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06 - Minutes and Reports from Boards-CommissionsItem No.6 MINUTES SPECIAI, MEETING CITY OF PARIS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CITY OF PARIS - CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS CONFERENCE ROOM PARTS, TEXAS TUESDAY,DECEMBER 5, 2017 12:00 O'CLOCK P.M. The Board ol'A(#ustment ineeting, it,as called to order by David I-lamilton, (.17airman al 12: 00 p. in. A. The following members were present: David Hamilton. Louise Flagood, Jerry Haning and. Deanna Manning B. The following members were absent: Marilyn Smith and Chris Fitzgerald (Alternate Board Member) C. Also present was Carla Easton, City Engineer; Stephanie Harris, City Attorney: Triniti Frazier, City Staff, and concerned citizens. 2. Approml ref minutes from preWous meetings, (Noi�ember 7, 201 Motion was made by Louise Hagood, seconded by ,ferry Haning to approve minutes For the November 7, 20t7 meeting. Motion carried 4-0. 3. Public hearing to consider and take action on the petition elf Maverick Priest on behalf of Gary Priest on Lot 5, Block 1, cif the Pine Blqfj'Addition, being located at 1406 Pine Bltff A. Section 1.1..E-3 (()(3)qI'the .1'enee Ordinance iMich proWdes that "For all./ences, the installing peaty shall construct thence i+Yi/h the post side or "bad side ",/aving" the installing party'S property so that the side of the ,fence facing u4jacem, properties or the public right-of-way does not contain the structure send/car support qffheftnce. This provision shall apply to both side yard and rear yarn' ftnces that face a public park, ..school, or other public area. The applicant is cisking to install the proposed fence -vi,nh the post side or "bad shle ",/acing - the exterior, aivayftom his property. Public hearing was declared open. A. One individual spoke in favor of the petition. Maverick Priest, 1406 Pine Bluff, Paris, Texas, spoke in favor of the petition. Mr. Priest stated that his neighbors on both sides have fences and in order to have access to construct his fence the "bad side" would need to face his neighbors. Mr. Priest stated that he has a letter from his neighbor on the West side of his property which states that she is ok with his request as long as her fence is not affected, Mr. Priest further stated a 2 -foot gap would be created that no one would have access to except rodents and high grass. Mr. Priest showed the board pictures of the condition of the neighboring property that is not usable, Mr. Priest further stated he hopes the board will approve this variance request. B. No one spoke in opposition of the petition, Public hearing was declared closed. Motion was made by Jerry Haning, seconded by Louise Hagood to approve the variance request, Motion carried 4-0. 5, Meeting a,dj*ourned at 12:12 p. m,. APPROVED T14E 2°d DA'Y OF JANUARY, MINUTES REGULAR MEETING AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD COUNCIL CHAMBERS 107 E. KAUFMAN STREA ET PARIS, TEXAS THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16,201.7 5:30 O'CLOCK PM The Airport Advisory Board meeting ivas called to order by, Ray Ball, Vice -Chairman at 5:30p,m A. The following members were present: Tim Marks, Jim Noble,, Anna Spencer and Tim Bullock, B. 'The following members were absent: Ray Ball, Daniel Roach and Matt Birch, C. Also present- I.ance Nicholson,, Engineer Technician; Jerry Richey, Airport Manager; .and Ashley Stumpf, City Staff, 2. Approval of mirnnesftom previous tneeting. (October 19, 2017) Motion was made by 'rim Bullock, seconded by Anna Spencer to approve the minutes from October 19, 2017 meeting, Motion carried 4-0. 3, Disussion regarding delinquent hangar rentals, Ashley Stumpf, City Staff stated that all tenants are up to date on payments. Carla Easton, City Engineer stated that we have two older accounts for Lee Campbell and Larry Greb with a total of $1,450,00. 'These accounts have not been paid on since 2006 and 2007. Mrs. Easton further stated Mr. Campbell has passed away and Mr. Greb has not been here in many years. If the board agrees we can waive these hangar fees. Motion was made by Jim Noble, seconded by Tim Bullock to waive Lee Campbell and Larry Greb hangar fees. Motion carried 4-0. 4Discussion regarding the neW hangar construction project. Carla Easton, City Engineer stated that the electric work, doors to the hangar and paving has, been completed. Mrs, Easton also stated that there is an issue with the drainage but the contractors are working to fix that issue, We hope to be able to have our next meeting at the Airport again. 