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951. <br />Mr. Vest informed the Council that on February 20`h through the 22nd, he will be <br />taking a trip to San Diego, California, to attend a meeting of a group. called <br />Market Texas. There will be about twenty -five communities from Texas going <br />and they will be hosting luncheons, a couple of receptions, and meetings to talk <br />to bio- med/bio -tech companies in that area. <br />Mr. Vest said on February 28', there will be a presentation by Mr. Wall to the <br />Texas Department of Transportation Commission for the East Texas Green <br />Carpet Route to try to get funding for the four lanes for the Green Carpet Route <br />on Highway 271 between Paris and Mt. Pleasant. Mr. Vest encouraged the <br />Council Members to attend the presentation. <br />Mr. Vest said that Eric will be going with Paris Junior College to the Jewelry <br />Manufacturers Trade Show in New York. <br />Mr. Vest told the City Council that hopefully PEDC will get something going <br />on the development of the Northwest Industrial District in conjunction with the <br />Paris Industrial Foundation. <br />Mr. Vest said in the packet there was provided a list of sales tax cities <br />throughout the state and he felt the City Council might like to see what is out <br />there. This list shows what the population of the community is and how much <br />they collect. Mr. Vest thanked the Council and concluded his presentation, <br />asking if there were any questions. There were none. <br />City Manager Malone advised that included in the agenda packet were minutes <br />for the Main Street Project Advisory Board and the Airport Advisory Board <br />with no action being required. <br />The City Manager said the minutes of the Traffic Commission had been <br />furnished and there were two ordinances, which had previously come before the <br />City Council and were tabled. If the City Council desired to consider these <br />ordinances, a motion to bring them from the table was in order. <br />�ti. <br />