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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br />January 25, 2000 <br /> <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Special Order of Business - State ofthe City Address for 2000. continued <br /> <br />2. Citizen Police Academies <br />3. 180 Neighborhood Watch Groups <br />4. More than 130 National Night Out parties and another National Award <br />5. Continued use of speed cart and commitment to add one more <br />6. Continued effort to maintain safe neighborhoods <br />7. Continued Crime Free Housing Program in apartment complexes <br />8. Started Intergenerational Task Force focusing on youth needs <br /> <br />In Our Community: <br />I. Continued work with Ordway/Pratt Business Center at County Road E-2 <br />2. Super America reconstruction of store at Silver Lake Road and Rice Creek Road <br />3. Rice Creek Center revitalization and construction of senior housing <br />4. Salem Baptist Church expansion <br />5. Proposed expansion of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church <br />6. Hollywood Video <br />7. PDQ reconstruction <br />8. Tank and Tummy reconstruction <br />9. Construction of new Club House at Brightwood Hills Golf Course <br />10. Approval of park improvements for 2000/200 I <br /> <br />In Government Services: <br />1. Completed Comprehensive Plan <br />2. Continued collaboration thru 1-35W Corridor Coalition <br />3. Received another National Certificate for Excellence in Financial Reporting <br />4. Lower insurance rates due to improved fire protection rating <br /> <br />These are some of the action items that were addressed in 1999 in our effort to make New <br />Brighton the preferred place to live, work and do business. These actions required the <br />efforts of many people throughout the community and to all of you, I applaud you efforts. A <br />job well done! <br /> <br />I would like to thank those of you who worked so hard on the Healthy Youth Coalition. <br />Recognizing that assets are the key to youth development was very important. The City also <br />became a Community of Promise this past year as well as implementing the formation of the <br />Intergenerational Task Force. We must continue this effort to address the needs and <br />concerns of our youth as we plan for tomorrow. <br /> <br />We have tentatively agreed that Ryan Companies will coordinate the Northwest Quadrant <br />redevelopment. This project will take several years to complete and will require numerous <br />meetings with property owners and businesses that exist today. Hopefully this transition will <br />be a win-win for everyone involved. We are currently working with Ramsey County to <br />procure the Co-op site so that any needed clean-up can take place immediately. A special <br />thanks to Ramsey County Commissioner Jan Wiessner. Also thanks to Senator Novak, <br />Representatives Haake and Chaudhary for their efforts in St. Paul. We will continue to work <br />with you on issues effecting New Brighton. <br /> <br />State of the City <br />Address - 2000 <br />