5. Discussion regarding development opportunities, No update of development opportunities at this time. & Discussion regarding the December Airport Meeting, Ashley Stumpf, City Staff asked the board if they would still like to have the normal ,scheduled meeting on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Motion was made by Jim Noble, seconded by Tim Bullock to cancel the normal scheduled meeting and have a special meeting on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 12:OOPM. Motion carried 4-0, 7. Requested itenis jbr ./uture agendas. Delinquent hangars, discuss develolm7ent opporlunities and new hangar construction project, 8, Meeting a4 if) urned at 5 4 -4 p. in, APPROVED THIS 18 "'DAY OF JANUARY, 2018. TZ.I,'A t� Cl ai'man, MINUTES REGULAR MEETING AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD COUNCIL CHAMBERS 107 E. KALI FMAIM STREET PARIS, TEXAS THURSDAY, JANUARY t8,, 20,18 5:30 O'CLOCK PM 1. The Airport Advisory Board meeting iwis called to order by .Ray Ball, Vice -Chairman at 5.30p.m. A. The following members were present: Tim Bullock, Anna Spencer, Ray Ball, Jim Noble, Daniel Roach and Matt Birch. B. The followi jig members were absent: TIT Marks. C. Also present: Carla Easton, Engineer; Lance Nicholson, Engineer Technician; John Godwin, City Manager; Paula Portugal, City Council Liaison; and Triniti Frazier, City Staff. 2'. AP19roval qfnfinulesfi-om prei4otts ineeling. (November 1(), 2017) Motion was made by Tim Bullock, seconded by Anna Spencer to approve the minutes from November 16, 2017 meeting. Motion carried 6-0. 3. Discussion regarding delinquent hcangrcrr rentals. Triniti Frazier, City Staff stated that the following four tenants are delinquent 30-60 days: Jimmy Smyers $1,021.00; Aaron Hiller $35,00; Chad Parrott $135.00 and Blossom Air - Lorna Alto -Gifford $33.00. The Airport Advisory Board agreed that next month if any tenants are delinquent over 60 -days a letter will be sent to those tenants, 4. Discussion reW, irding developoient opporlunities NO Update of development opportunities at this time. 5. Discussion regardi'ng the new hangar construclion project. Carla Easton, City Engineer stated that the pavement deficiencies on the West side of the hangar were discussed at the last meeting. She states they came in and removed the asphalt but the weather temperatures dropped so they weren't able to pave it. Mrs. Easton states that she has been told they are on track to pave next week, Tuesday, January 23"d, Mrs. Easton farther states at this point they are 200 -days over their contract time with TOJ' and they're going to be penalized monetarily for their delay. Ray Ball, Vice - Chairman asked if the deficiency was no fault of their own, Mrs. Easton states they made some grading mistakes and whenever they poured the asphalt they had a low spot. She states they came in and milled down to get the water out. She state sit was a poor fix and we didn't want sub -standard product on a brand new hangar that was very expensive for the City and T'XDo,r. They had to do some regrading to get tile subgrade where it's supposed to be and now they are preparing for their paving next week and hopefully they have warm enough temperatures to finish the paving. Mr. Ball asked if the filial inspection is approved by the City and TXDOT. Mrs. Easton states the City will be invited to the: final inspection but it is a TXDOT project and they have a resident engineer and inspector that is on-site everyday so the City will have representation. Mrs. Easton states if there is something that the City is not happy with we basically tell TXDOT and they enforce it through their contract with the contractor. Ray Ball asked if any additional water was made available to service the hangar other than for Fire. Mrs. Easton states there is no plumbing to the hangar; it has electricity only. Mrs. Easton states the hangar itself is cornplete. We had a tour scheduled in December but did not have enough people that Could make it at that time. Mrs. Easton stated if the board would like to reschedule the tour to let her know., John Godwin, City Manager discussed the Wings over Paris Air Show with the Airport Advisory Board. The board agreed to changing the Wings Over Paris