HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 576 - Resolution Supporting Metro Stadium - 09/12/1972 RESOLUTION N0, C'76
WHEREAS , many -residents of the Village of Eden Prairie are frequent
patrons of sportina events at Metropolitan Stadium; and
!,,7HEREAS , the Metropolitan Area Sports Commission has developed an
e._tensive recreational complex at the present site in Bloomington with
little , if any , expenditure of public tag: money ; and
WHEREAS , the development of a new, specialized , expensive stadium
removed from the Metropolitan Stadium complex could result in the need
.for taxing jurisdictions other than the City of Minneapolis to parti-
cipate in its cost;
NOI,,7 , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED by the Village Council of the Village
of Eden Prairie that it support the expansion of facilities , if a
true need exists , at Metropolitan Stadium on the same financial basis
as used there previously, and oppose the development of financially
unsound pr.ojec is elsewhere i;,hich conceivably might require a broadly
based tax support - and
Bi IT FUR.THEfi RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be sent to the
Minnesota Vikings, the Minnesota Twins , the North Star Hockey Team,
the Cities of Bloomington and Richfield and the Metropolitan Sports
Area Commission .
ADOPTED this 12th day of September , 1972 . j
(signed)
M ayor -
ATTEST :
(signed)
Village Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) SS
VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE ) CERTIFICATE OF VILLAGE CLERK
I , -the undersigned duly appointed a.1d acting Village Clerk for the
Village of Eden Prairie , do hereby certify that the attached and
foregoing .resolution was duly adopted by the Eden Prairie Village
Council at its Regular Meeting of September 12 , 1972 , and as recorded
in the Minutes of said Regular Meeting .
WITNESS my hand and seal of said Village this 17th day of September , 1972
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Village Clerk