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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 on the 8th day of April, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. The following members were present: McGehee, Willmus, Laliberte, Etten; and the following were absent: Roe. Member McGehee introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION No. 11065 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MUNICIPAL STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 135,000 miles of roadway, and over 19,000 miles—or 14 percent--are owned and maintained by Minnesota's 853 cities; and WHEREAS, 84 percent of municipal streets are ineligible for dedicated Highway User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and WHEREAS,the more than 700 Minnesota cities with populations below 5,000 are ineligible for dedicated Highway User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and WHEREAS, city streets are a separate but integral piece of the network of roads supporting movement of people and goods; and WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property taxes and special assessments, have limited applications, leaving cities under-equipped to address growing needs; and WHEREAS, maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and many cities—both large and small—are not spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 50-year lifecycle; and WHEREAS, for every one dollar spent on maintenance, a road authority saves seven dollars in repairs; and WHEREAS,the Council of the City of Roseville has been challenged in our efforts to develop adequate funding systems to support the City's needed street improvement and maintenance programs while complying with existing State statutes; and WHEREAS, cities need flexible policies and greater resources in order to meet growing demands for municipal street improvements and maintenance.