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          CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAVER COUNTY. 
          WELL, WELCOME TO THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE TOWN. 
          TALK WITH THE MAYOR. 
          THIS IS OUR FIRST EXERCISE OF DOING THIS PREVIOUSLY. 
          WE'VE DONE HHI TV. 
          WE'VE DONE OUR WEBSITE WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS CYCLE FORMAT. 
          SO WE COULD ANSWER QUESTIONS BACK FROM CITIZENS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          WELL, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO SAY AFTERNOON TO HAVE CAROLYN GRANT WITH US. 
          SHE'S THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND THE CREATOR OF THE SHOW. 
          CAROLYN WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS SHOW AND HOW WE PLAN ON ORGANIZING IT IN THE FUTURE? YES. 
          SO TOWN TALK WITH THE MAYOR, UM, IS OUR SHOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO COMMUNICATE TOWN UPDATES AND TOWN USE. 
          UH, OF COURSE YOU'RE IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. 
          SO YOU'LL BE, UM, DRIVING THE SHOW AS THE SHOWS HOSTS, BUT THIS WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO INTERACT WITH US. 
          AND SO WE'RE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE US WITH QUESTIONS FOR THE SHOW. 
          THEY CAN SEND IT TO COMMUNICATIONS AT HILTON, HEAD ISLAND, SC.GOV. 
          AND WHEN WE GET THOSE QUESTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO USE IT TO SHAPE FUTURE TOPICS FOR THE SHOW, AND ALSO HAVE OTHER GUESTS APPEAR ON THE SHOW TO HELP ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, YOU'LL HEAR PEOPLE ASK US, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND TOWN WITH CERTAIN PROJECTS, OR IF THEY SEE SOME WORK TAKING PLACE, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          SO ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SUBMIT THOSE QUESTIONS TO US AT COMMUNICATIONS AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC.GOV, AND WE WILL GET THOSE A, TO BE A PART OF THE SHOW AND HAVE, HAVE YOU OR OTHER GUESTS TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          GOOD. 
          DO YOU SEE US DOING THIS MORE THAN ONCE A MONTH? JUST ONCE A MONTH RIGHT NOW, JUST ONCE A MONTH. 
          AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE DO COMMUNICATE IN MANY OTHER WAYS, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THAT WE USE FACEBOOK NEXT DOOR, UH, U2, UM, TWITTER. 
          SO WE GET INFORMATION OUT THAT WAY. 
          WE ALSO HAVE SHOWS ON W HHI THAT WE'RE A PART OF. 
          UM, SO WE GET INFORMATION OUT THAT WAY. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO SEND OUT NEWS RELEASES ON A WEEKLY BASIS, AND WE HAVE SEVERAL NEWSLETTERS THAT WE SEND OUT ALL IN AN EFFORT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS INFORMED ABOUT TOWN NEWS AND PROJECTS. 
          YOU'VE ANDREW, THIS SHOW IS IT'S A CONVERSATION. 
          IT ISN'T US JUST GIVING MESSAGES OUT THERE. 
          IT'S A CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE THAT I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          AND SO HAVING THOSE QUESTIONS THAT, UH, AGAIN, WHEN THEY SEND THE QUESTIONS, WE CAN INVITE DIFFERENT GUESTS TO COME ON AND ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND, UM, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU AS A TOWN LEADER. 
          UM, AND I THINK PEOPLE ENJOY HEARING FROM YOU AS WELL AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR TOWN COUNCIL AND OUR, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND SO, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT GUESTS WILL, UM, ENLIGHTEN AUDIENCES AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HELPED WITH THE ASSISTANT PRODUCER KELLY SPINNING LIT KELLY'S SPINELLA. 
          YES. 
          SO KELLY AND I WORK IN COMMUNICATIONS WHERE THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HERE AT THE TOWN. 
          AND SO A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT GOES OUT FROM THE TOWN IS SENT OUT, UM, THROUGH KELLY OR MYSELF. 
          AND WE MAKE SURE TO, TO GET INFORMATION OUT AS QUICKLY AS WE'RE GIVEN INFORMATION. 
          WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA? HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO ALL THIS, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA WE USE WIDELY, UM, WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH THOUSANDS OF FOLLOWERS, BUT IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO, YOU KNOW, JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON AND FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          UM, ALSO WE HAVE A SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE, UM, SO PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE AND SIGN UP TO, UM, RECEIVE NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER UPDATES FROM THE TOWN BASED ON WHATEVER TOPIC THAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT OUR VIEWERS WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW US ON ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, AS WELL AS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR, UH, GET OUR NEWS AND UPDATES. 
          AND WE WILL THE SHOW BE AVAILABLE TO BE SEEN. 
          SO THIS SHOW WILL AIR ON THE BEAVER COUNTY CHANNEL, UM, WHICH, UM, WILL BE ON HAR GRAY AND SPECTRUM. 
          AND THEN THEY CAN ALSO WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE SO THEY CAN GO TO THE BUFORD COUNTY YOUTUBE PAGE, OR THEY CAN GO TO THE TOWN OF HILTON HAS YOUTUBE PAGE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS SHOW. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          SO MAYOR, ONE OF THE, AN EXAMPLE OF A QUESTION, UM, THAT THE PUBLIC MAY SUBMIT IS FOR INSTANCE, OVER THE WEEKEND, THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT AT ALEXANDER'S BEACH PARK AND THEY SAW GREEN RIBBONS AROUND A TREE. 
          AND SO IMMEDIATELY SOMEBODY ALREADY ASKING WHY THOSE GREEN RIBBONS TIED AROUND THOSE TREES, THAT 
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ISLANDER PARK. 
          AND SO INFORMATION WAS SENT IN, UH, KELLY AND I WERE ABLE TO DO SOME RESEARCH TO HELP FIND THE ANSWER TO WHY GREEN RIBBONS WERE TIED AROUND THE TREE. 
          SO, BUT THERE ARE TIED, UM, AS A PART OF OUR PARK WIDE SURVEY THAT THE TOWN IS DOING. 
          WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO SOME PROJECTS OUT AT ISLANDERS BEACH PARK. 
          AND SO THOSE TREES HAD TO BE TIED AS A RESULT OF THE SURVEY. 
          AND ONCE THE SURVEY IS COMPLETED, THEY'LL REMOVE THE GREEN RIBBONS, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL SEND TO US AS A PART OF THE SHOW, UM, THAT WE CAN ANSWER FOR THEM. 
          YOU DON'T HAVE A GREAT QUESTION AND I'M SURE KELLY AND YOU PROVIDED THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THE PERSON, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR THE REST OF THE CITIZENS TO BE AWARE OF THAT QUESTION AND HAVE THAT ANSWER. 
          SO PEOPLE WOULD HAVE A GOOD QUESTION, A GOOD QUESTION FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST FOR THE PERSON THEMSELF, CORRECT. 
          THE TOWN DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB ON COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE AND WE VERY APPRECIATED WHAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          THANK YOU, UH, WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO YOU PRODUCING THE REST OF THESE SHOWS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT GUEST JOINING US TODAY IS THE DEPUTY MANAGER OF THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD. 
          JOSH GRUBER. 
          JOSH IS NOT ONLY THE, UH, DEPUTY TOWN MANAGER, BUT HE'S ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REDISTRICTING FROM THE TOWN'S POINT OF VIEW IS ALSO THE WORLD'S BIGGEST NUMBER ONE, CLEMSON FAN, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY WATCHING THE PROGRAM MEMBER. 
          JOSH IS THE CLEMSON FAN. 
          OKAY. 
          JOSH WELCOME. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME, THAT'S A PRETTY OBVIOUS STATEMENT, BUT, UH, I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING SURE THAT THOSE THAT DIDN'T KNOW THEY NOW KNOW I AM THE NUMBER ONE FAN. 
          WELL THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. 
          UM, I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH HERE AT THE TOWN. 
