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0'.' \ ' ~ of Paris Study of Lake Crook March, 2001 1. , GENERAL INFORl\1A TION' 1.1 COMMISSIONING THE STUDY In the fall of2000, the city council of the City of Paris commissioned the consultant to make a study of Lake Crook. The council and staffhad, in the past, been approached by various groups of very well intentioned individuals to use the lake and the surrounding city owned property for boat races, archery trials, gun ranges, trails, public parks and even to sell the property for development. The council wanted to better understand their options and the possible consequences, both short and long term, of any action they might take with regards to Lake Crook. While individually there were likely ideas and opinions in the minds of council members, the council voiced no specific instruction to the consultant concerning a preferred outcome and, in truth, left the consultant to develop the study without prejudice. The consultant, Calvin T. (Terry) Brannon, is a registered professional engineer in Texas and four other states, a registered professional land surveyor in Texas, and president ofa civil engineering consulting firm in Tyler, Texas some eighty miles away from Paris. The consultant did not and does not have any vested fmancial interest in the outcome of the study and employs no person \vith any financial interest in the property surrounding Lake Crook. .., Mr. Brannon has, since 1977, been in private consulting practice. His fIrm specializes in the development of communities both through the master planning of them and the design of public works projects of all types. His personal experience in subdivision development includes the design of Hollytree, Limited and Garden Valley Resort golf course subdivisions, the design of lakes and subdivisions around lakes in Smith, Tarrant and Nacogdoches Counties with over 16,000 lots and parcels for residential and mixed use development; and serving as consulting engineer during development of The Villages on Lake Palestine. But, besides the private development, Brannon has been involved in the development of public.. recreational areas and walking trails in Livingston, Tyler, Longview and two dozen smaller cities; has prepared over fifty successful applications for grant assistance to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; has prepared applications for public and private concerns for 404 Wetlands Permits from the Corps of Engineers. He has likewise prepared applications for sewer effluent discharges for many cities and designed \vater and wastewater plants and pump stations all over Texas along with their respective distribution and collection systems. In his earlier life, Brannon was staff engineer for the city of Irving and assistant city engineer in" Tyler. While in Tyler, Brannon was charged with monitoring and approving constnlction around the city water supply at Lake Tyler and Lake Tyler East as well as approving subdivision plats and construction documents. Page 1 of 45