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, February 8, 2021. The meeting will be held at the City Council
Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman Street, in Paris, Texas. Due to the Co VID outbreak, facemasks
are required for those in attendance of the meeting in the City Council Chamber. Due to the
pandemic concerns, one or all Council Members may be attending remotely, but the feed
will be available for live viewing at haps:// aristexas.ggyjpublic. 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 of January 25, 2021.
6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards and commissions:
a. Building & Standards Commission (11-16-2020)
b. Planning & Zoning Commission (1-4-2021)
c. Airport Advisory Board (10-22-2020)
d. Library Advisory Board (12-16-2020)
7. Approve closeout of the 17th Street Improvements Construction Project, accept public
improvements, release retainage, and authorize final payment to Pavecon Public Works,
LP, Inc. in the amount of $105,587.67
8. Approve Amendment #1 to the Professional Engineering Services Agreement with
Garver to allow for dividing the design/bidding between Phase I and Phase II; and
authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
9. Approve a Professional Service Agreement with WRA Architects, Inc., in the amount of
$13,000.00 for pre -design services for the Love Civic Center Restoration Project work;
and authorizing the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.
10. Approve Agreement with the Texas Water Development Board and the City of Paris for
receipt of grant funds for the purpose of purchasing property located at 2597 Clark Lane
(in the 100 -year floodplain), in the amount of $189,500.00, and authorize the City
Manager to execute all necessary documents.
11. Approve Change Order No. One to a contract with Bernal Commercial Construction
increasing the contract amount by $3,333.33 on the 645 Johnson Woods Drive Channel
Bank Stabilization Project.
12. Approve Amendment No. Two to the Agreement with Gary and Rebecca Nash to
increase the City's portion of cost sharing from $33,000.00 to $34,666.67, for
improvements necessary to replace a failed retaining wall along Johnson Woods Creek
and adjacent to their property.
Regular Agenda
13. Consider and take action on a Resolution directing that notice of intent to issue
certificates of obligation to finance construction of a waste water treatment plant be
posted to the City website and published in a newspaper circulated within the City, and
approving all matters pertaining thereto.
14. Discuss and act on an Ordinance Amending Section 34-23(a), "Sewer Rates — For
Customers Using City Water," of Chapter 34 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Paris, Texas to reflect changes recommended by the City's Rate Consultant; providing a
repealer clause, a severability clause, a savings clause, a penalty clause; and providing for
an effective date.
15. Discuss and approve the confirmation of the City Manager's appointment of Richard
Salter as Chief of Police, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code 143.013(a)(1).
16. Discuss and appoint one member to the Traffic Commission and one member to the
Library Advisory Board.
17. Discuss and act on a Resolution regarding the "White Unity Conference" scheduled for
October 9, 2021.
18. Receive presentation, discuss and provide direction to staff regarding the Property
Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Act and Paris Lakes.
19. Convene into executive session pursuant to:
A. Section 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: First National Bank Building and
associated properties.
B. Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code, to deliberate the purchase,
exchange, lease, or value of real property if deliberation in an open meeting
would have a detrimental effect on the position of the governmental body in
negotiations with a third person.
20. Reconvene into Open Session and possibly take action on those matters discussed in
Executive Session.
21. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to
Resolution No. 2004-081.
22. 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 February
5, 2021.
Janice Ellis, City Clerk
Special Accommodations
This facility is wheelchair accessible and accessible parking spaces are available. Requests for special
accommodations or interpretive services must be made forty-eight (48) hours prior to this meeting. Please
contact Janice Ellis at (903) 784-9248 or jellis@paristexas.gov for assistance.