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* COUNCIL PROCEIDINGS _: _ <br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON <br />fx,• <br />~f~ <br />Pursuant to notice thereof, a regular meeting of the New Brighton City Council was held Tuesday, January 25, 1994, <br />at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building, 803 Fifth Avenue NW. <br />Present: Mayor Benke, Councilmembers Gunderman, Samuelson and Williams. <br />Absent: - Councilmember Lazson <br />Also Present: Maurie Anderson, Pazk Director - <br />Matthew Fulton, City Manager <br />Charlie LeFevere, City Attorney <br />Kevin Locke, Community Development Director <br />Erny Mattila, City Planner <br />- _ ,, - <br />Council Agenda ~ ... ., : , .. - Council Agenda <br />Motion by Williams; seconded by Gunderman, to APPROVE THE AMENDID- <br />.- - _ _ <br />COUNCII. AGENDA: ~ - - <br />4 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried. <br />_ ._ <br />Council Minutes ~ <br />Council Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />,: <br />~.. - <br />.. <br />., ; ~ <br /> <br />_ <br />Motion by Gunderman seconded by Samuelson`, to~WAIVE THE READING'AND K <br />APPROVE THE A1ViENDID JANUARY 11, 1994 COUNCIL D~ET'Il~1G ;' - <br />4 Ayes.. - 0 Nayes Motion Carried: ' - - _ ._ . ; _ , .. .. <br />~ - ..ti _ - ._ s ~- -. .. <br />~_ - <br />-- <br />w _ _ ,.. _ .~. ~.. _: <br />Commission Minutes =None:: - _ . . ,-,~ -_, :, ..-: <br />_ <br />,_ .. ::: .:. -..: .,. .. ,.... .. ., ..._ _ ._: Special Order o <br />special Order of Business .~ - . _-. _ ~.5: ~ .,.. _ -. ... ~ __ ~ . : ` ` ~ sii Hess <br />_- : .t. <br />_. _ <br />.City Manager Matthew Fulton duly swore in newly`re-elected Mayor Robert Benke ~` Benke Sworn in <br /> ,. <br />Mavor Benke's 1994 State of the City Address <br />- .- ~ _ <br />I believe that historians will 'someday identify 1993 as a`pivotal tune in New w ' ~ ~ . <br />State of the City <br />,. - <br />Brighton's evolution as a community: There have been'several taming points since <br />`Address <br />-when the; sfockyazds industry: <br />our community ~was~ established in 188'7. -One; came; <br />` <br />, <br />and, Later` lost its <br />disappeazed. Another came when the azsenal was established, <br />importance as a source of jobs and business. <br />- .. <br />Yet another turning point, one that most directly affects us today, was the _ <br />construction of I-b94 and I-35W' I believe it is fair to say that the freeway ' - ~ ~ s' <br />.a~~.~ ;._~ . <br />construction led to the demise of the'old downtown area: ` I believe that in"man ~' `-` <br />y ~;. <br />ways we have been grieving the loss of downtown as a downtown ever since ' <br /> <br />. <br />_. <br />,, <br />~ <br />Numerous attempts to rebuild the area as a vital center' of commerce faded because <br />of external factors,. economic. trends,`concerns about access, and an occasional dose <br />.. <br /> <br />; <br />.. ~: <br />. ~ <br />of bad luck. ,..~ .... »~ _, . z ~ ~ ~, ..w - - _,. ,. <br />. <br />. <br />= _ <br />-~-. _ _ _ _..- _ F <br />_ - <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />