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13 City Council (08/07/03)MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL August 7, 2003 The City Council of the City of Paris met in special session, Thursday, August 7, 2003, 6:00 P.M. At Paris Junior College, Applied Technology Building, Room 1206, 2400 Clarksville Street, Paris, Texas. Mayor Curtis Fendley called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: Jim Bell, Jay Guest, Francine Neeley, Benny Plata, and Willie Weekly, Jr. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Mayor Fendley announced that the first order of business was consideration of and action on an ordinance authorizing the issuance of City of Paris Texas General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2003, approving an official statement, and authorizing the execution of a purchase agreement and an escrow agreement. Dan Almon with Southwest Securities came forward presenting the City Council with a packet containing a copy of the Official Statement that has the bid down the left-hand border for the $7,130,000.00 General Obligation Refunding Bonds Series 2003. He said on the left-hand side is the summary of the financing of deal points and behind that is the bond buyer's index, showing the trend analysis for what municipal bond rates are doing. Mr. Almon called the Council's attention to the summary of the bond sale. He said the pertinent data regarding the sale is a proposal by an underwriter, being First Southwest Securities and Dain Rauscher, jointly underwriting the proposed bonds. They have submitted a debt interest cost of 3.499%, which is an average interest rate ora coupon of 3.38%. They acknowledged in their proposal that this would result in a net savings of $505,340.00. The future debt service payments of bonds are bank qualified and they do have an average life of 6.42 years. The city retains and makes them subject to early redemption prior to their scheduled maturities on December 15, 2009. Mr. Almon advised that Item No. 2 is a summary of the market conditions. He said the Bond Buyer Index this past Thursday was 5.07% and the Bond Buyer Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 2 Index the previous week was 4.83%. When the city last sold bonds on August 8, 2002, the total interest cost was 4.31%, and at that time, the interest rates were 5% of the Buyer Index. Mr. Almon said that the city did market as ~Triple A" bonds by means of AMBAC Insurance and had an Underlying Rating of ~A2" reaffirmed by Moody' s. Mr. Almon advised that they were able to get all five major bond insurance companies that insure traditional type municipal bonds to accept the city's application and qualify for insurance. Mr. Almon said they sent this out and asked for competitive bids, and they picked the most cost effective bid. He advised that XLCA had the slightly lower bid, but they have only been a ~Triple A" insurer for a year and half. He said the marketplace still requires a five to ten extra basis points yield on their insurance, even though they are ~Triple A,' because of some resistance over and above the other four major ~Triple A" insurers. He explained that if they are substantially below their premium, the underwriters can market one of the other four insurance companies that are ~Triple A", and it will not cost effective a lower yield in essence. He said that the most cost effective choice is to pick AMBAC. Mr. Almon advised there were not a lot of good comparables for two reasons. One was there was no other bank qualified product selling at competitive sales the last couple days; and number two, when you sell the tail end of a 20-year old bond issue that has 10 years maturity behind and 10 years left, you end up with a short average life and the average life of this issue is 6.4 years. Mr. Almon said on page 3, they show the source and use and you can see that you are selling bonds in the amount of $7,130,000.00, plus the underwriters are paying your premium of $15,249.00in order to get the effective rate down, and model some of the yields that they are giving the investors. They are also paying you the accrued interest from the date of the bonds to the date of delivery, which is the $9,342.00. He said the city is using this money primarily Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 3 to purchase slugs, or state and local government tailor-made government securities put in escrow to pay off the 1993 and 1994 bonds when they become eligible to be paid off. The 1993 bond can be paid off December 15, 2003, and the 1994 bond can be paid off December 15, 2004. Mr. Almon said the city is paying $65,000.00 for cost of issuance. The city is paying bond insurance of $24,214.52, underwriter's discount of $43,973.50, accrued interest of $9,342.24, and contingency of $1,610.04 for a total of $7,154,592.35. Mr. Almon advised that on page 4 is the actual savings report and it shows $505,340.00 in future value savings. He said at the bottom, they traditionally present the value of that number and do not do it with arbitrary rates. They use the added interest cost of the bond issue itself. That is just a part of the present value and you can see by using the