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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE * * * * * * * * Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the city of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota, was duly held in the city Hall at 2660 civic Center Drive, Roseville, Minnesota, on Thursday, the sixteenth day of March, 1989, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. The following members were present: Kehr, Matson, Johnson, Cushman, and Rog, and the following were absent: None. Member Matson adoption: introduced the following resolution and moved its RESOLUTION NO. 8426 RESOLUTION RELATING TO FUNDING FOR STREET CONSTRUCTION IN MINNESOTA WHEREAS, the street and highway system in Minnesota is deteriorating at a rate faster than the financial ability of cities and counties to maintain and rebuild the roadway system; and WHEREAS, transportation funding is a high priority issue 1989; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate to use road user funds for major street and road construction rather than using property taxes; and WHEREAS, county and city government highway and street plans are predicated on using proceeds from the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (MVET) to fund road construction and maintenance; and WHEREAS, if this source of funding is not available, many county and city plans will be cut back or not completed; and WHEREAS, the percent of local participation in the construction and reconstruction of state owned highways is increasing; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the city of Roseville as follows: That the 1989 session of the legislature provide for the transfer of 100% of the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (MVET) to the road user fund to provide a stable source of adequate funding for the construction and maintenance of streets and highways in the State of Minnesota.