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Regular Council Meeting February 25, 2015 Page 3 James Jaggers, 4015 Jasmine Street — he said it did not seem right that they had to come to the meeting to plead with the Council to keep a junkyard out of their neighborhood. Mr. Jaggers said there were some businesses and operations that did not fit in some places, and this scrap barn, junkyard, recycling, whatever they called it did not fit in their neighborhood, or in a prime shopping area. He questioned if the Council was not going to look after the residents who would do it. Louise Moseley, 3915 Shannon Drive — she thanked Dr. Hashmi for putting this on the agenda allowing for the citizen's forum. She said if it had not been for Dr. Hashmi the residents would not have been allowed to speak their opinions, because Matt Frierson wanted to do away with the citizen forum. Mrs. Moseley said government was for the people by the people and not one man could stand and rewrite words without asking the Council for their opinion. She also said when she and other citizens went to the PEDC meeting, that Steve Grubbs addressed them and asked them if they needed to spend their time doing better things. Mrs. Moseley said she felt very unwelcomed at the PEDC meeting, that she made it a point for the last year to go to the PEDC meetings to see where the taxpayers' money, a million and a half dollars per year, was going. Mrs. Moseley said all she had heard was Don Wilson talking about what the FBI had on them. Mrs. Moseley said nothing had been accomplished. She said there was $25,000 being spent on testing children and she thought that was illegal. She said the money should be spent on jobs, because that was what PEDC was created to do. Mrs. Moseley said she was totally against the way PEDC was being operated, that they were not using the money wisely, and were wasting money. Mrs. Moseley also said the petition being circulated was for signatures to allow the people of Paris to vote as to what they wanted to do with PEDC. Anna Spencer, 1710 34th Street N.E. — she said she was against the recycling business being put in the location that they want to put it, but that she was for recycling. Mrs. Spencer questioned if there was 2 million dollars a year in recycling as told to them by the Glicks. She also said she was opposed to changes to the Historic Commission and that she thought that decision making should rest with the Board, who made recommendations to the Council. Sara Eatherly, 4134 Primrose Lane — she said the proposed facility was being proposed for the wrong place. She said they did not need a junk yard. She said this facility would consist of a lot of noise and questioned the number of coke cans the facility would have to take in to make a profit. She expressed concern over environmental issues, smell, rodent issues and stolen metals that would come through the facility. Mrs. Eatherly said they were proud of their neighborhood and they moved there for a reason and it was not to have junk yard in their front yards. Sue Lancaster, 1020 Bonham — she said the PEDC has a regular meeting at 3:00 on the second Tuesday of the month, and their goal was to bring manufacturing jobs to Paris, Texas. Mrs. Lancaster said at a recent meeting, Mr. Grubbs greeted the board and visitors with a statement that in part read: "As a board, I think it's important for us to collectively discuss issues of public perception, which includes chatter about an effort to dissolve PEDC. I've seen copies of the statements on social media encouraging citizens to go on certain locations to sign a petition. We're all here to serve the great community. If that's not the case I encourage you to