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Regular Meeting City Council May 10, 2004 Page 2 Mayor Fendley announced that the next item on the agenda was consideration of and action on the Final Plat, Extended Stay Motel of Paris, on Lot 1, Block A(Lot 14, City Block 103), being located at 1518 Lamar Avenue. A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem McCarthy, seconded by Councilwoman Neeley, for approval of the Final Plat. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Fendley asked if there were any additions or corrections to the minutes of April 8, 2004 and April 12, 2004, there being none, the minutes were approved as presented. Mayor Fendley advised the City Council that they had been furnished with minutes from the Paris Public Library Advisory Board, Paris Economic Development Corporation, Paris/Lamar County Board of Health, Building and Standards Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Main Street Advisory Board, Airport Advisory Board, Traffic Commission, and Board of Commissioners, Housing Authority of the City of Paris, with no action being required. The Mayor called for receipt and discussion of structural engineer Cliff Clottey's report and consider possible direction to City staff regarding Brown Bag Park. He advised that the City Council had been furnished a copy of that report. Shawn Napier, City Engineer, advised that the City Council had directed city staff to proceed with hiring a construction engineer to look over the building to see the status of that building and get a recommendation on receiving, removing, or what needs to be done to the building. He said that Mr. Clottrey has looked at the building and his report is in the agenda package. Mr. Napier advised that what he looked at was how to take the building down to a safe condition so it could be used as a park. The cost estimate to do that was $32,000.00 to $38,000.00. The City Engineer said the reason that was so high was because the north and south side walls were so close to the existing