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I I I COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON Pursuant to notice thereof a regular meeting of the New Brighton City Council was held Tuesday, January 13, 1981 at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building, 803 5th Avenue NW, New Brighton, Minnesota. Present: Mayor James Senden, Councilmembers Roger Blomquist, Jeanette Janecek, Steve Schmidt Absent: Councilmember Bob Benke Also Present: Donald L. Lais, City Attorney Les Proper, Director of Public Works Jim Winkels, Director of Community Development John Grau, Administrative Assistant Vernon Pederson, City Clerk Minutes Motion by Janecek, seconded by Blomquist to approve the minutes of December 23, 1980 as presented. 4 ayes - 0 nayes - motion carried The Mayor with consent of the Council directed receipt of the Human Rights Commission minutes of December 1, 1980; the Board of Review minutes of December 16, 1980; the Downtown Development District Advisory Board minutes of December 18, 1980 and January 8, 1981 as presented. Special Order of Business The Mayor issued the following organizational statement: "As a start to the new year for our City it is appropriate to assess the 'status of the City'. To do so I like to take a look backward and a look forward and I've found this is most meaningful in terms of objectives. Before we get into that however, it is good to note that the objectives we are talking about are extremely important and long range in nature. They are certainly over and above the normal week to week activities that are ongoing in nature. These objectives are tough, horizen kinds of issues for which months and years are needed for resolution. Meanwhile, the regular work of the Council and staff and committees must go on. And this is where we excelled last year. The day to day work of the City is being conducted