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68 Boardmember Fendley stated they were talking about a shell building, no floor, no utilities, just walls and a perimeter. Boardmember Amis said it seemed like in our planning that we could satisfy two or three of our thoughts over the last few months, 1) the idea of a model building, 2) the northwest industrial property needs cleaning up. He said they might combine those two, and there is the issue of the land ownership and the Paris Industrial Foundation. He said there might be a way to work with all of that and get a good project going. Mr. Amis said it would take months to plan and do it right, but he felt the discussion needs to start. Chairman Cecil noted the reason he was not enthusiastic about the model building at first because the board could very easily tie up several hundred thousand dollars for an indefinite period of time. Mr. Cecil said he had a high regard for Texas Utilities experience in these matters, and he felt that this could be a positive thing for the board to do. He also said he felt that the board could utilize some of the land available through the Foundation mentioned by Mr. Amis. After discussion, Chairman Cecil stated he would like for Mr. Vest to develop some information on model buildings of this sort from communities that have built model buildings as to how they have approached the problem, what suggestions they might have and bring that back to this committee as a method of getting started. He asked Mr. Vest to report back to the Board at the next meeting. Mr. Vest said he would bring some information back to the January meeting. Mr. Vest said in the Program of Work there is a marketing plan. He said he has drawn up some information on a preliminary basis for a marketing program which included possibly doing a model building program, industrial site cleanup, and marketing that Mr. Amis mentioned earlier. Mr. Vest said he would like to present this plan to the Board today, and discuss it at the next meeting. He said he would welcome any comments, and perhaps they could incorporate any changes needed before they meet on it again. Mr. Vest advised that the Marketing Committee at the Chamber of Commerce had been working on updating our industrial materials, fact book, promotional brochure and video tape. Mr. Vest said at the last Marketing Committee meeting Mr. Cecil advised there were a lot of firms that did marketing plans for a fee, so he agreed to contact John Lovorn who has done a lot of work in Paris and see what he would do from a prospective of management consultant towards a marketing plan. Mr. Vest said in the information he had put together under Appendix B he has a proposal from Mr. Lovorn reflecting a Marketing Plan for $25,000.00 and a Target Industry Study for an additional $18,000.00. Mr. Vest said he sees the P.E.D.C. paying for the development of those industrial materials. Mr. Vest stated he referred to this information as collateral materials in this Marketing Plan. Mr. Vest said he felt the role of the Marketing Committee from the Chamber would be to help develop those materials, but he really saw it as the responsibility of the P.E.D.C. to pay for those industrial recruitment materials. Chairman Cecil stated that what Mr. Vest was suggesting here was that this Marketing Plan would be in lieu of any Marketing Plan that we were considering for some consultant, rather than in addition to that. Mr. Vest agreed. Mr. Cecil said what Mr. Vest was suggesting was that we try it ourselves and see what we can do with it. Mr. Vest agreed.