Air Show to an every other year event with a much simpler Fly -In on off years. Mr. Godwin states this will still require work and expense to do well, but our effort and costs will be significantly less. "ll he tentative date for the Fly -In is Saturday, May 12, 2018, 6 Requested itenis f6r fiiture agendas. Delinquent hangars, discuss develolm7ent oj.aporlunilies, neii, hangar construction I)rqject cans' first ol,71ions on the vacating hangars, 8. Meeting adjourned at 5:50 p. m. APPROVED THIS 15"" DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2018. _(Ckialman. Meeting Minutes of the Main Street Advisory Board 107 Kaufman St Paris Texas City Council Chambers Tuesday. January 9.201 S Present: Absent: Glee Emmite John Brazile Shelley McDowell April Coward Cody Kelly Laurie Redus, Frances Reed Cheri Bedford, Main Street Manager Becky Semple, Chamber Liaison Cleonne Drake -- City Council Liaison 1) Call meeting to order- Glee Enirnite at 4:33 pm 2) Citizens Forurn- None 3) Approval of minutes of last meeting Shelley McDowell moved to approve the minutes, April Coward seconded, minutes were approved. 4) Main Street Managers updates - a) Cheri reported that 109 businesses are listed in the new Downtown brochure. She reminded us about the City Council meeting on Jan. 22, where Cheri and Glee will give a report on MSAB and our work plan. As many of us as possible need to be in attendance for support, 5) Committee Liaison Reports - a) HPC — Glee reported next meeting will be January I Otli.We want to get HPC involved in educating people who are interested in investing in downtown as to, the services we can make available — design, planning, etc, b) PDA — Glee reported on the latest Breakfast Chat MSAB held with merchants, where we showed a Roger Brooks video, and City .Engineer Carla Easton gave a report on the new sewer lines that are being installed on Main St. heading south. PDA next meeting is Jail. 10'�' where they'll talk about the pros and cons of the Antique Fair. RobinWeems is in charge, and tile Gibraltar ownership is wanting the Hotel to be the venue, concern is that the cost of that will be prohibitive. c) Chamber of Commerce and V&CC — Becky Semple was not present. d) Economic Vitality - Cody met with Cheri in December to discuss setting up a committee, and to look at setting up a website for available properties for business and residential. He plans to develop a survey and a spreadsheet with available properties, e) Organization - Laurie recapped the November meeting with the Market Square vendors 6) Future Agenda Items- None. 7) Motion to adjourn - by Cody, with second from Laurie. Meeting adjourned at 5:03 pm Approved this iday ,of 201,�r, Glee Ernmite, Board Chair REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OTY OF PA N CI-1'3LC.()tJN(.'IL CHAMBFRS 1.07 EAST KAUFMAN PARIS, TEXAS WEDNESDAY. Janna Ey 10, 201,8.4L.0QPM Chris DLIX, Chairman Sarah Barbee Randy Hider, Secrcfar),; Glee Eminite Lin.da Vandiver Matthew Coyle Cheri Bedford- I IPO Linda Knox. C01,11161 Liaison Absent: David Alarid, Chairman Dux called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. A motion was called to approve minutes of the December 13, 2017 meeting by Coinmissioner Vandiver, seconded by Cominissioner F'rninite, motion carried 6-0 Commissioner Barbee made a, motion no items should be pulled indi�ddually fi-oin the f'ollowing list presented by Code enforcem.ent as a substandard structure, and that items A, B, C, D and E cannot be rehabilitated or designated on the National Register of Historic Places, as a recorded Texas Historic 1-andmark, or as historic property is designated by the City COUnCi I Of file City Of' Paris, Motions was seconded by Comm 1 ssioner Vandiver, Motion carried 6-0. A. 240 NW 5d, K rm 600 BLK oSherman C. 115 NWfW I'll') D. 141 NW 2501 E. 151 NW25th Chairman Dux reviewed rninutes 1rom a previous commission discussing fencing of alleys as well as other recommended changes that need investigated and put online in a way that is searchable. Cheri informed the commission that she had. learned from the City Manager the proper protocol for changes to the Design Standards was to take them to City Council for approwil, Flowever. the first step is for City Council to officially adopt the De,,,ign Staliclards, So, the conirmssion should review changes or clarifications they would like to see, and then recommend adoption ofthe Design