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RESOLUTION NO. 07-001
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS PARK,
MINNESOTA, RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AND EXPRESSING
APPRECIATION TO STEPHEN P. KELLEY
WHEREAS, Steve served as St Louis Parks State Senator in the Minnesota Legislature
representing Distnct 44 from January 1997 through December 2006; and
WHEREAS, Steve served as St Louis Parks State Representative in the Minnesota
Legislature representing Distnct 44A from January 1993 through December 1996; and
WHEREAS, Steve served as chair of the Senate Education Committee and Senate
Subcommittee on Telecommunications, and was a member of the K-12 Education Budget
Division, Health and Family Security and Jobs committee, and the Energy and Community
Development committees.
WHEREAS, while actively involved with the National Conference of State Legislatures,
Steve was a member of the Executive, Education, Communications, Technology and Interstate
Committees as well as several other partnerships and task forces, and
WHEREAS, Steve tirelessly represented our community as can be seen by his very
active involvement in the legislature and was deeply involved in a host of legislative activities
that have been of great benefit to St. Louis Park. These include changes in state law which
enabled the development of the Park Nicollet Medical Center, funding for flood mitigation
projects, creation of funding streams to allow redevelopment of Brownfield sites such as the
Golden Auto/National Lead site in St Louis Park, funding for transportation improvements and
his strong support for our public school system, to name just a very, very few
WHEREAS, Mr. Kelley served on the Human Rights Commission for the City of St.
Louis Park from 1980-1983; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of St.
Louis Park, Minnesota, by this resolution and public record, expresses its deep thanks and
app . tion to Stephen P. Kelley for his many outstanding contributions, dedicated service, and
su hport t our community and its people dunng his tenure in the Minnesota State Legislature
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