rate of 3.389 that future value savings would present a value of$415,302.00 and that is 6.19% of the par value of the prior issue or the bonds that you are refunding. Mr. Almon said page 5 is the Bond Production Report and that actually shows the deal points and all the specifics of the sale of the bonds. Mr. Almon advised that pages 6 and 7 show the two bond issues that are being refunded and how they are set to mature if you do not refund them. Page 8 adds those two together showing the total debt service and total principal on the 1993 and 1994 bond issues. Page 9 actual shows how they are going to pay and call out of the escrow that the city will create from the state and local government securities. Page 10 gives an item by item breakdown of the cost of issuance, and what it is referred to on the use of funds the cost of issuance and the City Council can see his fee, Bond Council fee, Attorney General fee, and those are consistent with their agreement with the city that they have charged in the past. Mr. Almon said he did have to take bids for the banking services because this is a new transaction where we have to pay them as paying agency and registrar both on the new bonds as well as the old bonds. Then, they have to pay one of the banks to be the escrow agent to hold the escrow until the city can pay off the old bonds and their fees are collectively Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 4 $3,200.00. Other fees include Moody's Bond rating, the official statement, printing estimate, electronic posting/distribution of POS, refunding calculation's fee, CPA verification report and a miscellaneous fee for a total estimated cost of $65,000.00. Peter Tart with McCall, Parkhurst, and Hurst, came forward stating that with the adoption of this ordinance those interest rates are fixed as presented by Mr. Almon. It would authorize the execution of a purchase agreement with the underwriter, First Southwest, which they have signed and he has here for the city's execution. This fixes the terms which means the rates and savings will be exactly like they are stated. The delivery date is September 16, 2003. This ordinance authorizes the issuance of the bonds and the submission of the transcript to the Attorney General, sets the delivery date of the 16th and that is when the purchaser pays for the bonds and the escrow agreement will then be funded with J.P. Morgan/Chase. The redemption would be given to call in those Certificates of Obligation. ORDINANCE NO. 2003-032 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2003; APPROVING AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND AN ESCROW AGREEMENT; MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE SECURITY THEREOF; AND ORDAINING OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT, WAS PRESENTED. A motion was made Councilman Guest, seconded by Councilwoman Neeley, for adoption of the ordinance. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. At 4:57 P.M., Mayor Fendley announced that the City Council would take a five minute break to allow for the signing of the necessary documents for the bond issue. Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 5 The meeting was reconvened at 5:05 P.M. Resolution No. 2003-126, acknowledging the formal receipt of the 2003-2004 Certified Appraisal Roll for tax appraisal purposes; making other finding and provisions related to the subject, and declaring an effective date, was presented. A motion was made by Councilman Weekly, seconded by Councilman Bell for approval of the resolution. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Fendley called for the presentation of the City Manager's Proposed Budget. City Manager Malone advised that they had prepared the proposed budget for October 1, 2003, to September 30, 2004. The City Manager said as the Council directed in the previous meeting, he is submitting this proposed budget with no increase in the present tax rate and the cost of living provided to all employees as directed. He said the cost of living figured into the document is 3.43%, which is equal to the CPI for the past 24 months. As the Council is aware, there was not a cost of living increase in the 2002-2003 budget, and that is how he selected that figure. City Manager Malone said he would recommend that the employees have a 5% cost of living increase. But it would not be possible to keep the same tax rate unless there were adjustments to other expenditures or sources of other revenue such as fees. He said based on their projections, this budget would meet the charge that the Council gave him. City Manager Malone advised that each department head had submitted their budget and they were very careful in making their requests, and there are some requests that are not included in this budget. He said that the public safety departments, Police, Fire, and EMS, were all recommending a 5% pay increase each year for this year and the next two years, and that might be an issue the Council might wish to discuss in future meetings. He said that they can discuss other capital needs that have gone unmet with this proposed budget. City Manager Malone said there are a number of items in the budget to give the Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 6 City Council the maximum flexibility in considering the budget, tax rates, and public hearings. One of the things that they needed to do with the time they have remaining is to determine what directions the City Council wanted to go with regard to setting future meetings to discuss the budget, or give staff directions as to information that they would like provided. He said as this process proceeds, staff might wish to make additional recommendations or the City Council might wish for staff to consider other alternatives and we will be pleased to do so. Mayor Fendley said since the Council has just received the budget and has not had time to look at the detail they will go to Agenda Items 5A, B, C, D & E. He asked City Attorney Schenk to address those items. City Attorney Schenk advised that they place discussing and considering budget issues on every agenda during this time frame so that there is a proper posting to be able to do what you want to do in each meeting. City Attorney Schenk said that the first item allows the Council to engage discussion this evening to whatever degree they wanted to on the budget as was presented by the City Manager. The second item, 5B, is to receive input this evening from interested citizens who want to make comments on the budget as this is a posted public hearing and they have always made provisions to allow comment especially in the early process of considering the budget. He advised the Council that if specific amendments come to mind this evening they should bring them forward under 5C. The City Attorney asked that Council consider under 5D to set dates for budget work sessions so his staff will be prepared to post meeting notices 72 hours in advance. If they post agendas to cover those dates and the meetings are not necessary they can be canceled. City Attorney Schenk said the last item, 5E, is in their agenda information sheet and needs particular attention. If they have a tax increase that is a result of the budgetary process there has to be a record vote of the proposal to consider the tax increase and then there is a process to follow. Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 7 City Attorney Schenk advised that these items will carry forward on the agenda each time so that they can take whatever action they deem necessary through the process. Mayor Fendley asked from Agenda Item 5A, if there were any comments from any of the Council Members, and there were none. Mayor Fendley asked from Agenda Item 5B, if there were any input from interested citizens of Paris proposing services of projects to be included in the 2003-2004 City of Paris Budget. Nick Hammond, 646 Fitzhugh, came forward stating that he is the past Personnel Director and Civil Service Director for the City of Paris (1984-1996). He is familiar with the personnel. He said that his purpose is to appeal to the City Council to give the rank and file city employee a nice increase this year in the neighborhood of 5% or 6%. Mr. Hammond said the rank and file have been ignored and they have been carrying this city and the guts and soul of the city is its employees. Mr. Hammond said he was appealing to the Council during this budget process to find the money for at least a 6% increase for these city employees. Mack Ross, 3475 Reno Drive, came forward stating that approximately nine years ago, he purchased a large tract of land north of Paris and northeast of the Wastewater Plant and about 1996-1997 he opened up a proposed development called Lake Wood by the Commissioners about the same time the city did an expansion at the Wastewater Plant. One of the expansion items was a process to cook the sludge called an ATAD. He said three years prior to that they had no odor from the Sewer Plant and was very proud of the operation. Mr. Ross said they had several recreational races out there for three summers with no problem or complaints. He said this cooker, which he thought there were only two in the whole state, Paris being one of them, put out a really bad odor in 1997 has continued. He said there is supposedly a pine-scented scrubber that has to be included with this cooker. Mr. Ross said that he and Mr. Campbell Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 8 have been going around when the city might spend the money to clean up the smell out there. Mr. Campbell said he cannot do it until he starts the development. Mr. Ross stated that he could not start the development as long as the smell is out there and this appears to be a standoff. Mr. Ross asked the City Council to consider, not this year, but maybe put it on the budget for the next two years. He said he has a 27 hole golf course laid out there on development. Mr. Ross said a lot of his sales have been retired couples coming in here from around the country and they want to live on a golf course. His plan now is to finish the other lake, lay out the golf course, and start working on it and place it on the market in three years. Mr. Ross said he was asking this city to somehow budget money the next three years to put this scrubber in so they could work together and be good neighbors. Mr. Ross advised this