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CHAPTER 16 • Minn.Scat.§360.046. To close a municipal airport, a city must provide written notice to the commissioner of the Department of Transportation of intent to close the airport,and then provide a hearing within 90 days with a 30-day public notice. 3. Mass transit Minn.Stat.§412.221,subd.32. Some Minnesota cities operate mass transit systems,either under the general Minn.stat.§174.27. authority of the statutory city code, charter provisions or special laws. The law authorizes cities to have commuter van pools for employees. A variety discussed on Mn/DOT's web site. Some these state grants are of state grants to assist public transit systems are available. Contact the Department of Transportation for more information. I. Advertising Minn.stat.§469.189. Cities have wide discretion in using city funds to promote their communities. Because the laws treat certain types of cities differently, this discussion will deal with the laws governing the use of city money for advertising purposes. Minn.stat.§469.189. Except for first class cities (Minneapolis, Duluth, and St. Paul), the council of any statutory or home rule charter city may appropriate money each year • for advertising. A city may use the appropriated money only for the purpose of advertising the municipality and its resources and advantages, including cooperative programs of more than one city. Minn.stat.§469.187. First class cities may levy a tax not to exceed.00080 percent of their taxable market value. Minn.stat.§469188. Second class and third class cities may levy a tax for advertising agricultural, industrial,business,and the community's other resources. A.G.Op.59-A-22(May 23, The council has considerable discretion in determining what constitutes 1958). advertising. The attorney general has ruled, for example,that: a survey of A.G.Op.59-A-22(May 20, business and business development is permissible;the council may decide 1965). whether the cost of a city progress report is a legitimate advertising A.G.Op.469-13-2(May 25, expenditure; the city may pay for signs outside city limits advertising the 1959). city;under similar authority to levy a tax to advertise the agricultural, A.G Op.476-13-5(Oct.29, industrial,business, and general resources, the city could pay for a parade 1959). float if the council determined that the float would advertise the city; and whether the law authorized Christmas decoration was a fact question for the council. 16-20 HANDBOOK FOR MINNESOTA C!T[ES This chapter last revised 12/15/2004