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Here in Council on August 25th, 2026,
we have Pastor Michael Jackson going to

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do us a invocation and then we will be
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

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» So,
all right. Good afternoon, everyone.

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Let us pray.
Gracious and eternal God, our Father, we

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thank you now for this day, God. God,
and we thank you now and we pause to

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thank you for this time. God, we thank
you for our mayor. We thank you for our

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Council and we thank you for all who are
gathered.

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We ask you now, God, that your hedge of
protection around our city and our

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community, God.
Unify us like never before, God, not

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just in voice, but Lord God, by walking
hand in hand.

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God, we ask you that you touch this
meeting, God, that it be ordained by you

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and guided by you, God.
Help even the Council and the mayor in

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their decision-making tonight, the days
and the weeks and the months to come.

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And God, those who be our youth Council
tonight, be with them. Be with those

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that will receive awards tonight.
Continue to cover them in Jesus' name we

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do pray. Amen. Amen.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag

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» [clears throat]
>> of the United States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible, with

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liberty and justice for all.
>> Thank you, Pastor Jackson.

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All right. Um, I believe all the Council
had the uh minutes from the regular

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Council meeting held on August 11th,
2026. I'll entertain a motion to

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approve.
>> Motion to approve minutes from meeting

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August 11th, 2026.
>> Second.

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» A motion and a second. Any discussion?
All in favor, say aye.

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» I.
>> All opposed the same. Passes

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unanimously. All right, I am going to
deviate just a little bit from our uh

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or [clears throat] our our minutes here
and um

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we got a special guest in the house
tonight.

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Miss
Helen Woodyard.

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If you would, Miss Helen, WOULD YOU COME
UP?

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» [applause]

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» MISS HELEN IS 91 YEARS YOUNG AND she got
her GED.

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» [applause]

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» And we felt like it was uh an
accomplishment recognizable by the city

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of Hogansville. So, um
I'm going to read these words. We're

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honored to recognize a remarkable
citizen of Hogansville, Miss Helen

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Woodyard. At the age of 91, Miss
Woodyard earned her GED through West

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Georgia Technical College, becoming the
oldest person in Georgia in the past

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decade to earn a GED. Helen began taking
classes at the age 88, inspired by the

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the accomplishments of her four children
and determined to finish something she

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had always wanted to accomplish.
When asked about her journey, Helen

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said, "I kept going because I don't quit
anything I start."

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» [applause]

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» Helen, your determination inspires all
of us and you have reminded our

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community that it's never too late to
pursue a dream. On behalf of the city of

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Hogansville, the city council,
congratulations. We're incredibly proud

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of you and honored to celebrate this
amazing accomplishment. Would Helen's

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family please come forward? If there's
any more in here, we'll take pictures.

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Uh we'll get some of the mayor and
council Okay, I want to

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» HAHAHA
>> [applause]

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[applause]

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» NOW LOOK AT THIS.

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» UH THAT'S why you don't go.
>> And family, let's get let's get Miss

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Helen right in the middle.
Right in the middle, right here.

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» We also give Miss Helen a proclamation
at her graduation, too, so

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» I signed the proclamation for you.
>> If y'all want to shake Anybody want to

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take pictures? You want them all to take
pictures?

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» Helen, you want to come back up here
with us?

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» Yeah, I'll come back.
>> Come back.

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» Okay, and let's see who
>> I think that will be better off.

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Place the mayor, Kate.

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» Is ready?
>> Yeah.

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» Um can you come in a little bit?

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And if y'all can separate just a little
bit, like right here I got to see y'all.

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» [laughter]
>> Ready? Y'all ready? One,

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two, three.

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Okay, does anybody else have a
>> I thought Mom did.

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I mean I only lose two.
>> Oh, we got one more back here in the

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back.

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All right.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.

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» [applause]

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» I NEED TO SEE THIS.

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» OH, YEAH.
YEAH.

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» CONGRATULATIONS.
>> GOOD JOB.

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» CONGRATULATIONS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, SARAH.

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» YES, MA'AM.
If the family wants to go, y'all can

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y'all are welcome to leave. So, I will
move you to the front so you didn't have

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to stand the whole time.
You're welcome. Congratulations.

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» Congratulations, Sarah.
>> Congratulations.

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» We have much to say.

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» At 78.
>> Oh, yes, right.

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» At 60.
>> Now, I'm at 53.

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» At 58.
>> [laughter]

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» It's kind [clears throat] of remarkable.

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» Oh, that's awful.
>> All right, we'll pick back up now. We

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have four public hearings tonight. And
Mr. Coston, I'll save you the question

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for every time. Have Has all these
public hearings been properly

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advertised?
>> Yes, Mr. Mayor, they have been.

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» Okay. All right, we're here tonight to
receive comments on the Board of

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Planning and Zoning Appeals
recommendation on a proposed UDO text

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amendment regarding self-storage in ACMX
and to allow RV and boat storage within

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the same zoning district via special use
permit.

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And if there's anyone in Council
Chambers that would like to speak for or

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against
this uh

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amendment regarding self-storage, please
come forward now.

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All right, seeing none, I will declare
this public hearing closed.

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All right, then we're here also for
public hearing to receive comments on a

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board of planning and zoning appeals
recommendation on proposed UDO text

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amendment regarding amusement
and recreational industries within TNMX.

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And I will ask if anyone here in council
chambers would like to speak for or

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against this public hearing, please come
forward.

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» Can I ask a question?
>> Yes.

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» What was the change and is it going to
be called a music amusement and

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recreation industries or is it because
that's the

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topic?
>> on the paper what we discussed this

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morning during the work session, we just
commonly referred to it as tumbling and

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gymnastics studios.
Um, the verbage that you see on the

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agenda this evening is actually what was
taken from our table of permitted and

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prohibited uses. So, it just makes it
more accurate.

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» Okay, perfect.
>> Thank you.

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» Thank you, Mr. Costello.
>> Okay, uh, seeing no one want to speak of

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that, I will declare that public hearing
closed. And we're here to receive

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comment on a board of planning and
zoning appeals recommendation on the

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proposed UDO text amendment regarding
parking orientation requirements.

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Is there anyone in council chambers that
would like to speak for or against uh,

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this text amendment?

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Seeing none, we will declare this public
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Last public hearing is to receive
comments on the Dawson Street

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Redevelopment Plan Amendment. Is there
anyone in council chambers that would

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like to speak uh, to this
Dawson Street Redevelopment? Any for or

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against?
Okay. Sir, come on up state your name.

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» Good evening.
Good evening.

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» Good evening.
>> Good evening.

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» Good evening.
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I just
you know, of course had a

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a few concerns. I just had questions.
Uh concerning the

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I guess the whole project, the entire
set up from start to beginning. How it

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was uh
conveyed to me when I when I learned

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about it, became knowledgeable of it.
And uh just a few

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things that kind of stuck out that was
like

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uh
how was this done? You know, how was it

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actually from the ground up to uh I
guess where it's at now.

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And uh
and of course I had received

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information from the
individual that actually has, you know,

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control of
of it now. Stating that

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certain things uh
was going in a certain direction. So,

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I'm just kind of trying to get
enlightened on uh

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you know, what what's
the procedure or exactly how everything

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channeled down through
>> I know you've spoken before before, but

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would you mind stating your name?
>> Oh, excuse me. My apology. Malcolm

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Malcolm Smith.
>> Okay. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Smith.
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Yeah, from the from the inception of um
of the deal that was made, only a few of

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us was here. I know I wasn't.
Ms. Pippen wasn't. Ms. Carson wasn't.

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Mr. Pardew wasn't. I think these two
guys here were here, so they may can

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shed some light on it along with the
city manager and

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» I I I guess we're here for
what's at hand, the vote to to um

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to amend the redevelopment agreement,
but I will speak that it was a unanimous

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a unanimous decision by council at the
time in the beginning

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to to um
do this development agreement with

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» Okay. Well, I guess the the thing is is
I'm just trying to get a grasp on, like

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I said, is
you know, from looking at some of the

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documents that I reviewed
as to the development of the starting

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process, you know, from looking at the
Georgia Secretary of State documents to

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um
all the way down to challenging them

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from
the first I I guess it was to be the

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third extension
with it or something to that degree to,

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you know, second second agreement second
agreement. Uh second extension, okay.

