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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-058 CCR Member Tony Kuefler introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75 -58 RESOLUTION REJECTING MINNEAPOLIS TAX STUDY AND PROVIDING FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF FACTS AND CONTINGENCIES WHEREAS, the Minneapolis Downtown Council and the Minneapolis Industrial Commission recently caused a study to be made which contended that State tax laws should be modified to provide additional state aid to the City of Minneapolis; and WHEREAS, the study implied that the City of Minneapolis has been subsidizing suburban Hennepin County communities; and WHEREAS, several of the suburban chambers of commerce and suburban communities have taken the initiative to respond to the study with preliminary facts that demonstrate the inaccurateness of the Minneapolis study; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that considerable additional research and investigation is required before such a study can be realistically utilized by the Legislature: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center that the State Legislature is hereby requested to withhold any action based upon the Downtown Minneapolis Study until such time as the entire facts and implications can be appropriately investigated and reported; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of Brooklyn Center endorses: a comprehensive study of the tax and fiscal matters and the relationship of suburbs and the City of Minneapolis, to include the impact of changes in tax aid formulas on the entire state as well as the metropolitan area; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED (1) to encourage the suburban chambers of commerce to work with a municipal government task force to provide input for said studies, and (2) that the City of Brooklyn Center hereby designates Councilman Robert Jensen and City Manager Donald Poss to represent the City on such task force. RESOLUTION NO. 75 -58 March 10, 1975 /f Date r Mayor The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member Bill Fignar, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Philip Cohen, Tony Kuefler, Bill Fignar and Robert Jens en; abstaining: Maurice Britts, and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.