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RESOLUTION #20-0__ <br />A Resolution Supporting Infrastructure Accountability <br />WHEREAS, populations in Minnesota cities are growing statewide; and <br />WHEREAS, the development and construction associated with that growth are driving the need for road <br />improvements, street oversizing, street redesign, and street reconstruction; and <br />WHEREAS, municipal statutory authority appropriately exists for fees to support added need for parks, <br />sewer, and water; and <br />WHEREAS, this municipal authority does not exist for infrastructure development fees; and <br />WHEREAS, city streets are one of the four major types of infrastructure local government is responsible to <br />provide to protect public safety and health, and city streets represent a separate but integral piece of the <br />network of roads supporting movement of people and goods; and <br />WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property taxes, and special <br />assessments have limited applications, leaving cities under-equipped to address growing needs; and <br />WHEREAS, neighborhood streets are constructed according to city standards by developers; and <br />WHEREAS, funding sources for larger streets and intersections to support new developments have <br />historically come from infrastructure development fees; and <br />WHEREAS, the Minnesota Supreme Court found in Harstad v. City of Woodbury that no statutory authority <br />existed for these infrastructure development fees; and <br />WHEREAS, cities should not be forced to make current residents and businesses pay for costs of growth <br />through local taxes but rather by those that are responsible for the growth; and <br />WHEREAS, cities are finding it difficult to develop adequate funding systems to support needed <br />infrastructure development related to growth while complying with existing state statutes; and <br />WHEREAS, cities need flexible policies and greater resources in order to meet growing demands for street <br />improvements. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />CENTERVILLE that this Council supports legislation that would authorize cities to collect infrastructure <br />development fees to fund municipal street improvements as a necessary component of growth. <br />ADOPTED by the _______________ City Council this ____ day of __________________, 2020. <br />____________________________________ <br />Mayor, Jeff Paar <br />_________________________________ <br />City Clerk, Teresa Bender <br /> <br />