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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: 4 STAFF REPORT Report Number: 93-660WS 1119, CN Report Date: 10-28-93 AGENDA SESSION DATE November 1, 1993 DISPOSITION Item Description: Council Legislative Priorities Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY; Representative Geri Evans and Senator Steve Novak will attend the December 6th Work Session to discuss the issues and pending legislation for the next legislative session. Both the League of Minnesota Cities and the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities have prepared and distributed their legislative agenda for the next session. In addition to their priorities (which, by the way, are representative of Metro area concerns), it is useful for the City Council to discuss with their legislators the policies and legislative priorities that most directly affect the City of Mounds View. The following list of issues and legislative priorities is a starting point from which the Council may wish to determine its legislative agenda: * Increasing the filing fee and requirements for elective office * Limitations on removal of water from area lakes * Amend the Human Rights Statute to provide law enforcement • officers more discretionary authority over lawful stops. * Amend MSA allotment procedures which currently require cities to construct roadways according to standards which may not be appropriate to a particular municipality. * More restrictions on agricultural peddlers * Shift responsibilities for Manufactured Home Parks inspections and enforcement to cities * Repal the sales tax on local units of government 0-n,) � / cam r_i C S.mantha Or.uno, Administra .,- ---- RECOMMENDATION;