Res 2000 - 11 Supporting the Dakota County City & County Managers Recommended Legislative Issues for the 2000 SeasonCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
Resolution No. 00-11
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE DAKOTA COUNTY
CITY AND COUNTY MANAGERS RECOMMENDED
LEGISLATIVE ISSUES FOR THE 2000 SESSION
WHEREAS, Dakota County's City and County Managers / Administrators have an eleven
year history of successful collaborations on wide range of important issues affecting local
governance; and
WHEREAS, these successful partnerships have benefited the citizens of Dakota County in
providing cost-effective, high quality government services such as geographic information systems
which support local decision-making and the sharing of essential criminal justice data between
multiple jurisdictions; and
WHEREAS, working together on legislative issues of common concern for local
governments in Dakota County is a natural outgrowth of these ongoing collaborative efforts; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County, as the State's third most populous county, is expected to add
nearly 105,000 people by 2020, and will consequently be faced with a variety of social and
economic challenges associated with an ever increasingly diverse and aging population; and
WHEREAS, changes to existing law as may be considered by the State Legislature has a
profound impact on local government services in the areas of taxes and revenues, cost of local
government services, transportation funding, housing and state mandates; and
WHEREAS, the commonality of interests between Dakota County and Cities in Dakota
County suggest that a unified approach in legislative advocacy is essential to ensure that the
needs of our current and future residents are met at the local level.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Mendota Heights City Council that
the City of Mendota Heights hereby supports the 2000 Dakota County/Cities Legislative Position
Paper with the following exception:
1. The City Council does not support the Transportation Policy section
of the Position Paper.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Mendota Heights respectfully requests
legislative support from legislators in Dakota County in the upcoming legislative session and that a
copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Dakota County legislative delegation and to Governor
Jesse Ventura.
Adopted by the City of Mendota Heights City Council this 15th day of February 2000.
mfftrie
Mayor
ATTEST:
Ci y Clerk