A Paris resident told the City Council on Oct. 28 that a petition favoring a new skate park has collected 341 signatures and urged the city to improve lighting and consider a new facility for youth.

Zion Torones, of 1905 Culberson Street, said the online survey — which he said has 341 signatures — showed 99% support for a new skate park and included written comments that current facilities are inadequate. Torones described lighting problems at the existing park, saying one light cycles on and off and that the area becomes dark in the evening. He said better lighting would improve safety and reduce crime.

Torones also raised a separate concern about documentation at Lamar County Cemetery. He said he could not find a friend’s mother’s grave and that plaques at the site appeared scattered; he urged the city to improve recordkeeping for cemetery burials.

Mayor or staff asked Torones to share his survey and contact information with Interim City Manager Robert Bond so staff can follow up. The council did not take formal action on the requests during the meeting; Torones’s remarks were part of the Citizens Forum (public comment) and not an agenda item.

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Staff accepted Torones’s materials for follow-up with the interim city manager; any formal council action or agenda item on a skate park, cemetery documentation or lighting would require a future agenda item and public hearing.