Res 74 - 91 Opposing Diminishing & Discontinuation of Dakota County Road & Bridge Fund Sharing. , � ; . ' , � � . ' ,
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' CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS , ` � , ,' ,
' Dakota County, Minnesota � � . . �, . �
RESOLUTION NO. 74-91 �-�� .� -, - � ,,
RESOLUTION OPPOSING DIMINISHING AND DISCONTINUATION � � -' '
�.'. _• ' OF DAKOTA COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND SHARING " .,
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` � �WE�REAS, the Dakota County Board of�Commissioners have distributed .• ,
.. ,a."Dakota County Thoroughfare Plan;" and . � - -� - � .
. � WHEREAS, the Dakota County Commissioners and staff�personnel are to •_ •
, be commended for holding informal community meetings to further explain ,_ - -
� arid discuss the,thoroughfare plan; and �� . ',' �
WHEREAS, the financing of any thoroughfare plan is contingent on many • •
. , facto`rs, including fund participation by municipalities;,and '.• •
- WHEREAS, municipal monies for such participation are considered as � - =
capital funds-and treated as such; and ` �
�. WE�REAS, Dakota County has been sharing current Road and Bridge Fund �
monies with local municipalities; and � -_ _
` WHEREAS, in fact, such shared monies'are included in the annual municipal'�µ .
operating budgets; and �. ' ,
WHEREAS, the major source of municipal road building monies does not .
. � come from the operating funds, but from�special assessments and other bonding '
processes; . ' � � _ ' .
,. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Mendota .
.'�Heights that the Council opposes the dim�.nishing and discontinuation of Road',
and Bridge Fund sharing by Dakota County; and ' . � • ` -
BE IT FURTEiER RESOLVED that the financing of any county'roads be . _
' .financed via funds other than annual operating monies;Jand .. . .��`
� _.BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that�the�participation formula for county roads �='. ,
� be,revised to'reflect the �true intent of a County thoroughfare system.• �r �. -
.' � Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this Fifteenth ., "
. - day of October, 1974. - - ' " � . -
- •� • CITY COUNCIL • � • �
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. ATTEST:
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- dabaugh � .
Cl.erk Treasurer
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' CITY OF MENDOTA HEI HTS •
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. By ��
Donald-L. Huber �
Mayor � ' �
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