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Regular City Council Meeting April 11, 2005 Page 5 agenda, Items 3 and 4, as follows: 3.Approval of minutes for previous City Council meeting. (3-21-2005; 3-28-2005). 4.Receipt of reports and/or minutes from committees, boards, and commissions: A.Main Street Advisory Board. (3-16-2005) B.Paris Economic Development Corporation. 5.Gary Vest, Director of Economic Development/Chamber of Commerce CEO, presented the Paris Economic Development Corporation annual report. Gary said there were two major projects they worked on last year, one of which was the completion of Phase I of the Industrial Park. Two tracts of land have been sold in the Industrial Park. The other project was the construction and completion of Hearne Street. He told the Council that an Incentive Agreement was pending between PEDC and CTECH. He further advised that the Incentive Agreement had been delayed for performance reporting by 21 months due to weather and contract problems in having the Industrial Park site ready. The property is expected to be transferred this week and construction to begin shortly thereafter. Construction is planned to begin on the other lot on April 27th, which was purchased by Atmos Energy. Gary Vest said they had begun participating in a program called Sites on Texas in conjunction with Texas Workforce Commission. Gary Vest talked about the industrial expansion including Flex-O-Lite and Sara Lee. He mentioned future prospects which included nine companies that came to PEDC through advertisement and direct mail. 6.Consider, discuss, and provide possible direction to City staff or take possible action regarding the request of Police Sgt. Tim Moree for extension of injury leave. Chief Karl Louis spoke on behalf of Sgt. Tim Moree. He advised that Sgt. Moree’s physician belief is that Sgt. Moree will be able to return to unrestricted full duty by or before September of this year. Chief Louis asked for the extension and in the alternative, allow Sgt. Moree to use his accumulated sick leave. Tony Williams recommended to Council that they deny the request for extension of injury leave because he has been off a full year and he has accumulated sick leave to get him back to the point of coming back to work.