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JOINING US. 
          UM, THIS IS A, UH, CITY OF PARTY BILL 
          [I. CALL TO ORDER]
CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP 2 0 5 MAIN STREET, HARDY BILL, SOUTH CAROLINA, UH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26TH AT 11:00 AM UH, THIS IS A WORKSHOP, SO THE RULES OF ORDER ARE RELAXED. 
          UH, MEANING JUST JUMP IN WITH THE ONE EXCEPT PLEASE MAKE SURE PREVIOUS SPEAKER HAS COMPLETED, UH, AND YIELDED HIS TIME ON THE FLOOR. 
          SO, UH, OR HER, REMEMBER THAT. 
          REMEMBER THAT. 
          REMEMBER THAT? YES. 
          A DON'T OH, WE STARTED EARLY TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          HAVING SAID THAT, MIKE, TAKE US AWAY. 
          UH, VERY GOOD. 
          WELL, THE TWO PROJECTS 
          [II. MANAGERS REPORT]
I THINK THE COUNCIL IS VERY INTERESTED IN. 
          ONE IS, UH, THE STATUS OF THE OLD CITY HALL. 
          SO, UH, I'M GOING TO, I'VE BEEN ACCUSED IN THE PAST OF STEALING PEOPLE'S UNDER, SO I AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT ON EITHER ONE OF THESE. 
          SO I'M GONNA LET THESE TWO FINE FOLKS. 
          MS. JONES, BE MR. DAVIS. 
          GO AHEAD, MS. JONES. 
          GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 
          SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT I HAD PREPARED PREVIOUSLY ON OLD CITY HALL TO TRY AND REFRESH EVERYONE'S MEMORY. 
          [1. OLD CITY HALL]
UH, THE LOCATION OF IT, IF YOU REMEMBER, IS AT THE CORNER OF MARTIN AND MAIN STREET. 
          AND FORMERLY, WE'VE HAD FOUR DIFFERENT TENANTS IN THIS BUILDING. 
          THE FRONT WAS OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON THE SIDE, WE'VE HAD OUR MEDIA TEAM, AND THEN THE JASPER COUNTY AUDITOR AND TREASURER'S OFFICE, AND THEN OUR LOW COUNTRY LEGAL FOLKS WERE IN THE BACK. 
          THIS IS THE FORMER FLOOR PA, FLOOR PLAN OF WHICH SHOWS RELATIVE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THOSE TENANTS AND HOW IT WAS BROKEN OUT. 
          AND THEN SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES THAT LED US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY WITH RODENT INFESTATION, MOLD AND AIR QUALITY MEP AND STRUCTURAL CONCERNS. 
          AND SO, AT OUR LAST WORKSHOP OR MEETING, WE DECIDED THAT WE NEEDED TO DO SOME EXPLORATION. 
          SO OUR EXPLORATION, THESE PHOTOS ARE AS OF JUNE 3RD. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE DEMO WORK THAT WAS PERFORMED TO ERADICATE THE INFESTATION. 
          AND OF COURSE, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM, , JOHN BROWN, WON A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO HIM AND HIS FOLKS FOR SAVING THE CITY $20,000 IN DEMO. 
          THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND IT WAS HARD FOUGHT WORK. 
          UH, THIS WAS, THIS WAS DAYS AND DAYS OF THEM GOING IN THERE AND RIPPING OUT EVERYTHING TO TRY AND FIND WHERE WE WERE, UM, HAVING SOME BUILDING ENVELOPE PROBLEMS, OF WHICH WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND THOSE, UM, MAYBE NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT WE ARE IN A BETTER POSITION NOW TO UNDERSTAND OUR PROBLEMS. SO, LEADS ME TO TODAY WHERE WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THREE OPTIONS. 
          OPTION NUMBER ONE IS A VERY LOW BUDGET RENOVATION OPTION OF WHICH KEEPS THE BUILDING INTACT AS IS. 
          AND YOU CAN SEE AT 2,600 SQUARE FEET THE APPROXIMATE CONSTRUCTION COST OF ABOUT 520 TO 5 85 TO JUST GET THE BUILDING USABLE. 
          AND WHEN I SAY USABLE, IT'S BRINGING IT UP TO CODE AND, AND OBVIOUSLY, UM, ALL NEW WALLS, FLOORING, CEILING, WINDOWS, DOORS, AND EXTERIOR PAINT ONLY. 
          SO, UM, OPTION NUMBER TWO IS IF WE WANNA DO SOMETHING THAT ADDS MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, FROM OUR SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THE CITY IS OUT OF SPACE. 
          AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO ADD A SECOND STORY TO THIS BUILDING. 
          UM, ESPECIALLY GIVEN ITS LOCATION SO CLOSE TO OUR MUNICIPAL HUB, WE, UM, 
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WE WERE SHOWING THIS OPTION THAT WOULD KEEP THE FIRST FLOOR INTACT. 
          UM, AND WHEN I SAY FIRST FLOOR, IT'S REALLY THE SHELL OF THE BUILDING, GIVEN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN OUR DEMO PICTURES, AND THEN ADDING THAT SECOND FLOOR TO GET US THE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          HOWEVER, OPTION THREE SHOWS IF WE DEMO THE EXISTING BUILDING AND WE REBUILD WITH A MORE INTENTIONAL DESIGN, SOMETHING THAT WOULD ANCHOR THAT CORNER LOT THAT, YOU KNOW, HELPS TIE IN OUR MUNICIPAL HUB DESIGN IDEAS WITH OUR MEMORIAL PARK AND WITH OUR FIRE STATION 81, I WANNA HONE IN PRIMARILY ON THE COST PER SQUARE FOOT. 
          SO WHY IS THIS THE MOST EXPENSIVE OPTION? IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S MORE RISK. 
          WE HAVE ASSUMPTIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE. 
          THERE ARE STRUCTURAL CONCERNS WITH OUR EXISTING FOUNDATION. 
          UM, YOU DON'T KNOW UNTIL YOU START WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. 
          AND WE HAVE NOT HAD, UM, A LOT OF CONTRACTORS EXCITED TO START THAT TYPE OF A PROJECT. 
          UM, IT'S ALWAYS EASIER, LESS RISK AND LESS ASSUMPTIONS. 
          WHEN YOU'RE STARTING NEW, YOU'RE GETTING A COMPLETE DESIGN PACKAGE, YOUR SOILS TESTING YOUR FOUNDATION, EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE NEW. 
          SO IF YOU'RE REUSING, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT COST GOES UP. 
          UM, THIS NEXT SLIDE GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT SOME OF THOSE DESIGN RESTRICTIONS. 
          UM, THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN DO WITH IT. 
          IF YOU'RE KEEPING THE FIRST FLOOR, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THIRD OPTION WITH A NEW BUILDING, YOU'RE GETTING BETTER CONSTRUCTION, A BETTER LIFESPAN, A MORE INTENTIONAL DESIGN, A MORE DRAMATIC ANCHOR BUILDING FOR THAT CORNER LOT, SOMETHING THAT ABSOLUTELY COMPLIMENTS THE MEMORIAL PARK. 
          UM, I HAVE OUR ARCHITECT HERE WHO PUT THESE RENDERINGS TOGETHER, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS A VERY CONCEPTUAL PART OF, OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. 
          THIS IS NOT, UH, A BUILDING THAT WE'RE SAYING WE WANT OR HAVE TO HAVE. 
          IT WAS JUST AN IDEA. 
          SO, UM, I CAN HAVE OUR ARCHITECT SPEAK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES. 
          BUT, UH, OPTION NUMBER THREE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ZERO ASSUMPTIONS, IT'S INTENTIONAL. 
          THAT IS THE LOW RISK OPTION IN MY OPINION. 
          UM, OPTION NUMBER ONE, IF WE WANNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT BANDAID FIX AND WHAT THAT NUMBER INCLUDED, JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S NO LANDSCAPE, NO CIVIL WORK. 
          PARKING WILL STILL BE A PROBLEM, AND WE'RE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF TENANTS THAT WE CAN PUT IN THAT BUILDING. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          WE TALKED BRIEFLY ABOUT ADDING A MUSEUM TO THIS SPACE, WHICH I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU ARE ADDING, AGAIN, MORE COST TO THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO MEET TO ALLOW FOR THAT MUSEUM. 
          UH, YOU HAVE TO ADD FIRE SPRINKLERS, WHICH BUMPS THE COST UP ANOTHER $80,000. 
          THERE'S OCCUPANCY RESTRICTIONS, YOU HAVE RESTROOM REQUIREMENTS, VERSUS IF WE WERE TO CALL THIS MORE OF A DISPLAY OF MEMORABILIA AND MOVING TOWARDS THAT DISPLAY OF MEMORABILIA, YOU, YOU HAVE LESS EXPENSES TO STAFF IT. 
          THERE'S MINIMAL COST FOR THE INSTALLATION. 
          AND THEN WE COULD POTENTIALLY COUPLE THAT WITH OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, LOBBY SPACE. 
          I WANNA TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE TIMELINE. 
          WE VACATED THE BUILDING, APRIL 30TH. 
          PUBLIC WORKS. 
          WENT IN THERE MAY 1ST AND STARTED THEIR DEMO. 
          AND THEN THE EXPLORATION PHASE BEGAN. 
          AND WE DID DETERMINE THAT THE BUILDING IS SALVAGEABLE. 
          UM, IT'S NOT IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE TO SALVAGE. 
          IT'S EXPENSIVE AND NOT RECOMMENDED. 
          AND, UM, CORD ATKINS WAS BROUGHT IN ON JUNE, JUNE THE THIRD TO KICK OFF THESE CONCEPT DRAWINGS AND PROVIDE THESE COST ESTIMATES FOR US. 
          SO THOSE COST ESTIMATES THAT I'VE SHOWN YOU ARE PROVIDED VIA A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. 
          AND THEN WE'RE HERE TODAY ON THE 26TH. 
          SO WE'RE ASKING FOR DIRECTION, AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO WITH A NEW BUILDING. 
          IT PROVIDES WHAT WE NEED FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. 
          UM, IT'S A PROMINENT CORNER LOT, WHICH WARRANTS IN MOST OF OUR OPINIONS, A STATEMENT BUILDING. 
          IT WOULD BRING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING DOWN AT THE HUB. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ASKING JUST INVEST IN SOLUTIONS. 
          UH, THE NEW BUILDING WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS IN THAT AREA TO INVEST. 
          AND, UM, GONNA EMPHASIZE AGAIN THAT THE CITY NEEDS SPACE. 
          SO A TWO BUILDING, A TWO STORY BUILDING IS NEEDED. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH A NEW BUILDING, WE HAVE A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLIMENT WHAT WE'RE DESIGNING FOR THE PARK. 
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SO I'M GONNA BRING ANNETTE OVER FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST OPEN DISCUSSION ON CONSTRUCTION METHODS, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. 
          ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UH, THOUGHTS? YES, I DO. 
          MS. MAYOR, UM, THIS BUILDING, UH, A DA COMPLIANT, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT WE WOULD DO, WHETHER IT'S OPTION ONE, TWO, OR THREE WOULD BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. 
          WILL IT HAVE AN ELEVATOR? IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE AN ELEVATOR. 
          ANYTHING ABOVE ONE STORY. 
          YEAH. 
          THE DESIGN THAT I'M SEEING HERE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO BUILD IT FOR YOUR ESTIMATED? THAT IS, YES. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          I LIKE THAT ONE. 
          UM, PARKING IS STILL GONNA BE AN ISSUE. 
          PARKING WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION DURING THIS NEW DESIGN. 
          SO WE WOULD HAVE TO MARRY WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE MUNICIPAL HUB AND THE VETERANS. 
          WELL, IT'S NOW THE MEMORIAL PARK. 
          UM, ALL OF THOSE NEW PARKING SPACES WOULD, WOULD BE CALCED IN FOR THIS NEW BUILDING. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE AN IDEA TO THROW, THROW OUT TO EVERYBODY. 
          UH, THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, FROM A DESIGN CONCEPT. 
          SEE IF YOU COULD IMPLEMENT THE CURRENT BUILDINGS DESIGN INTO IT. 
          AND SINCE IT'S SUCH A PROMINENT PLACE AND CAN TIE IN AND SOLVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE PARKING SITUATION, MAKE IT AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND STILL USE. 
          NOW THE, THE NEGATIVE TO THIS IDEA IS NOW YOU'RE SPLITTING YOUR POLICE SERVICES IN TWO BUILDINGS. 
          HOWEVER, SINCE THEY'RE SO CLOSE TOGETHER AND THERE'S PARKING THERE, UH, YOU DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU'D HAVE TO ASK THE CHIEF THE BEST WAY TO SEGMENT IT, SEGMENT TO PURPOSES. 
          BUT YOU COULD EXPAND THE SPACE, THE INDIVIDUAL SPACES IN THE OLD BUILDING, YOU KNOW, GIVE, GIVE EACH OFFICER MORE OFFICE SPACE AND THEN USE THE BUILDING HERE. 
          AND THEN THAT WAY, NOT ONLY ARE YOU CREATING A CENTERPIECE WITH THE CONCEPT OF THIS, THIS FACADE AND OLD CITY HALLS FACADE, BUT YOU ARE ALSO, UM, WE'RE NOT KICKING THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S NEEDS DOWN THE ROAD. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD WANNA SEE A DIFFERENT DESIGN THAT FITS INTO THAT CONCEPT. 
          BUT WITH 7,000 SQUARE FEET AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WE'VE EXPANDED TO RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. 
          UM, SO I WANT TO ASK THE CHIEF IF THIS WAS A AMENABLE IDEA TO EVERYBODY, IS THERE, CAN YOU ENVISION, WITHOUT HARMING THE OVERALL SERVICES, A WAY TO IMPLEMENT TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE RELATIVE PROXIMITY IN CONCEPT? THINK OF IT AS THE SAME WAY. 
          UM, THE FIRE HEAD IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE MAIN FIRE STATION. 
          YOU OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, AND I KNOW I'M THROWING THIS AT YOU COLD, YOU'RE GOOD ON YOUR FEET. 
          UM, IS THERE A WAY TO SPLIT THE APARTMENT IN TWO DIFFERENT BUILDINGS WITHOUT DIMINISHING THE EFFICIENCY? OH, THERE'S ALWAYS A WAY. 
          YES, SIR. 
          WE COULD, WE CAN MAKE IT WORK IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. 
          UH, 'CAUSE WE'VE MADE WHAT WE'VE GOT WORK. 
          SO WE CAN, WE CAN ALWAYS DO THAT. 
          YES, SIR. 
          I, I FIND THIS IS A WAY, IT'S A CENTERPIECE BUILDING. 
          IT'S, IT'S, AND UM, IT'S A WAY, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE SPEND ALL THIS MONEY ON A BUILDING, WE STILL HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, WELL, WE'D HAVE TO DECIDE WHO GOES IN THERE, BUT IS THIS THE NEW CITY HALL? BUT NO, WE STILL HAVE AN, I, YOU KNOW, FACE THE ISSUE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS. 
          AND THAT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR GENERAL GOALS, PROBABLY ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS, IF NOT THE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S GOING TO GROW IN NUMBER OF PEOPLE OVER THE, THE COMING YEARS. 
          AND THIS IS A WAY, 'CAUSE IF YOU DO THIS NOW, YOU STILL HAVEN'T SOLVED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          AND, AND THIS IS A WAY TO KEEP 'EM TOGETHER. 
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I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE IDEA I HAD. 
          WOULD IT, IF I, MAYOR, IF I CAN ALSO ADD, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE HAVE DOWN IN THAT AREA IS PARKING. 
          UH, WHEN WE HAVE COURT, COURT GOING AND ALL LIKE THAT, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST NO PLACE. 
          WE GOT PEOPLE PARKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          WE GOT PEOPLE PARKING ON THE GRASS. 
          THAT'S OUR ISSUE. 
          YOU STILL HAVE THE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SAYING ELIMINATE THE BUILDING YOU HAVE NOW. 
          RIGHT? SO YOU STILL HAVE THAT PARKING NOW. 
          AND IF I RECALL, AND I DIDN'T BRING IT WITH ME, BUT THE HUB PLAN TALKED ABOUT INCREASING PARKING BEHIND THIS BUILDING. 
          SO, UM, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AREA AGAIN, JODY, AND SEE IF THERE'S A WAY FROM THAT MUNICIPAL HUB PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT PARKING PLAN SOONER ALONG WITH THIS. 
          AND I, I, I CAN'T ENVISION ALL THE SPACES OVER THERE. 
          SO THAT'S THE ONE THING YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT. 
          I, I CAN'T ENVISION THAT, THAT EITHER. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M, THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP. 
          I, I DON'T ENVISION WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING ALL THESE PARKING, ALL THESE CARS. 
          UH, I JUST, THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY BIG ISSUE IN THAT AREA. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE, USING THE WHATEVER SPARE CARS YOU HAVE AND WHOEVER YOU PUT IN THE OTHER BUILDING, THAT THOSE CARS WOULD BE THERE. 
          RIGHT? I DON'T WANT TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE PARKING OVER THERE AND YOU GOTTA WALK A BLOCK TO, YOU KNOW, THAT. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S SAFE. 
          RIGHT? BUT, UM, SO WE'D HAVE TO SOLVE THE PARKING ISSUE. 
          AND ANOTHER WAY, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THIS BUILDING, THE, ONE OF THE WAYS THAT CAME TO MIND MAKE ONE OF THE, PART OF THAT BUILDING, UH, IN CLOSED PARKING AREA. 
          SO IF I MAY, UM, GOING INTO OUR SPACE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY FOR A NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS WOULD BE GROSSLY UNDERSIZED. 
          THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS BUILDING WOULD HAVE TO EXPAND DRASTICALLY. 
          THAT'S LIKE A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT GUESSTIMATE ON A FOOTPRINT. 
          WE'D HAVE TO HAVE FIVE STORIES FOR THAT FOOTPRINT TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT IS DESIRED FOR OUR NEW POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          SO WHAT'S, WHAT IN OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHAT WERE, HOW MANY SQUARE FOOT DID WE HAVE FOR THE POLICE? I WANNA SAY IT WAS CLOSE TO 40,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          42,000 I THINK IS WHAT IT WAS. 
          THOUSAND, RIGHT? SO, SO UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ONLY WOULD WE HAVE A BROKEN POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THAT WE'D HAVE THEM SPACED ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER. 
          OUR, OUR PARKING NEEDS THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU WITH OUR 1 0 2 MAIN STREET REHABILITATION AREA, UM, EVEN THAT IS STILL UNDER PARKED FOR ALL OF WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING. 
          THE GROWTH TO ACCOMMODATE. 
          SO THE PARKING FOR, FOR 1 0 2 MAIN, AND THAT BACK PART OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REALLY TO ACCOMMODATE OUR COURT AND WHAT THE COURTS ARE BRINGING IN REGULARLY. 
          SO WHAT ARE WE ENVISIONING TO GO INTO 7,000 SQUARE? I I THOUGHT IT WOULD, IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT EOC SLASH FIRE HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALSO OUTGROWING THEIR EOC SLASH THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET. 
          AND THEN IF WE HAVE THOSE OTHER FIVE TENANTS WANTING TO OCCUPY THAT BUILDING, THIS IS IT, IT JUST ONE IDEA. 
          BUT, UM, THIS BUILDING COULD ACCOMMODATE BOTH STAFF AND OUTSIDE TENANTS. 
          I MEAN, IF YOU WERE TO THINK OF DIVIDING IT BETWEEN FLOORS AND THE TOP FLOOR IS MORE OF FOR OUR STAFF, AND THE BOTTOM FLOOR IS MORE FOR OUR CHAMBERS, LOW COUNTRY LEGAL, THE BLUFF AND SELF-HELP OUR MUSEUM. 
          UM, SEE MY, MY, MY PROBLEM, AND THIS IS WHY I'M TRYING, YOU KNOW, I'M STRUGGLING AND WHY I CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA. 
          THIS IS GONNA COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE A FIRE HEADQUARTERS. 
          IT'S GONNA COST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. 
          TAKE ALL THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AWAY FROM, AND WE STILL HAVEN'T ADDRESSED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          I WASN'T PRIORITIZING THIS OVER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          NO. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, SO WHAT, ARE WE JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT? WELL, NO, IT WOULD, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE, WE, WE HAVE TO GET THE VISION OF THAT SPACE AND THAT AREA. 
          AND THEN OF COURSE IT GETS PUT IN THE QUEUE, IF I MAY, THAT BUILDING THAT YOU HAVE THERE AND THE FOOTPRINT OF ANY BUILDING THAT WE PUT THERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IF WE ALL REMEMBER WHAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH, UH, THE VETERANS PARK AND THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE DRAINAGE. 
          IF WE START, UH, HARD SURFACING ANY MORE PARKING OVER THERE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GO WITH THE WATER? WE HAVE THAT ISSUE ALREADY ACHIEVED. 
          YOUR PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON THE GRASS THERE FOR A REASON. 
          I'D LOVE TO SEE HARDSCAPE THERE NOW, BUT WE CAN'T PUT IT THERE. 
          THERE IS NO PLACE TO PUT IT. 
          THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE EVEN LARGER. 
          OH. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, HAS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, THE ENGINEERING, UH, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE WATER? 
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IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE STORM WATER RUNOFF. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, SECONDLY, WE'RE GOING TO, IF WE, WHATEVER WE DO, WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING MONEY BELONGING TO THE TAXPAYERS. 
          I HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH SPENDING MONEY, TAXPAYER MONEY, AND NOT TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN NEEDS FIRST BEFORE WE LOOK AT, AND I LOVE 'EM. 
          I LOVE THE CHAMBER. 
          I LOVE LOW COUNTRY LEGAL, THE IDEA OF A MUSEUM. 
          I LIKE ALL OF THOSE IDEAS. 
          BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF HOME FIRST. 
          IF WE NEED THE SPACE. 
          IF WE'RE OVERCROWDED HERE IN CITY HALL OR WHEREVER WE'RE AT, WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN NEEDS FIRST. 
          IF WE HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE, THAT'S FINE. 
          I WOULD LOVE A MUSEUM THAT MAY BE DOWN THE LINE IF WE HAVE SPACE AVAILABLE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, REHABBING THE EXISTING BUILDING IS THROWING MONEY AWAY. 
          ADDING A SECOND STORY TO IT, I DON'T THINK IS RIGHT EITHER. 
          UM, THIS DESIGN, YES, IT IS DIFFERENT. 
          IT DOES HAVE SOME OF THE LOOK OF THE REC CENTER. 
          I DO LIKE THAT. 
          BUT THE OTHER BUILDINGS WE HAVE DOWN THERE DO NOT LOOK LIKE A TRADITIONAL SOUTHERN BUILDING EITHER. 
          SO, I MEAN, A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS, BUT I DON'T THINK REHABBING AN EXISTING BUILDING IS, UH, GOOD USE OF MONEY. 
          STEVE, LET ME PICK UP ON WHAT YOU SAID. 
          I, I FAVOR OPTION THREE. 
          UM, AND FOR ALL THE REASONS WE SAID, I THINK STEVE HAS PUT HIS FINGER ON SOMETHING OUR STAFF TAKES PRIORITY OVER OUTSIDERS. 
          AND, UM, AND, AND WE JUST NEED TO STICK WITH THAT. 
          AND I THINK HARRY RAISED AN EXCELLENT POINT. 
          OUR JOB ULTIMATELY IS PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN JERRY RAKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INTO THIS SITUATION. 
          THAT'S A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. 
          IT'S GOT COSTS ASSOCIATED, BUT I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE AN ADVENT TO THIS. 
          MY PERSONAL OPINION, I'M NOT AN ARCHITECT. 
          AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL ADVICE ADVISING COMING BACK TO US FROM WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE HEARD. 
          BUT, UM, I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A SEPARATE ISSUE. 
          IT'S AN EXPENSIVE ISSUE, BUT PUBLIC SAFETY IS AT THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITY. 
          AND, UH, WE NEED TO DO THAT. 
          AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN BLEND THESE TWO TOGETHER AND HAVE IT COME OUT THE WAY WE'D LIKE IT TO. 
          AND, UH, SO THAT'S MY INPUT. 
          BUT I'D LIKE OPTION THREE. 
          AND, UH, I THINK IT'S A NICE SIGN. 
          AND I THINK IT DOES KIND OF FIT A LITTLE BIT WITH THE REC DEPARTMENT REC KIND OF DESIGN A LITTLE BIT. 
          SO IT'S PART OF THE FAMILY OF LOOKS THAT WE HAVE. 
          I COULD, I'LL GIVE ANNETTE A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL IDEAS. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE, IT WAS AN IDEA AND IT WAS THE DIRECTIVE THAT WAS GIVEN TO HER IS TRY AND BRING SOMETHING INTENTIONAL AND COUPLE IT IN WITH WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR OUR GROWTH. 
          WHERE DO WE WANT THIS MUNICIPAL HUB TO GO? SO ANNETTE, TAKE IT AWAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ANNETTE LIPPERT WITH COURT ATKINS. 
          SO WE WERE ASKED TO EVALUATE ESSENTIALLY THE THREE OPTIONS. 
          AND WITH OPTION THREE, AGAIN, KNOWING THAT THE PROGRAM THAT THAT MAY END UP IN THE BUILDING IS A LITTLE FLUID STILL, IT WAS TO PRESENT THE IDEA OF REALLY ADDRESSING THE CORNER OF THE, THE LOT VERSUS COMING IN CENTRAL ON A SYMMETRICAL FACADE LIKE YOU WOULD IN, IN A LOT THAT'S MAYBE ALONG THE STREET. 
          AND THEN REALLY HAVING THE IDEA OF BEING VERY FRIENDLY TO THE PUBLIC. 
          A PLACE WHERE IT'S EASILY, YOU KNOW, HAVING A HIGH VISIBILITY. 
          UM, AGAIN, WHAT THE PROGRAM THEN IS THAT GOES INSIDE. 
          THIS WAS MORE ABOUT SHARING THE CONCEPT OF A LITTLE BIT GRANDER ENTRANCE, FACING THE CORNER, VERY, UH, PUBLIC FRIENDLY. 
          AND THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS SORT OF SEE HOW IT GETS MODIFIED WITH WHAT PROGRAM ENDS UP BEING IN THE SPACE. 
          UM, USING SOME OF THE MORE MODERN ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE SEEING IN MORE RECENT BUILDINGS IN THE CITY WITH THE GROWTH. 
          UM, SO AGAIN, IT'S A CONCEPT MASSING. 
          IT IS NOT THAT WE'RE SAYING HERE'S YOUR FINAL DESIGN BY ANY MEANS, BUT WE WANTED TO PURPOSELY SHOW DIFFERENT IDEAS TO GET SOME REACTIONS, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT TO HEAR. 
          UM, AND HAPPY TO ASK OR ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON, ON SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS OR THIS ONE. 
          WELL, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN UP YET AND I CAN, AND I'M SURE I'M IN THE MINORITY AND THAT'S OKAY. 
          BUT THIS IS ANOTHER, EVERYBODY'S THINKING ABOUT SPACE AND WHATEVER, BUT NOBODY'S THINKING ABOUT OLD RESIDENTS OF HARVILLE. 
          THIS BUILDING'S BEEN HERE ALMOST 50 YEARS. 
          WE'VE LOST THE HAYWOOD HOUSE. 
          WE'VE LOST THE WELCH HOUSE, ALL THE HISTORIC THINGS. 
          AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT, AND WE HAD TOLD MIKE THAT WE WANTED TO SAVE THIS BUILDING IF WE POSSIBLY COULD. 
          THE CI OLD CITIZENS OF HARDY ARE 
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LOSING, YOU KNOW, TO ALL THIS, THIS MODERN STUFF. 
          AND I'VE SUPPORTED ALL THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE DONE. 
          BUT Y'ALL CAN, Y'ALL CAN OUT VOTE ME IF YOU WANT TO, BUT I WILL NOT SUPPORT TEARING DOWN THAT OLD BUILDING. 
          THE CITIZENS OF OLD CITIZENS OF HARDY THAT HAVE MADE WHAT WE HEAR ARE TODAY NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN REMEMBER. 
          AND I'M SORRY YOU, I CAN BE OUT VOTED AND THAT'S FINE. 
          BUT I'LL GO DOWN AND I CAN SAY THAT I SUPPORTED, UM, KEEPING THAT BUILDING. 
          NOW HARRY HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING WHILE AGO, UM, THE CONCEPT THAT WHEN, UM, MAYOR, UM, CANNON WAS HERE WHEN THEY TOWED THIS BUILDING DOWN, THIS WAS IN A SCHOOL. 
          I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE. 
          BUT WHEN THEY REBUILT THIS BUILDING, THEY KEPT THE PRINT THE SAME BRICKS ARE HERE, THE SAME DESIGNS HERE. 
          MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS THE AUDITORIUM. 
          YOU HEARD THE GUY MM-HMM,  THE OTHER DAY. 
          THIS IS THE AUDITORIUM WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY. 
          SO THE PRINTS HERE, THE BRICKS HERE, EVEN THE ORIGINAL SIGN OF THEIRS HERE. 
          AND HARRY MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT SAVING THE SHELL AND THEN DOING SOMETHING ELSE. 
          I MIGHT GO ALONG WITH THAT, BUT I WILL NOT, AND Y'ALL CAN VOTE FOUR TO ONE, BUT I WILL NOT SUPPORT TEAR THAT BUILDING DOWN. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR. 
          WE'LL GO DOWN FOUR ONE, GO DOWN THREE TOO. 
          ALRIGHT, THREE, BECAUSE I'M NOT MIKE, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT. 
          I'LL GO BACK TO ONE. 
          THAT ONE TOO, JOHN. 
          I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THEM. 
          UM, ANOTHER OLD BUILDING FROM HARDY. 
          YES, MIKE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND JOHN, THIS, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          THIS IS, BUT EVERYBODY'S LEANING TOWARD THREE AND ALL THIS MODERN STUFF. 
          ALL THIS IS HERE. 
          WELL, YOU SAID YOU WANTED THAT. 
          I FAVOR THAT, BUT, WELL, I DON'T, I HEARD WHAT YOU SAID. 
          I DON'T FAVOR. 
          SO, JOHN, AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS A DECISION THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE. 
          HISTORICAL, LET'S, LET'S HAVE ONE CONVERSATION, PLEASE. 
          JOHN. 
          THIS IS A DECISION THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE. 
          YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          HISTORY, SENTIMENT VERSUS OTHER FACTORS. 
          COST OF REHABILITATION. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SPACING TO THE CITY, YOU KNOW, PARKING, ALL THOSE, THIS IS WHAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DECIDE. 
          SO WE DON'T NEED TO, WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO HOW BIG THAT BUILDING'S GONNA BE. 
          YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA GO IN THERE, WHO'S GONNA COST. 
          WHAT WE REALLY NEED THE COUNCIL SAY IS ARE WE KEEPING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IN SOME FASHION OR, OR ARE WE TEARING IT DOWN? OR ARE WE RENOVATING IT AT IT? THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. 
          WE DON'T NEED TO GO INTO, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT DOWN THE ROAD. 
          'CAUSE IT'S, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE TOTALLY INVOLVED WITH THAT. 
          BUT THAT'S THE DECISION THAT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE. 
          WE, WE, AND WE TRIED TO POINT TO ALL THAT OUT. 
          SO WE WEREN'T, JOHN, AGAIN, WE WERE GIVING YOU THE FACTS. 
          YOU GUYS DETERMINED AND YOU NOT TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 
          I, I AGREE. 
          AND IF, IF I MAY JUMP IN, UM, I KNOW I KIND OF FOCUSED ON OPTION THREE, UM, JUST AT, AND I, I'M CLEARLY NOT AWARE OF THE FULL HISTORY OF THE BUILDING, BUT I'VE HEARD ABOUT, THERE'S A FORMER JAIL COMPONENT AND JUST WALKING THE BUILDING ONE CAN SEE VARIOUS ADDITIONS. 
          YOU SEE EXTERIOR WALLS THAT HAVE BECOME INTERIOR WALLS. 
          YOU SEE AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT BRICKS ON THE BUILDING FROM, UM, FORMER ADDITIONS AND RENOVATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE TO THE BUILDING. 
          UM, SO THERE IS ALREADY A LOT OF BLENDING IN, IN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND I CAN CERTAINLY APPRECIATE WANTING TO MAINTAIN A HISTORY AND HOW ONE REFERENCES THAT HISTORY OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE, HOW THAT GETS TRANSITIONED. 
          UM, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT OBVIOUSLY WANT TO BE FACTORED IN. 
          UH, THERE ARE SOME OF JUST EVEN CODE CHALLENGES WITH, UM, THE EXISTING BUILDING. 
          AND AS YOU HEARD JODI ALREADY MENTIONING, JUST A PARTIAL DEMOLITION IS ALWAYS RATHER RISKY. 
          CONTRACTORS DON'T LOVE THEM BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW HOW INTACT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP SOMETHING. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST RISKS TO BE AWARE OF. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU CHOSE TO KEEP THE SHELL, THERE IS A RISK THAT IT DOESN'T DEMOLISH AS CLEANLY AS YOU HOPE. 
          THAT'S IN PART WHY SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS GET DRIVEN UP. 
          UM, AND THEY ARE RISKS THAT YOU CAN'T COMPLETELY CONFIRM THAT IT'S GONNA COME DOWN CLEANLY TO, TO TAKE THE INTERIOR AND DO THE STRUCTURAL RETROFITS EVEN ON A SINGLE STORY, UH, RENOVATION. 
          SO THOSE ARE JUST FACTORS TO BE AWARE OF. 
          UM, AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, THESE WERE CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE, SO WE'RE COMPLETELY AWARE THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE CONVERSATIONS ON DETAILS. 
          AND AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER MORE SPECIFICS IF, IF PEOPLE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          UM, JOHN MAKES MAKE SOME POINT, AND THERE'S A LOT TO, UH, BE RESPECTED WITH THE TRADITION OF HARVILLE. 
          AND UH, I AGREE THAT HIS POINTS ARE WELL TAKEN. 
          MY QUESTION IS, UM, 
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WITH A CONTRACTOR DOING, NOT A DEMOLITION IN NEW BUILDING, BUT THE ADD-ON IN THIS KIND OF, I'M GETTING THE IMPRESSION, IF I'M HEARING IT CORRECTLY, THAT THAT'S A MUCH MORE RISKY JOB TO TAKE ON BECAUSE OF ALL THE UNKNOWNS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF COST OVERRUNS OR ET CETERA, ET CETERA, OR JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO DO WHAT WE WANT. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THAT? BECAUSE THAT GIVES US THE OPTION NOT DOING THREE, BUT MAYBE, BUT THE RISK FACTOR AND THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THAT PROJECT FOR A CONTRACTOR. 
          UH, JUST RIGHT, YOUR GUESS NOT ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO DO MORE, BUT WHAT'S YOUR, YEAH, I MEAN, MOST DEFINITELY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR A MUCH HIGHER CONTINGENCY. 
          UM, SO THE CONTINGENCIES, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETIMES I GET LOST IN THE VERNACULAR OR THE VOCABULARY OF ARCHITECTURE. 
          SO THE CONTINGENCY BEING MONEY THAT YOU HAVEN'T SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WINDOWS ARE GONNA COST THIS. 
          WE KNOW THE CONTINGENCY BEING MONEY THAT YOU'RE ALLOCATING FOR THE UNFORESEEN. 
          AS SOON AS YOU DO A RENOVATION, THERE'S ALWAYS UNFORESEEN. 
          IT COULD START WITH THINGS LIKE YOU DO A SLAB CUT TO PUT IN NEW PLUMBING AND YOU REALIZE THAT THE SLAB REALLY ISN'T AS THICK AS YOU ANTICIPATED IT BEING. 
          SO NOW YOU'RE FINDING THAT YOU ARE SLAB ISN'T STRUCTURALLY AS SOUND AS YOU ANTICIPATE. 
          UM, IT WAS BUILT UNDER A MUCH EARLIER CODE. 
          CODES TEND TO GET MORE AND MORE STRINGENT. 
          AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. 
          HEALTH AND LIFE SAFETY IS OUR HIGHEST DECREE WHEN WE'RE DESIGNING. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THE BUILDING CODE DOES. 
          SO THOSE ARE ALL ASPECTS OF WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO RETROFIT AND HOW YOU DO THOSE RETROFITS BECOMES VERY CHALLENGING. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE, YES, I THINK A CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO PUT A MUCH BIGGER MARGIN ON STARTING ON A PROJECT BECAUSE THEY MAY ALSO FIND, OKAY, IF I START DEMOING AND MORE COMES DOWN THAN I ANTICIPATED, IT TAKES MORE TIME TO VERY CAREFULLY DO THE DEMOLITION. 
          IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO TRY TO RETROFIT IN THE STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS TO BRING IT UP TO PRESENT DAY CODE. 
          UM, AND SO STARTING CLEAN IN THAT SENSE IS A, IS MUCH EASIER FOR A CONTRACTOR TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING INTO. 
          UM, MY, MY GUESS FOR MY PAST EXPERIENCE IN THE CORPORATE WORLD, WHEN WE DID THINGS SIMILAR TO THIS AND JUST DRAWING ON THAT, I COULD SEE THAT THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL OF A 25%, UH, EASILY ONE THIRD COST ISSUE THAT COULD COME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THIS. 
          AND I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S A LIBERAL NUMBER. 
          I THINK THAT'S A CONSERVATIVE JUST FROM MY PAST EXPERIENCE. 
          AND SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T DO IT, BUT IT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT COULD BE A REAL FACTOR. 
          SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          JOHN, YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          THIS BUILDING ALONE IS AN IDEA OF THIS. 
          WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY? BECAUSE THEY DO IT QUITE OFTEN IN OTHER HISTORICAL AREAS. 
          THEY SAVE THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AND BUILD BACKWARDS. 
          WE NEED THE SPACE THAT, AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, JOHN, BUT THIS IS ALSO, WE NEED THE SPACE, NOT JUST THE BUILDING. 
          WE NEED THE SPACE. 
          COULD, COULD WE SAVE THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING AND TRY TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL LOOK THAT IS CURRENTLY THERE AND BUILD BACKWARDS? HOW MUCH CAN WE BUILD AND WE'RE NOT GONNA JEOPARDIZE OUR, OUR DRAINAGE. 
          BUT THAT, I WAS THINKING SOMETHING ALONG THE CONCEPT OF THIS BUILDING, UHHUH, THIS BUILDING IS THE EXACT FOOTPRINT OF WHAT THE OLD SCHOOL WAS. 
          YEAH. 
          SAME BRICKS, UH, WHATEVER. 
          WHY COULDN'T THAT BE DONE WITH THAT BUILDING? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. 
          IF WE COULD USE THE EXISTING BRICKS AND THE EXISTING FACADE THAT'S RIGHT. 
          BUT GAIN SPACE OFF THE BACKSIDE. 
          SO SOMEBODY'S LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THAT BUILDING IS GONNA SEE THE SAME BUILDING EXACTLY RIGHT THEN THAT THEY'RE SEEING TODAY. 
          YEAH. 
          THE BACK OF THE BUILDING. 
          GO FURTHER BACK. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THIS PORTICO, WHY IT WAS BEING REPLACED IS BECAUSE IT'S ROTTEN. 
          SO REALLY TRYING TO SAVE THIS WOULD BE A REBUILD. 
          WELL THEN THAT WOULD BE A REBUILD. 
          BUT I, I GET WHERE JOHN'S COMING FROM AND I THINK IT'S AN IDEA WORTH EXPLORING. 
          SAVANNAH HAS DONE IT WITH MANY OF THEIR OLDER BUILDINGS, UH, WHERE I CAME FROM A TOWN CALLED GALENA. 
          THEIR MAIN STREET LOOKS THE SAME AS IT DOES DID 150 YEARS AGO. 
          'CAUSE THEY MADE 'EM SAVE ALL OF THE FACADES. 
          EVERYTHING BEHIND THAT FACADE IS NEW. 
          COULD WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR, UM, LIKE WE DID WITH THIS BUILDING, THIS BUILDING WAS RAISED 
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AND THEY BUILT IT BACK IN THE SAME FOOTMAN. 
          COULD YOU DO THAT WITH THE SAME BRICK? WELL, AND WHAT, WHAT SAME, UH, EXTERIOR I HAVE, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT WE CAN SALVAGE THE BRICK JUST BECAUSE IT'S WELL, NO, YOU MEANT WELL IT'S, IT'S ALREADY CRUMBLING. 
          I MEAN IT'S, IT'S NOT A COULD WE TO PRESERVE IT AND PAINT IT WAS A WAY TO KEEP IT INTACT. 
          COULD WE KEEP THE SAME DESIGN OF THE EXISTING BUILDING? THAT'S, THAT'S I THINK JOHN, I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING NOW. 
          THEY LOOK AT THE FRONT OF THAT BUILDING AND WE WANT IT TO LOOK, WE HAVE TO, IT COULD BE A BRAND NEW BRICK, EVERYTHING ELSE, AS LONG AS THIS. 
          THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          AS LONG AS IT LOOKS THE SAME, SAME. 
