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103 Chairman Cecil asked Boardmember Amis and the committee to proceed with obtaining an appraiser on the site. Boardmember Amis advised that the Industrial Foundation had decided to use the sales proceeds to clean up the remainder of the property. Chairman Cecil stated that the next item on the agenda was consideration and action on reimbursing the Paris/Lamar County Chamber of Commerce for expenses expended in connection with its presentation to the Texas Transportation Commission -- concerning the Green Carpet Memorial Route in Longview, Texas. Mr. Cecil stated the Board had approved in general a payment of approximately $3,000.00 to facilitate the meeting with the Highway Commission by the committee of the Chamber of Commerce. He advised that exact bill was $3,079.46 and the Chamber has made that payment and asked for reimbursement. Resolution No. 95-005, authorizing and directing the Director of Finance to prepare a check in the amount of $3,079.46 to reimburse the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce for expenses incurred in connection with its promotion of the Green Carpet Memorial Route and its presentation to the Texas Department of Transportation Commission in Longview on February 23, 1995. Boardmember Leon Williams made a motion, seconded by Boardmember Barney Bray adopting Resolution No. 95-005, which carried unanimously. RESOLUTION NO. 95-005 WHEREAS, the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce, through its affiliation with the East Texas Gulf Highway Association, made a presentation concerning the Green Carpet Memorial Route, requesting the expansion of U.S. Highway 271 from a 2-lane to a 4-lane roadway, to the Texas Department of Transportation Commission in Longview on February 23, 1995; and, WHEREAS, the Green Carpet Memorial Route is a network of highways that provides the most direct and scenic route from the Gulf Coast and the Port of Houston to the Midwest and Canada via Tulsa and the Indian Nation Turnpike, and it provides a viable alternative for the overload of freight and traffic moving along 1-35 and 1-45; and, WHEREAS, the North American Free Trade Agreement, NAFTA, has brought new significance to the Green Carpet Memorial Route through increased traffic from Mexico, making the Route a vital link to the Midwestern United States and Canada; and, WHEREAS, the economic development of Northeast Texas is dependent upon the development of this direct route to the Gulf Coast; and, WHEREAS, it is deemed essential to our economic development effort that such expansion of U.S. Highway 271 be accomplished, and that the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce be reimbursed in the amount of $3,079.46 for expenses incurred in connection with its promotion of the Green Carpet Memorial Route and its presentation to the Texas Department of Transportation Commission in Longview on February 23, 1995; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, that the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce be reimbursed in the amount of $3,079.46 for expenses incurred in connection with its promotion of the Green Carpet Memorial Route and its presentation to the Texas Depamnent of Transportation Commission .in Longview on February 23, 1995; and.