00 AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL. CITY OF PARIS. PARIS. TEXAS
LOVE CIVIC CENTER
2025 S. COLLEGIATE DRIVE
PARIS. TEXAS
WEDNESDAY. MAY 18. 2005
6:00 O'CLOCK. P.M.
CITIZENS NEEDING SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO DISABILITIES SHOULD GIVE
NOTICE TO THE CITY FORTY -EIGHT (48) HOURS IN ADVANCE BY CALLING (903) 784-
9202, OR (903) 784-6688.
AGE N D A
(NOTE:
It is respectfully requested that presentations before the City Council
be confined to two minutes or less.)
1.
Call meeting to order.
2.
Approval of minutes from previous City Council meetings. (4-11-05)
3.
Canvass the returns of the Regular Municipal Election held on May 7, 2005.
4.
Consideration of and action on a resolution declaring the results of the
Regular Municipal Election held on May 7, 2005, for Council Districts 4 and 7,
declaring the winner in said election, and acknowledging the results of prior
Council action declaring a candidate as elected to office for Council District
5 as a result of having been unopposed for election to office.
5.
Oath of Office will be administered to newly elected Council Members by
Municipal Judge Thomas Hunt III.
6.
Election by City Council of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore to serve the City of
Paris for the next year.
7.
Receipt of report from the Planning & Zoning Commission.
A.
Public Hearing to consider the petition of Daniel G. Elcan for a change
in zoning from an Agricultural District (A) to a General Retail District
(GR) on Lot 6, City Block 313, being number 3850 Lamar Avenue.
B.
Consideration of and action on an ordinance amending Zoning
Ordinance No. 1710, changing the zoning from an Agricultural District
(A) to a General Retail District (GR) on Lot 6, City Block 313, being
number 3850 Lamar Avenue.
C.
D.
May 18 2005
Page 2
Consideration of and action on the Preliminary Plat of the Kennedy
Subdivision.
Consideration of and action on the Preliminary Plat of Lots 1 and 2, City
Block 313, B.D.T. Subdivision
----- CONSENT AGENDA -----
[Matters of a routine nature are placed on a single consent agenda for
City Council consideration. Items appearing on a consent agenda are
approved by a single vote of Council, with such approval applicable to
all items appearing on said agenda. If any Council member desires to
discuss and consider separately any item appearing on the consent
agenda, that Council member may do so by requesting that the item be
removed from the consent agenda and considered as a separate item.]
8.
A.
9.
A.
Receipt of reports and/or minutes from committees, boards, and
commissions:
Board of Adjustment. (4-18-05)
B.
Historic Preservation Commission. (3-28-05; 4-13-05)
C.
Main Street Advisory Board. (4-20-05)
Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
Approving the sale of tax delinquent property described as
Lot 10-A, City Block 149, being number 648 1st Street SW.
B.
Approving and authorizing the execution of Texas
Department of Transportation final plans for the
construction of miscellaneous work consisting of audible
traffic signal installation (State Project No. C 45-9-84) in
the Plaza area of downtown Paris.
C.
Appointing member to the Main Street Advisory Board.
. - - - END CONSENT AGENDA - - -
10.
11.
12.
May 18 2005
Page 3
Personal Appearance(s).
A.
Water & Sewer Rate Study by representatives of R. W. Beck, Inc. and
City staff.
Consideration of and action on the following ordinances:
A.
Providing that the Code of Ordinances, City of Paris, be amended by
revising Subsections (b) and (c) of Section 34-22 of said code to
establish water rates for residential, commercial, and industrial
customers that are based upon the cost to serve each class, revising
Subsection (a) of Section 34-23 to establish a sewer service rate for
City water customers, and amending Section 34-28 to increase the
deposit for residential water, sewer, and garbage service.
B.
Providing that Section 34-4(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Paris, be amended by revising the water and sewer tap fees.
C.
Amending Section 28 to Ordinance No. 1710 of the Zoning Ordinance
of the City of Paris to revise the regulation for wireless
telecommunications towers and facilities as applied to Agriculturally
zoned property, revising set-backs for towers located in Commercial,
Light Industrial, and Heavy Industrial zoned areas, and providing a
limited variance procedure.
D.
Amending Article IV to Chapter 30 of the Code of Ordinances, entitled
Tax Exemption for Historical Structures, to provide a tax exemption for
new construction in historically designated areas within the City;
providing for an exemption of the increase of the assessed value of
certain properties for tax purposes which are located in areas of the
City designated as Historic Districts pursuant to the City's Historic
Preservation Ordinance and the City Zoning Ordinance which serves as
the site for new, historically compatible construction.
Consideration of and action on the following resolutions:
A.
Approving and ratifying the execution of an application for an
Automobile Theft Prevention Grant, and authorizing the execution fo
any and all documents necessary for acceptance and implementation
of said grant upon notice thereof.
May 18 2005
Page 4
13.
Staff Reports.
A.
City Engineer Shawn Napier regarding the status of the City Hall Project.
14.
Presentations.
A.
John Crider - Status report on the Firefighter's Pension Plan.
B.
Citizens Forum (Citizens desiring to appear under this item must limit
their presentation to two (2) minutes in duration. Under the Open
Meetings Law, because advance notice of the subject matter of each
presentation was not received in time to appear on the agenda, City
Council is limited in its response to referring the matter to a future
agenda, to an existing policy, or to a staff person with specific factual
information. Claims against the City and individual personnel appeals
are not appropriate for Citizens Forum).
15. Possible future agenda items.
16. Referrals.
17. . Adjournment.
POSTED:
FRIDAY MAY 13 2005 '3
BOARD.
O'CLOCK P.M. CITY HALL BULLETIN
BY: