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HomeMy WebLinkAbout93-18 RESOLUTION 93-18 RESOLUTION OPPOSING HOUSE FILES 622, 623, 641, 671 AND 677 AS INTRODUCED IN THE MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DURING THE 1993 LEGISLATIVE SESSION MOTIONED BY WHITE SECONDED BY KEDROWSKI WHEREAS, Rep. Myron Orfield (DFL-Minneapolis) has introduced the above listed bills relative to housing, metropolitan governance, development controls, and transportation; and WHEREAS, the economies of the core cities of the Region and of the suburbs are interconnected and it is in the interest of the city of Prior Lake that the socioeconomic problems of the core cities be resolved; and WHEREAS, the specific provisions of the le9islation utilize too many penalties and too few incent1ves to motivate suburban communities to resolve the socioeconomic problems of the inner-regions of the metropolitan area; and WHEREAS, the legislation fails to attack the real problems of central cities such as confidence in the school systems, problems with housing and job opportunities, crime, concentrations of urban blight, and public transportation severely reducing the likelihood that the legislation will accomplish its objectives. WHEREAS, the legislation fails to provide the resources necessary to achieve its intended 90als by hindering housing opportunities and job creat10n in the suburban areas and by thwarting the development of regional transportation improvements, and WHEREAS, the legislation provides for an unnecessary intrusion by the Metropolitan Council into the local government sovereignty of zoning and land use decisions. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA, that the City urges the Legislature to amend these bills to delete their harmful provisions so they can be passed and help to resolve the socioeconomic problems of the inner-region of the metropolitan area, and 4629 Dakota St. S.E., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPWYER BE IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED, that if such legislation is not amended the city of Prior Lake urges the defeat of each of the above mentioned bills, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that if the Legislature approves such legislation in its current form, the city of Prior Lake urges Governor Carlson to veto each bill. Passed and adopted this 5th day of April , 1993. YES NO Andren Fitzgerald Kedrowski Scott White x AbSent X -X -X Andren Fitzgerald Kedrowski Scott White Lake {Seal}