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Regular Council Meeting July 9, 2012 .Page 4 Mr. Godwin told City Council that several citizens had approached the City of Paris 15 9 about honoring country music artist Gene Watson. He said they specifically requested a portion of Oh Street N.E. which is inside the Red River Valley Fairgrounds, be renamed Gene Watson Street. A Motion to rename the street was made by Council Member Frierson and seconded by Council Member Drake. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 14. Discuss and act on Roger Stripland sewer issues. Mayor Pro -Tern Grossnickle said that Mr. Stripland and his attorney could not be at the meeting and said they should postpone this item to the next regularly scheduled meeting. Council Member Wright said he would like more details about this item. Mr. Godwin said there were a number of people who were connected to the City's sewer and at one point they requested to have their sewer fees refunded to them, because the City did not know they were hooked onto the City sewer at that time and that money was refunded. Mr. Godwin said recently the City learned that they were in fact getting City sewer service, so the City began to bill them the currently charged monthly average of $31.36. Mr. Godwin further said the Striplands suggested they did not think they should have to pay that amount, because they invested money to hook onto the City sewer system. Mr. Anderson said the Striplands did not obtain a permit, ran sewer line across private property and tied into a sewer force main. He said this issue came up when he was serving as interim City Manager. Mr. Anderson said at that time he told the Mayor the Striplands hooked up without a permit and the City could not maintain those lines, because they ran across private property. Mr. Anderson said normally when a development goes in, the cost of the infrastructure is rolled into the cost of the house or the lot, and infrastructure is permitted and correctly done. He said this sewer hook -up was performed on an individual basis so the engineering wasn't correctly done. Mr. Anderson said it was his understanding that they personally paid for the infrastructure themselves and wanted a discount on their sewer bill. He said as far as he could tell there was no basis for giving him a special sewer rate. Mr. Anderson said a refund was given to them and City staff actually had been out there to verify whether or not they were on city sewer. He said City staff checked maps and could not find where they were connected, that the City had been billing them for sewer, and had refunded that money to them. Mr. Anderson said when this issue came up, City staff went back out there and the Striplands admitted they were hooked onto the City sewer system. Mr. Godwin asked Council if they wanted this item on their next Agenda. Council Member Wright said he did want it brought back. 15. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, Consultation with Attorney, to receive legal advice from the City Attorney about pending or contemplated litigation and/or on matters in which the duty of an attorney to his client under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas, clearly conflict with this chapter. City Council did not convene into Executive Session.