HomeMy WebLinkAbout15-033 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2015/03/02RESOLUTION NO. 15-033
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING DEDICATED
STATE FUNDING FOR CITY STREETS
WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 141,000 miles of roadway, and over 19,000
miles—or 13 percent --are owned and maintained by Minnesota's 852 cities, and
WHEREAS, over 80 percent of municipal streets are ineligible for dedicated Highway
User Tax Distnbution 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 authonty--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.
OW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
ity of St. Louis Park supports an omnibus transportation funding bill that provides
dedicated state funding for city streets including funding that can be used for non-
treet maintenance, construction and reconstruction.
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