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STATE OF ~INNEsnTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
VILLAGE OF ARDEN HlLLS
RESOLUTiON NO. 73-18
RESOLUTION REQUESTING AID AND lEVY LIMIT
ALLOCATIONS FOR ARDEN HtLLS
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WHEREAS, the Council of the VIllage of Arden Hills Is concerned
Dacause the 1911 Municipal Levy LimIt enactment has resulted and will
eontl~ue to result in an inoQultable flnanclsl hardShip to the V111~ge
of Arden Hi lis. end
WHEREAS, tne basa year used to establish the levy !1~lt wes, a
year in which Ard~n HI!!s had commendably reduced Its expenditures
both by reducing its stoft to cleve! impossible to melntalnj and by
pcstponlr.g 3 meJor street seal co~ting project (streets were being
torn up form~Jor ~8ter Installatlonsl, both of these reasons result-
Ing In an abnormally eo~ bass yeer (1,97nl, and
WHEREAS, with thO) exception 01' Arden Hills, ell municipalities
....ti'hln R&\'llS9'{ Co:m'(y l"iJcel'fed s'~!ls'rllVltial aid lncrel!lses In 1972, llnd
WHEREAS, th0 ~1~. erebesed on a per capite for~ulg, Arden
HI!!s. w11'11 a CI11T9nt pnpuhtion of 5,149, m-ust f'eech a popullltlon
of !O,05! lalmost double), before It can receive additionel aid, end
WHEREAS, there Is no passl~llity o' Arden Mll!s being able to
provide the additla~ar muniCipal $ervlces for this l~crease 'n growth
without th9 need for sddltlon~l r.ve~ue; end l!lS the levy l!mlt lew
"D~ exists, Gn, sd~ltlon5! lev I.. wDcld re~u!t in 5tr~ngent psne!tles,
>'!!'Ill
"WHEREAS, Al'l:Ien 1-1111 s wes penill j zed $9,600 tor an excess ! evy
at $96,002 In 1912, ~nd ..5 farced, for 1973, to reduce it~ Gan.ral
Fund re~.rves in order to escape the much more severe ~econd ye~r
panaii'y iHHl sllch Pl'llct!ce Is impossible to continue.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the Village of Arden HI!ls re-
q~ests the l.9Is~~t~re 01 the StBte of Minnesota to act to l!l!lavlate
I~ch ebove descrlb~d Ineq~it, ~!l follows: I
i. PI'"ovtde add/Honed Ilids "rO Arden Hi j I!; In pf'oPI?Y'tlon to
i'hoseJ g"'/;\'"~,~d i"o o'\'her mlll"l.cl'pc!ltres (sea chert encio!l~a). Increase
in slds r~na.d fro~ no lncreese t6r Arden Hiijls ta a,' for Whit. Be.,..
lewnlhlp - a~ av.rmge incrouse in ~Ids of 70iS. 7Di' ~ou!d provide
t~el9 &i~. to Arden Hills In the amount of $225,693.
2. Establish ~ flsxlble levy limit In order to provide ad-
ditional ,..ev8nue, without penalty, In proportion to population growth.
T~ls wauld~ncrG3lG the le.y lImit established for the base year
,; ! 97 ,! J by '!"i)0 iHH:/l PlH",,^'11 tage. !;is the IHH"Ce1l7egw of popu 13t ion grow-I'M
]o~. c~ch 5UCC08di~g year.
,. Abet. .nd rofund the, penalty 0' $9,600 which was essessed
against Arden Hj~ is for the ,e~r 1972.
Passed by the Village Council of Arden Hills this ~ day
of
March
, ! 973
Ai""i'est:
O~fm~
Charlotte McNlesh
Actln~ Clerk AdMinistrator
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STATE A; D'; '[Co i;,~UN lei t':)A, L ,TIE'S iN RM"S-E 'f COUNTY
" PERCENTAGE'
." ~ 9~) 2 AiD
MUNiCiPALLI! AIDS 1971 fINS us, DiSTRiBUTION .!.l!CREASE
St. Paul $5,932,647 3'l'J,7!4 $10,367, !02 75%
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A rd en HI) 's 132,:37! 5,149 13~2.71 XXX
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Falcon He! ghts 4! ,665 5,64! 74,047 178%
Geln Lllke ',792 216 2,835', .,,-
. Lauderdale 22,792 2,571 33,748 46$
Little Cllnlldll 25,437 3,481 45,693 80%
Mllplewood ~99,2!8 25,222 331,076 66%
Mounds View 71 ,752 lO,64! 139,679 94%
Neli Brighton 154,327 19,501 256,059 67'1-
NOI"th Ollks 14,394 2,002 26,279 82%
No.. ST. Pllul 93,742 1 I ,950 156,862 67%
RO:ievi lie 351 ,762 34,438 452,051 29%
Shorevlew 79,765 10,995 144,326 81%
Vllclnais He I ghts 26,827 3,411 44,775 671
Wh Ii 1'e Bellr Lllke 167,606 23,290 305,716 r3%
Blaine 37 5 66
St.. AnThony 22,447 2,353 30,887 38':
$pl"lng Lllke Pllrk 720 98 1,286
Whii te Bellr Tnshp. 40,698 5,666 74,375 831
7,400,001 12,619,233 70*%
" * - This 15 ~ IDE for Levy Limit.
, - This Is fIrst yellr under the Levy Limit lllw.
*. - Except for 'grandfather' claus. this amount woul. have been considerable
less ($67,813).
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