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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO that this <br />Council requests that Governor Tim Pawlenty allow a comprehensive and balanced <br />transportation funding package that permanently increases dedicated funding for <br />transportation that is passed by the Legislature to become law; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO that this <br />Council requests that a comprehensive and balanced transportation funding package be <br />based upon multiple revenue sources, which may include but not be limited to general <br />obligation and trunk highway bonds; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO that this <br />Council supports exploring funding options which may include, but are not limited to, the <br />following: <br />• An increase in the gas tax; <br />• Indexing of the gas tax, provided there is a limit on how much the tax can be <br />increased for inflation in a given amount of time; <br />• Increases in vehicle registration taxes (a.k.a. license tab fees); <br />• Trunk highway bonding, provided the Legislature implements reasonable <br />restrictions on the amount of debt service the state will incur and provided the <br />Legislature appropriates funding to assist with local costs related to projects <br />funded with trunk highway bonds; <br />• General obligation bonding for local roads and bridges, particularly for roads of <br />regional significance and to assist with local cost participation requirements <br />pertaining to trunk highway projects; <br />• Sales tax exemptions for state and local transportation construction projects; and <br />• New local funding tools, such as local option sales tax authority or authority to <br />establish street improvement districts; and <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Hugo defines a <br />comprehensive and balanced transportation funding package as an initiative that <br />permanently increases dedicated funding for state and local road and transit systems in <br />Greater Minnesota and the Metropolitan Area. <br />WHEREUPON, a vote being taken upon the motion, the following members voted in favor: <br />Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Granger, Miron <br />The following voted against: None <br />ADOPTED by the City Council this 19'h day of February, 2008. <br />ATTEST: <br />"'�L LL (-, - a, '- <br />Michele Lindau, City Clerk <br />