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 28, 2011. 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 factuai information.
Claims against the City, Council Members, or employees, as well as individual personnel appeals are not
appropriate for citizens' forum.)
5. Public Announcements.
a. Proclamation designating 2011 as the Second Century Celebration Year of Boy
Scouts of America and declaring February as Official Boy Scout month.
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.
6. Deliberate and act on the approval of minutes from the meeting on February 14, 2011.
7. Receive and deliberate on reports and/or minutes from the following boards,
commissions, and committees:
a. PEDC minutes (1-12-2011)
b. Planning & Zoning minutes (1-3-2011)
c. Paris Historic Preservation Commission minutes (1-24-2011)
d. Paris Public Library Advisory Board minutes (1-19-2011).
8. Deliberate on January monthly financial report.
9. Deliberate on drainage ditch maintenance report.
Regular Agenda
10. Public hearing, first reading, deliberate and possibly on an Ordinance changing zoning
from a Light Industrial District (LI) to a Public Lands and Institution District (PLI) on
Lots 5 and 6, Block 1, Smith's 2"d Addition, located at 165 West Center.
11. Presentation of the annual report on racial profiling policy.
12. Deliberate on Paris Economic Development Corporation's 2010-I1 Plan of
Work/Quarterly Report.
13. Deliberate and possibly act on a Resolution approving a Lease Agreement between the
City of Paris, Texas and Red River Valley Veterans' Memorial, Inc. for a.9022 acre tract
of land; and authorizing the Mayor to negotiate and execute all necessary documents.
14. Deliberate on an amendment to Section 21-7 Limitation on Burials, of the Code of
Ordinances and provide direction to staff.
15. Convene into Executive Session:
a. Pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code to (1) 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).
b. Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code to deliberate the
purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property.
c. Pursuant to Section 551.071 of the Texas Government Code, Consultation with
Attorney, to receive legal advice from the City Attorney about pending or
contemplated litigation and/or on matters in which the duty of an attorney to his client
under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas
clearly conflicts with this chapter, to-wit: Ceclia Kane vs. Paris-Lamar County
Health Department of Paris, Texas, et al, Civil Action No. 4:1 OCV281.
16. Reconvene into open session to deliberate and possibly act on matters discussed in
Executive Session.
17. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to
Resolution No. 2004-081.
18. Adj ournment.
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 5:30 p.m. on February 25, 2011.
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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.