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Regular City Council Meeting <br />June 5, 2003 <br />Page 10 <br />rehabilitation annually. That is over 4% of total building construction activity in <br />the State of Texas. Public entities add another twenty million for a total annual <br />historic rehabilitation product in Texas of over one hundred and ninety-two <br />million dollars. The production is history and the consumer is every tourist. The <br />target consumer is the boomers who are going to start touring it for a very long <br />time beginning in the next 3 to 5 years. Mr. Starrett said that their j ob is to figure <br />out the delivery system. In Texas, they have found that historic tourism accounts <br />for 11 % of all travelers to the state and that segment is worth 1.4 billion dollars. <br />It creates more that 32 thousand jobs each year in Texas. Mr. Starrett advised that <br />for every one million dollars spent by those travelers, 22 jobs are created, 480 <br />thousand dollars of income is created, 92 thousand dollars in state and local taxes <br />result, and the gross state product goes up by 825 thousand dollars. Historic <br />preservation is our city saying that this is worth our investment. Mr. Starrett urged <br />passage of this ordinance. <br />Pike Burkhart, 524 Church Street, was present stating that he was present to <br />represent himself and Keep Paris Beautiful and was speaking in favor of this <br />proposal. Mr. Burkhart said they believe it is the cornerstone for excellence for <br />our community. They have been an advocacy of this since it's inception and they <br />hoped that the City Council would vote in favor of the ordinance. <br />Garvey House, 29 E. Plaza, a property owner downtown, was present speaking in <br />favor of this proposition. He had heard the argument for and against this <br />proposition and he understands there are good reasons for people to be concerned. <br />Mr. House said a lot of people are concerned because they do not know the <br />requirements of the ordinances. He said it is his understanding that they cannot <br />make someone to things to their home. If an owner want to remodel or reconstruct <br />something on his property he would need permission. He felt that the process <br />discussed by Councilman Bell, Councilman Guest, and Mrs. Wilson would help <br />everyone understand what they can do. <br />Mayor Fendley called for opponents to appear, and Dorothy Rader, 2565 Clark <br />Lane, appeared stating that she has been in the City of Paris since she was 13 years <br />old and she is now 72 years old. She also stated she did not know if she was for <br />