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ood Evening,
Wow! What a Double Decker! What can we say! I'm not going to begin to single out everyone as it was a group effort,but I would be remiss if I didn't mention the efforts of Mary-Katherine Herrington and Mary Allyn Roulhac, the staff at OTC and the Visitors and Convention Bureau, along with Lynn Robbins and his guys at Oxford Electric.

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ood Evening,
First I want to report on a productive meeting with Baptist Officials this afternoon in joint session with the Board of Supervisors. This has been a difficult project to say the least, but I don't know anything worthwhile in life that comes easy. I want to personally thank this Board for there efforts and perseverance. They have worked hard and served the community well on this difficult project. It is not finalized, but we have made significant progress.

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ood Evening,
First I want to take a moment to thank the Downtown Parking Advisory Commission for all of the hard work and time they have dedicated to evaluating our parking situation around the Square. They have selected Standard Parking to present a proposal and this Board will have a work session on this subject shortly.

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ood Evening,
The Downtown Parking Commission will begin interviewing potential firms to help move us toward the next step in resolving the parking issues around the Square. These are complicated, multi faceted issues that this group is working through. The interviews will be the 29th at the Chamber of Commerce. We have a great group of people working on these problems and will continue to support them.

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ood Evening,
First off we want to congratulate and welcome Jason bailey who has just been sworn in as Alderman in Ward 6. I’m sure he will do the community and outstanding job. Also we want to acknowledge Katie Morrison’s effort and congratulate them both Katie and Jason on an honorable professional campaign. The rest of the State and Nation could take a lesson from these two.