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Regular Council Meeting January 25, 2016 Page 6 and final evaluations of each were completed in October 2014 and based upon extensive evaluation, site visits and direct interviews, the team of Garver USA/Freese and Nichols /Hayter Engineering was selected to manage the project. Mr. Harris also said Garver was introduced to the City Council in January 2015 as the engineering firm selected to manage the project and the FY 2015/2016 budget included up to $320,000 to complete conceptual design for rehabilitation of the city's wastewater treatment plant. Jeff Sober, vice - president of Garver, introduced the team and took the Council through the timeline for the project. Council Member Plata said he agreed with Mr. Harris that the plant was old, but at the same time Paris was not growing. He said several years ago they spent 5 million dollars for some rehabilitation and this time it would be in the millions again. Council Member Lancaster said not all of the plant was old, it was well operated and she was hesitant to proceed with additional rehabilitation. Council Member Pickle said the costs will continue to escalate the longer they do not proceed with rehabilitation. He favored moving forward to allow Garver to advise them where improvements needed to be made and stated it was already in the budget to hire them. Mayor Hashmi wanted to know if the affluent met TCEQ requirements and Mr. Harris said the plant was in compliance. Mayor Hashmi opposed moving forward with the conceptual design. Council Member Clifford agreed with Council Member Plata in that he did not believe they needed to spend an additional $320,000 for another study. He questioned as to how many studies had already been done. Mayor Hashmi asked Mr. Harris what they needed to fix and Mr. Harris mentioned the plant grid. Council Member Plata said since it was budgeted, he would be okay with Garver figuring out what the City needed to do to rehab the plant. Council Member Clifford wanted to know the cost of the final design and Mr. Sober said he could not answer that question without going through the conceptual design. Council Member Pickle inquired if the City qualified for a low interest loan and Mr. Sober answered in the affirmative. He also said if the City does not move forward with this phase, they will lose their place in line to get a low interest loan. Mayor Hashmi said the City had a lot of other important projects. A Motion to deny this item was made by Mayor Hashmi and seconded by Council Member Clifford. Motion carried, 4 ayes — 2 nays, with Council Members Pickle and Plata casting the dissenting votes. 18. Discuss revisions to the animal control ordinance and provide direction to staff. Chief Hundley explained the animal ordinance had not been significantly reviewed over the past many years and that changes included a dangerous dog definition and procedure, the type of animals that can be kept in the City and how they are to be kept, as well as changes in how to respond to animals which create disturbances in neighborhoods. It was a consensus of City Council to move forward with adoption of the revisions.