          UH, ANOTHER WORD FOR REDISTRICTING IS REAPPORTIONMENT. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT EVERY 10 YEARS, WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONDUCTS THE CENSUS, WE TAKE THE NEW INFORMATION THAT COMES IN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REGARDING OUR POPULATION. 
          AND WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO REDRAW THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN COUNCIL WARDS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A ROUGHLY EQUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EACH DISTRICT. 
          AND THAT WAY, EVERYBODY WHO VOTES AND PARTICIPATES IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, THEIR VOTE COUNTS AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY ELSE'S VOTE ISLAND WIDE. 
          WE GOTTA TO HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT ONTO THIS PROGRAM. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE INVOLVE THE PUBLIC, UH, AS A PART OF THIS PROCESS, NOT ONLY THAT, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT, BUT TO ALSO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM IN HELPING US TO TAILOR A REDISTRICTING PLAN AND A MAP THAT IS TRULY REFLECTIVE OF WHO WE ARE AS A LOCAL COMMUNITY. 
          OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE KNOW THAT WHEN YOU TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS, UM, AND TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, YOU WIND UP FORMING THESE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. 
          AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES YOU SHARE THE SAME THOUGHTS AND SAME BELIEFS. 
          UH, AND SO WE WANT TO TRY AND DRAW DISTRICTS ON THE ISLAND THAT MEET ALL OF THE REQUIRED CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES, BUT ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND TRY TO PROTECT THOSE AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER SO THAT YOU'RE VOTING WITH OTHER SIMILAR LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE ON THESE ISSUES WHO MAKES THE FINAL DECISION ON THIS, THE TOWN COUNCIL OR THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, UH, FOR THIS PROCESS, WHEN TOWN COUNCIL ADOPTS AN ORDINANCE REDRAWING THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, THAT WILL BE THE FINAL ACTION ON THIS MATTER. 
          HISTORICALLY IT USED TO BE THAT YOU HAD TO TAKE THE MAPS THAT YOU WANTED TO PUT IN PLACE, AND YOU WOULD HAVE TO SEND THEM OFF TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET BLESSED AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU BEFORE YOU COULD FINALIZE THEM. 
          THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE THAT PROCESS NOW REMAINS PURELY LOCAL IN TERMS OF THOSE ACTIONS. 
          AND SO WHEN TOWN COUNCIL GETS TO THAT POINT OF FEELING COMFORTABLE AND ADOPTING THAT ORDINANCE, THAT WILL BE THE LAST STEP IN THIS PROCESS. 
          CAN YOU TALK ABOUT MOVING AROUND TILES THAT REPRESENT PEOPLE? SURE. 
          THE TERM TILE. 
          YEAH. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THIS SOMEWHAT INTERESTING IS THAT OBVIOUSLY OUR POPULATION ISN'T SPROUT EVENLY ACROSS THE ISLAND. 
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WE'VE GOT CERTAIN PLACES WHERE WE'VE GOT A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE YEAR ROUND. 
          WE'VE GOT OTHER POPULATIONS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE YEAR ROUND. 
          UM, AND WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THESE MAPS, WE HAVE TO TAKE UP DRAWING THOSE LINES BASED UPON THE CENSUS BLOCKS THAT ARE DELINEATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          AND SO, UM, THOSE BLOCKS CAN BE VERY, VERY SMALL. 
          THEY CAN BE VERY LARGE, UM, AND IT'S BEST TO KIND OF THINK OF THEM AS INDIVIDUAL PUZZLE PIECES. 
          AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT REDRAWING, THESE MAPS, WHAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING IS TAKING THESE PUZZLE PIECES AND TRYING TO, UM, FORM THEM IN A WAY THAT AGAIN, REFLECTS WHO THE COMMUNITY IS, BUT ALSO MAKES THE PIECES FIT IN THE TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF VOTERS IN EACH DISTRICT, THE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT'S WITHIN EACH DISTRICT. 
          UM, THOSE ARE ALL CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND, AND THEY'RE JUST NOT UNIFORM IN TERMS OF THE SHAPE. 
