HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2005-19 - Support of Legislation to Provide Funding Options for Street Improvements - 01/18/2005 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY,MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-19
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE IMPROVED FUNDING
OPTIONS FOR CITY STREET IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, Minnesota contains over 135,000 miles of roadway, and over 19,000 miles — or 14
percent—are owned and maintained by Minnesota's 853 cities; and
WHEREAS, city streets are a separate but integral piece of the network of roads supporting
movement of people and goods; and
WHEREAS, existing funding mechanisms, such as Municipal State Aid (MSA), property taxes,
special assessments and bonding, have limited applications, leaving cities under-equipped to
address growing needs; and
WHEREAS, maintenance costs increase as road systems age, and no city - large or small - is
spending enough on roadway capital improvements to maintain a 50-year lifecycle; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Eden Prairie finds it is increasingly difficult to develop
adequate funding systems to support the City's needed street improvement and maintenance
programs while complying with existing State statues; and
WHEREAS, the League of Minnesota Cities, the Minnesota Public Works Association and the
City Engineers Association of Minnesota, have jointly sponsored the development of a report
entitled Funding Street Construction and Maintenance in Minnesota's Cities wherein (1) the street
systems of the cities within the State are inventoried; (2)the existing funding systems are detailed
and evaluated; and(3)recommendations are made; and
WHEREAS, cities need flexible policies and greater resources in order to meet growing demands
for street improvements and maintenance; and
WHEREAS, the report identifies a variety of policy options, the City of Eden Prairie strongly
supports the authority to establish a street or transportation utility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Eden Prairie City Council that this Council
supports the adoption of legislation creating the authority for cities to establish a street or
transportation utility.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on January 18, 2005.
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K hleen Porta, City Clerk