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RESOLUTION 2011-35 <br />A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF HUGO FOR THE <br />PROPOSED FOREST LAKE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVY <br />AND BOND REFERENDUM <br />WHEREAS, approximately 200 Hugo residents are enrolled as students in the <br />Forest Lake School District; and <br />WHEREAS, schools receive funding from federal government, state government, <br />and local taxes, but funding from the State of Minnesota has not kept pace with inflation; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, 90% of the school districts in Minnesota have voter -approved levies <br />to compensate for the lack of government funding; and <br />WHEREAS, Forest Lake's current levy remains among the lowest local levies in <br />this area; and <br />WHEREAS, school property tax rates in the Forest Lake District are actually <br />lower than they were 10 years ago and Forest Lake is one of the lowest taxed districts in <br />the metro area; and, <br />WHEREAS, since 1994, the communities that make up Forest Lake Area School <br />District have voted to maintain a local school levy; and <br />WHEREAS, a successful levy renewal will not increase taxes; <br />WHEREAS, the Forest Lake School Board is requesting voters approve a <br />renewal of expiring school district referendum revenue levy authorization; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL <br />OF THE CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA that the City of Hugo strongly supports the <br />renewal of the existing property tax referendum proposed by the Forest Lake School <br />Board to be voted on by residents in the 2011 election on November 8, 2011. <br />Passed and adopted this 17'h day of October, 2011. <br />ATTEST: <br />�� �, I rk - <br />Michele Lindau, City Clerk <br />r4i&.�Pn, ayor <br />