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Regular Council Meeting August 8, 2011 1366 Page 17. Deliberate on litter problems, junk veUcles, and enforcement in the City of Paris. Mayor Hashmi said that the purpose of this item was to bring the citizens up to date on the beautification of the City of Paris. Mayor Hashmi said that he had met with TxDOT officials about cleaning and maintaining Loop 286 and that a TxDOT landscape architect was scheduled to visit Paris to create a landscape plan. Mayor Hashmi said there would be a joint effort between TxDOT and City resources to maintain the Loop. He also said that he planned to work with the City's Director of Public Works to initiate a schedule for cleaning up city streets. Mayor Hashmi encouraged citizens to volunteer for beautification projects. Mayor Hashmi asked Code Enforcement Officer Robert Talley to explain the process for code enforcement complaints. Mr. Talley said the complaints were received by telephone, Internet or a citizen walk -in. Mr. Talley said once it was determined a violation had occurred, a letter was sent to the individual asking for compliance. He said if compliance was not accomplished, the City sent out an abatement crew. He also said they send notices out on junk vehicles and give the individual a certain amount of time to comply. Mayor Hashmi asked Mr. Talley if the City could have the vehicle towed and Mr. Talley answered in the affirmative. Mayor Hashmi reminded everyone that the City of Paris has an ordinance prohibiting littering, as well as an ordinance prohibiting junk vehicles and outside storage. He said that once the beautification projects began, that the ordinances would be enforced. At 6:56 p.m. Mayor Hashmi left the meeting and turned the meeting over to Mayor Pro- Tern Grossnickle. 18. Deliberate and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -065: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; AWARDING A CONTRACT FOR THE RENOVATION AND ALTERATION OF THE CITY OF PARIS CENTRAL WAREHOUSE FACILITY TO BOB JOHNS CONSTRUCTION, LLC, THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Gene Anderson explained that the City purchased property located at 165 W. Center Street for a replacement warehouse building. Mr. Anderson said three bids were received and that Bob Johns Construction, LLC was the low bidder. Mr. Anderson said the budgeted amount was $134,000 and the bid was for $199,066. He recommended accepting the low bid and transferring funds from line item 11- 1002 -81 -99 originally budgeted for the radio read meter project, which was not going to be done this fiscal year. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Frierson. Motion carried, 5 ayes — 0 nays. 19. First reading, deliberate and possibly act on ORDINANCE NO. 2011 -027: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, ( "CITY ")