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RESOLUTION NO. 15-021
RESOLUTION FOR SUPPORT OF THE MOVE MN CAMPAIGN
BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Saint Louis Park supports efforts for a new state-
wide comprehensive transportation funding package to address Minnesota's $50 billion
transportation deficit; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Louis Park agrees that transportation investments provide
benefits beyond new infrastructure, but also create jobs, build economic competitiveness, and
improve the quality of life for all Minnesotans by enabling the state to properly maintain and
improve transportation assets that expand access and opportunity for all; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Louis Park affirms that to be effective, the new state-wide
transportation funding package must be:
• Comprehensive, including funding for roads, highways, transit, bicycle and
- pedestrian facilities throughout Minnesota.
• Balanced across transportation modes and between Greater Minnesota and the Twin
Cities Metropolitan Area, serving all Minnesotans equitably
• Sustainable, including long-term solutions that will grow with the economy to meet
the states growing transportation needs.
Dedicated to transportation.
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W, THERFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Saint Louis
esota, that the City Council hereby supports the Move MN Campaign.
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Adopted by the City Council February 17, 2015
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