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