HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 97-116 - Authorizing Participation in Local Levy Transit Option for 1998 - 06/17/1997 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
RESOLUTION NO. 97-116
DECLARING INTENT TO EXERCISE
LOCAL TRANSIT LEVY OPTION FOR TAXES IN 1998
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 1998.
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 1998 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 1998 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 Prairi this 17th day of June, 1997.
J s,Mayor
ATTEST:
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061 , City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF INTENT TO EXERCISE
LOCAL TRANSIT TAX LEVY OPTION FOR
TAXES PAYABLE IN 1998
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
1997 and payable in 1998 pursuant to Laws of Minnesota for 1996,Chapter 455, Section 4. The
proposed amount of the City's transit tax for the 1997 levy year is$2,772,442,or the 1997 Transit
Levy Amount multiplied by the Maximum Levy Limit for the City of Eden Prairie(i.e. $2,476,684
multiplied by the 1997 Maximum Levy Limit for the City of Eden Prairie),whichever is less.
By order of the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie.