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Planning and Zoning Minutes May 1, 2006 Page 2 The designer of the project spoke in favor of the petition stating that he has studied the location for the hotel and it is a good location for the moderately priced hotel. It is one of the higher qualities in the real estate market. Rashoni Patel, President of Victorian Jnn, 415 32"d Street NE, spoke in opposition to the request. Mr. Patel stated that he has been doing business here for the last 15 years. His business has been good, with high quality and repeat customers. The Paris Hotel-Motel Association has held several meetings to discuss their concerns. They met with Gary Vest with the Chamber of Commerce and also the City Manager. He thinks that Paris will not benefit from a new hotel. Since 9/11, the state of affairs of the hotels here has not been good. Since June of 2005, Paris has trailed Texas by a huge margin. The occupancy here is lower compared to other hotels in the state by as much as 15%. Room revenue has been as low as $13 to $23. A new hotel would generate a downward spiral in occupancy. In Paris, hotels collectively pay over $200,000 in property taxes and employ close to 150 people. Luby's and Cas a Ole were two prime examples of state of the art restaurants, but where they were not needed so they were shut down. He does not want that to happen to the hotels in Paris. There was no further opposition, and the public hearing was declared closed. Benny Plata arrived at the meeting at 5:45. 6. Consideration of and action on the petition of John Gitlin, Trustee of the Bordeaux Trust, for a change in zoning from an Agricultural District (A) and a Commercial District (C) to a Planned Development District (PO-h) Commercial Center, Retail Shopping Center, and Office Center on Part of Lot 7, City Block 318, being number 3205 Loop 286 N.E. Motion was made to approve the zoning change by Russell McCain, seconded by Bobby Myers. Motion carried by a vote of 6 ayes and 0 nays. 7. Public Hearing to consider the site plan approval requested for John Gitlin, trustee ofthe Bordeaux Trust, on Part of Lot 7, City Block 318, being number 3205 Loop 286 N.E. The public hearing was declared open. The architect representing the development spoke in favor of the petition stating that this is a single story retail/medical office building. He stated that they are trying to create a synergy between the medical industries in the city-some of the clinics that would develop from those as well as the hotel r-