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Regular City Council Meeting April 14, 2003 Page 2 employees for the very good work that they did in Nacogdoches. Mayor Pfiester announced that the next item on the agenda was receipt of reports from committees, boards, and commissions. Gary Vest, Director of Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce CEO, presented the quarterly report for the Paris Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Vest stated that they had received 41 responses to the advertisement campaign. Mr. Vest passed around one of the publications that they use and he showed a tear out card in one of the publications. Mr. Vest advised that on Friday a good prospect, referred to as Project Holt, had been in Paris, referred by the State Economic Development Council. It is a high tech computer manufacturer from Minnesota. The PEDC board will learn more about this company on Wednesday. It has the potential of employing 200 persons and will be a nice opportunity for our community. He reported that a decision had not been made by Project Winter. They had not announced a location. Since this is a company that makes a consumer product, Mr. Vest thought that world events had placed the decision on hold. In March, PEDC had made the final payment to Turner International Piping Systems. This completed the five year contract with Turner who had exceeded all of the requirements with PEDC. Mr. Vest stated that they have been doing a little traveling. From March 23 to March 28, 2003, Erik attended the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma. This was the second phase in a three year training program which he will complete next year. They had attended the legislative meeting of the Texas Economic Development Council between February 19- 21, 2003. They attended two meetings with the Northeast Texas Economic Round Table and attended one meeting with the Northeast Regional Mobility Council. Mr. Vest said that on June 28, 2003 they will be at the plastic show