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          HERE WE ARE TODAY DOING SOMETHING THAT WE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS HAD PLANNED TO DO. 
          WE LOOKED AT THIS LAND WHEN IT WAS A CANAL AND WE LOOKED AT IT KNOWING THAT VERY WELL WE HAD PLANS AND THAT WE WOULD BE, UH, COVERING THIS CANAL UP AND THAT BECAUSE OF THAT WE OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT THAT WILL HELP TO BEAUTIFY THIS COMMUNITY. 
          IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT TO ME AND MY STAFF THAT WE LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          SO TO BE ABLE TO GET THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO COVER THIS CANAL AND TURN THIS INTO A LINEAR PARK IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO SEE DONE. 
          AND SO HERE TODAY, ALTHOUGH, UH, IT HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE NOW FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, WE NEVER GOT OPPORTUNITY TO GO, COME OVER HERE AND CUT THE RIBBON. 
          AND SO HERE WE ARE TODAY FOR THIS, UH, ILLUSTRIOUS EVENT. 
          SO WE GRATEFUL HERE TODAY TO BE DOING THIS. 
          CONSTRUCTION COST FOR THIS PROJECT WAS $1,085,000. 
          AND YOU SAY, WHERE DID IT GO? WELL, WE HAVE TO COVER THE CANAL UP. 
          AND THEN WE HAD TO DO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE HERE. 
          WE HAVE GAZEBOS, WE HAVE PICNIC TABLES, WE HAVE WATER FOUNTAINS, AND WE'VE ALSO IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY FOR OUR HANDICAP CITIZENS OVER HERE. 
          AND SO WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL DO FOR THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO OFFER A PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE, UH, SMALL FAMILY EVENTS, TO BE ABLE TO WALK AND ENJOY THEMSELVES, BUT ALSO TO EXERCISE. 
          I BELIEVE THAT THE MORE THAT WE BRING TO OUR COMMUNITIES, THE MORE WE INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES, THE BETTER AND STRONG OUR COMMUNITIES WILL BE.
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