          YOU CAN HAVE ONE DISTRICT THAT HAS FIVE FULL-TIME RESIDENTS IN IT, AND YOU CAN HAVE ANOTHER, THAT HAS 700 AND THEY COULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. 
          AND SO IT MAKES FOR AN INTERESTING, UM, EXAMINATION, BUT BY WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC AND BY WORKING WITH COUNCIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLORE WHAT ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES ARE TO HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH A PRODUCT THAT AGAIN IS ACCEPTABLE TO EVERYBODY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          BYE, BYE REDISTRICTING, WILL PEOPLE HAVE TO REREGISTER AGAIN TO VOTE? NO. 
          SO YOU WON'T NEED TO REREGISTER. 
          WHEN, WHEN TOWN COUNCIL IS DONE WITH THE PROCESS, WE WILL SEND A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE THAT THEY APPROVE AND THE MAPS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, TO THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS. 
          UM, IF YOU DO GET PUT INTO A DIFFERENT DISTRICT OR A DIFFERENT WARD, THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WILL UPDATE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION CARD. 
          AND THEY'LL SEND YOU A NEW CARD THAT LISTS THE INFORMATION, BUT YOU WILL NOT NEED TO RE-REGISTER TO VOTE. 
          YOU WILL NOT NEED TO TAKE ANY OTHER ACTION. 
          YOU'LL JUST GET NOTIFIED. 
          IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE ANY CHANGES TO WHERE YOUR VOTING PRECINCT IS OR WHAT DISTRICTS YOU MAY BE VOTING FOR. 
          AND ALL OF THESE CHANGES THAT WE'D DONE BEFORE NOVEMBER. 
          SO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AS THE CORRECT POPULATION IN CORRECT. 
          SO FOR THE TOWN OF HILTON HEAD, OUR NEXT GENERAL ELECTION IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER OF 2022. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO HAVE ALL THESE CHANGES FINALIZED AND IN PLACE, AND CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE ELECTION. 
          AND SO WE'VE SET A GOAL OF TRYING TO WORK, UM, PRETTY DILIGENTLY TO HAVE THIS PROCESS WRAPPED UP NO LATER THAN MAYBE END OF FEBRUARY, BEGINNING OF MARCH TIMEFRAME. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW AT THIS TIME? WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING OUT HERE VERY SHORTLY WITH A LIST OF PUBLIC MEETING DATES. 
          UM, WE DON'T KNOW IF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE IN PERSON OR IF THOSE ARE GONNA BE VIRTUAL, BUT ONCE WE GET THOSE ON THE CALENDAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC. 
          AND WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS THAT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS PROCESS, THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY GET ENGAGED. 
          AND SO WE, WE REALLY WANT THEM TO PUT THE CALL OUT THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHAT IS COMING UP AHEAD FOR US AND GIVE THEM AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS OR GET INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS IF THEY WANT TO. 
          AND WE SHOULD MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO PEOPLE THAT NO ONE REPRESENTS THEM WITH THEMSELVES. 
          THE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE HAVE TO SPEAK UP AND SAY WHAT THEY WANT. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          AGAIN, OUR GOAL IN DOING ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE WIND UP WITH, WITH COUNCIL, DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES THAT ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. 
          JUST A POINT OF INTEREST. 
          ALL YOUR INFORMATION SHOULD COME FROM THE TOWN, NOT FROM THE NEWSPAPER OR ANY OF THE ARTICLES YOU READ. 
          THE TOWN WAS THE MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION. 
          UM, FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE TOWN'S REDISTRICTING PROCESS, YOU CAN GO TO WWW DOT HILTON, HEAD ISLAND, S C.GOV AND THERE ON THE TOWN'S MAIN WEBPAGE. 
          UH, THERE SHOULD BE A, AN ICON THAT SHOWS REDISTRICTING SINCE THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAJOR INITIATIVES THAT ARE GOING ON AT THIS TIME. 
          I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          WELL, THE WORK YOU DO NOT ONLY GET THIS BEFORE THE TOWN, JOSH GRUBER, NUMBER ONE FAN. 
