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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-078 CCR1 1 1 Member Celia Scott resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 94 -78 introduced the following RESOLUTION REGARDING LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES FOR THE 1994 SESSION WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center is a member of the North Metro Mayors Association; and WHEREAS, for the past two years, the North Metro Mayors Association has aggressively worked with members of the State Legislature to address the problems of the North Metro area; and WHEREAS, Representative Myron Orfield has provided the initiative with his in -depth studies of the area's demographics; and WHEREAS, this data provided the basis for his legislative initiatives he introduced and pursued during the 1993 Legislative Session; and WHEREAS, in 1993, the North Metro Mayors Association unanimously supported Representative Orfield's legislation of Comprehensive Choice Housing, Transportation, and Agricultural Preserve; and WHEREAS, the above referenced bills passed the legislature; however, the Governor vetoed the Comprehensive Choice Housing and Transportation legislation; and WHEREAS, Representative Orfield reintroduced the Comprehensive Choice Housing and Transportation legislation in 1994 along with initiatives to provide communities with additional resources to address their housing needs which include, but are not limited to, the problems of blight and housing in need of rehabilitation; and WHEREAS, Representative Orfield's method of providing the additional resources is by capturing the value of higher priced homes and placing the generated funds into fiscal disparities; and WHEREAS, members of the North Metro Mayors Association have expressed concern with using fiscal disparities to address the housing issue, as it could lead to negative tampering with the program; and WHEREAS, there is concern of its affect on the tax base of a community, the county, and the school aid formula; and WHEREAS, there is concern as to the fact that this legislation would be retroactive rather than proactive; and 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 94 -78 WHEREAS, the North Metro Mayors Association realizes, as an organization, that the ramifications of this legislation will impact each member community differently; and WHEREAS, the North Metro Mayors Association also recognizes the need for additional resources to meet the housing needs of member communities and that most cities in the North Metro area have a diminishing tax base. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center that it takes the following position regarding the aforementioned legislation being considered in the 1994 Session: 1. Support the Comprehensive Choice Housing legislation (H.F. #2171), including any penalty provisions. 2. Support the "Full Community Access" Transportation legislation (H.F. #2173) and the Metro Manifesto relating to trunk highways 610, 10, and 100. 3. Support housing fund legislation which would not create negative effects on the housing development or the tax base of the North Metro communities. 4. Support any funding which directs production of affordable housing, include the following provisions as per Mayor Edward Erickson (member of the Governor's Task Force on Metropolitan Housing Policy): a) Affordable housing, multiple or single family, should be "scattered site" housing. b) Development incentives should be allowed to write down the cost of the land and the installation of utilities in the more affluent suburbs. c) Require developments to contain a minimum of 30% of affordable housing with the remaining portion be market housing when using any governmental funds or development tools. 5. Support the Sustainable Development legislation (H.F. #2126) which establishes a task force to study State land use planning. 6. Oppose any changes to the current fiscal disparities law. 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 94 -78 ATTEST: 7. Urge the members of the legislature and the Governor to come together, in a bipartisan effort, to resolve these issues during the 1994 Legislative Session which are urgent and necessary to the well -being of the citizen's of the metropolitan area. Recognizing that if the divergent parties can come to agreement, the North Metro Mayors Association would accept such legislation as long as the goals address the housing and transportation needs of the North Metro area. April 11, 1994 Date Wiru Iry Deputy Clerk A< Todd Paulson, Mayor The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Barb Kalligher and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Todd Paulson, Celia Scott, Dave Rosene, Barb Kalligher, and Kristen Mann; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.