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Regular City Council Meeting June 5, 2003 Page 12 beautiful and historic like it was in 1919, and that Bois D'Arc Street may be t h e o n 1 y o n e like it in the country. Mr. Swaim suggested that we put it back like it was. He wanted to know if the city has the money to do that, or are there grants for this. He said the brick streets are really nice. Gene Rader, 2565 Clark Lane, appeared stating that the little lady did not explain how the laws and the rules are done. If you vote for this historical ordinance you are going to have laws that are going to kill downtown. Mr. Rader stated that he was downtown when Gibson's came to Paris and he was downtown when Mirabeau shopping center came to Paris. He spoke of the difficulties of being in a whirlwind like that and having to pay for your bread and butter. Mr. Rader said they did not need any laws to tell us how to maintain their property. That is not the American way. He said for the Council to think about that because you will be gone in a few years and he will never ask this Historical Commission for anything; but some of his children and grandchildren may want to stay downtown. He said that if the City Council lets this go through you will kill downtown because owners will not be able to sell their property. There will not be anyone that is going to come in with laws where you have to hire an architect to tell you what kind of roof you have to put on your building. Mr. Rader said he had been downtown for 57 years and has lived through it all, and said it has been a hard fight. Mr. Rader stated that these people who are wanting this Historical District should go outside of town where they are going to build their shopping center and build them an old town. No one else appeared, and the public hearing was declared closed. ORDINANCE NO. 2002-023 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO 1710 OF THE