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4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
RESOLUTION 19-029
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT FEES
Motion By: Briggs Second By: Burkart
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
WHEREAS,
the City of Prior Lake’s population is growing; and,
the City of Prior Lake’s existing street infrastructure is sufficient to support the
current community population, workforce and commercial/industrial parks; and,
developers, builders and new homeowners are driving the need for road
improvements, street oversizing, street redesign, and street reconstruction; and
WHEREAS, municipal statutory authority appropriately exists for fees related to parks, sewer
and water; and
WHEREAS, this municipal statutory authority does not exist for infrastructure development fees;
and
WHEREAS, city streets are one of the four major types of infrastructure local government is
responsible to provide to protect public safety and health; city streets represent 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
and special assessments, have limited applications, leaving cities under-equipped
to address growing needs; and
WHEREAS, neighborhood streets are constructed according to city standards by developers;
and
WHEREAS, funding sources for larger streets and intersections to support new developments
have historically come from infrastructure development fees; and
WHEREAS, the infrastructure development fee mechanism is no longer allowed as a result of
the Harstad vs. Woodbury court case; and
WHEREAS, costs of growth in the short term should not be supported by current residents
through community tax and/or utility fee increases but rather by those that
represent the growth; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Prior Lake finds it is difficult to develop adequate funding
systems to support the City's needed street improvements related to growth while
complying with existing State statutes; and
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WHEREAS, cities need flexible policies and greater resources in order to meet growing
demands for street improvements.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE,
MINNESOTA that this Council supports legislation that would authorize cities to levy
infrastructure development fees to fund municipal street improvements as a necessary
component of growth.
Passed and adopted by the Prior Lake City Council this 19th day of February 2019.
VOTE Briggs Thompson Burkart Braid Erickson
Aye ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒ ☒
Nay ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Abstain ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
Absent ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐
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Michael Plante, City Manager