          WELL THANK YOU FOR TUNING INTO TODAY'S INITIAL PROGRAM ON THE WAY IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE PARKS THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          CROSS ISLAND CHAPLAIN PARK IN THE MID ISLAND PARK. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE BRINGING YOU UP TO DATE ON THE CARTA, THE BRIDGE AND THE CARTA. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE TALKING ABOUT THEIR MAJOR INITIATIVES OF TOWNS COMING FORWARD WITH THIS YEAR, ALONG THE WAY. 
          THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY 
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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH US THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS AT HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC.GOV THE COUNTY CHANNEL IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO, ON DEMAND, GO TO BUFORD COUNTY, SC.GOV, SCROLL DOWN TO PUBLIC MEETINGS, CLICK WATCH NOW, AND THEN CLICK THE VIDEO ON DEMAND BUTTON AND SELECT YOUR PROGRAM FROM MELISSA CALL TO ORDER IF YOU'D LIKE A DVD OF THIS PROGRAM, CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE RIGHT AND FILL OUT THE ORDER FORM. 
          AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE COUNTY CHANNEL, MAN. 
          THIS IS SO COOL. 
          LOOK AT THIS. 
          THIS IS ONE OF OUR CORN SNAKES FROM THE NATURE CENTER, AND I KNEW IT WAS A GRAB IT. 
          SO I BROUGHT IT HOME AND SET IT UP HERE. 
          YOU NOTICED THIS BAG, THE MOSS AND A CONTAINER IN IT'S LATE IN EGG. 
          AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO LAY A BUNCH MORE OF THOSE A LITTLE BIT. 
          I DON'T WANT TO DISTURB HER TOO MUCH. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS COME BACK AND SEE IF SHE LAYS MORE. 
          WOW, THIS IS REALLY COOL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO GUYS, I'M BACK AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S LAID FIVE EGGS AND OH MY GOSH, HERE COMES ONE RIGHT NOW. 
          SO SHE'S ABOUT TO LAY AN EGG. 
          SHE'S KIND OF HAS CONTRACTIONS AND TWOS JUST PUSHING THAT EGG OUT OF ONE OF HER OVER DUCKS. 
          AND THE OTHER THING YOU NOTICE IS THESE EGGS HAVE A TENDENCY TO ADHERE TOGETHER. 
          SO THEY STICK TOGETHER WITH KIND OF A CLUELESS SUBSTANCE, AND THAT KEEPS THE EGGS FROM ROLLING AROUND. 
          AND IF THEY STAY KIND OF IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION, THEN THE EMBRYO DOESN'T DIE WHILE IT'S A BIG EGG, YOU NOTICE THEY'RE REALLY SOFT WHEN THEY'RE FIRST LAID, BUT THEN THEY KIND OF GET A MORE LEATHERY SORT OF OUTSIDE COVERING LOOKS LIKE SHE PLAYED THAT ONE. 
          WOW. 
          SO THAT'S SIX EGGS AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DONE A LOT MORE INSIDER. 
          I'M GOING TO BACK OFF AND GIVE HER SOME SPACE. 
          SO WE'RE BACK AND YOU CAN SEE SHE'S DONE LAYING. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS ABOUT 18 OR SO EGGS. 
          SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S DOING FINE. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          TERRIFIC BOY. 
          THEY'RE NICE AND WHITE, PRETTY LEATHERY SHELLS. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THESE IN VERMICULITE FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THEY'RE GOING TO HATCH INTO CUTE LITTLE EIGHT INCH CORN SNAKE BABIES, MAN, THIS IS REALLY NEAT. 
          SO HERE ARE THE EGGS. 
          I'VE PUT THEM IN FOR MICKEY LIGHT AND YOU CAN SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT'S REAL COMMONLY USED FOR NURSERIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          I'M GOING TO COVER THEM UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          AND THEN I'M GOING TO PUT A LID ON IT. 
          AND THIS GOT A COUPLE OF LITTLE AIR HOLES, AND THEN I'M GOING TO PUT THIS IN A WARM PLACE IN THE GARAGE. 
