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Paris Economic Development Corporation <br />Board Meeting Minutes <br />March 16, 2009 <br />Board Members Staff Present: Pete Kampfer <br />Present: John Wright Rachel Schory <br />Chad Brown Ex Officio Members <br />Dan Smith Present: Dr. Pam Anglin <br />Dick Severson Pike Burkhart <br />Kevin Carruth <br />Guests: Kent McIlyar <br />Edwin Pickle <br />Connie Beard <br />Dan Smith called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m. <br />Minutes from the February 10, 2009 meeting were reviewed and unanimously <br />approved as submitted on a motion by Chad Brown seconded by Dick Severson. <br />The financial reports for January 2009 and February 2009 were reviewed and <br />unanimously approved as submitted on a motion by Dick Severson seconded by Chad <br />Brown. <br />Mr. Pete Kampfer presented the Executive Director's report. Mr. Kampfer <br />provided the following updates: <br />• Bucher, Willis and Ratliff, the engineering firm working with SURRMA, held a <br />transportation needs assessment meeting at the Chamber office on Mazch 11`h . <br />• The electro-mechanical program at PJC with courses designed specifically for <br />Campbell Soup, Kimberly-Clark and Sara is scheduled to proceed and does not <br />require funding from EDC at this time. <br />• Revision of marketing efforts is continuing with consideration given to input <br />received from board members at the last meeting. <br />• Mr. Kampfer plans to attend a Site Locators events on Mazch 24t' in Dallas. <br />• Lamar County Day in Austin will be Apri122 and 23. Board members were again <br />encouraged to attend. <br />• The Smart Communities initiative is currently being geared toward purchasing a <br />GIS system for community needs analysis. Mr. Kevin Carruth commented that <br />the city does have GIS software but currently there is no one to input data into the <br />system. <br />• The business incubatar initiative is now a full-time effort, as there may be <br />stimulus money available to fund such a project, especially if it can be <br />demonstrated as a regional project. <br />Mr. Kampfer then presented additional educational information to the board on GIS <br />systems. He highlighted the benefits of layers of information in building knowledge of <br />March 16, 2009 <br />o, 0 0 C~`.J <br />