          WE EXPAND OUT THE BACK, WE ACCOMPLISH THE LOOKS OF THE BUILDING AND WE ACCOMPLISH OUR SPACE NEEDS. 
          I MEAN, LITERALLY NECESSARILY THAT YOU USE THE SAME BRAKE, BUT I MEAN THAT DESIGN THE SAME FACADE YOU DRIVE DOWN MAIN STREET OR UM, WHATEVER. 
          AND IT LOOKS JUST LIKE IT DOES NOW. 
          AND I MEAN I, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE SPACE NEEDS, I THINK WILL IN PART INFORM SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS BECAUSE IF YOU'RE KEEPING THAT FRONT FACADE, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO STORY. 
          SO YOU MAY NEED TO THAT GO BACK. 
          GO BACK. 
          SURE. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO YOU JUST NEED A LOT MORE FOOTPRINT. 
          UM, SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THEN BALANCING THAT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CONSTRAINTS OF, UH, WE'RE ALREADY HAVING STORMWATER ISSUES, NOT ENOUGH PARKING. 
          AND IF WE'RE KEEPING IT SINGLE STORY, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING IT CAN'T BE DONE, I'M MERELY SAYING SOME OF THE OTHER, OTHER FACTORS TO KEEP IN MIND IS IF WE'RE GOING BACKWARDS, WE'RE CREATING MORE IMPERVIOUS AREA. 
          SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE STORM WATER AND THE PARKING ISSUE IN ANOTHER WAY. 
          AGAIN, LOTS OF CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT CAN ADDRESS THINGS. 
          UM, BUT THOSE ON THEN THE GLOBAL, UM, VIEW OF THE PROJECT WILL NEED TO FACTOR IN. 
          JODY, YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND WE HAVE JOHN'S POSITION, WHICH IS A GREAT ONE. 
          WE HAVE ALSO WHAT STEVE DOING, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT RATHER THAN CONTINUING ON, WE NEED SOME MORE HOMEWORK DONE BY YOU FOLKS AND COST AND THIS AND THAT IS, UH, ANOTHER LOOK AT THIS BASED ON THE FACT YOU'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION, SOME OF WHICH WOULD BE A CHANGE IN YOUR DIRECTION, I WOULD THINK, OR AT LEAST A SECOND LOOK AT SOME OF WHAT'S BEEN RAISED THIS MORNING. 
          I THINK WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT A, A FACADE THAT'S SIMILAR OR KEEPING SOMETHING THAT, THAT MAKES THIS RECOGNIZABLE. 
          I MEAN WE HAVE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS HERE, SO WE WOULDN'T REALLY BE CHANGING ANYTHING FROM THIS FRONT. 
          WE HAVE SOME SPACE HERE THAT COULD BE UTILIZED. 
          BUT OF COURSE WITH THE MASTER PLAN, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK OUTTA TURN AND SAY THAT THIS IS ALREADY ALLOCATED. 
          UM, IF WE WERE TO TRY AND KEEP SOMETHING ON THE FRONT, BUT THEN PUSH OUT TO THE SIDE, EVEN ALONG THE BACK WITH, WITH WHAT WAS SHOWN FOR SOME OF THE DRIVE LANES AND THE ADDITIONAL PARKING, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ROOM TO GO OUT THE BACK OTHER THAN REMOVE ALL OF THIS AND KEEP SOME PORTION OF IT LOOKING LIKE IT'S ORIGINAL. 
          UM, BUT THAT DRIVES THE COST EVEN HIGHER. 
          I MEAN NOW WE'RE TAKING AN EXISTING SLAB AND WE'RE CUTTING HALF OF IT. 
          UM, IT GETS VERY DELICATE AND, AND I MAY NOT EVEN GET A CONTRACTOR BID ON THE JOB. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S THE OTHER PORTION THAT, UM, RESTORATION CONTRACTORS HAVING A SCOPE LIKE THAT, THEY EITHER FOCUS ON SOMETHING THAT'S EXISTING AND STAYS WITHIN THAT FOOTPRINT OR THEIR NEW DEVELOPERS AND THEY WANT TO BUILD ALL NEW. 
          SO I'D BE, I'D BE TRYING TO MARRY A CONTRACTOR THAT CAN DO BOTH. 
          AND THAT'S A VERY SPECIALIZED THING. 
          SO. 
          WELL I THINK THAT WHAT JOHN'S SAYING, AND I SUPPORT HIM A HUNDRED PERCENT, YOU CAN, IF, IF THE BEST WAY IS TO THE MILES STABILITY, BUT BUILD THE FRONT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          SAME COLOR, BRICK, SAME DIMENSIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
           SAME EVERYTHING AS IT IS NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT I THINK IN ORDER FOR YOU TO DESIGN SOMETHING, WHETHER YOU GO UP TO THE BACK OR THE SIDE, I THINK WE FIRST HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THE BUILDING. 
          YOU KNOW, THE USE. 
          YES. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE OKAY, NOW WE WE'RE GIVING YOU DIRECTION, UH, THAT IT'S GONNA BE ONE STORY. 
          IT'S GONNA LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME IN THE FRONT. 
          THOSE BIG TREES THAT LOOK, IT'S GONNA STAY THERE. 
          NOW YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GO OUT BACK, BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO USE IT FOR? IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH AREA FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH AREA FOR A CITY HALL. 
          WE ALREADY GOT CITY HALL PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE, YOU KNOW, STAFF, WE HAVE 
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IT IN THE PUBLIC WORKS, WE HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, WE JUST BOUGHT BUILDINGS NEXT TO HERE. 
          WE HAVE HERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OVER THE PLACE. 
          SO THIS DOESN'T SOLVE THE SPACE NEEDS OF STAFF. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND I, SO WE STILL HAVE TO BUILD A FIRE DEPARTMENT OR NOT FIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SOLVE THE, THE CITY HALL SPACE NEEDS. 
          SO I, THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD, I WOULD JUST MAKE THIS BUILDING PRETTY MUCH THE SAME FOOTPRINT, USE IT AND CONTRARY TO STEVE USE IT FOR OTHER SERVICES AND WHATEVER, BUT WE HAVE TO FIRST DECIDE WHAT THAT IS. 
          SO YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW BIG A PLACE TO, TO DESIGN. 
          THAT'S A, THAT'S A VERY, UM, GOOD POINT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO EVEN COME UP WITH SOME CONCEPTS FOR YOU WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS ARE, WHAT YOU TURN YEAH. 
          I MEAN, WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIREMENTS WERE FOR THE TENANTS THAT WERE IN THERE. 
          WE EXCEEDED THOSE QUICKLY. 
          NOW, UM, CAN WE DICTATE WHO GETS HOW MUCH OR YES, OF COURSE. 
          I JUST DON'T HAVE THAT PARAMETER. 
          SO MIKE, IF, IF WE DID THIS, YOU KNOW, KEEPING APPROXIMATELY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, MAYBE WE CAN ADD SOME OF THE BACK WHATEVER THAN IT IS NOW. 
          WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND WE USE IT FOR? WELL, I, I I'M NOT SURE WE'RE AT THAT POINT HERE. 
          I GUESS FIRST TWO THINGS. 
          ONE, I DON'T, VAL HASN'T SPOKEN. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S LEANING. 
          AND THEN SECONDLY, I THINK WE'VE GOT DIRECTION WHERE WE CAN COME BACK WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS. 
          CAN WE SAVE IT? HOW BIG CAN BE? AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH HERE'S THE OPTIONS, HERE'S THE PEOPLE WE CAN PUT IN HERE, HERE'S THE FUNCTION OR TEAR IT DOWN AND THAT'S RIGHT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          LIKE THEY DID DISABILITY. 
          EXACTLY. 
          JOHN. 
          YEP. 
          BUT I, I THINK IF WE HEAR FROM VAL, I THINK WE GOT DIRECTIONS WE CAN, WITHIN A COUPLE WEEKS WE'LL COME BACK AND TRY TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS THAT BOW AND JOHN BROUGHT. 
          YEP. 
          BECAUSE IF I MAY, UM, IN THIS INITIAL ROUND OF THE STUDY, WE WERE REALLY JUST ALMOST ISOLATED LOOKING AT THE BUILDING AND ITS OPTIONS AND NOT SO MUCH YET AT THE WHILE WE WERE AWARE OF THE PARKING AND ALL AND STORM WATER AND BUT HADN'T DONE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALL THE DETAILED IMPLICATIONS OF LET'S SAY A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER FOOTPRINT, FOR INSTANCE. 
          YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE SO THERE'S MORE OF A SITE ANALYSIS THAT WE WOULD HAVE COMPONENT THAT WE WOULD NEED TO DO ON THAT. 
          AND IT'S SOUNDING LIKE THAT THAT MAY BE THE NEXT STEP. 
          UM, JUST THIS FIRST ROUND WAS REALLY VERY MUCH ABOUT CONCEPTUAL, THREE DIFFERENT CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES FOR THE BUILDING. 
          AGAIN, NOT KNOWING THE PROGRAM. 
          SO JUST THE IDEA OF EXISTING AS IS WITH REALLY VERY MINIMAL CHANGE. 
          UM, EXCEPT FOR SOME CODE REQUIRED CHANGES. 
          THE NEXT ONE, PROVIDING MORE SPACE WHILE MAINTAINING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          AND THEN THE THIRD BEING REALLY THE IDEA OF, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE CREATING SPACE THAT HA THAT WILL REALLY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE PROGRAMMATIC NEEDS OF WHATEVER DEPARTMENT. 
          'CAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE REALLY SORT OF AT THIS POINT, SHELLS. 
          UM, BECAUSE YES, THE PROGRAM REALLY NEEDS TO, AND THE PROGRAM WILL ALSO NEED TO DE DECIDE INFLUENCE THE ARCHITECTURE AS FAR AS WHAT THE NEEDS OF THOSE SPACES ARE. 
          HOW MUCH IS IT PUBLIC MEETING SPACES, HOW MUCH IS IT OFFICE SPACES, HOW MUCH IS IT? AND THAT WILL DRIVE SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DECISIONS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT THOUGH IS THIS WILL NOT CHANGE. 
          YOU'RE 200 TO $225 A SQUARE FOOT FOR RENOVATION. 
          IF THAT'S THE ROUTE WE GO, YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION. 
          THAT'S AS CLOSE AS I CAN GET TO MARKET FOUR 50 TO 500 FOR RENOVATING AND KEEPING THIS FIRST LEVEL. 
          AND THEN FOR A NEW BUILD, FOUR TO FOUR 50, AND WE CAN'T GET OUT OF THAT RANGE. 
          I DON'T CARE REALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          THOSE NUMBERS ARE GONNA BE CONSISTENT. 
          SO FINDING THE USE AND MAYBE MODIFYING THE INTERIOR LAYOUT A LITTLE BIT IS STILL GONNA BE WITHIN ALL OF THESE RANGES. 
          BUT NOT TO INTERRUPT, WE HAVE 2,600 SQUARE FOOT ONE LEVEL THERE. 
          WE JUMP OVER TO 7,000 SQUARE FEET THERE. 
          SO 3,500 PER, SO YOU'RE ADDING 900 SQUARE FOOT TO THE INITIAL FOOTPRINT FOR THE BUILDING. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU CAN SEE HERE WHERE THIS, THIS VOID IS WHERE THERE IS NO BUILDING. 
          WE, WE SQUARED IT OFF. 
          COULD YOU BRING THAT BACK WITH THE, THE NEXT TIME WE TALK? I'M SORRY, BRING THAT BUILDING, THE EXISTING BUILDING UP TO 3,500 SQUARE FEET. 
          YOU'RE OFF THE BACKSIDE OF IT. 
          WE GAIN A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE THAT CAN BE DESPERATELY USED. 
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YOU MEAN HERE, JUST SQUARING THIS OFF? YES. 
          I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN IDEA. 
          SOMETHING TO REMEMBER TOO IS WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER BUILDING WE HAVE YET TO DECIDE TO USE FOR, IF YOU READ IN MY MIND, WE GOT, STILL GOT THE CAROL PROPERTY AND STUFF THAT WE HADN'T, WHAT IS THAT PROPERTY GONNA BE? IF WE ADDED 900 SQUARE FEET TO THIS BUILDING, COULD WE PUT IN WHAT'S EXISTING IN THERE NOW AND USE IT FOR OUR IMMEDIATE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT AT 500 AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AT UH, 225, UH, DOLLARS PER SQUARE FOOT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA ADD BASICALLY WHAT, UH, WELL, YOU'RE GONNA TO ADD 900 SQUARE FEET. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE WITHIN THIS PRICE POINT. 
          NO, THIS IS A RENOVATION PRICE POINT. 
          SO YOU'RE GOING UP TO, FOR THAT 900 SQUARE FEET, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO INTO THIS RANGE SOMEWHERE IN THE FOUR 50 RANGE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, QUICK MATH, I MEAN IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 
          IT'S GONNA CHANGE THAT 5 85 VERY QUICKLY YOU'RE GONNA BE OVER 600. 
          COULD YOU BRING BOTH OPTIONS THOUGH, WHEN WE SURE. 
          THE NEXT TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE COULD DO THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          YOU THERE? ANY THOUGHTS? NO, I, I SUPPORT JOHN BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT FROM FROM THE PICTURE BEFORE THIS ONE TO THAT IT BROKE MY HEART. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE IT IS LIKE, I, I JUST SAT THERE IN SHOCK BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ERADICATING HISTORY. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UM, AND IF WE ARE GOING TO BE A CULTURAL TOUR, IF WE'RE GOING TO PROMOTE CULTURAL TOURISM IN HERE, THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO DO IT. 
          BECAUSE LITTLE BY LITTLE WE ARE ERADICATING THE HISTORY OF WHAT MAKES HARVILLE EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, WE, WE HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT ADAPTED TO THE REC CENTER THOUGH, DIDN'T OH. 
          LOOK LIKE IT DOWN HISTORY. 
          SO, TO, TO WRAP UP, I THINK THE SENTIMENT IS, UH, THAT WE WANT TO, UM, WE SUGGEST A COUPLE THINGS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PUT IN THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          NUMBER TWO, WE SUPPORT TEARING DOWN, BUT REBUILDING TO MAKE IT LOOK EXACTLY WHAT IT IS TODAY. 
          THAT FRONT EXACTLY THE SAME. 
          OKAY. 
          IT DON'T STOP ME GUY PEOPLE. 
          IF I, UM, IF I'M NOT SUMMARIZING PROPERLY, AND THEN, UM, WE WANT A COUPLE OF OPTIONS OF STICKING WITH 2,600 SQUARE FEET OR ADDING 900 TO MAKING IT 3,500 SQUARE FEET. 
          CAN WE DO IT WHAT IT MEANS OUT BACK? BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IF IT'S 3,500 OR IT'S 2,600, WHAT WILL WE PUT IN THERE? YEAH. 
          AND ABSOLUTELY. 
          AND HARRY WALL WILL ADD 1 0 2 MAIN, I MEAN, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE HUB. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          YOU LOOK AT TOGETHER KIND OF A PLAN 1 0 2 MAIN. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS THE FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'LL SEE WHATEVER THAT ADDRESS IS, THAT'S FUNCTION. 
          SO YEAH. 
          LET'S, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THAT IN A COUPLE WEEKS. 
          VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ANYTHING ELSE? I THINK WE GOT IT. 
          THANK YOU LADIES. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CAN I, CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? I, I THINK THAT WE DON'T WANT TO, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE OLD, SAY YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET TO THE FINISH LINE UNTIL YOU TAKE THE FIRST STEP. 
          I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE THE FIRST STEP AND GET SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS. 
          A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND, YOU KNOW, NOT KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. 
          BANDAID, BANDAID HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE PUT A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF BANDAIDS AND WE STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM OF COMING UP WITH A 40,000 SQUARE FEET BUILDING. 
          AND UNTIL WE IDENTIFY WHERE IT'S GONNA GO, HOW ARE WE GONNA COST? YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO SET MONEY ASIDE FOR A COUPLE YEARS, BUT WE HAVE TO START DEVELOPING A PLAN SO WE CAN GET TO THE FINISH LINE ON THAT, ON THAT BUILDING CHIEF AGREES. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE SAME, THE SAME THING CAN BE THIS SIDE HERE. 
          WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF OPTIONS ON THE SPACE FOR CITY HALL. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT WE'VE NEVER SAID, OKAY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE? WHAT DO WE NEED? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE? DO WE HAVE TO PUT ASIDE, YOU KNOW, $1 MILLION A YEAR FOR EACH OF THEM FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND WE HAVE TO BOND IT, BUT LET'S STOP TALKING ABOUT IT AND LET'S GET A PLAN AND PUT MONEY TO IT IN, IN THE BUDGET. 
          GOOD POINT. 
          I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT, WELL LET'S ROLL ON THE NEXT THING. 
          WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME, IT'S NEVER GONNA GET DONE IF WE DON'T, 
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OR CHIEF, WOULD YOU RATHER WAIT A FEW YEARS BEFORE WE START THROUGH FOR THAT GLASS BILL? MY HAIR'S TURNING GRAY AND FLOW AROUND FASTER THAN EVER WHEN YOU GET YOURSELF BACK HERE. 
          ALRIGHT, MR. DAVIS, WE'LL SPEND SOME TIME. 
          UM, WE HAVE DYLAN TURNER HERE TO PRESENT KIND OF THE OVERALL PLAN. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET INTO SOME TRAFFIC MITIGATION MEMOS, BUT WHY DON'T WE SPEND NEXT HOUR AND THEN WE'VE GOT LUNCH AND THEN WE WILL TRY TO WRAP THAT UP. 
          AND I KNOW THE COUNCILS WON'T DO SOMETHING ELSE AT THE END. 
          SO GO AHEAD, MR. WELL, WHATEVER. 
          SOME AMOUNT OF TIME, MAN. 
          COME ON. 
          PROCEED. 
          PROCEED . 
          I'M OUTTA HERE. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. 
          UH, IT IS YOUR FAVORITE TRAFFIC, NON-TRAFFIC GUY TALKING TO YOU ABOUT TRAFFIC. 
          UM, BUT I DID BRING SOME BACK UP. 
          UH, 
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SO ANYWAY, YEAH, SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF A CONVERSATION WE'VE BEEN HAVING FOR PROBABLY OVER A YEAR NOW, BUT I KIND OF STARTED AT THE BEGINNING. 
          UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD ANOTHER DEVELOPER FROM ANOTHER PROJECT. 
          UM, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE SOME FUNDING TO DO A CORRIDOR STUDY ON US 2 78 THAT GOES FROM US 17 TO ARJUN BOULEVARD. 
          UH, OTHER ENTITIES HAD STUDIED 2 78 BASICALLY FROM ARJUN BOULEVARD THE WHOLE WAY TO HILTON HEAD. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY AS PART OF 2 78 IMPACTS US AS WELL AS THOSE FOLKS. 
          UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO WE HAD CONTRACTED WITH KIMBERLY HORN TO DO THAT STUDY. 
          AND THAT WAS MORE OF A, IT WAS CERTAINLY A, A HOLISTIC VIEW, BUT IN SOMEWHAT IT WAS MORE GENERAL JUST, YOU KNOW, HEY, UH, WEST A HAS THIS MANY POTENTIAL HOMES, MORGAN TRACK, SOUTH POINT, ET CETERA. 
          UM, BUT AS TIME WENT ON, THESE DEVELOPMENTS STARTED TO TO HAPPEN AND, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING AND WE WERE TALKING WITH DEVELOPERS AND ENGINEERS AND YOU KNOW, HOW, WHAT THEY SPECIFICALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          SO WE TOOK A DEEPER DIVE. 
          UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID WAS WE HAVE HAD, UH, ANOTHER THIRD PARTY STANTEC, UH, DO A INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF ALL THE TIAS, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF, OF THESE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS. 
          UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO, THEN THEY'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH KIMLEY HORN TO LOOK, LOOK AT THE PLANS, THE PROPOSED PLANS FOR THESE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENTS AS I MENTIONED. 
          UM, AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A LONG-TERM PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND, AND TO GIVE YOU ALL SOME COMFORT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A, ON A, ON A LONG-TERM PLAN TO, TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. OBVIOUSLY 2 78 ITSELF IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. 
          WE ARE NOT GONNA SOLVE THAT PROBLEM BY OURSELVES, BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE MEANTIME WHILE WE WAIT FOR THAT TO OCCUR, HOPEFULLY PROBABLY WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX AND MANY, PROBABLY MANY OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING AS WELL. 
          BUT SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE WORKED THROUGH IT, KIMLEY HORN HAS WORKED THROUGH AND WHAT, WHAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING RESPONSIBILITY MEMOS THAT WERE LAST WEEK WERE DISTRIBUTED TO, UH, THE MORGAN TRACK, WEST AR AND SOUTH POINT, SELLING OUT VARIOUS MITIGATION MEASURES THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UM, WOULD HAVE TO TAKE LOOKING LONG TERM. 
          AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT WITH THEM. 
          THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND NEEDED SOME CLARIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHO PAYS FOR WHAT OR A SHARE OF SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S ALL THINGS ARE GONNA WORK OUT. 
          BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. 
          AGAIN, TO GET EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          UM, MR. SYMBO AND I, AND, AND DYLAN ACTUALLY HAD A CALL TWO WEEKS AGO WITH UM, S-C-D-O-T AND THEY REALLY ARE KIND OF LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN LOOK AT. 
          THEY CAN'T LOOK AS COMPREHENSIVELY AS WE CAN. 
          SO WHILE SOMETHING MAY GET, YOU KNOW, S-C-D-O-T APPROVAL, YOU ALL MAY NOT HAVE A LEVEL OF COMFORT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T LOOKED DEEP ENOUGH. 
          SO WE, WE WERE DOING THAT DEEP DIVE IN TRYING TO GIVE YOU, AGAIN, THAT LEVEL OF COMFORT THAT WE HAVE A PLAN AND A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT SO THESE FOLKS CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AWAY FROM ANY HOMES ACTUALLY BEING BUILT. 
          SO WE, BUT WE WANT TO GET THE BALL ROLLING. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DYLAN AND LET HIM GO THROUGH HIS PRESENTATION UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME. 
          AWESOME. 
          IT'S ALL YOU DYLAN? YEP. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          RIGHT. 
          UH, SO DYLAN TURNER WITH KIMLEY WARREN, UH, GREAT INTRODUCTION THERE FOR MATT. 
          UM, SO YOU'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER OUR CORRIDOR STUDY, KIND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE AS FAR AS, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT 2 78 FIRST AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE INDIVIDUAL INTERSECTIONS THAT WE LOOKED AT AS WELL. 
          AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HIT SOME HIGH NOTES ON SOME OF THE TRAFFIC STUDIES STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE OR CURRENTLY BEING DONE. 
          'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, MEAN EVERYBODY THAT IS LOOKING AT THIS CORRIDOR ARE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, A LOT OF HISTORY IN THIS AREA. 
          AND SO WE'RE RIGHT NOW WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF 'CAUSE WE GAVE, AS MATT SAID, SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITY, UM, MEMOS OVER TO 
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THREE DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH WERE WEST SERGEANT, SOUTH POINT AND MORGAN TRACK. 
          AND THAT'S THE ONES THAT ARE MORE FOCUSED RIGHT AT THE I 95 INTERCHANGE IN 2 78. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST, THIS IS JUST AN OVERALL STUDY AREA MAP. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT NINE INTERSECTIONS, STARTED AT S 17, WHITE HARDY BOULEVARD ENDED OVER AT UH, ARGENT. 
          UM, HERE'S WHAT WE FOUND. 
          UM, SO CURRENTLY, UM, WHITE HARDY BOULEVARD. 
          SO IF YOU SEE THE GREEN, UM, GREEN AND YELLOW AREN'T THE WORST, OBVIOUSLY RED OR FAILING INTERSECTIONS. 
          SO ARGENT, SO IF I START TO THE RIGHT ARGENT FAILS, AUTO MALL BOULEVARD FAILS, UM, JOHN SMITH FAILS. 
          AND THEN THE I 95 RAMPS, UH, GOING NORTHBOUND FAIL, THAT'S THAT LONG NORTHBOUND QUEUE THAT YOU SEE GETTING OFF FROM SAVANNAH 2, 2 78, UM, THAT YOU HAVE TODAY. 
          UM, SO THIS IS OUR, OUR CRASH HISTORY. 
          SO, UH, NO REAL SURPRISES HERE. 
          UM, SEE IF THIS SHOWS UP. 
          SO ARGENT, UM, HAS A PRETTY HEAVY RED, SO THAT DEEPER RED YEAH. 
          IS, UM, YEAH, SO THE DEEPER RED IS THE HIGHER CRASH HISTORY THERE. 
          UM, SO ARGENT UNSIGNED WITH, WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF TURNING MOVEMENTS THERE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKING KIND OF STRANGE MANEUVERS OF, OF UTILIZING THAT MEETING ON 2 78 TO KINDA MAKE A TWO STEP MANEUVER, WHICH THEN  BLOCKS THE VIEW OF OTHER PEOPLE AT THE INTERSECTION. 
          UM, WE HAVE SOME AT, AT LATITUDES IN, IN HILTON HEAD LAKES HERE. 
          I WILL SAY THAT THE HISTORY WE HAVE HAS IT BEFORE IT WAS SIGNALED AND, UH, WHILE IT WAS SIGNALIZE. 
          SO, UM, THE SIGNAL HELPS SOME OF THE ANGLE CRASHES, BUT WHENEVER YOU SIGNALIZE AN INTERSECTION, YOU INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF REAR END CRASHES. 
          SO SEVERITY, UM, CAN GO DOWN AS FAR AS INJURY SEVERITY, BUT THE NUMBER OF CRASHES DOESN'T ALWAYS GO, GO DOWN. 
          UM, LET'S SEE, MAKE SURE I HAVE JOHN SMITH WHERE WE HAVE, UM, A VERY, VERY, VERY HEAVY LEFT TURN TODAY. 
          UH, SO COMING FROM TWO 70 ONTO JOHN SMITH ROAD. 
          UH, SO WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME ANGLE CRASHES THERE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BE RESOLVED. 
          UH, AND WE JUST MENTIONED IT, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, UH, WOULD BE BENEFICIAL THERE AND SOMETHING THAT THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE LOOKING AT INSTALLING AS WELL. 
          UH, THEN WE GET HERE, THIS IS KIND OF THE MEDICAL CENTER CENTER, UH, TO I 95. 
          SO THIS QUEUE'S BACK REALLY BAD TODAY. 
          SO QUEUING BACK TO I 95 AND THEN WE SEE THE QUEUES GO DOWN THE RAMP ALONG I 95. 
          UM, SO JUST THAT SIGNAL PLACEMENT THERE IS TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERCHANGE FOR, FOR QUEUE OPERATIONS. 
          UH, AND THEN IT KIND OF TAPERS BACK HERE TOWARDS TOWARDS 17. 
          UH, AND I'LL SAY, SO THIS CRASH HISTORY, UH, JUST DEPENDING ON WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, THIS IS TO JUNE OF LAST YEAR, SO THERE WOULD BE MORE CRASHES, BUT WE WOULD KIND OF, IT'S A SLIDING SCALE. 
          WE WOULD'VE STARTED IN 2019 TO LOOK BACK AT, UH, LET'S GO FORWARD HERE. 
          OKAY, SO WE HELD A PUBLIC MEETING, UH, FEBRUARY 21ST. 
          UH, THIS IS THE KIND OF CLIFF NOTES OF WHAT WE HEARD. 
          UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN AR ARJUN IS ARGENT. 
          ARGENT IS A HUGE PRIORITY. 
          WHEN CAN WE WIDEN 2 78? UM, CAN WE GET A GOLF CART ACCESS OR SOME TYPE OF ACCESS CROSSING, UH, UNDER ABOVE 2 78 TO CONNECT HILTON, HILTON, HEAD LAKES AND LATITUDES, GREEN ARROW FOR HILTON HEAD LAKES. 
          AND I KNOW THOMAS AND HU AND STANTEC, I BELIEVE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? THE GETTING THE ARROW AND DESIGN? WHICH ONE? UH, HILTON HEAD LAKES, THE LEFT TURN. 
          STANTEC. 
          STANTEC. 
          OKAY. 
          SO STANTEC'S WORKING ON THAT DESIGN NOW. 
          UM, PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORICAL LANDS AND SWAMPS IN THE AREA. 
          TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT JOHN SMITH SIGNAL AT WHITE HARDY BOULEVARD. 
          UH, FIX THE RAMPS, UH, DECELERATION LANES INTO THESE INTERSECTIONS. 
          WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR MULTI-USE PATHS. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD IS A LOT OF PEOPLE AT HILTON HEAD LAKES AND LATITUDES, THE ONLY OPTION THEY HAVE TO GET TO ANY RETAIL DEVELOPMENT IS TO GET IN THEIR CAR AND GO ON 2 78. 
          THEY WOULDN'T MIND HAVING, IF THERE WAS A WAY TO GET A MULTI-USE PATH TO CONNECT TO ANY OF THE RETAIL IN THE AREA TO BE ABLE TO USE THEIR BIKES, UM, GOLF CARTS, RUN, WALK, UM, TO GET THERE, UH, RETAIL IN THE AREA IS A MUCH NEEDED NEED. 
          AND THEN WE NEED LONGER TURN LANES, SO THAT WOULD BE LATITUDES, HILTON, HEAD LAKES AS WELL, WHERE THOSE ARE SHORTER LEFT TURN LANES. 
          THAT IS A CURRENT PROJECT THAT THE CITY OF HARVILLE'S WORKING ON. 
          UM, 
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ALL RIGHT, SO HERE'S WHAT WE DID FROM AN ANALYSIS STANDPOINT. 
          UM, SO WE'VE DONE, UH, FIRST ANALYSIS YEAR IS 20 30, 20 35 AND 2045. 
          SO WE KIND OF BROKE UP OUR ANALYSIS, UM, SPLIT IT UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          I WILL SAY THOUGH, BASED OFF OF OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD ON THIS, UH, WE'VE GOTTEN MORE DIRECTION FROM, UM, WEST, A SOUTH POINT AND MORGAN TRACK THAT KIND OF MIXES THIS UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          BUT THE OTHER TRACKS OF LAND WE LOOKED AT ARE, ARE STILL KIND OF FOLLOWING THIS, THIS PERCENTAGE. 
          UM, ANY FUTURE ANALYSIS WE HAD INCLUDED THE UPCOMING S-C-D-O-T EXIT EIGHT PROJECT, UH, AT I 95. 
          AND THIS IS THE LIST OF, OF DEVELOPMENTS WE LOOKED AT. 
          SO IT'S A HUGE LIST IN THE AREA. 
          SO WE HAVE THE ONES THAT ARE FOCUSED ON 2 78. 
          WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S OFF OF ARGENT BOULEVARD, UM, AND IN THE AREA AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THIS, JUST SO THAT Y'ALL ARE AWARE, I THINK Y'ALL SEEN IT BEFORE. 
          UH, I 95 EXIT EIGHT PROJECT, LOOKING AT A, UH, DIVERGENT DIVING INTERCHANGE, DDI HERE MOVING THE SIGNAL, UH, TO THE EAST, WHICH WILL HELP THE QUEUING, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. 
          AND WE HAVE THE WIDENING OF 2 78 THROUGH THIS PORTION AND THEN IT TAPERS BACK DOWN BEFORE YOU GET TO JOHN SMITH. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, THIS, THIS IS, UH, APOLOGIZE, A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO SEE ON THIS, BUT THIS JUST SHOWS YOU THE LEVEL OF, OF DEVELOPMENT WE HAVE IN THE AREA. 
          SO YOU HAVE EAST AR AND IT'S FUTURE ROAD CONNECTION, AND THEN ALL THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRING OFF OF EAST AR. 
          UM, YOU'VE GOT SUN CITY, HILTON, HEAD LAKES, YOU'VE GOT LATITUDES, YOU HAVE MORGAN TRACT, SOUTH POINT WEST AR THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS AREA. 
          UM, THAT IS, IS SIGNIFICANTLY GONNA CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF, OF 2 78, UM, WHICH IS REALLY WHY WE'RE HERE. 
          UM, SO THIS IS, IF WE DO NOTHING ON 2 78, KEEP IT AS FOUR LANES BY 2030. 
          ALL BUT ONE INTERSECTION HAS A FAILING LEVEL OF SERVICE. 
          SO EVERY INTERSECTION WOULD FAIL. 
          UM, WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY FAIL? EXACTLY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS A LEVEL SERVICE. 
          F SO IT MEANS THE DELAYS OF, OF THE VEHICLES ARE APPROACHING A, A CERTAIN LEVEL OF DELAY. 
          SO IT CHANGES FROM UNS, SIGNALIZE, A SIGNALIZE, BUT, UM, IT'S BASICALLY THE, THEY, THEY BREAK IT DOWN TOO FOR THE DRIVERS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE. 
          YOU'RE GONNA GET FRUSTRATED WITH THE DELAYS, UH, LIKE TO PUT IT INTO A HUMANISTIC TERM INSTEAD OF A DELAY TERM. 
          UM, AND MAY I ASK THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, BETWEEN LATITUDE BOULEVARD AND BRICKYARD ROAD, WHICH ARE BOTH FAILING AND WILL CONTINUE TO FAIL, MM-HMM. 
          , JASPER COUNTY PLANS TO BUILD A 350 UNIT. 
          NOW THEY'RE ASKING FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS WELL AS APARTMENTS. 
          HAS THAT BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THIS STUDY? DO YOU HAVE THE NAME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT? NO, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY TO THE, TO WHOEVER'S WATCHING IN JASPER COUNTY, I WILL OPPOSE THAT BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE PART OF THIS STUDY. 
          AND, AND THEY'RE NOT, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T COME INTO THE CITY. 
          AND I HOPE EVERYBODY IS ON JASPER COUNTY COUNCIL IS HERE. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN THE CITY COUNCIL TO GO AND OPPOSE THAT DEVELOPMENT UNTIL IT COMES INTO THE TOTAL PLAN. 
          YOU CAN'T COME UP WITH A TOTAL PICTURE WHEN JASPER COUNTY IS WORKING IN THEIR OWN LITTLE BUBBLE. 
          AND THIS IS, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE POINT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEY WANT CURB CUTS AND, AND IT'S GOING TO MAKE THAT SECTION EVEN WORSE THAN IT ALREADY IS FAILING. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YOU'RE GOOD. 
          SO WE DID GET WORK FOR MATT. 
          WE WERE PROVIDED THAT, SO THAT WOULD'VE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS, IN THIS OVERALL STUDY TOO. 
          SO WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT'S, THAT'S IN THIS, UM, THIS STUDY. 
          BUT YEAH, LIKE BASICALLY THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS IF WE HAVE FOUR LANES AND KEEP THE SIGNALS, UM, AS IS THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WOULD FAIL. 
          SO THIS, THIS IS DRIVING THE NEED RIGHT NOW. 
          WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS LIKE THE NEED FOR 2 78 TO BE WIDENED, UM, BY 2030, WHICH IS WHAT, SIX YEARS FROM NOW, THAT IF NOTHING IS DONE WITH 2 78 AS FAR AS WIDENING GOES, THE INTERSECTIONS WOULD, WOULD FAIL. 
          I MAY ASK A QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          YOU'RE, UH, IF YOU GO BACK TO YOUR LAST SLIDE THERE, OF COURSE YOUR MEDICAL CENTER, UH, DRIVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THAT WILL BE MOVED BY 2030, HOPEFULLY. 
          RIGHT? SO THAT WILL FIGURE OUT, BUT ONE THING YOU, I DON'T SEE 
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BETWEEN, AND THE MAYOR IS RIGHT, BECAUSE HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE NORTH SIDE OF 2 78. 
          YOU KNOW, IF THE HEAVENS OPEN UP AND THE, WE FIND, UH, FOUR LEAF CLOVERS, SUTTON MAY DEVELOP THAT PIECE OF GROUND IN BETWEEN, THERE'S ALREADY TWO TUR CURB CUTS ON THAT SECTION, RIGHT? THERE WAS THAT PLANNED IN THERE FOR POSSIBLE HOTELS AND RETAIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT GROWTH FACTORS THAT WE DO INTO THIS. 
          SO WE HAVE NOT ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS THEMSELVES, WE HAVE BACKGROUND GROWTH. 
          WE USE TRAVEL DEMAND MODELING TOO, THAT HELPS GUIDE THIS. 
          SO, SO IN ANY PART OF LAND THAT WASN'T ACCOUNTED FOR AS AN ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE, UH, A MODEL THAT LOOKS AT AND KIND OF GIVES US A GROWTH PERCENTAGE TO, TO APPLY TO OUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          STEVE BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. 
          THAT'S A GOOD POINT. 
          A VERY GOOD POINT. 
          BECAUSE THE CURB CUT, AND AGAIN, WE ARE, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE CITY AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN . 
          AND THERE'S CURB CUTS THEY HAVE PLANNED AND THEY HAVEN'T EVEN PRESENTED WITH THEIR PROPOSED CHANGE WHERE THE CURB CUTS ARE, BUT THEY'RE EXACTLY ACROSS FROM WHERE LATITUDE MARGARITAVILLE IS GONNA DEVELOP 72 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL OVER THE COURSE OF WHATEVER, X NUMBER OF YEARS MAKING THAT ENTIRE STRIP EVEN MORE DANGEROUS THAN IT IS NOW. 
          THOSE TWO CURB CUTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR HOW MANY YEARS. 
          SO WE CAN'T TAKE THOSE AWAY. 
          THOSE ARE, WE KNOW THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THERE. 
          IT'S JUST A DEMAND OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE, BUT SOMETHING WILL EVENTUALLY BE THERE. 
          UM, WE'VE GOTTA REALLY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. 
          SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 
          BECAUSE THE LIGHTING, I KNOW WHAT THEY RECOMMENDED A HALF MILE IN BETWEEN LIGHTS. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA BE POSSIBLE. 
          NO. 
          UM, BUT HERE'S THE OTHER THING, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT STEVE, AND YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, AS WE GET DOWN INTO THE STUDY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO, THERE'S DEVELOPMENT FEES, THERE'S ALL, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO, UH, NEED TO TAKE PART TO THE SOLUTIONS HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE CITY. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE PART OF THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY'RE GONNA GET AWAY WITHOUT BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          AND, AND THIS THE CITY AND EVERYBODY IN THE CITY MINUS ONE PERSON OPPOSED THAT RIGHT? FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT TO FOUR OUTTA FIVE COUNCIL PEOPLE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE, NOW THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR CHANGES, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA TRY TO SQUASH THAT THING. 
          ROLLING. 
          UM, ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS A, I'LL GO BACK TO THIS. 
          YOU SEE A BUNCH OF RED ON THE SCREEN HERE. 
          IF WE'RE ABLE TO WIDEN 2 78 TO SIX LANES BY 2030, YOU START TO SEE MORE GREEN POP BACK IN. 
          UH, AND WHAT WAS WAS ONCE RED IS GREEN GETTING INTO YELLOW. 
          WE DO HAVE A FAILING AT, SORRY, A BRICKYARD, AN AUTO MALL, BUT AUTO MALL STILL STAYS UNSIGNED IN THAT CASE. 
          UH, AND REALLY NO PLAN TO SIGNALIZE AUTO MALL. 
          NO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN I ASK ANOTHER QUESTION? OF COURSE. 
          BUT YOU TALKING ABOUT THE SIX LANES BY 2030, BUT IS THAT CONTINGENT ON THE 1%? I MEAN, IT'S CONTINGENT ON FINDING FUNDING SOMEWHERE A HUNDRED PERCENT IN, IN THE PROPOSED, UH, 1% IN THE, UM, PROJECT LIST. 
          MM-HMM. 
           IS WIDENING IN TWO PHASES. 
          THE WIDENING GO FROM THE, UH, BEAUFORT COUNTY BORDER TO ARGENT BOULEVARD. 
          THAT'S PHASE ONE AS IT AS IT APPEARS IN THE, IN THE, UH, PROPOSAL. 
          AND THEN PHASE TWO GOES FROM ORIGIN BOULEVARD TO I 95 AND THERE'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEVOTED FROM THAT TO THE, IF, IF THE REFERENDUM FAILS. 
          THAT WAS MY POINT, THAT YES, IF IT FAILS, NOW IF YOU, YOU THE WHOEVER, AND IT'S NOT GONNA COME FROM THE STATE, WHOEVER, WE HAVE TO FIND ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCES BEFORE THAT CAN HAPPEN. 
          AND YOU KNOW, EVEN WITH THAT 1%, THE WAY THE PROJECTS ARE LAID OUT AND THE WAY MONEY'S COLLECTED, IF ARJUN BOULEVARD AND THAT WIDENING IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, THAT TAKES UP $57 MILLION. 
          SO IT'S GOING TAKE YEARS BEFORE YOU EVEN GET TO PHASE ONE. 
          SO THE, THE, THE REFERENDUM IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE CART. 