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And it cuz it started in 2021 and even
from the inception of it, even when I

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looked at the Secretary of State
documents, uh that was even kind of

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confusing because the individual that
was titled the property

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that name wasn't on any of the Secretary
of State documents. You had attorney

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name on it, but it was none of the
documents who the uh

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who was titled the the property. And uh
of course, the amount that it was titled

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to them for and even with the option of
them getting it at a certain

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price uh point and then, you know, even
still having the flexibility uh even

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having to met those different uh steps
of it to uh where they gain when all of

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this stuff stipulation was put in place,
even that's to what was meant

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in order to get to this point of having
to ask for the additional extensions on

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it. So, there's a lot of things that I
just kind of observed that were floating

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around that was kind of odd to
get to that point of being able to say,

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"Okay,
this

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hadn't been met, but yet it was extended
to the next step."

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You know, in the different layers of it
all the way to the point of

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when it was
put out from the initial point of the

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even get from the qualification of the
person that received it even from that

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even that question mark. I know you say
from what I heard it was a friend of a

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person that had actually done a project
here, but it wasn't actually their that

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person that actually was deemed the uh
the property. It wasn't that person. It

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was a
friend or relative or something like

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that. So, it just kind of like, you
know, it's a little bit

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question marks to me. When you talk
about it from a ethical point and

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looking at it from a perspective how it
should have been perceived or should

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have been challenged. I'm not saying
that who all was involved is already

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here now. I'm just looking at when I
look back at the records what I observed

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um
to even get to this point.

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» So, I guess I can take that you're
against us

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taking the um

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approving this redevelopment plan. Is
that what

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I'm taking?
>> Based on it's based on the evidence that

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I have is based on the evidence that I
have is a question mark.

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» Uh-huh.
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based on the evidence. So, that's I I I
just follow the evidence trail.

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» The developer's here. I'll ask her if
she wants to say a few words.

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» And
I don't have this Would it be

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appropriate for either the city manager
or the city attorney because of the

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number of people that we've got here to
kind of give a little bit of explanation

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of what we're even
what the public hearing is even about

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for this particularly since we have
people speaking for it. I mean just a

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basic that's not
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Um and this a little bit pre-dates me as
well, but I do know the history of it.

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Um the city had the property of the old
Dawson Street School if people know

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where that is and it was in a state of
disrepair and it was going to cost the

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city at that time I think it was several
hundred thousand dollars to uh take the

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building to the ground to raise the
building. And so we had a developer

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who's here and I think we'll speak in
just a minute who was interested in

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taking that property and turning it into
some townhomes. Um

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so they wanted [clears throat] to take
the school turn it into to some

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townhomes. There was another piece of
property behind it to do some additional

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development. So the city council at that
point in time decided, "Hey, we'll sell

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that property for $10,000 and give you a
certain amount of time to do the

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development and to reach substantial
completion."

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Um because everybody knows what happened
in 2020, right?

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Bad times with COVID. What happened to
prices in 2021, 2022?

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Doubled, tripled. So the developer's
costs went through the roof and the

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project became une- uneconom-
uneconomical to complete.

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So she came to us and asked for an
extension so that she could apply for

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some historical tax credits which would
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Um so the city council agreed to give
her two additional years to get the

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historical tax credits, hopefully get
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And now here we are two years later. Um
she's been able to get the historical

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tax credits. I think she can speak to
that. Although the governor vetoed the

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state credit which hurt a little bit
economically.

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So now she's asking for three more years
to finish under the new scenario. So

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that's a little bit of the history of
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» Thank you.
>> Um and the developer can certainly speak

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to where she is with the project. She
has done a lot of work. I will say she

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has done a lot of work. Me and Bullock
and I have toured the place.

