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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL JOINT CITY COUNCIL <br />& PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MEETING <br />OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />November 14, 2019 <br />The City Council and Paris Economic Development Corporation of the City of Paris met <br />for a special session at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 14, 2019, in the Community Room, <br />PEDC Offices, 1125 Bonham Street, Paris, Texas. <br />Present: Mayor: Steve Clifford <br />Council Members: Renae Stone; Linda Knox; Clayton Pilgrim; and <br />Paula Portugal <br />City Staff: Gene Anderson, Interim City Manager/Finance <br />Director; Stephanie Harris, City Attorney; and <br />Janice Ellis, City Clerk <br />Absent: Council Members: Derrick Hughes and Billy Trenado <br />Present: PEDC Chair: Tim Hernandez <br />Board Members: Shay Bills, Mihir Pankaj; Marion Hamill; and A.J. <br />Hashmi <br />PEDC Staff Michael Paris, Executive Director; Chris Stout, <br />Economic Development Associate; and Paula <br />Brownfield, Administrative Assistant <br />Call meeting to order. <br />Mayor Clifford and Board Chair Tim Hernandez called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. <br />2. Convene into Executive Session pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government <br />Code, (1) to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the <br />governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body <br />seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and <br />with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations; or <br />(2) to deliberate the offer of a financial or other incentive to a business prospect described <br />by Subdivision (1), as follows: <br />a) Rainwater Falls; <br />b) J Skinner Bakery. <br />Mayor Clifford and PEDC Board Chair Hernandez convened the City Council and the <br />PEDC Board into a joint executive session at 5:30 p.m. <br />