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OTHERWISE WE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER SOURCE AS IT WAS IN THE PAPER REVIEW FOR COUNTIES, UH, THEIR OFFICIALS ALREADY SAYING, WELL, IF IT FAILS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RAISE TAXES AND YOU'RE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT ANOTHER THROUGH BONDING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          AND YOU MAY THE RIGHT, I I THINK IT, I THINK WHAT OUR PLAN WOULD BE, BOTH OF THOSE PA ISSUES PASS, WE WOULD WORK WITH JASPER AND BEAVER COUNTY. 
          WE'D PROBABLY END UP, YOU KNOW, APPLYING FOR A STIP GRANT AND THAT WOULD BE OUR LOCAL MATCH. 
          AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD, THE CITY WOULD USE DEVELOPMENT FEES AND OBVIOUSLY WE, WE'D ASK THE DEVELOPERS TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. 
          SO WITH ALL THOSE FUNDING SOURCES, I MEAN, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE IT WILL GET DONE DETERMINED WHO KNOWS WHEN, IF AT AT, AT BEST IF, IF THE REFERENDUM FAILS, THESE PROJECTED TIMEFRAMES ALL GET PUSHED OUT. 
          ALL SCALE. 
          YEAH. 
          EVEN IF YOU FIND BY THE TIME YOU FIND FUNDING, LOOK HOW LONG, HOW MANY YEARS MIGHT IT TAKE US TO FIND FUNDING FOR EXIT THREE? AND, AND YOU KNOW, SO THAT WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS AT THE SIT BANK AND THEY'RE ALREADY TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW TO FUND THE SEVEN PROJECTS THAT ARE OVER BUDGET NOW, YOU KNOW, IT GETTING MONEY FROM THE SIB REALISTIC IS YEARS AWAY, YEARS AWAY TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. 
          KEEP ON ROLLING. 
          UM, SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS GONNA, THIS IS A 2030. 
          SO THEN AS WE ADD DEVELOPMENT ON, UM, THIS WILL BE 25% OF THE DEVELOPMENTS HERE. 
          UM, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME STORY, UH, AS WE HAD IN THE, IN THE NO BUILD. 
          SO NO BIG CHANGES THERE. 
          UM, I'M GONNA ROLL THROUGH AND GET TO THE LONG TERM. 
          SO, UM, LONG TERM TERM, THIS IS, THIS IS WITH ITS SIX LANE. 
          SO THIS IS BY 2045. 
          ALL OF OUR GREEN IS STARTING TO GO TO RED AGAIN. 
          UM, AND SO THIS WAS WITHOUT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE GET TO KIND OF INTERSECTION. 
          SO WE'VE GOTTEN 2 78 WIDE. 
          NOW WHAT DO WE LOOK AT AT THE INDIVIDUAL INTERSECTIONS THEMSELVES? SO WE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AND THESE, THESE WILL BE IN THE STUDY. 
          YOU'LL SEE THEM HERE IN A LITTLE BIT ON THE SLIDES AS WELL. 
          UH, THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED BY 2045 TO START TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE GREEN ON THE MAP. 
          SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, ARGENT STAYS AN F IN THE PMP TOWER, BRICK BRICKYARD STAYS ON SIGNALIZE RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT. 
          SO WHAT THAT'S TELLING US IS EVEN A RIGHT TURN MOVEMENT, IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH GAPS TO, TO MAKE THE MOVEMENT. 
          AND SO LIKE USUALLY RIGHT TURNS FROM SIDE STREETS HAVE LESS DELAYS, LEFT TURNS ARE LONGER DELAYS. 
          BUT UM, IT'S BASICALLY SAYING, SAYING THAT THROUGHPUT ON 2 78 IS SO HIGH THAT YOUR RIGHT TURNS DON'T HAVE IT. 
          SAME OVER AUTO MALL. 
          AND THEN ARGENT JUST HAS AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF PROJECTIONS OF OF VOLUME THAT REALLY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, WE DON'T HAVE IT IN HERE, BUT IT COULD HAPPEN. 
          BUT THEN IT'S JUST A TAKING THE PROBLEM AND MOVING IT. 
          SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO LIKE DISPLACE THE LEFT AND ELEVATE THEM OVER 2 78 TO PUT 'EM ONTO ORIGIN, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE LEVEL SERVICE GRADE OPERATE WELL AS A GREEN, BUT THEN YOU'RE JUST MOVING IT THE PROBLEM ONTO ARJUN BOULEVARD. 
          SO ARJUN IS A VERY, VERY, UH, I WOULD SAY IT'S A DELICATE INTERSECTION AS WE LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SIGNIFICANCE AMOUNTS OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO MAKE THAT OPERATE GREEN IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THAT'S INCLUDING ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT, UM, WITH EAST AR AND ALONG ARJUN BOULEVARD THEMSELVES. 
          MY MY UNDERSTANDING MA, RIGHT, DOT HAS ALREADY APPROVED, MEANING THEY'LL PAY FOR A LIGHT AT ARJUN AND 2 78 IS THAT THEY HAVE, BUT IT WOULD BE A, A RATHER MINIMAL IMPROVEMENT. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE TO THE LEVEL OF IMPROVEMENT THAT DYLAN'S TALKING ABOUT TO MAKE IT . 
          SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS BESIDES JUST PUTTING A STRUCTURE. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA NEED LIKE TWO LEFT TURN LANES. 
          SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED TWO LEFT TURN LANES. 
          DOT WOULDN'T DO THAT. 
          NOT AT THIS POINT. 
          THEY'RE ORIGINALLY IT WAS JUST GONNA BE A LIGHT. 
          NOW THEY ARE GOING TO EXTEND AT LEAST THE EXISTING LEFT TURN LANE ON 2 78. 
          'CAUSE DO WE KNOW HOW THAT QUEUE IS? YEAH, ABOUT 2 78, 1 TIME. 
          2 78. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SO THAT LEFT TURN, UM, JOHN SMITH AT 2 78, I DON'T KNOW IF HAS A LIGHT, HAVE WARRANTS BEEN MET FOR JOE? THE WARRANTS FOR JOHN SMITH AND 2 78 ARE PRETTY MUCH THERE. 
          I MEAN, YOU HAVE TODAY ALMOST 500 LEFT TURNS IN AN HOUR MAKING THAT LEFT TURN, WHICH IS A TON. 
          SO AS PART OF SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT, SOUTH POINT HAS IT AS BEING SIGNALED AND DUAL LEFT. 
          SO EITHER ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS 
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THAT'S HERE TODAY, UM, COULD DO IT. 
          BUT THAT, THAT INTERSECTION NEEDS TO BE SIGNALED TODAY ALONG WITH ARJUN. 
          AND ONCE AGAIN, I MEAN THIS IS THESE, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS OUTSIDE OF JUST WHAT IT WOULD BE PROPOSED TODAY, PLUS SIX LANES ON, ON 2 78. 
          UM, SO WITH, I MEAN JOHN SMITH AND BOULEVARD BOTH HAVE VERY, VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT TURNING, TURNING VOLUMES. 
          UM, SO WE'RE GONNA KIND OF GET INTO MITIGATION CONCEPTS HERE. 
          UM, SO THESE ARE THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE SAY. 
          SO KIND OF THE, WHEN WE HAVE THE BUILD, UH, OPERATIONS, THESE ARE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO, TO BUILD. 
          AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE SHARED WITH THE, THE THREE DEVELOPMENTS WE DID, THE RESPONSIBILITY MEMOS FOR. 
          SOME OF IT ALIGNS WITH THEM, SOME OF IT MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL. 
          UM, AND RIGHT NOW, JUST TO LET Y'ALL KNOW, SO WE SUBMITTED THE RESPONSIBILITY MEMOS LAST WEEK. 
          SO WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITY MEMOS WERE WAS, I'M JUST GONNA USE, UM, SOUTHPOINT AS AN EXAMPLE, IS, OKAY, YOU'VE, YOUR TIA SAYS YOU'LL DO THIS, BUT YOU'RE, YOU'RE DEPENDENT ON OTHER THINGS FROM S-C-D-O-T. 
          SO TO REALLY GET YOUR CEO, AND THIS IS THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH S-C-D-O-T FOR THEM REALLY TO OPEN UP THAT DEVELOPMENT, EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE ASSUMING TO BE BUILT FOR THE TRAFFIC TO WORK WOULD NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED. 
          AND SO WE, WHEN WE HAD THESE RESPONSIBILITY MEMOS, WE HAD THESE DIFFERENT COLORS. 
          RED WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A DEVELOPMENT. 
          BLUE WAS IDENTIFIED BY OTHERS, AND A LOT OF IT WAS S-C-D-O-T SPEC, ESPECIALLY MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE, UM, UH, TO DO THAT. 
          OR IN THE EXAMPLE OF SOUTH POINT WHERE THEY HAD DUAL LEFTS FROM JOHN SMITH, I'M SORRY, 2 78 ONTO JOHN SMITH. 
          SO DUAL LEFT TURNS, THEY NEEDED ELONGATE THEIR RECEIVING LANE AND THEY HAVE A FULL MOVEMENT ACCESS PRETTY CLOSE TO 2 78 THAT, UM, SOMETHING WOULD NEED TO BE MODIFIED. 
          BUT I'LL SAY TOO, SO IT'S A HARD LINE TO DIFFERENTIATE. 
          SO STANTEC'S REVIEWING THE TRAFFIC STUDIES, UH, FOR GENERAL COMMENTS, WE'RE REVIEWING THE TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR HOW DO YOUR IMPROVEMENTS, YOU'RE, YOU'VE RECOMMENDED OVERLAY WITH THESE MITIGATION CONCEPTS. 
          A LOT OF 'EM OVERLAP IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY. 
          SO THIS, THE UNDERTAKING BY EACH ONE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS TO FIGURE OUT TRAFFIC IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING BECAUSE WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO FOR S-C-D-O-T TO GET APPROVED IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR HARDY. 
          SO WHEN S-C-D-O-T APPROVES THEIR TIAS, AND IT'S INDIVIDUALLY, SO IT SOUTH POINT, I'M JUST USING SOUTH POINT AS AS A PURE EXAMPLE, THEY REALLY JUST HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ON THEIR TRAFFIC. 
          THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BRING IN WEST AR OR MORGAN TRACK. 
          HOWEVER, TO GET APPROVAL FOR WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO GET APPROVAL FOR THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS THEY'VE GOT TO, 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALL HAPPENING JUST ABOUT THE SAME TIME. 
          AND IF WE LOOK AT 'EM IN ISOLATION, WE MAY HAVE UNDERBUILT INTERSECTIONS, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT THIS 2 78 STUDY IS AS WELL. 
          SO IF, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MM-HMM. 
          , THE TIAS OF THE CARTER ARE NECESSARY OR YOU ARE RECOMMENDING THEY BE NECESSARY BEFORE ANY, UM, THANK YOU SOUTH POINT, WHICH IS GOING TO GREATLY IMPACT THIS INTERSECTION. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          SO A LIGHT, IT HAS TO BE THERE BEFORE THEY, WE CAN START PERMITTING SOUTH CO YEAH. 
          COS IT'S MORE THEY CAN GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE HELD UP TO THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCIES FOR THEIR BUILDINGS IF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AREN'T IN PLACE. 
          SO THAT'S MORE A LINE OF WHAT, OF WHAT THIS, THIS IS ENCOURAGING, THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION, BUT IT, IT CERTAINLY, AT WHATEVER POINT, YOU KNOW, JOHN SMITH AND 2 78 HAS TO BE MITIGATED BECAUSE ANY ADDITIONAL, AND WHETHER IT'S SOUTH POINT OR MORGAN, WHATEVER, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 
          WHATEVER HAPPENS ALONG JOHN SMITH ROAD IS GOING TO IMPACT. 
          AND YOU, YOU ALL KNOW YOU CAN'T MAKE FROM JOHN SMITH TO 2 7 8, YOU CAN'T MAKE THE LEFT HAND TURN. 
          OR IF YOU'RE COMING THE OTHER WAY TRYING TO CROSS THE ROAD MM-HMM. 
          , YOU'RE, YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR LIFE IN YOUR HANDS AND THAT'S NOW, AND THE TRAFFIC IS AT CERTAIN TIMES IN THE MORNING BACKED UP JOHN SMITH ROAD ALMOST TO, UH, THE REC CENTER SOMETIME ALL THE WAY DOWN ON 17TH OR AT LEAST TO PINE 
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HARBOR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT BEFORE WE START PUTTING ANY MORE ON, ON TRAFFIC ONTO JOHN SMITH ROAD, WE, WE HAVE SOLUTIONS. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND THAT'S IN A LOT OF THOSE TRAFFIC STUDIES, THEY DO HAVE, NONE OF THE TRAFFIC STUDIES DON'T HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          I'LL SAY THAT. 
          SO THEY'RE, THEY HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY'RE DOING. 
          SOME OF 'EM, WE'VE ASKED COMMENTS ON GENERAL TRIP GENERATION QUESTIONS OR TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS TYPES FOR CLARIFICATIONS. 
          UM, BUT STILL TO THAT POINT IS, YOU KNOW, UH, I'LL USE NOW MORGAN TRACK AN EXAMPLE. 
          THEY HAD THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT SOUTH POINT'S IMPROVEMENTS WERE DONE, BUT FOR THEM TO OPERATE SOUTH POINT'S IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE ACTUALLY BE DONE. 
          AND IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN UH, MORGAN TRACK WOULD THEN BE RESPONSIBLE BASED OFF OF DOT'S, UH, PROGRAM, UH, TO GET, UM, THEM, THEIR ENCROACHMENT PERMITS, UH, TO EVEN GET THEIR COS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF MOVING PIECES. 
          BUT WHEN THEY, THESE DEVELOPMENTS HAVE DOT APPROVAL, WE'RE SAYING WE NEED A SUPPLEMENTAL MEMO, UH, THAT'LL GET SENT TO, TO MYSELF AND OR KIMLEY, WARREN AND STANTEC TO REVIEW FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUFF JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S JIVING. 
          BECAUSE THESE THREE DEVELOPMENTS ARE FOCUSED REALLY WITHIN THE SAME GENERAL VICINITY OF EACH OTHER. 
          SO GIVEN EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE SAID MM-HMM. 
          , NOW SOUTH POINT IS, IS LOCKED TO THAT NORTHWEST SIDE, BUT MORGAN TRACK DOESN'T HAVE, AS I RECALL FROM SOUTH POINT, THEY HAD SOME, THEY HAD SOME WETLANDS ISSUED, BUT MORGAN TRACK DOESN'T HAVE THAT. 
          IS IT POSSIBLE, OR YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER. 
          BUT FROM THE CITY PERSPECTIVE, HAVING SOME SORT OF FRONTAGE ROAD THAT THE CURB CUT IS NOT ON JOHN SMITH ROAD, BUT ON 2 78. 
          SO IN OTHER WORDS, MORGAN MORGAN TRACK COMES ALL THE WAY TO 2 78 ALONG JOHN SMITH ROAD. 
          CORRECT. 
          RATHER THAN HAVE CURB CUTS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM SOUTH POINT MM-HMM. 
           ONTO JOHN SMITH ROAD, PERHAPS INTERIOR ROADS A FRONTAGE ROAD AND THE CURB CUT COMES ONTO TWO, UH, WIDEN 2 78. 
          YEAH, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BOTH. 
          I THINK THAT A CURB CUT ONTO JOHN SMITH, THEY HAVE A CURB CUT ONTO TO 2 78. 
          UH, ACTUALLY TWO CURB CURB CUTS, MAYBE THREE ON 2 78 A WRITE IN WRITE OUT SIGNAL. 
          AND A THREE QUARTER ACCESS. 
          I THINK THE MORE CONNECTIVITY YOU CAN GIVE TO FOLKS, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE NOT FUNNELING EVERYTHING TO 2 78. 
          'CAUSE 2 78 IS GOING TO BE TRICKY. 
          AND AS PART OF WIDENING OR THESE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, THERE'S GONNA BE A CONTINUOUS THING OF, OF SIGNAL RETIS TOO. 
          SO IF MORGAN TRACK COMES IN WITH A NEW SIGNAL, UH, WE WANT THOSE SIGNALS ALL TO BE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, UM, UH, SO THAT WE CAN GET AS MUCH PROGRESSION TO THE CORRIDOR AS WE CAN. 
          I HAVE, I HAVE AN EMAIL IN MY HAND HERE AND I'M JUST GONNA READ YOU A SHORT SECTION OF IT. 
          YEP. 
          THE ACCESS PLAN FOR THE MORGAN TRACK ON YOU AS 2 78 HAS RECENTLY BEEN COORDINATED FEBRUARY OF 2024 WITH S-C-D-O-T AND THE PROJECTS COORDINATED ACCESS PLAN INCLUDES TWOFOLD ACCESS POINTS. 
          THE SPINE ROAD IS ELIGIBLE FOR SIGNALIZATION AND A THREE QUARTER ACCESS POINT. 
          WHERE ARE THEY? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2 78 HERE. 
          WE HAVE TWO ACCESS POINTS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE AT ON THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I'LL SAY THIS FROM THIS STANDPOINT OF THE 2 78 PIECE IS THE, THE SCOPE STUFF THAT WE HAVE IS THE NINE EXISTING INTERSECTIONS. 
          SO WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE TRAFFIC VOLUMES TO PUT ON THOSE NINE EXISTING INTERSECTIONS. 
          ANY OF THE CURB CUT WOULD RELY ON TIA, BUT AS FAR AS WE'RE LOOKING ON 2 78, WE ARE INVOLVING THEIR TRAFFIC. 
          UM, AND SO I DON'T WANT TO TO SPEAK TOO FAR OUT OF LINE HERE, BUT, UM, THE MORGAN TRACT HAS A SIGNAL. 
          IS IT, SO BETWEEN, UM, LATITUDES AND, UH, JOHN SMITH IS A PROPOSED SIGNAL, BUT THE OTHER THREE QUARTERS ACCESS, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT WHERE THAT WOULD FALL ON THE MAP. 
          WELL, I, I GUESS WE NEED TO KNOW THOSE THINGS. 
          WE'RE TALKING SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT HERE AND WE, I CAN'T MAKE A DECISION WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE THESE THINGS ARE ARE GOING TO COME ONTO THE HIGHWAY. 
          NOT THEY TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. 
          SEEMS LIKE THEY DISTANCE, WELL THIS IS A, THIS IS A LARGER SCALE. 
          SO THEY WOULD MEET THE, THEY WOULD DOT HALF, HALF MILE MILES. 
          IS IT BECAUSE I HALF MILE, IS IT THE YEAH, THAT'S 
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WHAT JOSH SAID LAST YEAR. 
          HALF MILE. 
          BUT PRACTICALITIES THOUGH, IS THAT WHAT YOU, YOU KNOW, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? 2 78? WE'VE GOT A PARKING LOT. 
          IS THERE, THERE'S, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY IF, IF YOU IMPROVE JOHN SMITH 2 78 MM-HMM. 
          , YOU KNOW, AND MORGAN'S A, A BIG TERRITORY. 
          YEP. 
          TWO QUESTIONS. 
          A BECAUSE THE FOCUS THERE AND THE, UH, THERE'S NOT DEVELOPMENT 10 THERE BE CURB CUTS RATHER THAN ON JOHN SMITH ONTO PINE ARBOR, THE LOWER PART OF PINE ARBOR. 
          B, IF, IF YOU TAKE THE CONCEPT OF A FRONTAGE ROAD, COULD IT COME OUT ACROSS FROM BRICKYARD AND THEN THAT WOULD GIVE REASON FOR A BRICKYARD LIGHT TO SOLVE BOTH ISSUES. 
          YEAH. 
          AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ASKED FOR IN A SUPPLEMENTAL ANALYSIS FROM, UM, FROM MORGAN TRACK IN PARTICULAR WAS IMPACT OF A FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          SO THEY, FROM MORGAN TRACK'S PERSPECTIVE, UH, THEY ARE LIMITED BETWEEN A PARCEL BETWEEN LATITUDES IN THEIRS. 
          THEY DON'T OWN THAT PROPERTY. 
          BUT WE ARE ASKING WHAT DOES THAT DO TO VOLUMES? CAN WE POTENTIALLY REDUCE SOME OF THE NECESSARY PHASING ON 2 78 FOR PROGRESSION ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS? UM, AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE ASKED TO LOOK AT. 
          I'M NOT SURE TRULY THAT THEY'VE HAD TIME TO LOOK AT IT 'CAUSE THE MEMOS CAME OUT, UM, LAST WEEK. 
          BUT THAT FRONTAGE ROAD IS A PIECE. 
          NOW, AS FAR AS CONNECTION TO JOHN SMITH, I, I THINK A CURVE CUT THAT WOULD CONNECT ACROSS FROM SOUTH POINT, IF YOU TOOK YOUR FRONTAGE ROAD ACROSS THAT WAY WOULD BE GOOD. 
          'CAUSE THEN YOU CAN CAPTURE PEOPLE FROM 17 AND 2 78 INSTEAD OF FUNDING AN ALL TO 2 78. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE CONNECTIONS TO SC 46, UH, TO THE SOUTH. 
          SO THEY'RE NOT ALL OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME FROM OREGON TRACKS NOT GOING ONTO 2 78 OR JOHN SMITH. 
          THERE IS A PORTION AT SE 46 AS WELL TO THE SOUTH. 
          THIS IS ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SEEING HERE. 
          OR MAYBE WE HAVE TO, WHEN WE LOOK AT MORGAN, IF I RECALL THE MORGAN PDD THERE HAS A COMMERCIAL ELEMENT INVOLVED, RIGHT. 
          THEN USE THAT COMMERCIAL ELEMENT FRONTING 2 78 OR SOME OTHER PART OF THE TRACK AND THAT MAY DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST COURSE IS. 
          AND I MEAN, THIS IS A QUESTION, IF THEY PUT THE COMMERCIAL IN THE FRONT, THE 2 78 POLE, WHAT DOES THAT DO VERSUS BRINGING TO RESIDENTIAL? YEAH, I MEAN REALLY IT DOESN'T REALLY DO MUCH FROM THE VOLUME. 
          SO WHAT THE, WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE CORRIDOR STUDY REALLY FROM THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO US. 
          SO HOWEVER THEY HAVE THEIR SITE LAYOUTS, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. 
          I MEAN, FOR MOST DEVELOPMENTS THE COMMERCIAL WOULD IS ON THE FRONT OF THE MAJOR ROAD. 
          THAT'S WHAT THE COMMERCIAL WOULD PREFER. 
          UM, SO USUALLY YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL FRONTED, FRONTING THE MAJOR ROADS AND ANY RESIDENTIAL PIECES WOULD BE OFF OF THE BACK. 
          BUT AS FAR AS, UH, CHANGES TO VOLUMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, UH, THE VOLUMES WOULD STILL RELATIVELY BE THE SAME. 
          THERE MIGHT BE SOME TWEAKS 'CAUSE INTERNAL CAPTURE HAS TO DO WITH WALKING DISTANCE AND STUFF. 
          BUT THAT'S GETTING INTO THE MINUTIA. 
          UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE, THE, THE VOLUMES WOULD BE GENERALLY THE SAME. 
          TERRY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RETAIL DEVELOPMENT. 
          CITY'S BEEN WAITING SEVEN YEARS FOR ANOTHER DEVELOPER ALONG THAT PROPERTY. 
          COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL EVENTUALLY COME ALONG 2 78, BUT WHO KNOWS WHEN. 
          BUT I CAN SAY YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT A FRONTAGE ROAD ALONG, UH, MORGAN TRACK CONNECTING TO THE SUTTON PROPERTY, WHICH ALSO CONNECTS TO THE LATITUDE PROPERTY. 
          MM-HMM. 
           BE SOMEWHERE ALONG WITH THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 
          CONNECTING THOSE THREE AND BRINGING ANY OF THAT TRAFFIC BACK THROUGH THOSE PROPERTIES BACK INTO THE LATITUDE PROPERTY TO ACCESS THAT LIGHT IS GONNA MEET A LOT OF RESISTANCE. 
          FIRST OFF IS THOSE ROADS AND COMES INTO A ROUNDABOUT THAT WAS NEVER DESIGNED FOR ANY OF THAT. 
          UM, THE CURB CUTS ON, UH, 2 78. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG FACTOR. 
          AND I AGREE WITH YOU. 
          CAN WE LOOK AT USING PINE ARBOR AS ACCESS IN AND OUT OF, UH, OH OF UM, THE MORGAN TRACT? IT WOULD TAKE A LOT OF THAT OFF. 
          IS THERE A LIGHT PLANNED AT PINE ARBOR AND PINE AND YEAH. 
          JOHN'S HAVING A HEART ATTACK. 
          BUT IS THERE, JOHN LIVES ON PINE ARB. 
          HE DOESN'T WANT ALL THAT CRAP. 
          BUT I MEAN, IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A LIGHT AT UH, PINE ARBOR AND JOHN SMITH IN THE FUTURE? OR IT COULD BE. 
          I MEAN, YOU, I MEAN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S PLANNED THERE AND, AND STEVE, I THINK TO YOUR POINT MM-HMM. 
           WHAT I WAS SUGGESTING WITH THAT FRONTAGE ROAD, THAT IT DOESN'T GO ALL THE WAY TO LATITUDE, BUT GOES TO BRICKYARD 
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AND GO OUT ON BRICKYARD. 
          AND THEN, SO IF YOU, THAT COMES OUT AT BRICKYARD NOW, THE FIRST OF ALL, THERE WOULD BE A BIG DIS DIFFERENCE OR DISTANCE BETWEEN JOHN SMITH AND BRICKYARD. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          AND BY HAVING THAT TRAFFIC LOOP INTO THERE AND MAYBE EVEN EVENTUALLY FROM THE, UM, THE LA MM-HMM , THE 72 ACRES, THEY COME IN THERE AND NOW BRICKYARD INTERSECTION WARRANTS A LIGHT THERE WITHOUT BEING SO NOW YOU HAVE ONLY THREE LIGHTS IN THAT FROM JOHN SMITH, THE LATITUDE. 
          AND YOU'RE NOT BUNCHING 'EM ALL UP IN YOUR, WE WOULD WANT 'EM IN SPACE. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ASKED FROM MORGAN TRACK ACTUALLY, IS TO LOOK AT, UM, THEY HAD JOHN SMITH IN THEIR STUDY AREA, UM, BUT DID NOT HAVE LATITUDES. 
          'CAUSE WE'D WANNA LOOK AT PROJECTED QUEUING BECAUSE OUR FUTURE ANALYSIS HAS QUITE A BIT OF QUEUING ON 2 78, IT ACTUALLY LED TO A CONVERSATION WITH WEST AR ITS VERY REPORT WAS APARTMENT HALF TO WHATEVER THEY BUILD ON THAT NORTH SIDE CANNOT HAVE ACCESS DIRECTLY ONTO 2 78. 
          OR YOUR LIGHT AT BRICKYARD ROAD IS GOING TO BE USELESS. 
          USELESS. 
          IT'S USELESS, YEAH. 
          ALSO, BUT IF YOU HAD A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT PINE ARBA AND THEN A TRAFFIC LIGHT AT UM, 2 78 IN JOHN, THEY'D BE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER. 
          TRUE, TRUE. 
          SO CAN WE JUST MOVE GROSS HAIR THAT WOULD BE THE BEST SOLUTION TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID AND PULL IT DOWN, PULL BULLET DOWN. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. 
          AND I'M NOT TRAFFIC. 
          NO, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. 
          AT LEAST YOU'RE PULLING IT OUT OF THE WAY. 
          EVERYBODY GOING TO HILTON HEAD IS GONNA HATE US. 
          YEAH. 
          BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE BANG, BANG, BANG. 
          STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS NOW WITH ONLY ONE LEG. 
          YEAH. 
          I MEAN IN THE, IN THE MORNING YOU CAN SEE TRAFFIC BACKED UP FROM THE LATITUDES LIGHT ALL THE WAY BACK FIVE THAT LIGHT. 
          YEAH. 
          THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
          IT'S IT'S CRAZY. 
          YEAH. 
          WE GOT IT. 
          BUT THEN HE TALK ABOUT TURN LANE GETTING, ALRIGHT, YOU, SO YOU SEE SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS. 
          WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TELL YOU DO THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER THING. 
          WE TRULY LOOK AT WITH THIS, THIS STUDY AND WE ALL LIVE IT. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S EVERY DAY. 
          AND WE ALSO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THOSE CRASHES. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THESE ARE JUST IDEAS FOR YOU TO BRING TOGETHER. 
          RIGHT. 
          'CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'LL SAY TO YOU ON THIS IS LIKE WE ARE ASKING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SIGNALS. 
          SO WE'VE ACTUALLY TALKED TO THE WEST ARGENT TEAM AND THEY'VE BEEN RECEPTIVE TO IT AS WELL. 
          INSTEAD OF TAKING ROAD A AS A NEW SIGNALIZE AXIS ON THE 2 78, WE WANNA ALIGN IT WITH JOHN SMITH SO THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE A NEW SIGNAL ON 2 78 THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING THAT COME INTO BRICKYARD INSTEAD OF WORK. 
          SO THEY WOULD GO THOUSAND FEET UP, UP BRICKYARD. 
          SO THEY WOULD COME, THE JOHN SMITH CONNECTION WOULD GO A BRICKYARD. 
          THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH DETAILS, BUT THE LAST KIND OF CONCEPT, WE HAVE A BRICKYARD TAKE A LEFT AND THEN A LITTLE ROUNDABOUT TO THEN TAKE 'EM UP INTO WEST AR AS WELL. 
          SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAS BEEN MENTIONED. 
          UM, AND THAT'S SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH AS A TEAM. 
          MM-HMM. 
           INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF ROAD A. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          WHICH WAS A THOUSAND FEET. 
          WEST. 
          WEST, YEAH. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          I HAD THAT RIGHT. 
          THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          I'LL SEE IF I CAN PULL THAT UP. 
          IF WE CAN PULL IT UP. 
          ALRIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. 
          UH, MR SAYS, SO HOW LONG DO WE WANT TO TAKE A BREAK FOR? SO, MR. MAYOR, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A BREAK SO OUR PUBLIC CAN GO GET LUNCH AND COME BACK WITHIN HALF AN HOUR. 
          OKAY. 
          45. 
          I ONLY HAVE A HALF HOUR LUNCH BREAK. 
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WHERE 
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ARE 
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WE 
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LEFT 
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OFF? 
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SO 
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JUST 
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A QUICK REMINDER. 
          SO THESE MITIGATION CONCEPTS WE HAVE ARE GONNA BE LISTED AS A SHORT TERM. 
          SO, UM, LIKE 20 30, 20 35 ISH TIMEFRAME AND THEN A LONG TERM 2045. 
          AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA. 
          SO OLD GOOD . 
          SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL MENTION TOO IS A LOT OF THIS MITIGATION THAT WE HAVE, UH, ISN'T JUST A RESPONSIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENTS ALONE. 
          WE HAVE A VERY BIG REGIONAL PROJECT, WHICH IS THE WIDENING OF 2 78. 
          UM, AND THE DEVELOPMENTS WE'VE EVEN DISCUSSED TODAY, WHICH SOUTH POINT, UH, WEST AR AND MORGAN TRACT AREN'T ALL THE REASONS FOR THE NEEDS OF THESE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, SO THE FIRST, WE'LL START OUT 17 A, UH, IN 2 78, SO YOU CAN SEE AT THE END. 
          SO WE'VE GOT THE DOT PROJECT INCLUDED IN HERE. 
          UM, SO SIGNALIZING THE INTERSECTION, DUAL RIGHTS DUE TO A, A NEW USE OVER HERE, DUAL LEFTS COMING OFF. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A LARGE RIGHT TURN NOW. 
          SO WE HAVE THIS SIGNAL THAT WE CAN OVERLAP THESE RIGHTS IN. 
          UM, SO JUST KIND OF A BASIC INTERSECTION ALIGNMENT. 
          WE COULD GET GOOD LEVEL SERVICE GRADES HERE. 
          AND THEN IF WE GO TO LONG TERM, THE DIFFERENCE IS JUST NEEDING A DUAL LEFT TIER AND RECEIVING LANE THAT WE WOULD TAPER DOWN BACK TO ONE LANE HEADING TOWARDS HARDING. 
          EXCUSE ME. 
          UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'LL SAY TOO FROM THIS IS WE'VE, WE'VE GOT, UH, OUR WETLANDS ISSUED, UH, OUR WETLANDS OVERLAY HERE. 
          SO THERE COULD BE A WETLAND TO WORK THROUGH ALSO RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH THIS AREA TOO. 
          WE'D HAVE TO BE WORKED WITH, UM, FOR THIS LONGER TERM VISION OF THE INTERSECTION. 
          UM, THEN WE'LL MOVE, THIS IS THE DOT PROJECT, UH, THAT WE BASICALLY TOOK WHAT DOT HAD OVERLAID. 
          UM, IT INCLUDES A SLIGHT MODIFICATION FOR THE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT OVER ON THIS SIDE, UM, COMING IN. 
          SO THERE'S A SLIGHT MODIFICATION TO THE INTERCHANGE THAN WHAT DOT CURRENTLY HAD. 
          UH, BUT THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF THAT, UM, IMPROVEMENT. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE THAT GEI HAS JUNGLE SIGNALS THAT, UM, THAT WORK TOGETHER. 
          UM, SO THAT'S A SHORT AND LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT THERE. 
          SO MEDICAL CENTER. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE WE'VE GOT, WE START GETTING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF, OF SOUTH POINT AS WELL, UM, WHERE WE HAVE THIS INTERSECTION ALIGNMENT. 
          SO THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT DOT HAS. 
          MY, I'VE GOT A CONCERN, AND WE'LL BRING THIS UP IN THE STUDY TOO, OF JUST THE PROXIMITY OF THIS ROUNDABOUT TO THE SIGNAL. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT DOT'S IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALONG THE INTERSECTION. 
          UM, WEST SAR HAS A SLIGHT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, SO LIKE NOTHING THAT THEY WOULD, WOULD BE, UM, REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR OUTSIDE OF WHAT DOT'S DOING, UM, FOR THIS. 
          'CAUSE A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC'S GOING UP AND TOWARDS THE HOSPITAL. 
          UH, A FEW WEST SERGEANT MAY GO DOWN BRICKYARD AND, AND OVER. 
          UM, SOUTH POINT HAS SOME IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED HERE. 
          UM, WE'VE GOT RECEIVING LANE, BUT REALLY THIS ROUNDABOUT WE HAVE QUEUING ISSUES, UM, COMING THROUGH HERE. 
          IT'S REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO A SIGNAL INTERSECTION. 
          UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG THING FOR THIS, THAT WE BROUGHT UP IN OUR, IN OUR CORRIDOR STUDY. 
          UM, ALL RIGHT, JOHN SMITH, IT'S ZOOMED OUT. 
          I CAN TRY TO GET TO THE COMPUTER TO ZOOM, ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT. 
          UM, SO THIS IS A OLD SHORT TERM THAT WE, WE HAD, WE GOT SOME UPDATED INFORMATION FROM WEST AR VIA EMAIL. 
          UM, THAT CHANGES IT A LITTLE BIT THAT FATTENS OUT THIS ROAD A CONNECTION. 
          SO THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE ROAD A TO TIE IN. 
          SO, SO THE WEST A TEAM IS CURRENTLY LOOKING AT ALL OF THIS. 
          THERE'S UM, SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT ON BOTH SIDES THROUGH HERE. 
          OH, THAT JUST DID NOT WORK. 
          THAT ONE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          ZOOM. 
          I WAS TRYING TO ZOOM. 
          OH, I WAS MOVE ALONG. 
          I CAN PULL, I PULL, TAKE THE MILES AWAY FROM IT ROOM. 
          UH, PULL ONE UP HERE. 
          SO WHAT WE HAVE DUAL LEFTS, UM, THIS WAY RECEIVING GOING UP, UH, DUAL LEFTS ONTO JOHN SMITH, UH, A CHANNELIZED, UM, RIGHT TO KIND OF HELP WITH SOME OF THE GAPS THROUGH HERE. 
          AND SO THIS HAS, UH, ON IT THE WEST, A SOUTH POINT AND SOME OF THE MORGAN TRACK DEVELOPMENT PLUS ALL THE BACKGROUND. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS A SHORT TERM NAME. 
          AND THIS IS A, A SIGNIFICANT INTERSECTION, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE ROOM TODAY ARE ALL LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MITIGATION 
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AT THIS INTERSECTION. 
          MAY I ASK A QUESTION? OF COURSE. 
          JOHN SMITH COMING ONTO 2 78 THERE, IS THAT A SINGLE TURN LANE ONTO 2 78 MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN? IT'S A SINGLE YES. 
          THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT BACKS UP ON THAT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE IT, UH, A DUAL? SO WE'RE SHOWING IT IS NOT NEEDING AS A DUAL. 
          I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND SEE, BUT FROM WHAT THE ANALYSIS WE HAVE IS SHOWING IS NOT NEEDED AND THE QUEUING, UM, FROM THAT IS NOT NEEDED. 
          YOUR ANALYSIS NEEDS TO LOOK AT IT ABOUT SEVEN 30 TO EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING. 
          RIGHT? IT, IT'S UNSIGNED NOW. 
          SO THIS IS LET'S SIGNAL IN A LOT OF EXTRA LINEAGE OUT THERE AS WELL. 
          SO YOU HAVE THE, YOU HAVE THE EFFICIENCIES IN THIS, IN THIS ONE OF A WIDEN 2 78 AS WELL. 
          SO THEN THE TIMING DEMANDS OF THE SIGNAL, UH, YOU ACTUALLY CAN ALLOW MORE TIME TO THE SIDE STREETS 'CAUSE YOU HAVE MORE THROUGHPUT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THROUGH THAT AS WELL. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          SO, UH, SO SHORT MIDTERM HERE, THE LONG TERM OPTION FOR JOHN SMITH, UM, IS A LOT. 
          WHOA. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THESE ARE DISPLACED LEFT TURN, LEFT TURNS, EXCUSE ME, PROPERTY IMPACTS RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS, BUT THIS IS SHOWING WHAT'S NEEDED TO A LEVEL TO MAKE THE INTER INTERSECTION OPERATE ACCEPTABLY. 
          UM, AT WHAT POINT, DYLAN, JUST SO THIS IS BY 2045. 
          SO THIS IS WITH ALL THIS IS WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS THROUGHOUT THE AREA, YOU'RE NORTHWEST CORNER RIGHT THERE. 
          I MEAN I, I KNOW, I KNOW THAT I I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE TAKING BUILDINGS, YOU'RE TAKING RIGHT AWAY. 
          THERE'S IMPACTS TO SOME OF THE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM RIGHT NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, WITH THEIR, SO THIS IS TO SHOW WHAT'S NEEDED. 
          THIS IS THE TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE BY 2045 ALONG 2 78 THAT'S NEEDED TO MAKE THE INTERSECTIONS WORK. 
          UH, JOHN SMITH IN PARTICULAR WHERE IT'S, IT IS A CRUTCH POINT OF THREE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF THROUGH TRAFFIC COMING TO AND FROM EITHER I 95 OR BLUFFTON. 
          SO THERE'S JUST A LOT TO, TO PUSH THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION. 
          VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT VOLUMES. 
          UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST THE LEVEL OF, OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEED THAT COULD BE NEEDED BY 2045. 
          NOW, UH, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, MAYBE ALTERNATIVE MODES OF TRAVEL COULD BE AVAILABLE BY THEN. 
          THERE COULD BE MORE, UH, WORK FROM HOME WHO, WHO KNOWS, RIGHT? BUT THESE ARE BASED OFF THOSE PROJECTIONS AND THIS IS THE LEVEL OF NEED THAT'S SHOWING. 
          IF THINGS WERE TO BUILD OUT AS WE, UH, USE OUR MODELS TO PREDICT THAT WOULD BE NEEDED AT, AT JOHN SMITH AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS HAS RIGHT OF WAY PROPERTY. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , ALL TYPES OF THINGS THAT WOULD, WOULD NEED TO BE WORKED THROUGH AT THE TIME THIS BECOMES NEEDED. 
          BUT THERE'S AN ACCELERATION LANE THERE ON THE NORTHWEST, UH, AREA THERE. 
          AND WE'VE ALL HEARD DOT DISCOURAGES ACCELERATION LANES. 
          SO WHICH ACCELERATION LANE? UM, UPPER RIGHT HERE. 
          YES. 
          SO THAT'S JUST A CHANNELIZED, RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T COME TO A STOP, UH, SIGNAL. 
          IT DOES. 
          THAT COMES TO A SIGNAL THERE ALSO. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YEP. 
          SO THAT'S NOT THE ACCELERATION LANE AND I A SIGNAL AT THAT TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          SO YOU HAVE A SIGNAL HERE. 
          'CAUSE THIS, SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THIS LEFT TURN CROSSES, UH, OVER HERE AND TURNS LEFT THIS WAY. 
          SO YOU, I MEAN IT'S, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT THESE, THERE'S A FEW OF THESE THAT ARE IN CHARLOTTE, UM, AND THAT AREA AND THE VOLUMES THAT ARE THROUGH HERE ARE SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S IN CHARLOTTE, UH, AS WELL. 
          AND THOSE ARE PROJECTION BASED. 
          THAT'S ASSUMING ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS WE HAVE BUILD OUT TO THEIR MAXIMUM OH, OKAY. 
