00 - AgendaCITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Paris shall meet in regular session
at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2020. The meeting will be held at the City Council
Chamber, 107 E. Kaufinan Street, in Paris, Texas. The matters to be discussed and acted
upon are as follows:
Opening Agenda
1. Call meeting to order.
2. Invocation.
3. Pledge of Allegiance.
4. Citizens' forum.
(Persons desiring to address the Council must limit their presentation to no more than two minutes. Unless
an item is posted on the Agenda, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Council from responding to
any comments other than to refer the matter to a future agenda, to an existing policy, or to a staff person
with specific factual information. Claims against the City, Council Members, or employees, as well as
individual personal appeals are not appropriate for citizens' forum.)
If necessary, the City Council may convene into Executive Session under Chapter 551 of the Texas
Government Code regarding any item on this agenda.
Consent Agenda
Items on the Consent Agenda are approved by a single action of the Council, with such approval applicable
to all items appearing on the Consent Agenda. A Council Member may request any item to be removed
from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item.
5. Approve minutes from the meeting on January 13, 2020.
6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards and commissions:
a. Paris Visitors & Convention Council Quarterly Activity & Financial Reports
b. Love Civic Center Quarterly Activity & Financial Reports
c. Historic Preservation Commission (11-19-2019)
d. Paris Public Library Advisory Board (12-18-2019)
e. Paris Economic Development Corporation (12-18-2019 & 1-7-2020)
7. Receive December monthly financial report.
8. Receive December drainage report.
9. Receive demolition and code enforcement activity reports.
10. Accept the bid and award a contract in the amount of $61,540.00 for ground maintenance
to Green's Lawn & Landscape, the lowest responsible bidder.
11. Approve appointment of Council Member Portugal to serve as the liaison to Main Street
Advisory Board and Council Member Pilgrim to serve as the liaison for the PEDC.
12. Approve a Resolution ordering the regular municipal election for May 2, 2020.
13. Approve a Resolution authorizing execution of a Contract for Elections Services with the
Lamar County Elections Administrator.
14. Approve a Resolution authorizing a Joint Election Agreement between the City of Paris
and Paris Independent School District.
15. Approve a Resolution authorizing a Joint Election Agreement between the City of Paris
and North Lamar Independent School District.
16. Approve the Final Plat of Lot 1, Block A of the Davis Addition, located in the 2000
Block of West Sherman Street.
17. Approve the Final Plat of Lot 1, Block A of the Sanitation Solutions Addition, located in
the 2100 Block of South Church Street — LCAD Parcel Nos. 400119 and 71936.
18. Approve the Final Plat of Lot 1, Block A of the CEFCO North Addition, located in the
2500 Block of North Main Street.
19. Approve the Final Plat of Lots 1 and 2, Block A of the CEFCO South Addition, located
in the 2900 Block of South Church Street.
20. Approve the Replat of Lot 1, Block A of the CEFCO West Paris Addition, located in the
3900 Block of Bonham Street.
21. Approve amendments to the Airport Hangar Lease Agreement.
Regular Agenda
22. Conduct a public hearing, discuss and act on an Ordinance considering the petition of
Ramseur Baptist Church for a change in zoning from a One -Family Dwelling District No.
2 (SF2) to a General Retail District (GR), in the City of Paris, Block 287, Lots 1B and 5,
located in the 3400 block of Lamar Avenue.
23. Conduct a public hearing, discuss and act on a Resolution approving a tax abatement
agreement with Lionshead Specialty Tire and Wheel, to wit:
a. Current Owner of property: Paris Economic Development Corporation
b. Name of Applicant: Lionshead Specialty Tire and Wheel LLC (will acquire property
from PEDC)
c. Name and location of reinvestment zone: LCAD Parcel Numbers 115907 (Northwest
Paris Industrial Park, Block A, Lot 1, 9.58 acres) and 121017 (Northwest Paris
Industrial Park, Block A, Lot IA, 10.00 acres), Paris, Texas (property is in enterprise
zone by virtue of 2010 U.S. Census data pursuant to Texas Government Code
Chapter 2303 and designated a reinvestment zone by virtue of Texas Tax Code
Section 312.2011)
d. General description of improvements and repairs: Construction of a manufacturing
and warehousing plant
e. Total estimated cost of improvements: $5,400,000.00.
24. Discuss creation of a Panhandling Ordinance, and provide direction to staff.
25. Discuss and act on an Ordinance authorizing the issuance of a solid waste collection
permit to Nelson and Tanna Stoll d/b/a Countryside Disposal, LLC.
26. Discuss and act on an Ordinance amending the Traffic Control Map adopted in Section
31-65(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Pairs, Texas; establishing stop signs
stopping northbound and southbound traffic at the intersection of Church Street and
Sherman Street.
27. Discuss and act on a Resolution forgiving certain civil penalties assessed against the
property located at 1416 W. Kaufinan Street.
28. Convene into executive session pursuant to Sec. 551.087 of the Texas Government Code,
(1) to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the
governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body
seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and
with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or
(2) to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described
by Subdivision (1), as follows: J. Skinner Bakery.
29. Reconvene into Open Session and possibly take action on those matters discussed in
Executive Session.
30. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to
Resolution No. 2004-081.
31. Adjournment.
Certification
I certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the bulletin board in the City Hall Annex, 150 First
St. SE, Paris, Texas and on the City's website at www.paristexas.gov, no later than 5:30 p.m. on January
24, 2020.
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X, .ice Ellis, City Clerk
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