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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING FOR TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE (TIRZ) BOARD PARIS, TEXAS CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER, 107 E. KAUFMAN ST, PARIS TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024 4:00 O'CLOCK P.M. Members present: Cody Head, Chairman; Miles Mathieu, Vice -Chairman; Maureen Hammond, Reeves Hayter, Pam Norwood, and Dillon Cecil City Staff: Osei Amo-Mensah, Director of Planning and Community Development; Stephanie Harris, City Attorney; Skylar Unger, Deputy City Clerk; and Cheri Bedford, Main Street Coordinator City Council: Alix Putnam Members absent: Thomas McMonigle, Secretary 1. Call meeting to order. Chairman Head called the meeting to order at 4:00 P.M. 2. Citizens' input. No one came forward during citizens' input. 3. Approve minutes from the meeting on November 14, 2024. A Motion to approve the minutes as presented was made by Ms. Norwood and seconded by Mr. Cecil. Motion carried 5 ayes — 0 nays. Ms. Hammond arrived at 4:03. 4. Receive presentation of Phase 1 from Forked Pine Consulting. Joseph Denny from Forked Pine Consulting gave a presentation about the status of Phase 1. He stated that City staff as well as the staff at the Lamar County Appraisal District office have been extremely helpful. Some data quality issues took a while to resolve, causing the timeline to be shifted just a little bit. He wrapped up his presentation by stating that the analysis is ongoing, and they are getting very close to completing that portion. Chairman Head asked for clarification that Mr. Denny had everything he needed to complete the project. Mr. Denny stated that he believed so, the questions now were just figuring out where the numbers he was given came from and Ms. Harris was helping him with this. Ms. Harris stated that the Council did a "clean up" ordinance a couple years ago to clarify the boundaries. She mentioned that it came up today whether that process deleted or added new properties, and if it did -it shouldn't make a big difference in the numbers, but she will chase it down. Mr. Denny stated that he and Ms. Denny are planning to attend the January 9t" meeting to provide some educational training, and again in February to do a presentation to the City Council, the full Financial and Compliance Report and potentially public outreach if the board is interested. Mr. Denny said they were very flexible and were willing to work with the board however worked best for them. Following further discussion, Mr. Denny stated that he was optimistic and looked forward to seeing everybody. Mr. Denny Page I of 2