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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MARCH 13, 2019 explained that Greenbrier is reaching the end of its useful life, and one of the drivers for the City pursuing the completion of County Road D was to allow the reconstruction of Greenbrier. At this point, the City will need to perform maintenance and patching on Greenbrier Street for another five years before improving the road. The City Engineer stated that even with this extended timeframe, he would not recommend an overlay or major pavement improvement until the storm water can also be addressed. He explained that he has revised the City's Capital Improvement Plan that outlines a possible reorganization/adjustment of street projects to maintain the typical programmed funding. Montour asked if Greenbrier Street would only be patched until the improvement project is done. The City Engineer stated that is what he would recommend doing to get by. LETTER OF The City Administrator explained that in 2015, state legislation was SUPPORT FOR passed to reallocate $32 million of the sales tax collected from leased MOTOR VEHICLE vehicles from the State of Minnesota General Fund to counties throughout LEASE SALES TAX Minnesota. The allocation was divided 50% to greater Minnesota and AMENDMENT 50% to metro counties via the County State Aid Highway (CSAH) fund and in an effort to balance funding for transit and roads/bridges, the law excluded Hennepin and Ramsey counties. The City Administrator stated that with the elimination of the Counties Transit Improvement Board (CTIB) in 2017, all seven metro counties now collect their own local transportation sales tax. He reported that there are bills at the Legislature intending to eliminate the exemption of Hennepin and Ramsey counties. He noted that the current practice of distributing sales tax proceeds from Hennepin and Ramsey County to the other five metro counties puts cities at a disadvantage when it comes to accessing funds for county road and bridge projects such as the proposed County Road D reconstruction project. He stated that staff recommends approval of a motion to support HF 2194 and SF 2087 related to allocation of revenue from the motor vehicle lease sales tax. McGraw introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTIONNO. 2019-3-33 —APPROVING LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE MOTOR VEHICLE LEASE SALES TAX AMENDMENTS IN HF 2194 AND SF 2087 The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Fischer. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution declared adopted. 11