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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ROSEVILLE * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, Minnesota was duly held at the City Hall in said city on Monday, the 27th day of February, 1984, at 7:30 p.m. The following members were present: Johnson, Franke, Kehr, Curley, and Demos. and, the following were absent: None. Council member Curley introduced and moved the adoption of the following resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 7596 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE LOCATION OF A RACING FACILITY IN THE CITY OF BLAINE WHEREAS, a State Constitutional Amendment allowing parimutuel betting was approved by the Minnesota voters on November 2, 1982, and the ~1innesota Racing Commission has been created by the Minnesota Legislature to implement parimutuel horseracing in Minnesota, and WHEREAS, the location of a racing facility would have a substantial, positive impact on the economic condition of an area, and WHEREAS, a racing facility would create approximately 1,000 additional employ- ment positions, and WHEREAS, the City of Blaine has stated an interest in the location of the Metro Racetrack in the City of Blaine, which interest has been pursued by the North Star Race Track Association, City of Blaine, and Anoka County, and WHEREAS, there is within the City of Blaine sufficient lands next to 1-35W and within 20 minutes of the central Twin Cities which lands are proposed for the Northstar Racetrack facility, and WHEREAS, the location of a racing facility in Blaine, Anoka County, Minnesota, would at last place a major State-wide recreational facility in the northern metropolitan communities and thus make more real, economic balance within the metropolitan community, and WHEREAS, Metropolitan Systems would not require substantial expenditures of taxpayers' dollars if the racing facility were located in the City of Blaine.