Laserfiche WebLink
WHEREAS, the stadium proposal provides an opportunity for the TCAAP site to be <br />remediated, returned to productive use, and opened to public access; and <br />� <br />WHEREAS, the stadium proposal would create a significant number of jobs during <br />construction and at the completed stadium, and would return 170 acres of the TCAAP site to the <br />property tax rolls to be privately developed; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed stadium-related transportation improvements will help <br />mitigate current traffic congestion on I-35W and I-694, and the Metropolitan Council's October <br />12, 2011, Stadium Proposal Risk Analysis concluded that the proposed transportation <br />improvements effectively mitigate traffic concerns related to the stadium proposal; and <br />WHEREAS, Governor Dayton announced on November 1, 201 l, that a local sales tax <br />would not be considered as a stadium funding source without a referendum; and <br />WHEREAS, on November 15, 2011, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners <br />approved an offer to purchase 430 acres of the TCAAP site for $28.5 million. <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of Arden Hills, <br />Minnesota supports the development of a multi-purpose stadium and 170 acres of private <br />development on the TCAAP site. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council considers this proposal to be the <br />best opportunity in the foreseeable future to remediate the TCAAP site and put it into productive <br />�— use. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council's support of the project is based <br />on the following three expectations: <br />1. The City of Arden Hills will have a seat on any stadium authority or governing <br />board that is created to own, manage, and/or operate the stadium facility, and <br />2. Any stadium proposal will include provisions requiring the costs of public safety <br />on game and non-game days be paid by the Minnesota Vikings or the stadium <br />authority, either directly or through payments in lieu of taxes. <br />3. No City of Arden Hills money will be used to construct the stadium. <br />ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS THIS <br />2grn DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2011. <br />�l � <br />I , ���I�1���� �WV ✓ l� <br />� <br />David Grant, Mayor <br />ATTEST: <br />���� /���� <br />� Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br />