standards and changes together to the cit), COMICil. She also told the commission while reviewing the previous mecting minutes for changes that needed to be recorded. there had been several d is scussions about desired recommendations, She Couldn't find any records in the n-ilnutes, that the commission actually f6lioNved up on the topics in their next meetings. There was only one change that she had found in the past minutes that they had actually voted on. This was in addition to the most recent change that had to do with the clarification of appropriate window 7 replacements in the district, Commissioner Mix addressed the commission and asked ifthey had any recommendations as to how they would want to do to review the standards for changes. Commissioner Coyle noted the importance ofmaking sure the all the changes they needed were included, but he stressed getting theni adopted is very important and something that should happen sooner than later, as the commission has desired to get them adopted for years with no success., Chairman Dux requested VOlUrItecrs to serve on a swbcornrnittee to [lie design standards for any clarification, review previous commission's suggestions, and bring back recommendations to the commission for discussion. Commissioner Coyle, Commissioner Hider, and Commissioner Enunite agreed to serve on the SUbconlrnittee and report back to the commission at the next meeting, Cheri heri will send a list of meeting minutes where previous commissions had discussed itcrns ofpotential clarifications or additions, 14PO Repon: Update on Dcsigri Standards for the f listoric District- present to City Council with proposed changes. No particular t1mc frame, but want to make sure that all changes wanted are irlChided in first 11111. After officially adopted, any changes will be recommended by IIPC, and taken to Council for approval. Water and sewer project is coming, in May, and will start on N. Main Street next to Pine BILIff and work south toward downtown. Kari Daniel wsindow pr(7ject: I 11 Larnar was passed inspection and the grant nionies, were requested. Commission will take a picture with the property owners presenting the check. Moffat Financial 36 W. Plaza is going to start their renovation project. They have moved their offices out of their building and construction will begin soon. Imagine the possibilities tour of downtown properties: 'Fours to take place during preservation month (May, 2018). The commission is to make recommendations to individuals who might want to be oil the tOLIr. Chairman Dux asked for a list of people who were on the tour last year; and also those who have received, grants. Suggestions made at the meeting for tours were Loft at 1,23, A Parisian AlTair on N. Main Strect, The new Pans Bakery. IDP, COA- 17-1458 Extension of CC: A-2016-46 Repairing front of building on I lodge huilding 221 S. Main NO changes from original COA. so this wxis, approved in house, Council liaison Knox updated the commission that CitN, Council field a work shop and incentives for the historic residential district were diSCUSSed, and there will be a water sewer replacement prQject on Church ST in addition to downtown. FLItUre Agenda Itetw SUb-committee will bring back the design standards changes over the next ti ", months. A motion was made to adJOUrn at 4:235 by Commissioner Vandiver, seconded by Conimissioner Coyle, motion carried 6 - 0. Chair 2018 Board Members Present: Richard Manning, Chairman Marion Hamill, Vice -Chairman Tim Hernandez, Secretary/Treasurer Derrick Hughes Ex -Officio Members Present: Legal Counsel: Stephanie Harris, City Attorney Call to Order. Community Room 1125 Bonham Street Paris, Texas 75460 Tuesday, January 23, 2018 5:15 O'CLOCK P.M. MINUTES Staff Present: Michael Paris, Executive Director Chris Stout, Economic Development Associate Paula Brownfield, Administrative Assistant Guest(s) Present: Mary Madewell, The Paris News Arnanda Gohn, eParis Extra Skipper Steely, Citizen City Council Liaison: Paula Portugal Mr. Manning called the meeting of the Paris Economic Development Corporation to order at 5.15 p.m. on January 23, 201& Citizens' Input Mr. Manning invited those present to speak during Citizens' Input. No one came forward and the Citizens' Input was closed. Discuss and possibly approve Minutes of the December 1.9, 2017, Monthly Meeting Mr. Manning asked if there were any corrections to the minutes. No one from the Board had any changes. Mr. Hughes made a motion to accept the minutes frorn December 19, 2017. Mr. Hernandez seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes to 0 -nays. Discuss and possibly approve December 2017 Financials. Mr. Hernandez stated the financials were in order, Mr. Paris pointed out that the Suddenlink bill has increased. This was due to an expired contract; we redid the contract and should see a decrease in the next bill. The City water bill looks excessive for this time of year. We will call the City to check on the water usage. Mr. Manning suggested having the City put a device on the water meter that shows how much water is used and when it is being used. Mr. Paris asked Ms. Brownfield to go over the Capital One charges. Ms. Brownfield started with Office Supplies — desk calendars from Office Depot; PEDC Board Meeting Minutes January 23, 2018 Page 2 of 4 Postage — FedEx charges to ship documents to Campbell's to be signed; Miscellaneous — late payment charge because of holidays; Marketing — Red River Valley Authority Conference in Wichita Falls, hotel charges, EAIC Conference in Frisco, bolt cutters from Gifford's, Project Wind Cave was Subway sandwiches for their lunch, Project Orange Fire was Subway for their lunch while touring Paris, Constant Contact we prepay for email marketing blasts; Depot Operations — paper towels for the Caddo Museum bathrooms. She also pointed out under Depot Operations it shows The Paris News which is the yearly cost of the newspaper. Advanced Alarm is also a yearly charge. Mr. Paris said that the Braun Intertec was the first wetlands study done for Project Orange Fire. Mr. Hughes made a motion to accept the financials for December 2017. Mr. Hamill seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes to 0 -nays. Discuss the possibijUty of future Office Space. Mr. Paris asked for a discussion on the possibility of future office space for the PEDC. He went on to say that the PEDC and the Chamber were located in the Depot up until 2010 or 2011. When the Depot was established with the Historical Society, it was anchored by the Genealogy Library. The Chamber was helping by being a tenant of the Depot. It had a contract with the City for the space. A contract or memorandum of understanding between the PEDC and the City does not exist for what our responsibilities are. Mr. Paris stated that this instead has been a "gentleman's agreement". The Depot is a beautiful space, but there are drawbacks on a daily basis. The "why" of relocating the PEDC is a matter of how we are perceived in this community. As guests are coming into the community we would like them to see the hustle and bustle of downtown, Collegiate or Lamar. When guests arrive at Our office their first request is to use the restroom. This is what we do at that request: go through a small hallway, unlock a door, disarm the alarm, and take them through the Museum to men's' and women's' restrooms, and then relook and rearm when they are finished. The PEDC staff does that every day, but when having guests in the office it is unappealing to go through that process. We need to consider what impression we give our external and internal guests, and maybe think about relocating ourselves. It might be better to be in the areas of activity, downtown or close to the Loop. We have the Community Room for larger meetings, but for smaller meetings we have a make -shift board room that is located in the kitchen and copier area. The PEDC would like to be more in the public view and to have a central presence in the community. Mr. Manning stated that be: agreed with Mr. Paris and felt that our office is located in an out of the way area. He also stated the PEDC at the Depot is the Depot being used for the wrong purpose. Mr. Paris mentioned that we are paying all the overhead for the building, but we do not pay any rent to the City. Mr. Hernandez asked if the other entities would have to share the cost if we relocated, Ms. Harris answered that the City would pay the utilities, since the other two entities are on one dollar leases. Mr. Hernandez suggested that the City could rent it out. Ms. Harris stated that it was unlikely that someone would want rent the offices and pay utilities for the entire building. The building has been used for non -profits that pay $1 a year and the PEDC pays no rent, but pays all utilities for the building. Mr. Manning