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Discuss and possibly take action on participation with the City in the development of hangars at Cox Field: Mr. Godwin gave a brief plan outline to build spec building/s at Cox Field Airport. Mr. Godwin stated the $1 M Tx.Dot grant awarded to Cox Field was delayed until 2017. Mr. Banks asked if the proceeds from the sale of property to Agpro could be used for development. Mr. Godwin stated affirmative, and that it may be earmarked to match the TxDot grant. The Board was then addressed by Mr. Jerry Richie, Airport Manager and Mr. Dennis Ashby of the Airport Board. Mr. Richie clarified the TxDot grant is to be used to build private lease hangars; but the Airport would like to build industrial hangars also, such as a paint shop or airplane maintenance hangar. Mr. Banks asked how many airplane paint shops were there near Paris. Mr. Richie stated there was one in Mena Arkansas. Mr. Manning stated he would like to see a letter of intent before the PEDC stepped off into anything. Mr. Dennis Ashby of the Airport Board stated he could advertise in trade magazines. Wilson pointed out there was $10,000 dollars in the PEDC budget for marketing the Airport. Mr. Ashby stated the avionic shops could employ up to 50 people. Mr. Manning stated more communication was needed. Mr. Brockman asked if it were feasible for a building to be built unless there was a prospective tenant or a business agreement in place. Mr. Manning asked if an avionic shop would be more practical to propose for the number of jobs. Mr. Brockman proposed the PEDC partner with the Airport Board on advertising and after lengthy discussion on price per foot and business prospects; Mr. Wilson suggested the Airport Advisory Board come back at a later date with a viable advertising and or prospect for a build to suit building and or finance type arrangement that would create jobs. The Board was in agreement. Discuss and possibly take action on proposed downtown redevelopment proiect: Mr. Godwin outlined a presentation of redevelopment of the downtown 1920's bank building by David J. Alarid. Mr. Godwin stated that it may require an agreement between the City, the P.E.D.C. and the Developer. Mr. Godwin stated those kinds of agreements were EDC statutes chapter 380 that covered this type of agreement is legal and appropriate. Mr. Wilson asked how the P.E.D.C. could be involved in this if he would require funding. Mr. Godwin responded that at some point the developer would be requesting assistance with funding for infrastructure and or utilities. Mr. Wilson went on to say as much turmoil and anxiety that this organization has created he did not think the P.E.D.C. Board should touch it. Mr. Godwin stated he understood. Mr. Banks concurred. Mr. Manning thanked Mr. Godwin for his time and asked him to please keep the Board informed. Mr. Brockman stated the Board was in favor of any development downtown. The Board was in agreement. No action was taken. Discuss and possibly act on recommendations by JC Darnell on our need for an indexed database and storage: Mr. Darnell presented two database storage options for the Board to consider. The first option included on site storage but limited indexing capabilities. The second option offered cloud storage with more flexibility in document searches and indexing. Cost for the cloud option was approximately $480 per user per year. Mr. Wilson expressed reservations about document retrieval with the cloud based system. Mr. Darnell assured Mr. Wilson it would be easier to retrieve in the cloud based service. Mr. Manning asked if this would work when the PEDC had only a few days to submit a potential prospect proposal. Mr. Darnell stated it would give more flexibility to search and retrieve information. Mr. Brockman asked about storage capacity & startup costs. Mr.