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City Council Minutes January 14, 2002 Page 4 determine the availability of workers and will also be conducting a Wage and Benefit Survey in the area. The Wage and Benefit Survey will be done with the help of Economic Development Services located in Irving who will actually conduct the survey. Mr. Vest said all of the industries in Paris will receive copies of the survey, so they will know what the norm and average is in the community. Mr. Vest informed the Council that on February 20th through the 22nd, he will be taking a trip to San Diego, California, to attend a meeting of a group called Market Texas. There will be about twenty-five communities from Texas going and they will be hosting luncheons, a couple of receptions, and meetings to talk to bio-med/bio-tech companies in that area. Mr. Vest said on February 28th, there will be a presentation by Mr. Wall to the Texas Department of Transportation Commission for the East Texas Green Carpet Route to try to get funding for the four lanes for the Green Carpet Route on Highway 271 between Paris and Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Vest encouraged the Council Members to attend the presentation. Mr. Vest said that Eric will be going with Paris Junior College to the Jewelry Manufacturers Trade Show in New York. Mr. Vest told the City Council that hopefully PEDC will get something going on the development of the Northwest Industrial District in conj unction with the Paris Industrial Foundation. Mr. Vest said in the packet there was provided a list of sales tax cities throughout the state and he felt the City Council might like to see what is out there. This list shows what the population of the community is and how much they collect. Mr. Vest thanked the Council and concluded his presentation, asking if there were any questions. There were none. City Manager Malone advised that included in the agenda packet were minutes