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Regular Council Meeting December 2, 2013 Page 5 Subject to language being added to Exhibit B to include that the 4% begins January 1, 2015 and will be in effect each calendar year thereafter, a Motion to approve this item was made by Mayor Hashmi and seconded by Council Member Drake. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 14. Discuss amendments to the sign ordinance and provide direction to city staff. City Engineer Shawn Napier said the sign committee composed of Council Member Drake, SCS Graphics owner Alex Pickering, Kent McIlyar, Joey Sleeper and himself met several times. Mr. Napier also said the current ordinance would allow three more billboards to be constructed along the SW Loop and there were currently 47 billboards in the city. He said the committee discussed a new policy to possibly not allow billboards within the city limits, allow the current ordinance to remain, modify the existing ordinance to allow more billboards, and the election of a yearly inspection fee. Mr. Napier said the committee was seeking direction from the Council. Council Members Frierson, Grossnickle and Lancaster favored keeping the current ordinance. Council Members Jenkins and Wright, along with Mayor Hashmi expressed they wanted the committee to make recommendations to the Council. Council Member Drake said they brought this up tonight, because they had mixed thoughts as to what should be done. It was a consensus of City Council for this issue to be returned to the sign committee to further discuss and make recommendations to the City Council. 15. Convene into Executive Session: • Pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, Consultation with Attorney to receive legal advice from the City Attorney about pending or contemplated litigation and /or on matters in which the duty of an attorney to his client under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas, clearly conflict with this chapter, as follows: a. Update on claims filed by Richardson, Pardue and Leavitt; b. Boomer Trends Magazine, Inc. and Kenneth Kammer v. City of Paris. • Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. Mayor Hashmi convened City Council into Executive Session at 6:43 p.m. 16. Reconvene into Open Session and possibly take action on those matters discussed in Executive Session. Mayor Hashmi reconvened City Council into open session at 7:15 p.m.