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Regular Council Meeting September 12, 2011 Page 4 A Motion to invoke the super majority rule was made by Council Member Frierson and 1389 seconded by Council Member Wright. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Frierson and seconded by Council Member McCarthy. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 9. Deliberate and act on the Preliminary Plat and Final Plat of Lot 1, Block A, Trinity Christian Academy Addition CB 323, located at 2060 Highway 79. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Wright. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 10. Deliberate and act on the Preliminary Plat and Final Plat of Lot 1, Block A, Nepex Realty LTD 313, located at 3930 Lamar Avenue. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Frierson. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 11. Deliberate and act on the Replat of Lot 5, Block 2, Clements Fairview Addition, located at 1538 North Main Street. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member McCarthy and seconded by Council Member Wright. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 12. Report from Jeanna Scott on the building permit process. Mayor Hashmi said one of the City Council's top priorities was to streamline the permitting and inspection processes to encourage business growth. Mayor Hashmi said the City Departments were working under the State guidelines and Council guidelines. Assistant Building Official Jeanna Scott told City Council that in January of 2009, that there was a major turnover in staff in the Department. Ms. Scott said that Bureau Veritas was hired to do all of the plan review and inspections for commercial and residential projects. She also said there had been a lot of changes made since that time, such as update of the application forms, addition of a building check list, and a site plan check list. Ms. Scott suggested that Staff place the forms on the City's web -site for downloading purposes. She said that they had been encouraging pre - development construction meetings. Ms. Scott also said that the Department had ongoing training and that several employees had obtained certifications allowing the City Staff to perform certain inspections. She stated that since July 2010, they had gone to a hybrid system, using Bureau Veritas only on projects over 5,000 square feet. Ms. Scott said that Bureau Veritas continued to allow the City to use their software, which was of great help in tracking projects. Ms. Scott also explained the various permit processes to City Council for new residential structures, remodel of residential structures, new commercial and remodel of commercial