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the mowing and cleanup, and by requiring the filing of liens for collection of those amounts, a much less desirable option for property owners in terms of cost of cleaning up the property. However, even though the recidivism in the number of lots maintained by the City has diminished as a result of this program, there continue to be many lots throughout the City which are not only a strain on City resources because the property owners themselves are not maintaining them, but those very same lots are usually lots for which taxes are not paid. As a consequence, the next and most logical step in the progression of ordinances and programs adopted by the City in support of the cleanup effort is to identify a way to redirect ownership of these lots into programs where new homes could be built on those lots. With such a program, the taxing entities where the properties are located will see an increase in their tax base, qualified individuals who can participate in such programs have the opportunity to own their own home, and the lots on which their homes are built no longer become a long term maintenance problem for the City of Paris. The problem is identifying and creating a program which will accomplish this desired goal. Already, the City has been blessed with the successful efforts of Paris Living, a Community Development Corporation, and Paris Habitat for Humanity, building new homes for low and moderate income buyers. In addition, the City has for a number of years participated in various grant programs to assist potential low and moderate income home buyers with their down payments and other costs associated with building new homes. As part of this agenda, the City Council is being presented an ordinance and three resolutions associated with the effort to accomplish this potentially culminating stage in the implementation of the clean-up program. DESCRIPTION: Initiatives being presented to City Council for their consideration to culminate the various programs associated with the Keep Paris Beautiful effort consist of one new ordinance and three resolutions. The Ordinance is a logical extension of the City's current ongoing cleanup efforts. The ordinance change would require those parties who obtain demolition permits, either because they are compelled to do so under the City's substandard building ordinance, or because they do so on their own initiative, to provide evidence to City Code Enforcement Inspectors and the Community Development Department that the materials which have been generated through their demolition efforts have been properly disposed of, especially where those materials are required to be disposed in a state licensed landfill. The three resolutions contained in this package may be loosely referred to as implementation of the City's Homestead Program. The City Council has previously received briefings on the nature of this over-all program. The program may be broken down into the following components: