HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-056 CCR Member Dan Ryan introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-56
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING DEDICATED STATE FUNDING FOR CITY
STREETS
WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 141,000 miles of roadway, and over
22,500 miles—or 16 percent—are owned and maintained by Minnesota's 852 cities; and
WHEREAS, almost 85 percent of municipal streets are ineligible for dedicated
Highway User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and
WHEREAS, the more than 700 Minnesota cities with populations below 5,000
are ineligible for dedicated Highway User Tax Distribution Fund dollars; and
WHEREAS, city streets are a separate but integral piece of the network of roads
supporting movement of people and goods; and
WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid(MSA),
property taxes and special assessments, have limited applications, leaving cities under..-equipped
to address growing needs; and
WHEREAS, city cost participation in state and county highway projects diverts
resources from city-owned streets; and
WHEREAS, maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and no city—large
or small—is spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 50-year lifecycle;
and
WHEREAS, for every one dollar spent on maintenance, a road authority—and
therefore taxpayers—save seven dollars in repairs; and
WHEREAS, cities need greater resources, including an additional dedicated
state funding source for transportation, and flexible policies in order to meet growing demands
for street improvements and maintenance.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, supports an omnibus transportation funding bill that provides
additional dedicated state funding for city streets including funding that can be used for non-
MSA city street maintenance, construction and reconstruction.
RESOLUTION NO. 2015-56
March 23 2015
Date Mayor
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City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Kris Lawrence-Anderson
and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof.
Tim Willson:�:,April Graves, Kris Lawrence-Anderson, Lin Myszkowski, and Dan Ryan;
and the following voted against the same: none;
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.