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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO: 2013-019 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 135,000 miles of roadway, and over 19,000 miles, or 14 percent, WHEREAS, 84 percent of municipal streets are ineligible for dedicated Highway User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and WHEREAS, the more than 700 Minnesota cities with populations below 5,000 are ineligible for dedicated Highway User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and WHEREAS, city streets are a separate but integral piece of the network of roads supporting movement of people and goods; and existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property taxes WHEREAS, and special assessments, have limited applications, leaving cities under-equipped to address growing needs; and maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and no city - large or small - is WHEREAS, spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 50-year lifecycle; and WHEREAS, for every one dollar spent on maintenance, a road authority saves seven dollars in repairs; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Arden Hills finds it is difficult to develop adequate funding systems to support the City's needed street improvement and maintenance programs while complying with existing State statutes; and WHEREAS, cities need flexible policies and greater resources in order to meet growing demands for municipal street improvements and maintenance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS supports enabling legislation that would authorize cities to establish street improvement districts to fund municipal street maintenance, construction and reconstruction.