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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-060 CCR Member Robert Jensen introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 75 -60 RESOLUTION OPPOSING SENATE FILE NO. 939 RELATING TO HOUSING AND ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR BUILDING AND ZONING RESTRICTIONS WHEREAS, Senate File No. 939 purports that the high cost of housing in Minnesota is due in part to unreasonable construction standards; and WHEREAS, the bill further purports that municipal land use and development controls need to be regulated by the Legislature and the Metropolitan Council to permit "reduced cost housing and WHEREAS, Senate File No. 939 proposes to stimulate construction of new housing and rehabilitation of old housing through a tax rebate system during the ensuing two year period; and WHEREAS, Senate File No. 939 proposes to confer upon the Metropolitan Council the authority to impose standards and criteria and model ordinances for land use and development controls upon metropolitan municipalities so that "reduced cost housing" can be built; and WHEREAS, Senate File No. 939 mandates that said standards and criteria establish, among other things, minimum lot size, minimum floor area, and on allowable apartment density of twenty units per acre which is twenty -five per cent greater than authorized by Brooklyn Center's Zoning Ordinance; and WHEREAS, Senate File No. 939 would mandate that municipalities must set aside, apparently through zoning, designated amounts of available developable residential land for such "reduced cost housing": NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center to oppose Senate File No. 939 because it represents an overly simplistic solution to a complex problem. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Brooklyn Center City Council deplores and rejects the implications contained in Senate File No. 939 to the effect that Brooklyn Center's Zoning Ordinance, the State imposed Building Code which the City administers, the City Subdivision Code, and the development decisions made by the Brooklyn Center City Council are unreasonable so as to be blamed for the high cost of housing. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the attitude reflected in Senate File No. 939 represents a departure from the state -local partnership attitude existing and developing in many state agencies and departments. RESOLUTION NO. 75 -60 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED to express the opinion that Senate File No. 939 is representative of all too frequent tendencies of the remote and often unresponsive levels of federal and state government to consume traditionally local decision- making authority and thereby effectively deprive citizens an opportunity to directly influence their local affairs. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Governor of the State of Minnesota, to Minnesota legislators representing the City of Brooklyn Center, and to legislative members of the Minnesota Senate Metropolitan and Urban Affairs Committee. March 24, 1975 Date Mayor ATTEST: Clerk 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, Maurice Britts, Bill Fignar and Robert Jensen; and the following voted against the same: none, whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.