          AND THEN I'M GOING TO COME BACK AND CHECK ON THEM. 
          MY WELL IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS, ACTUALLY, IT'S BEEN SAID THE ONLY CONSTANT IS CHANGE. 
          AND THAT'S WHY HERE AT COASTLINE, WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE CHANGES THAT TAKE PLACE IN BUFORD COUNTY AND THE CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY. 
          WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AT VARIOUS TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH TO SEE COASTLINE AND THE GUESTS THAT WE BRING THAT WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT YOU DAY TO DAY THAT'S COASTLINE HERE ON THE COUNTY CHANNEL. 
          HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS EBONY SANDERS. 
          I AM THE BUFORD COUNTY ASSESSOR, OUR GOAL, BUT THE BUFORD COUNTY ASSESSOR'S 
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OFFICE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE AREAS OF REAL PROPERTY TAXATION IN AN EFFORT TO MEET THAT GOAL. 
          WE ARE HERE TODAY TO SHOW YOU A SERIES OF VIDEOS, THIS ONE CONCERNING THE BUFORD COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. 
          WAIT, START BY GOING TO THE BEAVER COUNTY WEBSITE, WWW.BUFORDCOUNTYSC.GOV, AND YOU CAN GO THERE TO LOCATE OUR WEB PAGE TO BEGIN. 
          WHEN YOU'RE AT THE WEB PAGE, YOU WILL START BY GOING TO THE GOVERNMENT TAB ON YOUR PAGE. 
          THEN YOU WILL FIND DEPARTMENTS UNDER OUR ASSESSOR. 
          WHEN YOU SELECT ASSESSOR, THE PAGE WOULD DIRECT YOU TO OUR WEB PAGE. 
          WANDA ASSESSOR'S WEB PAGE. 
          YOU WILL FIND OUT IT'S HOSTED INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN DO RESEARCH ON. 
          YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PARTICULAR PROPERTIES, BUT YOU CAN ALSO ACTUALLY FIND ONLINE APPLICATIONS WHERE YOU CAN APPLY FOR LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS AG USE. 
          SO LET'S LOOK AT THE LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE, THERE'S A LINK THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE LEGAL RESIDENCY APPLICATIONS. 
          YOU SELECT DARLING, AND HERE, THE APPLICATION IS PROVIDED FOR YOU. 
          MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO READ THE ENTIRE APPLICATION THOROUGHLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN, AS YOU WILL NEED CERTAIN DOCUMENTS TO SUBMIT WITH YOUR APPLICATION. 
          IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO APPLY ONLINE, YOU CAN ALSO APPLY IT IN PAPER FORM, GO BACK TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE WEBPAGE, GO TO FORMS. AND HERE YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF ALL THE FORMS THAT OUR OFFICE OF SUPPLY OUR TAXPAYERS. 
          YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THESE FORMS AND PRINT THEM OFF AND SUBMIT THEM IN WRITING THE APPLICATION CAN BE MAILED INTO OUR OFFICE AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN MAIL THEM BY USING OUR MAILING ADDRESS, WHICH IS LOCATED IN OUR CONTACT INFORMATION ON OUR WEB PAGE. 
          YOU CAN ALSO FACTUAL APPLICATION AND ALONG WITH YOUR DOCUMENTS TO THE FAX NUMBER THAT'S LISTED ON OUR WEBPAGE. 
          AGAIN, THE FORM SECTION OF OUR WEBPAGE DOES HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE YOU CAN BROWSE. 
          YOU CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS AND SELECT THE ONE THAT'S MOST APPROPRIATE FOR YOUR SITUATION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, ON OUR WEBPAGE, YOU'LL FIND INFORMATION ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. 
          IT'S A SHORT VIDEO BLAINE'S ASSESSOR'S OFFICE ROLE IN THE TAXATION PROCESS. 
          ANOTHER PART OF OUR ONLINE WEB PAGES THAT WILL BE VERY INTERESTING, MAYBE BENEFICIAL IS TO DOWNLOAD THE 2018 REASSESSMENT GUIDE BY SELECTING THE REASSESSMENT GUIDE. 
          YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THIS PARTICULAR BROCHURE AND READ IT AT YOUR CONVENIENCE OR READ IT WHILE YOU'RE ONLINE. 
          IT WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT OUR OFFICE AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE CAN HELP YOU AS A TAXPAYER WITH REGARDS TO YOUR REAL PROPERTY VALUATION RETURN INTO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. 
          BY PAGE, YOU WILL SEE THAT YOU CAN CONTACT US BY REACHING US AT 8 4 3 2 5 5 2 4 0 0. 
          OUR LOCATION IS LISTED ON OUR WEBPAGE AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT OFFICES. 
          WE HAVE TWO SATELLITE OFFICES, ONE LOCATED IN BLUFFTON, ONE LOCATED IN HILTON HEAD. 
          AND OUR MAIN CAMPUS IS HERE IN BUFORD, DR. 
          LINE. 
          IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE ADDRESSES FOR THOSE LOCATIONS AND FIND THE ONES CLOSEST NEAR TO YOU, YOU CAN GO, GO BACK TO OUR PAGE TO RESOURCES, SELECT OFFICE LOCATION. 
          AND THE ADDRESS IS TO OUR BUILDINGS. 
          OUR LOCATIONS ARE LISTED THERE. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WHAT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL TO A LOT OF OUR TAXPAYERS? THEY WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY VALUE OR PROPERTIES IN THEIR SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          YOU CAN USE OUR PROPERTY MAX FEATURE UNDER RESOURCES TO SEARCH FOR REAL PROPERTY BY YOUR PERSONAL PIN NUMBER, YOUR AIN NUMBER OR YOUR NAME AND YOUR SITUS ADDRESS IS HELPFUL TO HAVE AS WELL. 
          IF YOU WANT TO SEARCH FOR A PARTICULAR ONE BY YOUR SIDE EFFECTS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE GOING TO DO SERIES OF VIDEOS THAT WILL YOU MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROPERTY. 
          MAX PORTION OF OUR WEBSITE. 
          ANOTHER FEATURE THAT YOU MAY FIND VERY, VERY INTERESTING CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER. 
          OUR TWITTER ADDRESS IS LOCATED HERE ON OUR WEB PAGE, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY LINK TO OUR TWITTER ACCOUNT AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE ANY NEW UPDATED EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITH ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. 
          THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU AS A TAXPAYER OR THIS INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND ALLOWING ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. 
          YOU CAN GAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY GOING TO WWW.BUFORDCOUNTYFC.GOV. 
          YOU CAN CONTACT US BY CALLING US AT 8 4 3 2 5 5 2 4 0 0. 
          AND YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND A MESSAGE TO US USING OUR CITIZEN GRANTS AS LISTED ON OUR WEBPAGE. 
          THE EARTH IS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE. 
          NOT ONLY IS IT OUR HOME, BUT IT'S THE ONLY PLANET THAT SCIENTISTS KNOW OF WHERE LIFE EXISTS. 
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THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH IS AMAZING FROM MICROSCOPIC ALGAE TO CYPRUS TREES FROM PROTOZOANS TO WORMS, TO EAGLES, MUSHROOMS AND BACTERIA. 
          THE KEYS TO LIFE ON EARTH ARE THE CLIMATE AND THE PRESENCE OF LIQUID WATER. 
          ALONG WITH THE RIGHT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS EARTH IS NOT TOO HOT, NOT TOO COLD. 
          IT'S DISTANCE FROM THE SUN AND ATMOSPHERE. 
          KEEP TEMPERATURES, MODERATE, ALLOWING WATER TO REMAIN LIQUID, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR CELLULAR PROCESSES THAT SUPPORT LIFE TO TAKE PLACE. 
          RADIOMETRIC DATING INDICATES THAT THE EARTH IS SOMEWHERE AROUND 4.5 BILLION YEARS OLD. 
