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• paver/gray concrete design. It may even be desirable to have sections of the <br /> solid brick paver design combined or mixed with sections of a flat gray <br /> concrete/paver design. Due to some construction constraints with placing <br /> sidewalks next to existing buildings and maintenance issues, it is likely <br /> appropriate to have some sections of the concrete/paver design included in <br /> the overall sidewalk replacement plan. <br /> Sidewalks are only one part, and may be a very small part, of an overall <br /> downtown redevelopment master plan and project. I think everyone at the <br /> staff level, on the City Council, and those who are business owners downtown <br /> are concerned about the future of downtown in ten, twenty, or thirty years <br /> from now. Things are going well now due partly to a good economy, but <br /> things can change rather dramatically and most people can vividly recall a <br /> few years ago when both the former Snyder Drug and Johnson's stores were <br /> vacant. Panic is too strong of a word, but there were serious concerns about <br /> the future of downtown during that time period a few years ago. We should <br /> be planning during these good times for the long term future of downtown <br /> and the attached memo from the Director of Economic Development and <br /> Director of Planning comments on these longer term issues. Again, my most <br /> • immediate concern is making sure that a sidewalk plan for the King/Main <br /> project is consistent, or can be consistent, with an overall sidewalk <br /> replacement program, but there are also bigger long term issues that also <br /> need to be addressed. <br /> This fourth Monday of the month at 5 p.m. is the regular meeting date and <br /> time for the HRA. Accordingly, the HRA needs to formally open its meeting <br /> and take care of a few consent items before the worksession and discussion <br /> with the council begins. Complicating this slightly is the fact that the City <br /> Council also needs to open its meeting and hear a presentation from Bond <br /> Consultant Rusty Fifield, Jr., from Ehlers and Associates, Inc., right away at <br /> 5 p.m. as he is due later at the Worthington City Council meeting. Formal <br /> action on the bonds will be done after the joint worksession later in the <br /> evening, but we need to spend a few minutes at 5 p.m. for a bond <br /> presentation prior to the joint meeting taking place. <br /> • <br />