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Regular Council Meeting July 27, 2015 Page 6 and the employees did an excellent job. Mr. Godwin said the City absolutely needed a new plant, because this one was built in WWII. Council Member Plata questioned the need for a new plant and stated that Paris had not grown in population, nor had there been any new industries come to Paris. Council Member Pickle said regulations had probably changed a lot since that time. 18. Receive presentation on operations plan and budget needs for Public Works. Public Works Director Jerry McDaniel informed City Council that the Trail de Paris Rehabilitation Project was put out to bid and opened July 13, 2015. He said two bids were received and both were over what was originally budgeted. He also said he would bring these bids to Council for rejection on August 10 and staff was in the process of rebidding with specification revision. Mr. McDaniel presented information about road equipment needs and the recycling program. Next, he brought the plan forward on parks as related to the Recreation and Open Space Master Plan 2013 -2023. Mr. McDaniel also presented information about the drainage projects and tennis courts repair. Mayor Hashmi and Council Member Clifford both inquired about the clean-up of 41" S.E. Street and Mr. McDaniel said it was included in drainage projects to clean it, but that the amount did not include for it to be concreted or covered. Mayor Hashmi and Council Member Clifford expressed concerns about this ditch. Council Member Plata said they needed to think about covering the ditch, because it might cause more problems. Prior to moving to the next item, a Motion to move item 22 up was made by Mayor Hashmi and seconded by Council Member Lancaster. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 22. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004 -081. Mayor Hashmi said Reverend Price and Sister Rosa Lindsey had requested that Council take a tour of certain City areas and asked if anyone objected to doing so. No objections were made. Mayor Hashmi suggested they could take a tour when the weather got a little cooler. 19. Discuss and act on the financing of construction for drainage and parks projects. A Motion to remove this item from the table was made by Council Member Lancaster and seconded by Mayor Hashmi. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. Mayor Hashmi said he placed this item on the agenda and appreciated Mr. Banks input under citizens' forum. Mr. Anderson explained the amount they were discussing was not based on bond maturity, but based on the payment of principal and interest the City had been making on the 2012 issue and that amount had been reduced. He further explained that the City's bond issues were normally 20 years and the City was at a point of paying this one down, and as a result the payment had dropped that much. Council Member Pickle said he was not approving 2 million dollars tonight when he did not know what drainage projects or park projects this would cover. Mayor Hashmi said if Council decided to move forward, that staff would bring those projects back to Council. Mr. Godwin explained that Mr. McDaniel's presentation included the