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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 96-02CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA .RESOLUTION 96 -2 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING A STATE -WIDE MORATORIUM ON CONCURRENT DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATIONS WHEREAS, in 1995, the City of Lake Elmo requested its legislative representatives to propose legislation requiring resolutions of support from all communities involved in concurrent detachment/annexation petitions; and WHEREAS, the Chair of the Legislative Committee considering detachment /annexation issues has determined that it would be in the State's best interest to postpone consideration of new legislation governing detachment/annexations until such time as issues are resolved between Cities and Township, both of whom disagree with the current State regulations regulating detachment/annexations; and WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo supports the position of the Chair, and further supports the study of the detachment/annexation issues; and WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo lost over six - hundred acres of prime developable land, and spent in excess of $100,000 to oppose the concurrent detachment/annexation of this six - hundred acres; and WHEREAS, the Minnesota Municipal Board ruled in favor of the property owner's petition for concurrent detachment /annexation, in spite of the City's compliance with the State's Land Planning Act; and WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo feels it is vitally important to protect the integrity of the State's Land Planning Act, and the right it gives communities to plan and control all development within its boundaries; and WHEREAS, resolving detachment /annexation differences between Cities and Townships is a positive first step needed in beginning a total review of the detachment/annexation laws, and their apparent conflict with the State's Land Planning Act. NOW, THEREFORE, BET IT RESOLVED that the City of Lake Elmo respectfully requests that the Minnesota Legislature impose a State -wide moratorium on all future detachment/annexations until Cities and Townships resolve the detachment /annexation issues in dispute. Resolution 96 -2 Moratorium on Concurrent Detachment and Annexations Page 2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Lake Elmo respectfully requests that the Minnesota Legislature appoint a committee to study the discrepancy between. the State's Land Planning Act and the State's regulations on detachment/annexation so that communities -- both cities and townships retain the right to control the destiny of development within their respective boundaries. Adopted the 6th day of February 1996, by the Lake Elmo City Council. WY,1 "Mayor Attest: Mary Ki f ne , i --'Administrator Motion Second Ayes Nays.