Star Tribune Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:46:10 GMT
Excelsior lakefront to get serious updates
Energized by public desire to preserve its waterfront character, city weighs plans for future. Having decided to keep the city's lakefront as a park, Excelsior officials now want to channel public affection for the picturesque village green into efforts to beautify it. At the urging of hundreds of residents, the City Council voted 5-0 Monday night to preserve the park, saying no to a Lake Minnetonka pavilion proposed for the site by developer Jon Monson. The next step, the council agreed, is to get started on long-postponed improvements to the site. "We all agreed that it is under-utilized and it doesn't represent the Excelsior that we would like to see there,'' Council Member Wendy Berghorst said. Two months of well-attended public discussions about the pavilion have energized the tiny lake town and gotten residents thinking about the future of the city, Mayor Nick Ruehl said Tuesday.
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