          UH, CAPACITIES AND ALL THAT, THAT THE UNITS THEY'RE COMING TO YOU WITH, THAT THEY'RE PLANNING FOR ARE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY GET BUILT AS WELL. 
          SO THIS IS 2045. 
          LET'S THINK OF IT AS, UM, A WORST CASE SCENARIO OF OF TRAFFIC VOLUME. 
          SO, UM, SO YOU ALREADY HAVE, UH, I'LL USE THE TERM FRONTAGE ROAD COMING OUT OF BRICKYARD THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY, RIGHT? IF I RE AM I LOOKING AT THAT PROPERLY? THIS GOING THE, FROM JOHN SMITH GOING EAST. 
          THERE'S A, A ROAD CALLED A OH OVER HERE? NO, NO. 
          GO UP. 
          SEE THAT ROAD? SEE? YES. 
          THAT'S JOHN SMITH COMING OFF THERE. 
          IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, THIS IS JOHN SMITH HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO YOU ALREADY, IF I'M LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT, YOU HAVE, I'LL CALL IT A FRONTAGE ROAD COMING DOWN. 
          NO, NO, THAT'S JUST THE RIGHT, IT'S JUST ACCELERATION. 
          THAT'S JUST THE, BUT IT'S COMING. 
          YOU GOT IT ALL THE WAY COMING DOWN THE BRICKYARD. 
          NO BRICKY YARDS, NO BRICK YARDS. 
          OH, DOWN HERE. 
          THAT'S THE NEXT, OKAY. 
          THAT'S OUR NEXT SLIDE. 
          OKAY. 
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I'M CONFUSING MY MAPS. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO, SO ONCE AGAIN, SIGNIFICANT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IS THIS WAS TO BUILD ALL THIS WAY, UM, BRICKYARD WE'RE, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT ON THIS SIDE, RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AS WELL. 
          UM, SO NOTHING TOO EXCITING WITH, WITH BRICKYARD THERE. 
          UM, OKAY, SO INTO HILTON HEAD LAKES LATITUDES, PART OF THIS IS ALREADY ONGOING OR WE WOULD HAVE DUAL LEFT TURN LANES, UM, INTO LATITUDES, DUAL LEFT TURN LANES INTO HILTON HEAD LAKES, UM, DUAL LEFT TURN LANES OUT OF LATITUDES DUAL, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT SIGNAL HERE. 
          UM, AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE, UH, TRAFFIC FROM THE CAR TRACK TRAFFIC FROM WEST AR, HILTON HEAD LAKES BUILDING OUT AS WELL. 
          SO, UH, AS PART OF THE SHORT TERM, UM, LONG TERM'S, NOT TOO DIFFERENT, BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE DO TO SAVE SOME OF THE SIGNAL PHASING AND KEEP PROGRESSION ALONG 2 78 IS WHAT'S CALLED A THROUGH CUT. 
          SO FROM THE SIDE STREET WE WOULD NOT ALLOW THE THROUGH MOVEMENTS TO FROM LATITUDES AND HILTON HEAD LEAKS. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE THERE FROM A A SIGNAL PHASING, UM, STANDPOINT TO GET THIS TO OPERATE. 
          ACCEPTIVELY, CAN YOU BACK UP A LITTLE BIT SO YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY ACROSS, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY ACROSS. 
          SO HOW I DON'T SEE THE, I DON'T SEE THE, UH, HOW COULD YOU EFFICIENCY OF THAT. 
          IT'S GONNA IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC, UM, EAST, WEST, BUT IT'S, HOW ARE THE PEOPLE NOT SOUTH GO? IT'S GO NORTH SOUTH. 
          YEAH, I, I UNDERSTAND. 
          UH, HOW CAN YOU GET FROM ONE ANGLE? THE, THE QUESTION? SO YOU HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, THAT YOU COULD HAVE IS SO THAT IT WAS MENTIONED, UM, BEFORE, IS THERE A PEDESTRIAN OR OTHER TYPE OF CONNECTIVITY WE COULD MAKE, UH, THROUGH THIS AREA NOW VEHICULAR, UM, YOU'D BE ABLE TO GO TO AN ADJACENT SIGNAL TO THEN GO SOMEWHERE, TURN LEFT. 
          SO YOU HAVE A SIGNAL FOR, FOR MORGAN TRACT BETWEEN HERE AND JOHN SMITH. 
          UH, NOW YOU'RE TREK TOWARDS ARGENT IS A LONG WAY. 
          UM, BUT OUR, OUR VOLUMES FOR THAT, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE THIS OPTION PRIORITIZES THE MOVEMENTS ALONG 2 78. 
          'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WE GO THROUGH A CORRIDOR STUDY IS HOW DO WE PROGRESS 2 78? AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS LOOKING AT REDUCING SIGNAL PHASING AT THIS INTERSECTION. 
          OKAY. 
          RANDY, THERE WILL BE NO ABILITY TO GO FROM LATITUDE DIRECTLY. 
          NO, I'M SORRY, FROM LATITUDE TO MID LEGS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THAT'S GONNA BE FINE. 
          YEAH, THAT COULD BE, AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE LONG, LONG TERM ISSUE, BUT WITH THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT ARE GONNA BE UP IN ARGENT UP THERE AND THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, LATITUDE, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN NOW THERE IS A LARGE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC THAT GOES ACROSS AT THAT INTERSECTION. 
          OUR ACCOUNTS FOR THAT WAS REALLY, REALLY LOW. 
          OH, REALLY, REALLY LOW. 
          WHEN DO YOU GUYS RUN THESE CONCEPT? SO WE CAN MAYBE  WELL YOU, YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE'S, THEY'RE GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY A GATED COMMUNITY TO A GATED COMMUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, EXCEPT FOR EVENTS, THERE'S NO REASON TO GO FROM HILTON HEAD LAKES TO MARGARITAVILLE, BUT MARGARITAVILLE DOESN'T HAVE GOLF COURSES. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THERE IS A REASON FOR MARGARITAVILLE PEOPLE TO GO TO HILTON. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, WE, WHEN YOU GET TO THIS LEVEL OF, OF, OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROGRESSION AND SIGNALS AND ALL THAT, YOU THEN HAVE TO START PRIORITIZING MOVEMENT. 
          SO THIS IS SAYING, SO 2035, SHORT TERM. 
          SHORT TERM, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT REALLY GOOD OPERATIONS. 
          NOW THE THINGS HAPPEN BY 2045, THIS COULD BE AN OPTION TO LOOK AT. 
          THIS ISN'T LIKE THIS IS EXACTLY A HUNDRED PERCENT WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN. 
          IT'S IF THINGS HAPPEN THE WAY WE'RE PROJECTING TO THIS IS AN OPTION TO KEEP PROGRESSION ALONG 2 78 AND ALSO HAVE YOUR SIGNALS OPERATE ACCEPTABLY. 
          NOW, UH, WHAT I DON'T SEE HERE IS ACCESS POINTS FROM THE 72 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL. 
          UM, SO I'LL REITERATE TO THAT POINT. 
          SO WHENEVER WE WERE, WHAT WE DO WITH THIS CORRIDOR STUDY IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE EXISTING INTERSECTIONS, INDIVIDUAL ACCESS POINTS TO DEVELOPMENTS. 
          WE CAN SHOW ON THE MAPS, BUT THEY'RE INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT WOULD COME BEFORE Y'ALL THAT HAVE ANY SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION. 
          THAT TYPE OF LEVEL OF WHAT THOSE LOOK LIKE, UH, WOULD BE THERE. 
          SO THE ONLY ONE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT HAS AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC 
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SIGNAL ALONG 2 78 IS MORGAN TRACKED AND THE, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL. 
          SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEIR TEAM AS WELL THAT THE FURNITURE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WANT TO SEE A SUPPLEMENTAL TO SEE IF THAT FRONTAGE ROAD, IF WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT IT FROM LATITUDES ALL THE WAY TO JOHN SMITH, WHICH THEY DON'T CONTROL THAT WHOLE PIECE. 
          SO I'LL SAY THAT. 
          BUT IF WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT, WHAT KIND OF VOLUMES CAN WE REALISTICALLY PULL OFF OF 2 78? UM, THEN THEIR TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WE WANT TO SEE IF THAT CAN REDUCE THEIR PHASING. 
          'CAUSE THE LESS PHASES WE HAVE ALONG 2 78, THE BETTER PROGRESSION WE HAVE. 
          SO THAT'S SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION WE'VE ASKED FROM THEIR TEAM. 
          SO ONCE AGAIN, THAT GOT TO THEM LAST WEEK. 
          SO THEY PROBABLY HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET BACK TO THAT YET. 
          BUT THAT'S SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THEY WOULD COME TO HARDY. 
          BILL MAYOR, THERE IS ALSO, UH, LEMME JUST FOLLOW UP, UH, STEVE, OKAY, THE, THERE'S ONE OTHER CONCEPT COMING AND THAT'S 20 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL ON THE HILTON HEAD. 
          LAKESIDE. 
          MM-HMM , WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE NEED FOR GOING FROM MARGARITAVILLE TO HILTON HUB LAKESIDE BECAUSE IF YOU DO PUT THAT COMMERCIAL, THAT 20 ACRES IN THERE, RIGHT? THAT A DIFFERENT POOL, THEN THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TODAY, BUT YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU HAVE 4,000, 6,000 HOMES GOING TO PLAY GOLF AND 20 ACRES OF ACTIVE COMMERCIAL THAT COULD CHANGE. 
          AND WE HAVE THOSE VOLUMES IN IN OUR MODELS AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE 72 ACRES OF ACTIVE COMMERCIAL AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. 
          IT'S, IT, WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL DEVELOP THAT, BUT OKAY, I'M THE DEVELOPER. 
          I HAVE THAT PROPERTY. 
          I'M OUT THERE BEATING THE BUSHES, TRYING TO GET, UH, TENANTS FOR THEIR, AND THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA SAY IS, WHAT'S MY ACCESS GONNA BE? UM, WELL WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR ACCESS IS GOING TO BE. 
          WELL, TENANT'S GONNA SAY, WELL THEN I'LL GO UP THE ROAD SOMEPLACE WHERE I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE THAT ACCESS. 
          WE'RE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT IF WE DON'T PLAN FOR THE ACCESS OUT OUT OF THE 20 ACRES ACROSS THE STREET AND THE 72 ACRES ON, UH, THE SOUTH SIDE AS WE PLAN AHEAD. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD AS A BUSINESSMAN. 
          A LONG TIME AGO I LEARNED IF CUSTOMERS COULDN'T GET INTO MY BUSINESS, THEY'LL GO DOWN THE STREET TO A PLACE THAT THEY CAN GET INTO. 
          SO I MEAN THESE TRAFFIC STUDIES, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT MIGHT BE MM-HMM. 
          . 
          UM, AND THAT'S PART OF THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS AS WELL IS THE FUTURE OF, OF OF WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT MIGHT BE. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE THESE ACCESS POINTS, WE WIDEN TO SIX LANES. 
          YOU HAVE YOUR NEW SIGNAL FROM OREGON TRACT. 
          WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO BE ABLE TO BUILD FRONTAGE ROADS TO CONNECT THESE SIGNALS. 
          'CAUSE THE LESS SIGNALS WE HAVE ON 2 78, THE BETTER PROGRESSION. 
          YEP. 
          THAT'S THE MORAL OF THE STORY. 
          SO IF YOU LOOK AT ANY ACCESS BETWEEN LATITUDES, MORGAN TRACK, JOHN SMITH, RIGHT? SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE HOPEFULLY THE ONLY THREE SIGNALS THAT ARE PERMITTED ON 2 78 IN THAT AREA SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN PROGRESSION. 
          OTHERWISE PEOPLE ARE JUST GONNA BE IN A LOG JAM ALONG 2 78. 
          ALL RIGHT, SO ARGENT, UM, SO THIS IS SHORT TERM 2035. 
          SO THERE'S THE ARGENT BOULEVARD CORRIDOR STUDY THAT LOOKS AT WIDENING ARGENT TO A FOUR LANE, UM, ROAD. 
          AND THAT, UH, IS NEEDING TO OCCUR VERY QUICKLY. 
          , UM, TO SAY THE LEAST. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, UM, WE HAVE, RIGHT NOW WHAT DOT'S WORKING ON IS A SAFETY PROJECT. 
          SO IT'S A VERY, VERY LIMITED BUDGET THAT THEY'VE GOT TO DO IMPROVEMENT. 
          SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND A SINGLE LEFT TURN LANE. 
          AND THEY'RE EXTEND, THE LEFT TURN IS THAT'S THERE TODAY FROM AR, OR SORRY FROM 2 78 ONTO ARGENT. 
          THEY'RE JUST GONNA LENGTHEN THE TURN LANE IN THAT MEETING THEY HAVE, UM, JUST TO STORE MORE VEHICLES. 
          SO, BUT WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED FOR THAT VOLUME THAT YOU'VE GOT ARE DUAL LEFTS NOW, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A RECEIVING LANE, YOU'VE ONLY GOT ONE LANE YEP. 
          ON ARGENT TODAY. 
          SO YOU NEED TO . 
          UM, AND SO SHORT TERM, UH, YOU HAVE, ONCE AGAIN WE'RE ASSUMING SHORT TERM THAT WE'D HAVE A A SIX LANE SECTION ON 2 78, BUT DUAL LEFTS ONTO TWO. 
          SO DUAL LEFTS HERE ONTO ARGENT AND, UH, DUAL RIGHTS OFF BECAUSE WHEN WE COULD DO A SIGNAL PHASING HERE, HAVE OUR DUAL LEFTS ON AND THAT SAME TIME OVERLAP 
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THE RIGHTS. 
          SO THESE ARE TWO VERY, VERY HEAVY, UH, MOVEMENTS. 
          FIVE, 600 VEHICLES PER HOUR MAKING THE MOVEMENTS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. 
          UM, JUST A THOUGHT. 
          YOU HAVE AUTONATION THERE AND I SEE WHERE THEY HAVE THAT NOW, UH, RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT FOR THEM AND ACROSS THE STREET THAT LEAVES THEM ONLY ONE DUAL ENTRANCE AND THAT'S BACK OVER THERE ON ORIGIN. 
          MM-HMM. 
          HMM. 
          UM, IF I WAS THEM, I'D BE SCREAMING LOUDLY ON THAT. 
          I WOULD, WOULD EXPECT THEM TO. 
          UM, I I MEAN I I DON'T  I WOULD EXPECT THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY HAVE FULL MOVEMENT NOW, BUT THEN YOU DON'T HAVE SIGNAL SPACING BETWEEN THESE TWO. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THEY PUT A SIGNAL, BUT PUT A SIGNAL THERE. 
          BUT WHAT YOU'LL HAVE IS THE AUTONATION PEOPLE THAT WANNA HEAD EAST, THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT OF THEIR TURN. 
          RIGHT. 
          THEY'RE GONNA GO DOWN TO THE FIRST CROSSOVER AND THEN LOOP AROUND AND THEN LOOP AROUND, WHICH CREATES AN, YOU'VE REMOVED THE DANGER FROM ONE INTERSECTION AND JUST SHIFTED IT BACK THE OTHER WAY. 
          WE HAVE NO LEFT TURNS AT THIS INTERSECTION. 
          NO, THEY'RE BUT THEY'RE GONNA COME OUT. 
          RIGHT. 
          BUT THEY'RE GONNA GO FURTHER WEST TO THE CROSSOVERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THOSE CROSSOVERS WITH THE WIDENING WILL NOT BE THERE ANYMORE. 
          UH, SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LATITUDE TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK EAST? NO, THEY GO OUT THE BACKSIDE AND JUMP ONTO ARGENT AND THEN AR INTO THE LIGHT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO THAT, THAT'S THEIR OPTION IF THEY WANT TO GO EAST REEDUCATION DRIVERS. 
          SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE LIGHT THAT'S CURRENTLY AT CBS ONCE THAT GOES? JUST THE ONE, JUST OFF SCREEN HERE? MM-HMM. 
          , IS THAT THE ONE THAT SERVES THE WALMART? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT IS CURRENTLY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH BUFORT COUNTY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT MOVING THAT LIGHT OVER TO, UH, NEW RIVER RIVER NEW RIVER NEW RIVER. 
          YEAH. 
          NEW RIVER . 
          BUT NOW THERE'S A COMPLICATION WITH THAT BEING THAT, UH, NEW RIVER'S PRIVATELY OWNED RIGHT NOW, SO. 
          GOTCHA. 
          SO THERE'S, BUT THAT'S SCREAMING LOUDLY THAT, UM, THAT STUDY IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW BY AECOM. 
          YES. 
          ACOM, THE AUTO TRANSPORTS CAN'T EVEN GET INTO THE AUTO MALL COMING ON THAT, THAT THAT'S A BEAUFORT COUNTY PROPOSAL. 
          AND I DON'T, IT HASN'T BEEN, IT HASN'T BEEN PROPERLY VETTED YET. 
          RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT THROUGH, IT'S NOT THROUGH ANY LEVELS. 
          THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE, THEY'RE STUDYING IT. 
          UM, SO THEN WHAT WE DO LONG TERM, SO REALLY THIS, THIS STILL HAS TO BE TRANSPARENT, HAS A LE LEVEL SERVICE F IN THE PMP TOWER BY 2045. 
          SO WHAT REALLY IS NEEDED IS AN INTERCHANGE AT THIS INTERSECTION. 
          THEN YOU CREATE A FLYOVER OVER THE TOP OF THE WALMART AND THEN YOU MOVE, YOU MOVE THE PROBLEM DOWN TO FLYING CARS. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL. 
          COOL. 
          BE LIKE THE JETSON. 
          YEAH. 
          IF WE HAD JET FLYING CARS AT THIS POINT, THAT WOULD HELP. 
          UM, YOU GOTTA RAISE THAT TRANSPORTATION FACTOR ABOUT DOLLAR DOLLAR. 
          YEAH. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT, UH, UH, A GRADE SEPARATED OPTION HERE. 
          'CAUSE THEN YOU JUST MOVE ALL OF THAT TRAFFIC VOLUME TO A NEXT SIGNAL DOWN, WHICH THEN WOULD JUST QUEUE BACK INTO TO ARGEN IF YOU HAD IT FREE FLOW AND YOU DON'T PROVIDE IT ANY GAPS. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR VOLUME NUMBERS FOR PROJECTED VOLUME NUMBERS FOR 2 78 FOR SAY AT, UH, 2045? DO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE ABOUT WHAT, 3000 CARS IN EACH DIRECTION GOING THROUGH. 
          AND THEN AT ARGENT YOU HAVE OVER LEFT OVER A THOUSAND LEFT TURNS. 
          THE UM, THE 2 78, THE LAST NUMBER I SAW WAS IN THE 30,000 IN TOTAL. 
          YES. 
          UH, DAILY TRAFFIC. 
          DAILY TRAFFIC. 
          WHAT'S, WHAT'S 24 LOOK LIKE? YEAH. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF HAND, BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NEARLY DOUBLING THAT, THAT DAILY NUMBER, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND BACKGROUND GROUP. 
          AND SO THAT'S IT FROM THE MITIGATION CONCEPTS THAT WE HAVE. 
          UM, AND THEN JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK, UH, THERE'S NO LIKE DATA ON THIS, BUT JUST QUICK, UM, TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, UM, INPUT THAT WE'VE GIVEN AND STANTEC'S GIVEN. 
          SO, SO SOUTH POINT AND MORGAN TRACK HAVE SUBMITTED ACTUAL TRAFFIC STUDIES TO STANTEC FOR REVIEW AND STANTEC PROVIDED COMMENTS AND WE'VE GIVEN COMMENTS TO BOTH. 
          UM, MORGAN TRACK HAS PROVIDED US A, A RESPONSE MEMO ON SOME OF THE STUFF THAT, UM, WE CAN LOOK THROUGH, UH, WITH THEM. 
          AND SO IS WEST AR BUT WEST AR THEY, WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTUAL TRAFFIC STUDY FROM THEM YET. 
          THE MITIGATION RESPONSIBILITY STUFF THAT WE'VE GIVEN THEM SO FAR 
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IS FROM AN EMAIL FROM THOMAS NUN. 
          SO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY CONFIRM EVERYTHING THROUGH A TRAFFIC STUDY. 
          UM, BUT A LOT OF, SO LIKE INDIVIDUAL TRAFFIC STUDY STUFF, UH, REALLY GOES THROUGH STANTEC AND STUART DAY'S REVIEW. 
          UM, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN THEIR VOLUMES AND PUT 'EM ON TO 2 78. 
          UH, LAST THING IS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING YOU ONLY HAVE? WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, I GIVE MY COMPLIMENTS TO STAFF TO YOU AND EVERYBODY WHO TOOK PART IN THIS. 
          UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THE COUNCIL HAS SAID IN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE COME UP THAT WE NEED THIS HOLISTIC VIEW, THIS 30,000 FOOT VIEW OF THE ENTIRE AREA. 
          'CAUSE WE CONSTANTLY SEE ONLY THE PIECE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT'S WORKING ON. 
          THIS IS OUTSTANDING. 
          MM-HMM. 
          YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OF, AND, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT, THAT ALL EVOLVE OVER TIME. 
          BUT, UM, THIS IS THE KIND OF HOLISTIC THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ON, ON THE PROJECT THIS SIZE. 
          SO MY COMPLIMENTS, MIKE TO YOU STAFF, THANK YOU. 
          YOU AND ALL THE DEVELOPERS WHO, WHO ARE, ARE PART OF THIS AND, AND, UH, WILL BE PART OF THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS, UH, A WONDERFUL PROJECT AND I I COMPLIMENT EVERYBODY. 
          DON'T MEAN TO KILL THE MESSENGER. 
          I'M JUST TRYING  RYAN, I MEAN YOU LOOK AT THIS NUMBER OF OF TRAFFIC VOLUMES. 
          I I CAN UNDERSTAND THERE BEING QUESTIONS OR RAISING YOUR EYEBROWS AT CERTAIN THINGS. 
          I I DO UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          UM, SCD, HE ALSO GAVE MATT A BIG KUDOS ON THIS, THAT THE APPRECIATED, UH, HARDY BILL LOOKING AT IT HOLISTICALLY TOO BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR APPROVAL PROCESS IS. 
          THEY, THEY DO NEED TO LOOK AT THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS THEMSELVES AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT SOMETHING IS GOING ON AS WELL. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO GOOD, GOOD, GOOD. 
          AND COLLABORATIVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VERY WELL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          NICE JOB. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL OUR PLATE JUST GOT FULLER. 
          UM, IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING? AND I KNOW THERE'S DEVELOPERS HERE. 
          UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US AS A COUNCIL AND THE QUESTIONS WE'VE RAISED? DID, UH, YOU WANT TO, YOU WANNA CHIME IN AND FIGHT BACK OR WE  YEAH, MAN MIGHT, BIG MOUTH. 
          HE WAS LOOKING AROUND AND RIGHT BEFORE HE RAISED THAT. 
          WE, WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO DO THIS. 
          UH, THIS IS NOT AN EASY TASK. 
          APPLAUD DYLAN, MATT, FOR TAKING THE, TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A HARD ISSUE TO SOLVE AND IT'S BEEN COMING FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UH, IT WILL BE A REGIONAL SOLUTION TO THIS. 
          IT TAKES A LOT OF, I KNOW A LOT OF POLITICAL MANEUVERING TO GET TO THAT POINT. 
          WE ARE, WE ALL APPRECIATE THOUGH, TO BE PART OF THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. 
          WE AS A DEVELOPMENT GROUP DO SUPPORT THIS AND WANNA LEND OUR SUPPORT AND HELP WHEREVER WE CAN. 
          WE KNOW THERE'S STILL A LONG WAY TO GO AND A LOT OF DETAILS TO GET THROUGH. 
          UH, WE JUST APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY REAL FEEDBACK AND WE, WE DO WANNA UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU ARE THINKING, WHAT THE REAL TRIGGER POINTS ARE. 
          WE UNDERSTAND. 
          AND I KNOW I WILL SAY ONE THING I HEARD TODAY, AND THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT, YOU KNOW, IN ENGINEERING TERMS, YOU SAY FAILURE FOR AN INTERSECTION, RIGHT? THAT'S AN ENGINEERING TERM. 
          THERE WILL BE SOME SHORT TERM, I WON'T SAY PAIN, BUT IT WILL, IT WILL BE UNCOMFORTABLE, RIGHT? THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DELAYS, BUT THAT'S HOW A MUNICIPALITY GROWS. 
          THAT'S JUST MY TAKE ON IT, RIGHT? SO JUST, HEY, HOPE YOU TAKE THAT AND ACCEPT THAT. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA BE AN EASY DECISION WHEN WE COME FORWARD WITH THESE PROPOSALS. 
          UM, AND, AND AGAIN, IF WE WANT TO, WE WANNA BE PART OF THAT SOLUTION. 
          SO JUST, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, PLEASE LET US KNOW AND GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS. 
          WE WANT SOME OF, WE WANT THAT INPUT TOO TO BE ABLE TO, TO DEVELOP. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE NOT AND WE, WE, WE ARE AS A DEVELOPMENT ENTITY, WE ARE, WE ARE ANXIOUS TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          AND WE DO HAVE PROPOSALS WE'VE GOTTEN FINALIZED THAT ARE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW THAT, THAT WE KNOW YOU HAD TO GET TO THIS POINT. 
          SO WE JUST ASK THAT WE'VE MOVED FORWARD WITH THESE AND AGAIN, COME UP WITH A, YOU KNOW, COHESIVE SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. 
          I'LL ALSO SAY AND MIKE SAID IT EARLIER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REAL SOLUTION IS, BUT I KNOW ALL OF YOU ON COUNCIL WORKING THROUGH EXIT THREE AND THE STIP GRANT, THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE, THAT'S GONNA BE A HUGE PART OF THIS SOLUTION TOO. 
          SO SOONER THAT CAN, I KNOW , THE SOONER WE CAN DO THAT. 
          AND I DID WANT TO THROW ONE LAST THING OUT THERE, 'CAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON ORIGIN JOHN SMITH. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT'S A BIG ISSUE TOO. 
          EVERYBODY IS AWARE THAT THAT BRIDGE REPLACEMENT THAT'S HAPPENING ON JOHN SMITH IS ONLY TWO LANES, RIGHT? UH, ANY LOBBY YOU COULD DO, IT'S PROBABLY TOO LATE TO SAY TOO MUCH. 
          BUT ANY LOBBY IN THE DOT TO ASK WHY NOT FOR, JUST WANNA THROW THAT OUT THERE. 
          I THINK THE, THE ANSWER, THE POINT, THE WIDENING OF JOHN SMITH WROTE WAS ON THE, UH, LIST 
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OF THE SALES TAX REFERENDUM. 
          UH, BUT THE LIST HAD MORE MONEY THAN THEY EXPECT TO RAISE. 
          SURE. 
          SO IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM, THE FOUR LANE WIDENING OF JOHN SMITH I RECOMMEND COMES OFF BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, IT'S NOT THE TOP PRIORITY. 
          AND NUMBER TWO, UM, IT IS THERE'S OTHER SOLUTIONS THAT PERHAPS THE DEVELOPERS NEED TO PARTAKE IN. 
          UNTIL WE GET THAT DOWN, I THINK THAT WIDENING IS NOT AS URGENT AS, LET'S SAY, AR OR 2 78. 
          UH, THERE ARE PRIORITIES TO THIS. 
          NOW I DO SHORTSIGHTED JOHN SMITH, WE HAVE A SCHOOL AND A REC CENTER. 
          DON'T WANNA BE TOO SHORTSIGHTED ABOUT IS ALL. 
          AND I KNOW YOU'RE NOT, THERE'S YEAH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          AND IT'S, IT'S WAY TOO LATE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COST OVERRUNS THAT DO T'S FACING WITH EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW. 
          I THAT'S, YES. 
          YEAH. 
          MR. JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED IS THE IMPACT, THE FUTURE IMPACT, UH, AND THIS LEADS INTO THE JOHN SMITH ROAD DISCUSSION OF THE SPINE ROAD FROM MORGAN. 
          YOU KNOW, IN 2045, PRESUMABLY, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE A FULL FOUR LANE SPINE ROAD THAT'LL LEAD FROM 2 78 TO 46. 
          I THINK JOHNS DID YOUR STUDY IN THAT. 
          WE, WE DO, WE DO HAVE THAT CONSIDERATION IN THERE AS WELL OF JUST VOLUME. 
          WE HAVE IN THE STUDY WE HAVE REDUCTIONS FOR A POTENTIAL FUTURE BLUFFTON PARKWAY EXTENSION. 
          WE HAVE CONNECTIONS TO 46. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS IN THERE THAT LOOKED AT DRAWING VOLUMES AWAY FROM 2 78. 
          AND WE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THE TRANSITION BACK TO THE TWO LANES OVER JOHN, OVER I 95 ON JOHN SMITH. 
          SO I'VE GOTTA BE HONEST, WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THAT SECTION. 
          WE'VE LITERALLY LOOKED AT, 'CAUSE JOHN SMITH, THE INTERSECTION IS IN OUR STUDY AREA. 
          THE ACTUAL ROAD OF JOHN SMITH IS OUTSIDE OF, OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          'CAUSE WE'RE REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON 2 78. 
          WHAT THAT INTERSECTION WITH 17 IS IN YOUR OTHER STUDY THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE THAT THAT YEAH, THAT I'LL TELL THE STORY. 
          I'M JUST SAY THAT THAT JUST TO CLOSE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN THERE AND MAYBE THAT ALLEVIATES SOME OF THAT CONCERN. 
          YEAH. 
          'CAUSE WE DO HAVE THESE RELIEF OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT. 
          YEAH. 
          THROUGHOUT. 
          'CAUSE FOLKS NOW GO DOWN JOHN SMITH. 
          OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO DOWNTOWN, RIGHT? SOON YOU'LL HAVE, OR AT SOME POINT YOU'LL HAVE TWO OR THREE OTHER OPTIONS. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          DOES THE, THE LATITUDE MARGARITAVILLE SPINE ROAD, DOES THAT ALSO GO DOWN IN INDEPENDENTLY TO 46? SO, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S TWO OTHER JOHN SMITH ROAD OPPORTUNITIES TO GET TO WHERE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT GOING. 
          YEAH. 
          BUT YEAH, THE LATITUDES IS GATED. 
          IT WON'T BE THAT'S FINE. 
          ROAD WON'T BE ACCEPTED. 
          NOT SO MAYBE JUST MORGAN. 
          BUT ANYWAY, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THERE ARE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. 
          SO WE HAVE PRODUCTIONS AND, AND VOLUMES FOR THOSE, THOSE SITUATIONS. 
          RIGHT. 
          TO AND TO YOUR POINT, I THINK OUR SPINE ROAD, WHEN THAT GETS PUT IN, THAT WILL BE THE NEW CUT THROUGH. 
          I MEAN IT WILL TAKE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC OFF OF JOHN SMITH, LIKE YOU SAID, I DON'T HAVE MUCH, BUT WE KNOW THAT. 
          GREAT. 
          THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. 
          AND THERE, THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE CONNECTIONS THERE'S SOME MITIGATION THAT MARTINVILLE PLANTED 46 AND ANOTHER EXIT OUT THAT BACK WAY. 
          AND PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX LISTING IS THE WIDENING OF THAT WHOLE CARTER 1 70, 46, 3 15. 
          THAT WHOLE CARTER IS ON THE TRANSPORTATION SALES TAX LIST FOR WIDENING. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SEEING WHAT MORGAN PLANNING, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GONNA BE HOPEFULLY OTHER OPTIONS AT LEAST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THAT WAY. 
          MM-HMM  IT WON'T, WON'T BE AN OPTION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING I 95 NORTH OR WANT TO GO EAST TO, TO HILTON AT. 
          BUT THERE THERE'LL BE OTHER OPTIONS. 
          TO YOUR POINT, KEVIN, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. 
          THIS WAS TERRIFIC. 
          A COMPLIMENTS TO EVERYBODY AND PARTICIPATED AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MET TO GET TO THIS POINT PREVIOUSLY A COUPLE TIMES. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANKS Y'ALL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY COUNSEL, WE ARE NOT FINISHED THE UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK EVERYBODY TO VACATE THIS WHAT WE CALL I KNOW POWER. 
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I SAW YOUR EARS EXTENSION. 
          YEAH, ME TOO. 
          I WAS LIKE, HMM. 
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ANYWAY, 
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WE 
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THANK 
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Y'ALL 
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FOR 
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BEING 
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HERE. 
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IT 
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MEANS 
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A 
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LOT. 
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UM, 
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I 
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DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT ANY OLD HEARTED GIRL FOLKS FROM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, OLD, OLD VILLE FOLKS HERE. 
          I SEE SOMETHING IN THE BACK. 
          SEE SHERRY BACK THERE IN THE BACK AND SOME OTHER, ANYWAY, I, THIS TRADITION GOES BACK A LONG WAY. 
          IT'S MOVED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER IT USED TO BE AT THE TRAIN BY THE OLD CITY HALL AND IT USED TO BE ON MAIN STREET IN ONE OF THE MEDIANS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF EVOLVED, BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS. 
          AND UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          AND AS STEVE SAID, UH, HARDY, UM, IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST IT'S GROWING. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 
          WE ARE THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING CITY. 
          AND IF YOU OUT THERE ON UH, 2 78 OR NINE FIVE, ESPECIALLY NOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING, YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD HOLIDAY AND, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          YOU . 
          UH, I, I SPEAK KID. 
          AND THAT SAYS, SO EXCITED FOR THIS TO GET STARTED. 
          AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. 
          IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SUGAR. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY A QUICK SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO MY NEW FRIEND ANDREA, WHO IS JOINING US HERE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. 
          SHE IS AN INTERN AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL SMALL TREASURES THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW. 
          SO SHE'LL COME AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT REAL QUICKLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER PASSING OUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SOME OF OUR VE GUIDES AND ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT JOBS, THE HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES. 
          SO EVERYBODY GIVE HER A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          WELCOME MAN HER TO HARVILLE. 
          LET HER KNOW HOW WELCOMING WE ARE. 
          ANDREA, COME SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          SO YES, MY NAME IS ANDREA. 
          I AM A NEW INTERN AT THE SAVANNAH WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 
          WE ARE JUST A LITTLE WAYS AWAY. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, THERE IS A DRIVE YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A SHORT LITTLE THREE MILE OR SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CAR AND SEE ALLIGATORS, ALL KINDS OF BIRDS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR VISITOR CENTER OVER THERE YOU CAN SEE AND LEARN ALL ABOUT OUR REFUGE. 
          I AM HERE HELPING OUT WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AT HARDY BILL. 
          I'M HOPING TO TRY TO START MORE EVENTS HERE AND GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE TODAY AND HOPING TO START THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR YOU THAT YOU WANT. 
          'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE REASON WE ARE HERE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN GIVING THE WONDERFUL HONOR OF BEING ABLE 
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TO GIVE OUR CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. 
          IT DID TAKE ME A WHILE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 
          I AM IN AWE OF THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND THAT WE WORK IN. 
          SO I, I WAS SITTING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT CAN I SAY? AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THOSE LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THOSE POSTS AND ON THE STREET LIGHTS. 
          AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT WE SEE ON THE BUSHES VERSUS THE LIGHTS ON THE STREET SIGNS VERSUS THE LIGHTS THAT WE'LL SEE ON, ON CHRISTMAS TREE. 
          BUT THEY ALL TWINKLE AND THEY'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ALL BRING A BEAUTIFUL WARMTH. 
          AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW HARDY VILLAGE IS MORE THAN JUST A LOCATION ON THE MAP. 
          GRANTED, WE ARE GROWING ON THIS MAP. 
          IT'S A COMMUNITY, IT'S A TAPESTRY THAT'S WOVEN WITH THREATS OF DIVERSITY THAT MAKE US UNIQUE FROM DIFFERENT RACES, AGES, AND WALKS OF LIFE TO VARY LANGUAGES,  AND RELIGIONS. 
          EACH OF US CONTRIBUTES SOMETHING SPECIAL, CREATING A RESILIENCE AND BEAUTIFUL WHOLE. 
          IT MAKES ME THINK OF THE BEAUTIFUL CROCHET BLANKETS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD DISPLAY ON  ON CHRISTMAS. 
          AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE BRIGHT COLORS, HOW DIFFERENT THEY WERE, THE PATTERNS. 
          AND IT ALL JUST ADDED TO THAT BEAUTY THAT THE , YOU KNOW, OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND THIS COMMUNITY, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, WE FIND UNITY. 
          WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF HARVILLE FOR GENERATIONS LIKE THE CARROLL'S, OR YOU RECENTLY BECAME A RESONANT, WHETHER YOU'RE A RETIREE FROM UP NORTH OR COLLEGE STUDENT SHAPING YOUR FUTURE AT USCB OR TCL, WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE AS A CITY. 
          WE WITNESSED INCREDIBLE UNITY THIS YEAR FROM THE YOUNGEST FACES THAT WE SEE HERE, EXCITED AND COVERED IN ICING TO OUR SEASONED SOULS WHO HAVE SEEN GENERATIONS AND PULL BEFORE THEM, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU HAVE COME TOGETHER IN REMARKABLE WAYS. 
          YOUR GENEROSITY HAS ILLUMINATED OUR TOWN, LIKE OUR SPARKLING LIGHTS HAVE ADORNED OUR STREETS AND SOON OUR TREE. 
          AND THIS YEAR, UM, BEING IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, I GOT TO REALLY SEE HOW YOU ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          NOT ONLY FOR US, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR EACH OTHER, WE'VE SEEN YOU ALL DONATE CANDY, DONATE YOUR TIME FOR DECORATING TRUNKS, FOR COMING OUT TO THE EASTER EVENTS. 
          EVEN JUST TAGGING OTHER FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AND LETTING THEM KNOW OF OUR EVENTS. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO SHIP SUPPORT TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO COME UP FOR ONE ANOTHER DURING HARD TIMES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US, DESPITE OUR GROWING RIGHT TO KEEP THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL SMALL TOWN VALUES THAT MAKE CARDVILLE HARVILLE. 
          YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF US HOLDING ON TO THOSE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS AND VALUES THAT SEEM TO BE SLIPPING AWAY FROM SOCIETY'S MAINSTREAM. 
          BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE THANK YOU DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          WE, WE THANK YOU THROUGH THOSE COLLECTIVE GESTURES THAT WE'VE WITNESSED BECAUSE YOU TRULY MAKE THE MAGIC OF PARTY BILL HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY RALLIES TOGETHER AROUND ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO NOW AS WE SIT HERE SURROUNDED BY THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I INVITE US TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE SEASON. 
          IN THE TIMELESS WORTH OF AGNES AND PAGO. 
          CHRISTMAS IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE WARMTH OF THE MEMORIES WE HOLD DEAR. 
          SUMMON THE COURAGE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THIS PRESENT AND EMBRACE THE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AS A STAFF MEMBER, CITY MEMBER, TEAM MEMBER OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO EACH AND SINGLE ONE OF YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY, . 
          AND TOGETHER WE CREATE A STORY THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS FROM THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. 
          HARMONIOUS MELODY EMERGES A SONG OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AND SHARED JOY. 
          ONE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES WE'LL HEAR TONIGHT AND THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR LIVES. 
          LET US NOT FORGET THE PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOMENT, BUT THE LIGHTS TWINKLE ABOVE US TO BE A REMINDER THAT EACH ONE OF US IS A BEACON CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLLECTIVE BALANCE OF OUR TOWN. 
          SO LET'S CHERISH THE UNITY THAT DEFINES US, THE SPIRIT THAT BINDS US, AND THE LOVE THAT SUSTAIN US. 
          WE WISH YOU ALL A CHRISTMAS BUILD WITH MAGIC OF UNITY AND WARMTH OF THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO UP NEXT, NOW THAT I HEARD MYSELF TALK, THAT WAS A LOT , LET'S BRING OVER OUR FRIENDS FROM THE THE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS FROM CHARLESTON. 
          WHERE ARE OUR CHARLESTON CHRISTMAS CAROLERS? WE ARE READY FOR SOME MUSIC AND SOME CHRISTMAS MAGIC. 
          ENJOY IT. 
          BECOME A ING AMONG THE LEAVES OF GREEN. 
          HERE WE COME. 
          A ONE DREAMS OF FAIR TO BE SEEN. 
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LORD JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU. 
          YOU WHAT OF TO AND GOD BLESS YOU. 
          AND INSTEAD YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOD SEND YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          WE ARE THE DAILY BAG OF THE BED FROM DOOR TO DOOR. 
          BUT WE ARE NEIGHBORS. 
          CHILDREN YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE, LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU OUT TO, AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SAID YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          AND GOD SAID, YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          GOOD MASTER. 
          AND TO MR. SON, YOU SIT BESIDE THE FIRE. 
          WE THINK OF US FOR CHILDREN WHO WANDER IN THE BOX, LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO HEAR YOUR ONESELF TO AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU HAPPY. 
          NEW AND HAPPY. 
