HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCRes_89-08No. R-89-8
CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS
C O U N C I L R E S O L U T I O N
• Date
March 8, x_989
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY'TH'E'C+3TY
ENG!IN:E:ERS ASSOCIATION REGARDING USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
WHEREAS, the City Engineers Association is composed of over 100 members
throughout Minnesota reprrs~a-i:ing nea~^ly every city over 5000 population
in the state; and
WHEREAS, its members are particularly aware of the transportation
needs of the cities and counties in the state of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS, the street and highway system is deteriorating at a rate
faster than the financial ability to maintain and rebuild it; and
WHEREAS, transportation funding is a high priority issue of 1989; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to use road user funds for major street
and road construction rather than using property tax; and
WHEREAS, county and city government highway and street plans are
predicated on proceeds from the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax (MVET), many
county and city plans will be cut back or not completed; and
• WHEREAS, the percent of local participation in the construction an
reconstruction of state owned highways is increasing; and
WHEREAS, the City Engineers Association of Minnesota recommends
that the 1989 session of the Legislature provide for the transfer of 100
percent of the 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; and
WHEREAS, the "sunset" provision included in the 1988 Transportation
Funding Bill be removed so that MVET revenue can continue to gn tc thz
Highway User Tax Distribution Fund so that it can be used for ^~.ty
streets and county roads in the state of Minnesota; and
Moved by (~ot~nc-i 1 mPmbPr Chenoweth Approved by ~~~i C. ~,~~/~,~
Mayor
YEAS Nays
BALDWIN
CIERNIA
CHENOWETH
absent WALLIN
BUSH
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Adopted by Council
March 8, 1989
Date
4 in Favor Attested by ,( ,
City Administrator
0 Against
March 8, 1989
Date
March 8, 1989
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R-89-8
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this resolution of support
be forwarded to the Governor, the Commissioner of Transportation, and
to the members of the State Legislature.
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