* COUNCIL PROCEIDINGS _: _
<br />CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON
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<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
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<br />Motion by Williams; seconded by Gunderman, to APPROVE THE AMENDID-
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<br />4 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried.
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<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 ;' -
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<br />.City Manager Matthew Fulton duly swore in newly`re-elected Mayor Robert Benke ~` Benke Sworn in
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<br />Mavor Benke's 1994 State of the City Address
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<br />I believe that historians will 'someday identify 1993 as a`pivotal tune in New w ' ~ ~ .
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<br />Brighton's evolution as a community: There have been'several taming points since
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<br />-when the; sfockyazds industry:
<br />our community ~was~ established in 188'7. -One; came;
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<br />disappeazed. Another came when the azsenal was established,
<br />importance as a source of jobs and business.
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<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'
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<br />construction led to the demise of the'old downtown area: ` I believe that in"man ~' `-`
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<br />ways we have been grieving the loss of downtown as a downtown ever since '
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<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
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