          NEXT THE OF FOLLOW OF THE SEASON TWO, BE FOLLOW THE OF THE DON'T BE OUR OF THE ANCIENT. 
          YOU SEE THE BLAZING BEAUTY FOREST FOLLOW. 
          STRIKE THE HUNT AND JOIN. 
          THE COURAGE WILL BE IN TREASURE. 
          THAT'S THE WAY THE SOUL GATHER. 
          HE WIND FROM. 
          THIS IS A SONG JINGLE BELLS. 
          RIGHT? AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SING ALONG. 
          DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME BELLS? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PLAY SOME BELLS WITH THEM? YEP. 
          SHE WOULD. 
          AND ANYBODY LIKE TO BE A A JINGLE BELL REINDEER? WELL, THERE'S NO ON IT, BUT ANYBODY OH, THIS GUY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN YOU STAND UP AND JINGLE WITH ME? I'LL JINGLE AND YOU JINGLE ALONG WITH ME. 
          UH, HI. 
          WE'RE GONNA DASH THROUGH SOME SNOW. 
          OH, WE GOT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY COMING TO DO THIS? OH MY. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          AWESOME. 
          GOOD. 
          NEXT TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, NEXT. 
          HEY BUDDY, YOU WANNA DO IT? OKAY. 
          YOU DO IT WITH ME JUST LIKE THAT THE WHOLE TIME. 
          OKAY, READY? HERE. 
          I'LL SHOW YOU FIRST REAL QUICK. 
          HERE WE ARE. 
          READY. 
          DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW. 
          ANYONE FOOT TO TODAY FOR THE FIELD? NOTHING ON THE WAY BUILT UP GREEN. 
          MAKE IT SPIRIT, RIGHT? BUT MONEY IS TO WRITING A SL ON TONIGHT. 
          JINGLE DO JINGLE DOUCH JINGLE ALL THE WAY OR WHAT MONEY IS TO RIDING ONE NORTH UP INSIDE. 
          JINGLE BE JINGLE BELL. 
          JINGLE. 
          OH MY THOUGHT IT TO RIGHT AND A ONE HORSE OPEN FLAG. 
          I THOUGHT I'D TAKE GO PRIDE. 
          AND TWO, MISS ANNIE PRIDE WAS SEEN BY SIDE. 
          THE HORSE WAS CLEAN AND LENGTH. 
          MISFORTUNE WAS AS FAR, HE GOT INTO A AND WE GOT F**K. 
          OH TINGLES DOW TINGLE DO TINGLES YOU ONE OR OPEN SLED TINGLE. 
          DO TINGLES, DO TINGLES. 
          ALL OVER IS TO RIDING IN A ONE OPEN SL. 
          NOW THE GROUND IS WHITEBOARD YOUR YOUNG. 
          TAKE THE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SING THE SONG TO SKI UP, UP BACK 2 44 SPEED AND HIT YOU TO AN OPEN PLAY AND CRACK AND TAKE THE LEAD. 
          JINGLE DOWN, JINGLE DOWN JINGLES DOWN TO IN ONE MORE OPEN PLAY. 
          JINGLE, JINGLE, JINGLE. 
          ALL WAY TO IN. 
          ONE MORE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL DOWN GET. 
          SO THIS SONG IS AN OLD ONE. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER SUNG IN THE CORNER, MAYBE IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE SANG A GOOD PIECE CALLED HAR, THE 
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CHRISTMAS DOG ONCE TO HEAR WORDS OF THE CHEER FROM EVERY DOWN IN THE AIR, WHILE PEOPLE SEE CALM OF THE CHEER. 
          CHRIS CRISP, DING DING, DINGING THE OF THE CHAIR FROM EVERYWHERE FELL. 
          THE THE, THE RING, THE CHAIR. 
          CHRISTMAS ON THE WORLD WITH A FAVORITE, IF YOU KNOW IT, SING OF THE W. 
          OKAY, JOY TO THE WORLD. 
          TO THE WORLD. 
          WHATEVER. 
          HEART. 
          HEAVEN IN NATURE AND HEAVEN IN NATURE. 
          HEAR THE WHEN MEN, THE SONGS AND FORTH FOR FIELD AND FALL. 
          WHAT FIELD AND PLAY SOMETHING ENJOY. 
          HE ENJOY THE JOY. 
          HE GROWS THE WORLD IN TRUTH AND GRACE AND MAKES A NATION FOR THE LORD HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIS AND HIS HIS SILENT AT NIGHT. 
          HOW MANY HAVE HEARD THAT ONE? THE CHURCH MUSIC DIRECTOR WAS PLANNING A PIECE WITH ORGAN AND CHOIR AND THEN ORGAN BROKE. 
          SO MICE GOT IN THE WIRES AND CHEWED HIM UP. 
          SO IT WAS KIND OF A SILENT CHOIR NUMBER, BUT HE THOUGHT A GUITAR TO PLAY ALONG 
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ALL WHILE THE HOLY PUT UP THE TREE. 
          BE FOR MY MAY, FALL AGAINST YOU LOVE THE STAR KING. 
          I RUSHING THINGS FIRST. 
          TAKE THE HALLS AGAIN. 
          KNOCK. 
          OR LITTLE CHRISTMAS LIKE THIS. 
          VERY MINUTE. 
          CANDLES IN THE WINDOW. 
          CAROL, THE SPIN. 
          JUST THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS, RIGHT? VERY MINUTE IT HASN'T. 
          SO FURY PRIDE IS STRINGED UP LIKE THE LEY SLICE OF THE QUET. 
          THIS TIME WE HUNT SOME PENCIL ON THAT EVERGREEN BALL GO RIGHT, GROWN A LITTLE LEAN GROWN A LITTLE CORNER GROWN A LITTLE FEATHER THROWING A LITTLE OLDER. 
          AND I NEED A LITTLE ANGEL STANDING ON MY SHOULDER. 
          NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW FOR WE NEED A LITTLE MUSIC. 
          WE NEED A LITTLE HA HA HA HA HA HA. 
          NEED A LITTLE SINGING. 
          BRING IT THROUGH THE RAFTER AS WE NEED A LITTLE SNAPPY, HAPPY EVER AFTER. 
          WE NEED A LITTLE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          SO I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES FROM LAST YEAR AND THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE FROM LAST YEAR KNOW WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT IT IS TO HEAR THEM. 
          NOT ONLY ARE THEY WONDERFUL TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY GO FULLY INTO THE ART OF MUSIC AND EMBODYING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS DOWN TO THE ATTIRE. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ONES THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR KNEW THEY HAD TO LISTEN TO ME SAYING. 
          AND THAT WAS ROUGH. 
          SO MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ME TOO. 
          YOU, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HEAR IT THIS YEAR. 
          UH, SO MOVING ON, UH, WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL MRS. MARY KAY HOR WHO WILL BE HAVING STORY TIME READING OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY WITH ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          SO MS. HORTON, IF YOU COULD COME ON UP, WE ARE READY. 
          AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES TO COME ON UP AND SIT AROUND. 
          MISS MARY KAY AS SHE GETS READY TO READ THE STORY. 
          NOT ONLY THE LITTLE ONES, BUT ALSO THE KIDS AT HEART. 
          OKAY, GOOD EVENING. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS. 
          WHO'S EXCITED FOR SANTA CLAUS? ME. 
          AWESOME. 
          OH, ARE WE READY? IT WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS WENT ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE. 
          NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING, NOT EVEN A MOUSE. 
          THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE IN HOPES THAT ST. 
          NICHOLAS SOON WOULD BE THERE. 
          THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS. 
          WHILE VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS DANCED IN THEIR HEAD. 
          AND MAMA AND HER KERCHIEF AND I AND MY CAP HAD JUST SETTLED DOWN FOR A LONG WINTER'S NAP, WENT OUT ON THE LAWN THERE ROSE SUCH A CLATTER. 
          I SPRAINED FROM MY BED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER. 
          I AWAY TO THE WINDOW. 
          I FLEW LIKE A FLASH, TORE OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND THREW UP THE SASH. 
          THE MOON ON THE BREAST OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW GAVE THE LUSTER OF MIDDAY TO THE OBJECTS BELOW. 
          WHEN, WHAT 
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DO MY WONDERING? EYES SHOULD APPEAR. 
          PUT A MINIATURE SLEIGH AND A TINY REINDEER. 
          A LITTLE OLD DRIVER. 
          SO LIVELY AND QUICK. 
          I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT MUST BE ST. 
          NICK MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES. 
          OF COURSE. 
          AS THEY CAME, HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED AND CALLED THEM BY NAME. 
          NOW DASHER, NOW DANCER. 
          NOW DONNA AND VIXEN ON TOP, COMET ON CUPID ON DONNER AND BLIXEN TO THE TOP OF THE PORCH TO THE TOP OF THE WALL. 
          NOW DASHER AWAY, DASHER AWAY. 
          DASH AWAY. 
          ALL AS DRIVE LEAVES. 
          BEFORE THE WILD HURRICANE FLY, THEY WERE MET WITH THE OBSTACLE MOUNT TO THE SKY. 
          SO UP TO THE HOUSETOP, THE COURSE A FLEW WITH A LITTLE SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS AND ST. 
          NICHOLAS TOO. 
          AND THEN IN A TWINKLING I HEARD ON THE ROOF THE PRANCING AND PAWING OF EACH TINY HOOF. 
          AS I DREW IN MY HEAD AND WAS TURNING AROUND DOWN THE CHIMNEY, ST. 
          NICHOLAS CAME WITH A BOW. 
          HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN FUR FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT. 
          AND HIS CLOTHES WERE ALL TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SOOT. 
          A BUNDLE OF TOYS HE FLUNG ON HIS BACK. 
          HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACK, HIS EYES, HOW THEY TWINKLED HIS DIMPLES. 
          HOW MARY HIS CHEEK WERE, WERE LIKE ROSES AND HIS NOSE LIKE A CHERRY. 
          HIS DROLL LITTLE MOUTH WAS DRAWN UP LIKE A BOW. 
          AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW. 
          THE STUMP OF THE PIPE HE HELD IN HIS TEETH AND THE SMOKE AND CIRCLED HIS HEAD LIKE A RE HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY AND IT SHOOK. 
          WHEN HE LAUGHED LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY, HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMP. 
          A RIGHT JELLY O ELF. 
          AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF, A WINK OF HIS EYE AND A TWIST OF HIS HEAD SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD. 
          HE SPOKE NOT A WORD, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORK. 
          HE FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS AND TURNED WITH A JERK. 
          THAT'S SOPHIA LAYING A FINGER SIDE OF HIS NOSE AND GIVING A KNOT AT THE CHIMNEY. 
          HE ROSE, HE SPRAINED TO HIS SLEIGH, TO HIS TEEN, GAVE A WHISTLE AND AWAY THEY ALL FLEW LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE. 
          BUT I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM AS HE DROVE OUTTA SIGHT. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT. 
          HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT? OH, THAT IS A CLASSIC STORY AND WE LOVE HEARING IT. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT IT. 
          WELL, LITTLE ONES DON'T MOVE. 
          WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          I'M GONNA WELCOME OUR MAYOR HARRY WILLIAMS, TO COME AND HELP US DO THE COUNTDOWN. 
          WE WILL START COUNTING BACK BACKWARDS FROM 3, 2, 1. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE MAYOR WILLIAMS DO THIS. 
          IS EVERYBODY READY FOR SANTA CLAUS? YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CAME TO HEAR, RIGHT? YOU WANNA SEE SANTA CLAUS? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE TO LISTEN FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          IS EVERYBODY LISTENING FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS? I NEED SOME HELP. 
          WHEN YOU HEAR THE SLEIGH BELLS, THEN I HAVE TO START COUNTING YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1. 
          WILLIAMS, DO YOU HEAR THAT? I THINK I HEAR SOMETHING. 
          YOU HEAR THAT? NO. 
          NO. 
          OH, LISTEN. 
          REAL CLOSE. 
          LISTEN. 
          REAL CLOSE. 
          IT'S THE SINGING THAT IS THEIR SLEIGH BELLS. 
          I I CAN HEAR THEM. 
          THAT ALL IS NEAR 
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SANTA. 
          MUST HAVE HIT A CHRISTMAS. 
          ARE RING CHRISTMAS ARE RING IF THE TREE IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND MY TEAM WANTED TO COME, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S RARE. 
          TEENAGE WANNA HANG WITH THEIR MOM, SO I BETTER DO IT. 
           COULD. 
          DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT COMING OUT AND HANGING OUT TONIGHT? ? I REALLY LIKE THE COOKIES. 
          , TYPICAL TEAM . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY? UM, JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. 
          NOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT COMING OUT HERE AND SEEING THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SANTA AND ALL THESE THINGS? I THINK IT, IT IS A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
          GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY LIKE BRYCE. 
          WE ALL COME OUT HERE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME EVERY YEAR. 
          THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR. 
          THESE LIGHTS WE STARTED WHEN, UM, I BECAME MAYOR IN 2016. 
          AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. 
          UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SENT THE FLYER OUT TO ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. 
          AND THEN THEY CHOOSE A HOUSE LIKE THIS ONE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA DROP THE TOYS. 
          UM, THEN I PUT A SCHEDULE TOGETHER AND WE'RE ON TIME AND, UM, AND, AND WE PICK UP AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SORT, AND TOMORROW THERE'S WRAPPING AND FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL GET AT LEAST ONE TOY. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW AND IT IS KIND OF FUNNY THAT IT ALL SHOWS UP AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          BUT I PUT OUT OUR FINAL CALL THIS WEEKEND AND THE NUMBER OF TOYS QUADRUPLED. 
          SO WE HAD A LOT OF TOYS AND WE JUST HAVE A REALLY GOOD GIVING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          DOES THIS HELP YOU TO GET IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT AS WELL? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT IT'S NICE NOW TO HAVE SOME ROOM IN MY HOUSE. 
          'CAUSE I'VE HAD A BIG ROOM FULL OF TOYS. 
          , IT'S VERY EASY TO GET THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER. 
          THEY, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CHARITABLE. 
          THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR COLLECTING FOR THIS GROUP, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER. 
          I'M AMAZED. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TOYS JUST KEEP COMING AND COMING AND COMING. 
          IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          AND JUST, WE DO IT ALL FOR THE KIDS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 
          IT REALLY IS OUR WONDERFUL, UH, EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW MUCH THE PEOPLE GIVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY YEAR, BUT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY CARE AND HOW GENEROUS THEY ARE. 
          WE'RE UP TO 19 NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THAT'S HOW MANY WE COLLECT FROM. 
          THAT'S THE, THE MOST WE'LL HAVE RIGHT HERE ON THIS SIDE. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. 
          BUT 19 NEIGHBORHOODS FULL OF TRUCKLOADS OF TOYS, WHICH IS, IT'S CRAZY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO NICE TO SEE A, A TRUCK FULL OF TOYS FOR KIDS WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEM. 
          AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF THE, OUT OF CRAZY TO, TO GET THIS DONE. 
          IT REALLY IS AMAZING. 
           GREAT. 
          MAYA. 
          ISN'T THAT FUN? DID YOU HAVE FUN PUTTING THE TOYS AWAY? 
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WHY'D YOU DECIDE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS? IT BRINGS ME JOY AND I, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BRING THE KIDS A LOT OF JOY. 
          NOW IS THIS YOUR FIRST YEAR DOING THIS? YES. 
          AND UM, HOW DID THEY GET YOU TO DO THIS ? DID THEY JUST EASILY, MY FRIEND SAID THEY WERE GONNA BUY ME LUNCH, SO I SAID I'M, I'M IN . 
          AND NOW YOU SAID THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE GONNA TEAR THROUGH IT IN A SECOND, RIGHT? THEY'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THESE KIDS. 
          REALLY NICE KIDS. 
          A MAGICAL LET'S AMAZING BLESSING. 
          WE HAVE 15 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING STUFF FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          SO THIS LIKE SOLVES THE PROBLEM FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FAMILIES THAT WILL COME IN THAT NEED THINGS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST AMAZING. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH A BLESSING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE FAMILIES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME AND WORK FOR OUR KIDS. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL. 
          I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE FACES OF KIDS THROUGH THE EYES OF SANTA AND IT IS THE MOST WONDERFUL FEELING, UH, TO SEE THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY GET A PRESENT. 
          IT, IT'S JUST, THEY'RE SO, IT, IT'S AMAZING. 
          IT'S WHAT, IT'S WHAT THE JOY OF THE SEASON IS ALL ABOUT. 
          I AM ELATED. 
          THIS IS AMAZING. 
          I'M SO EXCITED. 
          UM, THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR AND EVERY TIME THIS YEAR, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR COMES AROUND AND WE GET TO PASS OUT THE TOYS TO ALL THE CHILDREN, IT'S JUST A JOY TO SEE THEIR SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND THEY'LL THANK ME FOR IT. 
          AND IT'S NOT ME. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CITY OF PARKVILLE. 
          SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AT HARVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY STRUGGLES, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING THROUGH A STRUGGLE THIS, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON? IT, IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE, UM, THE STUDENTS, THEY WALK BY AND THEY SEE THE GIFTS IN THE ROOM. 
          AND THERE'S CERTAIN KIDS THAT EVEN AFTER THE GIFTS ARE GIVEN TO THEM, THEY'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND THEY'LL SAY THANK YOU. 
          THERE ARE A FEW STUDENTS THAT WILL COME BY AND SAY THANK YOU. 
          AND THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          JUST THE FACT THAT THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD, UM, YOU KNOW, TELL THE SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          SOME OF OUR, THIS IS A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, SO, UM, THERE'S SOME STRUGGLES WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES. 
          SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT, UM, HARVILLE THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND THE STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAD SO MANY GENEROUS GIFTS FROM SUN CITY, MARGARITAVILLE, HILTON LAKES, RIVERTON POINT, VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL THOSE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO, UH, DONATED, VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO, UH, HELP WITH ALL THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WEEK. 
          AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM WHO ORGANIZED EVERYTHING, UH, A PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WHO DID GO, ALWAYS GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO, UH, PUT THEIR OTHER WORK ASIDE AND THEN HELP US OUT WITH THIS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE A NICE, WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF ALL THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE. 
          SO HANUKKAH STARTED LAST NIGHT, SO HAPPY HANUKKAH. 
          UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS IF YOU CELEBRATE KWANZA. 
          ALL MY BEST AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 
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SEASON'S. 
          GREETINGS. 
          HI, I'M MICHAEL SYMBO HARDY V CITY MANAGER. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF HARDY V WORKFORCE, WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRAVEL SAFELY. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY PROSPEROUS 2024. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A, A HAPPY HOLIDAY NO MATTER WHAT HOLIDAY YOU, YOU CELEBRATE, WHETHER IT BE HANUKKAH, CHRISTMAS, KWANZA, IT'S ALL PART OF OUR FAMILY OF HARVILLE. 
          WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY. 
          AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THAT'S SO ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ALL OF ONE FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY OF HARVILLE. 
          SO I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT HOLIDAY NO MATTER HOW YOU CELEBRATE IT. 
          AND FOR 2024, MAY WE HAVE ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. 
           SO I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE MORE, BUT IT IS ALWAYS CHRISTMAS TIME AND THAT JUST MAKES THE SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS A LITTLE SPECIAL, DON'T Y'ALL THINK. 
          SO WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE WORKED ENDLESSLY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. 
          BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          WE HAVE SOME OF OUR AMAZING HARDY COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT HERE. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY CAN JUST STAND UP AND WAVE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN JUST WAVE AND SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          HI, WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. C. 
          MR C, CAN YOU WAVE THE CROWD PLEASE AND THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE HERE, CHIEF WOODWARD, PLEASE SAY HELLO TO THE PEOPLE CHIEF WOODWARD. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE AND I WERE TO LIST THEM OUT. 
          I THINK MY LIST WOULD BE AS LONG AS SANTA. 
          SO I'M GONNA STOP SO WE CAN GET THE GOING. 
          UH, I DID ASK SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE HAVE MR. WHO WILL COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS TO, TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL. 
          SO LET'S GO AROUND. 
          HE'S A LITTLE SHY, SO LET'S ENCOURAGE HIM TO COME UP HERE. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. 
          UH, PARK RECREATION AND TOURISM PUTS ON THE MANY FAMILY EVENTS EVERY YEAR. 
          AND IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY WITH HARVILLE NOW, UM, JUST TO SEE THE SMILING FACES OF THE ADULTS AND THE CHILDREN HERE IS AMAZING. 
          WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, THE FIREWORKS WE'VE HAD, UM, UH, FESTIVAL ON MAINE. 
          WE'VE HAD TRUNK OR TREAT. 
          I THINK THE REAL HEROES OF ALL OF THIS IS THE PARK AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          CAN WE GIVE THEM A HAND FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR US? JUST QUICKLY, HARDY MILL IS AN AMAZING CITY. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE UP FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE LOW COUNTRY FOR ALMOST NINE. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          HARDY RIGHT NOW IS A SECOND FASTEST GROWING IN, UH, CITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          AND NOW I FIND THAT EXTREMELY AMAZING AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GROWING THIS FAST. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT FOR THIS GREAT EVENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MESMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND MR. MESMAN DIDN'T TELL YOU IS THAT HE IS ALWAYS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM TO COME OUT TO OUR EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE AND MANY OTHERS BEING INVOLVED BEHIND 
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THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT IS THE SAME FOR ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNCIL PEOPLE AND STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS SELFLESSLY SHOWING UP SO THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR Y'ALL. 
          SO NEXT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR LOCALS HERE, COUNCILMAN CAROL, WHO WILL BE COMING UP HERE. 
          MR. CAROL COULD BE CONSIDERED A LOCAL LEGEND SLASH CELEBRITY. 
          THE CAROL FAMILY IS VERY WELL KNOWN AND LOVED BEING THE FIRST DOCTOR IN HARDY. 
          SO MR. CARROLL, PLEASE COME UP. 
          PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAKES ME FEEL OLD. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. 
          I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEATHER AND UH, ANYWAY, AT LEAST IT'S HOLDING OFF, BUT I UNDERSTAND TOMORROW'S GONNA REALLY BE BAD. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WE THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT ANY OLD HEARTED DEAL FOLKS FROM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, OLD, OLD HEARTED BILL FOLKS HERE? I SEE SOMETHING IN THE BACK. 
          SEE SHE BACK THERE IN THE BACK AND SOME OTHER. 
          ANYWAY, UM, THIS TRADITION GOES BACK A LONG WAY. 
          IT'S MOVED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, IT USED TO BE AT THE TRAIN BY THE OLD CITY HALL AND IT USED TO BE ON MAIN STREET AND ONE OF THE MEDIANS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF EVOLVED, BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS. 
          AND UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          AND AS STEVE SAID, UH, HARDY, UM, IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST IT'S GROWING. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 
          WE ARE THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING CITY AND IF YOU OUT THERE ON UH, 2 78 OR NINE FIVE, ESPECIALLY NOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD HOLIDAY AND, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          OH, YOU, YOU SAY ANYTHING? OKAY, , UH, I, I SPEAK KID. 
          AND THAT SAYS, SO EXCITED FOR THIS TO GET STARTED. 
          AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. 
          IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SUGAR. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY A QUICK SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO MY NEW FRIEND ANDREA, WHO IS JOINING US HERE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. 
          SHE IS AN INTERN AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL SMALL TREASURES THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW. 
          SO SHE'LL COME AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 
          REAL QUICKLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER PASSING OUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SOME OF OUR EVENT GUIDES AND ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT JOBS, THE HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES. 
          SO EVERYBODY GIVE HER A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          WELCOME ME AND HER TO HARVILLE. 
          LET HER KNOW HOW WELCOMING WE ARE. 
          ANDREA, COME SAY HI TO TO EVERYONE. 
          HI. 
          SO YES, MY NAME IS ANDREA. 
          I AM A NEW INTERN AT THE SAVANNAH WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 
          WE ARE JUST A LITTLE WAYS AWAY. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, THERE IS A DRIVE YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A SHORT LITTLE THREE MILE OR SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CAR AND SEE ALLIGATORS, ALL KINDS OF BIRDS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR VISITOR CENTER OVER THERE YOU CAN SEE AND LEARN ALL ABOUT OUR REFUGE. 
          I AM HERE HELPING OUT WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AT HARDY BILL. 
          I'M HOPING TO TRY TO START MORE EVENTS HERE AND GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE TODAY AND HOPING TO START THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR YOU THAT YOU WANT. 
          'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE REASON WE ARE HERE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN GIVING THE WONDERFUL HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUR CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. 
          IT DID TAKE ME A WHILE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 
          I AM IN AWE OF THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND THAT WE WORK IN. 
          SO I, I WAS SITTING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT CAN I SAY? AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THOSE LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THOSE POSTS AND ON THE STREETLIGHTS. 
          AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT WE SEE ON THE BUSHES VERSUS THE LIGHTS ON THE STREET SIGNS VERSUS THE LIGHTS THAT WE'LL SEE ON, ON CHRISTMAS STREET. 
          BUT THEY ALL TWINKLE AND THEY'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ALL BRING A BEAUTIFUL WARMTH. 
          AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW HARDY BILL IS MORE THAN JUST A LOCATION ON THE MAP. 
          GRANTED, WE ARE GROWING ON THIS MAP. 
          IT'S A COMMUNITY, IT'S A TAPESTRY THAT'S WOVEN WITH THREATS OF DIVERSITY THAT MAKE US UNIQUE FROM DIFFERENT RACES, AGES, AND WALKS OF LIFE TO VERY LANGUAGES, LING AND RELIGIONS. 
          EACH OF US CONTRIBUTES SOMETHING SPECIAL, CREATING A RESILIENCE AND BEAUTIFUL WHOLE. 
          IT MAKES ME THINK OF THE BEAUTIFUL CROCHET BLANKETS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD DISPLAY ON  ON CHRISTMAS. 
          AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE BRIGHT COLORS, HOW DIFFERENT THEY WERE, THE PATTERNS. 
          AND IT ALL JUST ADDED TO THAT BEAUTY THAT THE SAID, YOU KNOW, OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND THIS COMMUNITY, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, WE FIND 
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UNITY. 
          WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF HARVILLE FOR GENERATIONS LIKE THE CARROLL'S OR YOU RECENTLY BECAME A RESONANT, WHETHER YOU'RE A RETIREE FROM UP NORTH OR COLLEGE STUDENT SHAPING YOUR FUTURE AT USCB OR TCL, WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE AS A CITY. 
          WE WITNESSED INCREDIBLE UNITY THIS YEAR FROM THE YOUNGEST FACES THAT WE SEE HERE, EXCITED AND COVERED IN ICING TO OUR SEASONED SOULS WHO HAVE SEEN GENERATIONS AND UNFOLD BEFORE THEM, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU HAVE COME TOGETHER IN REMARKABLE WAYS. 
          YOUR GENEROSITY HAS ILLUMINATED OUR TOWN, LIKE OUR SPARKLING LIGHTS HAVE ADORNED OUR STREETS AND SOON OUR TREE. 
          AND THIS YEAR, UM, BEING IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, I GOT TO REALLY SEE HOW YOU ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          NOT ONLY FOR US, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR EACH OTHER, WE'VE SEEN YOU ALL DONATE CANDY, DONATE YOUR TIME FOR DECORATING TRUNKS, FOR COMING OUT TO THE EASTER EVENTS. 
          EVEN JUST TAGGING OTHER FRIENDS AND PEOPLE LETTING THEM KNOW OF OUR EVENTS. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO SHIP SUPPORT TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO COME UP FOR ONE ANOTHER DURING HARD TIMES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US, DESPITE OUR GROWING RATE, TO KEEP THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL SMALL TOWN VALUES THAT MAKE HARDY HARDY BILL YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF US HOLDING ONTO THOSE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS AND VALUES THAT SEEM TO BE SLIPPING AWAY FROM SOCIETY'S MAINSTREAM. 
          BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE THANK YOU DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          WE, WE THANK YOU THROUGH THOSE COLLECTIVE GESTURES THAT WE'VE WITNESSED BECAUSE YOU TRULY MAKE THE MAGIC OF PARTY BILL HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY RALLIES TOGETHER AROUND ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO NOW AS WE SIT HERE SURROUNDED BY THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I INVITE US TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE SEASON IN THE TIME IT'S WORTH OF AGNES AND PAGO. 
          CHRISTMAS IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE WARMTH OF THE MEMORIES WE HOPE. 
          DEAR SUMMON, THE COURAGE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THIS PRESENT AND EMBRACE THE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AS A STAFF MEMBER, CITY MEMBER, TEAM MEMBER OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO EACH AND SINGLE ONE OF YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY, . 
          AND TOGETHER WE CREATE A STORY THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS FROM THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. 
          HARMONIOUS MELODY EMERGES A SONG OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AND SHARED, SHARED JOY. 
          ONE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES WE'LL HEAR TONIGHT IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR LIVES. 
          LET US NOT FORGET THE PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOMENT. 
          LET THE LIGHTS TWINKLE ABOVE US TO BE A REMINDER THAT EACH ONE OF US IS A BEACON CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLLECTIVE BALANCE OF OUR TOWN. 
          SO LET'S CHERISH THE UNITY THAT DEFINES US. 
          THE SPIRIT THAT BINDS US IN THE LOVE THAT SUSTAIN US. 
          WE WISH YOU ALL A CHRISTMAS BUILT WITH MAGIC OF UNITY AND WARMTH OF THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO UP UP NEXT, NOW THAT I HEARD MYSELF TALK, THAT WAS A LOT , LET'S BRING OVER OUR FRIENDS FROM THE THE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS FROM CHARLESTON. 
          WHERE ARE OUR CHARLESTON CHRISTMAS CAROLERS? WE ARE READY FOR SOME MUSIC AND SOME CHRISTMAS MAGIC. 
          ENJOY IT. 
          BECOME A CAROLING AMONG THE LEAVES OF SUPREME. 
          HERE WE COME. 
          A ONE DREAMS OF THERE TO BE SEEN. 
          LOVE, JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU. 
          YOU WHAT OF TO. 
          AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SEND YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR AND THUS SEND YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          WE ARE THE DAILY BAG, THE BED FROM DOOR TO DOOR. 
          BUT WE ARE NEIGHBOR'S, CHILDREN, YOU HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE. 
          LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU OR TO, AND GOD BLESS YOU. 
          AND INSTEAD YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          AND GOD SAID YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          THE MASTER END OF MR. YOU SAID BESIDE THE PARK, WE THANK OF US FOR CHILDREN WHO WANT IN THE BOX, LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOUSELF, TO AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU HAPPY HEAR AND GOD YOU ARE HAPPY. 
          NEXT THE FELL OF HOLY FOLLOW THE LAW OF THE LOVE OF LOVE. 
          10 TO BE JOHN HALL OF THE LORD. 
          DON, BE 
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TRULY INTRODUCED. 
          SEE THE BLAZING YOU BEFORE US. 
          FOLLOW LOVE. 
          STRIKE THE HEART, JOIN THE CHORUS. 
          FOLLOW LOVE. 
          BE IN ME THE LORD. 
          THAT'S THE WAY THE LORD MESSAGE. 
          LORD, HE THIS WAS A SONG. 
          JINGLE BELLS. 
          RIGHT? AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SING ALONG. 
          DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME BELLS? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PLAY SOME BELLS WITH THEM? WE GOT SHE WOULD. 
          AND ANYBODY LIKE TO BE A A JINGLE BELL REINDEER. 
          WELL, THERE'S NO BELTS ON IT, BUT ANYBODY OH, THIS GUY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN YOU STAND UP AND JINGLE WITH ME? I'LL JINGLE AND YOU JINGLE ALONG WITH ME. 
          UH, HI. 
          WE'RE GONNA DASH THROUGH SOME SNOW. 
          OH, WE GOT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY COMING TO DO THAT? OH MY. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          AWESOME. 
          GOOD. 
          NEXT TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, NEXT. 
          HEY BUDDY, YOU WANT DO IT? OKAY, YOU DO IT WITH ME JUST LIKE THAT THE WHOLE TIME. 
          OKAY, READY? HERE, I'LL SHOW YOU FIRST. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          READY? DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW AND ONE FOOT WAY OR NOTHING. 
          ALL THE WAY GREEN. 
          MAKE IT SPIRIT RED, DRY. 
          BUT BODY IS WHO A SL ON YOU. 
          NICE JINGLE. 
          DO JINGLE DO JINGLE ALL WAY. 
          WHAT THOUGHT IS TO RIDE AT A ONE NORTH OPEN FLAG JINGLE. 
          BE JINGLE DO JINGLE BALL WAY. 
          OH, WHAT THOUGHT IS TO RIDE AT A ONE HORSE OPEN FLAG? WHAT? TO A GO. 
          I THOUGHT I'D JINGLE PRIDE. 
          AND TO MISS ANNIE PRIDE WAS SEEN BY MY SIDE. 
          THE HORSE WAS CLEAN AND LA MISS FORTUNE WAS THIS SMART. 
          HE GOT INTO A SPECIFIC AND WEAVING GOT OH JINGLES OUT, JINGLES DOWN JINGLES OFF HEAD. 
          WHO ONE TO RIDING ONE HORSE OPEN. 
          SLAY JINGLE. 
          BE JINGLE BELL. 
          JINGLE ALL OVER WITH GOD AND THE SHOE RIDE. 
          AND A ONE HORSE OPEN. 
          SLAY. 
          NOW THE DRUM IS WHITE. 
          GO WITH BEFORE YOUR YOUNG TAKE. 
          GO TWO TONIGHT AND SING THE SONG. 
          JUST GET UP, UP BAG 2 44 SPEED AND HIT YOU TO AN OPEN PLAY AT CRACK. 
          AND TAKE THE LEAD JINGLE DO JINGLE JINGLES OUT. 
          WAY ON. 
          WE RIDE IN A ONE OPEN PLAY JINGLE, DO JINGLE DO JINGLE DLE WAY OVER ON NEEDS WE RIDE IN A ONE. 
          SO THIS SONG IS AN OLD ONE. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER SUNG IN THE CORNER, MAYBE IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU SANG A GOOD PIECE CALLED CAROL OF THE BELL DOG TO HEAR WORDS OF THE CHEER FROM EVERYWHERE FROM IN PEOPLE SEE SONGS OF THE CHEER. 
          DING DING FROM THE RING. 
          CHRISTMAS. 
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JOY TO THE WORLD IS A CHRISTMAS FAVORITE. 
          IF YOU KNOW IT, SING IN THE ALONG. 
          OKAY, JOY TO THE WORLD. 
          TO THE WORLD OF PREPARED HEAVEN AND NATURE. 
          HEAVEN HEAR SAME WHEN ALL AND FROG. 
          WHAT FIELD AND WATCH. 
          FIELD AND PLAY. 
          ENJOY. 
          REPEAT THE SOUND. 
          JOY. 
          HE GROWS THE WORLD IN TRUTH AND CREATES AND MAKES A NATION FOR THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WONDER AND OF HIS. 
          OH, SILENT NIGHT. 
          HOW MANY HAVE HEARD THAT ONE? THAT CHURCH MUSIC DIRECTOR WAS PLAYING A PIECE WITH ORGAN IN CHOIR AND THEN ORGAN BROKE. 
          SO MICE GOT THE WIRES AND CHEWED HIM UP. 
          SO IT WAS KIND OF A SILENT CHOIR NUMBER, BUT HE ON A GUITAR TO PLAY ALONG HEAVEN. 
          OH, THE HALL PUT UP THE TREE BEFORE MY SPIRIT FALLS AGAINST LOVE. 
          THE STAR KING. 
          I MAY BE RUSHING. 
          THINGS FELL. 
          THEN THE HALL AGAIN DIE FOR BABY. 
          A LITTLE CHRISTMAS LIKE THIS VERY MINUTE CANDLE IN THE WINDOW. 
          CAROL MINUTE CHRISTMAS. 
          RIGHT VERY MINUTE. 
          IT HASN'T SHOWN A SINGLE FUR COW. 
          THE JIM, NOT FRIDAY STRING OF LIKE THE VOICE OF THE QUET. 
          THIS TIME WITH UNSUNG 10 ON THE EVERGREEN FOG, GO RIGHT FROM THE 
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LITTLE LEADER ROLL A LITTLE CORNER THROWN A LITTLE FEATHER THROWN A LITTLE OLDER AND A NEED A LITTLE ANGEL STANDING ON MY SHOULDER. 
          NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW FOR WE NEED A LITTLE MUSIC, NEED A LITTLE DOCTOR. 
          HA HA HA HA HA HA. 
          NEED A LITTLE SINGING. 
          BRING IT THROUGH THE RAPTORS AS WE NEED A LITTLE SNAPPY, HAPPY EVER AFTER. 
          WE NEED A LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          SO I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES FROM LAST YEAR AND THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE FROM LAST YEAR KNOW WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT IT IS TO HEAR THEM. 
          NOT ONLY ARE THEY WONDERFUL TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY GO FULLY INTO THE ART OF MUSIC AND EMBODYING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS DOWN TO THE ATTIRE. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ONES THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR KNEW THEY HAD TO LISTEN TO ME SAYING. 
          AND THAT WAS ROUGH. 
          SO MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ME TO YOU. 
          YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HEAR IT THIS YEAR. 
          UH, SO MOVING ON, UH, WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL MRS. MARY KAY HOR WHO WILL BE HAVING STORY TIME READING OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY WITH ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          SO MS. HORN, IF YOU COULD COME ON UP. 
          WE ARE READY. 
          AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES TO COME ON UP AND SIT AROUND. 
          MS. MARY KAY AS SHE GETS READY TO READ THE STORY. 
          NOT ONLY THE LITTLE ONES, BUT ALSO THE KIDS AT HEART HORTON. 
          GOOD EVENING, MERRY CHRISTMAS. 
          WHO'S EXCITED FOR SANTA CLAUS? ME, ME, ME. 
          AWESOME. 
          SANTA CLAUS. 
          THE ARE WE READY? WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING. 
          NOT EVEN A MOUSE. 
          THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE IN HOPES THAT ST. 
          NICHOLAS SOON WOULD BE THERE. 
          THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS. 
          WHILE VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS DANCED IN THEIR HEAD AND MAMA AND HER KERCHIEF AND I AND MY CALF HAD JUST SETTLED DOWN FOR A LONG WINTER'S NAP, WENT OUT ON THE LAWN THERE ROSE SUCH A CLATTER. 
          I SPRAINED FROM MY BED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER. 
          I AWAY TO THE WINDOW. 
          I FLEW LIKE A FLASH, TORE OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND THREW UP THE SASH. 
          THE MOON ON THE BREAST OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW GAVE THE LUSTER OF MIDDAY TO THE OBJECTS BELOW. 
          WHEN, WHAT DO MY WONDERING? EYES SHOULD APPEAR, PUT A MINIATURE SLEIGH AND A TINY REINDEER. 
          A LITTLE OLD DRIVER. 
          SO LIVELY AND QUICK. 
          I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT MUST BE SAINT NICK. 
          MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES. 
          OF COURSE. 
          AS THEY CAME, HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED AND CALLED THEM BY NAME. 
          NOW DASHER, NOW DANCER. 
          NOW DONNA AND VIXEN ON CARPET COMET ON CUPID, ON DONNER AND BLIXEN TO THE TOP OF THE PORCH TO THE TOP OF THE WALL. 
          NOW DASHER AWAY, DASHER AWAY, DASHER AWAY. 
          ALL AS DRIVER LEAVES. 
          BEFORE THE WHILE HURRICANE FLY, THEY WERE MET WITH THE OBSTACLE MOUNT TO THE SKY. 
          SO UP TO THE HOUSE TOP, THE COURSE IS A FLEW WITH A LITTLE SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS AND ST. 
          NICHOLAS TOO. 
          AND THEN IN A TWINKLING I HEARD ON THE ROOF THE PRANCING AND PAWING OF EACH TINY HOOF. 
          AS I DREW IN MY HEAD AND WAS TURNING AROUND DOWN THE CHIMNEY, ST. 
          NICHOLAS CAME WITH A BOUND. 
          HE 
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WAS DRESSED ALL IN FUR FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT. 
          AND HIS CLOTHES WERE ALL TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SOOT. 
          A BUNDLE OF TOYS HE FLUNG ON HIS BACK. 
          HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACK, HIS EYES, HOW THEY TWINKLED HIS DIMPLES. 
          HOW MARY HIS CHEEK WERE, WERE LIKE ROSES AND HIS NOSE LIKE A CHERRY. 
          HIS DROLL LITTLE MOUTH WAS DRAWN UP LIKE A BOW. 
          AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW. 
          THE STUMP OF THE PIPE HE HELD IN HIS TEETH AND THE SM SMOKE AND CIRCLE HIS HEAD LIKE A WREATH. 
          HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY AND IT SHOOK. 
          WHEN HE LAUGHED LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY, HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMP. 
          A RIGHT JELLY O ELF. 
          AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF, A WINK OF HIS EYE AND A TWIST OF HIS HEAD SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD. 
          HE SPOKE NOT A WORD, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORK. 
          HE FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS AND TURNED WITH A JERK. 
