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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, that this Council requests that the Minnesota Legislature pass a comprehensive and balanced transportation funding package that permanently increases dedicated funding for transportation; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, that this Council requests that Governor Tim Pawlenty allow a comprehensive and balanced transportation funding package that permanently increases dedicated funding for transportation that is passed by the Legislature to become law; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, that this Council requests that a comprehensive and balanced transportation funding package be based upon multiple revenue sources, which may include but not be limited to general obligation and trunk highway bonds; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA, that this Council supports funding options including, but not limited to, the following: • An increase in the gas tax; • Indexing of the gas tax, provided there is a limit on how much the tax can be increased for inflation in a given amount of time; • Increases in vehicle registration taxes (a.k.a. license tab fees); • Trunk highway bonding, provided the Legislature implements reasonable restrictions on the amount of debt service the state will incur and provided the Legislature appropriates funding to assist with local costs related to projects funded with trunk highway bonds; • General obligation bonding for local roads and bridges, particularly for roads of regional significance and to assist with local cost participation requirements pertaining to trunk highway projects; • Sales tax exemptions for state and local transportation construction projects; and • New local funding tools, such as local option sales tax authority or authority to establish street improvement districts; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF LITTLE CANADA that this Council defines a comprehensive and balanced transportation funding package as an initiative that permanently increases dedicated funding for state and local road and transit systems in Greater Minnesota and the Metropolitan Area. Attest: Joel Hanson, City Administrator William Blesener, Mayor ADOPTED by the Little Canada City Council on February 27, 2008. 4