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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. ,
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M yor Beverly Aplikowski
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H.F No. 965, as introduced: 83rd Legislative Session (2003-2004) Posted on Mar 17,2003
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A bill for an act
relating to transportation; authorizing cities to
impose a transportation utility fee; proposing coding
for new law in Minnesota Statutes] chapter 275.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA;
Section 1. [275.084] [TRANSPORTATION UTILITY FEE.]
Subdivision 1. [DEFINITIONS. ] For the purposes of this
section, t~~ followinq terms have the meaninqs qiven~.
(1) !lMunicipality" means a home rule charter or statutory
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(2) 'lGoverning_~bodyll means the city council of a
munJcipality.
ilL "Reconstruction 11 means p_~:-!_inq, qradinq, curbs and
gutters 1.. bridqe repair, overlays 1 d~ai-n;~ge, base work, subqrade
corrections, a~d boulevard restoration.
(4) IIFacility upgradell means traffic siqnals, turn lanes,
media~s, street approaches!_ alleys, rights-of-way, sidewalks,
retaining wa.~ls, fence installation, and additi~~~l traffic
lanes.
(5) "Maintenance"_^"f!\eans striping / seal coatinq, crack
s~aling, sidewalk m~tntenance, signal maintenance, street ligh~
maint~nance, and siqnage.
Subd. 2. [AUTHORIZATION.] A municipality may impose the
transpo!tation utility fee p!9vided in this section against land
located within its boundaries.
Subd. 3. [PROCEDURES FOR ADOPTION.] A municipality may
impose the transportat~~n utility fee provided in this section
by ordi~ance adopted by a two~thirds vote of its governing
body. The re~qlution must not be voted on S?~._~dopted until
aft~r a public hearing. has been held on the question. A noti~~
of th~ time, place, and p~rpose of the hearing must be published
at least once in each week for two successive weeks in the
9fficial newspap~.:r:. _of the municipality, or in a newspap'~_J:'_ .9f
qener~l content and circula.tion within the municipality, and the
last notice must be published at_ least seven days prior to the
hearing. T_he municipality, if adS?pt_~si_,.___must file the ordinance
of record with th~.__~ounty recorder, and the municipa~Ll;:y__must
provi?e a copy to the cou~ty auditor.
Subd. 4. [COLLECTION.] The ordiIlatlc.e..adopted under this
sectJon must provide fQr the billing and payment of the fee _qI].~
monthly.!_ quarterly/or oth~_r basis as directed by the governing
pody. Fees t0~t, as of October 15 each~~lendar year, have
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remained unpaid for at least 30 days must be certified to t~~
~ounty auditor for collection as a special assessm~~t payable in
the following calendar year against the affected p~~~erty.
Subd ._5, [MASTER PLAN REQUIREMENT.] A municipality may not
impose the fee provided in this section unless it has prepared
?-nd adopted a master plan that includes information o~~. .!=he
~C2_?ed reconstruction, facility upqrade/__~?:_p_~_ maintenance for
the foll~~inq five years. A capital imp!ovement plan, public
facility plan, or cornpar3_!:>_~_~__~~_~<?.r_ma_tion qualifies as a master
plan. The master plan must_J_!!,~~~~e___information on the proposed
funding sources for all proiects required to be included in the
plan. The master plan must be adopted bv resolution of the
92~~rninq body followinq a hearing and publication of notice of
the hearin3'-___~_~rovided in subdivision 3..:_
Subd. 6. [USE OF PROCEEDS.] Revenues from the fee
authorized in this section may only be used for specific
~~~ts listed in the master plan and are limited to proiected
costs ~~_ the needs approved in the master plan. The
municipality _!!lC3.y__n~t____.~_~cumulate revenues_J.rg~wt:Jl.e fee beyond the
estimated costst9.l:","!:"~_constructions, fa~~)~.t:x upqrades, and
maintenance that are describ~it__~.~._th,~ master plan.
Subd. 7. [TRIP GENERATION DATA.] The fee imposed must be
cal~~lated based on the relationship of the revenues the
municipal~~y proposes to qenerate and a city determined trip
qeneration ra_t~___K~r each type of land use.
Subd. 8. [APPEALS.] ~_!=:op~~~"t_y.__9_wner may administratively
Clppeal the amount of the fee or the trip qeneration rate to the
qoverntnq body within 60 days after notice of the amount of fee
due has been ma~X~4_,t:,S?__the property owner. The app_e.~~ HJIl~~!- be
in writinq, siqned, and 451:t_~_<;!__by the P:J::"<?P~~ty_gwner, and must
state the reasons why the amount of the fee or the trip
generation rate is incorrect. The decision of the qoverning
body ~ay be appealed to the tax court in the same manner as
appeals of d.~terminations reqardinq property tax matters
provided for_~~ chapter 271. If the qoverninq body does not
make a decision within six _~9~:t:ps afte~___th~_.t-t_~_~:Qg_._gI an
~~~inistrative appeal, the property owner may elect to appeal to
tax c~urt. The appeal procedures in this subdivision are in
lieu of any ~ppeal procedures relatinq to special assessments
provided for in cPC3.p~~r 429.
Subd. 9. [SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS; BONDS; PROPERTY TAX
LEVIES.] The use of the transport~!Jon utility fee by a
munictpality does not restrict the municipality from imposinq
special a~~essments, issuinq bond debt, or levving property
taxes to pay,__.the costs of local street reconstruction, facility
~pqrades, or maintenance.
[EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section i~__effective for fees
payable in 2004 and thereafter.
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