          THAT'S SOPHIA. 
          LAYING A FINGER SIDE OF HIS NOSE AND GIVING A NOD AT THE CHIMNEY. 
          HE ROSE, HE SPRANG TO HIS SLEIGH, TO HIS TEEN. 
          GAVE A WHISTLE IN A WAY THEY ALL FLEW LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE. 
          BUT I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM AS HE DROVE OUTTA SIGHT. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT. 
          HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT? OH, THAT IS A CLASSIC STORY AND WE LOVE HEARING IT. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT IT. 
          THE LITTLE ONES DON'T MOVE. 
          WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          I'M GONNA WELCOME OUR MAYOR HARRY WILLIAMS, TO COME AND HELP US DO THE COUNTDOWN . 
          WE WILL START COUNTING BACK BACKWARDS FROM 3, 2, 1. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE MAYOR WILLIAMS DO THIS. 
          IS EVERYBODY READY FOR SANTA CLAUS? YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CAME TO HEAR, RIGHT? YOU WANNA SEE SANTA CLAUS? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE TO LISTEN FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          IS EVERYBODY LISTENING FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS? I NEED SOME HELP. 
          WHEN YOU HEAR THE SLEIGH BELLS, THEN I HAVE TO START COUNTING YOU. 
          3, 3, 3, 2, 1. 
          YEAH. 
          DO YOU HEAR THAT? I THINK I HEAR SOMETHING. 
          YOU HEAR THAT? NO. 
          OH, LISTEN. 
          REAL CLOSE. 
          LISTEN REAL CLOSE. 
          IT'S THE SINGING THAT IS THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          I I CAN HEAR THEM. 
          THAT IS ALL IN ME. 
          SANTA IS NEAR SANTA. 
          MUST HAVE HIT A CHRISTMAS ARE RINGING. 
          THE CHRISTMAS ARE RING. 
          THE TREE IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND MY TEAM WANTED TO COME, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S RARE TEENAGE WANT TO HANG WITH THEIR MOM, SO I BETTER DO IT. 
          , WOULD YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT COMING OUT AND HANGING OUT TONIGHT? ? NO, I REALLY LIKE THE COOKIES. 
          , TYPICAL TEAM . 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY? UM, JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. 
          NOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT COMING OUT HERE AND SEEING THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SANTA AND 
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ALL THESE THINGS? I THINK IT, IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
          THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR. 
          WHAT YOU DO WITH ALL THESE LIGHTS. 
          WE STARTED WHEN, UM, I BECAME MAYOR IN 2016 AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. 
          UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SENT THE FLYER OUT TO ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. 
          AND THEN THEY CHOOSE A HOUSE LIKE THIS ONE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA DROP THE TOYS. 
          UM, THEN I PUT A SCHEDULE TOGETHER AND WE'RE ON TIME AND, UM, AND, AND WE PICK UP AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SORT AND TOMORROW THERE'S WRAPPING AND FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL GET AT LEAST ONE TOY. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW AND IT IS KIND OF FUNNY THAT IT ALL SHOWS UP AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          BUT I PUT OUT OUR FINAL CALL THIS WEEKEND AND THE NUMBER OF TOYS QUADRUPLED. 
          SO WE HAD A LOT OF TOYS AND WE JUST HAVE A REALLY GOOD GIVING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND DOES THIS HELP YOU TO GET IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT AS WELL? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT IT'S NICE NOW TO HAVE SOME ROOM IN MY HOUSE. 
          'CAUSE I'VE HAD A BIG ROOM FULL OF TOYS. 
          , IT'S VERY EASY TO GET THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER. 
          THEY, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CHARITABLE. 
          THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR COLLECTING FOR THIS GROUP, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER ARE AMAZED. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TOYS JUST KEEP COMING AND COMING AND COMING. 
          IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          AND AS WE DO IT ALL FOR THE KIDS AND, UH, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 
          IT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL, UH, EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW MUCH THE PEOPLE GIVE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY YEAR, BUT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY CARE AND HOW GENEROUS THEY ARE. 
          WE'RE UP TO 19 NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THAT'S HOW MANY WE COLLECT FROM. 
          THAT'S THE, THE MOST WE'LL HAVE RIGHT HERE ON THIS SIDE. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. 
          BUT 19 NEIGHBORHOODS FULL OF TRUCKLOADS OF TOYS, WHICH IS, IT'S CRAZY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO NICE TO SEE A, A TRUCK FULL OF TOYS FOR KIDS WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEM. 
          AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF THE, OUT OF CRAZY TO, TO GET THIS DONE. 
          IT REALLY IS AMAZING. 
           GREAT. 
          MATT, ISN'T THAT FUN? DID YOU HAVE FUN PUTTING THE TOYS AWAY? OH, GOOD CHRISTMAS. 
          WHY'D YOU DECIDE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS? IT BRINGS ME JOY AND I, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BRING THE KIDS A LOT OF JOY. 
          NOW IS THIS YOUR FIRST YEAR DOING THIS? YES. 
          AND UM, HOW DID THEY GET YOU TO DO THIS? ? DID THEY JUST EASILY, MY FRIEND SAID THEY WERE GONNA BUY ME LUNCH, SO I SAID I'M, I'M IN . 
          AND NOW YOU SAID THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE GONNA THROUGH IT IN A SECOND, RIGHT? YES. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'LL JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THESE KIDS. 
          REALLY NICE 
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CHRISTMAS. 
          IT'S A MAGICAL TIME. 
          LET'S GO OUTSIDE. 
          AND AMAZING BLESSING. 
          WE HAVE 15 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING STUFF FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          SO THIS LIKE SOLVES THE PROBLEM FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FAMILIES THAT WILL COME IN THAT NEED THINGS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST AMAZING. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH A BLESSING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE FAMILIES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME AND WORK FOR OUR KIDS. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL. 
          I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE FACES OF KIDS THROUGH THE EYES OF SANTA AND IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL FEELING, UH, TO SEE THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY GET A PRESENT. 
          AND IT'S JUST, IT'S SO, IT, IT'S AMAZING. 
          IT'S WHAT, IT'S WHAT THE JOY OF THE SEASON IS ALL ABOUT. 
          I AM ELATED. 
          THIS IS AMAZING. 
          I'M SO EXCITED. 
          UM, THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR AND EVERY TIME THIS YEAR, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR COMES AROUND AND WE GET TO PASS OUT THE TOYS TO ALL THE CHILDREN, IT'S JUST A JOY TO SEE THEIR SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND THEY'LL THANK ME FOR IT. 
          AND IT'S NOT ME. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CITY OF HARVILLE. 
          SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AT HARVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY STRUGGLES, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING THROUGH A STRUGGLE THIS, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON, IT, IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE, UM, THE STUDENTS, THEY WALK BY, THEY SEE THE GIFTS IN THE ROOM, AND THERE'S CERTAIN KIDS THAT EVEN AFTER THE GIFTS ARE GIVEN TO THEM, THEY'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND THEY'LL SAY, THANK YOU. 
          THERE ARE FEW STUDENTS THAT WILL COME BY AND SAY THANK YOU, AND THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          JUST THE FACT THAT THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD, UM, YOU KNOW, TELL THE SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          SOME OF OUR, THIS IS A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, SO, UM, THERE'S SOME STRUGGLES WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES. 
          SO WE ARE VERY, VERY AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT, UM, HARVILLE THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND THE STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAD SO MANY GENEROUS GIFTS FROM SUN CITY, MARGARITAVILLE, HILTON, HEAD LAKES, RIVERTON POINT, VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL THOSE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO, UH, DONATED, VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO, UH, HELP WITH ALL THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WEEK. 
          AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM WHO ORGANIZED EVERYTHING, UH, A PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WHO DID GO, ALWAYS GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO, UH, PUT THEIR OTHER WORK ASIDE AND THEN HELP US OUT WITH THIS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE A NICE, WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF ALL THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE. 
          SO HANUKKAH STARTED LAST NIGHT, SO HAPPY HANUKKAH. 
          UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS IF YOU CELEBRATE KWANZA. 
          ALL MY BEST AND HAPPY NEW YEAR SEASON'S. 
          GREETINGS. 
          HI, I'M MICHAEL SYMBO, HARDY CITY MANAGER. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF HARDY V WORKFORCE, WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          CHRISTMAS IS A TIME TO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRAVEL SAFELY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY PROSPEROUS 2024. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A, A HAPPY HOLIDAY NO MATTER WHAT HOLIDAY YOU, YOU CELEBRATE, WHETHER IT BE HANUKKAH, CHRISTMAS, KWANZA, IT'S ALL PART OF OUR FAMILY OF HARVILLE. 
          WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY. 
          AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THAT'S SO ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ALL OF ONE 
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FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY OF HARVILLE. 
          SO I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT HOLIDAY NO MATTER HOW YOU CELEBRATE IT. 
          AND FOR 2024, MAY WE HAVE ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE WARM, BUT IT IS ALWAYS CHRISTMAS TIME AND THAT JUST MAKES THE SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS A LITTLE SPECIAL. 
          KNOWING Y'ALL, THANK SO WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE WORKED ENDLESSLY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          WE HAVE SOME OF OUR AMAZING HARDY COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT HERE. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY COULD JUST STAND UP AND WAVE ALL OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN JUST WAVE AND SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          HI, WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. C. 
          MR C, CAN YOU WAVE TO THE CROWD PLEASE AND THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE HERE, CHIEF WOODWARD, PLEASE SAY HELLO TO THE PEOPLE CHIEF WOODWARD. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE. 
          IF I WERE TO LIST THEM OUT, I THINK MY LIST WOULD BE AS LONG AS SANTA. 
          SO I'M GONNA STOP SO WE CAN GET THE GOING. 
          UH, I DID ASK SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE HAVE MR. ME WHO WILL COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS TO ALL OF THE THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. 
          UH, PARK RECREATION AND TOURISM PUTS ON THE MANY FAMILY EVENTS EVERY YEAR. 
          AND IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY WITH HARDY BILL. 
          NOW, UM, JUST TO SEE THE SMILING FACES OF THE ADULTS AND THE CHILDREN HERE IS AMAZING. 
          WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, THE FIREWORKS WE'VE HAD, UM, FESTIVAL ON MAINE. 
          WE'VE HAD TRUNK OR TREAT. 
          I THINK THE REAL HEROES OF ALL OF THIS IS THE PARK AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          CAN WE GIVE THEM A HAND FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR US? JUST QUICKLY, HARDY V IS AN AMAZING CITY. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE LOW COUNTRY FOR ALMOST NINE. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          HARDY V RIGHT NOW IS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING IN, UH, CITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          AND NOW I FIND THAT EXTREMELY AMAZING AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GROWING THIS FAST. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT FOR THIS GREAT EVENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MESMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND MR. MESMAN DIDN'T TELL YOU IS THAT HE IS ALWAYS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM TO COME OUT TO OUR EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE AND MANY OTHERS BEING INVOLVED BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT IS THE SAME FOR ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNCIL PEOPLE AND STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS SELFLESSLY SHOWING UP SO THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR Y'ALL. 
          SO NEXT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR LOCALS HERE, COUNCILMAN CAROL, WHO WILL BE COMING UP HERE. 
          MR. CAROL COULD BE CONSIDERED A LOCAL LEGEND SLASH CELEBRITY. 
          THE CAROL FAMILY IS VERY WELL KNOWN AND LOVED BEING THE FIRST DOCTOR IN HARDY BELT. 
          SO MR. CARROLL, PLEASE COME UP. 
          PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT MAKES ME FEEL OLD. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. 
          I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEATHER AND UH, ANYWAY, AT LEAST IT'S HOLDING OFF, BUT I UNDERSTAND TOMORROW'S GONNA REALLY BE BAD. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WE THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT ANY OLD HARD GIRL FOLKS FROM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, OLD, OLD HARVILLE FOLKS HERE? I SEE SOME IN THE BACK, SEE SHERRY BACK THERE IN THE BACK AND SOME OTHER. 
          ANYWAY, UM, THIS TRADITION GOES BACK A LONG WAY. 
          IT'S MOVED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, IT USED TO BE AT THE TRAIN BY THE OLD CITY HALL AND IT USED TO BE ON MAIN STREET IN ONE OF THE MEDIANS. 
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SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF EVOLVED, BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS. 
          AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          AND AS STEVE SAID, UH, HARDY, UM, IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST IT'S GROWING. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 
          WE ARE THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING CITY. 
          AND IF YOU OUT THERE ON UH, 2 78 OR NINE FIVE, ESPECIALLY NOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING, YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD HOLIDAY AND, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          COLE, YOU GONNA, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY, WHATCHA GONNA SAY ANYTHING? WHATCHA GONNA SAY? ? UH, I, I SPEAK KID. 
          AND THAT SAYS, SO EXCITED FOR THIS TO GET STARTED. 
          AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. 
          IT MIGHT'VE BEEN THE SUGAR. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY A QUICK SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO MY NEW FRIEND ANDREA, WHO IS JOINING US HERE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. 
          SHE IS AN INTERN AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL SMALL TREASURES THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW. 
          SO SHE'LL COME AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 
          REAL QUICKLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER PASSING OUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SOME OF OUR EVENT GUIDES AND ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT JOBS, THE HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES. 
          SO EVERYBODY GIVE HER A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          WELCOME ME AND HER TO HARVILLE. 
          LET HER KNOW HOW WELCOMING WE ARE. 
          ANDREA, COME SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          WA SO, YES, MY NAME IS ANDREA. 
          I AM A NEW INTERN AT THE SAVANNAH WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 
          WE ARE JUST A LITTLE WAYS AWAY. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, THERE IS A DRIVE YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A SHORT LITTLE THREE MILE OR SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CAR AND SEE ALLIGATORS, ALL KINDS OF BIRDS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR VISITOR CENTER OVER THERE YOU CAN SEE AND LEARN ALL ABOUT OUR REFUGE. 
          I AM HERE HELPING OUT WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AT HARDY BILL. 
          I'M HOPING TO TRY TO START MORE EVENTS HERE AND GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE TODAY AND HOPING TO START THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR YOU THAT YOU WANT. 
          'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE REASON WE ARE HERE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN GIVING THE WONDERFUL HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUR CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. 
          IT DID TAKE ME A WHILE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 
          I AM IN AWE OF THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND THAT WE WORK IN. 
          SO I, I WAS SITTING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT CAN I SAY? AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THOSE LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS POST AND ON THE STREET LIGHTS. 
          AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT WE SEE ON THE BUSHES VERSUS THE LIGHTS ON THE STREET SIGNS VERSUS THE LIGHTS THAT WE'LL SEE ON, ON CHRISTMAS TREE. 
          BUT THEY ALL TWINKLE AND THEY'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ALL BRING A BEAUTIFUL WARMTH. 
          AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW HARDY VILLAGE IS MORE THAN JUST A LOCATION ON THE MAP. 
          GRANTED, WE ARE GROWING ON THIS MAP. 
          IT'S A COMMUNITY, IT'S A TAPESTRY THAT'S WOVEN WITH THREATS OF DIVERSITY THAT MAKE US UNIQUE FROM DIFFERENT RACES, AGES, AND WALKS OF LIFE TO VERY LANGUAGES LING AND RELIGIONS. 
          EACH OF US CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING SPECIAL, CREATING A RESILIENCE AND BEAUTIFUL WHOLE. 
          IT MAKES ME THINK OF THE BEAUTIFUL CROCHET BLANKETS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD DISPLAY ON AVIVA ON CHRISTMAS. 
          AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE BRIGHT COLORS, HOW DIFFERENT THEY WERE, THE PATTERNS, AND IT ALL JUST ADDED TO THAT BEAUTY THAT , YOU KNOW, OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          AND THIS COMMUNITY, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, WE FIND UNITY. 
          WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF HARVILLE FOR GENERATIONS LIKE THE CAROLS, OR YOU RECENTLY BECAME A RESONANT, WHETHER YOU'RE A RETIREE FROM UP NORTH OR COLLEGE STUDENTS SHAPING YOUR FUTURE AT USCB OR TCL, WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE AS A CITY. 
          WE'VE WITNESSED INCREDIBLE UNITY THIS YEAR FROM THE YOUNGEST FACES THAT WE SEE HERE, EXCITED AND COVERED IN ICING TO OUR SEASONED SOULS WHO HAVE SEEN GENERATIONS AND UNFOLD BEFORE THEM, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU HAVE COME TOGETHER IN REMARKABLE WAYS. 
          YOUR GENEROSITY HAS ILLUMINATED OUR TOWN, LIKE OUR SPARKLING LIGHTS HAVE ADORNED OUR STREETS AND SOON ARCHERY. 
          AND THIS YEAR, UM, BEING IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, I GOT TO REALLY SEE HOW YOU ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          NOT ONLY FOR US, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR EACH OTHER, WE'VE SEEN YOU ALL DONATE CANDY, DONATE YOUR TIME FOR DECORATING TRUNKS, FOR COMING OUT TO THE EASTER EVENTS. 
          EVEN JUST TAGGING OTHER FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AND LETTING THEM KNOW OF OUR EVENTS. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO SUPPORT TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO COME UP FOR ONE ANOTHER DURING HARD TIMES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US, DESPITE OUR GROWING RATE, TO KEEP THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL SMALL TOWN VALUES THAT MAKE HARDY HARVILLE. 
          YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF US HOLDING ONTO THOSE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS AND 
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VALUES THAT SEEM TO BE SLIPPING AWAY FROM SOCIETY'S MAINSTREAM. 
          BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE THANK YOU DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          WE, WE THANK YOU THROUGH THOSE COLLECTIVE GESTURES THAT WE'VE WITNESSED BECAUSE YOU TRULY MAKE THE MAGIC OF HARVILLE HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY RALLIES TOGETHER AROUND ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO NOW AS WE SIT HERE SURROUNDED BY THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I INVITE US TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE SEASON. 
          IN THE TIMELESS WORDS OF AGNES AND PARO, CHRISTMAS IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE WARMTH OF THE MEMORIES WE HOLD DEAR. 
          SUMMON THE COURAGE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THIS PRESENT AND EMBRACE THE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AS A STAFF MEMBER, CITY MEMBER, TEAM MEMBER OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO EACH AND SINGLE ONE OF YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY, . 
          AND TOGETHER WE CREATE A STORY THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS FROM THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. 
          HARMONIOUS MELODY EMERGES A SONG OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AND SHARED JOY. 
          ONE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES WE'LL HEAR TONIGHT AND THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR LIVES. 
          LET US NOT FORGET THE PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOMENT, BUT THE LIGHTS TWINKLE ABOVE US TO BE A REMINDER THAT EACH ONE OF US IS A BEACON CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLLECTIVE BALANCE OF OUR TOWN. 
          SO LET'S CHERISH THE UNITY THAT DEFINES US, THE SPIRIT THAT BINDS US, AND THE LOVE THAT SUSTAIN US. 
          WE WISH YOU ALL A CHRISTMAS BUILT WITH MAGIC OF UNITY AND WARMTH OF THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO I, UP NEXT, NOW THAT I HEARD MYSELF TALK, THAT WAS A LOT , LET'S BRING OVER OUR FRIENDS FROM THE, THE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS FROM CHARLESTON. 
          WHERE ARE OUR CHARLESTON CHRISTMAS CAROLERS? WE ARE READY FOR SOME MUSIC AND SOME CHRISTMAS MAGIC. 
          ENJOY IT. 
          BECOME A ENE AMONG THE LEAVES OF GREEN. 
          HERE WE COME. 
          A WAR, DREAMS OF THERE TO BE SEEN FOR JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU. 
          YOU WHAT UP TO? AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SAID YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOD AND YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          WE ARE THE DAILY BAG OF THE BED FROM DOOR TO DOOR. 
          BUT WE ARE NEIGHBORS, CHILDREN, YOU HAVE SEEN ME BEFORE. 
          LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU TO, AND GOD BLESS YOU. 
          AND INSTEAD YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          AND GOD SAID YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          THE MASTER END OF MR. SON. 
          YOU SAID BESIDE THE PARK, WE THINK OF US FOR CHILDREN WHO WANDER IN ABOUT LOVE AND JOY. 
          COME TO YOU AND TO YOUSELF, TO AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU ARE HAPPY. 
          NEW AND I YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          NEXT FALLS OF HOLY. 
          FOLLOW THE SEASON TO BE FOLLOW THE DON'T BE OUR YOUR THE ANCIENT. 
          YOU SEE THE BLAZING YOU FOREST. 
          FOLLOW THE STRIKE THE HUNT AND JOIN THE CHORUS. 
          FOLLOW ME IN ME. 
          IMAGINE FOLLOW TREASURE. 
          FOLLOW THE, THAT'S THE WAY HE PASSES THE LORD. 
          HE MESSAGE THE LORD SEE YOU TOGETHER. 
          THE HE OF THE WIND FROM THE LORD. 
          LORD, THIS WAS A SONG. 
          JINGLE BELLS RIGHT? AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SING ALONG. 
          DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME BELLS? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PLAY SOME BELL THOUGH? AND WE YEP, SHE WOULD. 
          AND ANYBODY LIKE TO BE A A JINGLE BELL REINDEER? WELL, THERE'S NO BELTS ON IT, BUT ANYBODY OH, THIS GUY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN YOU STAND UP AND JINGLE WITH ME? I'LL JINGLE AND YOU JINGLE ALONG WITH ME. 
          UH, HI. 
          WE'RE GONNA DASH THROUGH SOME SNOW. 
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OH, WE GOT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY COMING TO DO THIS? OH MY. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          AWESOME. 
          GOOD. 
          NEXT TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, NEXT. 
          HEY BUDDY, YOU WANNA DO IT? OKAY, YOU DO IT WITH ME JUST LIKE THAT THE WHOLE TIME. 
          OKAY, READY? I'LL SHOW YOU FIRST. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          READY? DASHING THROUGH THE SNOW. 
          AND ONE FOOT, NOTHING ON THE WAY. 
          GREEN MAKE IT VERY IT DRY. 
          BUT BODY IS ARO SEEING A PLAYING ON DO DENY JINGLE, JINGLE, JINGLE. 
          BALL HEAD. 
          FOR WHAT BOND IS SHE RIGHT AT A ONE NORTH OPEN SL JINGLE DO JINGLE DO JINGLE DO BACK FOR WHAT IS SHE RIGHT AT A ONE NORTH OPEN FLAG. 
          DARE DO A GO. 
          I THOUGHT I TAKE PRIDE. 
          AND TO MISS ANNIE, PRIDE WAS SEEN INSIDE MY SIDE. 
          THE HORSE WAS CLEAN AND LA MISS FORTUNE WAS THIS SPOT. 
          HE GOT INTO A AND WEAVING OUT SPOT. 
          OH, TINGLE DO JINGLE DO TINGLES. 
          HO AHEAD OVER WITH ON IS YOU RIDING ONE HORSE PLAY TINGLE. 
          DO TINGLE, DO TINGLE HO LEG OVER GOD IS YOU RIDING ONE HORSE OPEN SL. 
          NOW THE DRUM IS WHITE. 
          GO WITH BOY YOU YOUNG. 
          TAKE THE GIRLS TONIGHT AND SING THE SONG. 
          JUST GET UP UP THAT 2 44 SPEED AND HIT YOU TO AN OPEN PLAY CRACK AND TAKE THE LEAD JINGLE DOWN, JINGLE DOWN, JINGLE BOW WAY. 
          OPEN ON AND AS RIGHT IN A ONE ON OPEN JINGLE. 
          SO THIS SONG IS AN OLD ONE. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER SUNG IN A CHOIR, MAYBE IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU SANG A GOOD PIECE CALLED I LOVE THE BE OF FUN SWEET CHRISTMAS DOG. 
          ONCE TO HEAR WORDS OF THE TEAR FROM EVERYWHERE OF THE FROM EVERYWHERE FELL CORNER. 
          THE RAIN, THE JOY TO THE WORLD IS A CHRISTMAS PAYMENT. 
          IF YOU KNOW IT, SING IN THE WALK. 
          OKAY, JOY TO THE WORLD. 
          HEAVEN AND HEAVEN IN NATURE, NATURE, NATURE. 
          TROY HERE TO SAY WITH MAN THE AND FOR WHAT FIELD AND FOR WHAT FIELD AND PLAY. 
          SO JOY DOES NOW BE JOY. 
          HE GROWS THE WORLD IN TRUTH AND PRAY AND MAKES A NATION FOR THE LORD BE HIS 
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RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WONDERS OF HIS WONDERS OF HIS LOVE. 
          WONDER HIS SILENT NIGHT. 
          HOW MANY HAVE HEARD THAT ONE CHURCH MUSIC DIRECTOR WAS PLANNING A PIECE WITH ORGAN AND CHOIR AND THE ORGAN BROKE THE MICS, GOT THE WIRES AND CHEWED HIM UP. 
          SO IT WAS KIND OF A SILENT CHOIR NUMBER, BUT HE THOUGHT A GUITAR TO PLAY ALONG AND HEAVEN ALL WHILE THE HOLY PUT UP THE TREE BEFORE MY SPIRIT FALLS AGAINST LOVE, THE STAR KING. 
          I MAY BE RUSHING THINGS THAT THE HALL CHRISTMAS, RIGHT, THE VERY MINUTE CANDLES IN THE WINDOW. 
          CAROL SAYS THE MINUTE, A LITTLE CHRISTMAS RIGHT, THE VERY MINUTE IT HASN'T SHOWN A SINGLE PERIOD. 
          DEAR NOT HURT JIMMY. 
          HIS STRING OF LIKE I EVER SEEN THE CAKE. 
          THIS TIME WE HUNT SOME 10 ON THE LAB. 
          EVERGREEN, FALL FOR FROM THE LITTLE LEADER, GROWN A LITTLE, SO GROWN, A LITTLE FEATHER GROWN A LITTLE OLDER. 
          AND I NEED A LITTLE ANGEL STANDING ON MY SHOULDER. 
          NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW FOR WE NEED A LITTLE MUSIC. 
          NEED A LITTLE LAUGHTER HOP HA HA HA HA HA HA. 
          NEED A LITTLEY, BRING IT THROUGH THE RAPTORS AS WE NEED A LITTLE SNAPPY, HAPPY EVER AFTER. 
          WE NEED A LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          SO I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES FROM LAST YEAR AND THE ONES THAT ARE THAT HERE FROM LAST YEAR. 
          NO, WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT IT IS TO HEAR THEM. 
          NOT ONLY ARE THEY WONDERFUL TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY GO FULLY INTO THE ART OF MUSIC AND EMBODYING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS DOWN TO THE ATTIRE. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ONES THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR KNEW THEY HAD TO LISTEN TO ME SAYING. 
          AND THAT WAS ROUGH. 
          SO MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ME TO YOU. 
          YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HEAR IT THIS YEAR. 
          UH, SO MOVING 
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ON, UH, WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL MRS. MARY KAY HOR WHO WILL BE HAVING STORY TIME READING OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY WITH ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          SO MS. HORTON, IF YOU COULD COME ON UP, WE ARE READY. 
          AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES TO COME ON UP AND SIT AROUND. 
          MS. MARY KAY AS SHE GETS READ, READY TO READ THE STORY. 
          NOT ONLY THE LITTLE ONES, BUT ALSO THE KIDS AT HEART. 
          OKAY, GOOD EVENING. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS. 
          WHO'S EXCITED FOR SANTA CLAUS? ME, ME. 
          AWESOME. 
          ARE WE READY? WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE, NOT A CREATURE WITH STIRRING, NOT EVEN A MOUSE, THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE IN HOPES THAT ST. 
          NICHOLAS SOON WOULD BE THERE. 
          THE COPS S THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS. 
          WHILE VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS DANCED IN THEIR HEAD AND MAMA AND HER KERCHIEF AND I AND MY CAP HAD JUST SETTLED DOWN FOR A LONG WINTER'S NAP, WENT OUT ON THE LAWN THERE ROSE SUCH A CLATTER. 
          I SPRAINED FROM MY BED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER AWAY TO THE WINDOW. 
          I FLEW LIKE A FLASH, TORE OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND THREW UP THE SASH. 
          THE MOON ON THE BREAST OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW GAVE THE LUSTER OF MIDDAY TO THE OBJECTS BELOW. 
          WHEN, WHAT DO MY WONDERING? EYES SHOULD APPEAR, PUT A MINIATURE SLEIGH AND A TINY REINDEER. 
          A LITTLE OLD DRIVER. 
          SO LIVELY AND QUICK. 
          I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT MUST BE SAINT NICK. 
          MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES. 
          OF COURSE THEY CAME, HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED AND CALLED THEM BY NAME. 
          NOW DASHER, NOW DANCER. 
          NOW DONNA AND VIXEN ON CUPID COMET ON CUPID ON DONNER AND BLIXEN TO THE TOP OF THE PORCH TO THE TOP OF THE WALL. 
          NOW DASHER WAY, DASHER AWAY, DASHER WAY, ALL AS DRIVE LEAVES. 
          BEFORE THE WILD HURRICANE FLY, THEY WERE MET WITH THE OBSTACLE MOUNT TO THE SKY. 
          SO UP TO THE HOUSE TOP THE COURSE IS THEY FLEW WITH A LITTLE SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS AND ST. 
          NICHOLAS TOO. 
          AND THEN IN A TWINKLING I HEARD ON THE ROOF THE PRANCING AND PAWING OF EACH TINY HOOF. 
          AS I DREW IN MY HEAD AND WAS TURNING AROUND DOWN THE CHIMNEY, ST. 
          NICHOLAS CAME WITH A BOW. 
          HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN FUR FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT. 
          AND HIS CLOTHES WERE ALL TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SOOT. 
          A BUNDLE OF TOYS HE FLUNG ON HIS BACK. 
          HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACK, HIS EYES, HOW THEY TWINKLED HIS DIMPLES. 
          HOW MARY HIS CHEEK WERE, WERE LIKE ROSES AND HIS NOSE LIKE A CHERRY. 
          HIS DROLL LITTLE MOUTH WAS DRAWN UP LIKE A BOW. 
          AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW. 
          THE STUMP OF THE PIPE HE HELD IN HIS TEETH AND THE SM SMOKE AND CIRCLED HIS HEAD LIKE A RE HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY AND IT SHOOK. 
          WHEN HE LAUGHED LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY, HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMP. 
          I WRITE JELLY O ELF AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF, A WINK OF HIS EYE AND A TWIST OF HIS HEAD SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD. 
          HE SPOKE NOT A WORD, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORD. 
          HE FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS AND TURNED WITH A JERK. 
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THAT'S SOPHIA. 
          LAYING A FINGER ASIDE OF HIS NOSE AND GIVING A KNOT AT THE CHIMNEY. 
          HE ROSE, HE SPRAINED TO HIS SLEIGH, TO HIS TEEN, GAVE A WHISTLE IN A WAY THEY ALL FLEW LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE. 
          BUT I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM AS HE DROVE OUTTA SIGHT. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT. 
          HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT? OH, THAT IS A CLASSIC STORY AND WE LOVE HEARING IT. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT IT. 
          THE LITTLE ONES DON'T MOVE. 
          WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          I'M GONNA WELCOME OUR MAYOR HARRY WILLIAMS, TO COME AND HELP US DO THE COUNTDOWN. 
          WE WILL START COUNTING BACK BACKWARDS FROM 3, 2, 1. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE MARY WILLIAMS DO THIS. 
          IS EVERYBODY READY FOR SANTA CLAUS? YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CAME TO HEAR, RIGHT? YOU WANNA SEE SANTA CLAUS? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE TO LISTEN FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          IS EVERYBODY LISTENING FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS? I NEED SOME HELP. 
          WHEN YOU HEAR THE SLIGHT BELLS, THEN I HAVE TO START COUNTING 3, 3, 2, 1. 
          DO YOU HEAR THAT? I THINK I HEAR SOMETHING. 
          YOU HEAR THAT? NO, NO, NO. 
          OH, LISTEN. 
          REAL CLOSE. 
          LISTEN REAL CLOSE. 
          IT'S THE SINGING THAT IS THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          I I CAN HEAR THEM. 
          THAT CAN ALL SANTA IS NEAR SANTA. 
          MUST HAVE HIT A LET'S ARE RINGING. 
          THE CHRISTMAS ARE RINGING. 
          THE TREE IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND MY TEAM WANTED TO COME, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S RARE TEENAGE WANT HANG WITH THEIR MOM, SO I BETTER DO IT. 
          , DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT COMING OUT AND HANGING OUT TONIGHT? ? I REALLY LIKE THE COOKIES. 
          TYPICAL TEEN . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY? UM, JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. 
          NOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT COMING OUT HERE AND SEEING THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SANTA AND ALL THESE THINGS? I THINK IT, IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
          GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY LIKE COME OUT. 
          THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR WITH ALL THESE LIGHTS. 
          WE STARTED WHEN, UM, I BECAME MAYOR IN 2016 AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE. 
          WELL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. 
          UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SENT THE FLYER OUT TO ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. 
          AND THEN THEY CHOOSE A HOUSE LIKE THIS ONE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA DROP THE TOYS. 
          UM, 
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THEN I PUT A SCHEDULE TOGETHER AND WE'RE ON TIME AND, UM, AND, AND WE PICK UP AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SORT, AND TOMORROW THERE'S WRAPPING AND FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE'LL GET AT LEAST ONE TOY. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW AND IT IS KIND OF FUNNY THAT IT ALL SHOWS UP AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          BUT I PUT OUT OUR FINAL CALL THIS WEEKEND AND THE NUMBER OF TOYS QUADRUPLED. 
          SO WE HAD A LOT OF TOYS AND WE JUST HAVE A REALLY GOOD GIVING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          DOES THIS HELP YOU TO GET IN THE HOLIDAY PERIOD AS WELL? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT IT'S NICE NOW TO HAVE SOME ROOM IN MY HOUSE. 
          'CAUSE I'VE HAD A BIG ROOM FULL OF TOYS. 
          , IT'S VERY EASY TO GET THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER. 
          THEY, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CHARITABLE. 
          THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR COLLECTING FOR THIS GROUP, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER. 
          I'M AMAZED. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TOYS JUST KEEP COMING AND COMING AND COMING. 
          IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE AND JUST, WE DO IT ALL FOR THE KIDS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 
          IT REALLY IS. 
          IT'S A WONDERFUL, UH, EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW MUCH THE PEOPLE GIVE. 
          UH, WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY YEAR, BUT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY CARE AND HOW GENEROUS THEY ARE. 
          WE'RE UP TO 19 NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THAT'S HOW MANY WE COLLECT FROM. 
          THAT'S THE, THE MOST WE'LL HAVE RIGHT HERE ON THIS SIDE. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. 
          BUT 19 NEIGHBORHOODS FULL OF TRUCKLOADS OF TOYS, WHICH IS, IT'S CRAZY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO NICE TO SEE A, A TRUCK FULL OF TOYS FOR KIDS WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEM. 
          AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF THE, OUT OF CRAZY TO, TO GET THIS DONE. 
          IT REALLY IS AMAZING. 
           GREAT MATH. 
          WASN'T THAT FUN? DID YOU HAVE FUN PUTTING THE TOYS AWAY? AND WHY'D YOU DECIDE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS? IT BRINGS ME JOY AND I, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BRING THE KIDS A LOT OF JOY. 
          NOW IS THIS YOUR FIRST YEAR DOING THIS? YES. 
          AND UM, HOW DID THEY GET YOU TO DO THIS ? DID THEY JUST EASILY, MY FRIEND SAID THEY WERE GONNA BUY ME LUNCH, SO I SAID I'M, I'M IN . 
          AND NOW YOU SAID THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE GONNA TEAR THROUGH IT IN A SECOND, RIGHT? YES. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'LL JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THESE KISS. 
          REALLY NICE KISS. 
          IT'S A MAGICAL TIME. 
          AMAZING BLESSING. 
          WE HAVE 15 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING STUFF FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          SO THIS LIKE SOLVES THE PROBLEM FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FAMILIES THAT WILL COME IN THAT NEED THINGS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST AMAZING. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH A BLESSING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE FAMILIES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME AND WORK FOR OUR KIDS. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL. 
          I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE FACES OF KIDS THROUGH THE EYES OF SANTA AND IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL FEELING, UH, TO SEE THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY GET A PRESENT. 
          AND IT'S JUST, IT'S SO, IT'S AMAZING. 
          IT'S WHAT, IT'S WHAT THE JOY OF THE SEASON IS ALL ABOUT. 
          I AM ELATED. 
          THIS IS AMAZING. 
          I'M SO EXCITED. 
          UM, THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR AND EVERY TIME THIS YEAR, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR COMES AROUND AND WE GET TO PASS OUT THE TOYS TO ALL THE CHILDREN, IT'S JUST A JOY TO SEE THEIR 
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SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND THEY'LL THANK ME FOR IT. 
          AND IT'S NOT ME. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CITY OF HARVILLE. 
          SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE CITY OF HARDY VILLAGE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AT HARVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY STRUGGLES, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING THROUGH A STRUGGLE THIS, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON? IT, IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE, UM, THE STUDENTS, THEY WALK BY, THEY SEE THE GIFTS IN THE ROOM AND THERE'S CERTAIN KIDS THAT EVEN AFTER THE GIFTS ARE GIVEN TO THEM, THEY'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND THEY'LL SAY THANK YOU. 
          THERE ARE A FEW STUDENTS THAT WILL COME BY AND SAY THANK YOU. 
          AND THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          JUST THE FACT THAT THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD, UM, YOU KNOW, TELL THE SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          SOME OF OUR, THIS IS A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, SO, UM, THERE'S SOME STRUGGLES WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES. 
          SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT, UM, HARVILLE THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND THE STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAD SO MANY GENEROUS GIFTS FROM SUN CITY, MARGARITAVILLE, HILTON LAKES, RIVERTON POINT, VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL THOSE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO, UH, DONATED, VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO, UH, HELP WITH ALL THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WEEK. 
          AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM WHO ORGANIZED EVERYTHING, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WHO DID GO, ALWAYS GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO, UH, PUT THEIR OTHER WORK ASIDE AND THEN HELP US OUT WITH THIS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE A NICE, WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF ALL THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE. 
          SO HANUKKAH STARTED LAST NIGHT, SO HAPPY HANUKKAH. 
          UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS IF YOU CELEBRATE KWANZA. 
          ALL MY BEST AND HAPPY NEW YEAR SEASON'S. 
          GREETINGS. 
          HI, I'M MICHAEL SYMBO, HARDY CITY MANAGER. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF HARDY V WORKFORCE, WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          CHRISTMAS IS A TIME TO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRAVEL SAFELY. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY PROSPEROUS 2024. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A, A HAPPY HOLIDAY NO MATTER WHAT HOLIDAY YOU, YOU CELEBRATE, WHETHER IT BE HANUKKAH, CHRISTMAS, KWANZA, IT'S ALL PART OF OUR FAMILY OF HARVILLE. 
          WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY. 
          AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THAT'S SO ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY OF HARVILLE. 
          SO I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT HOLIDAY NO MATTER HOW YOU CELEBRATE IT. 
          AND FOR 2024, MAY WE HAVE ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE WARM, BUT IT IS ALWAYS CHRISTMAS TIME AND THAT JUST MAKES THE SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS A LITTLE SPECIAL, DON'T Y'ALL THINK. 
          SO WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE WORKED ENDLESSLY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. 
          BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          WE HAVE SOME OF OUR AMAZING HARDEE COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT HERE. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY CAN JUST STAND UP AND WAVE 
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ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN JUST WAVE AND SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          HI, WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. C. 
          MR C, CAN YOU WAVE TO THE CROWD PLEASE AND THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE HERE, OUR CHIEF WOODWARD. 
          PLEASE SAY HELLO TO THE PEOPLE CHIEF WOODWARD. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE. 
          IF I WERE TO LIST THEM OUT, I THINK MY LIST WOULD BE AS LONG AS SANTA. 
          SO I'M GONNA STOP SO WE CAN GET THE FUN GOING. 
          UH, WE, I DID ASK SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE HAVE MR. ME SMITH WHO WILL COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS TO, TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL. 
          SO LET'S, I THINK HE'S A LITTLE SHY, SO LET'S ENCOURAGE HIM TO COME UP HERE. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. 
          UH, PARK RECREATION AND TOURISM PUTS ON THE MANY FAMILY EVENTS EVERY YEAR. 
          AND IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY WITH HARDY NOW, UM, JUST TO SEE THE SMILING FACES OF THE ADULTS AND THE CHILDREN HERE IS AMAZING. 
          WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, THE FIREWORKS WE'VE HAD, UM, FESTIVAL ON MAINE. 
          WE'VE HAD TRUNK OR TREAT. 
