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CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br />WHEREAS Diana Eagon served on the New Brighton City Council from January 1, 1971 through <br />December 31, 1975 after being the first female City Councilmember to be elected by <br />New Brighton voters — a full ten years after Agnes Sweezo served as New Brighton's <br />first female Mayor; and <br />WHEREAS Diana Eagon helped establish and budget for the City's first long-range Capital <br />Improvement Plan which included a remodel of the New Brighton Village Hall, <br />construction of a second municipal liquor store and construction of a Maintenance <br />Garage; and <br />WHEREAS Diana Eagon helped establish the City's first HRA, helped establish and implement the <br />City's first sidewalk program, helped establish and mark a bicycle trail system, and <br />helped establish and implement a street resurfacing program, and helped establish the <br />administrative staff position of "Building and Planning Coordinator" - the City's first <br />professional full-time City Planner; and <br />WHEREAS During her tenure as a New Brighton City Councilmember, Diana Eagon worked to, <br />among other things, address water quality, housing standards, traffic control <br />(specifically at the intersections of Old Highway 8 and 7" Street, County Roads D and <br />E), sidewalk improvements, pedestrian safety, the installation and upkeep of public <br />infrastructure; and <br />WHEREAS A celebration of Diana Eagon's life will be held on June 16, 2018, <br />NOW, THEREFORE I, VALERIE JOHNSON, Mayor of The City of New Brighton, Minnesota do <br />hereby proclaim June 16, 2018 to be: <br />I <br />( <br />cf&RU" <br />, 11 <br />the city thal works tot, You <br />Diana Eagon Day <br />in the City of New Brighton. <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my <br />hand and c ed the Seal of f the City of New Brighton, <br />Minnesota to be)affixed this 12" cry f June, 2018, <br />VALERIE JOHNSON — MAY R <br />