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RESOLUTION NO.2017-44
SUPPORTING LOCAL DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, local elected decision-makers are in the best position to determine what health,
safety and welfare regulations best serve their constituents; and
WHEREAS, just like state legislative leaders, local elected officials are held accountable
through Minnesota's robust elections process; and
WHEREAS, ordinances at the local level are enacted only after a comprehensive, legal and
open process; and
WHEREAS, local units of government are required to publish notices about meetings where
policies will be discussed and decisions will be made; and
WHEREAS, under the state's Open Meeting Law, public policy discussions and decisions must
occur in meetings that are accessible to members of the public; and
WHEREAS, cities are often laboratories for determining public policy approaches to the
challenges that face residents and businesses; and
WHEREAS, preservation of local control in Minnesota has yielded statewide benefits such as
the 2007 Freedom to Breathe Act, an amendment to the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act; and
WHEREAS, more than two dozen bills that restrict local decision-making have been
introduced in 2017 to date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Cou it of the City of Edina,
Minnesota supports local decision-making authority and opposes eg lation that removes the
ability for local elected officials to respond to the needs of their si es es and constituents.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Edina, Minnesota t is "d day of May, 2017.
Attest: y7h _ -
Debra A. Mangen, City Jerk James . Hovland, 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 May 2, 2017, and as
recorded in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of
City Clerk
CITY OF EDINA
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