00 AGENDACITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Paris shall meet in regular session
on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the City Council
Chamber, 107 E. Kaufman 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. 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 personnel appeals are not appropriate for citizens' forum.)
5. Introductions, announcements, and recognitions.
a. Proclamation declaring the month of May as Motorcycle
Awareness Month.
Consent Agenda
[tems 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.
6. Deliberate and act on the approval of minutes from the meeting on
April 28, 2008.
7. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or minutes from the
following boards, commissions, and committees:
a. Joint City Council and City Council Task Force on Code
Enforcement minutes from the meeting on April 22, 2008.
b. Lake Pat Mayse Study Committee minutes from the meeting on
April 17, 2008.
8. Deliberate and act on the Replat of Lots 1 and 2, Block A, Sagestar
Holdings LTD 318 Addition, being located in the 3000 block of
Loop 286 N.E.
9. Deliberate and act on the Final Plat of Lot l, Block A, Petco Plaza
313 Addition, being number 3900 Lamar Avenue.
lO.Deliberate and act on the Preliminary Plat and Final Plat of Lots 1
and 2, Block A, 4T Enterprises 297 Addition, being numbers 1640
and 1660 Loop 286 N.W.
11.Deliberate and act on the Final Plat of Lot l, Block A, Omega 306
Addition, being number 2885 Stillhouse Road.
12.Deliberate and act on a resolution authorizing the submission of a
Home Program Application to the Texas Department of Housing
and Community Affairs for home funds, and authorizing the City
Manager to negotiate and execute all necessary documents.
13.First Reading on an ordinance amending the existing gas franchise
between the City of Paris and Atmos Energy Corporation, and
authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all
necessary documents.
14.Deliberate and act on a resolution authorizing continued
participation with the steering committee of cities served by
Oncor; and authorizing the payment of 10 cents per capita to the
steering committee to fund regulatory and related activities related
to Oncor Electric Delivery, and authorizing the City Manager to
negotiate and execute all necessary documents.
Regular Agenda
15.Public hearing, deliberate and act on an ordinance approving a Site
Plan of Lot 4, City Block 318, being located in the 3000 block of
Loop 286 N.E.
16.Public Hearing, deliberate and act on an ordinance amending the
Comprehensive Plan and adopting revisions to the Future Land
Map and the Future Land Use Plan Map Legend Explanations of
the Comprehensive Plan.
17.Deliberate and act on an ordinance amending Chapter 30 to
decrease or repeal the $20,000.00 residence homestead exemption
of ad valorem taxes for persons sixty-five years of age or older and
disabled.
18.Deliberate and act on an Initiative Petition proposing an ordinance
adopting a new section to the existing Code of Ordinances of the
City of Paris, Texas relating to establishment of a limit on taxes for
qualifying individuals pursuant to Article 8, Section 1-b(h) of the
Texas Constitution and Texas Tax Code Section 11.261.
19.Deliberate and act on issuance of subpoenas related to an
investigation regarding initiative petitions and sworn affidavits
filed March 18, 2008, pursuant to Section 34 of the City Charter of
the City of Paris, Texas.
20.Deliberate and act on a resolution authorizing the City Manager to
execute an irrevocable standby letter of credit to the Office of
Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) for the Housing Infrastructure
Program.
21.Deliberate and act on a resolution appointing members to various
boards, commissions, and committees.
22.Deliberate on possible future agenda items.
23.Adjournment.
Certification
1 certify that the above notice of ineeting was posted on the bulletin board in the City Hall Annex, 150 First
St. SE, Paris, Texas, no later than 6:00 p.m. on May 9, 2008.
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 (903) 784-9291 for assistance.