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Uh she's done asbestos removal,
uh taken down some walls, reinforced

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some walls, done some work. So, she's
invested some money. She can tell you

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how much, but uh there has been a good
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» It was in bad disrepair.
>> It was in terrible disrepair at the

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start.
>> Hey Patrick, just for clarity. So, the

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governor vetoed the state tax credits,
but she still got the federal tax

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credit? That's Okay.
>> She had and the tax state tax freeze you

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can still do.
>> Okay.

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» Just not tax credit.
>> Say that again to

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» There's there's two parts to the state.
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and there's the tax freeze.
You can still do the tax freeze, you

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just can't get the tax credit.
>> They're on Okay. Okay.

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» Well, let Miss Smith finish here and
then we'll have you come up to the

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state.
>> All right.

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» Uh
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you know, when you talk about I guess
the channel and then because even with

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the fact of uh
you know, like I said, I think you said

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the amount that it was sold for it what
the $10,000 or whatever.

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Um and she got to receive the uh
property at $10,000.

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Uh
but at that at that point was any of the

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stipulations made or any completed even
at for that phase one part of it. Uh you

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know, you got to look at like I said the
documents and the paper trail and then

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look at how everything balances out and
and just try to see

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you know, how it stretches along the way
itself and that's what I was looking at

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all the details uh in depth and then
when I was looking I was like, "Wow, you

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know, because even to the fact that when
you know, I spoke to the developer and

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she was even talking about even possibly
putting it like having to market it, you

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know, and put it on the market. So, that
means that you're selling it

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for in the this market it could be 7
800,000 dollars, but you only pay ten

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thousand dollars for it. And when you
talking about a market, so

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and then you talk about the benefit of
the city, where would that even go back

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to benefit of the city when the whole
project from what I'm hearing was

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supposed to be for affordable housing to
the community. So how does that benefit

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when it correlates to that?

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» I'll let Ms. Stanley answer your
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» [clears throat]
>> So from the beginning we were not

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planning for affordable housing. We were
looking at townhouses

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and they were market rate townhouses and
the city was very in favor of that when

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we took off on this process. Um that was
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had been developed and it was a part
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important because there was not enough
missing middle housing and that was one

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of the things that was necessary. So
that's the direction we took and

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you've told some of the story Patrick,
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given the market and the area, the
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We went out for bid two different times,
modified the design twice and so now

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what we have available and this is
dictated by historic tax credits because

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they don't want you to change the
building the way we were planning to

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change the building. So we are back to
the building exterior will not be

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modified only put back as it should be
for historic property and now what you

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are going to get is something much more
affordable because of the scale of the

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market the units that are inside the
building. So, everything is a

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one-bedroom and before we had some of
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So, we are now actually in a place where
everything that's in this building is

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going to be affordable at market rate.
So, you're getting something much closer

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to what you probably need now,
especially since the market has changed

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greatly since we started this process.
Lots of new construction has gone up and

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so there is a missing market for what
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Um,
so and to speak to the idea that I have

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talked with people about partnering or
putting money into the project. Yes, I

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have been open to that. I have been in
conversation with Joshua Heard. I have

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been in conversation with everybody in
this town. So, I have been open,

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listening to what is the best thing here
and that is how I ended up talking with

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um Malcolm Smith. And so, yes, my intent
to go forward is now with something I'll

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have 20 units. I had only committed to
14 units in the building. Now there will

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be 20. Not only will there be 20, there
will also be a space in the building in

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the auditorium which had to be
maintained that has the kitchen

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underneath it so that can be an event
space for the people that are in there

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and for the community. They could be
leased out and then in the bigger

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picture, the land around it as it's
developed, that can act as a community

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space for the whole development. So,
that's where we are.

