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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RESOLUTION 96-46
RESOLUTION ENDORSING A METROPOLITAN
GROWTH POLICY
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
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
maintaining the high quality oflife residents of the TCMA currently enjoy; and
WHEREAS, the City of Arden Hills (City) is a municipal corporation in the TCMA; and
WHEREAS, the City is also concerned about the long term physical and financial health of the
TCMA; and
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
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
elements of the Metropolitan Council and BATC proposals and articulates additional elements
which were not addressed in either proposal; and
WHEREAS, the City supports the policy adopted by the AMM on growth options for the
TCMA
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
Metropolitan Council as the preferred growth option,
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OE
THIS 8TH DAY OF JULY, 1996.
!TY ADMINISTRATOR