system was put in to make the sludge A rated instead orB rated and it has not worked, the city is a not an A. Mr. Campbell advised that about 90% of the time the city is an A, and some time they are not, but that depends what time of the year it is. Mr. Ross stated that the only smell that he has ever had was a couple days a week they dump these restaurant grease traps and until it gets diluted, it is a bad smell. They can live with that, but the one question was why are they bringing in these grease traps from Bonham and other towns and cities from around here. Mr. Ross said he was asking Paris why they are taking out of town and out of county grease trap material when they could be dumping it in their counties. Herb Campbell, Director of Utilities, came forward advising that they do take grease trap waste from other cities, but it is only grease trap waste that is hauled in by A-1 Sanitation and they do not take it from anyone else. He advised that they only do it because it is A-1 Sanitation. He advised that every city has got to have something to do with their grease and they have to send it to a wastewater treatment plant. Mayor Fendley asked Mr. Campbell what the cost of the equipment that Mr. Ross was talking about. Mr. Campbell said in order to get rid of that odor it would be three to four hundred thousand dollars because it takes a special scrubber on the end of the system. City Manager Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 9 Malone asked if there were chemical cost sequence with that. Mr. Campbell advised that it depends on how it is done. Mr. Campbell said there are some static filters that can be used that has a maintenance cost that is extended over a year to three years. He said at College Station, they send it through pine bark mulch, but there are chemical treatments also. Mr. Campbell advised that College Station is facing the same problem that Paris is now facing. That problem is that when the Wastewater Treatment plant was built it was not surrounded by houses. Mayor Fendley asked Mr. Ross if his property is actually in the city. Mr. Ross said a small portion on the highway was in the city limits. Councilman Bell wanted to know what the alternative method was if the city did not do it this way. He said it would cost $300,000.00 to bring this one up. What if the city wanted to change methods and go to the different system. Mr. Campbell advised that he has not looked into that. Mr. Campbell said it would be a natural sequence to add odor abatement onto it when the time comes. Mr. Ross again came forward stating that other cities do not try to make an ~A" rating they just maintain a ~B" rating, which is cheaper and they take it to a landfill. If you do not have a landfill, you have to do something else, and the city has one a mile away. Mayor Fendley said that Agenda Item 5D is consideration of and discussion of adding additional City Council Work Sessions regarding the Budget and Tax Rate, and this refers to the schedule that the City Council has already received. The City Attorney said that is correct, and what they have tried to give Council in this schedule is a conservative schedule assuming the budget was delivered today. This would be extended out further, if they so desire. He said what they are looking for here is suggestions from the Council, that Council schedule budget workshops for August 11, 2003, and if necessary, schedule additional meetings that week. City Attorney Schenk said their concern is being within the posting time. Mayor Fendley asked the City Council if they wanted to go ahead and add it to the August 11, 2003, meeting as the last item and see how Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 10 that meeting goes and if they are late they can pass on it. City Attorney Schenk suggested setting a meeting August 14, 2003. Mayor Fendley stated that these meetings have normally been at 6:00 P.M. The City Attorney said he was fairly confident the City Council can have that budget hearing and post that notice on the 13th of August, 2003, and they can continue these kinds of meetings through the coming week and the following week. Mayor Fendley said after having more time to look at the budget they will know more about that Monday. Mayor Fendley said the rest of the dates that were on the schedule from the prior agenda received from the last meeting with those additions on the 11 th and 14th of August, 2003, were not a problem. There was no action on Agenda Item 5E, record vote on a proposal to consider tax increase for calendar year 2003 for the City of Paris. There was no action on Agenda Item 6A, a resolution setting the time and date for a public hearing on the City of Paris Proposed budget for fiscal year 2003- 2004; Agenda Item 6B, a resolution setting the time and date for a public hearing on the proposed amendments to the City of Paris's proposed budget for fiscal year 2003-2004; and Agenda Item No. 6C, a resolution setting a public hearing on the proposed tax increase required to fund and balance the proposed budget for fiscal year 2003-2004. Mayor Fendley announced that the City Council could not have the Planning and Zoning meeting until 6:00 P.M., because of