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» So, so do you have these plans in
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» I do have all those plans. They were
submitted and it took takes a very long

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time to go back and forth with historic
historic

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basically approved all of this on June
29th. And so, when they approved it

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there were some provisions in there that
I had to make some like some minor

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modifications to the window style and
some other things that have to be exact

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to historic. So, the architects are
working on that stuff now. So, just as

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an idea of what I have put in this
building since I've had it, it has been

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multiple redesigns, not only
architecture but engineering. We had to

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do all the abatement on the property,
which was not small. I mean, it had a

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boiler room and that we're talking about
asbestos and all kinds of stuff in

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there. So, um all of that lead paint had
to all be basically encapsulated.

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Anything that stayed in there cuz you
can't rip everything [clears throat] out

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because they then it's not historic
anymore.

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So, we've done all that stuff and
basically stabilized the site and and

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and had to secure the site because we
constantly have had people trying to get

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in. I mean, I had to fence the property
in the back. I have cameras up and so,

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it's been an interesting process to to
just keep it stable till I get to the

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point of starting again.
>> And I want this project to be

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successful. Do not get me wrong, I do. I
just This is some more new information

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that we're getting and I have some
concerns.

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Um I definitely would like to see some
plans and what exactly this is going to

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be um
moving forward, especially to extend

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more years.
Um that's that's my that's my only

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concern with it.
>> Well, I'm happy to share that with you.

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I have all that. I can forward it to
you. Um with only the caveat that we

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will be making some minor modifications
to like the window schedule and some

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stuff like that. So,
but those were the only concerns

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historic where we are now. That's the
only thing that still has to be revised.

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So, that's in process and and once I
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sent out for bid again and I have a
partner who was here with me last time

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who will be talking, you know, through
all this. So, and because he all is the

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general manager or a
he is a construction person and he is a

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mechanical engineer by training. He's
looking at value engineering options all

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the time and that sort of thing. So,
anyway.

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So, that's where we are.
>> Any more questions for Ms. Bainbridge?

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» Yes. So, that's 20 units?
>> Just in the school building.

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» One-bedrooms?
What's the square footage?

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» They range from the There are some
studios that are like 350 square feet,

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but they're full apartments. They have a
kitchen, they have everything. And then

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some of them are up to 850, I think, is
the biggest one.

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» Do you know what your price point's
going to be?

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» I won't know that for sure until we have
construction money our dollars back, but

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um
I'm watching and of course, you know, I

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was involved in the Dixie Miller
redevelopment. I know what they rent

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over there and we will certainly be more
competitive than that. And only because

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we're smaller. If you know, per square
foot we'll have the same we'll have the

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same kind of finishes as that building,
but it's just a smaller unit. So, it'll

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it'll be a better price.
>> What when you say affordable housing,

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are you comparing that to AMI of 200
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» So, I'm not calling this affordable
housing. I'm saying this is more

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affordable at market rate than what is
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This is not by definition
>> housing is going to be market rate.

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» That is right.
>> And it was was it

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So, if I'm understanding correctly, when
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» project work. Well, you weren't really
going Were you doing historic tax tax

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credits?
>> No, that was part of my ask when I came

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back the first time because that was not
part of the original ask. I had not

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intended to use any tax credits.
>> And in order to make it work is is you

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went you decided to go with the tax
credits, if I remember correctly.

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» And when you do historic tax credits, it
must be for rent. It cannot be for sale

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for 5 years.
>> But just they still own the the beauty

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of the way the school used to look. I've
got to say I I was happy at the time

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when we extended it the first time. And
I'd like to see the project happen.

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And I know there's a great need for one
bedroom

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for one bedroom unit. So, uh um I wish
you the best of luck on the project.

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» M- Miss Family, how confident are you
that with your tax credit plus your

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liquid funding that you have, how
confident are you that you're going to

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have this done in this extension that we
give you?

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» It can happen, absolutely.
>> So,

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» All the all the weird things
that are hanging out there, you and I

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have talked about this before. We can do
it, Charles. It can happen. And I am

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committed to your
area because you know I'm working on the

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Dunson Mill project, too. And that thing
is about to

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» I'm rooting for you, Tam. I promise you.
I promise I'll root for you. Let Let me

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ask you a question, though. Because, you
know, this is business. I like you

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personally, you know that. But this is
business.

