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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JUNE 12, 2001 The City Council of the City of Paris met in special session on Tuesday, June 12, 2001, 6:00 P. M., Love Civic Center, North Exhibit Hall, 2025 S. Collegiate Drive, Paris, Texas. Mayor Michael J. Pfiester called the meeting to order with the following Council Members present: Joe E. McCarthy, Richard Manning, John Carter, Jr., and Benny Plata. Also present were City Manager Michael E. Malone, City Attorney Larry W. Schenk, and City Clerk Mattie Cunningham. Invocation was given by W. E. Anderson, Director of Finance for the City of Paris. Mayor Pfiester announced that the purpose of the special meeting was receipt of the Lake Crook Master Plan from the C. T. Brannon Corporation and asked Mr. Terry Brannon to come forward and present the plan. Mr. Brannon came forward presenting the City Council a Study of Lake Crook for the City of Paris. Mr. Brannon read from Page 13 as follows: "Your committee was of the unanimous consensus that Lake Crook and its surrounding properties are a valuable asset of the City of Paris, something of which all of us can be justly proud, and in an area in which the City Council should in the future give a great deal of attention to expanding and improving the area for park purposes." They go on to say: "Your committee respectfully recommends to the Council that a definite and accelerated program of the improvement of the water shed area adaptable for park purposes be initiated at once, including improvement of the access road to the park area. Your committee feels that the City of Paris can do a great deal toward improving the recreation areas of the Lake Crook property in such a manner as to make them more usable by our local citizens and at a cost which is within our means. We would like to see increased expenditures and