said the Chamber probably had the same idea as the PEDC. They left to be in a amore visible area. Mr. Paris expressed that the PEDC has been scrutinized on how we spend our money and in what way we can spend our money, The PEDC code could be read that the bills the PEDC pays should go specifically to PEDC expenses. Ms. Harris interjected "you are not paying rent*. Mr. Paris stated that he talked to Peoples' Bank about the lobby downtown. We could rent the space for $300 a month which includes utilities. Other ideas would be areas around the Loop, Lamar or Collegiate. Ms. Harris mentioned a conference room space needs to be confidential, Mr. Hamill said a drawback to downtown is the parking. Mr. Paris asked for a two - person committee to look into our options. Mr. Hughes asked about the cost of moving the computer PEDC Board Meeting Minutes January 23, 2018 Page 3 of 4 system. Mr. Stout stated that we do not have a server onsite, so that would keep costs down. Mr. Hamill reminded everyone that the political side of this will need to be addressed. Mr. Paris suggested having a couple of public sessions. Mr. Hughes asked about making the restrooms more accessible to our office. Ms. Brownfield saw blueprints showing plans for two bathrooms in our office space, We looked into tuming the file room into a bathroom. Mr. Paris told us the Historical Society has conditions to follow in order to do renovations. The discussion ended with the PEDC looking at all its options. Discuss and possibly approve an Economic Impact Study beginningZ in 1993 to present dgy. Mr. Paris said that during to election we found that projects from the beginning of the PEDC had not been researched to show the impact the PEDC has had on the City of Paris. We would like to start at 1993 going through 2017. Frisco just completed a study from when they began to see the overall impact of their economic development and have been using a template of the study to show the current impact on a yearly basis. A study for the PEDC would be used to report to the citizens of Paris how their tax dollars are used and the impact to Paris. The first prospect suggested to do an impact study is Insight Research Corporation who has done work for both Frisco and Alliance Airport. The packet has a list of clients Insight Research has worked with. Elizabeth Morris is the CEO and Chief Economist for the fin -n. The second prospect is Impact DataSource from Austin. A principal of the company is Jerry Walker, Economist, This group was offered to us by Oncor to do the economic impact of American SpiralWeld we submitted to the Texas Enterprise Fund. Mr. Paris would recommend Insight Research; either company would do a good job. Mr. Manning asked if this could be used to show the public what impact we have on a yearly basis in terms of jobs and money, Mr. Paris answered that it could. There are three Cost Elements: 1. the EDCs impact since 1993; 2. the 2017 impact which would have a template to use in the coming years; 3. a Project template that shows the value of the project in relation to jobs and incentives. An impact study would give us a bar to work with. Mr. Paris asked the Board if he could talk to Insight Research about the costs and negotiate with thern. The Board would like to have a formal presentation at the next Board Meeting. Mr. Paris said he would invite Insight Research to talk to the Board. No motion needed to be made at this time. Executive Director's Monthly Report. PAVED was held today at Love Civic Center for bUSUICSS, 1111 n01-1 ty-O"'lled bUsilless 01" wonian-o%viwd business to learn about Nddlrig on loc,,fl prolccts In and around 1.anlar COLH-ity. 50+ attended the TxDot event highlighting upcoming subcontracting opportunities for highway and building construction in Northeast Texas. Plastec Conference will be February 6"'-8"' in Anaheim, California. Oncor invited us to participate with them, • TEDC Winter Conference will be held February 21 "-23'"d in San Antonio. • Evaluating properties for future industrial development, If American takes most of the Business Park, we will need to look for future industrial space. Phase I environmental is complete on the NW comer of the Industrial Park. We are working on the biotechnical now. One thing we have found is that we need to be more site ready with ground ready to break. a Travel schedule for 2018 Team Texas events, Will have this for