HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2000-105 - Declaring Intent to Exercise Local Transit Levy Option for Taxes in 2001 - 06/06/2000 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE,
HENNEPIN COUNTY,NIINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2000-105
DECLARING INTENT TO EXERCISE
LOCAL TRANSIT LEVY OPTION FOR TAXES IN 2001
WHEREAS,Laws of Minnesota for 1996, Chapter 455, Section 4(the"Local Levy Option Act"),
allows the Cities of Eden Prairie, Chanhassen, and Chaska,to make a local transit tax levy in lieu of
receiving assistance from the Metropolitan Council under Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.388,
subdivision 4; and,
WHEREAS, said local transit levy will replace a similar transit tax levy which would otherwise be
made by the Metropolitan Council; and,
WHEREAS,in order to effectively exercise the local transit tax levy option, it is necessary that each
of the Cities of Eden Prairie, Chanhassen, and Chaska,notify the State Commissioner of Revenue
and the Metropolitan Council of its intent to levy the taxes before July 1 of each levy year and to
include in the notification the amount of the City's proposed transit tax for the levy year; and,
WHEREAS,it is in the best interest of the City of Eden Prairie that it declare its intent to exercise
the local transit levy option for taxes payable in 2001.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie as
follows:
1. The City hereby declares its intent to exercise the local transit tax levy option for taxes
payable in 2001 as permitted by Local Levy Option Act and as certified by the State Commissioner
of Revenue in accordance therewith.
2. The City Manager is authorized and directed to give the State Commissioner of Revenue and
the Metropolitan Council of the City's intent to exercise the local transit tax option for taxes payable
in 2001 in accordance with the notice attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
reference.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Pr ' 'e this 6th day of June,2000.
ean Harris,Mayor
ATTEST:
Ka een A. Porta, City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXERCISE
LOCAL TRANSIT TAX LEVY OPTION FOR
TAXES PAYABLE IN 2001
The State Commissioner of Revenue and the Metropolitan Council are hereby notified that the City
of Eden Prairie,Minnesota,intends to exercise the local transit tax levy option for taxes levied in
2000 and payable in 2001 pursuant to Laws of Minnesota for 1996, Chapter 455, Section 4. The
maximum amount of the City's transit tax for the 2001 levy year is $3,655,997 all in accordance
with Laws of Minnesota for 1996, Chapter 455, Section 4, for taxes levied by the City in 2000 and
payable in 2001.
By order of the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie.