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City Council Minutes <br />January 14, 2002 <br />Page 3 <br />Vest advised they used newspaper advertising in the Houston Chronicle, Dallas <br />Morning News, and the Mercury News in California. He advised they have not <br />received a great deal in results from that effort, but they wanted to try <br />something different to try to bring attention to the Lamar Power Partners <br />facility. <br />Also, they helped start the North East Texas Regional Mobility Council <br />(NETMOB). He advised that NETMOB was setup as a transportation support <br />group. They have three objectives: the completion of Highway 24 as a four <br />lane divided highway; to designate 130 east from Dallas to Texarkana as an <br />active corridor; and designate Highway 19 between Sulphur Springs and Paris <br />as a super two lane highway. <br />Mr. Vest said this was a legislative year and during the 77th Legislative <br />Session, there were forty (40) bills introduced that would have directly affected <br />this corporation (PEDC). Eleven (11) of these bills passed and a summary of <br />these was provided in the packet; three (3) bills which were important to PEDC <br />did not pass, including one introduced by Mark Homer. <br />Mr. Vest advised they had attended the National Association of Manufacturers <br />show in Chicago, March Sth through 9th; the International Food Technology <br />Show in New Orleans June 25th through June 27th; the North American Food <br />& Equipment Manufacturers Show in Orlando, September 7th through <br />September l Oth; the Texas Economic Development Conference September 19tn <br />through 21 st in Dallas; and the Bio-Technology Briefing in Tyler November 1 st <br />Mr. Vest said Eric attended the Basic Industrial Course, which is conducted <br />through Texas A&M in San Antonio. Eric also attended the Biology <br />Technology briefing November 1 St in Tyler, Texas. <br />Mr. Vest said there are a number of organizations that they are active with and <br />gave the Council a list of those organizations. <br />Mr. Vest reported that PEDC will be conducting a Paris Area Labor Survey to <br />