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PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION <br />1125 Bonham Street <br />Community Room <br />Paris, Texas <br />Tuesday, July 16, 2013 <br />3:00 O'CLOCK PM <br />A G E N D A <br />1) Call meeting to order — Rebecca Clifford, Chairman <br />2) Approval of minutes from June 26, 2013; June 27, 2013 and July 1, 2013 called meetings. <br />3) Approval of [June 20131 financials <br />4) Items from Chairman: <br />• Red River Region Business Incubator (R3bi) and Paris EDC <br />• R3bi's Director <br />• Explore possibilities of working with the R3bi Board, Paris Jr. College and the Paris EDC on <br />permitted aspects of support from a 4A Corporation. <br />5) Director's Report: <br />• TEAM Paris <br />6) New Business: <br />1) Report on Sales Tax Workshop held in Houston, Texas on July 12, 2013. – Vicki Ballard & <br />Bruce Carr <br />2) Discuss the Proposed Paris EDC Fiscal Year 2013 -14 Budget as amended by the Paris City <br />Council at its July 8, 2013 meeting totaling $477,820 (eliminating funding for R3bi and Retail <br />Attractions' marketing contract). <br />3) Review and approve a letter to the Attorney General requesting legal opinion regarding <br />business incubator funding by a Type 4A Corporation. <br />4) Status of proposed revision(s) to the current Tax Abatement Criteria as instructed by the Paris <br />City Council at its June 24, 2013 meeting. <br />5) Convene into Executive Session: <br />1. Pursuant to Section 551.072 of the Texas Government Code to discuss and deliberate the <br />purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. <br />2. Pursuant to Section 551.087 of the Texas Government Code to discuss or deliberate: 1) <br />commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a <br />business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay or expand in or <br />near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is <br />conducting economic development negotiations; or 2) to deliberate the offer of a financial <br />or other incentive to a business prospect. <br />7) Reconvene into Open Session and consider action on items discussed in Executive Session. <br />8) Adjourn. <br />POSTED: Friday, July 12, 2013 at 6 3 0 W , City Hall Bulletin Board <br />BY: WITNESS: <br />