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Regular Council Meeting January 11, 2016 Page 6 He said the project would consist of 80 units, mixed and affordable units. He said they were competing throughout Region 4 with other developers and this project was based on median income. Mr. Garrett also said the project would not be considered for tax credits from the State unless they received support from the City. Following discussion of this item, it was a consensus of City of Council to postpone this item to the January 25th meeting to allow for public input, and include a resolution at that time. 19. Discuss and act on A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS TEXAS, IN SUPPORT OF THE SADDLEBROOKE ESTATES APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS (TDHCA), AND THE PROPROSED DEVELOPMENT OF SADDLEBROOKE ESTATES LOCATED AT 4660 PINE MILL ROAD AND APPROVING SADDLEBROOKE ESTATES, LLC'S REQUEST FOR A de minimis CONTRIBUTION FOR DEVELOPMENT; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Jay Mauck with LW Development, LLC. gave a presentation about the proposed Saddlebrooke Estates. Mr. Mauck said the development would consist of 49 units with a mix of 3 and 4 bedrooms. He also said the support from the City could be structured as a loan, tax abatement or deferment of fees. Mr. Godwin explained that before the State will rate them for the project, they are required to get support from the City. Following discussion of this item, it was a consensus of City of Council to postpone this item to the January 25th meeting to allow for public input, and include a resolution at that time. A Motion to table this item until January 25, 2016 to allow for public input was made by Mayor Hashmi and seconded by Council Member Pickle. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 20. Discuss and possibly act with regard to the contractors for the Trail de Paris Reconstruction Project and the 19th S.W. Water and Sewer Project. Council Member Plata said that West Houston Street was still rough, there was a dip on the street and the ditch by the loop was full of water. He said the contractor did a horrible job in repairing the street. Council Member Plata said he brought this up, because the contractor was awarded another project and could not understand why that happened when he had not done a good job on this project. Council Member Plata said in September the Council was told the project would be let and completed in October. He said it was dry and there was ample time to get it completed, but it was not and now that contractor was being awarded another contract. As a Council, he said he felt they were failing in the jobs they were elected to do. Council Member Plata also said the streets were bad and getting worse and that Council should do whatever they need to do to stop this.