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Regular Council Meeting January 13, 2014 Page 3 7. Receive November monthly financial report. 8. Approve the Final Plat of Lots 1, 2 & 3, Block A, Hall Addition CB 154, located in the 600 to 1000 Block of West Washington Street. 9. Approve the Final Plat of Lot 1, Block A, House Westside Addition CB 329, located at 4015 Bonham Street. 10. Approve the contract closeout and authorize final payment for the 6t' and 24' Street Rehabilitation Project. 11. Approve ORDINANCE NO. 2014 -001: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ISSUING A LICENSE TO DEWEY KEITH HALE D /B /A COURTESY CAB COMPANY OF PARIS TO OPERATE A TAXICAB BUSINESS ON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; FINDING A PUBLIC NECESSITY AND CONVENIENCE FOR ISSUANCE OF SAID LICENSE; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Regular Agenda 12. Receive presentation from senior staff member of the regulatory agency on Affordable Care Act. Mayor Hashmi introduced Rod Givens, District Director from Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's Office and expressed his appreciation to Congresswoman Johnson for arranging this presentation. City Council heard presentations from Department of Health and Human Services Regional Director Marjorie Petty, InSphere representative Gina Berry, Community Council Navigator Linda Goodson and Community Council Navigator Gus Venezula. City Council heard about health care reform, specifically those who were denied coverage in the past for a pre- existing coverage would now be covered, penalties for not having insurance, individual mandate, subsidies, and available assistance to consumers with enrollment through the Market Place. 13. Discuss and act on an E -Portal System for the City of Paris. Mayor Hashmi said this was a presentation and not an action item. He said Paris was a great place to live and do business and in his opinion the City needed to take extraordinary steps to get the word out about our wonderful city. As the City progresses in developing the infrastructure, Cox Field Airport and Lake Crook, Mayor Hashmi said the City needs to market itself. He said this new site would not replace the current City web -site, that it was not an economic development web -site, not a Chamber site, but an add -on to existing web - sites. Mayor Hashmi said an E Portal would provide easy access to information that would include ongoing developmental projects, possibilities of investments into the projects, information about the