          I THINK THE REAL HEROES OF ALL OF THIS IS THE PARK AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          CAN WE GIVE THEM A HAND FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR US? JUST QUICKLY, HARDY MILL IS AN AMAZING CITY. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE LOW COUNTRY FOR ALMOST NINE. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          HARDY V RIGHT NOW IS A SECOND FASTEST GROWING IN, UH, CITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          AND NOW I FIND THAT EXTREMELY AMAZING AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GROWING THIS FAST. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT FOR THIS GREAT EVENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MESMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND MR. MESMAN DIDN'T TELL YOU IS THAT HE IS ALWAYS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM TO COME OUT TO OUR EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE AND MANY OTHERS BEING INVOLVED BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT IS THE SAME FOR ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNCIL PEOPLE AND STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS SELFLESSLY SHOWING UP SO THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR Y'ALL. 
          SO NEXT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR LOCALS HERE, COUNCILMAN CAROL, WHO WILL BE COMING UP HERE. 
          MR. CARROLL COULD BE CONSIDERED A LOCAL LEGEND SLASH CELEBRITY. 
          THE CARROLL FAMILY IS VERY WELL KNOWN AND LOVED BEING THE FIRST DOCTOR IN HARDY BELT. 
          SO MR. CARROLL, PLEASE COME UP. 
          PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAKE MAKES ME FEEL OLD. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. 
          I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEATHER AND UH, ANYWAY, AT LEAST IT'S HOLDING OFF, BUT I UNDERSTAND TOMORROW'S GONNA REALLY BE BAD. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WE THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT ANY OLDVILLE FOLK FROM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, OLD, OLD HARVILLE FOLKS HERE? I SEE SOME IN THE BACK, SEE SHE BACK THERE IN THE BACK AND SOME OTHER. 
          ANYWAY, UM, THIS TRADITION GOES BACK A LONG WAY. 
          IT'S MOVED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, IT USED TO BE AT THE TRAIN BY THE OLD CITY HALL AND IT USED TO BE ON MAIN STREET IN ONE OF THE MEDIANS. 
          SO, UM, THIS KIND OF EVOLVED, BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS. 
          AND UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          AND AS STEVE SAID, UH, HARDY, UM, IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST IT'S GROWING. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 
          WE ARE THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING CITY. 
          AND IF YOU OUT THERE ON UH, 2 78 OR 95, ESPECIALLY NOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING. 
          YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD HOLIDAY AND, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          YOU GONNA, YOU SAY ANYTHING? OKAY, UH, I, I SPEAK KID. 
          AND THAT SAYS SO EXCITED FOR THIS TO GET STARTED. 
          AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. 
          IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SUGAR, I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY A QUICK SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO MY NEW FRIEND ANDREA, WHO IS JOINING US HERE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. 
          SHE IS AN INTERN AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL SMALL TREASURES THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW. 
          SO SHE'LL COME AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 
          REAL QUICKLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER PASSING OUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SOME OF OUR EVENT GUIDES AND ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT JOBS, THE HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES. 
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SO EVERYBODY GIVE HER A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          WELCOME MAN HER TO HARVILLE. 
          LET HER KNOW HOW WELCOMING WE ARE. 
          ANDREA, COME SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          HI. 
          SO YES, MY NAME IS ANDREA. 
          I AM A NEW INTERN AT THE SAVANNAH WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 
          WE ARE JUST A LITTLE WAYS AWAY. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, THERE IS A DRIVE YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A SHORT LITTLE THREE MILE OR SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CAR AND SEE ALLIGATORS, ALL KINDS OF BIRDS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR VISITOR CENTER OVER THERE YOU CAN SEE AND LEARN ALL ABOUT OUR REFUGE. 
          I AM HERE HELPING OUT WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AT HARDY VALE. 
          I'M HOPING TO TRY TO START MORE EVENTS HERE AND GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE TODAY AND HOPING TO START THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR YOU THAT YOU WANT. 
          'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE REASON WE ARE HERE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN GIVING THE WONDERFUL HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUR CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. 
          IT DID TAKE ME A WHILE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 
          I AM IN AWE OF THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND THAT WE WORK IN. 
          SO I, I WAS SITTING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT CAN I SAY? AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THOSE LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THOSE POSTS AND ON THE STREET LIGHTS. 
          AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT WE SEE ON THE BUSHES VERSUS THE LIGHTS ON THE STREET SIGNS VERSUS THE LIGHTS THAT WE'LL SEE ON, ON CHRISTMAS STREET. 
          BUT THEY ALL TWINKLE AND THEY'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ALL BRING A BEAUTIFUL WARMTH. 
          AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW HARDY IS MORE THAN JUST A LOCATION ON THE MAP. 
          GRANTED, WE ARE GROWING ON THIS MAP. 
          IT'S A COMMUNITY, IT'S A TAPESTRY THAT'S WOVEN WITH THREATS OF DIVERSITY THAT MAKE US UNIQUE FROM DIFFERENT RACES, AGES, AND WALKS OF LIFE TO VERY LANGUAGES,  AND RELIGIONS. 
          EACH OF US CONTRIBUTES SOMETHING SPECIAL. 
          CREATING A RESILIENCE AND BEAUTIFUL WHOLE MAKES ME THINK OF THE BEAUTIFUL CRO SHAPED BLANKETS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD DISPLAY ON  ON CHRISTMAS. 
          AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE BRIGHT COLORS, HOW DIFFERENT THEY WERE, THE PATTERNS AND IT ALL JUST ADDED TO THAT BEAUTY THAT , YOU KNOW, OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          AND THIS COMMUNITY, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, WE FIND UNITY. 
          WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF HARVILLE FOR GENERATIONS LIKE THE CARROLLS OR YOU RECENTLY BECAME A RESONANT, WHETHER YOU'RE A RETIREE FROM UP NORTH OR COLLEGE STUDENT SHAPING YOUR FUTURE AT USEB OR TCL, WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE AS A CITY. 
          WE WITNESSED INCREDIBLE UNITY THIS YEAR FROM THE YOUNGEST FACES THAT WE SEE HERE, EXCITED AND COVERED IN ICING TO OUR SEASONED SOULS WHO HAVE SEEN GENERATIONS AND UNFOLD BEFORE THEM, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU HAVE COME TOGETHER IN REMARKABLE WAYS. 
          YOUR GENEROSITY HAS ILLUMINATED OUR TOWN, LIKE OUR SPARKLING LIGHTS HAVE ADORNED OUR STREETS AND SOON OUR TREE. 
          AND THIS YEAR, UM, BEING IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, I GOT TO REALLY SEE HOW YOU ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          NOT ONLY FOR US, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR EACH OTHER, WE'VE SEEN YOU ALL DONATE CANDY, DONATE YOUR TIME FOR DECORATING TRUNKS, FOR COMING OUT TO THE EASTER EVENTS. 
          EVEN JUST TAGGING OTHER FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AND LETTING THEM KNOW OF OUR EVENTS. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO SHIP SUPPORT TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO COME UP FOR ONE ANOTHER DURING HARD TIMES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US, DESPITE OUR GROWING RATE, TO KEEP THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL SMALL TOWN VALUES THAT MAKE CARDVILLE HARDY. 
          YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF US HOLDING ONTO THOSE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS AND VALUES THAT SEEM TO BE SLIPPING AWAY FROM SOCIETY'S MAINSTREAM. 
          BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE THANK YOU DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          WE, WE THANK YOU THROUGH THOSE COLLECTIVE GESTURES THAT WE WITNESSED BECAUSE YOU TRULY MAKE THE MAGIC OF PARTY BILL HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY RALLIES TOGETHER AROUND ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO NOW AS WE SIT HERE SURROUNDED BY THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I INVITE US TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE SEASON. 
          IN THE TIMELESS WORTH OF AGNES AND PARO GRO CHRISTMAS IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE WARMTH OF THE MEMORIES WE HOLD DEAR. 
          SUMMON THE COURAGE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THIS PRESENT AND EMBRACE THE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AS A STAFF MEMBER, CITY MEMBER, TEAM MEMBER OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO EACH AND SINGLE ONE OF YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY, . 
          AND TOGETHER WE CREATE A STORY THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS FROM THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. 
          HARMONIOUS MELODY EMERGES A SONG OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AND SHARED JOY. 
          ONE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES WE'LL HEAR TONIGHT AND THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR 
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LIVES. 
          LET US NOT FORGET THE PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOMENT. 
          LET THE LIGHTS TWINKLE ABOVE US TO BE A REMINDER THAT EACH ONE OF US IS A BEACON CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLLECTIVE BALANCE OF OUR TOWN. 
          SO LET'S CHERISH THE UNITY THAT DEFINES US. 
          THE SPIRIT THAT BINDS US IN THE LOVE THAT SUSTAIN US. 
          WE WISH YOU ALL A CHRISTMAS BUILDS WITH MAGIC OF UNITY AND WARMTH OF THE COMMUNITY SPIRITS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO UP NEXT, NOW THAT I HEARD MYSELF TALK, THAT WAS A LOT , LET'S BRING OVER OUR FRIENDS FROM THE THE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS FROM CHARLESTON. 
          WHERE ARE OUR CHARLESTON CHRISTMAS CAROLERS? WE ARE READY FOR SOME MUSIC AND SOME CHRISTMAS MAGIC. 
          ENJOY. 
          THEY BECOME A PAIRING ALONG THE LEAF SUPREME. 
          HERE WE COME. 
          THE ONE DREAMS OF THERE TO BE SEEN LOVE, JOY, COME TO YOU AND TO YOU. 
          YOU WAS UP TO AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SEND YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YOU AND GOD SEND YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YOU. 
          WE ARE THE DAILY BAG, THE BED FROM DOOR TO DOOR. 
          BUT WE ARE NEIGHBOR'S. 
          CHILDREN YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU. 
          AND TO YOU ARE WAS TOO. 
          AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SAID YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          AND GOD SAID YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          GOOD MASTER AND GOOD MR. SON. 
          YOU SIT BESIDE THE FIRE. 
          THINK OF US FOR CHILDREN WHO WANDER IN THE MOUTH OF AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO HEAR YOUR ONESELF TO. 
          AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SAY YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOD YOU HAVE NEW YEAR NEXT FALLS OF HOLY FOR LOVE. 
          LORD, THE SEASON TO BE FOLLOW THE DON'T BE OUR GAY. 
          YOUR PER FOLLOW HE ANCIENT YOU TAKE FOLLOW THE SEE THE BLAZING YOU BE FOR US. 
          FOLLOW THE JOIN THE CHORUS IN. 
          HE PASSES THE MESSAGE. 
          LORD, SEE, JOIN HIS SOUL TOGETHER. 
          HE THIS WAS A SONG, JINGLE BELLS RIGHT? AND YOU CAN PROBABLY SING ALONG. 
          DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME BELLS? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PLAY SOME BELTS WITH THEM? WE GO. 
          SHE WOULD. 
          AND ANYBODY LIKE TO BE A A JINGLE BELL REINDEER? WELL THERE'S NO BELT ON IT BUT ANYBODY OH THIS GUY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN YOU STAND UP AND JINGLE WITH ME? I'LL JINGLE AND YOU JINGLE ALONG WITH ME. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA DASH THROUGH SOME SNOW. 
          OH, WE GOT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY COMING TO DO THAT? OH MY. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          AWESOME. 
          GOOD. 
          NEXT TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, NEXT TIME. 
          HEY BUDDY, YOU WANNA DO IT? OKAY, YOU DO IT WITH ME JUST LIKE THAT WHOLE TIME. 
          OKAY, READY? I'LL SHOW YOU FIRST. 
          HERE WE ARE. 
          READY CRASHING THROUGH THE SNOW AND ONE FOOT TODAY OR THE FIELD BECAUSE NOTHING ON THE WAY GREEN. 
          MAKE IT FEAR DRY. 
          WHAT IS TO A PLAYING DON'T TONIGHT JINGLE DO JINGLE, DO JINGLE FAR WAY. 
          WHAT IS TO RIDING AND A ONE NORTH UP FLAG JINGLE. 
          DO JINGLE DO JINGLE BOW WAY. 
          OH WHAT IS TO RIDE? AND A ONE HORSE OPEN SLAVE A DAY OR TWO I THOUGHT I'D TAKE NO PRIDE. 
          AND TO MISS ANNIE PRIDE WAS SEEN INSIDE MY SIDE. 
          ONE HORSE FOR CLEAN AND LANE. 
          MISS FORTUNE WAS A SMART, HE GOT INTO A TRI AND WEAVING GOT A SOFT WHOLE JINGLE. 
          DO TINGLE, DO TINGLES, ALL HEAD OVER WITH. 
          ONE IS YOU RIDING ONE OR OPEN, SLAY, TINGLE. 
          DO TINGLE, 
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DO TINGLES. 
          ALL HEAD OVER WITH ONE IS YOU RIDING A ONE OR OPEN SLAY. 
          NOW THE DRUM IS WAY GO WITH FOR YOUR HATE. 
          GO NICE AND SING THE SONG. 
          JUST GET UP DR. 
          BACK 2 44 SPEED AND HIT YOU TO AN OPEN PLAY. 
          CRACK AND TAKE THE LEAD JINGLE DO JINGLE DO JINGLES, DO WAY ON AND BE RIDING IN A ONE MORE OPEN SL JINGLE. 
          DO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL DOWN. 
          GET BACK UP HERE. 
          SO THIS SONG IS AN OLD ONE IF YOU'VE EVER SUNG IN THE CORNER, MAYBE IN HIGH SCHOOL HE SANG A GOOD PIECE CALLED OF THE UPON WANTS YOU TO HEAR WORDS OF THE CHEER FROM EVERYWHERE THAT THE CHRISTMAS IS EXING DOG OF THE CHAIR FROM EVERYWHERE FELL. 
          S THE WORLD WAS A CRYSTAL FAVORITE IF YOU KNOW IT, SING OF THE W. 
          OKAY, JOY TO THE WORLD. 
          JOY TO THE WORLD IS CALLED HEAVEN AND NATURE. 
          HEAVEN, NATURE AND FIELD. 
          AND FIELD AND PLAY THE HE THE WORLD IN TRUTH AND GRACE AND MAKES A NATION FOR LORD RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WONDERS. 
          AND HIS HIS SILENT NIGHT. 
          HOW MANY HAVE HEARD THAT ONE? THE CHURCH MUSIC DIRECTOR WAS PLANNING A PIECE WITH ORGAN AND CHOIR AND THEN ORGAN BROKE. 
          THE MICE GOT IN THE WIRES AND CHEWED HIM UP. 
          SO IT WAS KIND OF A SILENT CHOIR NUMBER, BUT HE THOUGHT A GUITAR TO PLAY ALONG 
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ALL PUT UP THE TREE BEFORE MY SPIRIT FALLS AGAINST YOU. 
          LOVE THE STAR KING. 
          I GONNA BE RUSHING THINGS. 
          BUT THAT THE HALLS AGAIN, KNOCK OR ATED CHRISTMAS LIKE THIS VERY MINUTE. 
          CANDLES IN THE WINDOW, CAROL MINUTE, A LITTLE CHRISTMAS. 
          RIGHT? VERY MINUTE. 
          IT HASN'T SNOW. 
          A SINGLE FURY DOWN THE GYM. 
          NOT THE PRIDE IS STRING DOG LIKE AMERICA. 
          SAW THE FRUIT CAKE. 
          IT'S TIME WE UN SOME PENCIL ON THAT EVERGREEN FOG. 
          GO RIGHT FROM A LITTLE LEADER, CRAWL A LITTLE CENTER, THROW A LITTLE FEATHER, THROWING A LITTLE OVER IN A NEEDLE. 
          A LITTLE ANGEL STANDING ON MY SHOULDER. 
          NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW FOR, WE NEED A LITTLE MUSIC. 
          NEED A LITTLE RAPTOR? HA HA HA HA HA. 
          NEED A LITTLE SINGING. 
          BRING IT THROUGH THE RAPTORS AS WE NEED A LITTLE SNAPPY, HAPPY EVER AFTER. 
          WE NEED A LITTLE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          SO I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES FROM LAST YEAR AND THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE FROM LAST YEAR KNOW WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT IT IS TO HEAR THEM. 
          NOT ONLY ARE THEY WONDERFUL TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY GO FULLY INTO THE ART OF MUSIC AND EMBODYING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS DOWN TO THE ATTIRE. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ONES THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR KNEW THEY HAD TO LISTEN TO ME SAYING AND THAT WAS ROUGH. 
          SO MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ME TO YOU. 
          YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HEAR IT THIS YEAR. 
          UH, SO MOVING ON, UH, WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL MRS. MERRY KAY HOR WHO WILL BE HAVING STORY TIME READING OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY WITH ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          SO MS. HORTON, IF YOU COULD COME ON UP, WE ARE READY. 
          AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES TO COME ON UP AND SIT AROUND. 
          MS. MARY KAY AS SHE GETS READ, READY TO READ THE STORY. 
          NOT ONLY THE LITTLE ONES, BUT ALSO THE KIDS AT HEART. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS. 
          WHO'S EXCITED FOR SANTA CLAUS? ME, ME. 
          AWESOME. 
          THE, OH, ARE WE READY? WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING, 
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NOT EVEN A MOUSE. 
          THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE AND HOPES THAT ST. 
          NICHOLAS SOON WOULD BE THERE. 
          THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS WHILE VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS DANCED IN THEIR HEAD AND MAMA AND HER KERCHIEF AND I AND MY CAP HAD JUST SETTLED DOWN FOR A LONG WINTERS NAP. 
          WENT OUT ON THE LAWN THERE ROSE SUCH A CLATTER. 
          I SPRAINED FROM MY BED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER AWAY TO THE WINDOW. 
          I FLEW LIKE A FLASH, TORE OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND THREW UP THE SASH. 
          THE MOON ON THE BREAST OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW GAVE THE LUSTER OF MIDDAY TO THE OBJECTS BELOW. 
          WHEN, WHAT DO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR, BUT A MINIATURE SLEIGH AND A TINY REINDEER. 
          A LITTLE OLD DRIVER. 
          SO LIVELY AND QUICK. 
          I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT MUST BE SAINT NICK. 
          MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES. 
          OF COURSE. 
          AS THEY CAME, HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED AND CALLED THEM BY NAME. 
          NOW DASHER, NOW DANCER. 
          NOW DONNA AND VIXEN ON TOP, COMET ON CUPID ON DONNER AND BLIXEN TO THE TOP OF THE PORCH TO THE TOP OF THE WALL. 
          NOW DASHER WAY, DASHER WAY, DASHER WAY, ALL AS DRIVE LEAVES. 
          BEFORE THE WILD HURRICANE FLY, THEY WERE MET WITH THE OBSTACLE MOUNT TO THE SKY. 
          SO UP TO THE HOUSE TOP THE COURSE IS THEY FLEW WITH A LITTLE SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS AND ST. 
          NICHOLAS TOO. 
          AND THEN IN A TWINKLING I HEARD ON THE ROOF THE PRANCING AND PAWING OF EACH TINY HOOF. 
          AS I DREW IN MY HEAD AND WAS TURNING AROUND DOWN THE CHIMNEY, ST. 
          NICHOLAS CAME WITH A BOW. 
          HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN FUR FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT AND HIS CLOTHES WERE ALL TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SOOT. 
          A BUNDLE OF TOYS HE FLUNG ON HIS BACK. 
          HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACK, HIS EYES, HOW THEY TWINKLE HIS DIMPLES. 
          HOW MARY HIS CHEEK WERE, WERE LIKE ROSES AND HIS NOSE LIKE A CHERRY. 
          HIS DROLL LITTLE MOUTH WAS DRAWN UP LIKE A BOW. 
          AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW. 
          THE STUMP OF THE PIPE HE HELD IN HIS TEETH AND THE SMOKE AND CIRCLED HIS HEAD LIKE A RE HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY AND IT SHOOK. 
          WHEN HE LAUGHED LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY, HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMP. 
          A RIGHT JELLY O ELF. 
          AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF, A WINK OF HIS EYE AND A TWIST OF HIS HEAD SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD. 
          HE SPOKE NOT A WORD, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORD. 
          HE FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS AND TURNED WITH A JERK. 
          THAT'S SOPHIA. 
          LAYING A FINGER ASIDE OF HIS NOSE AND GIVING A NOD AT THE CHIMNEY. 
          HE ROSE, HE SPRAINED TO HIS SLEIGH, TO HIS TEEN, GAVE A WHISTLE IN A WAY THEY ALL FLEW LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE. 
          BUT I HEARD HIM EXPLAIN AS HE DROVE OUTTA SIGHT. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT. 
          HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT? OH THAT IS A CLASSIC STORY AND WE LOVE HEARING IT. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT IT. 
          THE LITTLE ONES DON'T MOVE. 
          WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          I'M GONNA WELCOME OUR MAYOR HARRY WILLIAMS, TO COME AND HELP US DO THE COUNTDOWN. 
          WE WILL START COUNTING BACK BACKWARDS FROM 3, 2, 1 AND WE WILL HAVE MAYOR WILLIAMS DO THIS. 
          IS EVERYBODY READY FOR 
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SANTA CLAUS? YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CAME TO HEAR, RIGHT? YOU WANNA SEE SANTA CLAUS? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE TO LISTEN FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          IS EVERYBODY LISTENING FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS? I NEED SOME HELP. 
          WHEN YOU HEAR THE SLEIGH BELLS, THEN I HAVE TO START COUNTING. 
          YES. 
          3, 3, 3, 2, 1. 
          DO YOU HEAR THAT? I THINK I HEAR SOMETHING. 
          YOU HEAR THAT? NO, NO, NO. 
          OH, LISTEN. 
          REAL CLOSE. 
          LISTEN REAL CLOSE. 
          IT'S THE SINGING THAT IS THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          I I CAN HEAR THEM. 
          THAT IS ALL IT MEANS. 
          SANTA IS NEAR SANTA MUST HAVE HIT A YES. 
          CHRISTMAS CAROL BARELY THREW THE CHRISTMAS ARE RING. 
          THE TREE IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND MY TEAM WANTED TO COME, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S RARE TEENAGE WANT TO HANG WITH THEIR MOM, SO I BETTER DO IT. 
          , DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT COMING OUT AND HANGING OUT TONIGHT? LET'S PEOPLE, I REALLY LIKE THE COOKIES. 
          , TYPICAL TEAM . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY? UM, JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. 
          NOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT COMING OUT HERE AND SEEING THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SANTA AND ALL THESE THINGS? I THINK IT, IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
          ESPECIALLY LIKE WE ALL COME OUT HERE AND THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR WITH ALL THESE, WE STARTED WHEN, UM, I BECAME MAYOR IN 2016 AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. 
          UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SENT THE FLYER OUT TO ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. 
          AND THEN THEY CHOOSE A HOUSE LIKE THIS ONE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA DROP THE TOYS. 
          UM, THEN I PUT A SCHEDULE TOGETHER AND WE'RE ON TIME AND, UM, AND WE PICK UP AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SORT AND TOMORROW THERE'S WRAPPING AND FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL GET AT LEAST ONE TOY. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW AND IT IS KIND OF FUNNY THAT IT ALL SHOWS UP AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          BUT I PUT OUT OUR FINAL CALL THIS WEEKEND AND THE NUMBER OF TOYS QUADRUPLED. 
          SO WE HAD A LOT OF TOYS AND WE JUST HAVE A REALLY GOOD GIVING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          DOES THIS HELP YOU TO GET IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT AS WELL? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT IT'S NICE NOW TO HAVE SOME ROOM IN MY HOUSE. 
          'CAUSE I'VE HAD A BIG ROOM FULL OF TOYS. 
          , IT WAS VERY EASY TO GET THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER. 
          THEY, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CHARITABLE. 
          THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR COLLECTING FOR THIS GROUP, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER. 
          I'M AMAZED. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TOYS JUST KEEP COMING AND COMING AND COMING. 
          IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE AND JUST, WE DO IT ALL FOR THE KIDS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 
          IT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL, UH, EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW MUCH THE PEOPLE GIVE. 
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UH, WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY YEAR, BUT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY CARE AND HOW GENEROUS THEY ARE. 
          WE'RE UP TO 19 NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THAT'S HOW MANY WE COLLECT FROM. 
          THAT'S THE, THE MOST WE'LL HAVE RIGHT HERE ON THIS SIDE. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. 
          BUT 19 NEIGHBORHOODS FULL OF TRUCKLOADS OF TOYS, WHICH IS, IT'S CRAZY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO NICE TO SEE A, A TRUCK FULL OF TOYS FOR KIDS WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEM. 
          AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF THE, OUT OF CRAZY TO 'EM TO GET THIS DONE. 
          IT REALLY IS AMAZING. 
           GREAT MATH. 
          ISN'T THAT FUN? DID YOU HAVE FUN PUTTING THE TOYS AWAY? CHRISTMAS. 
          WHY'D YOU DECIDE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS? IT BRINGS ME JOY AND I, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BRING THE KIDS A LOT OF JOY. 
          NOW IS THIS YOUR FIRST YEAR DOING THIS? YES. 
          AND UM, HOW DID THEY GET YOU TO DO THIS? ? DID THEY JUST EASILY, MY FRIEND SAID THEY WERE GONNA BUY ME LUNCH, SO I SAID I'M, I'M IN. 
          AND NOW YOU SAID THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE GONNA THROUGH IT IN A SECOND, RIGHT? YES. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'LL JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THESE KIDS. 
          REALLY NICE GIFTS. 
          AMAZING BLESSING. 
          WE HAVE 15 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING STUFF FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          SO THIS LIKE SOLVES THE PROBLEM FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FAMILIES THAT WILL COME IN THAT NEED THINGS AND THIS IS JUST AMAZING. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH A BLESSING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE FAMILIES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME AND WORK FOR OUR KIDS. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL. 
          I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE FACES OF KIDS THROUGH THE EYES OF SANTA AND IT IS THE MOST WONDERFUL FEELING, UH, TO SEE THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY GET A PRESENT. 
          IT, IT'S JUST, THEY'RE SO, IT, IT'S AMAZING. 
          IT'S WHAT? IT'S WHAT THE JOY OF THE SEASON IS ALL ABOUT. 
          I AM ELATED. 
          THIS IS AMAZING. 
          I'M SO EXCITED. 
          UM, THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR AND EVERY TIME THIS YEAR, THIS TIME OF COMES AROUND AND WE GET TO PASS OUT THE TOYS TO ALL THE CHILDREN, IT'S JUST A JOY TO SEE THEIR SMILES ON THEIR FACES, AND THEY'LL THANK ME FOR IT. 
          AND IT'S NOT ME. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CITY OF HARVILLE. 
          SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AT HARVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY STRUGGLES, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING THROUGH A STRUGGLE THIS, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          IT, IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE, UM, THE STUDENTS, THEY WALK BY, THEY SEE THE GIFTS IN THE ROOM, AND THERE'S CERTAIN KIDS THAT EVEN AFTER THE GIFTS ARE GIVEN TO THEM, THEY'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND THEY'LL SAY, THANK YOU. 
          THERE ARE A FEW STUDENTS THAT WILL COME BY AND SAY THANK YOU, AND THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          JUST THE FACT THAT THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD, UM, YOU KNOW, TELL THE SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          SOME OF OUR, THIS IS A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, SO, UM, THERE'S SOME STRUGGLES WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES. 
          SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT, UM, HARVILLE THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND THE STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAD SO MANY GENEROUS GIFTS FROM SUN CITY, MARGARITAVILLE, HILTON, NED LAKES, RIVERTON POINT, VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL THOSE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO, UH, DONATED, VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO, UH, 
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HELP WITH ALL THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WEEK. 
          AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM WHO ORGANIZED EVERYTHING, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WHO DID GO, ALWAYS GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO, UH, PUT THEIR OTHER WORK ASIDE AND THEN HELP US OUT WITH THIS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE A NICE, WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF ALL THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE. 
          SO HANUKKAH STARTED LAST NIGHT, SO HAPPY HANUKKAH. 
          UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS, IF YOU CELEBRATE KWANZA. 
          ALL MY BEST AND HAPPY NEW YEAR SEASON'S. 
          GREETINGS. 
          HI, I'M MICHAEL SYMBO, HARDY CITY MANAGER. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF HARDY WORKFORCE, WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRAVEL SAFELY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY PROSPEROUS 2024. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A, A HAPPY HOLIDAY NO MATTER WHAT HOLIDAY YOU, YOU CELEBRATE, WHETHER IT BE HANUKKAH, CHRISTMAS, KWANZA, IT'S ALL PART OF OUR FAMILY OF HARVILLE. 
          WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY. 
          AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THAT'S SO ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ALL OF ONE FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY OF HARVILLE. 
          SO I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT HOLIDAY NO MATTER HOW YOU CELEBRATE IT. 
          AND FOR 2024, MAY WE HAVE ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE WARM, BUT IT IS ALWAYS CHRISTMAS TIME AND THAT JUST MAKES THE SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS A LITTLE SPECIAL, DON'T Y'ALL THANK. 
          SO WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE WORKED ENDLESSLY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. 
          BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          WE HAVE SOME OF OUR AMAZING HARDY COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT HERE. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY CAN JUST STAND UP AND WAVE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN JUST WAVE AND SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          HI, WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. C. 
          MR. C, CAN YOU WAVE TO THE CROWD PLEASE AND THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE HERE, CHIEF WOODWARD, PLEASE SAY HELLO TO THE PEOPLE CHIEF WOODWARD. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE. 
          IF I WERE TO LIST THEM OUT, I THINK MY LIST WOULD BE AS LONG AS SANTA. 
          SO I'M GONNA STOP SO WE CAN GET THE GOING. 
          UH, I DID ASK SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE HAVE MR. WHO WILL COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS TO, TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL APPLAUSE. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY, AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. 
          UH, PARK RECREATION AND TOURISM PUTS ON THE MANY FAMILY EVENTS EVERY YEAR. 
          AND IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY WITH HARDY VILLE NOW, UM, JUST TO SEE THE SMILING FACES OF THE ADULTS AND THE CHILDREN HERE IS AMAZING. 
          WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, THE FIREWORKS 
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WE'VE HAD, UM, FESTIVAL ON MAINE. 
          WE'VE HAD TRUNK OR TREAT. 
          I THINK THE REAL HEROES OF ALL OF THIS IS THE PARK AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          CAN WE GIVE THEM A HAND FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR US? JUST QUICKLY, HARDY MILL IS AN AMAZING CITY. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE LOW COUNTRY FOR ALMOST NINE. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          HARDY VA RIGHT NOW IS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING IN, UH, CITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          AND NOW I FIND THAT EXTREMELY AMAZING. 
          AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GROWING THIS FAST. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT FOR THIS GREAT EVENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN MESMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND MR. MESMAN DIDN'T TELL YOU IS THAT HE IS ALWAYS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM TO COME OUT TO OUR EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE AND MANY OTHERS BEING INVOLVED BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT IS THE SAME FOR ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNCIL PEOPLE AND STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS SELFLESSLY SHOWING UP SO THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR Y'ALL. 
          SO NEXT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR LOCALS HERE, COUNCILMAN CARROLL, WHO WILL BE COMING UP HERE. 
          MR. CARROLL COULD BE CONSIDERED A LOCAL LEGEND SLASH CELEBRITY. 
          THE CARROLL FAMILY IS VERY WELL KNOWN AND LOVED BEING THE FIRST DOCTOR AND HARDY BELT. 
          SO MR. CARROLL, PLEASE COME UP. 
          PLEASE GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT MAKES ME FEEL OLD. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. 
          I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEATHER AND, UH, ANYWAY, AT LEAST IT'S HOLDING OFF, BUT I UNDERSTAND TOMORROW'S GONNA REALLY BE BAD. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WE THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT ANY OLD HEARTED DEAL FOLKS FROM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, OLD, OLD HEARTED DEAL FOLKS HERE? I SEE SOME IN THE BACK, SEE SHERRY BACK THERE IN THE BACK AND SOME OTHER. 
          ANYWAY, UM, THIS TRADITION GOES BACK A LONG WAY. 
          IT'S MOVED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, IT USED TO BE AT THE TRAIN BY THE OLD CITY HALL AND IT USED TO BE ON MAIN STREET IN ONE OF THE MEDIANS. 
          SO, UM, THIS KIND OF EVOLVED, BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS. 
          AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          AND AS STEVE SAID, UH, HARDY, UM, IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST IT'S GROWING. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 
          WE ARE THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING CITY. 
          AND IF YOU OUT THERE ON, UH, 2 78 OR NINE FIVE, ESPECIALLY NOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING, YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD HOLIDAY AND, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          COLE, YOU GONNA, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OKAY, GONNA SAY, UH, I, I SPEAK KID. 
          AND THAT SAYS, SO EXCITED FOR THIS TO GET STARTED. 
          AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. 
          IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SUGAR. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY A, A QUICK SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO MY NEW FRIEND ANDREA, WHO IS JOINING US HERE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. 
          SHE IS AN INTERN AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL SMALL TREASURES THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW. 
          SO SHE'LL COME AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 
          REAL QUICKLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER PASSING OUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SOME OF OUR EVENT GUIDES AND ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT JOBS, THE HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES. 
          SO EVERYBODY GIVE HER A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          WELCOME MAN HER TO HARVILLE. 
          LET HER KNOW HOW WELCOMING WE ARE. 
          ANDREA, COME SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          SO, YES, MY NAME IS ANDREA. 
          I AM A NEW INTERN AT THE SAVANNAH WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 
          WE ARE JUST A LITTLE WAYS AWAY. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, THERE IS A DRIVE. 
          YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A SHORT LITTLE THREE MILE OR SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CAR AND SEE ALLIGATORS, ALL KINDS OF BIRDS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR VISITOR CENTER OVER THERE, YOU CAN SEE AND LEARN ALL ABOUT OUR REFUGE. 
          I AM HERE HELPING OUT WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AT HARDY BILL. 
          I'M HOPING TO TRY TO START MORE EVENTS HERE AND GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE TODAY AND HOPING TO START THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR YOU THAT YOU WANT. 
          'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE REASON WE ARE HERE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN GIVING THE WONDERFUL HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUR CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. 
          IT DID TAKE ME A WHILE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 
          I AM IN AWE OF THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND THAT WE WORK IN. 
          SO I, I WAS SITTING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT CAN I SAY? AND 
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I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THOSE LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THOSE POSTS AND ON THOSE STREET LIGHTS. 
          AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT WE SEE ON THE BUSHES VERSUS THE LIGHTS ON THE STREET SIGNS VERSUS THE LIGHTS THAT WE'LL SEE ON, ON CHRISTMAS TREE. 
          BUT THEY ALL TWINKLE AND THEY'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ALL BRING A BEAUTIFUL WARMTH. 
          AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW HARDY VILLAGE IS MORE THAN JUST A LOCATION ON THE MAP. 
          GRANTED, WE ARE GROWING ON THIS MAP. 
          IT'S A COMMUNITY, IT'S A TAPESTRY THAT'S WOVEN WITH THREATS OF DIVERSITY THAT MAKE US UNIQUE FROM DIFFERENT RACES, AGES, AND WALKS OF LIFE TO VARY LANGUAGES,  AND RELIGIONS. 
          EACH OF US CONTRIBUTES SOMETHING SPECIAL, CREATING A RESILIENCE AND BEAUTIFUL WHOLE. 
          IT MAKES ME THINK OF THE BEAUTIFUL CROCHET BLANKETS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD DISPLAY ON  ON CHRISTMAS. 
          AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE BRIGHT COLORS, HOW DIFFERENT THEY WERE, THE PATTERNS, AND IT ALL JUST ADDED TO THAT BEAUTY. 
          THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND THIS COMMUNITY, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, WE FIND UNITY. 
          WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF HARVILLE FOR GENERATIONS LIKE THE CARROLLS, OR YOU RECENTLY BECAME A RESONANT, WHETHER YOU'RE A RETIREE FROM UP NORTH OR COLLEGE STUDENT SHAPING YOUR FUTURE AT USEB OR TCL, WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE AS A CITY. 
          WE WITNESSED INCREDIBLE UNITY THIS YEAR FROM THE YOUNGEST FACES THAT WE SEE HERE, EXCITED AND COVERED IN ICING TO OUR SEASONED SOULS WHO HAVE SEEN GENERATIONS AND UNFOLD BEFORE THEM, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU HAVE COME TOGETHER IN REMARKABLE WAYS. 
          YOUR GENEROSITY HAS ILLUMINATED OUR TOWN, LIKE OUR SPARKLING LIGHTS HAVE ADORNED OUR STREETS AND SOON OUR TREE. 
          AND THIS YEAR, UM, BEING IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, I GOT TO REALLY SEE HOW YOU ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          NOT ONLY FOR US, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR EACH OTHER, WE'VE SEEN YOU ALL DONATE CANDY, DONATE YOUR TIME FOR DECORATING TRUNKS, FOR COMING OUT TO THE EASTER EVENTS. 
          EVEN JUST TAGGING OTHER FRIENDS AND PEOPLE AND LETTING THEM KNOW OF OUR EVENTS. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO SHIP SUPPORT TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO COME UP FOR ONE ANOTHER DURING HARD TIMES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US, DESPITE OUR GROWING RIGHT TO KEEP THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL SMALL TOWN VALUES THAT MAKE HARDY HARDY BILL YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF US HOLDING ON TO THOSE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS AND VALUES THAT SEEM TO BE SLIPPING AWAY FROM SOCIETY'S MAINSTREAM. 
          BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE THANK YOU DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          WE, WE THANK YOU THROUGH THOSE COLLECTIVE GESTURES THAT WE'VE WITNESSED BECAUSE YOU TRULY MAKE THE MAGIC OF PARTY BILL HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY RALLIES TOGETHER AROUND ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO NOW AS WE SIT HERE SURROUNDED BY THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I INVITE US TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE SEASON. 
          IN THE TIMELESS WORST OF AGNES AND PAGO, CHRISTMAS IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE WARMTH OF THE MEMORIES WE HOLD DEAR. 
          SUMMON THE COURAGE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THIS PRESENT AND EMBRACE THE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AS A STAFF MEMBER, CITY MEMBER, TEAM MEMBER OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO EACH AND SINGLE ONE OF YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY, . 
          AND TOGETHER WE CREATE A STORY THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS FROM THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. 
          HARMONIOUS MELODY EMERGES A SONG OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AND SHARED JOY. 
          ONE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES WE'LL HEAR TONIGHT AND THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR LIVES. 
          LET US NOT FORGET THE PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOMENT, BUT THE LIGHTS TWINKLE ABOVE US TO BE A REMINDER THAT EACH ONE OF US IS A BEACON CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLLECTIVE BALANCE OF OUR TOWN. 
          SO LET'S CHERISH THE UNITY THAT DEFINES US, THE SPIRIT THAT BINDS US, AND THE LOVE THAT SUSTAIN US. 
          WE WISH YOU ALL A CHRISTMAS BUILT WITH MAGIC OF UNITY AND WARMTH OF THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO UP UP NEXT, NOW THAT I HEARD MYSELF TALK, THAT WAS A LOT , LET'S BRING OVER OUR FRIENDS FROM THE, THE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS FROM CHARLESTON. 
          WHERE ARE OUR CHARLESTON CHRISTMAS CAROLERS? WE ARE READY FOR SOME MUSIC AND SOME CHRISTMAS MAGIC. 
          ENJOY IT. 
          BECOME A ING AMONG THE LEAVES OF GREEN. 
          HERE WE COME. 
          THE ONE DREAMS OF THERE TO BE SEEN, LOVE, JOY, COME TO YOU AND TO YOU. 
          YOUR WHAT OF TO. 
          AND GOD BLESS YOU. 
          AND INSTEAD YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          AND THUS SAID, YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          WE ARE THE DAILY BAG, THE BED FROM 
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DOOR TO DOOR. 
          BUT WE ARE NEIGHBORS, CHILDREN WHO YOU HAVE SEEN BEFORE. 
          LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU OR WAS OUT TO, AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SAID, YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          AND GOD SAID, YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR THE MASTER. 
          AND MR. SCIENCE, YOU SAID BESIDE THE PARK, WE THINK OF US FOR CHILDREN WHO WANDER IN THE BOX, LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU YOUSELF TO AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU HAPPY NEW AND GOD HAPPY. 
          NEXT THE OF HOLY FOLLOW LAW OF THE SEASON TWO, BE ALL THE OF THE DON'T MEET OUR TRULY THE ANCIENT. 
          YOU SEE THE BLAZING BEAUTY FOR US. 
          FOLLOW. 
          STRIKE THE AND JOIN THE CHORUS. 
          BE IN. 
          THAT'S THE WAY PASSES THE SEE YOU HIS SOUL GATHER. 
          HE WIND WEATHER FROM THIS WAS A SONG JINGLE BELLS, RIGHT? UH, YOU CAN PROBABLY SING ALONG. 
          DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME BELLS? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PLAY SOME BELLS WITH US? YEP. 
          SHE WOULD. 
          AND ANYBODY LIKE TO BE A A JIGGLE BELL REINDEER? WELL, THERE'S NO BELT ON IT, BUT ANYBODY OH, THIS GUY? ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN YOU STAND UP AND JINGLE WITH ME? I'LL JINGLE AND YOU JINGLE ALONG WITH ME. 
          OH, HI. 
          WE'RE GONNA DASH THROUGH SOME SNOW. 
