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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br />STAFF REPOR ' <br />AGENDA SESSION DATE November 1, 1993 <br />DISPOSITION <br />Item Description: Council Legislative Priorities <br />Adminis rotor's Review/Recommendation: <br />No comments to supplement this report <br />Continents nttached. <br />ExplanntionlSummary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) <br />S Ihll MARY: <br />Agenda Section: -4- _- _. _ <br />Report Number: <br />Report Date: __ 10-28-93 <br />Representative Geri Evans and Senator Steve Novak will attend the December 6th Work Session <br />to discuss the issues and pending legislation for the next legislative session. Both the League of <br />Minnesota Cities and the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities have prepared and distributed <br />their legislative agenda for the next session. In addition to their priorities (which, by the way, are <br />representative of Metro area concerns), it is useful for the City Council to discuss with their <br />legislators the policies and legislative priorities that most directly affect the City of Mounds View. <br />The following list of issues and legislative priorities is a starting point from which the Council may <br />wish to determine its legislative agenda: <br />* Increasing the filing fee and requirements for elective office <br />• Limitations on removal of water from area lakes <br />• Amend the Human Rights Statute to provide law enforcement <br />officers more discretionary authority over lawful stops. <br />• Amend MSA allotment procedures which currently require cities <br />to construct roadways according to standards which may not be <br />appropriate to a particular municipality. <br />• More restrictions on agricultural peddlers <br />• Shift responsibilities for Manufactured Home Parks inspections <br />and enforcement to cities <br />• Repeal the sales tax on local units of government <br />CC <br />Samantha OrJuno, City Administrator <br />1tE(`O1NiD1l{NDATION: <br />