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801.29 SPEAKER1801.29 -801.29 Councilor,801.29 Gardner.802.65 803.85 NICOLE803.85 GARDNER803.85 -803.85 CITY803.85 COUNCIL803.85 MEMBER803.85 -803.85 Thank803.85 you,804.01 Mr.804.49 President.804.89 I804.89 mean,804.97 I'm805.21 really805.53 glad805.77 to806.01 hear806.09 that806.25 it's806.41 already806.6 in806.91 the807.07 budget,807.24 and807.55 I807.71 think807.79 it807.95 makes808.12 a808.27 lot808.36 of808.51 sense808.67 to808.91 do809.07 this.809.15 I809.48 have809.71 a809.88 question810.03 just810.43 for810.67 clarification.811 I812.36 know812.43 when812.75 we813 look813.15 forward,813.39 we814.51 are814.75 going814.83 to815.15 see815.15 rises815.39 in815.95 the816.12 amount816.19 of816.43 money816.51 we're816.75 paying817 on817.31 our817.55 debt,817.79 and818.19 then818.36 it818.51 will818.67 come818.83 down.819.07 We're819.24 going819.48 to819.63 see819.63 up819.88 and820.03 then820.19 back820.36 down.820.6 Where821.14 do821.38 the821.46 two821.62 years821.86 of822.26 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982.86 SPEAKER9982.86 -982.86 Yes.982.86

983.18 SPEAKER2983.18 -983.18 Councilor983.18 Bays?983.58

984.06 SPEAKER3984.06 -984.06 Yes.984.06

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989.31 SPEAKER5989.31 -989.31 Yes.989.31

989.63 SPEAKER2989.63 -989.63 Councilor989.63 Palomba?989.95 Yes.990.51 President990.75 Sedaris?991.15

992.03 SPEAKER1992.03 -992.03 Yes.992.03

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