the posting time and he adjourned the meeting until 6:00 P.M. Mayor Fendley reconvened the meeting at 6:00 P.M. Mayor Fendley announced that the next item on the agenda is a public hearing on the petition of Henry Starks for a change in zoning from a One-Family Dwelling District No. 2 (SF-2) to a Multiple-Family Dwelling District No. 1 (MF- 1) on Lot 18, City Block 259, located at 514 25th Street N.E., and this item had been tabled at the meeting in July and a motion was needed to bring it from Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 11 the table. A motion was made by Councilman Councilwoman Neeley to bring this item from the table. ayes, 0 nays. Bell, seconded by The motion carried 6 Mayor Fendley declared the public hearing open to consider the petition of Henry Starks for a change in zoning from a One-Family Dwelling District No. 2 (SF-2) to a Multiple-Family Dwelling District No. 1 (MF-1) on Lot 18, City Block 259, located at 514 25th Street N.E. Mayor Fendley called for proponents to appear, and Henry Starks, 514 25th Street N.E., appeared before the City Council on behalf of his petition. Mr. Starks said he would like to build a single family home and a duplex at this location. He also advised that he may build two more duplexes at a later date. Mayor Fendley called for opponents to appear, none appeared, and the public hearing was declared closed. Mayor Fendley announced that the next item on the agenda was an ordinance establishing a Multiple-Family Dwelling District No. 1 on Lot 18, City Block 259, had been tabled and a motion to bring it from the table was in order. A motion was made by Councilman Weekly, seconded by Councilwoman Neeley, to bring this item from the table. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. ORDINANCE NO. 2003-033 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 1710 OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, AND CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES ESTABLISHED BY THE ZONING MAP OF SAID CITY; ESTABLISHING A MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO. 1 (MF-1) ON LOT 18, CITY BLOCK 259, ON PROPERTY BELONGING TO HENRY STARKS SO AS TO INCLUDE THEREIN TERRITORY FORMERLY DESIGNATED AS A ONE-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT NO. 2 (SF-2); DESIGNATING Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 12 THE BOUNDARIES OF THE MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING DIS TRICT NO. 1 (MF- 1) SO ESTABLISHED; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, WAS PRESENTED. A motion was made by Councilman Plata, seconded by Councilwoman Neeley, for adoption of the ordinance. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Fendley declared the public hearing open to consider the petition of Gary Ensey for a change in zoning from an Agricultural District (A) to a Multiple-Family Dwelling District No. 1 (MF- 1) on Lots 6 and 7, Block E, East Suburban Estates Addition, being located in the 1200 Block of Mockingbird Lane. Mayor Fendley called for proponents to appear, and none appeared. Mayor Fendley called for opponents to appear, and Johnny Lee, 1205 Mockingbird, spoke in opposition to the petition stating his concern was for the children in the area. With the increased traffic he felt it would create a dangerous situation because of the narrow street. Mr. Lee also felt this would devalue the property. He expressed his concern regarding natural gas lines that run across the lots. Lynn Coursey, 1220 Mockingbird, which is directly across the street from the property in question said she agreed with Mr. Lee regarding the traffic problem for their street. Ms. Coursey said the street is narrow and to bring in multiple- family housing units would create 10 to 15 cars going up and down their streets. She said this is a dead-end street which would create another hazard. Ms. Coursey said this would also decrease their property value. No one else appeared, and the public hearing was declared closed. Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 13 City Manager Malone presented an ordinance amending Zoning Ordinance No. 1710 changing the zoning from an Agricultural District (A) to a Multiple- Family Dwelling District No. 1 (MF- 1) on Lots 6 and 7 Block E, East Suburban Estates Addition, located in the 1200 Block of Mockingbird Lane. A motion was made by Councilman Bell to deny the zoning change. The motion was seconded by Councilman Plata, and carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Fendley said the petition of Ronald Kyle for a change in zoning from a Commercial District ©) to a Commercial District©) With Specific Use Permit (52) Signs and Billboards on Lot 26, City Block 296 had been tabled and a motion to bring it from the table was in order. A motion was made by Councilman Guest, seconded by Councilman Plata, to bring the above item from the table. The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 nays. Mayor Fendley declared the public hearing open and called for proponents to appear. Ron Kyle, 3140 Stacy Lane, came forward stating that he requested a permit to put up an electronic billboard on this property, which would be the convenience store there on the corner next to the Victorian Inn. He said he knew there is a lot of opposition to his petition, but he thought this was progress, and it is already zoned Commercial. He stated that he was looking for a permit to put the sign up. Mr. Kyle said he has checked on this congested area as for as this intersection is concern and the insurance people do not have any records of ever having an accident claim against a billboard sign in a car accident. Mr. Kyle stated that the record of all studies show that where billboards are the drivers are more aware of what is going on around them; therefore, it reduces the amount of accidents. Regarding the Victorian Inn, Mr. Kyle said the sign will be above their rooftop and sign, and there are no windows in the back of the building that is next to the convenience store and he could not see a big problem. Mr. Kyle said the sign will have an approximate value of $50,000.00 with a tax base of about $1,500.00. This would bring PISD about $750.00 in taxes per year. Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 14 Depending on the number of people who get on the sign the City of Paris could see taxes of $350.00, $700 or perhaps $1,500 per year. Mr. Kyle said he has over 50 merchants who have expressed interest in advertising on this sign. He said the sign is 8'x 22" going up to 30' high. Mayor Fendley called for opponents to appear, and Ray Banks, 3450 Robin Road, was present stating that he has lived within view of that intersection for over 20 years and that intersection has always been very dangerous. There have been numerous accidents there with some fatalities. Mr. Banks disagreed with Mr. Kyle that billboards make the streets safer. If that was the case every freeway in Dallas would be covered with billboards, but he believes that billboards are made to attract the attention of the traveling public and if you are looking at a billboard, you cannot be looking at the road at the same time. Mr. Banks said in regard to the taxes involved, one accident would be a lot more tragic than the benefit that we might receive from the sign. Mr. Banks requested that the City Council follow the Planning and Zoning Commission' s recommendation and deny this request. Rashmi Patel, Manager and President of the Victorian Inn, said he has been managing Victorian Inns for about 14 years. He said that several of his neighbors made a lot of comments against the billboard being placed at this location. One of those was the Church of Christ and he made remarks regarding the seniors getting confused at that intersection and standing still while the other side goes green. Mr. Patel said he had comments previously that this certainly, in his opinion, will take away from the Victorian Inn's prospective to attract the business at the proximity, which is about 20 feet. He said one of problems that he has is the lights from the billboard. When you are going to choose a motel, you will choose one that looks peaceful and quite, not where the lights are. Mr. Patel said this is an electronic sign and it could have motors and moving parts and that would be clicking sounds coming from the sign. Mr. Patel said he did not protest just for the fun of it, but he sees this creating a situation for him by the lack of business meaning a devaluation of Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 15 his property. Mr. Patel said another issue as Mr. Kyle pointed out the sign will be above his roof line and in that context he is trying to see that he does obstruct the Victorian Inn; however, his roof line is at 25 feet and if the billboard is going to be tops at 30 feet, that means he has to obstruct his building, so, it cannot be erected. Ann Gilliland came forward stating that she representing the Keep Paris Beautiful Committee. She said they asked her to appear and it is was a matter of record what she said on their behalf at not only the Planning and Zoning Commission, but before the City Council and she would like that to stand. Ms. Gilliland requested that the City Council deny this request. No one else appeared, and the public hearing was declared closed. Mayor Fendley advised that the next item was an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance No. 1710, changing the zoning from a Commercial District ©) to a Commercial District©) With Specific Use Permit (52) Signs and Billboards on Lot 26, City Block 296. This item had been tabled at the last City Council meeting and a motion to bring it from the table was in order. A motion was made by Councilman Weekly, Neeley, to bring the above item from the table. nays. seconded by Councilwoman The motion carried 6 ayes, 0 After discussion, a motion was made by Councilman Plata to approve the zoning change. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Neeley. The motion failed with a 3 ayes, and 3 nays. Mayor Fendley announced that for anyone that does not have an opportunity to watch the City Council meeting they are available on tape and they can be checked out at the Paris Public Library. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Mayor Fendley. Regular City Council Meeting August 7, 2003 Page 16 CURTIS FENDLEY, MAYOR ATTEST: MATTIE CUNNINGHAM, CITY CLERK