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<br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />that this Council requests that the Minnesota <br />Legislature pass a comprehensive and balanced transportation funding package that <br />permanently increases dedicated funding for transportation; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />that this Council requests that Governor Tim <br />Pawlenty allow a comprehensive and balanced transportation funding package that <br />permanently increases dedicated funding for transportation that is passed by the <br />Legislature to become law; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />that this Council requests that a comprehensive and <br />balanced transportation funding package be based upon multiple revenue sources, which <br />may include but not be limited to general obligation and trunk highway bonds; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />that this Council supports funding options including, <br /> <br />but not limited to, the following: <br /> <br />. An increase in the gas tax; <br />. Indexing of the gas tax, provided there is a Iimit on how much the tax can be <br />increased for inflation in a given amount of time; <br />. Increases in vehicle registration taxes (a.k.a.license tab fees); <br />. Trunk highway bonding, provided the Legislature implements reasonable <br />restrictions on the amount of debt service the state will incur and provided the <br />Legislature appropriates funding to assist with local costs related to projects <br />funded with trunk highway bonds; <br />. General obligation bonding for local roads and bridges, particularly for roads of <br />regional significance and to assist with local cost participation requirements <br />pertaining to trunk highway projects; <br />. Sales tax exemptions for state and local transportation construction projects; and <br />. New local funding tools, such as local option sales tax authority or authority to <br />establish street improvement districts; and <br /> <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />that this Council defines a comprehensive and <br />balanced transportation funding package as an initiative that permanently increases <br />dedicated funding for state and local road and transit systems in Greater Minnesota and <br />the Metropolitan Area. <br /> <br />ADOPTED by the <br /> <br />City Council on <br /> <br />,2008. <br /> <br />-37- <br />