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<br />City Council Study Session - 01/23/06 <br />Minutes - Page 11 <br /> <br />be to move along with the Roselawn Avenue project; <br />and if subsequent funding were received, it should be <br />used for alternative designs in Roseville and other <br />affected communities (i.e., non-boring technologies). <br /> <br />2.c <br /> <br />Transportation Funding <br />Mayor Klausing provided additional information verbally <br />from his ongoing meetings and involvement with the <br />Regional Conference of Mayors related to issues facing cities <br />in the metropolitan area (i.e., affordable housing and <br />transportation) for first ring suburbs and shortfalls in <br />infrastructure funding. Mayor Klausing noted that, during <br />this legislative session, a constitutional amendment <br />(referendum) was being considered to be put on the ballot for <br />dedication of the vehicle registration fees to be split between <br />transportation (infrastructure repairs for highways and <br />bridges) and a dedicated funding source to cities, phased in <br />over five years. Mayor Klausing noted that he would be <br />bringing additional and more detailed information to the City <br />Council in the near future. <br /> <br />Transportation <br />Funding <br /> <br />2.d City Reimbursement for TIF District No. 15 that was City <br />closed too soon Reimbursement for <br />City Manager Beets advised the City Council that staff TIF District No. 15 <br />would like to defer discussion of this item pending additional <br />research. <br /> <br />2.e <br /> <br />Discussion included State General Fund impacts; impacts to <br />School Districts; trucking industry weight limits on state <br />highways and safety issues and concerns; and different <br />formulas for calculating Minnesota State Aid (MSA) <br />funding. <br /> <br />Cable TV Regulation <br />Finance Director Chris Miller updated the City Council on <br />increasing discussions regarding the future of cable <br />television regulations. Mr. Miller noted that, across the <br />country, both federal and some state governments had either <br />passed new legislation or have pending legislation <br />potentially changing the regulatory role of local <br />governments, in addition to some policy shifts by the Federal <br /> <br />Cable TV <br />Regulation <br />