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I' .. ~ firf.lf6/T A I. STATE OF MINNESOTA COUNTY OF RAMSEY I CITY OF ARDEN HILLS 1 RESOLUTION 96-46 RESOLUTION ENDORSING A METROPOLITAN GROWTH POLICY I WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council estimates that the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA) will increase by 330,000 households and 650,000 people by the year 2020; and I WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council is reviewing Growth Options for the TCMA as it relates to the provision of necessary public improvements to accommodate this growth while I maintaining the high quality of life residents of the TCMA currently enjoy; and WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills (City) is a municipal corporation in the TCMA; and I WHEREAS, the City is also concerned about the long term physical and financial health ofthe TCMA; and I WHEREAS, the City is a member of the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities (AMM) .. and has councilmembers which serve on various AMM committees; and WHEREAS, the AMM has thoroughly reviewed the metropolitan growth options as proposed I by the Metropolitan Council and the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC); and WHEREAS, the AMM has adopted a metropolitan growth policy which blends the strongest I elements of the Metropolitan Council and BATC proposals and articulates additional elements which were not addressed in either proposal; and I WHEREAS, the City supports the policy adopted by the AMM on growth options for the TCMA. I NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arden Hills, Minnesota that the policy adopted by the AMM on metropolitan growth should be adopted by the I Metropolitan Council as the preferred growth option. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS I THIS 8TH DAY OF JULY, 1996. DENNIS PROBST, MAYOR I ATTEST: .. BRIAN FRITSINGER, CITY ADMINISTRATOR I