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General Government <br />2-AMandates,Zoning&LocalAuthority <br />To serve their local citizens and communities, city officials must have sufficient local control <br />and decision-making authority. Metro Cities supports local decision-making authority and <br />opposesstatutorychangesthaterodelocalauthorityanddecisionmaking. <br />Minn.Stat.§ 462.357,subd.1,providecitiesauthority toregulateandset localordinancesfor <br />zoning.MetroCitiessupports existingstate lawsthatprovideforthis authority. <br />Metro Cities supports statutory changes that give local officials greater authority to <br />approve or denyvariancestoallowflexibilityinrespondingtotheneeds ofthecommunity. <br />Metro Cities also supports the removal of statutory barriers to uniform zoning ordinance <br />amendmentprocessesforallcities,regardlessofcitysizeclassification. <br />MetroCitiesopposestheimpositionoflegislativemandatesthatincreaselocal costswithout <br />acorresponding stateappropriationorfundingmechanism.Unfunded mandatespotentially <br />increasepropertytaxesandimpedecitiesÓ abilitytofundtraditional serviceneeds. <br />To allow for greater collaboration and flexibility in providing local services, Metro Cities <br />encourages the removal of barriers to coordination between cities and other units of government <br />orentities. <br />2-BCityEnterpriseActivities <br />Creation ofanenterprise operationallowsa citytoprovide adesiredservicewhile maintaining <br />financial and management control. The state should refrain from infringing on this ability to <br />provide andmanageservices forthebenefitofa local communityand residents. <br />Metro Cities supports cities having authority to establish city enterprise operations in <br />response to community needs, local preferences,or state mandates, or that help ensure <br />residentsÓqualityoflife. <br />2-CFirearmsonCityProperty <br />Cities should be allowed to prohibit handguns and other weapons in city-owned buildings, <br />facilities,and parks and to determine whether to allow permit-holders to bring guns into <br />municipal buildings, liquor stores, city council chambers and city sponsored youth activities. It is <br />not Metro CitiesÓ intention for cities to have the authority to prohibit legal weapons in parking <br />lots,oncitystreets,citysidewalksoronlocallyapprovedhuntingland. <br />MetroCitiessupportslocalcontroltoalloworprohibithandgunsandother weaponson <br />city-ownedproperty. <br /> 2022 Legislative Policies <br />11 <br /> <br />