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ORDINANCE NO. 2011-026 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS <br />AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PARIS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS <br />ENTERPRISE ZONE PROGRAM UNDER THE TEXAS ENTERPRISE ZONE ACT, <br />CHAPTER 2303, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE; PROVIDING TAX INCENTIVES; <br />NOMINATING KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE <br />GOVERNOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMEIVT A1VD TOURISM THROUGH THE <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR DESIGNATION AS A QUALIFIED <br />BUSINESS AND DOUBLE JUMBO ENTERPRISE PROJECT UNDER THE ACT; <br />DESIGNATING A LIAISON FOR OVERSEEING ENTERPRISE PROJECTS AND <br />COMMUNICATING WITH INTERESTED PARTIES; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS <br />AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE <br />DATE. <br />WHEREAS, the City of Paris, Texas ("the City") desires to create the proper economic and <br />social environment to induce the investment of private resources in productive business <br />enterprises located in severely distressed areas of the City and to provide employment to residents <br />of those areas; and, <br />WHEREAS, Kimberly-Clark was previously designated an Enterprise Project on December <br />22, 1999, with an expiration date of December 22, 2004, by the Texas Department of Economic <br />Development and successfully completed all elements of its designation; and, <br />WHEREAS, Kimberly-Clark was previously designated an Enterprise Project on December <br />1, 2005, with an expiration date of December 1, 2010, by the Texas Department of Economic <br />Development and successfully completed all elements of its designation; and <br />WHEREAS, Kimberly-Clark continues to be a major employer for the City of Paris, Lamar <br />County, Texas; and, <br />WHEREAS, the Texas Enterprise Zone Act, Chapter 2303, Texas Government Code, as <br />amended, (the "Act") authorizes the designation of enterprise projects within an enterprise zone <br />(or, if the requirements of Section 2303.402(a)(2) of the Act are met, within an area that does not <br />qualify as an enterprise zone); and, <br />WHEREAS, under the 2003 amendments to the Act, the Act is now administered by the <br />Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism ("OOGEDT") through the Texas <br />Economic Development Bank ("Bank"); and, <br />WHEREAS, following posting and publication of the notice of hearing, a public hearing was <br />held by the Paris City Council at the Council Chambers, Paris City Hall, 107 E. Kaufman, Paris, Texas <br />to consider this ordinance and to allow all interested persons to appear and be heard; and, <br />