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' COUNCIL PROCEIDINGS _ ._ . CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON Pursuant to notice thereof, a regular meeting of the New Brighton City Council was held Tuesday, January 25, 1994, at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building, 803 Fifth Avenue NW. Present: Mayor Benke, Councilmembers Gunderman, Samuelson and Williams. Absent: - Councilmember Larson ` Also Present: Maurie Anderson, Park Director - - Matthew Fulton; City Manager Charlie LeFevere, City Attorney -Kevin Locke, Community Development Director Erny Mattila, City Planner ,. -, .. - _ _ _. Council Agenda . ~ - ". ' , , . ... _ .._ Council Agenda _._ .,_ - _ Motion by Williams; seconded by Gunderman, to APPROVE THE AMENDID COUNCIL AGENDA. .~ ` Mavor Benke's 1994 State of the Citv Address . . ,.. , . _ I believe that historians will'someday. identify 1993 as a pivotal time in New' ' ~ ~' State `of the City Brighton's evolution as a community: There have been'several fuming points since `` Address .. our community was established in' 1887.' One came when the stockyards_industry ' : ~ °~ _. ~, . - _.. :~~: disappeared. Another came when the arsenal was established and, later; lost its ~" importance as a source of jobs and business _; . _ .. Yet another turning point, one that most directly affects us today, was the -_ ~ ~ ,.: construction of I-694 a_nd I-35W:' I believe rt Ls fair to'say that the freeway, ~ ~~` - ~ .. _. .:~. _ z construction led to the demise of the old downtown area: ` I believe `that n~'many~ ... ~ . . ways we have been grieving the loss of downtown as a downtown ever since ; "~ ,. . _, - . ` Numerous attempts to, rebuild the area as a vital center of commerce failed because of external factors, .economic trends, concerns about access, and an occasional dose of bad luck. ~.. ~ ...~ _. .._ • _ ~ _~.. - ~- - -r,.~ _ ..iF; . .. , - _, . _ . F _.~.-. .. _ __ "tea , y