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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA <br />Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Paris shall meet in regular session <br />at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, December 10, 2012. The meeting will be held at the City Council <br />Chamber, 107 E. Kaufinan Street, in Paris, Texas. The matters to be discussed and acted <br />upon are as follows: <br />Opening Agenda <br />1. Call meeting to order. <br />2. Invocation. <br />3. Pledge of Allegiance. <br />4. Citizens' forum. <br />(Persons desiring to address the Council must limit their presentation to no more than two minutes. Unless <br />an item is posted on the Agenda, the Texas Open Meetings Act prohibits the Council from responding to <br />any comments other than to refer the matter to a future agenda, to an existing policy, or to a staff person <br />with specific factual information. Claims against the City, Council Members, or employees, as well as <br />individual personnel appeals are not appropriate for citizens' forum.) <br />If necessary, the City Council may convene into Executive Session under Chapter 551 of the Texas <br />Government Code regarding any item on this agenda. <br />Consent Agenda <br />Items on the Consent Agenda are approved by a single action of the Council, with such approval applicable <br />to all items appearing on the Consent Agenda. A Council Member may request any item to be removed <br />from the Consent Agenda and considered as a separate item. <br />5. Approve minutes from the meetings on November 20, 2012; November 26, 2012; and <br />December 3, 2012. <br />6. Receive reports and/or minutes from the following boards, commissions, and <br />committees: <br />a. Board of Adjustment minutes (9-4-2012) <br />b. Main Street Advisory Board minutes (10-16-2012) <br />c. Building and Standards Commission minutes (10-15-2012) <br />d. Paris Visitors and Convention Council (8-23-2012) <br />7. Approve a Resolution authorizing the submission of a Request to become a Reservation <br />System participant to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for <br />Home Funds. <br />Approve a Resolution repealing Resolution No. 2012-089 and approving an application <br />to the Texas Department of Transportation's statewide transportation enhancement <br />program for funding of a two mile addition to the Trail de Paris and authorize the City <br />manager to acquire two parcels of land or two right-of-entries from Rail America <br />(Kiamichi Railroad) for the project should the City of Paris be awarded the grant. <br />