the next meeting. PEDC Board Meeting Minutes January 23, 2018 Page 4 of,4 Convene into Executive Session: a) Section 551.087; Deliberation of Economic Development Negotiations to deliberate Commercial and Financial Inforination and Economic Incentives relating to the following: Commercial real-estate development, 1) Discuss Land Purchase 2) Project Wind Cave 3) Project American SpiralWeld 4) Project Iron Rod 5) Project Sun Bird b) Pursuant to Section 551.074 of the Texas Goverm-nent Code: 1) to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline or dismissal of a public officer or employee: or 2) to hear a complaint to charge against an officer or employee. e Executive Director Performance Evaluation Chairman Manning convened the Board into Executive Session at 6.07 p.m. Reconvene into Open Session and possibly take action on item(s) discussed in Executive Session, Chairman Manning reconvened the Board into open session at 7:02 p.m. Mr. Hughes made a motion to snake an offer with an option on both properties. Mr. Hernandez seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes to 0 -nays. Discuss Future Agenda Items. No future agenda items were discussed, Adjourn Mr. Hamill made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Hughes seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes to 0 -nays.. The meeting was adjourned at 7:04 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Paula Brownfield Administrative Assistant Paris, Economic Development Corporation Paris, Visitors & Convention Council Board of Dire tors Met' e January 22, 2018 at 4:00 pm Members PreserW 'Tony Corso,, Renee Harvey, Jeff Nuitt, Brenda Wells, Bryan Hargis, Jack Neal, Mark Pankaj, Neta, Painter Cleonne D�raike, Charley Lewis, Lisa Walker, Linda Kapp, and Greg Wilson,, Staff Present: Gina Crawford, Becky Semple and Drew Rutharl. Lisa Walker called the meeting to order at 4:01 pryi. Charley Lewis was Introduced as new Board member. Minutes—...The board was given a few minutes to read the minutes of November 1S, 2017. This was the last meeting held in 2017. A motion to approve November 2017 minutes was made by Jack Neal, seconded by Mark Pankaj. Motion passed unianimou5ly. Finaincials, were presented by Greg Wilson, a motion to approve the financials was made by Tony Corso, seconded by Mark Pankaj. Motion passed' unanimously. Drew RUthart reported that the Barber Hills Winter Blast Bicycle Rally event was held Saturday, January 20"" at Pat Mayse Lake, This event was brought to us by local biicyclers who built and enjoy the mountain bike trails at Pat Mayse Lake regularly and! want peop,le to be aware of this "Gem" that we have available to bring visitors to Paris. There was a quick turnaround for thiis event since first talked about and actually held, but everyone that came, including the coordinator, iKiing Racing Group from Dallas, had a great time and were so impressed that they want to bring future events to Paris. There was discussion about hosting another boat race at Lake Crook on May 5, 2018 Drew and I had meetings and numerous phone conversations with the people that want to bring this race, however, after looking at all the details and funding needs it is our recommendation that this isn't an event the "SCC should continue to pursue at this time. After hearing this recommendation, the board also agreed with this decision. Lisa Walker reported that there have been to this date, 1900 bicycles rented at the bicycle kiosk located at Love Civic Center. This venture has proved to, be a great success, and we are excited that folks are out enjoying the outdoors as well as our Trail! Since Octobei 2016 thru September 2017, we have hosted 27 events, conferences, or meetings at Love Civic Center and around Paris. Thanks to D:rr Craig Stephens and Bobby Walters, we now have a driving tour' Of Our beautiful Historic Homes to add to Our attractions that rnake Paris such a great place to explore, and will be adding several homes in Roxton, in Lamar County as a separate tour in the near future, We are continuing to market and promote Paris and Lamar County to attract meetings and events to be held in Paris. Drew has been working extensively on our Website and updating our Social Media to attract more viewers to see all the great assets we have here in Paris and Lamar County. Motion to adjourn at 4:36 was made by Lisa Walker. Respectfully submitted, Becky Semple