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Council Proceedings City of New Brighton Jan 19 1977 ~~, 4 Chairman Daniels stated this would undoubtedly be a need and was being considered by the HRA. He stated it was the intent of the HRA to make its operations self-supporting by way of t tax increment district, in an attempt to minimize the impact on the taxpayer. He noted the HRA intended to notify the County and School District to discuss the plan. Councilman Werdouschegg noted that the plan was deficient in addressing the Long Lake Road - 10th Street interchange. he Chairman Daniels stated that the HRA had addressed this problem in great depth but noted that the focus of the HRA was first on land use and secondly on traffic, adding that until a specific plan was developed for the downtown area it was difficult to study and recommend on specific issues. 1 Councilman Senden expressed the view that traffic patterns have a great bearing on the desirability of a site for commercial use, noting what happened when the freeways were constructed in New Brighton. He further stated concern with the areas designated for light industrial stating his belief that this lessened the attractiveness of these areas for new industrial growth. He further questioned the emphasis. on business blight and not on housing blight. Chairman Daniels responded that in the judgment of the HRA the blighting problem was with the commercial area and not housing. Councilman Senden expressed concern with the following areas as shown in Figure 3 of the proposed Redevelopment Plan: 1. Area 2, should be classified for both light and heavy industrial; 2. Area 8, had not received sufficient study; 3. The open space use in Area 3 did not seem appropriate given the massive open space in the area; 4. That medium density residential did not seem appropriate in Area 6; 5. That it may be too late to discourage public facility use in Area 9; 6. That Area 14 seemed appropriate for both light and heavy industrial. Councilman Werdouschegg expressed concern with the idea of using the old water tower as part of the redevelopment in the downtown area.