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EXTRACT of MINUTES of MEETING of THE CI'T'Y COUNCIL of THE CITY of ROSEVILLE Pursuant to due call and not ice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the 25th day of October, 1993, at 7:30 p.m. The following members were present and , and the following were absent: Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoptions RESOLUTION Ho RESOLUTION ON UNFUNDED MANDATES WHEREAS, unfunded mandates on local government have increased significantly in recent years; and WHEREAS, Federal and state mandates do not consider local circumstances, costs, or capacity, and subject cities to civil or criminal penalties for noncompliance; and WHEREAS, Federal and State mandates require compliance regardless . of other pressing local - needs and priorities affecting the health, welfare, and safety of citizens; and WHEREAS, Federal and State burdens on local governments force cities to impose a combination of higher local taxes and fees on local taxpayers and/or reduce local services to citizens; and WHEREAS Federal and State mandates are often inflexible, " none size fits all" requirements with unrealistic time frames and overly specific and inflexible procedures where less costly alternatives may be just as effective; and WHEREAS, the cumulative impact of these laws and rules directly affect the citizens of our cities; and WHEREAS, the Lague of Minnesota Citi6s, in collaboration with the National League of Cities, seeks to help citizens understand. .and them help encourage lawmakers to reduce the burden and inflexibility of unfunded mandates, beginning with a National Unfunded Mandates Day on October 27, 1993; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED# that the City of Roseville endorses the Lague l's efforts and those of the National Lague of Cities and will fully inform our citizens about the impact of State and Federal mandates on our local spending and tars. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Roseville endorses this year of mandate awareness, beginning . on October 27, by informing and workino- with members of our Congressional delegation and our State legislators to educate them about the- impact of Federal and State mandates and the actions necessary to reduce these burdens on our citizens.