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Regular Council Meeting March 28, 2016 Page 4 A Motion to appoint Leah Rolen to the board was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Plata. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 15. Discuss and act on changing the meeting date of May 9 to May 16, 2016. Ms. Ellis asked that the Council change the meeting date, in order to canvass the Election during the time period prescribed by State Statute. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Frierson and seconded by Council Member Clifford. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 1 nay, with Council Member Pickle casting the dissenting vote. With the Council's permission, Mayor Hashmi said he would like to re -open the Citizens' Forum. A Motion to re -open the Citizens' Forum was made by Council Member Pickle and seconded by Council Member Lancaster. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. Harold Valtim, 1320 Pine Bluff — he said he made application to build a fence and it was rejected. He said he needed permission to build a nice fence. He also said there was concrete with sharp edges on a curb near 13th Street and Pine Bluff and several persons had busted their tires and he asked that it be repaired. Mr. Valtim also said there was a ditch by his house that had mosquitoes in it and it needed cleaning out. Mr. Godwin told Mr. Valtim he would contact him the following day. Chris Stephens, 608 N. Main — he said he owned Stevens Automotive and there were several other business owners with him. He said they had each received a letter from Code Enforcement that non - registration vehicles would being towed after twenty days. Mr. Stephens said it did not make sense for the antique car owners to register a vehicle that was being worked on at one of their businesses, because sometimes it took several years to restore an old car. He said he agreed with cleaning up Paris, but as far as putting up gates and walls that he could not open a gate without it opening up on North Main. Mr. Stephens said there were at least five of these type businesses on North Main within a half mile. He asked if they could get this restructured to get some heat off of them. Mayor Hashmi explained this item has been posted several times and it was good to come when it was posted, so Council could discuss it with them. He said it was very unusual for Council to re -open the citizens' forum and Council did so, because they saw them sitting there. He told them that Council could not comment because it was not posted. Mr. Stephens wanted to know when this would be posted again and Mayor Hashmi said they would have to discuss that with the city manager. Rachel Stephens — she said this comes back to recycling and making things better, and that she agreed with the other business owners.