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7- r t �'•�. ...79.7 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL January 9, 1989 The City Council of the City of, ..Paris:`_ -met in regular session, January 9, 1989, 7:00 P. M., Council Room; CityeHall, Paris�Texas. Mayor Eric Clifford called the meeting to order 'with the following Councilmen present: Curtis Fendley, Travis Wortham,.Marshall H: Kent', Jr., E. W. (Bill) Booth, William E. (Bill);Davidson,'and Ron& Williams. Also present was City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney, T. K. Haynes, and City Clerk, Mattie Cunningham. Prayer was offered by Ron Byers, Chaplain of Paris Police Department. Mayor Clifford asked if there were any corrections., to the minutes of previous meetings, there _being" none;,- the* minutes.`were approved as presented. Mayor Clifford advised minutes of the Visitors and Convention Council Committee has been furnished with no,action being required. Mr. Lex Walters, General Manager' of Cooke Cablevision, appeared before the Council explaining the reason - fore: outages occurring in the City. Mr. Walters said the major reason- is,�-the. electrical` storms experienced in the summer caused most of the problems with the 450 amplifiers they have. Mr. Walters explained that problems in the:Pine Bluff area was due to a loose wire, after this was discovered and working with Texas Utilities, this was also corrected. Mr. Walters said the question of why they were building outside the-City has been raised, and explained that they were allowed to have the capital to do,this work along with refurbishing their micro - wave - ,system: -�Mr. Walter told the Council that negotiations are in progress_for: the` sale of Cooke Cablevision to TCA Company, and would keep the Council posted regarding.this matter. Reverend Evans was no present, to..speak -regar °ding the renaming of Johnson Park, but Council Wortham did request .that Johnson Park be renamed Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. because it =was located close to Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Mayor Clifford instructed 'the City Manager °to place this item on the next agenda for consideration. Jim Farris representing 'Lamar County Chamber of Commerce appeared before the Council requesting participation in 'the Enterprise Zone Program stating that most of the Council is aware `qf the nature. of the program and .requested a', public hearing be called to obtain public comments concerning whether to make:application for the creation of an Enterprise Zone. Mr. Farris :Mated, in: order to;� -meet the statutory requirements, the public :.�tearirg and 27th. • should be held botween February 23th ORDINANCE NO. 89 -001 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING -OR'DINANCF 'N0: 1,710. 0 ---THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS AND CHANGING'THE BOUNDARTES'ESTABLJSiED BY THE ZONING MAP t •� r t ryRh�: c T sJ t:.• .e...ar•.� x.YPi�- r..%:�. n ... -.. , ... _ -_:..� _. �c., .. t - ..c .i �s..cr...,1 s, i� S