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&&rn 0 Mayor and City Council Clerk -Administrator ..__._L 1 InOA IN LOBBYING ORGANIZATIONS The City of Mounds View recently received inquiries from the Minnesota Association of Small Cities, copy of correspondence attached, and a representative of the Municipal Legislative Commission regarding the possibility of the City of Mounds View joining these organizations. Both of these groups have been organized within the last few years with their main goal being to lobby for legislation and/or funding levels for various aid programs to the benefit of their membership. The Minnesota Association of Small Cities initially organized on a very small level in 1979 and only the last two years has expanded significantly in response to the reduction in State Aids. This organization, during the last few legislative sessions, has proposed specific legislation which would benefit a large number of cities within the State of Minnesota by changing the formula to increase aids to smaller communities. As of this time this organization has not been successful in their efforts. The Municipal Legislative Commission which has been organizing over the past year and recently elected its first set of officers is a group of 14 suburban communities that experienced significant reductions in State Aids and became concerned about other State-wide and Metropolitan -wide issues which they felt needed to be addressed by the State Legislature and was not being accomplished by the organizations they presently have membership in. It is the intention of this organization to specifically lobby for those issues which the Commission as a whole approves policies statements on and they have hired a professional lobbying firm to assist them in those efforts. I recently received a communication from a representative of the Municipal Legislative Commission asking if the City of Mounds View would be interested in joining the organization as they wish to selectively expand their membership. At the present time they are seeking membership from the City of Mounds View and two other northern suburbs. With both of these cases there are several issues the City Council should consider before making a decision as to whether or not we wish to belong to either or both of these organizations, those being: 1. The City of Mounds View presently has membership in the League of Minnesota Cities, Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, Ramsey County League of Local Governments, and the Suburban Rate