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31S Mr. Vest discussed the various projects that have been worked on during the year. They started out the year with the announcement that Precision Printing would be closed or sold, and it is now is being operated by Paris Packaging Inc. The Exide Warehouse opened with 26 employees and only a modest investment was required by PEDC. Babcock and Wilcox closed their plant with 525 employees even though PEDC and local government made strong commitments for them to stay open. Panda Energy made the commitment to build a large power generation facility in Paris. Campbell Soup Company announced the relocation of Pace to Paris, which could mean up to 200 additional employees. We Pack announced an expansion in the S. W. Industrial Park due to the decision of Chisum Independent School District to approve the Freeport Exemption. PEDC completed the four million dollar bond issue that helped finance the Paris Packaging Inc. Project which retained jobs in Paris. Also, the "Bitco ", or Model Building was purchased by Buster Paving, bringing over a hundred jobs to Paris. The PEDC contributed matching funds toward a TxDOT grant to construct the Airport Terminal Building. The PEDC also made financial commitments for Turner International Piping Systems to purchase the B &W facility and reopen. The PEDC has also been active in the Northeast Texas Economic Developers Round Table and it has worked very closely with TU Electric, Lone Star Gas, and the Kiamichi Railroad in their economic development efforts. On the recommendation of the Traffic Commission, a motion was made by Councilman Clifford, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Thomas, authorizing preparation of the following ordinance: revising section 31-65 (b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris revising the Traffic Control Map providing for stop signs at the intersection of 22nd Street S. W. at West Austin Street, stopping north - and south- bound traffic on 22nd Street S.W. at West Austin Street. The motion carried 7 ayes, 0 nays. Mack Ross, 3475 Reno Drive, appeared before the Council stating that at the last — meeting there was a lot of discussion regarding the rule of law by some of the Council Members and he appreciated the Council Members considering that we should all go by the rule of the law even to the square inch. Mr. Ross pointed out that yesterday in the Paris News, Senator Lott, one of our highly elected officials in the nation said "Americans are very serious when we say equal justice under law" and that is one thing he wanted to talk about. At the last meeting, Mr. Charles McNeal had problems and it was his right to discuss them with the City Council, but he was accused of being a developer and coming under these development rules and ordinances of the City of Paris. Mr. Ross stated that it is not true that he is a developer under the laws of Texas and Paris, and he felt that the citizens of Paris