          IT'S CONSTANTLY UNDERGOING LARGE-SCALE CHANGES DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF PLATE TECTONICS. 
          IT TAKES JUST OVER 365 DAYS FOR THE EARTH TO MAKE ONE REVOLUTION AROUND THE SUN. 
          AND IT TAKES 24 HOURS FOR THE EARTH TO ROTATE. 
          ONCE THE EARTH ACCESS IS ALSO TILTED AT 23 DEGREES, WHICH CAUSES SEASONAL VARIATION IN WEATHER. 
          PEOPLE HAVE LONG WONDERED IF THERE'S LIFE BEYOND OUR OWN PLANET. 
          OUR SEARCH FOR LIFE BEYOND EARTH FIRST REQUIRES SCIENTISTS TO FIND OTHER STARS THAT HAVE PLANETS REVOLVING AROUND THEM. 
          THESE ARE CALLED EXOPLANETS. 
          IN MOST CASES, THESE PLANETS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND AND SEE. 
          SO SCIENTISTS LOOK FOR EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS A PLANET PRESENT WITHOUT EVER SEEING THE PLANET ITSELF. 
          ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO LOOK FOR STARS THAT ARE ROTATING IN A WAY THAT INDICATE THEY HAVE A PLANET REVOLVING AROUND THEM. 
          LET'S TAKE THIS EXAMPLE. 
          THIS IS A STAR THAT'S ROTATING WITHOUT A PLANET. 
          COMPARE THAT TO THIS STAR. 
          THAT'S ROTATING WITH A PLANET. 
          YOU CAN SEE IT'S MOVING VERY DIFFERENTLY. 
          IT WOBBLES ANOTHER METHOD IS CALLED THE TRANSIT METHOD. 
          THIS REQUIRES THE PARENT STAR, THE EXOPLANET AND THE EARTH TO LINE UP JUST RIGHT AS THE EXOPLANET ROTATES IN FRONT OF THE PARENTS STAR, THE LIGHT WILL DIM JUST SLIGHTLY. 
          SCIENTISTS CAN LOOK FOR THIS SLIGHT DEMING. 
          THE EASIEST PLANETS TO FIND ARE THE LARGEST. 
          AND SO FAR, MOST OF THE PLANETS DISCOVERED ARE LARGE JUPITER LIKE PLANETS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT CONDITIONS FOR SUPPORTING LIFE. 
          SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING FOR PLANETS IN THE HABITABLE ZONE. 
          ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE. 
          WHAT IS THE HABITABLE ZONE? IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE AND TEMPERATURE OF THE STAR, BUT IT'S THE REGION AROUND A STAR WHERE IT'S NOT TOO HOT, NOT TOO COLD. 
          SO THAT WATER REMAINS IN A LIQUID STATE. 
          NASA KEPLER MISSION IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO SEARCH OUR REGION OF THE GALAXY FOR EARTH-LIKE PLANETS, USING A VERY POWERFUL TELESCOPE. 
          THAT'S FOCUSED ON SPACE AT A SMALL AREA WITHIN THE SUMMER TRIANGLE ALREADY. 
          THOUSANDS OF PLANETS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED ONLY A HANDFUL, HOWEVER, HAVE THE RIGHT CONDITIONS TO POTENTIALLY HOST LIFE GOING FORWARD. 
          SCIENTISTS MUST STUDY THESE PLANETS IN MORE DETAIL, LOOKING AT SPEED OF ROTATION, ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, AND WHETHER THERE'S ANY LIQUID WATER PRESENT, THE EARTH IS A UNIQUE PLANET AMONG MANY, MANY OTHER PLANETS THAT WE'RE ONLY JUST BEGINNING TO DISCOVER THE CONDITIONS HERE ON EARTH HAVE LED TO THE EXISTENCE OF A DIVERSITY OF LIFE. 
          THAT IS JUST AMAZING. 
          NEXT TIME YOU'RE OUTSIDE ENJOYING OUR LIVING PLANET. 
          TAKE A MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT HOW THE PLACE WE LIVE REALLY MAY BE ONE IN A MILLION 
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