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, . . . " ~ .f..~HlLLS CITY OF ARDEN HILLS RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 03-33 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING I~EGISLATlON TO PROVIDE IMPROVED FUNDING OPTIONS );'OR CITY STREET IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 135,000 milcs of roadway, and over 19,000 mile - or 14 percent - are owned and maintained by Minnesota's 853 cities; and WHEREAS, city streets are a separate but integral piece of the network of roads supporting movement of people and goods; and WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property taxes, special assessments and bonding, have limited applications, leaving cities under- equipped to address growing needs. WHEREAS, maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and no city-large or small - IS spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 50-year lifecyc1e. WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Arden Hills finds it is difficult to develop adequate funding systems to support thc City's needed street improvement and maintenance programs while complying with existing State statutes; and WHEREAS, the League of Minnesota Cities, the Minnesota Public Works Association and the City Engineers Association of Minnesota, have jointly sponsored the development of a report entitled Funding Street Construction and Maintenance in Alinnesota's Cities wherein (1) the street systems of the cities within the State are inventoried; (2) the existing funding systems are detailed and evaluated; and (3) recommendations are made; and WHEREAS, citics nccd flcxiblc policics and greater resources in order to meet growing demands for street improvements and maintenance. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARDEN HILLS that this Council supports HF 965, and its Scnate companion SF 825, that would allow city councils to chargc a transportation utility fee for street improvements. ADOPTED by thc City Council this 31" day of March, 2003. , ,.tf......~ q,"A- vA M yor Beverly Aplikowski