it his charge was to bring the <br />City Council an ordinance that would address these houses that we are talking <br />about at this time. He said this particular status was not an option in view of <br />our cause because we were not currently a certified local government. He <br />pointed out that there had been previous testimony concerning historical <br />preservation and that is why the language was added to allow input into the <br />Commission on historic preservation issues. At such time as the city becomes <br />a certified local government, this provision can be added to the ordinance. He <br />said the City Council can wait to adopt the ordinance until the City of Paris <br />becomes a certified city. By not adopting the ordinance, the city will not be <br />able to address the current issues of hazardous buildings. <br />City Attorney Schenk said the answer to Mr. Kohls' question is yes regarding <br />the way a property is treated if it is historic as opposed to a property that is not <br />historic because State Law says it can be. He assumed that is why the <br />prerequisite is to be able to vote these provisions is to be a certified city so that <br />you can make the distinction on how you handle those particular properties as <br />opposed to other properties. The City Attorney also discussed the time factor <br />