          OH, WE GOT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY COMING TO DO THIS? OH MY. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          AWESOME. 
          GOOD. 
          NEXT TIME. 
          ALRIGHT, NEXT. 
          HEY BUDDY, YOU WANT DO IT? OKAY, YOU DO IT WITH ME JUST LIKE THAT THE WHOLE TIME. 
          OKAY, READY? HERE, I'LL SHOW YOU FIRST REAL QUICK. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          READY? DASHING THROUGH OF SNOW. 
          ANYONE PUT BIT OVER THE FIELD BEFORE? NOTHING. 
          ALL THE WAY BUILT GREEN. 
          MAKE IT SPIRIT IT RIGHT. 
          BUT MONEY IS TO A PLAYING UNTIL TONIGHT. 
          JINGLE DOWN, JINGLE DOWN JINGLE ALL THE WAY. 
          OR WHAT IS TO RIDING ONE NORTH OF INSIDE J. 
          JINGLE BELL. 
          JINGLE DOWN JINGLE. 
          OH MY THOUGHT DID TO RIDE. 
          AND A ONE HORSE OPEN FLAG. 
          DAY TWO GO. 
          I THOUGHT I'D TAKE NO PRIDE. 
          AND TWO, MISS FAN PRIDE WAS SEEN BY SIDE ONE HORSE WAS CLEAN AND LENGTH. 
          MISFORTUNE WAS FAULT. 
          HE GOT INTO A AND WE GOT OH, TINGLES. 
          DO TINGLE DO TINGLES AHEAD YOU ONE OR PLAY TINGLE. 
          DO TINGLES. 
          DO TINGLES. 
          OH IS TO RIDING IN ONE MONTH. 
          OPEN SL. 
          NOW THE GROUND IS WAITING FOR YOUR YOUNG. 
          TAKE THE GIRLS TONIGHT AND SING THE SONG. 
          JUST GET UP, UP BACK TO 40, 40 SPEED AND HIT YOU TO AN OPEN SL. 
          CRACKING. 
          TAKE THE LEAD JINGLE DOWN JINGLES SHINGLE. 
          ALL WAY TO, IN ONE MORE OPEN JINGLE, DO JINGLE ALL WAY TO IN ONE. 
          SO THIS SONG IS AN OLD ONE. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER SUNG IN THE CORNER, MAYBE IN HIGH SCHOOL, HE SANG A GOOD CALLED CAROL OF THE BELL 
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TO HEAR WORDS. 
          PEOPLE THAT THE CHAIR DINGING RUNS INTO THE WAVE OF THE CHAIR FROM EVERYWHERE FELL. 
          THE THE, THE RING, THE CHAIR, CHRISTMAS DING, JOY TO THE WORLD A CHRISTMAS. 
          IF YOU KNOW IT, SING IT ALONG. 
          OKAY, JOY TO THE WORLD, TO THE HEART. 
          PREPARE HEAVEN IN NATURE AND HEAVEN IN NATURE. 
          NATURE HEAR AND FIELD AND FALL. 
          WHAT FIELD AND PLAY. 
          SO ENJOY THE, THE JOY. 
          HE IMPROVES THE WORLD IN TRUTH AND GRACE, AND MAKES A NATION FOR THE LORD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WONDER HIS AND WONDER HIS HIS SILENT NIGHT. 
          HOW MANY HAVE HEARD THAT ONE? THE CHURCH MUSIC DIRECTOR WAS PLANNING A PIECE WITH ORGAN AND CHOIR AND THEN ORGAN BROKE. 
          THE MICE GOT IN THE WIRES AND CHEWED HIM UP. 
          SO IT WAS KIND OF A SILENT CHOIR NUMBER, BUT HE ON A GUITAR TO PLAY ALONG ALL, 
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ALL THE HOLY PUT UP THE TREE FOR MY MARY FALLS AGAINST YOU TO LOVE THE STAR KING. 
          I MAYBE RUSHING THINGS, BUT THEN THE HALL AGAIN, ORATED CHRISTMAS LIKE THIS EVERY MINUTE. 
          CANDLES IN THE WINDOW, CAROL IN THE GETS LITTLE CHRISTMAS, RIGHT VERY MINUTE. 
          IT HAS A SNOWING FUR DOWN THE JIMMY, THE PRIDE IS STRING OF LIKE EVER SAW OF THE BREW CAKE. 
          IT'S TIME WE UN SOME 10 ON THE LAMB. 
          GREEN FOG. 
          A LITTLE LEADER. 
          A LITTLE FEATHER. 
          A LITTLE FEATHER THROWING A LITTLE OLDER. 
          AND I NEED A LITTLE ANGEL STANDING ON MY SHOULDER. 
          NEED A LITTLE CHRISTMAS NOW FOR, WE NEED A LITTLE MUSIC. 
          NEED A LITTLE LAUGHTER? HA HA HA HA. 
          NEED A LITTLE SINGING. 
          BRING IT THROUGH THE RAPTORS AS WE NEED A LITTLE SNAPPY, HAPPY EVER AFTER. 
          WE NEED OVER THE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, EVERYONE. 
          SO I SEE A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES FROM LAST YEAR AND THE ONES THAT ARE, THAT ARE HERE FROM LAST YEAR KNOW WHAT A WONDERFUL GIFT IT IS TO HEAR THEM. 
          NOT ONLY ARE THEY WONDERFUL TRAINED PROFESSIONALS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY GO FULLY INTO THE ART OF MUSIC AND EMBODYING THE CHRISTMAS SPIRITS DOWN TO THE ATTIRE. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE ONES THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR KNEW THEY HAD TO LISTEN TO ME SAYING. 
          AND THAT WAS ROUGH. 
          SO MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ME TOO. 
          YOU, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO HEAR IT THIS YEAR. 
          UH, SO MOVING ON, UH, WE HAVE THE WONDERFUL MRS. MARY KAY HOR WHO WILL BE HAVING STORY TIME READING OF THE CHRISTMAS STORY WITH ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          SO MS. HORTON, IF YOU COULD COME ON UP. 
          WE ARE READY. 
          AND WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF OUR LITTLE ONES TO COME ON UP AND SIT AROUND. 
          MISS MARY KAY AS SHE GETS READY TO READ THE STORY. 
          NOT ONLY THE LITTLE ONES, BUT ALSO THE KIDS AT HEART. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS. 
          WHO'S EXCITED FOR SANTA CLAUS? ME? AWESOME. 
          ARE WE READY FOR THE NIGHT? BEFORE CHRISTMAS WENT ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE. 
          NOT A CREATURE WAS STIRRING. 
          NOT EVEN A MOUSE. 
          THE STOCKINGS WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE IN HOPES THAT ST. 
          NICHOLAS SOON WOULD BE THERE. 
          THE CHILDREN WERE NESTLED ALL SNUG IN THEIR BEDS. 
          WHILE VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS DANCED IN THEIR HEAD, AND MAMA AND HER KERCHIEF AND I AND MY CALF HAD JUST SETTLED DOWN FOR A LONG WINTER'S NAP, WENT OUT ON THE LAWN, THERE ROSE SUCH A CLATTER. 
          I SPRAINED FROM MY BED TO SEE WHAT WAS THE MATTER AWAY TO THE WINDOW. 
          I FLEW LIKE A FLASH, TORE OPEN THE SHUTTERS AND THREW UP THE SASH. 
          THE MOON ON THE BREAST OF THE NEW FALLEN SNOW GAVE THE LUSTER OF MIDDAY TO THE OBJECTS BELOW. 
          WHEN, WHAT DO MY WONDERING? EYES SHOULD APPEAR, PUT A MINIATURE SLEIGH AND A TINY REINDEER. 
          A LITTLE OLD DRIVER. 
          SO LIVELY AND QUICK. 
          I KNEW IN A MOMENT IT MUST BE ST. 
          NICK 
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MORE RAPID THAN EAGLES. 
          OF COURSE. 
          AS THEY CAME, HE WHISTLED AND SHOUTED AND CALLED THEM BY NAME. 
          NOW DASHER, NOW DANCER. 
          NOW DONNER AND VIXEN ON CARPET COMET ON CUPID, ON DONNER AND BLIXEN TO THE TOP OF THE PORCH TO THE TOP OF THE WALL. 
          NOW DASHER AWAY, DASH AWAY, DASHER AWAY. 
          ALL AS DRIVE LEAVES. 
          BEFORE THE WILD HURRICANE FLY, THEY WERE MET WITH THE OBSTACLE MOUNT TO THE SKY. 
          SO UP TO THE HOUSE, TOP THE COURSE AS THEY FLEW WITH A LITTLE SLEIGH FULL OF TOYS. 
          AND ST. 
          NICHOLAS TOO. 
          AND THEN IN A TWINKLING I HEARD ON THE ROOF THE PRANCING AND PAWING OF EACH TINY HOOF. 
          AS I DREW IN MY HEAD AND WAS TURNING AROUND DOWN THE CHIMNEY, ST. 
          NICHOLAS CAME WITH A BOUND. 
          HE WAS DRESSED ALL IN FUR FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS FOOT. 
          AND HIS CLOTHES WERE ALL TARNISHED WITH ASHES AND SOOT. 
          A BUNDLE OF TOYS HE FLUNG ON HIS BACK. 
          HE LOOKED LIKE A PEDLER JUST OPENING HIS PACK, HIS EYES, HOW THEY TWINKLE HIS DIMPLES. 
          HOW MARY HIS CHEEK WERE, WERE LIKE ROSES AND HIS NOSE LIKE A CHERRY. 
          HIS DROLL LITTLE MOUTH WAS DRAWN UP LIKE A BOW. 
          AND THE BEARD ON HIS CHIN WAS AS WHITE AS THE SNOW. 
          THE STUMP OF THE PIPE HE HELD IN HIS TEETH AND THE SMOKE AND CIRCLED HIS HEAD LIKE A RE HE HAD A BROAD FACE AND A LITTLE ROUND BELLY AND IT SHOOK. 
          WHEN HE LAUGHED LIKE A BOWL FULL OF JELLY, HE WAS CHUBBY AND PLUMP. 
          A RIGHT JELLY ELF. 
          AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW HIM IN SPITE OF MYSELF, A WINK OF HIS EYE AND A TWIST OF HIS HEAD SOON GAVE ME TO KNOW I HAD NOTHING TO DREAD. 
          HE SPOKE NOT A WORD, BUT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS WORK. 
          HE FILLED ALL THE STOCKINGS AND TURNED WITH A JERK. 
          THAT'S SOPHIA. 
          LAYING A FINGER SIDE OF HIS NOSE AND GIVING A NOD AT THE CHIMNEY. 
          HE ROSE, HE SPRANG TO HIS SLEIGH, TO HIS TEEN, GAVE A WHISTLE AND AWAY THEY ALL FLEW LIKE THE DOWN OF A THISTLE. 
          BUT I HEARD HIM EXCLAIM AS HE DROVE OUTTA SIGHT. 
          MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT. 
          HOW WONDERFUL IS THAT? OH, THAT IS A CLASSIC STORY AND WE LOVE HEARING IT. 
          IT WOULDN'T BE CHRISTMAS WITHOUT IT. 
          WELL, LITTLE ONES DON'T MOVE. 
          WE'RE GETTING READY TO MAKE THE MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          I'M GONNA WELCOME OUR MAYOR HARRY WILLIAMS, TO COME AND HELP US DO THE COUNTDOWN. 
          WE WILL START COUNTING BACK BACKWARDS FROM 3, 2, 1. 
          AND WE WILL HAVE MAYOR WILLIAMS DO THIS. 
          IS EVERYBODY READY FOR SANTA CLAUS? YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THAT'S WHAT WE CAME TO HEAR, RIGHT? YOU WANNA SEE SANTA CLAUS? OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE TO LISTEN FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          IS EVERYBODY LISTENING FOR THE SLEIGH BELLS? I NEED SOME HELP. 
          WHEN YOU HEAR THE SLEIGH BELLS, THEN I HAVE TO START COUNTING YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          3, 3, 3, 2, 1. 
          YEAH. 
          WILLIAMS, DO YOU HEAR THAT? I THINK I HEAR SOMETHING. 
          YOU HEAR THAT? NO. 
          NO. 
          OH, LISTEN. 
          REAL CLOSE. 
          LISTEN. 
          REAL CLOSE. 
          IT'S THE SINGING THAT IS THE SLEIGH BELLS. 
          I I CAN HEAR THEM. 
          THAT IS ALL IN ME. 
          AND SANTA IS NEAR SANTA. 
          MUST HIT A YEAH. 
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ARE RING. 
          THE CHRISTMAS ARE RING. 
          THE TREE IS BEAUTIFUL. 
          AND MY TEAM WANTED TO COME, SO I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S RARE. 
          TEENAGE WANNA HANG WITH THEIR MOM, SO I BETTER DO IT. 
          , DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT COMING OUT AND HANGING OUT TONIGHT? ? I REALLY LIKE THE COOKIES. 
          , TYPICAL TEAM . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO SAY? UM, JUST HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE. 
          NOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT TO THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES. 
          WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT COMING OUT HERE AND SEEING THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND SANTA AND ALL THESE THINGS? I THINK IT, IT'S A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY. 
          IT'S BEEN SO, LIKE BRYCE, WE ALL COME OUT HERE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME EVERY YEAR. 
          THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR WITH ALL THESE LIGHTS. 
          WE STARTED WHEN, UM, I BECAME MAYOR IN 2016 AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT EVER SINCE. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPRESENTATIVES ARE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS. 
          UM, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SENT THE FLYER OUT TO ALL OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. 
          AND THEN THEY CHOOSE A HOUSE LIKE THIS ONE AND EVERYBODY KNOWS, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE GONNA DROP THE TOYS. 
          UM, THEN I PUT A SCHEDULE TOGETHER AND WE'RE ON TIME AND, UM, AND, AND WE PICK UP AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SORT, AND TOMORROW THERE'S WRAPPING AND FRIDAY DELIVERY TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          UM, EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL GET AT LEAST ONE TOY. 
          I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS NOW, AND IT IS KIND OF FUNNY THAT IT ALL SHOWS UP AT THE LAST MINUTE. 
          BUT I PUT OUT OUR FINAL CALL THIS WEEKEND AND THE NUMBER OF TOYS QUADRUPLED. 
          SO WE HAD A LOT OF TOYS AND WE JUST HAVE A REALLY GOOD GIVING NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          DOES THIS HELP YOU TO GET IN THE HOLIDAY PERIOD AS WELL? OH, ABSOLUTELY. 
          BUT IT'S NICE NOW TO HAVE SOME ROOM IN MY HOUSE. 
          'CAUSE I'VE HAD A BIG ROOM FULL OF TOYS. 
          , IT'S VERY EASY TO GET THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOGETHER. 
          THEY, THEY'RE INCREDIBLY CHARITABLE. 
          THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR COLLECTING FOR THIS GROUP, AND EVERY YEAR IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER. 
          I'M AMAZED. 
          WE'RE ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS IN THE BEGINNING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TOYS JUST KEEP COMING AND COMING AND COMING. 
          IT'S, IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          AND JUST, WE DO IT ALL FOR THE KIDS. 
          AND, UH, IT'S A WONDERFUL THING. 
          IT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL, UH, EXPERIENCE TO SEE HOW MUCH THE PEOPLE GIVE. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, WE HAVE A LOT MORE NEIGHBORHOODS EVERY YEAR, BUT EACH NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY CARE AND HOW GENEROUS THEY ARE. 
          WE'RE UP TO 19 NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THAT'S HOW MANY WE COLLECT FROM. 
          THAT'S THE, THE MOST WE'LL HAVE RIGHT HERE ON THIS SIDE. 
          SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. 
          BUT 19 NEIGHBORHOODS FULL OF TRUCKLOADS OF TOYS, WHICH IS, IT'S CRAZY. 
          YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO NICE TO SEE A, A TRUCK FULL OF TOYS FOR KIDS WHO CAN'T AFFORD THEM. 
          AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, THE NEIGHBORHOOD JUST GOES COMPLETELY OUT OF THE, OUT OF CRAZY TO, TO GET THIS DONE. 
          IT REALLY IS AMAZING. 
           GREAT. 
          MAYA. 
          WASN'T THAT FUN? DID YOU HAVE FUN PUTTING THE TOYS AWAY? 
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WHY'D YOU DECIDE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS? IT BRINGS ME JOY AND I, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BRING THE KIDS A LOT OF JOY. 
          NOW IS THIS YOUR FIRST YEAR DOING THIS? YES. 
          AND UM, HOW DID THEY GET YOU TO DO THIS? ? DID THEY JUST EASILY, MY FRIEND SAID THEY WERE GONNA BUY ME LUNCH, SO I SAID I'M, I'M IN. 
          AND NOW YOU SAID THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE GOING THROUGH IT IN A SECOND, RIGHT? YES. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'LL JUST HAVE A GREAT TIME WITH THESE KIDS. 
          REALLY NICE GIFTS. 
          SA MAGICAL, LET'S GO OUTSIDE. 
          AMAZING BLESSING. 
          WE HAVE 15 FAMILIES RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING STUFF FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          SO THIS LIKE SOLVES THE PROBLEM FOR THAT. 
          WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FAMILIES THAT WILL COME IN THAT NEED THINGS. 
          AND THIS IS JUST AMAZING. 
          YOU KNOW, IT IS SUCH A BLESSING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS, TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BACK TO THE FAMILIES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME AND WORK FOR OUR KIDS. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS GRATEFUL. 
          I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THE FACES OF KIDS THROUGH THE EYES OF SANTA AND IT IS THE MOST WONDERFUL FEELING, UH, TO SEE THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY GET A PRESENT. 
          IT, IT'S JUST, THEY'RE SO, IT, IT'S AMAZING. 
          IT'S WHAT, IT'S WHAT THE JOY OF THE SEASON IS ALL ABOUT. 
          I AM ELATED. 
          THIS IS AMAZING. 
          I'M SO EXCITED. 
          UM, THIS IS A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR AND EVERY TIME THIS YEAR, THIS TIME OF THE YEAR COMES AROUND AND WE GET TO PASS OUT THE TOYS TO ALL THE CHILDREN, IT'S JUST A JOY TO SEE THEIR SMILES ON THEIR FACES AND THEY'LL THANK ME FOR IT. 
          AND IT'S NOT ME. 
          IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE CITY OF PARKVILLE. 
          SO WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AT HARVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVERYBODY STRUGGLES, BUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE GOING THROUGH A STRUGGLE THIS, UH, HOLIDAY SEASON? IT, IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE, UM, THE STUDENTS, THEY WALK BY AND THEY SEE THE GIFTS IN THE ROOM. 
          AND THERE'S CERTAIN KIDS THAT EVEN AFTER THE GIFTS ARE GIVEN TO THEM, THEY'LL COME BACK IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND THEY'LL SAY THANK YOU. 
          THERE ARE A FEW STUDENTS THAT WILL COME BY AND SAY THANK YOU. 
          AND THEY'RE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          JUST THE FACT THAT THEY CAME BACK AND TOLD, UM, YOU KNOW, TELL THE SCHOOL THANK YOU FOR THE GIFTS. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          SOME OF OUR, THIS IS A TITLE ONE SCHOOL, SO, UM, THERE'S SOME STRUGGLES WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES. 
          SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT, UM, HARVILLE THE CITY OF HARVILLE IS DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND THE STUDENTS ARE VERY EXCITED, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          WE HAD SO MANY GENEROUS GIFTS FROM SUN CITY, MARGARITAVILLE, HILTON, HEAD LAKES, RIVERTON POINT, VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL THOSE, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO, UH, DONATED, VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME TO, UH, HELP WITH ALL THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS WEEK. 
          AND ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARKS AND REC TEAM WHO ORGANIZED EVERYTHING, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WHO DID GO, ALWAYS GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO, UH, PUT THEIR OTHER WORK ASIDE AND THEN HELP US OUT WITH THIS. 
          SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THANK, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS ARE GOING TO BE, HAVE A NICE, WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS BECAUSE OF ALL THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE. 
          SO HANUKKAH STARTED LAST NIGHT, SO HAPPY HANUKKAH. 
          UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS IF YOU CELEBRATE KWANZA. 
          ALL MY BEST AND HAPPY NEW YEAR SEASON'S. 
          GREETINGS. 
          HI, I'M MICHAEL SYMBO HARDY V CITY MANAGER. 
          ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF HARDY V WORKFORCE, 
          [07:35:01]
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME TO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TRAVEL SAFELY. 
          AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A VERY PROSPEROUS 2024. 
          HELLO EVERYONE. 
          I, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A, A HAPPY HOLIDAY NO MATTER WHAT HOLIDAY YOU, YOU CELEBRATE, WHETHER IT BE HANUKKAH, CHRISTMAS, KWANZA, IT'S ALL PART OF OUR FAMILY OF HARVILLE. 
          WE'RE ALL ONE FAMILY. 
          AND AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, THAT'S SO ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE ALL OF ONE FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY OF HARVILLE. 
          SO I WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A GREAT HOLIDAY NO MATTER HOW YOU CELEBRATE IT. 
          AND FOR 2024, MAY WE HAVE ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR. 
          SO I WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT TODAY. 
          I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE WARM, BUT IT IS ALWAYS CHRISTMAS TIME AND THAT JUST MAKES THE SOUTHERN CHRISTMAS A LITTLE SPECIAL, DON'T Y'ALL THINK. 
          SO WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO THANK OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS WHO HAVE WORKED ENDLESSLY TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION. 
          BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS FOR YOU, ESPECIALLY OUR LITTLE ONES. 
          WE HAVE SOME OF OUR AMAZING HARDY COUNCIL MEMBERS OUT HERE. 
          AND IF EVERYBODY CAN JUST STAND UP AND WAVE ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE CAN JUST WAVE AND SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          HI, WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. C. 
          MR C, CAN YOU WAVE TO THE CROWD PLEASE AND THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE HERE, CHIEF WOODWARD, PLEASE SAY HELLO TO THE PEOPLE CHIEF WOODWARD. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE. 
          IF I WERE TO LIST THEM OUT, I THINK MY LIST WOULD BE AS LONG AS SANTA. 
          SO I'M GONNA STOP SO WE CAN GET THE GOING. 
          UH, WE, I DID ASK SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE HAVE MR. ME WHO WILL COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS TO, TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. 
          SO LET'S GIVE HIM, I THINK HE'S A LITTLE SHY, SO LET'S ENCOURAGE HIM TO COME UP HERE. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS. 
          IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS. 
          UH, PARK RECREATION AND TOURISM PUTS ON THE MANY FAMILY EVENTS EVERY YEAR. 
          AND IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILY WITH HARDY BILL. 
          NOW, UM, JUST TO SEE THE SMILING FACES OF THE ADULTS AND THE CHILDREN HERE IS AMAZING. 
          WE'VE HAD, UH, UH, THE FIREWORKS WE'VE HAD, UM, UH, FESTIVAL ON MAINE. 
          WE'VE HAD TRUNK OR TREAT. 
          I THINK THE REAL HEROES OF ALL OF THIS IS THE PARK AND RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT. 
          CAN WE GIVE THEM A HAND FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO FOR US? JUST QUICKLY, HARDY V IS AN AMAZING CITY. 
          I'VE LIVED HERE FOR ALMOST FIVE YEARS. 
          I'VE BEEN IN THE LOW COUNTRY FOR ALMOST NINE. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          HARDY RIGHT NOW IS THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING IN, UH, CITY IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 
          AND NOW I FIND THAT EXTREMELY AMAZING AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL YOU WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WE'RE GROWING THIS FAST. 
          WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT FOR THIS GREAT EVENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MESMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND MR. MESMAN DIDN'T TELL YOU IS THAT HE IS ALWAYS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME. 
          WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HIM TO COME OUT TO OUR EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE AND MANY OTHERS BEING INVOLVED BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS MAGIC HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT IS THE SAME FOR ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNCIL PEOPLE AND STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS ALWAYS SELFLESSLY SHOWING UP SO THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE BEST EXPERIENCE FOR Y'ALL. 
          SO NEXT WE HAVE ONE OF OUR LOCALS HERE, COUNCILMAN CAROL, 
          [07:40:01]
WHO WILL BE COMING UP HERE. 
          MR. CAROL COULD BE CONSIDERED A LOCAL LEGEND SLASH CELEBRITY. 
          THE CAROL FAMILY IS VERY WELL KNOWN AND LOVED BEING THE FIRST DOCTOR IN HARDY. 
          SO MR. CARROLL, PLEASE COME UP. 
          PLEASE GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE EVERYONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MAKES ME FEEL OLD. 
          IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT. 
          I WAS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WEATHER AND UH, ANYWAY, AT LEAST IT'S HOLDING OFF, BUT I UNDERSTAND TOMORROW'S GONNA REALLY BE BAD. 
          BUT ANYWAY, WE THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. 
          IT MEANS A LOT. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT ANY OLD HARD DEAL FOLKS FROM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, OLD OLDVILLE FOLKS HERE? I SEE SOMETHING IN THE BACK. 
          SEE SHERRY BACK THERE IN THE BACK AND SOME OTHER. 
          ANYWAY, UM, THIS TRADITION GOES BACK A LONG WAY. 
          IT'S MOVED FROM DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          IF YOU REMEMBER, IT USED TO BE AT THE TRAIN BY THE OLD CITY HALL AND IT USED TO BE ON MAIN STREET AND ONE OF THE MEDIANS. 
          SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF EVOLVED, BUT I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LOCATIONS. 
          AND UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. 
          AND AS STEVE SAID, UH, HARDY, UM, IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST IT'S GROWING. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. 
          WE ARE THE SECOND FASTEST GROWING CITY. 
          AND IF YOU OUT THERE ON UH, 2 78 OR NINE FIVE, ESPECIALLY NOW, THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING, YOU KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE. 
          SO ANYWAY, I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD HOLIDAY AND, UM, MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          SO YOU, YOU SAY ANYTHING. 
          OKAY, , UH, I, I SPEAK KID. 
          AND THAT SAYS, SO EXCITED FOR THIS TO GET STARTED. 
          AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. 
          IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SUGAR, I DON'T KNOW. 
          SO, UM, I DO WANNA SAY A QUICK SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO MY NEW FRIEND ANDREA, WHO IS JOINING US HERE FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA. 
          SHE IS AN INTERN AT ONE OF OUR LOCAL SMALL TREASURES THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW. 
          SO SHE'LL COME AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. 
          REAL QUICKLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN HER PASSING OUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS AND SOME OF OUR EVENT GUIDES AND ONE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT JOBS, THE HOT CHOCOLATE AND COOKIES. 
          SO EVERYBODY GIVE HER A WARM ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          WELCOME MAN HER TO HARVILLE. 
          LET HER KNOW HOW WELCOMING WE ARE. 
          ANDREA, COME SAY HI TO EVERYONE. 
          HI. 
          SO YES, MY NAME IS ANDREA. 
          I AM A NEW INTERN AT THE SAVANNAH WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN THERE. 
          WE ARE JUST A LITTLE WAYS AWAY. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS EVER HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT, THERE IS A DRIVE YOU GUYS CAN TAKE A SHORT LITTLE THREE MILE OR SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE YOUR CAR AND SEE ALLIGATORS, ALL KINDS OF BIRDS. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR VISITOR CENTER OVER THERE YOU CAN SEE AND LEARN ALL ABOUT OUR REFUGE. 
          I AM HERE HELPING OUT WITH THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT AT HARDY BILL. 
          I'M HOPING TO TRY TO START MORE EVENTS HERE AND GET TO KNOW ALL OF YOU. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING HERE TODAY AND HOPING TO START THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP. 
          WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS FOR YOU THAT YOU WANT. 
          'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE REASON WE ARE HERE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, I HAVE BEEN GIVING THE WONDERFUL HONOR OF BEING ABLE TO GIVE OUR CHRISTMAS MESSAGE. 
          IT DID TAKE ME A WHILE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY. 
          I AM IN AWE OF THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN AND THAT WE WORK IN. 
          SO I, I WAS SITTING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT, WHAT CAN I SAY? AND I STARTED THINKING ABOUT THOSE LIGHTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THOSE POSTS AND ON THE STREETLIGHTS. 
          AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO DIFFERENT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT WE SEE ON THE BUSHES VERSUS THE LIGHTS ON THE STREET SIGNS VERSUS THE LIGHTS THAT WE'LL SEE ON, ON CHRISTMAS STREET. 
          BUT THEY ALL TWINKLE AND THEY'RE ALL BEAUTIFUL AND THEY ALL BRING A BEAUTIFUL WARMTH. 
          AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT HOW HARDY BILL IS MORE THAN JUST A LOCATION ON THE MAP. 
          GRANTED, WE ARE GROWING ON THIS MAP. 
          IT'S A COMMUNITY, IT'S A TAPESTRY THAT'S WOVEN WITH THREATS OF DIVERSITY THAT MAKE US UNIQUE FROM DIFFERENT RACES, AGES, AND WALKS OF LIFE TO VERY LANGUAGES, LING AND RELIGIONS. 
          EACH OF US CONTRIBUTES SOMETHING SPECIAL, CREATING A RESILIENCE AND BEAUTIFUL WHOLE. 
          IT MAKES ME THINK OF THE BEAUTIFUL CROCHET BLANKETS MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD DISPLAY ON  ON CHRISTMAS. 
          AND I THOUGHT ABOUT THE BRIGHT COLORS, HOW DIFFERENT THEY WERE, THE PATTERNS. 
          AND IT ALL JUST ADDED TO THAT BEAUTY THAT THE YA SAID, YOU KNOW, OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND THIS COMMUNITY, DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES, WE FIND UNITY. 
          WHETHER YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF HARVILLE FOR GENERATIONS LIKE THE CARROLL'S, OR YOU RECENTLY BECAME A RESONANT, WHETHER YOU'RE A RETIREE FROM UP NORTH OR COLLEGE STUDENT SHAPING YOUR FUTURE AT USCB OR TCL, WE STAND TOGETHER AS ONE AS A CITY. 
          WE'VE WITNESSED INCREDIBLE 
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UNITY THIS YEAR FROM THE YOUNGEST FACES THAT WE SEE HERE, EXCITED AND COVERED IN ICING TO OUR SEASONED SOULS WHO HAVE SEEN GENERATIONS AND FULL BEFORE THEM, OUR RESIDENTS. 
          YOU HAVE COME TOGETHER IN REMARKABLE WAYS. 
          YOUR GENEROSITY HAS ILLUMINATED OUR TOWN, LIKE OUR SPARKLING LIGHTS HAVE ADORNED OUR STREETS AND SOON OUR TREE. 
          AND THIS YEAR, UM, BEING IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, I GOT TO REALLY SEE HOW YOU ALL COME TOGETHER. 
          NOT ONLY FOR US, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, FOR EACH OTHER, WE'VE SEEN YOU ALL DONATE CANDY, DONATE YOUR TIME FOR DECORATING TRUNKS, FOR COMING OUT TO THE EASTER EVENTS. 
          EVEN JUST TAGGING OTHER FRIENDS AND PEOPLE LETTING THEM KNOW OF OUR EVENTS. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO SUPPORT TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          YOU ARE QUICK TO COME UP FOR ONE ANOTHER DURING HARD TIMES. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT ALLOWS US, DESPITE OUR GROWING RATE, TO KEEP THOSE BEAUTIFUL AND WONDERFUL SMALL TOWN VALUES THAT MAKE HARDY HARDY V YOU BEING HERE TONIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF US HOLDING ONTO THOSE BEAUTIFUL TRADITIONS AND VALUES THAT SEEM TO BE SLIPPING AWAY FROM SOCIETY'S MAINSTREAM. 
          BUT I SAY ALL THAT TO SAY THAT WE THANK YOU DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. 
          WE, WE THANK YOU THROUGH THOSE COLLECTIVE GESTURES THAT WE'VE WITNESSED BECAUSE YOU TRULY MAKE THE MAGIC OF PARTY BILL HAPPEN. 
          AND THAT'S THE KIND OF MAGIC THAT HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY RALLIES TOGETHER AROUND ONE ANOTHER. 
          SO NOW AS WE SIT HERE SURROUNDED BY THE ENCHANTMENT OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS, I INVITE US TO DELVE DEEPER INTO THE TRUE ESSENCE OF THE SEASON IN THE TIME ITS WORTH OF AGNES AND PAGO. 
          CHRISTMAS IS TENDERNESS FOR THE PAST, COURAGE FOR THE PRESENT, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          IT'S A TIME TO REFLECT ON THE WARMTH OF THE MEMORIES WE HOLD DEAR. 
          SUMMON THE COURAGE TO FACE THE CHALLENGES OF THIS PRESENT AND EMBRACE THE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AS A STAFF MEMBER, CITY MEMBER, TEAM MEMBER OF THE CITY OF HARVILLE, I WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO EACH AND SINGLE ONE OF YOU. 
          YOU ARE THE HEART OF THIS COMMUNITY, . 
          AND TOGETHER WE CREATE A STORY THAT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND TOGETHERNESS FROM THE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND EXPERIENCES. 
          HARMONIOUS MELODY EMERGES A SONG OF LOVE AND COMPASSION AND SHARED, SHARED JOY. 
          ONE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONES WE'LL HEAR TONIGHT IN THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF OUR LIVES. 
          LET US NOT FORGET THE PROFOUND SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS MOMENT. 
          LET THE LIGHTS TWINKLE ABOVE US TO BE A REMINDER THAT EACH ONE OF US IS A BEACON CONTRIBUTING TO THE COLLECTIVE BALANCE OF OUR TOWN. 
          SO LET'S CHERISH THE UNITY THAT DEFINES US. 
          THE SPIRIT THAT BINDS US IN THE LOVE THAT SUSTAIN US. 
          WE WISH YOU ALL A CHRISTMAS BUILT WITH MAGIC OF UNITY AND WARMTH OF THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO UP NEXT, NOW THAT I HEARD MYSELF TALK, THAT WAS A LOT , LET'S BRING OVER OUR FRIENDS FROM THE THE CHRISTMAS CAROLERS FROM CHARLESTON. 
          WHERE ARE OUR CHARLESTON CHRISTMAS CAROLERS? WE ARE READY FOR SOME MUSIC AND SOME CHRISTMAS MAGIC. 
          ENJOY IT. 
          BECOME A ING AMONG THE LEAST OF GREEN. 
          HERE WE COME. 
          A ONE DREAMS OF FAIR TO BE SEEN. 
          LORD JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU. 
          YOUR WHAT OF TO. 
          AND GOD BLESS YOU. 
          AND INSTEAD YOU ARE HAPPY TO YOU AND TH SEND YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          WE ARE THE DAILY BAG OF THE BED FROM DOOR TO DOOR, BUT WE ARE NEIGHBOR'S, CHILDREN, YOU HAVE SEEN FOUR LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO YOU OUT TO, AND GOD BLESS YOU AND SAID YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          AND GOD SAID, YOU ARE HAPPY NEW YEAR THE MASTER. 
          AND MR. YOU SAID BESIDE THE PARK, WE OF US FOR CHILDREN WHO WANDERING ABOUT LOVE AND JOY COME TO YOU AND TO HEAR YOUR SELF, TO AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU HAPPY AND YOU ARE HAPPY. 
          NEXT THE FALLS OF HOLY FOLLOW THE LAW OF THE LOVE OF LAW. 
          IT IS THE SEASON TO BE JOHN OF THE LORD. 
          LOVE DON'T BE OUR TRUE. 
          HE INTRODUCED. 
          SEE THE BLAZING BEAUTY FOR US. 
          FOLLOW. 
          STRIKE THE HEART. 
          JOIN THE CHORUS. 
          FOR LORD 
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BE IN ME. 
          THE LORD. 
          THAT'S THE WAY THE LORD YOU MESSAGE LORD. 
          SEE TOGETHER HE THIS IS A SONG. 
          JINGLE BELLS, RIGHT? UH, YOU CAN PROBABLY SING ALONG. 
          DOES EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME BELLS? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO PLAY SOME BELTS WITH HIM? WE GOT SHE WOULD. 
          AND ANYBODY LIKE TO BE A A JINGLE BELL REINDEER? WELL, THERE'S NO BELTS ON IT, BUT ANYBODY OH, THIS GUY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          CAN YOU STAND UP AND JINGLE WITH ME? I'LL JINGLE AND YOU JINGLE ALONG WITH ME. 
          UH, HI. 
          WE'RE GONNA DASH THROUGH SOME SNOW. 
          OH, WE GOT EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY COMING TO DO THAT? OH MY. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          AWESOME. 
          GOOD. 
          NEXT TIME. 
          ALL RIGHT, NEXT. 
          HEY BUDDY, YOU WANT DO IT? OKAY. 
          YOU DO IT WITH ME JUST LIKE THAT THE WHOLE TIME. 
          OKAY, READY? HERE, I'LL SHOW YOU FIRST REAL QUICK. 
          HERE WE GO. 
          READY? DASHING DUDE OF SNOW AND ONE FOOT BIT OVER THE FIELD. 
          NOTHING ALL THE WAY. 
          MAKE HIS SERIOUS, RIGHT? BUT A JINGLE DOWN JINGLE DO JINGLE FALLS. 
          OH, WHAT THOUGHT IS SHE RIGHT AT A ONE NORTH OPEN FLAG JINGLE, DO JINGLE DO JINGLE DO. 
          OH, WHAT THOUGHT IS SHE RIGHT AT A ONE NORTH OPEN FLAG? DARE TWO A GO. 
          I THOUGHT A JINGLE PRIDE AND TO MISS ANNIE PRIDE WAS SEEN BY MY SIDE. 
          THE HORSE WAS CLEAN AND LENGTH. 
          MISS FORTUNE WAS HIS FAULT. 
          HE GOT INTO A TRI AND WEAVING GOT WHOLE JINGLES DOWN. 
          JINGLES DOWN JINGLES OFF HEAD ONE TO RIDING IN ONE HORSE. 
          OPEN PLAY. 
          JINGLE BELL. 
          JINGLE BELL JINGLE OVER GOD AND THE SHOE RIDE. 
          AND A ONE HORSE OPEN SL. 
          NOW THE DRUM IS WHITE. 
          GO WITH BEFORE YOUR YOUNG PAINT, THROW TWO LIGHT AND SING THE SAY SONG. 
          JUST GET A DR BACK 2 44 SPEED AND HIT YOU TO AN OPEN PLAY AT CRACK. 
          AND TAKE THE LEAD JINGLE. 
          DO JINGLE DOWN JINGLES ALL WAY. 
          RIDE IN ONE MORE OPEN SL JINGLE. 
          DO JINGLE DOWN. 
          JINGLE JINGLE OVER. 
          AND TO RIDE IN. 
          SO THIS SONG IS AN OLD ONE. 
          IF YOU'VE EVER SUNG IN A CORNER, MAYBE IN HIGH SCHOOL YOU SANG A GOOD PIECE CALLED CAROL OF THE BELL, CHRISTMAS DOG TO HEAR WORD OF THE CHEER FROM EVERY DOWN IN THE AIR PEOPLE SEE CALM THE CHAIR. 
          CHRISTMAS IS DINGING, DINGING DOG. 
          ONCE THE NEAR OF THE CHAIR FROM EVERYWHERE FELL. 
          THE THE RING, THE CHAIR, CHRISTMAS RING. 
          JOY TO THE WORLD IS A CHRISTMAS FAVORITE IF YOU KNOW IT. 
          SING OF THE LAW. 
          OKAY, JOY TO THE WORLD. 
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TO THE WORLD. 
          EVERY HALL PREPARE HEAVEN, NATURE AND HEAVEN, NATURE, HEAVEN, NATURE HEAR THE SAME. 
          AND WHAT? FIELD AND PAUSE. 
          WATCH FIELDS AND PLAY. 
          ENJOY. 
          SO ENJOY THE SOUNDING JOY. 
          HE GROWS THE WORLD IN TRUTH AND PRAY AND MAKES A NATION FOR THE LORD HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS AND WONDER AND OF HIS SILENT NIGHT. 
          HOW MANY HAVE HEARD THAT ONE? THE CHURCH MUSIC DIRECTOR WAS PLAYING IN A PIECE WITH ORGAN IN CHOIR AND THEN ORGAN BROKE. 
          SO MICE GOT THE WIRES AND CHEWED HIM UP. 
          SO IT WAS KIND OF A SILENT CHOIR NUMBER, BUT HE ON A GUITAR TO PLAY ALONG. 
          OH, LOVE THE HOLLY. 
          PUT UP THE TREE BEFORE MY SPIRIT FALLS AGAINST LOVE THE STAR KING. 
          I GONNA BE RUSHING THINGS UP THAT THE HALL AGAIN NOW FOR CHRISTMAS. 
          QUITE THE VERY MINUTE CANDLES IN THE WINDOW. 
          CAROL SAID THE MINUTE ATE A LITTLE CHRISTMAS, RIGHT? THE VERY MINUTE IT HASN'T. 
          SO A SINGLE FUR COME THE JIM FRIDAY STRING OF LIKE, OF THE QUET. 
          IT'S TIME WITH UN SOME PENCIL ON THAT EVERGREEN FOG. 
          A LITTLE, A LITTLE.
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