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03/19/2019 MinutesPARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION MONTHLY MEETING Board Members Present: Shay Bills, Vice -Chairman Tim Hernandez, Secretary/Treasurer A.J. Hashmi Marion Hamill Ex -Officio Members Present: John Godwin, City Manager Paul Allen, Lamar County Chamber Legal Counsel: Stephanie Harris Call to Order. Paris City Council Chambers 107 East Kaufinan St. Paris, Texas 75460 Tuesday^, March 19, 2019 4:00 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 City Council Liaison: Paula Portugal Mr. Hernandez called the monthly meeting of the Paris Economic Development Corporation to order at 4:03 p.m. on March 19, 2019. Invocation Ms. Bills gave the invocation. Citizens' In gut Mr. Hernandez invited those present to speak during Citizens' Input. No one came forward and the Citizens' Input was closed. Discuss and ossibl a rove Minutes of the February 18 2019 Monthl Meetin Mr. Hernandez asked if everyone had read the minutes and if there were any changes. Dr. Hashmi made a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Hamill seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes to 0 -nays. Discuss and ossibl a grove February 2019 Financials. ,\4r. Hernandez said our expenses were not unusual. Mr. Paris stated that the expenses for American SpiralWeld were: Berg Oliver for $7,500.00 was the mitigation plan for the Wetlands; Ray's Tree Service for the second half of the payment for the rail clean-up on the PEDC property; and The Paris News for ads PEDC" Board Meeting Minutes March 19, 2019 Page 2 of placed dor the Request for dads on the asbestos abatement. The Payment ennt to Lamar National is the rruo thly payment for the Southwest property. Mr. Hernandez pointed out some of the Marketing e peundit es were related to American SpiralWeld. term Darns explained that the Love Civic Center was for the American groundbreaking, the T EDC; was expense was for the Legislative Conference in Austin, the credit to us frown. .ed Enver Valley.A.ssocnatnouu was a refund because we could not attend the annual meeting, and the last item was the balance owed to urns darty for setting up the groundbreaking at Love Civic Center. lira Hernandez pointed out that the sales t we collected in February was $150,000.00, which was above our average expected $120,000°00. lire I ashmn made a motion to accept the February financials. lyse Bills seconded the motion. Vote was 4 ayes to 0 nays. DkgHss ME ose aom uurmm. ies aid thu° ats eetl wmtb �°ea �cono le . eve10 eHt eRtl1les aid how to 2S22d4 Mr. Paris stated Dr. Hash asked that we discuss pros and cogs of working with other IEDss Dr. Hashunan started the conversation with saying that we would like the opporturrities to stay in Texas rather than outside the state. If opportunities come up right outside Lamar County, we should work with the other EDC since it would benefit urns economically. His suggestion is to meet with other EDCs to form a joint taskforce to bring more business to the area. At themoment tied River County has some prospects and of they decide on Red River County; we in Paris would benefit by more people doing business in ]Paris and d buying homes in Paris. We would hike to :keep the prospects in our area. We would like to conduct a joint session to explore this idea with other lE Cs4 Mr. urns said that when he attends TEAM Texas events and Oncor events the group goes out and markets as one entity. The leads received by tine group are shared, but it is very highly competitive between E C;s in the area. lir. Paris asked of another EDC asked for help with a prospect do we see barns EDC helping with the recruiting effort. We could receive criticism if any of the IPEDCs tax dollars were spent outside of Paris. Dr. Hashmi said in a joint session we should only discuss projects that we definitely know are not coining to Paris. Mr. Pans asked about how we would communicate with another local connnunity and how would they.partici.pate with us in our prospect activity. Dr. Hashrnn answered that the first thing would be that we want them inParis. Mr.Paris asked if Reno could help with infrastructure for our airport, would that be something to loop at, :lir" Mas nnrun stated we would need to loop at whether we could legally do. iso Harris stated she thought that what was asked would be limited, because the time and staff resources would be tax expenses. Cir° :Hashrffnn suggested Promoting :EDC;s in the area with a regional marketing ad. Ms. Bills said she agrees with regional marketing w ranch makes all the entities look better. It can be a tricky issue between the IEDCs. Mr. Hernandez dez quuestiorned if it is legal. Mr. Hamill said it is a good idea, power in nu mberso r4 Hernandez thanked ern Hashmi for the discussion. erle� .nlral eld 1Pl tp7 data Construction begins; :Initial $1,500,000 paid. American requested the payment be made. It was delivered to them on Monday. $1,000,000 Loam from Paris, "Texas banks. 0 $500,000 from designated reserves. ,Asbestos Abatement Begins. On Monday morning the abatement, ent started at the old Superior Switch property® Whale Environmental was chosen to abate the asbestos. The timeline to have the asbestos reau°noved is about two weeks. GHD Services and Farmers Environmental are at the site twice a week checking on. the work being donne. Rail Inas begun developing scope of work., cost budgets and negotiating agreement. 0 Ile uuest for finds on the PETE C; portion to course out to public soon. The portion is on 1.0 Street due West. PEDC Board Meeting Minutes March 19, 2019 Page 3 of 3 • TECQ Phase II Environmental Cleanup Moving Forward as expected. The TECQ has received the VCP application and the process is moving forward. The Phase II Cleanup can happen while the asbestos removal and the demo are taking place. • Wetlands Mitigation Application submitted to Tulsa District Corp of Engineers. We had a phone today concerning the mitigation and the timeline is looking good. Discuss Future Agenda Items. Mr. Hernandez asked if the Board had any future agenda items. Dr. Hashmi said there is a possibility of Paris having an International Film Festival. Please put on a future agenda to see how we can assist in this event. Adjourn Dr. Hashmi made a motion to adjourn. Mr. Hamill seconded the motion. Vote was 4 -ayes to 0 -nays. The meeting was adjourned at 4:31 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Paula Brownfield Administrative Assistant Paris Economic Development Corporation