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1580 <br />request that these legislators take steps to prepare legis- <br />lation for the 1961 Session if possible, or in lieu thereof, <br />provide for a.n interim study to be made by the proper <br />committee to prepare legislation for the 1963 Session, that <br />will provide for and make r.ossible the establishment of a <br />point municipal court or a municipal circuit court, financed <br />jointly by the several municipalities; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be <br />promptly forwarded to Senators Allen and ~"~estin, and to <br />Representatives Showell, ibecKenzie and Jones. <br />2. WHEREAS, Ramsey County Municipal Officials I'issociation <br />does not take a stand for or against a sales tax, and, <br />~`F~EFAS, this group is not recommending any new taxes, and <br />YtHEREAS, new methods of taxation are being proposed in this <br />legislative session, <br />NOW THER.~.~F'0??E, BE I"_' F,.r:;>OLUSD, that the Ramsey County Legis- <br />lative delegation press for legislatian that would provide <br />for the sharing of any new taxes by the municipalities„ <br />3. WHERE~-S, inequities are presently existing within taxing <br />districts, and <br />WHEREAS, this works a hardship on properties within high <br />assessment dis+,,ricts, <br />NOW THEREFORE ~3F IT RESOLVED, that the Ramsey County Legis- <br />lative delegation request legislation that would enable <br />equalization of assessed values where a mill levy is <br />applied by a taxing distx•ict which is so located as to include <br />more than one assessing a:atr~ority. <br />!~. WFiEREA5, extreme problems of drainage within Ramsey County are <br />presently forming, and <br />ti°dHEREAS, the existing lags of the state concerning drainage are <br />not suitable~to urban problems, and <br />WHEREAS, each a.nd every piece of property that is further <br />developed compounds the problem. <br />NOW THEREFORE, IIE IT RESOLVED, that the Ramsey County delegation <br />request legislation setting up an inter-commission of the <br />Legislature to study storm water and surface drainage problems <br />within the ?~etropolitan area, <br />BE IT RESOLVED that this commission take into account all of the <br />aspects of drainage such as water levels, engineering, feasibility <br />and the many other facets involved. <br />