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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — May 9, 2011 4 <br />6. PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />None. <br />7. NEW BUSINESS <br />A. Regional Council of Mayors Meeting <br />Mayor Grant stated he has been receiving material from the Regional Council of Mayors on <br />transportation funding. He provided the agenda for the May 9 Regional Council of Mayors <br />meeting and the Resolution on Transportation Funding. This resolution indicates that <br />transportation is a problem facing the community and it encourages the legislature to provide <br />adequate funding for suburban transit. All the opt -out transits are listed as part of the resolution <br />because they are trying to encourage the suburbs to get transit. It is up to the Council to decide if <br />they would like to support this resolution. <br />MOTION: Mayor Grant moved and Councilmember Holmes seconded a motion to <br />Adopt the Regional Council of Mayor Resolution on Transportation Funding. <br />Councilmember Holden stated that she would not be in support of this resolution. The State <br />does not want to spend money on the infrastructure in Ramsey County and the funds would end <br />up being spent in the southern suburbs only and there would be nothing in it for Arden Hills. <br />Councilmember Holmes stated she is in favor of this resolution. The Regional Council of <br />Mayors wants to prioritize public transportation and she supports this. Arden Hills does not have <br />good public transportation systems and it is important to continue to build the public transit <br />system for the community. <br />Councilmember Tamble stated he would be in support of this resolution. There are 45 <br />municipalities supporting this resolution. It is unlikely that any funding would go strictly to <br />southern suburbs. <br />Councilmember Werner stated that resolutions at this level of government are generally not <br />effective. <br />Mayor Grant stated transportation is important and the City needs good transportation in order to <br />be economically competitive. <br />The motion was called to a vote. <br />The motion carried unanimously (5 -0). <br />Mayor Grant requested the signed resolution be faxed in. <br />8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br />