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REGULAR MEETING OF THE PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION November 17, 2004 The Paris Economic Development Corporation met in regular session th Wednesday, November 17, 2004 in the Community Room of the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce, 1125 Bonham Street, Paris, Texas. Director Richard Severson called the meeting to order with the following Directors present: Sims Norment and Rodney Bass. Also present were Executive Director Gary Vest, Assistant Director Chad Manning, Mayor Curtis Fendley, Interim City Manager Larry Shaw, City Director of Finance Gene Anderson and City Attorney Larry W. Schenk. Director Severson called for approval of the minutes of the October 20, 2004 meeting. Director Sims made a motion for approval, which was seconded by Director Severson. The motion passed unanimously. City Finance Director Anderson came forward and gave the Financial Report for October 2004. Director Vest came forward to give his report. He mentioned several projects they had been working on. He said the Hearne Street Project and the Industrial Park were almost done. He said they were generally pleased with everything at the Industrial Park, but that some of the concrete had failed the tests and they were waiting for the final test results. He said they were not pleased with the amount of time it took to complete the project. He discussed the proposed brochure for the Industrial Park. He said everything was ready for C-Tech to begin in the Industrial Park and had been ready for the past three months. He said the PEDC was not holding them up. Director Severson called for a closed session at 4:20 p.m., in accordance with Sec. 551.072 and Sec. 551.087 of the Open Meetings act, to discuss the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property which if conducted in an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the position of the