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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION 16-035 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING DEDICATED STATE FUNDING FOR CITY <br />STREETS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 141,000 miles of roadway, and over 19,000 miles—or 13 <br />percent--are owned and maintained by Minnesota’s 853 cities; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, over 80 percent of municipal streets are ineligible for dedicated Highway User Tax <br />Distribution Fund dollars; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the more than 700 Minnesota cities with populations below 5,000 are ineligible for <br />dedicated Highway User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, city streets are a separate but integral piece of the network of roads supporting <br />movement of people and goods; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property taxes <br />and special assessments, have limited applications, leaving cities under-equipped to address <br />growing needs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, city cost participation in state and county highway projects diverts resources from city- <br />owned streets; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and no city--large or small—is <br />spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 50-year lifecycle; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, for every one dollar spent on maintenance, a road authority--and therefore <br />taxpayers--save seven dollars in repairs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, cities need greater resources, including an additional dedicated state funding <br />source for transportation, and flexible policies in order to meet growing demands for street <br />improvements and maintenance. <br /> <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF ST. ANTHONY that the City <br />of St. Anthony supports an omnibus transportation funding bill that provides additional dedicated <br />state funding for city streets including funding that can be used for non-MSA city street <br />maintenance, construction and reconstruction. <br /> <br />ADOPTED this 12th day of April, 2016. <br /> <br /> _____________________________ <br /> Jerome O. Faust, Mayor <br /> <br />ATTEST:____________________________ <br /> Nicole Miller, City Clerk <br /> <br />Reviewed for administration: ______________________________ <br /> Mark Casey, City Manager <br />15