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591 <br /> <br /> MINUTES OF THE PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION <br /> REGULAR MEETING <br /> FEBRUARY 14, 2001 <br /> <br />The Paris Economic Development corporation met in regular session on Wednesday, <br />February 14, 2001, 4:00 P. M., at Heritage Hall, 1009 West Kaufman Street, Paris, <br />Texas. President Mike Rhodes called the meeting to order with the following <br />Directors present: Jay Guest, Melba Harris, and Don Wall. Also present were ex- <br />officio boardmembers Bobby Waiters, Terry Christian, Executive Director Gary <br />Vest, City Attorney Larry Schenk and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. <br /> <br />President Rhodes announced that the boardmembers had been furnished minutes of <br />previous meetings of the Paris Economic Development Corporation. He asked if <br />there were any corrections or additions to the minutes of the previous meeting, and <br />there were none. B oardmember Don Wall made a motion, seconded by Boardmember <br />Melba Harris, for approval of the minutes as presented. The motion carried <br />unanimously. <br /> <br />President Rhodes asked Gene Anderson, Director of Finance for the City of Paris, to <br />give the financial reports for the months of November and December 2000, and <br />January 2001. Mr. Anderson came forward presenting the financial reports and said <br />due to the length of the agenda, he would present the financial reports and if the <br />Board Members had questions, he would answer them at a later date. A motion was <br />made by Boardmember Don Wall, seconded by Boardmember Melba Harris, <br />approving the financial reports as presented. The motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />President Rhodes asked Mr. Gary Vest to give the Director's Report. Mr. Vest <br />reported that he has received a letter from Dave Ford with Southwest Foundry <br />expressing his appreciation for the Paris Economic Development Corporation <br />considering in his request. Mr. Vest said they reported their year end, they had a good <br />month and things were looking very well. <br /> <br />Mr. Vest reported that since the beginning of January, they had 82 responses to their <br />ad campaign. He said he had a request for an existing building and presented the <br />Board with a copy of the e-mail he had received. He said, as you can see, they do not <br />want a response if we can not meet their basic criteria of good outflow and we get <br />eliminated a lot times from those things. Mr. Vest said Commerce built a spec <br />building of 50,000 square feet last year and they sold that building and the company <br />that purchased is in the process of building another spec building. He just wanted the <br /> <br /> <br />