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Special City Council Meeting February 13, 2001 Page 10 Shannon Erickson, 494 CedarCreek Drive, told council thatshe supports the recreational use for Lake Crook. Ms. Erickson said she has three young children and they are avid fishermen and enjoy camping and they came to Paris in hopes of having an area to fish and camp. Ms. Erickson said her husband is in the medical community and they see a need for revenue to bring more people into Paris, and as Dr. Wikoff said, there is a large jewel in the local community that we can serve so many seniors. Ms. Erickerson said people in big cities are looking for places to come and retire. Ms. Erickerson said if the City of Paris is not going to pull in another Campbell Soup or Kimberly-Clark, the city needs to find a way to bring people to Paris. Ms. Erickerson pointed out that if people retire here, they will not be taking away from the schools and we will not have to build more schools for them. She further stated that most of the time the people retiring to an area will want to give the community volunteer services. Brad King, Route 1, Box 141, Sumner, Texas, came forward telling the City Council that he has a list of the incomplete housing developments in and close to Paris, Texas. He named Willington Point, Oak Creek, Twin Lakes, Brownwood, ParcOuest, Turtle Creek, Cobbs Farms, Morningside, Beaver Creek, Doe Run, Hidden Lakes, Movies Eight, and Wood Haven Estates, and he pointed out that these are incomplete and still have lots available. Mr. King wanted to know why we would want to build or develop around Lake Crook. Mr. King stated he would like to see the lake just as a recreational park. No one else appeared, and Mayor Pfiester closed the public hearing. Mr. Terry Brannon came forward again addressing the City Council, telling them that Denton County has a development district in which the county actually purchases the land or owns the land and they put the land back into the development, and the county is actually part of the private-public partnership. Mr. Brannon said this is different from what some of you have discussed. Mr. Brannon said the city can be in the partnership and can profit in the sale of the land. He said in that manner the city can make two to three times what the city could make from selling the acreage. Mr. Brannon said if revenue is something that the city needs or wants, that is one way of doing it. He said one gentleman made a comment that there is a lot of land around the Paris area that the city could develop, and that is an important point that he is going to have to consider and he will ask the Council to consider, because just opening a subdivision on Lake Crook does