07- PARIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP. MINUTES FROM MEETING OF 12/14/10CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET
Submittal Date:
O1/14/2011
Council Date:
O 1 /24/2011
Originating Department:
City Clerk
Ptesented By:
Janice Ellis
Agenda Item No.:
7.
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Motion to approve.
POLICY ISSUE(S):
Record of Standing Committee.
BACKGROUND:
Paris Economic Development Corporation minutes from the meeting of December 14, 2010
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
EXHIBITS:
The attached minutes.
ACTION:
BUDGET INFO:
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Z Administration M Ciry Clerk ❑ Communiry Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire
❑ Municipal Court ❑ Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police ❑ Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities
City of Paris
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Meeting Minutes
December 14, 2010
Board Members . Staff Steve Gilbert
Present: Pike Burkhart, Sr. Present: Shannon Barrentine
Doug Wehrman
Chad Brown
Dan Smith
Rick Poston
Ex-officio Members Guest(s)
Present: Mindy Moree Present: Connie Beard, The Paris News
Kevin Carcuth Mike Winkler, Campbell Soup Co.
Legal City Council
Counsel: Kent Mcllyar Liaison(s): Edwin Pickle
John Wright
Pike Burkhart, called the meeting to order at 4:02 p.m. Pike welcomed those present.
Minutes from the November 16, 2010 were approved, as submitted, by a motion from Dan Smith;
seconded by Rick Poston. Motion carried.
Financial reports for November, 2010 were approved, as submitted, by a motian from Dan Smith;
seconded by Chad Brown. Motion carried.
Steve Gilbert read a statemeilt from Rachel Schory: "To the PEDG Board: I just wanted to say a
quick thank you to each of you for allowing me the opportunity to work for PEDC over the past 3-1/2
years. I have learned a lot in this job and have been able to make some lasting connections. I wish you all
the best as you serve your community through this board. And I look forward to serving you in a new
capacity in the near future. Thank you, again! Best wishes and Merry Christmas!"
Steve Gilbert presented the Director's Report:
• Draft of November 16, 2010 Strategic Planning Report. Survey available online. Results
trom T'he Paris News article about the survey, received some surveys in the mail.
• Two new projects emerged: Projects Axis and Taste Bud.
• Fit 4 Life Initiative - The PEDC participants have lost a total of 28 lbs. since the challenge
began.
• Steve will take vacation time off the week following Christmas.
• Fred Green, Incubator Director will provide an update to the Board in the near future.
• Clean up on property located at 19t~ St. NW and Campbell will be performed by Adult
Probation through Jimmy Nicholson for cost of materials and supplies.
• A list of Aaris' top four manufacturers and the cities that they do business in was provided.
• Joint marketing through the Northeast Texas Economic Alliance (NETEA) report from
Research on Investment (ROI) dated October 28, 2010 was discussed.ROI provides a
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service to contact companies and/or site selectors fitting the target industry for the region,
as listed.
ROI's Target Industries for the region are:
> Manufacturing: Metal Fabrication, Plastic Fabrication and Paper Goods.
~ Warehousing
~ Food Processing: Agribusiness
ROI will organize conference call meetings with companies from targeted regions in the
U.S. and Canada and other parts of the world that are interested in Northeast Texas.
NETEA prefers to have two to three meetings in a region to make a trip viable.
Recent/upcaming meetin /g trins - SURRMA Meeting in Commerce on December 20th at 5
p.m.; TxDOT Transportation Forum in Austin, January 3-5t', 2011. PEDC Board meeting
on January 12th; TEX21 meeting in Austin, January 14, 2011. Industrial Managers, January
18t', 2011; IEDC Training and Leadership Summit Forum in San Diego, CA, January 19-
27', 2011.
Working on an article for The Paris News about the top ten events for 2010 by the PEDC.
Provided a draft copy of the Preliminary Audit for Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2010,
as submitted by McClannahan & Holmes, CPAs. Tom Hensel, auditor, will be at the
January, 2011 Board meeting to answer questions pertaining to the audit.
Doug Wehrman joined the meeting at 4:17 p.m.
Discussion and possible action regarding the Strategic Planning meeting that was held November
16, 2010 and schedule follow-up meeting for January, 2011. Deferred consideration until after Executive
Session.
The Board convened into executive session at 4:30 p.m. pursuant to Section 551.087 and Section
551.072 of the Texas Government Code to discuss and deliberate on the following:
A. Section 551.087 - Economic Development Negotiations
B. Section 551.072 - Real Property
Executive session ended at 5:29 p.m. As a result of executive session discussion, the Board took
the following action:
A motion was made by Doug Wehrman that it would be in the best interest of the Board,
Campbell's Soup and the community to approve the request of $100,000 to be used towards the proposed
"green/sustainability project" at the Campbell's Soup plant. The project is one of three that Campbell's is
implementing at the Paris plant during 2011. This project provides for construction of a cover for storage
of tomato paste that is currently stored outside. Construction also provides installation of solar panels on
the snvcture that will provide an alternative source of electricity for the plant. This project results in
efficiencies and cost savings for the Paris plant that strengthens it competitiveness among other plant
locations, and therefore retains jobs. These projects also lead to potential expansion and job creation in
the near future. The motion was seconded by Chad Brown. Motion carried 3 to 2 with Dan Smith and
Rick Poston opposing.
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Discussion and possible action regarding the Strategic Planning meeting that was held November
16, 2010 and schedule follow-up meeting for January, 2011. A motion was made by Rick Poston to have
the .Ianuary PEDC Board meeting and Sh•ategic Planning meeting on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the
Paris Golf & Country Club to begin at 9:00 a.m. and end around 3:00 p.m.; seconded by Doug Wehrman.
Motion carried.
Chad Brown made a motion to adjourn at 5:34 p.m.; seconded by Rick Poston. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Shannon Barrentine
PEDC - Comm. Dev. Specialist
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