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18 MINUTES OF THE PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION March 3, 1994 The Paris Economic Development Corporation reconvened the February 24, 1994, Regular meeting on Thursday, March 3, 1994, at 4:00 P.M., in the City Hall, City Council Chambers, Paris, Texas. Chairman Philip R. Cecil called the meeting to order with the following board members present: Eric Clifford, Curtis Fendley, Barney Bray, III and Leon Williams. Also present were ex-officio board members, Ike Jewett (representing Gary Cunningham) Michael E. Malone, City Manager,and T. K. Haynes, City Attorney, as counselor. Chairman Philip Cecil stated the first item on the agenda was the administering of the oath of office for the Ex-Officio "Members" no previously sworn, and City Attorney T. K. Haynes advised there was none present at this time. Chairman Cecil said this meeting was a continuation of the February 24, 1994 meeting. He recognized Ike Jewett who represented Gary Cunningham, an ex-officio "member", as his designee. He also recognized Brenda Shull and John Lovorn, Jr. of the Pace Group. Chairman Cecil stated in order for the Board to reconsider the naming of a consultant Item No. 3 on the agenda must be removed from the table. Eric Clifford made a motion to remove the matter from the table, and Leon Williams seconded. The motion carried unanimously 5 ayes and 0 nays. Chairman Cecil asked John Lovorn and Brenda Schull with the Pace Group to make a presentation and to be available to answer questions that any of the Board members might have. Mr. Lovorn advised that Brenda Schull manages the Texas office in Ft. Worth. Mr. Lovorn stated the Pace Group offers 100% client satisfaction. If the Board is not satisfied with their work, they will refund your money. He mentioned the benefits of economic development for a community such as Paris. He stated the key to their success has been consensus building. He stated he had worked with Kimberly-Clark since 1977 on site location work and currently is finishing an organization development analysis in Corinth, Mississippi. Mr. Lovorn stated in the alternate proposal, there is a visioning process called Strategic Planning Retreat. He said these take about four or five hours, and get the leaders along with other citizens to set visions, goals and objectives. He said in the alternate this is the third most important process to be considered. He said even though this is one of the most economical portions of their alternate proposal this is probably one of the most important things to be done. He also recommended a Flexible Incentive Program as one consideration to have a guideline of what other communities are doing and how to approach this. Mr. Lovorn said they would speak with each of the board members to obtain their thoughts. He said they would do an analysis of what other communities have done. He said he has research with him of other incentive programs which are being done all over the country. He said they would give some guidelines to consider, based on cost benefit ratios and jobs, with the recommendation of taking care of your existing industry first. Mr. Lovoron said the second portion would be Business Retention and Expansion Portion which is outlined in their proposal. He said they feel this is very important. He also stated the third portion would be Visioning which he has already mentioned.