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<br />JUNE L. EMERTON
<br />'Revised — March, 1967) i,,
<br />RESOLUTION ENDORSING
<br />AMENDMENT NO. 1
<br />ON TAX EXEMPT PROPERTY
<br />WHEREAS, the Village of Lino Lakes is
<br />by law almost totally dependent on the pro-
<br />perty tax to finance municipal services;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the Village Council is acutely
<br />aware of the burden which property taxes
<br />impose on property owners, particularly
<br />those individuals living on fixed incomes;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the Village Council is con-
<br />cerned about the steady growth in tax-
<br />exempt property which serves to increase
<br />the burden of taxpaying property owners;
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, the Village Council is not
<br />unmindful of the valuable services per-
<br />formed by many tax-exempt organizations,
<br />particularly religious and educational in-
<br />stitutions; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Minnesota Legislature
<br />has thoroughly. , this problem and
<br />expressed its..concern through the passage
<br />of Laws 1969c..92S^,! which proposes to
<br />amend Aricle -9, Section 1 of the Minne-
<br />sota Constitution to permit the Legislature
<br />to define orliinit the classes of exempt
<br />property, except churches, houses of wor-
<br />ship and property d solely for educa-
<br />tional purposes, 'but:,eluding businesses
<br />in direct competition with private busi-
<br />ness; and
<br />WHEREAS, the Vil : Council believes
<br />the proposed ante ent to be in the
<br />best interests o3 Village of Lino
<br />Lakes and the.;: as a whole, and
<br />represents a e means of meet-
<br />ing the need to more- ' uitably spread the
<br />burden of financing local government ser-
<br />vices while at the same time avoiding
<br />imposing undue financial hardship on edu-
<br />cational and religioustinstitutions;
<br />NOW THEREFOR it Bl T.. RESOLVED that
<br />the Village Council of i`„io Lakes endorses
<br />the principles of equitable tax policy and
<br />reform exemplified in Amendment No. 1
<br />relating to tax-exempt property and urges
<br />its rattfteation
<br />Adopteti 5 d of July , 1970.
<br />/s/ Ralph M. L'Allier, Mayor
<br />STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br />County of Washington
<br />Duane A. Rasmussen, being duly sworn, on oath says: That he is, and during all the times herein stated has
<br />been, the publisher of the newspaper known as the Forest Lake Times, and has full knowledge of the facts
<br />hereinafter stated; that for two years prior to the publication therein of the
<br />Fgrest Lake Times
<br />hereinafter described, said newspaper was printed and published in the Village of Forest Lake in the County
<br />of Washington, State of Minnesota, on Thursday of each week; that during all said time said newspaper has
<br />been printed in the English language in newspaper format and in column and sheet form equivalent in printed
<br />space to at least 900 square inches; has been distributed at least once each week; has had at least 50 percent of
<br />its news columns devoted to news of local interest to the community which it purports to serve; has been
<br />circulated in and near the municipality which it purports to serve, and has had at least 500 copies regularly
<br />delivered to paying subscribers, and has had an average of at least 75 percent of its total circulation currently
<br />paid or no more than three months in arrears, and has had entry as second-class matter in the Forest Lake
<br />post office; has its known office of issue established in the Village of Forest Lake and in the County of
<br />Washington; has filed a copy of each issue immediately with the State Historical Society; has filed with the
<br />secretary of state prior to January 1 of each year an affidavit signed by the publisher or managing officer and
<br />sworn to before a notary public stating that the newspaper is a legal newspaper; and has complied with aIX
<br />of the foregoing conditions for at least two years last past;
<br />That the ..Fublic Notice
<br />hereto attached
<br />was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was printed and published therein in the English language,
<br />once each week, for . . ... Jane successive weeks; that it was first so published on Thursday,
<br />the . . . 13th day of ...AP,gU t
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<br />each week to and including the . . ...1.3th ...day of ... AUgLtst 19 70 ,
<br />and that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, and is hereby
<br />acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and publication of said notice, to -wit:
<br />6-point News Type --abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
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<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me this . ...1±1 day of ... August
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<br />CA ROLE SERWA
<br />Notary Public, Washington County, Minn.
<br />My Commission Expires June 5, 1976
<br />Notary Public, Washington County, Minn. My commission expires
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<br />/s/ June L. Emerton, Clerk -Treasurer
<br />(Published in the Forest Lake TIMES
<br />August 13, 1970.)
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