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» Yep.
>> So,

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would you be willing to that a
stipulation, if you would not have the

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project done in these 2 years, that the
other five or six acres beside it,

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that's off the table for you?
>> Well, that's the deal anyway.

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» the
>> It's already the deal.

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» All right.
>> That's already the deal.

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» Okay.
>> So.

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» I'm rooting for you, though. I want you
to know that. I want you to know that.

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Yes, ma'am. Okay, that's all I got for
you. Anybody else?

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» All right.
>> Thank you.

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Anybody else want to speak for or
against this project?

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All right. Seeing none, I declare this
public hearing closed.

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All right. [clears throat]
Uh, petitions and communications. We got

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the Dawson Street Redevelopment Plan
Amendment.

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» Fresh on your mind.
>> Fresh on your mind.

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» Fresh on your mind.
>> Um, so I will entertain a motion to um

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uh
to accept the amendment and move

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forward.
>> Um

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» Motion to accept the amendment for the
Dawson Street School Redevelopment Plan.

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» Second.
>> Got a motion and a second. Any

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discussion?
All in favor say I.

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» I.
>> All opposed the same.

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All right.
Four to one.

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Uh, may I All right. Thank you.
Uh, we got City Manager Report the G- G-

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dot reimbursement.
>> Yes, sir. Uh, Mayor and Council, one

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item uh that was discussed this morning.
Uh,

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» [snorts]
>> Georgia Department of Transportation has

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agreed to reimburse the city, who will
then reimburse our contractor, McElroy

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Construction, for $44,560
for some unforeseen expenses that they

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incurred on the project. So, uh we
[clears throat] would ask the Mayor and

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Council to authorize the Mayor to
execute the agreement with G- dot for

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reimbursement, and then we'll submit the
request to them and pass those funds

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along to the contractor.
>> All right. I'll entertain a motion to

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enter into the
>> Motion [clears throat] to approve.

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» Second.
>> Got a motion and a second. All in

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Any discussion?
All in favor say I.

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» I.
>> All opposed the same. Passed

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unanimously. Thank you.
All right. Uh, first reading of

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ordinances to authorize self-storage and
RV and boat storage within the ACMX

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district.
>> An ordinance of the Mayor and Council of

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the City of LaGrange to amend the code
of the city to amend the zoning

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ordinance of the city in order to allow
personal storage as a permitted use

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within the ACMX zoning district, to
allow recreational vehicle and boat

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storage use within the ACMX zoning
district subject to special use permit

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to modify the supplemental use
provisions for recreational

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vehicle and boat storage to repeal
conflicting ordinances to fix an

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effective date and for other purposes.
>> All right. To authorize

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amusement and recreational industries
within TNM TNMX

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zoning district.
>> An ordinance of the mayor and council of

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the city of LaGrange to amend the code
of the city to amend the permitted use

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table to authorize amusement and
recreational industries within the TNMX

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zoning district to repeal conflicting
ordinances to fix an effective date and

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for other purposes.
>> To modify parking orientation

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requirements.
>> An ordinance of the mayor and council of

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the city of LaGrange to amend the zoning
ordinance of the city in order to reduce

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the parking orientation requirement
within multiple zoning districts

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to repeal conflicting ordinances to fix
an effective date and for other

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purposes.
>> Fire lane ordinance.

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» An ordinance of the mayor and council of
the city of LaGrange to amend the fire

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lane ordinance in order to modify the
conditions in which emergency responders

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may park in fire lanes to repeal
conflicting ordinances

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to fix an effective date and for other
purposes.

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» Okay. We have no second reading
ordinances tonight. Delegations, we have

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the LaGrange Youth Council inductions.
Glad to have Y'ALL WITH US.

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» [applause]

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[clears throat]
>> HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS

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Olivia Johnson and I'm the lead advisor
for the LaGrange Youth Council.

