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.