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Regular Council Meeting April 25, 2016 Page 3 Fire Chief Larry Wright reported that an inspection was made of the flea market located at 2810 NE Loop 286 on March 19, 2016, which involved Code Enforcement, the Fire Department, Fire Marshal, Police Department, Building Inspections, Lamar County Health Department, and the State Comptroller. He reported that a multitude of violations of the City Code were discovered, which included faulty and unsafe electrical wiring, structural degradation, unsanitary conditions of food servers, no certificates of occupancy, sale of illegal merchandise including pirated DVDs, inappropriate flow of traffic causing an undue hazard to pedestrians, unauthorized habitation of trailers and structures on the premises, no fire lanes, and no water source for fire protection. He said the State Comptroller interviewed approximately 70 individuals, who for the most part had no tax identification numbers. Chief Wright also reported this was a fact finding inspection and no citations were issued but that due to unsafe conditions of wiring, the electricity to a large majority of the property was disconnected. He said the property manager informed the vendors they could not actively sell out of the structures until the required permits were obtained and the structures were brought up to code. Chief Wright explained that no outside vending was affected by this order. He further explained that the substandard structures were taken before the Building and Standards Commission for consideration of demolition on March 18 and they determined the substandard structures were beyond repair and they should be demolished. Chief Wright said the remaining structures would be brought into compliance before they could be occupied. He also said he received a phone call from local attorney A.W. Clem who advised him the control of the property was under CPA Paul Wells. Chief Wright reported that further work would be done with Paul Wells to ensure safe ingress and egress from the property and it was not the City's intention to close the market. Mayor Hashmi invited those who wanted to speak about this subject to come forward. Marsha Michallek said they were told so many stories and no one knew what was going on. She said she was surprised that no one came forward and wanted to fix it. Mayor Hashmi reminded her that it was private property. Chief Wright said there was no way some of the structures could be saved. John Haliburton said he had been attending the flea market since it had been there, which was probably forty years. He questioned why officials had not done something before now if it was so bad, but had only done something since Randy Rader had passed away. Mr. Haliburton said they were given no notice, but officials just came in and turned off the electricity and that it was handled unprofessionally. Interim City Attorney Stephanie Harris said it was handled with an administrative search warrant. Judy Haliburton said she had a stall at the flea market 30 years ago, and it helped them financially. She said their electricity was turned off on that Saturday morning without any warning and it hurt their businesses. Mrs. Haliburton agreed that some of the buildings were in bad shape. 14. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2016 -015: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING ONCOR ELECTRIC DELIVERY COMPANY, LLC TO FILE CERTAIN INFORMATION WITH THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS; SETTING A PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE FOR THE GATHERING AND REVIEW OF NECESSARY INFORMATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; SETTING DATES FOR THE FILING OF THE CITY'S ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY'S FILING AND THE COMPANY'S REBUTTAL TO SUCH ANALYSIS; RATIFYING THE HIRING OF LEGAL COUNSEL AND CONSULTANTS; RESERVING THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE