The citizens advisory committee that will help prioritize projects in the City of Paris’ 10-year comprehensive infrastructure plan will meet today for the second time with representatives from the engineering firm in charge of the project.
The meeting with Longview-based KSA Engineers will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Paris City Council chambers at 107 E. Kaufman St.
At the committee’s first meeting with KSA on March 7, the company gave an overview of the city’s water lines, sewer lines and streets.
Today, the committee was expecting an overlay showing where the worst water and sewer lines are compared to which streets are in the greatest need of improving.
After today, one other meeting of the committee is scheduled for April 17.
City manager John Godwin said at the March 7 meeting he anticipates additional meetings of the committee will be necessary even if KSA officials aren’t always available.
Members of the seven-member committee – each council member appointed one member – are:
Charles Richards Charles Richards moved to Paris in 2004 after retiring from a 40-year career in journalism – the last 26 years as a news writer and sports writer with The Associated Press in Dallas and Washington, D.C. In mid-2004, The Paris News coaxed him out of retirement, and he began covering the police, court and regional beat for The Paris News. Then in early 2005, he was switched to coverage of a sharply divided Paris City Council. He was appointed by the City Council in 2006 to the 12-member City Charter Review Commission, which extensively rewrote the outmoded document. His writing awards include two first-place awards in statewide competition for feature writing. The most recent was his 2005 story on a Paris doctor’s startling use of leeches in a successful attempt to re-attach a man’s severed ear. Over his career, Richards’ interview subjects include Alabama Gov. George Wallace, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, David Koresh, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali and numerous other political and sports figures. He is an alumnus of Texas Tech, where he was editor of the school newspaper. He lives in Paris with his wife, Barbara, who is retired after 30 years as a teacher and high school counselor.
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