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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS November 13, 2025 The City Council of the City of Paris met for a special meeting at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at the City Council Chamber, 107 Kaufman Street, Paris, Texas. Present: Mayor: Mihir Pankaj Mayor Pro -Tem: Gary Savage Council Members: Shatara Moore, Rebecca Norment (via facetime), Alix Putnam, Mickey Ellis, and Tracy Attebury City Staff: Rose Beverly, City Manager; Janice Ellis, City Clerk; Stephanie Harris, City Attorney; Steve Marriott, Finance Director; Michel Sorrell, Interim Finance Director O ening. A enda 1. Call meeting to order. Mayor Pankaj called the meeting to order at 12:02 p.m. 2. Discuss Forestbrook TIRZ. City Manager Rose Beverly explained they were approaching the deadline for creating the recently requested TIRZ. Project Manager Nathan Spaulding outlined the process of where Forestbrook was today and said it started at least three years ago. He said the original plan included a thoroughfare and they were no longer going to purchase the PJC property. Mr. Spaulding said with creation of a TIRZ, they could reimburse the developer and investors for a portion of the thoroughfare. He said what the City was currently collecting in taxes, they could keep and would be giving away only the revenue from the new investment in the TIRZ. City Attorney Stephanie Harris advised that they needed to talk about what Mr. Spaulding wanted to get done in December because she was not comfortable with where they were at. She said she had just gotten the development agreement from him and had not had time to go through it. Ms. Harris explained the timeline was really short and they might be able to get an agreement done in January with the creation of the TIRZ in December, but that would depend on the information the City received. Council Member Norment inquired the length of the TIRZ and Mr. Spaulding said it would be for 30 years. Ms. Harris said once the obligation had been paid, they could dissolve the TIRZ. Mayor Pro -Tem Savage wanted to know if the TIRZ could be dissolved should a development agreement not be reached. He said they needed to know this information before they created a TIRZ. Ms. Harris said she would research this and had a lot of work to do.