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Regular Council Meeting January 27, 2014 Page 4 Mayor Hashmi said there had been some new developments and this item would need to be postponed to the next meeting. A Motion to table this item was made by Council Member Wright and seconded by Council Member Drake. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 17. Presentation and discussion of a report from a council committee to address curtailing drug trafficking and usage. Mayor Hashmi said that Council Members Drake and Jenkins had been working with Chief Hundley on this issue. Council Member Drake said after the committee meetings, she was hopeful of the community coming together in a concentrated effort on this matter. Chief Hundley reported that leaders from the District Attorney's Office, churches, and school districts attended their meetings and all agreed they needed to do more in the area of prevention. He said they learned of a program that the city of Greenville had enacted called "Drug Free Greenville" and they would be exploring that in more depth. Chief Hundley also said he was doing some reorganization of the police department, which would include a narcotics unit. Council Member Drake said they were trying to move on this as quickly as possible. 18. Discuss and act on a Resolution approving amendments to the Paris Economic Development Corporation tax abatement policy. Mayor Hashmi said that Council Member Wright and Council Member Lancaster were not informed of the committee meetings and asked that action be deferred until they had a chance to review the amendments. Ms. Barrentine explained the criteria of new proposed policies which included increasing the minimum investment from $250,000 to $1,000,000 and increasing the capital investment of $10,000,000 to $25,000,000. Ms. Barrentine also said there were additional proposed alternatives which included amount of investment, new jobs, existing jobs and sliding scale of percentages for tax abatements over a seven year period. Mayor Hashmi asked PEDC Chair Rebecca Clifford if it was helpful to have the city manager and one Council Member involved during the negotiation of tax abatements and Mrs. Clifford answered in the affirmative. A Motion to table this item was made by Council Member Drake and seconded by Mayor Hashmi. Motion carried, 6 ayes — 0 nays. 19. Discuss and act on RESOLUTION NO. 2014 -006: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS, APPROVING AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND CAMPBELL SOUP SUPPLY COMPANY, LLC; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Ms. Barrentine explained this was a $500,000 incentive for a new single -serve juice manufacturing line to include employee training and cash for $25M investment, 50 new jobs and