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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 12, 2004 The City Council of the City of Paris met in regular session on Monday, January 12, 2004, 6:00 P.M. at Paris Junior College, Bobby R. Walters Applied Technology Building, Room 1206, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas. Mayor Curtis Fendley called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: Jim Bell, Jay Guest, Fran Neeley, Benny Plata and Willie Weekly, Sr. Also, present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Mayor Fendley called the Council's attention to item No. 2, receipt of the reports from the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. City Manager Malone said each Council Member had been furnished with a copy of the Planning and Zoning and each recommendation would be presented when the council acted on the item this evening. Mayor Fendley moved on to item No. 3, a public hearing to consider the petition of Wanda Whitaker for a change in zoning from a One-Family Dwelling District No. 2 (SF-2) to a Neighborhood Service District (NS) on Lot 14, Block C, Lamesa Heights Addition, being number 2235 Sycamore Street. He declared the public hearing open. Wanda Whitaker of 2235 Sycamore Street appeared in favor of her petition. Ms. Whitaker stated that she was a licensed beautician and would like to have a small salon and she would be the only employee. She mentioned the only changes to her property would be a small building in the back and widening of her driveway. She would only have one or two customers at a time and didn't plan to have a big sign because she has been in the business a long time and already has her clientele. She related that if she were to sell the property in the future or turn it into rental property, she would come back and have it re-zoned. She didn't think there would be much more traffic. She felt that one or two cars going through the neighborhood per hour would be a deterrent to the recent drug activity and robberies. She said she would be closing her shop around 5:30 or 6:00 p.m.