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Today marks the beginning of a new year
for the Youth Council and Adam, Katie,

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and I are excited and honored to work
with and help lead this group of future

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leaders. We have a wonderful group of
students joining us this year and we are

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excited to start the year off strong.
The students on Youth Council come from

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all across LaGrange and represent all
three public schools as well as LaGrange

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Academy, Lafayette Christian School
and Springwood School.

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We have 32 students in total and the 20
to be inducted. I would like for our

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city attorney to swear in our students.
>> If those of you who are taking the oath

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of office, stand.
And raise your right hand.

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I do solemnly swear that I will well and
truly perform the duties of a youth

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council member of the city of LaGrange
to the best of my skill and ability and

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as to me shall seem to be in the best
interest and welfare of the city without

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fear, favor or affection. If you accept
this oath, please say I will.

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» I will.
>> THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.

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» [applause]

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» WE WOULD LOVE TO INTRODUCE EACH one or
rather let them introduce themselves.

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As each student approaches, we'd like to
invite the mayor and city manager to

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join us at the front for an individual
photo with each new member and after we

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would love to get a group picture with
everybody.

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» Hello, my name is Molly Harrison and I'm
a junior at LaGrange High School.

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» [applause]

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» Hi, I'm Mary Frances Corley and I'm a
junior at LaGrange High School.

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» [applause]

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00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:23,328
» Hello, I'm Addison Shaw and I'm a junior
at LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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» HELLO, I'M EDMUND HUFFMAN. I'M A SENIOR
AT LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:50,838
» HI, I'M IZZY FRAZIER AND I'M A JUNIOR AT
LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:05,249
» HI, MY NAME IS LAUREN COPELAND AND I'M A
junior at LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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» GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS BAILEY HOPLIN
AND I'M A junior at LAGRANGE HIGH

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SCHOOL.
>> [applause]

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» HI, MY NAME IS HELEN VILLA AND I'M A
JUNIOR AT LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:42,584
» HI, MY NAME IS FINLEY IRELAND. I'M A
SENIOR AT LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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» HEY, MY NAME IS GARDNER CAIN AND I'M A
JUNIOR AT LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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» HEY, MY NAME IS HANNAH CLIFTON. I'M A
SENIOR AT TROUP HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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» HELLO, I'M TALIYAH SPARKS AND I'm a
junior at LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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» HELLO, I'M CHRISTIAN FANNING AND I'M A
JUNIOR AT CALLAWAY HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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» GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BREILLE WILSON
AND I'M A junior at CALLAWAY HIGH

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SCHOOL.
>> [applause]

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» HELLO, MY NAME I'M CHLOE SIMS AND I'M A
JUNIOR AT LAGRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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[clears throat]

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» GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LAYLA CHILDS
AND I am a senior at TROUP HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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[laughter]

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» HELLO, NICE TO MEET YOU. MY NAME IS
Lianna Lee and I'm senior at CALLAWAY

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HIGH SCHOOL.
>> [applause]

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» GOOD EVENING. I'M WENDY MARTINEZ AND I'M
A SENIOR AT LA GRANGE HIGH SCHOOL.

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» [applause]

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» HEY, I'M HUDSON COBLE AND I'M A JUNIOR
at La Grange Academy.

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» [applause]

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» Take my dress off.

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Must stand on chair.

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» [laughter]

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» You have the right standard.

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» Okay.
Everybody have pictures? Parents?

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All right, congratulations.
>> ALL RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS.

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» [applause]

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» LILA.

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» WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS
YOUTH Council is going to do for the

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city of LaGrange.
>> [clears throat]

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» Thank y'all for being part of it.

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And now we have we'll have our closing
comments.

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» Good evening. My name is Lucy Marie
Heart and I'm a senior at Troup High

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School.
Tonight's good news is that the city

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officially kicked off the 2026 Fall
Mayor's Health Initiative Saturday with

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the LaGrange College Panther Pursuit. It
was a great turnout with our community

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partners downtown LaGrange and LaGrange
College.

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Our next event will be the LaGrange Fire
Department's annual 9/11 Memorial Stair

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Climb on September 11th at Callaway
Stadium.

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» Thank you.
>> [applause]