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City of Edina
Resolution Supporting Legislation to Provide Improved Funding Options for City Street
Improvements
WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 135,000 miles of roadway, and over 19,000 miles -
or 14 percent-are owned and maintained by Minnesota's 853 cities; and
WHEREAS, city streets are a separate but integral piece of the network of roads
supporting movement of people and goods; and
WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property
taxes, special assessments and bonding, have limited applications, leaving cities under
equipped to address growing needs.
WHEREAS, maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and no city- large or small -
is spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 50-year lifecycle; and
• WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Edina finds it is difficult to develop adequate
funding systems to support the City's needed street improvement and maintenance programs
while complying with existing State statutes; and
WHEREAS, The League of Minnesota Cities, the Minnesota Public Works Association
and the City Engineers Association of Minnesota, have jointly sponsored the development of a
report entitled Funding Street Construction and Maintenance in Minnesota's Cities wherein (1) the
street systems of the cities within the State are inventoried; (2) the existing funding systems are
detailed and evaluated; and (3) recommendations are made; and
WHEREAS, cities need flexible policies and greater resources in order to meet growing
demands for the street improvements and maintenance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Edina that this
Council concurs with the finding of the above referenced report, and fully supports the
recommendations contained in that report; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDINA that
this Council supports the adoption of legislation that would provide cities with the policy
options they need to address current and future challenges in providing adequate street
improvement and maintenance programs.
ADOPTED this 4th day of February 2003.
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City Clerk Mayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify
that the attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City Council at its
Regular Meeting of February 4, 2003, and as recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of , 200_.
City Clerk
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NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby resolved by the City Council of the City of Edina that
the conveyance and ownership of the above described tracts of land (PARCEL A and
PARCEL B) as separate tracts of land are hereby approved and the requirements and
provisions of Code Sections 850 and 810 are hereby waived to allow said division and
conveyance thereof as separate tracts of land but only to the extent permitted under
Code Sections 810 and 850 subject to the limitations set out in Code Section 850 and said
Ordinances are now waived for any other purpose or as to any other provisions thereof,
and further subject, however, to the provision that no further subdivision be made of
said Parcels unless made in compliance with the pertinent Ordinances of the City of
Edina.
Adopted this 4th day of February 2003.
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby
certify that the attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City
Council at its Regular Meeting of February 4, 2003, and as recorded in the Minutes of
said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of , 20 .
City Clerk