HomeMy WebLinkAbout5389 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1975/10/20OCTOBER 20, 1975
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RESOLUTION NO. 5389
A RESOLUTION URGING SUPPORT FOR
CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL REVENUE
SHARING
WHEREAS, St. Louis Park, Minnesota, as well as all progressive local
,vernments, faces a continuing financial burden with urgent demand for
asic public services without ample revenue -raising capacities, and
WHEREAS, in October of 1972, Congress enacted the State and Local
fiscal Assistance Act to distribute federal revenues to state and local
)vernments, and
WHEREAS, federal revenue sharing funds have provided the flexibility
enable St. Louis Park and other State and local jurisdictions to
nplement programs that are responsive to the needs of particular areas ,
herefore
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis Park,
innesota that its congressional representatives are hereby urged to
upport and work for the re-enactment of federal revenue sharing legislation
hat would provide for:
(1) Continued automatic annual appropriations of federal tax
revenues to local governments to help meet the local
fiscal crisis;
(2) Annual distribution to the states and municipalities
according to a formula based primarily on population
and need, together with consideration as to the local
governments desire and actions to improve the quality
of life for its citizens;
(3) A mandatory and equitable "pass-through" of an increased
amount of funds from each state to its local governments,
sufficiently clarified to eliminate states from withholding
funds to local governments due to individual state emphasis
on special programs and improvement projects;
(4) An end to restrictions on the use of the funds, including
elimination of the provision that shared revenues cannot
be used to obtain matching funds, provided they are utilized
in keeping with a municipality's comprehensive financial and
development plan,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and
irected to provide certified copies of the resolution to the senators
nd representatives elected to represent the State of Minnesota and the
ity of St. Louis Park.
Adopted by the City Council October 20, 19750
Mayor
ttest:
ity Clerk
ev°-w or administration: Approved as to form and legality:
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City Attorney
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