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734 15 and 18. The motion carried 4 ayes, 2 nays. Councilman Shelton and Councilman Jim Bell voting no. A motion was made by Councilman Brown, seconded by Councilman Williams to proceed to Item No. 5 of the corrected agenda. .T.he motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Fisher declared the public hearing open on the petition for a change in zoning from a Neighborhood Service District (NS) to a General Retail District (GR) on Lots 8 -A, 8 -B, 9, 10, 10 -A, and 11, City Block 222 -B and on Lots 16 and 17, and part of Lots 15 and 18, City Block 286 located between Lamar Avenue and E. Price Street from Collegiate Drive -west to a point 158 feet west of 27th N. E. Mayor Fisher called for proponents to appear, and Eddie McFadden again appeared and advised the Council that it was the request of the property owners to have the General Retail Zoning. Mayor Fisher called for opponents to appear, none appeared, and the public hearing was declared closed. A motion was made by Councilman Jim Bell, seconded by Councilman Shelton authorizing preparation of an ordinance change in zoning from a Neighborhood Service District (NS) to a General Retail District (GR) on Lots 8 -A, 8 -B, 9, 10, 10 -A, and 11, City Block 222 -B and on Lots 16 and 17, and part of Lots 15 and 18, City Block 286 located between Lamar Avenue and E. Price Street from Collegiate Drive west to a point 158 feet west of 27th N. E., subject to those people providing drainage plans upon development of the property, and to be presented at the next regular council meeting. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. Councilman John Bell entered the Council chambers and assumed his seat at the Council table. A motion was made by Councilman Jim Bell, seconded by Councilman Williams to bring the public hearing to consider the petition of the Lamar County Human Resources Coujncil, Inc., for a change in zoning from a One Family Dwelling District No. 2 (SF -2) to a Planned Development - Housing District (PD -b) on Lot 9, City Block 311 located at 3390 Clarksville Street from the table. The motion carried 6 ayes, 1 nay, Councilman Shelton voting no. Mayor Fisher called for proponents to appear and A. R. Martin, Pastor of the Solid Rock Baptist Church, and is also the President of the Board of Director of the Lamar County Human Resources Counci. Pastor Martin said that there were two groups represented tonight, Lamar County Human Resources Council and the 202 Special Committee for Golden Acres, and asked those people to stand. Pastor Martin stated that a $5,400,000.00 grant had been approved for the construction and 40 years of maintenance for 50 units for the elderly in Paris. Pastor Martin pointed out that 22% of the Lamar County population was elderly and most were on fixed incomes so low that they were unable to maintain their homes in a reasonable manner. He urged the Council to approved the zoning change.